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4/1/2002 Jo Anne B.: Pros and Cons of Gaming
I need some help. I have an argument essay on gaming to write. I need to have pros and cons of gaming. I have a limited knowledge on the subject.…
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Participants: Jo Anne B., Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Laurel, J B Bell, Paul Czege.

4/1/2002 Matt Gwinn: Forum Style
Clinton, When will the old Forge layout be available again? I miss seeing the forge logo up in the corner and I prefer the old colors. ,Matt G.
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Participants: Matt Gwinn.

3/22/2002 Butch: Crunchy Bits
I'm not sure if I'm in the right forum to ask this question: Will we see another "Crunchy Bits" article?!?! The two first articles were incredible and It would be…
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Participants: Butch, Emily_Dresner.

3/19/2002 Valamir: Broken link
FYI: Clinton the link to your "Web publishing for $100" article appears to be broken.
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Participants: Valamir.

3/19/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Favicon
Hey... Anyone wanna whip up a little anvil favicon for the Forge? I love those things...and the Forge ain't got one yet!
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan, Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis, Ring Kichard.

3/18/2002 Fabrice G.: forced to log in again after a while...
Hi Clinton, when i stay on a topic for a long time, sometimes when i want to return to the forum index I'm redirected on the login page. Is it…
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Participants: Fabrice G..

3/18/2002 Tim Gray: Automatic login doesn't work
It says, tick the box if you want to be logged in automatically on future visits. It's not working for me. Is there a bug somewhere, or is it allergic…
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Participants: Tim Gray, Clinton R. Nixon, Fabrice G., Seth L. Blumberg, Adam, Armin D. Sykes, Matt Gwinn, Valamir.

3/16/2002 C. Edwards: annoying oddity
This is nothing serious, just an annoyance. Quite often, after I return to the Forum Index after reading a thread, forums with new posts cease to be highlighted. All threads…
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Participants: C. Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Armin D. Sykes, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New policy
I have (finally) posted a list of Forge policies. Please read and observe these from now on. I locked the thread as I want it to stand alone, permanently at…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Etiquette at The Forge (policy)
[b][u]Etiquette at The Forge[/u][/b] Created by Clinton R. Nixon and Ron Edwards. [b]I. About the forums[/b] [i]A. Purpose of the forums[/i] The purpose of The Forge forums is to promote…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

3/13/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum upgrade (with new warning)
I just upgraded the forums again - many problems should be fixed now. Unfortunately, I have to go through and update the Forge look to the forum, so if you…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/12/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Handle change
As part of my recent desire to just use my real name as my handle, I have to ask is there a way to change the handle on my current…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Christopher Ashe.

3/12/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Suggestion
This may be something that has already been mentioned, but why is there no link from my Private Message Inbox to the Forum Index? At least, I didn't find it.…
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Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/9/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Hello! And Welcome to The Forge!
Here are some notes for people just arriving. I'm still new here myself, but I've already found some ways that The Forge is different than other web sites. 1) Slower…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang.

3/8/2002 Paul Czege: a strange error
Hey Clinton, An attempt to reply to a private message from Dav generated the following error for me: Couldn't find template file: ./language/lang_german/email/privmsg_notify.tpl DEBUG MODE Line : 99 File :…
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Participants: Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/6/2002 Gordon C. Landis: Turning threads into articles
So, here's my thought: the threads here at the Forge can get really meaty and really valuable. But the thread format is not the friendliest for those who weren't participating…
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Participants: Gordon C. Landis, J B Bell.

3/6/2002 xiombarg: Connections Corkboard
Okay, I know there isn't going to be an "off-topic" or "general discussions" forum, and I approve of the lack of the former and have mixed feelings about the lack…
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Participants: xiombarg, J B Bell, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Balbinus, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/5/2002 Matt Gwinn: Forge Financing Status
Hey Clinton, I was just wondering if you were still going to post how the fundraising was going. How close are we towards having stuff paid off for the year?…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New policy on off-topic posts
Mike Holmes made an excellent point early today in my off-topic thread about selling off some of my games. 'Site Discussion' is not for off-topic posts, and I made an…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, James V. West.

2/26/2002 Kenway: Indie Rpgs faq/guide/timeline?
I hope I don't sound too pushy or ignorant here: Does anyone know of any good faqs/guides to the indie (or otherwise) rpg scene of the past decade? Lots of…
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Participants: Kenway, J B Bell, Clinton R. Nixon.

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4/4/2002 Tyrant: Forum Logo
Hey Guys, Just wondering if you were ever gonna slam a Forge Logo up there as opposed to the PHBBB one currently in place? If so I could whip up…
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Participants: Tyrant.

