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4/14/2007 greyorm: A plague of 500 Internal Server Errors
As per the subject line. For the last few months I have been aggravated by "500 Internal Server Errors" that crop up more than half the time when I attempt…
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Participants: greyorm, Eric J., Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Xeriar, Thenomain, oliof, Clinton R. Nixon, xenopulse, hix, Thunder_God.

4/6/2007 MatrixGamer: Reality check
Am I wrong? It looks like the rate of posting is declining on the forum. Is that a problem? Do we need to do anything about it? Chris Engle Hamster…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards.

4/3/2007 r_donato: Forge Borthday Forum this year?
Will the Forge birthday forum be repoened this year? It is the appropriate time.
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Participants: r_donato, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2007 Zathreyel: A Call For Help
Everyone here at the Forge, My name is Michael O'Sullivan.  I've been a member here at the Forge for a number of years now, posting occasionally when I saw something…
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Participants: Zathreyel.

2/1/2007 Denise: 2007 ENnies- increasing Indie participation again
Wasn't sure where to put this, so this'll have to do!  (Conventions?  But it's more than just a Gen Con thang... Publishers?  But publishers aren't eligible to run for judgehood,…
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Participants: Denise, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, c, Calithena.

1/18/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: Frank's summary of the Big Model
For what it’s worth, I once wrote a brief summary of what Tony called the “Ron Edwards stuff” for a German RPG board. Of course, this is filtered through my…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, xenopulse, Everspinner, M. J. Young, Gaerik, Troy_Costisick, Filip Luszczyk, Gugliandalf.

1/17/2007 zoom: Links
Hello Could somebody help me. I'd like permission to add this site to my links page on my new website. I am a role player based in manchester in England…
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Participants: zoom, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/16/2007 YeGoblynQueenne: About that edit button...
It was suggested to me that I should ask about it here as this is the appropriate forum for that kind of stuff. So, first excuse the previous breach of…
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Participants: YeGoblynQueenne, Blankshield, Ron Edwards.

9/7/2005 GB Steve: Connection problems
I had a hard time connecting just now. I kept getting a page with not much on except a short message at the top saying all the connections were busy.…
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Participants: GB Steve, AsuraDemon.

1/9/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Upgrade occurred on Jan 9th
Hi, all! I upgraded the forums on January 9th, which should really help with the spam nonsense we've had. There's no new features I know of to announce at this…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, crowyhead, Miskatonic, Noon, Chris Goodwin, Graham Walmsley.

1/7/2007 AdAstraGames: Finding the Big Model
Ron, I'm afraid I've gotten lost trying to find the final state of the Big Model. I've read the Glossary, I've looked at the PDF linked from the Glossary, and…
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Participants: AdAstraGames, Ron Edwards, r_donato, Thunder_God, jrs.

1/2/2007 kapnkrunch: Bookshelf Accounts: Need help, please
Due to a bit of sloppiness on my part I have 3 seperate accounts at http://bookshelf.indie-rpgs.com. I would like to consolidate these accounts into one so that I can see…
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Participants: kapnkrunch, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/18/2006 Simon C: Post counts
Hi Ron, I've been posting to these boards for a little while now, and run the full arc from "this is dumb" through "I don't understand why things are done…
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Participants: Simon C, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, David Artman, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Valamir.

12/14/2006 M. J. Young: Theory 101 Third Article Posted
I neglected to mention it last week as I've been pretty preoccupied with other matters, and I apologize because it should have been a priority. The new issue of Places…
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Participants: M. J. Young.

12/14/2006 yogshog: Other formats for all these wonderful ideas
So, I'm someone who has trouble reading large amounts of text online, but I am fascinated by the discussions and things here. Is there any way to export all the…
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Participants: yogshog, Ron Edwards, jerry, David Artman.

12/7/2006 timfire: Request for Connections forum
Hi Ron, I have a request for the Connections forum, but it's a personal preference, so it's your call on the subject. When an artist posts, I would like to…
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Participants: timfire, Ron Edwards, David Artman.

12/4/2006 rushputin: Bookshelf E-mail Address Change
The e-mail address I've got associated with my Bookshelf account is waaaaaay old and out of date. Is there any way for me to change that?
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Participants: rushputin, Ron Edwards.

12/3/2006 114211: Re: Question- publisher #s vs. fans (split)
sadly as of yet i do not, but trust me im looking, in fact ive just started this last month :)
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Participants: 114211, Ron Edwards.

12/1/2006 David C: Things I noticed as a new poster
So a lot of you here are regulars, and so are familiar with the site's quirks, but since I'm new, I spotted a couple things that could be cleared up.…
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Participants: David C, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, daMoose_Neo.

