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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.

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.

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3/26/2011 bian307: Wholesale Jewelry - Fashionable Types of Watches to Boost Manly Fashion
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3/26/2011 bian307: Review my jordan shoes
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3/26/2011 bian307: Nike Shoes Site For Sale On Flippa
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3/26/2011 bian307: Go for a WOW Account Buy and Get Your Favorite WOW Characters
Go for a WOW Account Buy and Get Your Favorite WOW Characters     Summary: This article tells you why you would require WOW characters if you want to play…
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3/26/2011 bian307: StarCraft 2 foreign players made “wow power leveling”: Star World
StarCraft 2 foreign players made “wow power leveling”: Star World     Blizzard of two real-time strategy games released wow power leveling , all at the same time with a…
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3/26/2011 bian307: Blizzard sued the “wow power leveling” plug awarded 6.5 million
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3/26/2011 bian307: How To Make WoW Gold Fast
How To Make WoW Gold Fast     Gold is at the bottom of each small thing in World of Warcraft wow gold . Since I began playing, I said…
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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.

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.

2/15/2011 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.

2/6/2011 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.

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.

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.

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.

12/7/2010 Ron Edwards: Welcome to the Site Discussion forum and to the Forge
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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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.

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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.

5/24/2011 Ron Edwards: Ethical moderation issue
So, the question is whether I'm going to request the Forge community not to link to Torrent or other similar sites/services. I'm not laying judgment down on any current threads.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn, lumpley, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Miskatonic, Paolo D., contracycle, Ben Lehman, Matthew V, Rafu, Eliarhiman6, M. J. Young, epweissengruber.

6/22/2011 Richard: Newbie requiring assistance about what to ask and where
Hello there chaps! My name isn't Dave, and I'm new. I've been developing an rpg system and setting over the last 6 months, and it's almost ready for playtesting. I've…
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Participants: Richard, Eliarhiman6, hix.

7/15/2011 M. J. Young: Phasing Out the Forge--Personally
There was a time when I was very active here; I'm still in the top twenty members by total number of posts.  However, the changes here have gradually marginalized me--the…
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Participants: M. J. Young.

8/13/2011 wholeridge: Phantom Notifications?
Since joining this forum I've gotten more than half a dozen notifications of new posts or split topics which, when I click on the link, take me to old messages.…
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Participants: wholeridge, lumpley, Thunder_God.

10/22/2011 Gerald C: Dice Mechanic Question: Unsure Where to Post
I'm developing a game at the moment, and although I do intend to share it here eventually, it's currently much to early to do so. I do, however, want to…
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Participants: Gerald C, Ron Edwards.

10/31/2011 Eero Tuovinen: Spam problems of late
The Forge's had quite a lot of spamming over the last week or so, more than usually if I'm any judge. Maybe something special going on in spammer-land, like they…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Artanis, lumpley.

12/10/2011 Asteconn: IRC?
Does this site have an IRC channel to hang out / discuss stuff in? If not, is there an IRC channel with a topic related to games desgin? I can…
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Participants: Asteconn, Ron Edwards, Richard.

1/22/2012 Vile: account management questions II
I notice the 'Modify Profile' box only has an 'Account Related Settings' link. I'd like to change my signature, but that doesn't seem to be an option. Is this because…
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Participants: Vile.

3/16/2012 tymotzues: Can I get a topic started for a published game?
Hi guys so my game is now published and I'd like to get a topic started under the published section so that I could try to get feedback on problems…
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Participants: tymotzues, hix, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2012 Ron Edwards: The Winter Phase and the end of the Forge forums
Ye Olde Winter is drawing to a close ... let's see, if I remember correctly, the original Hephaestus' Forge went live in the fall of 1999, and the forums of…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Darcy Burgess, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Ghostlight Games, David Artman.

3/23/2012 davidberg: idea for a new Endeavor
Hi Ron & Vincent, Two months probably isn't enough time, but what the heck, I'd like to give it a shot. I think it'd be fun to do a group…
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Participants: davidberg, Ron Edwards, mael.rimbault, Dan Maruschak.

5/5/2012 walruz: What happened to "First thoughts"?
Ok, I know what happened to the First Thoughts sub-forum, so I guess what I'm really asking is: Why is it archived instead of open? Since you need "something concrete"…
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Participants: walruz, Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6.

5/8/2012 Ron Edwards: Finishing up
Hi, We're in the final weeks! The closure is still on schedule for June 1. I was thinking of opening a "Bye!" forum, sort of like the old Birthdays forums,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Troy_Costisick, davidberg, Artanis, Emily Care, Frank Tarcikowski, Anders Gabrielsson, Paka, Paul Czege, greyorm, Miskatonic, charlesperez, Eliarhiman6, JoyWriter, Thomas Lawrence, David Artman, Rich Forest, mael.rimbault, John Mc, Ben Lehman, VAgentZero, Andy Kitkowski, Call Me Curly, Clinton R. Nixon, Neil the Wimp, Gordon C. Landis, Alex Fradera, Matt, Christopher Weeks, Mytholder, hix.

5/16/2012 JosephKnight: Re: The Forge is literally the most pretentious place ever
Except for the example, which made little sense to me in regard to the reality that this metaphor is representing, I enjoyed the refreshing cynicism in this post. People keep…
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Participants: JosephKnight, Ron Edwards.

5/18/2012 Miskatonic: Five minutes to midnight
Hi, I just ran some math. If the entire existence of The Forge (in its current incarnation) spans but a single day, then today is 11:55 PM. If you prefer…
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Participants: Miskatonic.

5/30/2012 Gordon C. Landis: The fate of private messages
As the likely-stated end of winter is just a day or two away, it occured to me that it might be worth making sure folks are aware what the fate…
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Participants: Gordon C. Landis, lumpley.

6/1/2012 lumpley: The most important thing I've learned
If you want something to exist, create it! Thanks, Ron. Thanks, Clinton. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, epweissengruber, VAgentZero, Chris_Chinn, jessecoombs, Marhault, Pelgrane, hansel, Bret Gillan, Graham Walmsley, Warrior Monk, hix, Simon C, Jonathan Walton, Gregor Hutton, Rafu, jburneko, Nathan P., Miskatonic.

6/1/2012 Calithena: Hey, thanks!
For the friends I made here, on-line and real life both. For the inspiration I derived here for gaming and for fantasy. For letting me contribute to what other people…
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Participants: Calithena.

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