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12/5/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Off-the-cuff Forge cultural analysis
Moved by some of Irmo's discussion in Ron's "The Forge as a community" thread, I decided to look and see where the Forge is succeeding and failing in relation to…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Irmo, C. Edwards, Valamir, Kester Pelagius, Fabrice G., Paganini, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Clay, Le Joueur, Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, quozl, lumpley, wyrdlyng, wraeththu, hardcoremoose, Adam, talysman, Jake Norwood, Ziriel, Matt Snyder, Shreyas Sampat, Bankuei, Chris Passeno, greyorm, Matt, contracycle, MK Snyder, Tim Denee, Matt Wilson, Gordon C. Landis, cruciel, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, Ted E. Childers, Bob McNamee, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards.

12/4/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The five percent
This is my companion thread to Ron's latest of the Big Five threads, The Forge as a community. It's inspired by recent events here at the Forge, Ron's thought that…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, C. Edwards, Sidhain, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, jrients, Irmo, xiombarg.

12/3/2002 lumpley: Party at My Place
It's our annual winter solstice party, coming up here the 21st, from sunset on Saturday to sunrise on Sunday. If you're in or can get to Western Mass that weekend,…
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Participants: lumpley.

12/2/2002 Ron Edwards: The Forge as a community (Thread #5 of 5)
Hello, This is thread #5 of the Infamous Five, a related set of threads that I've been instigating over the last few weeks. Each one has spawned a bevy of…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Ziriel, Mike Holmes, cruciel, Le Joueur, Rich Forest, Bankuei, Maurice Forrester, Steve Dustin, GreatWolf, Valamir, jrients, Blake Hutchins, Clay, Jonathan Walton, wraeththu, MK Snyder, A.Neill, Clinton R. Nixon, Irmo, Emily Care, Kester Pelagius.

12/2/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Public admonition
Twice in the last month, Ron's closed threads when people proved themselves not capable of handling the topic. Both times, I've gone to bat and said, "Hey - person A…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards.

11/27/2002 Emily Care: pop the cork
1000 registered users on the forge.
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Participants: Emily Care, xiombarg.

11/23/2002 Walt Freitag: Citation analysis
It occurs to me that listing Forge threads in descending order of how many times each thread was linked to by another thread would make it easier to find some…
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Participants: Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/23/2002 Christoffer Lernö: PayPal - the Frustration
Since so many of you use PayPal, and since my main reason to get my PayPal account working again is to buy indie-rpgs I post my troubles here despite it…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

11/19/2002 Irmo: Line-by-line replies
[quote]E. Line-by-line replies Line-by-line replies are the online equivalent of interrupting someone after every sentence and arguing that sentence, taking it completely out of context. It is not only highly…
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Participants: Irmo, Ron Edwards, greyorm, A.Neill, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Maurice Forrester, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Mark D. Eddy, Blake Hutchins, Valamir, contracycle.

11/6/2002 Tim Denee: Forge RPG bookshelf
The new bookshelf rocks mightly (mightily. Mightely. Migh..). I assume all the stuff that was in my Anvilwerks bookshelf will soon be available in my Forge bookshelf?
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Participants: Tim Denee, hardcoremoose, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, Patrick Boutin.

11/4/2002 Ron Edwards: [Forge policy] Review submissions accepted
Hi everyone, At last: a Forge Review Policy for Everyone. QUICK ENLIGHTENING INSIGHT One reason that people post reviews is so they can talk about the game with others. If…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, ADGBoss.

11/3/2002 Jonathan Walton: Ergo: Could/Should be a Forge Article?
If I had to pick a single document that revolutionized my thinking as a game designer, it would not be Ron's GNS Essay (which I only encountered recently), but this…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Andrew Martin, Emily Care, Ron Edwards, RobMuadib, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes.

11/2/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Reviews?
Are there actively reviews being done anymore or is that thing kind of put on hold for a while? I mean with the review forum put away as inactive and…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/1/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Minor layout thing: Not so wide please!
I'm getting a feeling that the columns are getting wider and wider. Any chance that one could alter the width the postings are displayed at? It's easier to read if…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

10/31/2002 Ron Edwards: Glossary startup - at last!
Hi there, In the midst of the "Change" thread, I got an idea about the Glossary. OK, here's how it'll go. Everyone has one week to mail me in 250…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Christoffer Lernö, Emily Care, Le Joueur.

10/30/2002 Matt Snyder: "We fear change!"
Question for everyone -- why are there fewer and fewer encouraging responses and rigorous discussions in the Indie Game Design forum? To me, that forum (and maybe Actual Play) is…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Christoffer Lernö, Bob McNamee, M. J. Young, Tim C Koppang, hardcoremoose, Le Joueur, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, Jonathan Walton, ethan_greer, Clay, Bankuei, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Kester Pelagius, RobMuadib, xiombarg, Paganini, A.Neill, Walt Freitag.

10/29/2002 Andy Kitkowski: More topics per page?
Hey- As we've seen, The Forge is attracting more and more people all the time. Some forums, like Indie Game Design and Game Theory are scrolling quite fast. I was…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, xiombarg, Clinton R. Nixon.

10/27/2002 greyorm: Faulty Search Feature?
Anyone else been having this problem: You search for a thread you know the exact title of and author, and yet the Search feature returns "No Results." (ie: try doing…
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Participants: greyorm, Christoffer Lernö, jrs.

10/23/2002 Maurice Forrester: Dread forum?
Are there any plans for adding a Malignant Games/Dread forum to the Independent Games section of the site? I just got my copy of the game and I'm looking forward…
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Participants: Maurice Forrester, Ron Edwards.