11/30/2006 David Artman: Anti-Spamming Techniquees
As we seem to have a few spammers getting through the site registration, perhaps you would benefit from reading this thread: http://www.somniturne.com/gtp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=425 Basically, I asked for a minor tweak to…
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Participants: David Artman, Ron Edwards, anders_larsen, c.

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4/18/2007 RobNJ: Changing username
Hey, would it be possible for me to change my username for the forum?
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Participants: RobNJ, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

4/18/2007 rylen dreskin: Hunt for a Kicker thread
Is there a good thread on writing kickers?  I’ve tried to search but keep getting a 500 error. My group has been playing Shadowrun lately.  We’ve switching gears, retiring the…
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Participants: rylen dreskin, c, oliof, Eliarhiman6.

5/2/2007 Andy Kitkowski: Practical Things we can individually do to Revitalizing the Forge?
In the Apt thread over here, Ben started something that got drowned out. It's important enough that I think it should be given another look-through: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23771.45 Ben has some ideas…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, northerain, xenopulse, M. J. Young, anders_larsen, David Artman.

5/7/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Planned downtime May 12-14, 2007
We are moving the server that the Forge is on to accommodate the growth of it. This will take quite a bit of time, so I'm planning real downtime. This…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Artanis, Ron Edwards, oliof, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Filip Luszczyk.

5/7/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Planned downtime May 12-14, 2007
We are moving the server that the Forge is on to accommodate the growth of it. This will take quite a bit of time, so I'm planning real downtime. This…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

5/9/2007 timfire: Help me find some old threads
Hi y'all, I'm trying to find some old threads for reference. I'm looking for discussions on the issue of when content (characters, events, setting, facts, etc.) are established in the…
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Participants: timfire, c.

5/14/2007 Matt Wilson: bookshelf twitchiness
I'm not sure who I oughta mention this to. There's someone whose account on the bookshelf I can't seem to authorize download for. It's weird. I click the box, and…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

5/14/2007 lumpley: The new server: banned words
The Forge's new server, by default, disallows posts containing certain spam-common words. I don't know the exact list of words; all I know is that I just had a post…
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Participants: lumpley.

5/17/2007 Bjorn: Actual play definition
I have a question about this and it is possible that maybe it should go in another forum but since it somewhat relates to this I'll pose it here. What…
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Participants: Bjorn, Ron Edwards.

5/24/2007 Federico Figueredo: Problem reading the forums.
Good day to you all. I'm a complete newcomer to the forums and since this *is* my first post I thought some greetings wouldn't be that bad. But to stay…
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Participants: Federico Figueredo, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Artanis, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen.

5/26/2007 TwoCrows: Misc Discussion Zone
Ron, Clinton, How about a "Misc Discussion" forum to chat about anything the participants would like, stickied only with the standard Forge rules of collegial respect? Brad
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Participants: TwoCrows, Andy Kitkowski.

5/31/2007 Brimshack: Hmmmm... Entry?
Okay, so I have a miniatures game, ETC, that we have about 90% of the way there. Actually, if I'm reading you guys right, it's about the equivalent of what…
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Participants: Brimshack, Ron Edwards.

6/13/2007 MatrixGamer: Where can I put announcements of product releases?
They are not really right for the publishing section - where is the appropriate place to put press releases? Maybe you need a place for them like the have on…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, M. J. Young.

7/18/2007 Russell Hoyle: Problem with searching?
Hi, I keep getting page not found errors when I try to do any searches (simple or advanced). Is this a site problem or my problem? I did try to…
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Participants: Russell Hoyle, lumpley, Graham Walmsley.

7/24/2007 multi: Need a contact form
Hello, I need a contact form on my website, that will send to my email address what the visitor enter in the form fields. The problem is that I can't…
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Participants: multi, greyorm.

7/24/2007 Matt Snyder: What is the [sic] prefix?
I'm probably missing something wildly obvious, but what does the prefix signify? At first I thought it the acronym of a game, but then see that it's posted by…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman.

7/29/2007 asdfff: [just curious] How does one get a publisher forum here?
Just purely out of curiosity. How does one get a publisher forum here? (In the "Independent Game Forums" sub-group.) For instance, there are definitely more mid-to-high-profile authors writing small for-sale…
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Participants: asdfff, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2007 ldd23: (forum bug?) I've got phantom PMs
This shows up at the top of the forum page for me: Hey, ldd23, you have 2 messages, 2 are new. But when I click on the "2 messages"…
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Participants: ldd23, jrs.

8/10/2007 cognis: Disappeared messages?
Hi, I've been away from roleplaying, and thus my indieRPGs account, for about a year. I just logged in for the first time since then. My little summary in the…
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Participants: cognis, Ron Edwards.

8/12/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Posts eating monster sighted?
So, this was posted by ODDin in another thread: Hmm, that's weird, I could swear I posted in this thread, yet I see no post, nor did I get any…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

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