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Am I being incredibly naive, or are the moderators at the Wizards boards power-mad? I have come up against several threads that get moved and locked for reasons that I would perceive as hasty, intolerant, and judgmental. I am continually surprised that the moderators have these draconian...

tidus-- We know you want this thread to stay open, but perhaps this is a topic for another venue. Perhaps you could join that yahoogroup and start it up there. Sexuality and Religion are hot topics, and even if we feel we are personally mature enough to discuss the topics, they just don't...

Hey, bud, be careful. The hardest part for you is going to be knowing when to pick your battles. There is a huge difference between standing up for yourself and letting your pride get the best of you. A mature person knows how to keep their zeal in check, and just let ignorance be. Remember...

Why GM? I know that the judges out here in Nyrond (Southern CA and Utah) are incredibly altruistic. They don't get much of anything out of it--simply a good time with their table. Generous in the extreme. While Greyhawkers are very open with their criticisms, they can be pretty miserly with...

My experiences with LG have been both good and bad. I have had the best of times and the worst of times. I have to agree that's it's fantastically frustrating that the role-playing aspect of the game is not emphasized at all. The writer's rules for creating LG scenarios actually relegate the...

I would echo the sentiments of some of the earlier posters about the gaymers list on Yahoo. This is the description of what it is from the home page: If you’ve often wondered whether you’re the only G/L/Bi/Tv/Tr interested in roleplaying or other entertainment-style games, we’re here to tell...

Alright, you can add me to the list as well. I have to mention our Yahoo Group, Gaymers. It has been a very good, nurturing, protective, enlightening, helpful group that all of the members have really enjoyed. We are just a group of everyday joes and jills, and it's been great being able to...

The idea of a steady group is fascinating to me. I don't have one. I play in the Living Greyhawk campaigns, so we have different players at every table I sit down at. My perception of D&D is warped a bit, I think. I would love to be able to use rule variants and the like, but the Living...

In Living Greyhawk, they use #1, much to the chagrin of Bard players (there are so few Bard players in Greyhawk in part because of this ruling). This year, RPGA counted 14,000 players in the Greyhawk campaign, by far the largest organized system of D&D players. If they have reached a concensus...

I think the problem that a lot of us have (and having read this thread, I see it even more) is that we care dearly for a class that seems to be more ambiguous than the others in comparison. So many of the skills and abilities that make up the heart of the Bard are so...debateable. Large holes...

Too True! I concur. The logistics of the game mechanics probably don't match with reality, but what can you do? By making them realistic, game balance is altered for the Bard Class, requiring a whole different slew of revisions, and so on and so on... I think we all know from experience that...

Oh, come on guys--can anyone say that the Bard as a class is threatening? How often do you actually USE the perform skill? This haggling over whether the Perform skill lets you use a Harp better than a Harmonica... Yeah, I can unequivocally say that learning one instrument makes it...

Winter in San Diego That's a perfect idea! Maybe a GenConSoCal in February or March to balance out the other half of the year... Keep in mid that the water can still be pretty chilly, but at least you don't have ice and snow! Weather in San Diego can be around the 60's (if not warmer) but...

San Diego Virtues Yes, Yes, I have to whole haeartedly agree--San Diego has just expanded their convention center and it's perfect! The Hyatt is nearby to allow for even more gaming space. In addition, Warlords, the local RPGA club is one of the best groups around--very good guys and gals...

Re: Re: Default Fantasy Sexuality You are very right--D&D isn't a forum for discussing political issues. And if you want it to be that's great because you can always cater your own campaign to whatever criteria you want it to emulate. But consider that finding the mere mention of...

Default Fantasy Sexuality What upsets me about the whole "homosexuality in gaming" issue is that by default, our society uses terms and situations that are inherently heterosexual as the norm. It's certainly okay for there to be a King and a Queen in every country, and no one jumps up and down...

Re: Re: Re: The Quandry "Why is it so hard to understand that products created by human beings have to be paid for, if you want to see similar products in future?" I don't mind paying for what I like. I don't mind paying a lot of money for it either--if I want it bad enough I'll find a way to...

Is there no one amongst us then, in all of our infinite geekness, that can convince "someone out there" to either: 1) purchase the D&D line from WotC/Hasbro, or 2) find someone who can be convinced to purchase it and run the company like any other hobby-inspired company instead of a...

The Quandry I have just spent the last couple of hours reviewing this thread, and I think I finally realized something. Think about this: I work in the arts. Theatre to be exact. There has been a long-running debate on the national level that business practices have killed artistic...

I don't know squat about business, profit margins or the like. I'm just a game player. But I don't understand, and will never understand, why it is necessary to continually make a bigger and bigger profit off of every item sold year after year. I worked for a long time in a major fast food...