[UA] The True King of Online Gaming

[Epoch]

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Kevin Mowery wrote:

>     I know that many of the people on this list also frequent RPG.net, and I
> had a thought just a couple of minutes ago.  It used to be that RPG.net was
> a place where everyone--fan, freelancer, and professional--would go and hang
> out.  Then Sandy & Emma Antunes went away and other people took over the
> site.
> 
>     Not only did the quality of the site suffer, in the form of missed
> updates, deleted threads, and a preponderance of advertisements totally
> unrelated to gaming, but the site got a *lot* flamier.  The ill feelings
> weren't just limited to RPG.net, either: there were a lot of flamewars on
> the Pyramid boards, too.
> 
>     Now Sandy's back as the spokesman for the site and Emma's the webmaster,
> and everything is good again . . . .

You know, I like RPG.net as much as the next guy, and Sandy seems keen and
all, but if you wanted to talk about weird qualities he has, I'd go for
the ability to totally skew some people's perception of what's really
happening.

Did you notice that nobody's been able to post on RPG.net since about half
past midnight on 2/18?  There was a big round of flames when John Wick
threw out that column about the evils of D20.  The character of the online
RPG community hasn't exactly undergone a sea change since Sandy came back.

If there was any major change, it was due to D20.  D&D3 and Star Wars came
out, and everyone got all excited and flamey, and that drew the flamers to
all fora, and they didn't restrict themselves to just D&D3 or D20 based
stuff.

Since then, everyone's been calming down and it's getting more tranquil.

Similarly, when Mage: Revised was released, there was a lot of sound and
fury, and not all of it about Mage: Revised.  That's just the nature of
controversial products.

Mike

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"What would you do if your 15 year old had the power of a God?
 Raise his allowance."
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