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9/24/2003 xechnao: Polls
Is there a possibility to make polls on the forge?
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Participants: xechnao, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, xiombarg, Marco, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.


9/13/2003 Ron Edwards: Thank you for volunteering
Over in Internet piracy on documents, Dave Panchyk wrote, it's time to create some "Wisdom of the Forge" threads/stickies/articles/sutras, that encapsulate the "best practices" (in corporate parlance) of experienced Forge…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.


8/27/2003 Nathaniel: Invalid_Session?
I've been having problems post. I seem to always get "Invallid_Session" after I click either Preview or Submit. If this post works, I'll be surprised and I'll go try posting…
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Participants: Nathaniel, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.


8/26/2003 ethan_greer: Suggestion for post subject line
I've noticed that individual post subjects (not thread subjects) are easy to miss or ignore and sometimes this is unfortunate. Is there a way to make post subjects stand out…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, M. J. Young.


8/21/2003 Halzebier: [Newbie Question re: Search Function]
Hi there! I'm usually quite capable of using a search engine, but the Forge's eludes me. I was trying to read up on some topics such as the Impossible Thing,…
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Participants: Halzebier, WDFlores, Ron Edwards.


8/21/2003 bcook1971: How do you indicate the author for a quote?
Please.
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Participants: bcook1971, Jack Spencer Jr.


8/20/2003 abzu: Conventions Forum
I recently posted a thread about starting a Forge East convention-going force in the Publishing thread. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7674 Publishing seems like the wrong place for something like this. I formally and…
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Participants: abzu, iago, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, ross_winn, kwill.


8/20/2003 Rose: Coke Ants
Hey can you do me a favor? I just made a new board called Coke Ants an we are looking for more members to come and post. So will you…
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Participants: Rose, Ron Edwards.


8/19/2003 M. J. Young: Thread Closing Question
There seems to be some confusion about thread closing here at the Forge. On several occasions, I've noted Ron saying that once the person who raised the question in the…
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Participants: M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Hunter Logan.


8/14/2003 WDFlores: Difficulties Advocating Forge Schtuff
Hiya folks, I've just had my first experience introducing other gamers to some Forge terminology (on a mailing list of gamers here in the Philippines). And, man oh man, did…
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Participants: WDFlores, Valamir, Marco, pete_darby, Bankuei, cruciel, Clay, Kester Pelagius, Jeffrey Miller, iago, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Jack Spencer Jr, Maurice Forrester, gentrification.


8/12/2003 GB Steve: And it was going so well ...
A big step in my time at the Forge today, Ron and I agreed on something. I'm starting to think that many of the problems I've had here are down…
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Participants: GB Steve, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr.


8/10/2003 Brian Leybourne: Spam postings
We are starting to get more and more of these. Is it perhaps time to consider a stand-down period before you can post after you create an account? It might…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Dave Panchyk, Ron Edwards, Clay, Clinton R. Nixon, Kester Pelagius.


8/2/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge News Thread
All, I've started this thread to post news about new forums, new reviews, new articles, and whatever else happens at the Forge. I've locked it, solely because it's an announcement…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.


8/1/2003 ethan_greer: GenCon 2004
Okay, lots of folks are talking about how cool GenCon 2003 was, but I haven't seen a reaction from Ron, unless he put it somewhere I missed (entirely possible). So…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, C. Edwards, jdagna, Jeffrey Miller, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Troy_Costisick, Michael S. Miller, abzu, Valamir.


7/29/2003 contracycle: new fora?
So we are getting a lot of raw game idea's pitched lately. No problem with that, its just difficult to fiugure out where they go. In RPG theory, as in…
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Participants: contracycle, iago, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Mark Johnson, Jeffrey Miller, cruciel.


7/28/2003 greyorm: Raven goes to GenCon...
Like Matt, I just put up my pics from GenCon...01. Yes, I finally got around to it, two years after the fact. You can find this historical, pictoral archive of…
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Participants: greyorm.


7/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: GENCON 2003 Pics & Video
I have some pics of Gencon on my web site. there are quite a few so be patient when waiting for them to load. There are also so videos (some…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, kregmosier, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, taepoong, drozdal, Matt Wilson, Jake Norwood, John Harper.


7/22/2003 Ron Edwards: Moderation issue today
Hello, Some people are questioning my moderation in the RPGmall at GAMA? thread in the Publishing forum. I have a few things to say about that which are not subject…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, xiombarg, iago, permacultureguerilla.


7/21/2003 John Wick: Gen-Con Bound!
As most of you know, I've been working at www.neopets.com for the last few months, which has kept me very busy and away from designing. However, my bosses have arranged…
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Participants: John Wick, Jake Norwood, Michael S. Miller, Enoch, Matt, Akos Szederjei.


7/18/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Feature Request or Technical Help
How can I view unread posts in a specific forum category? Is there something I can put into the search function to do this? (Like if I were looking for…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat.


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9/29/2003 Gawian: Realm of Rage
Hey all there is this new rpg called Realm of Rage. Its free, online, graphical, and in-depth. I wish for all of you to try it and help it grow…
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Participants: Gawian.


