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4/17/2005 Silmenume: Apostrophes showing up as Question marks.
So I'm reading through the Provisional Glossary and I'm noticing something rather curious. Certain symbols aren't being displayed properly on my computer. For Example - Whiff FactorThe effect of a…
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Participants: Silmenume, J B Bell.

4/8/2005 Ron Edwards: Dealing with recent spam
Hiya, Check out this profile: vismaior1411. This guy has been pretty cunning. He posts comments like "Valamir I totally agree with you" with a big sig to his obnoxious website.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

4/5/2005 Andrew Morris: Old threads and the Birthday Forum
So, what's the preferred practice for all these old threads that are popping up in the Birthday Forum? Should we make a new thread and link back to the old…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2005 Rob Carriere: Undead PMs
A PM to me dated 16 march (and long since read and deleted) just decided to ressurrect itself, including the e-mail warning "you have a new PM". No big whoop,…
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Participants: Rob Carriere.

4/1/2005 Valamir: Birthday Forum
Its about that time, any plans to open it back up this year? I think there might be some folks jonesing to take the pink piggie stacking title...
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Participants: Valamir, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

4/1/2005 komradebob: Etiquette: Commercial Links in Posts?
I have an etiquette question for the mods: I want to post an essay/topic in Theory about something I'd like some input on regarding miniatures and rping. I'd like to…
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Participants: komradebob, Ron Edwards.

3/27/2005 charlesperez: PM as spam?
What is the Forge policy regarding spam sent via PM? I've got someone trolling for web site hits myself. Charles
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Participants: charlesperez, Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris, Doug Ruff, cruciel.

3/23/2005 Andrew Morris: Problem with search function
Since the hack, I've been having a problem with searches -- all the highlighted terms are displayed in a gray that exactly matches the background color of every other post,…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/20/2005 Dev: Enabling transcripts of play
Transcripts of play are very useful (for both Actual Play and Game Design scripting), but they can also be hard to read. I think we could really help folks by…
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Participants: Dev, Jonathan Walton, jdagna, Mike Holmes.

3/18/2005 M. J. Young: Cookie Clearing
It is sometimes the case that someone's problem with The Forge relates to cookies. Just recently I was on some similar forum and noticed in passing a link/button that indicated…
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Participants: M. J. Young, ffilz.

3/18/2005 Asrogoth: Having to Log In Each Time
Since the infamous hack, I changed my password and now have to log in each time I visit the site; even though I have clicked the "remember me" box when…
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Participants: Asrogoth, Joshua Tompkins.

3/15/2005 timfire: Search function not working right...
Hi, To whom it may concern (namely Clinton), when I do I a search, I get results, but when I try clicking on the link, it tells me the page…
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Participants: timfire.

3/14/2005 Space Cowboy: Hacking websites/forums and how to protect yourself
Hey all, As The Forge was recently hacked. Personally, I barely know enough about computers to get by, and since Wild Sphere’s forums are under construction, I am understandably concerned…
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Participants: Space Cowboy, Dev, Rob Carriere, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2005 Simon Kamber: Help for new arrivals.
I started following the forge relatively recently. I've read quite a few of the essays, and I'd like to think that I've done just about everything that a new guy…
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Participants: Simon Kamber, Bankuei, Michael S. Miller, M. J. Young, Domhnall.

3/11/2005 Halzebier: [Hack Attack] Forum reconstruction
Hi there! I've posted a draft of a post which got lost in the attack to the mangled stump of the original thread. On reflection, that was probably a bad…
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Participants: Halzebier, Ron Edwards.

3/10/2005 Paul Czege: password security
Hey Clinton, The hack could have included a download of user information, right? Are user passwords insecure as a result (i.e. we should change them)? Paul
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Participants: Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Marco, Victor Gijsbers, Domhnall.

3/10/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Hack attack - officially back up
We're officially back up from our hack attack. The explanation: When searching on the version of phpBB that was running, the highlight= field in the URL allowed you to run…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic.

3/4/2005 Mandacaru: PbEM forum?
With reference to a thread on PbEM... http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14546 ... T'oma's initial uncertainty as to where to post this, Keith's suggestion that PbEM is an area worthy of specific discussion, and…
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Participants: Mandacaru, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, T'oma, jdagna, timfire, Trevis Martin.

2/27/2005 matthijs: RSS feed?
Does the Forge have an RSS feed?
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Participants: matthijs, Clinton R. Nixon, Dev, Paul Czege.

2/24/2005 Noon: Question about actual play
Recently I aquired the playstation 2 game Mercenaries. It's play is very much how we used to play certain RPGs years ago (Rifts, in particular) and is a quality I…
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Participants: Noon, Mike Holmes.

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4/26/2005 komradebob: [rant] usage:"Wargame/Wargame roots"
Pardon gentle readers, but I'd like to take a moment to vent. It has to do with the usage of the terms "wargame" and "wargame roots" that often comes up…
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Participants: komradebob, xiombarg, Bankuei.

4/28/2005 Domhnall: The Forge's Anti-Polling position
In the "Conceptualizing" thread, Ron wrote: ... My point is that, if either were the case, it would serve you absolutely no purpose whatsoever to tell you. None. Even…
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Participants: Domhnall, Jasper, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, KingstonC, Clinton R. Nixon, killacozzy, Shreyas Sampat, timfire, greyorm, contracycle, Valamir, Michael S. Miller, Brendan, Andrew Morris, jdagna.

