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Asking for a condensed version or summary sounds like another good way to show that you're genuinely interested but turned away by the format. It doesn't come across as mean criticism, it comes across as, "I want to read this, but I can't. Help me?"

In a way, each thread is its own enclosed semiprivate space... maybe not a house but perhaps a table in a cafeteria. Imagine if some stranger came over to your table where you were having a discussion with your friends and told you out of nowhere that the shirt you were wearing was too silly...

Perhaps, but that doesn't change the fact that it's rude. It's like going over someone's house for dinner (someone you don't know well) and telling them they used too much salt so you didn't eat it when there were other guests that seemed happy with the meal. It may be true, but it's still...

It's really a matter of timing, I think. If a post goes without replies for some time and/or if the original poster is replying asking why where are no replies, then it's okay to pop in and say something like, "Your post is way too long for a message board." In that case, you're offering...

If you like science stuff you should look into the podcasts put out by Nova and HowStuffWorks.com. One of my favorites is Critical Hit, which is a 4e D&D live play podcast. The GM put together a very interesting story and the players have some really memorable characters. The sound quality is...

I use MediaMonkey. It has a free version, but if you want all the bells and whistles it's just $20 for the full thing (more if you want upgrades to theoretical future versions). Even the free version can be pretty powerful. I ended up paying the $20 to use the advanced smart lists, but that...

I bought my Fuze refurbished off of eBay for less than $40 and have been perfectly happy with it for a few months now. I would recommend some sort of screen protector or cover for it, though. I made a little cloth pocket for mine so that I don't have to worry about it bumping up against stuff...

If your goal is just to identify places then you could simply make lists or do an outline of the different places you want. If you want to connect these places, then I second a node map. Basically, draw circles or squares on a piece of paper and connect them with lines. The circles or...

IIRC the Angel ending wasn't designed as a cliffhanger. They knew the show wasn't coming back for another season and that episode was supposed to be The End. It was a bittersweet ending where the world was essentially destroyed, but it was slightly hopeful because the main characters were...

I'm a woman, a gamer, and a geek. Along with pen and paper RPGs I also play video games, and let me tell you that in many cases they have a much longer way to go than RPGs. I was playing Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and this game has backslid greatly since the first in the series as far...

I picked up a refurbished 2 GB Sansa Fuze for ~$40 a few months ago to replace my iPod Shuffle, and I'm reasonably happy with it. It will automatically separate your media into songs, audiobooks, and podcasts (based on genre or folder location). It has FM radio. It can play video, but I've...

Yay! :D More cake!

We're continuing the round-robin campaign from a mini-campaign that I started, so I'm the one without a PC right now, and I wanna have my own PC. :p I've DM'd 4e before, but never actually been on the PC side of it. Not only do I want to play it, but I feel like having my own PC would give me...

We're going to start a round-robin style 4e campaign after our current one is over, where people take turns as the DM, and we're trying to decide what to do with the current DM's PC. My personal preference is to have the PC sit out the sessions when his player's DMing, but others in our group...

Nooo! Now you've ruined it for me! :eek: ;) :rant: Actually, if I was willing to spend the extra money for extended cable I could've watched the finale already, but ~$50 extra a month is just not worth it for me and my husband. There are only 2 or 3 more shows we'd watch a week if we had...

I have not seen part 2 of this yet (I'm on Hulu's schedule), so no spoilers from those who have seen it, please. :) I'm guessing that whatever fried that alliance soldier is related to why the ship is not moving. I'm gonna say that the incoming wormhole caused Destiny to stop someplace...

Would it make more sense to put the "Messageboards" link all the way to the left so that people won't have to scroll (or won't have to scroll as much) to get to all of the forums in that dropdown? Plus, people read from left to right, so the most important links should probably be at the left.

The one player experience I can think of I had with taking prisoners ended up similarly to IronWolf's story, though the players didn't take it personally and we moved on with the game after a while. We were playing in Eberron and the party was a group of misfits working for the Brelish...

Can I ask what the experiment was? Were you seeing if those ads got a different number of views whether they were at the top or the bottom? I'm just curious. :p By the way, for the record I was not complaining about the ad placement, just giving what I hoped was constructive criticism.

I've only DM'd one mini-campaign, so I don't know if I'd qualify for the title of RBDM, but when I read the premise of your post (that the compass leads to incredible treasure at the cost of a life, then the player's plan to sell it) this is what I thought would happen, and what I would have...