10/2/2003 Ron Edwards: "Realism" and "GM" threads in RPG Theory
Hello, I call everyone's attention to these threads: Realism in RPGs and There is only players in RPG. We have a community issue to discuss which hasn't come up for…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Drifter Bob, Marco, xiombarg, Merova.


10/11/2003 gobi: Discussion vs. Self-Promotion
I've often worried about something when posting on a thread. When the topic of the thread is something about do-it-yourself skills, for example, I'm compelled to discuss how PUNK handles…
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Participants: gobi, Ron Edwards.


10/11/2003 Dev: Ettiquette for announcing new work...
Considering that "posting in the Indie Game Design forum implies that you're a commited designer, etc.", where would it be appropriate to announce that some work-in-progress has met some completion…
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Participants: Dev, Ron Edwards.


10/15/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The downage
The Forge was down for a day on Oct 13-14, 2003. I need to comment on it, although I'm on the road, and won't be able to read comments until…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, AnyaTheBlue, joshua neff, Jeph, rafial, ethan_greer, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Jack Aidley, Jonathan Walton, Tim Alexander, LordSmerf, Lxndr, Clay, Nathan, Marco, lumpley, Matt Wilson, xiombarg, greyorm, BenjaminRogers, ross_winn.


10/17/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Should I still be here?
One of the reasons you haven't seen me around here much lately is because I've been questioning my role here. You see, the intent of the Forge is to promote…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, gobi.


10/23/2003 Czar Fnord: Favicon for Forge?
Hi, all! I am a visually-driven, rather anal person. I apologize for the latter. When I look at my bookmarks, every default icon next to a shortcut is like a…
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Participants: Czar Fnord, Clinton R. Nixon, abzu.


10/25/2003 RaconteurX: Latest outage
Either the site was down for all of Friday night into Saturday morning, or my internet provider at work (Earthlink) no longer likes your host. Never have I seen a…
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Participants: RaconteurX, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Sparky, Brian Leybourne, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Mark.


10/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Closing down my forum
After some private discyussion with the administrators of the Forge, Seraphim guard has agreed to close dwon its forum here. Given the amount of freelance talent my company now uses…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon.


10/28/2003 Philippe Tromeur: Talking about The Forge on a French radio
In my weekly radio show, "La Terre est Plate Comme une Orange" ( http://ltpco.tk/ ) on a local radio last Monday, I've talked briefly about the Forge. The part in…
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Participants: Philippe Tromeur, joshua neff.


11/10/2003 Mulciber: Bookmarks
To (presumably) Clinton: Can we have bookmarks (something like Single This Thread Our For Special Attention), or something? To quote Berucha (sp?): I want it now!
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Participants: Mulciber, C. Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.


11/10/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Game brewing: where to discuss ideas for games
Where on the Forge is it acceptable to discuss and refine basic ideas for games, rather than games where the work has already been accomplished and need to be reviewed?…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards.


11/12/2003 apeiron: Crucible: Publish or Perish (forge spinoff)
@ Somewhere i was reading that the Forge has gained many newbies who might be 'diluting' the pool (the quality of discussion/work). This gave me an idea of having a…
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Participants: apeiron, Brian Leybourne, M. J. Young, Marco, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, RaconteurX, Emily Care, J B Bell, greyorm, LordSmerf, C. Edwards.


11/12/2003 Green: where can we go to gloat?
Since I finished Kathanaksaya and created a website for it, a player for an independent group (one I don't run) emailed me and told me he was adapting Kathanaksaya for…
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Participants: Green, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.


11/12/2003 www.pittt.tk: Hello I'm new to this site...
It looks pretty cool I love role-playing games A bit about myself I'm from England and I run a msg board at pittt.tk So whats up??
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Participants: www.pittt.tk, Ron Edwards.


11/13/2003 Ron Edwards: New forum and policy
Hello, Clinton and I are reasonably cetain that the poster Falconis is responsible for the recent 40 minutes of downtime, by overloading the server with some kind of email ("Denial…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, greyorm, joe_llama, A.Neill, Lxndr, Emily Care, Jack Aidley, Clinton R. Nixon, TheRedSoup, Walt Freitag, Falconis, Matt Snyder, Paganini.


11/19/2003 bcook1971: Praise for "View posts since last visit"
I think this is a recent addition . . . May be wrong. Anyways, how useful! Kudos.
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Participants: bcook1971, Ben Lehman, pete_darby.


11/24/2003 Opsimath: Technical question about this board
Hi, sorry to pester you with a question that has nothing to do with RPGs, so I'll try to keep it brief. I like the default behavior that causes all…
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Participants: Opsimath, Clinton R. Nixon.


11/26/2003 Dr. Awkward: I'm looking for "war stories"...
[i](If this thread is in the wrong place, please move it for me. I debated for a long time where to put it, and this seemed like the closest thing…
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Participants: Dr. Awkward, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf.


11/28/2003 bcook1971: Question about searching
Can your search page handle strings? e.g. . Or would you have to go ? I have trouble using it in…
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Participants: bcook1971, Brian Leybourne, jrs, Emily Care.


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