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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.


2/6/2003 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 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.


2/5/2003 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.


2/4/2003 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.


2/3/2003 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.


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.


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.


1/27/2003 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.


1/21/2003 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.


1/18/2003 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.


1/7/2003 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.


1/4/2003 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.


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.


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.


12/13/2002 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.


12/12/2002 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.


12/6/2002 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.


12/5/2002 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.


12/5/2002 Irmo: The Forge and cultural bias (split from 'Forge as community'
[quote="Mike Holmes"]Irmo, Sounds like standard deconstructionist talk. Next you'll be telling us that the Forge shouldn't use English, as that biases it's production in a way that makes it less…
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Participants: Irmo, Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay, xiombarg.


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2/7/2003 Andy Kitkowski: d20 D&D supplements: Are they "Indie supplements&am
Kind of a weird question. I've hit a snag and need some quick feedback. A game is Indie if it's self-produced by someone who owns all the rights to the…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, clehrich, Matt Gwinn, Valamir, ThreeGee, Clinton R. Nixon, Dave Panchyk, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.


2/9/2003 Jason L Blair: Godlike Review Width
I'm at 1024x768 on my laptop and I have to horizontal-scroll another quarter screen to read the Godlike review. In my opinion, this is not cool. It seems to be…
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Participants: Jason L Blair.


2/9/2003 Jonathan Walton: New Forge Apparel
Hey Clinton, As much as I like the original designs, is it going to be possible to get Forge gear with the new logo on it? I like the mug…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton.


2/15/2003 ghoest: indigames.com
Hello, I've just found this website today... I'm the administrator of www.indigames.com and I am building a community based on independent game development and although in the end, i hop…
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Participants: ghoest, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes.


2/20/2003 JMendes: Session Expiration
Hey, :) Is it just me or are sessions expiring very quickly all of a sudden? Cheers, J.
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Participants: JMendes.


2/20/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: More Invalid Sessions
I just got an Invalid Session message trying to email someone. Ask if you need more details.
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Clinton R. Nixon, GMSkarka.


2/24/2003 Mike Holmes: The Forge's Reputation on the Line
So over on RPG.Net there's this monumental discussion about how the Origins Award is messed up that turned into a war about the quality of HackMaster. Anyhow, if you look…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Dave Panchyk, C. Edwards, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, clehrich, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Kuma, Jeffrey Miller.


2/25/2003 greyorm: PM Stuff & Errors
A question about the private message functions: I have two posts sitting in my Outbox right now, though I clicked "Send" on both of them. One is from much earlier…
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Participants: greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.


3/3/2003 Matt Gwinn: Who Uses the Forge the most?
[b]The Forge[/b] has continues to grow by leaps and bounds over the past year, but I haven't really noticed a huge swell in posts. As of this post, we have…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mark Johnson, Trevis Martin, Jack Spencer Jr, Jürgen Mayer, dalek_of_god, Valamir, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Piratecat, Pyske, Psycho42, Jeph.


3/10/2003 clehrich: Bug or Feature?
One odd thing seems to be happening since the Forge web revision. At least for me, when I close the browser and go do something else for a bit, every…
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Participants: clehrich, ThreeGee, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon.


3/12/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: weird bug?
I am currently experiencing a weird bug. I'm not sure how to describe it, so I'll have to do a play by play. I come to the site, and see…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, iago.


3/12/2003 Ron Edwards: Moderation issue - open discussion
Hello, Today, I moderated a thread in the Indie Design forum, EU States: Writers Block, which has turned into a difficult moderation problem. I don't plan to lock the thread.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Paganini, iago, lumpley, clehrich, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, Piratecat, Clay, Tar Markvar, Mytholder, Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, cruciel, Marco, M. J. Young.


3/13/2003 stingray20166: Current link for Swashbuckler?
OK, I know the review was done in 1999 -- I'm a little late to the party! Anyway, the link for Swashbuckler is 404 and darn it, I'd like a…
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Participants: stingray20166.


3/14/2003 xechnao: 2 PM email notifications but only 1 message.
Yes, that's right. Today I ' ve got in my email inbox 2 "PM has arrived" notifications from the forge. But only one PM was in my inbox folder over…
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Participants: xechnao, Walt Freitag.


3/16/2003 Mark Johnson: Indie-Rpgs Chat Room
Indie-rpg chat function possibilities: to talk without moderation, or concern of moderation to discuss one's personal life, and how it intersects with one's game creation to talk socially, building bonds…
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Participants: Mark Johnson, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, iago.


3/20/2003 Valamir: Paying for the Forge
The following thoughts have been stewing around to a greater or lesser degree for the past few months. Premise: 1) That the Forge is a truly unique location on the…
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Participants: Valamir, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, Jonathan Walton, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, xiombarg, Paganini, Jason L Blair, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Brian Leybourne.


3/22/2003 Thomas Tamblyn: Attaching images to posts
Is there any way to attach image files directly to a post? When I make a game I often do a couple of sketches to help cement the feel of…
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Participants: Thomas Tamblyn, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.


3/27/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge birthday
It's exactly 7 days until the Forge is 2 years old. (Note: The Forge is older than that. It's 7 days until the forum, and the renaming of the site…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Adam, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes, szilard, Jonathan Walton.


3/31/2003 Brian Leybourne: Forge Software capabilities?
Is there any way to set up my account (or the Forge itself) so that every time I visit a thread, it resets the "new since last login" for that…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon, Stuart DJ Purdie.


4/1/2003 ethan_greer: Forge Bookshelf
Hi there, site admins. Why isn't there a link to the Forge Bookshelf from the Forge? It's my feeling there should be. Just a thought... P.S. If it does exist…
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Participants: ethan_greer.


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