10/20/2002 Christoffer Lernö: A "indie games featured on the Forge forums" guide
I was surfing around on the indie game forums, and something struck me: a) There might be a lot of good stuff here. In fact it most certainly is and…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

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12/5/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Thanks, and apologies for all the moderation
I know I've been super-active on the Forge lately, and I know my hand's been a bit heavy. We've had an influx of argument here lately, and, well, I'm not…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius.

12/6/2002 Emily Care: Relationships at the Forge
Hello all, In Clinton's Cultural Analysis thread, Mike asked Who are you? I'd like to know: Who do you hang out with? :) Specifically, who on the Forge do you…
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Participants: Emily Care, Paganini, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf, Matt Wilson, xiombarg, Clinton R. Nixon, Shreyas Sampat, wyrdlyng, Gordon C. Landis, Kester Pelagius, Jake Norwood, Ziriel, Seth L. Blumberg, lumpley, Paul Czege, greyorm, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, John Wick, Jürgen Mayer, Merten.

12/12/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Anvilwerks, Christmas, and the Forge
Hey everyone, It's the holiday season, and hopefully, if you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, or anything else that comes this time of year, you've got that holiday spirit. The Forge,…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg, sben, Mike Holmes, xiombarg.

12/13/2002 Alan: Message quotes and Font size
I've noticed that after a second block of quoted text, my body text is always in miniscule font. Is there a way I can change this? Where can I find…
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Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, quozl, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young, Valamir.

12/18/2002 razgon: Regalia : A sticky glossary?
Hi, I'm relatively new to these boards, although I registered quite some time ago, but have been away for...well a long time :-) The reason I never really got into…
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Participants: razgon, Emily Care.

12/19/2002 Jake Norwood: Real Names on the Forge
One of the things that really attracted me to the "adultness" of the forge was the use of "real names." Now, there was a firey thread on RPG.net a while…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Miller, Matt Wilson, Sidhain, Seth L. Blumberg, Eric J., xiombarg, Le Joueur, ethan_greer, contracycle, wyrdlyng, M. J. Young, quozl, Christopher Kubasik, Jack Spencer Jr, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Valamir, Maurice Forrester, Steve Dustin, Kester Pelagius, kamikaze, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei.

1/4/2003 Wulf: Forge signon
I'm not claiming this is IMPORTANT, but... Why can't The Forge log me in automatically? It SAYS it can, when I sign on, but it never DOES... except when I'm…
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Participants: Wulf, Cassidy, Andrew Martin.

1/7/2003 Brian Leybourne: Search/Display features?
Hi all, Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but I couldn't see a better place to post this question than "Site Discussion". When I first came to the…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/18/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: New article up
There's a new article up at the Forge, "More Fantasy Heartbreakers" by the esteemed Ron Edwards. Feel free to click the reviews link from the front page or at the…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Walt Freitag, Paul Czege, Matt, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Matt Wilson, stingray20166, Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, talysman.

1/21/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Forum layout question
For the last few months, I've had the forum laid out so that each section of it (General Forge Forums, Independent Game Forums, and Inactive Forums) are viewed separately. I'd…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat, Jason L Blair, Jack Spencer Jr, J B Bell, M. J. Young, clehrich, joshua neff, Michael S. Miller, wyrdlyng, Tim C Koppang, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards.

1/27/2003 M. J. Young: Access Problems
Am I the only one who has frequent problems accessing The Forge? I get a lot of time-outs on connection and resolving the site, and quite a few connection refusals,…
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Participants: M. J. Young, Eric J., clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Adam.

1/29/2003 Matt Gwinn: Marketing Forum?
I was wondering if there has ever been any thought about opening up a Marketing forum on the Forge? We really don't have a place to discuss different avenues of…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

1/30/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Forge, version 3
All, The 3rd version of The Forge will be going live Monday morning. I've spent the last few months analyzing different pieces of software to make our time here better…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, lumpley, xiombarg, M. J. Young, cruciel, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, Brian Leybourne, Matt Snyder, Eric J., Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, J. Backman, Fabrice G., Blake Hutchins, Jake Norwood, Scratchware, Psycho42, Zak Arntson, Tony Irwin, jdagna, Valamir, Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis.

2/3/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Discussion of the term 'independent'
In this thread, Ron brought up the Forge definition of 'independent RPGs' and mentioned that further discussion about it should go here. I wanted to go ahead and start this…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, quozl, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, talysman, Valamir, Nathan, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, wraeththu, Walt Freitag.

2/4/2003 Valamir: Sim Article and Mongrel
The Link to the game mongrel is buried in the middle of the sim article. Would it be possible to also link to it in the table of context in…
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Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2003 Paul Czege: brighter color for links?
Hey Clinton, Can we get a slightly brighter color for links within posts? The current dark red is damn near invisible amid surrounding black text. Paul
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Participants: Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/6/2003 Brian Leybourne: Invalid Session?
Ever since the upgrade (well, it seems that they coincide, anyway), I seem to occasionally get an "invalid session" error when posting a message. It doesn't happen all the time,…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Valamir, greyorm, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/6/2003 talysman: Iron Game Chef?
with all this talk about Simulationist games, I've been wondering: is Mike Holmes about to run an Iron Chef Simulationist competition? it's been almost four months since the last one...…
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Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Maurice Forrester, Shreyas Sampat, Dave Panchyk.

2/6/2003 Valamir: Event Planning Forum
With all the discussions going on about Gen Con and later they'll be some about Demon Con and various different projects and what not...I had a thought that having a…
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Participants: Valamir, xiombarg.

2/7/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Mark all topics read
I have noticed that topic marked read do not stay read for some reason. I cruise the forum, read and marking topics read. Then when all are read, I'll go…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

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