4/5/2002 Valamir: Statistics
Some interesting numbers I came up with while fiddling around on the Memberlist. The top 10 posters are responsible for 40% of the total posts (+40%) The top 20 posters…
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Participants: Valamir, Laurel, Seth L. Blumberg, peteramthor, Reimer Behrends, Trevis Martin, clehrich, M. J. Young, wraeththu, deadpanbob, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Hunter Logan, greyorm, gobi, Lxndr, cruciel, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Rob Carriere, Green, jdagna, Doug Ruff, Andrew Morris, abzu.

4/6/2002 Andrew Martin: Always have to log in.
Hi! The forum site repeatedly forces me to login and can't seem to keep cookies for longer than one session. After I log-in and then close my browser, and then…
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Participants: Andrew Martin, Matt Gwinn.

4/10/2002 GreatWolf: Print-friendly screens?
This is just a thought that entered my head, not a gripe. Feel free to ignore this and/or tell me that I am cracked. Is it possible to have a…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Tim C Koppang, joe_llama, Clinton R. Nixon, Laurel, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

4/13/2002 Mario: Documentary on Gaming
I didn't know where else to put this, so here it is. I am presently working on the idea of doing a documentary on gaming. I would like to do…
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Participants: Mario, Nathan, J B Bell, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn.

4/15/2002 hyphz: Loss of message text
If the login cookie expires between the 'post a message' form being sent to the user and the form being returned with the message typed in, the user is asked…
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Participants: hyphz, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/17/2002 Matt Snyder: Site won't remember my login
Clinton -- I've been having a problem getting the site to "remember" me -- keep having to log in from time to time. I don't think it's a browswer cookie…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Andrew Martin.

4/18/2002 Zircon Senshi: RPG's?
So is there any place for people to rpg?
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Participants: Zircon Senshi, Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards.

4/19/2002 Ron Edwards: rad shirt!
Hey, I ordered my own Forge T-shirt and it arrived yesterday. That's a nice damn shirt! It fits well, it's nice comfy material, it's a good color (got the grey…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, J B Bell, Jason L Blair, Valamir, joshua neff, xiombarg, Paul Czege.

4/25/2002 JasonSch: GTS Discussion: Retailer Forum
Ron: At the trade show, we talked about a great many things... and one of them was the initiation of a retailer forum here at the Forge where the subject…
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Participants: JasonSch, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/28/2002 Wolfen: Question about site lag
I had, for pretty much the entirety of the 27th, a problem accessing the Forge website. From early morning (after gaming but before bed) on until late night, I kept…
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Participants: Wolfen, Walt Freitag, Russell Hoyle, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/29/2002 Fabrice G.: Broken link in the Articles section (?)
Hi Clinton, the link to your article: "Publishing Your Web-Based Indie Game for Under $100 " seems to be broken (404 error). Fabrice.
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Participants: Fabrice G., Wolfen.

5/5/2002 Paganini: Forge Online Gaming Groups
I was going to make a poll for this, but I guess Clinton has disabled them. Clinton: If you haven't, and if you get time (yeah right) drop me a…
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Participants: Paganini, Russell Hoyle, unodiablo, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/7/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: We need a glossary
We need a glossary for all of the various slang terms that seem to crop up in discussion to help the uninitiated. Not necessarily the articles, but a glossary presented…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

5/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Performance problems
I just wanted to apologize for all the performance problems we've had lately. I have no idea what's causing them, but they should be gone after I change hosts this…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, quozl.

5/12/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Any problems since the move?
Well, obviously, we've now moved. If anyone has any questions, or comments, or notices any problems, please let me know. Thanks!
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Zak Arntson, xiombarg, Blake Hutchins.

5/14/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: "Printable Version": minor gripe
The "printable version" feature is great, especially when I need to print out a bunch of threads so I can catch up after a long absence (just got back from…
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Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/20/2002 Jake Norwood: The size of the Forge
It seems to me that the Forge has grown a lot in the last month, going from 460-ish to now about 510. Has the Forge always been pretty small and…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

5/23/2002 Valamir: Possible bug
Ran into a problem when trying to follow the Sorcerer Forum link from the Sorcerer web page. First, the Sorcerer Forum link goes to the Forge Forums directory, not to…
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Participants: Valamir, Clay, Ron Edwards.

5/23/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Etiquette for Newbies?
The 'charter' of Forge etiquette at the top of this forum is excellent. Is there any way to ensure that newly registered people see this? I don't remember how my…
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Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

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