4/28/2005 Shreyas Sampat: Answering Questions with Questions
Split from The Forge's Anti-Polling Position. Instead, as I've discovered, I've only been asked for all the details on my specific game before I can get an answer to the…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Technocrat13, Doug Ruff.

5/11/2005 Andrew Morris: General site weirdness
Starting today, I've noticed a few oddities on this site. 1) Posts I've previously read revert to the "unread" icon, but no new posts are in the thread. 2) Some…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Adam Dray, Gaerik, killacozzy, Tully305, ErrathofKosh.

5/13/2005 Alan: Where to post feedback on posting style
In the following thread, I noticed one poster critiquing not the thread-starter's content, but his presentation. The Creation and Birth of a Character I know we want…
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Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2005 Silmenume: sloooooooooow email notifications
Recently I've noticed that the email notifications I've been receiving of posting activity to subcribed threads is lagging by over 12 hours or more. Is this standard or is it…
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Participants: Silmenume, Valamir, Andrew Morris, xiombarg, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.

5/22/2005 apparition13: double post
Hey, just noticed I double posted the "above and beyond" thread on game design, could someone merge them please? Thanks, and sorry.
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Participants: apparition13, Ron Edwards.

5/24/2005 Valamir: Public Service Announcement - Paypal
I'm posting this here because I know a number of indie publishers use paypal to collect payment. I've been getting a number of spoof emails claiming to be from paypal…
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Participants: Valamir, Paganini, Andrew Morris.

5/27/2005 Danny_K: Is it OK to talk about non-commercial game ideas here?
OK, I've made my share of faux pas in this forum, so before I make one more I'm going to ask in the appropriate place. I have a game idea…
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Participants: Danny_K, Valamir, ReverendBayn.

6/9/2005 Andrew Morris: More info on PayPal scams
Back in this thread, the topic of scam emails appearing to come from PayPal was discussed. Here's PayPal's ten tips for spotting spoof emails, for any who are interested.
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Participants: Andrew Morris.

6/10/2005 Silmenume: Strange URL and header appearing when at The Forge
At the top of the web pages while I am at The Forge this "header" for lack of a better term appears on every page - On the first line…
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Participants: Silmenume, Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg.

6/10/2005 Ethawyn: Resource Library Problems
When I go to the Resource Library secion the folowing warnings appear at the top: Warning: mysql_numrows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/.qadim/indierpg/indie-rpgs.com.new/resources/lib/lib_main.php on line…
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Participants: Ethawyn, greyorm, Asrogoth, Clinton R. Nixon, Vaxalon, Jason Petrasko.

6/16/2005 Simon Marks: Is it ok to ... ?
Hello people. I am in the midst of (re)designing an LRP (LARP?) System being used here in the UK. The current system is established, published and successful. Now, as pointed…
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Participants: Simon Marks, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, timfire, Ron Edwards.

6/20/2005 lumpley: Turtling Citation
Hey Ron or anybody, which article is "turtling" in? Is it even in an article? I've done an Edit > Find (on This Page)... in every article, no luck. I've…
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Participants: lumpley, Chris Goodwin, jrs, ethan_greer, Trevis Martin, contracycle, Troy_Costisick, Mike Holmes.

6/28/2005 PlotDevice: Getting a Parse error on every thread.
Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/.qadim/indierpg/indie-rpgs.com.new/viewtopic.php on line 1233 Not sure if this will work, but thought I would give it a go. Evan
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Participants: PlotDevice.

6/28/2005 John Wick: Parse Error
When looking in CONVENTIONS at the Indie RPG Design Seminar, I got this error: Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/.qadim/indierpg/indie-rpgs.com.new/viewtopic.php on line 1233
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Participants: John Wick, Wolfen.

7/17/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Everyone, We've obviously changed the software the Forge runs on. My apologies for the current looks of it. It's all unintegrated and wacko. Give me a day or two to…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Selene Tan, Uzzah, Paul Czege, Andy Kitkowski, Miskatonic, Jason Petrasko, joshua neff, Asrogoth, Gaerik, ethan_greer, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman, Rob Carriere, Warren, Nick Brooke, Nathan P., Matt Snyder, abzu, John Harper, Artanis, Jack Aidley, ffilz, Andrew Morris, Shreyas Sampat, Technocrat13, jrs, Lxndr, ephemere, John Burdick, cdr, matthijs, greyorm, Paganini, M. J. Young.

7/17/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Do you use RSS?
If you do, I've got some good news for you. Look at this: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;sa=recent;limit=10 Interesting, huh? See a detailed discussion on how you can pull RSS feeds from the Forge…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, MichaelCurry, immlass, rafial.

7/18/2005 RobNJ: What's the appropriate forum?
Which is the appropriate forum to discuss our feelings and experiences at a convention?  In this case, I'd like to find or begin a thread about DexCon 8.
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Participants: RobNJ, Adam Dray, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2005 ewilen: finding all threads by user
It seems I can't quite do what was once trivial: locate all threads in which a given user has participated. I think I can use the search function to locate…
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Participants: ewilen.

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