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11/22/2010 MatrixGamer: The GNS and Theory Forums
I just popped in today to do some reading and though about going back to the beginning of the RPG theory forum. I know they used to be up even…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, jburneko, Eero Tuovinen, Frank Tarcikowski, lumpley.

11/12/2010 Pelgrane: Game Design Contest
I'd like to get some feedback on a game design contest I want to run. Is there anywhere legitimate to discuss this here?
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Participants: Pelgrane, Troy_Costisick.

11/1/2010 Ron Edwards: The Winter of the Forge looms near
Hi everybody, I aim to move the Forge into its winter stage by the end of the year. For those of you who don't know this, I announced quite a…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, joepub, Frank Tarcikowski, matthijs, VAgentZero, Teataine, Eliarhiman6, Rafu, Chris_Chinn, Artanis, Troy_Costisick, lumpley, Jono, mreuther, Tomas HVM, Ar Kayon, nikola, baxil, Emily Care, Paiku, M. J. Young, Alfryd, Noon, contracycle.

10/29/2010 TrollSlayer: IRC Chat?
I heard that there was an IRC chat on the Forge... is this true? How do I find it? Thanks, TS
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Participants: TrollSlayer, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards.

10/19/2010 Seamus: Anyone else been getting wierd spams from chinese IP
I mention this on the forge because a number of the emails I received, when I click view email source, looks like they were sent to RPG related emails (and…
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Participants: Seamus.

10/2/2010 Vladius: Hi Ron Edwards, please ban me
I have too much brain damage from playing mainsteam games.
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Participants: Vladius, lumpley, Ar Kayon, Ron Edwards, VAgentZero, BunniRabbi, Frank Tarcikowski.

9/28/2010 Noon: Weird spam with forge related addresses?
This is odd - I'm getting hundreds of spam e-mails. But the 'To' field has a few names I'm familiar with. I wont say the full e-mail addies, but stuff…
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Participants: Noon, Lance D. Allen, masqueradeball, Sander, lumpley, Artanis, David Artman, epweissengruber, C. Edwards, M. J. Young, Seamus.

8/17/2010 Eliarhiman6: Link in the Archive, to the Archive, don't work
There is a problem in the Forge Archive when there is a link to another thread in the Archive. For example, this post there is a link to another previous…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

8/16/2010 slashandz: Does the Forge allow cRPGs?
Hello everyone, I'm a novice RPG designer.  And I just stumbled on and joined this impressive website. I don't have a consistent group to play table top RPGs with in…
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Participants: slashandz, Vulpinoid, Rafu, Alfryd, VAgentZero, Noon, a flight of stairs, M. J. Young.

7/3/2010 Noclue: unread posts dissappearing
Either I'm imagining things or, since the Change, some Unread posts since last visit are dropping off the list when I navigate away even if I haven't read them. They…
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Participants: Noclue.

7/2/2010 Tomas: Having a Forum for My Independant Game on this Site
I see that this website has a section of forums dedicated to independant games. I've written a game which is 3-4 weeks away from being written up onto a website;…
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Participants: Tomas, Ron Edwards, davidvs, M. J. Young, greyorm.

6/21/2010 demiurgeastaroth: Forge bookshelf - who do I contact?
I have a problem with the forge bookshelf, and tried sending an email to webmaster@indie-rpgs.com - but could a "Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" What is the correct error? Also, I…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, lumpley.

6/11/2010 Ron Edwards: Welcome to the Site Discussion forum and to the Forge - netiquette is here
Welcome to the Forge! This sticky is more-or-less a mission statement, written as a netiquette guide for the site. Goals "Role-playing game" is a legacy term without a good definition.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

5/28/2010 Ayyavazi: Is it just me, or is the server timing out all the time?
Hello, I've been trying to post regularly over the past week or so on the forge, and my internet connection is superb. I can access just about any website I…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, PeterBB, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen.

5/20/2010 snippet: Boonex has ripped me off!
I would like to warn all webmasters who want to create a social networking site not to use Boonex. Boonex is a scam. Heres a group of guys that can't…
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Participants: snippet, Ron Edwards.

4/27/2010 Noon: A question on a fundamental, whether it's taken as a given and taught by default
Kind of difficult to phrase this question without a somewhat technical set up first... If you had a real life roulette table, and had a rule "If the ball ends…
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Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards, Filip Luszczyk, greyorm, M. J. Young, Eliarhiman6.

4/22/2010 The Magus: Advice on dealing with old users and what I should post
Hi there First of all I'd like to apologize now for the thread heading.  It is slightly sarcastic but I also feel some clarity for new users might be in…
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Participants: The Magus, Eero Tuovinen.

4/7/2010 Eero Tuovinen: Advice on dealing with new users and ill-fitting threads
I've noticed lately that we're getting new faces here at the Forge. An obvious consequence is that aside from new ideas and viewpoints we're also getting forum chatter: threads that…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Luminous, Ron Edwards.

3/29/2010 Ron Edwards: The Inactive File
Hi there, A lot of you probably don't know where all the spam and stuff goes when Vincent and I remove it. There's a forum here that you're supposed to…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Lance D. Allen, Miskatonic, Gregor Hutton, lumpley, M. J. Young.

3/26/2010 Vladius: The Forge is literally the most pretentious place ever
And I want to be the first person banned from it. It's boring, it's lame, and it perpetuates every single negative stereotype about anything and everything "INDIE" ever. Do you…
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Participants: Vladius.

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12/7/2010 lumpley: Deactivated Publisher Forums
Hey, publishers! I've deactivated a million publisher forums. If you'd like yours reactivated, let me know. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Troy_Costisick, Paul Czege, Emily Care, Tim C Koppang.

1/17/2011 Ron Edwards: Structural change coming soon - be prepared
Hi everyone, In the interest of not blindsiding you, I am giving fair warning that in a few days, the "show unread posts since last visit" function will be deactivated.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, lumpley, davidberg, Tim C Koppang.

1/31/2011 Catelf: Potential "returning member" would like some advice.
Hi. Catelf here, it was, i assume, more than a year ago since i was even the slightest active here. I saw the changes, and i think they are good.…
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Participants: Catelf, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, hix.

2/6/2011 Natespank: account management questions
I was unsure where to post this. Is there an section of this site where I can adjust user settings? What I have in mind is a signature, a box…
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Participants: Natespank, Ron Edwards.

2/15/2011 Grimcleaver: Help me Ron Edwards, You're My Only Hope
Okay so I've dabbled twice with contributing here. Really I'm a pretty likable, knowledgable and experienced gamer with tons of theory and help I can provide, and I'm eager to…
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Participants: Grimcleaver, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Ghostlight Games, davidberg.

2/16/2011 Artanis: Can't access some forums on the Archives
Hello there I can't seem to "unroll" the Archive and Inactive Forums categories on the archived Forge forums. I get the error message Unable to verify referring url. Please go…
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Participants: Artanis, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen.

2/21/2011 Noon: On moderation and extent
I was going to type this awhile ago, but thought nah, it'll smooth over so it'll be fine. The thing is, by my measure the only reason moderation on any…
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Participants: Noon, Willow, Ron Edwards.

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3/26/2011 chronoplasm: Question Regarding a Rule
[quote= "Ron Edwards"] Some available document is absolutely required, preferably through a link. If I don't see that, then your thread gets bumped to the Inactive File, do not pass…
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Participants: chronoplasm, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2011 otto: Register at the Archive is disabled
Hi all, I have been trying to register at the Archives for a while in order to be able to search for threads. But, "Sorry, registration is currently disabled." Is…
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Participants: otto, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, lumpley.

4/11/2011 Bez Bezson: No abstract discussion?
Hi, I've been reading through some of the posts, and I've been slightly confused as to a couple of things. From what I can tell, if it's about a specific…
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Participants: Bez Bezson, Ron Edwards.

5/2/2011 Zala: Site Design or just Full RPG
So I made a post earlier, but I want to be sure, is RPG setting design allowed here, or is the forge strictly just for development of RPG with their…
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Participants: Zala, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2011 Ron Edwards: [Winter phase] Publisher forums drawdown
Hi, Back when Vincent and I scaled down the forums for the Winter phase, my idea was to take down all the publisher forums with the exception of his and…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.

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