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I like 4e, but the next game I GM will be 3.0 edition core books only with a lot of house rules (for example gold gives XP, declare actions before Init roll, random spells and other pre 3e chargen conceits, no magic shops, race/class restrictions). I did enjoy previous editions of D&D (skipped...

I've been running play-by-post games on RPoL for 10 years now. The oldest has been going for around 8 years. Here are the top tips I would have given my younger self: 1) Manage Your Expectations a) In the face-to-face world GMs are sometimes hard to find. In play-by-post there are hundreds of...

No. Disingenuous does not equal dishonest. Words matter.

Sorry I have to jump in just for this and apologise to Walking Dad. I was assuming that he was posting a kind of "my hat of 3e no no limit" quote. In fact I didn't pick up on the non English speaker angle. I have lived in Switzerland for 19 years and am married to an Iranian, so my "correct...

Disingenuous is not the same as dishonest. Please do not put words in my mouth. And I think saying, on a D&D forum, that use of the term 4e is ambiguous is the very definition of disingenuous. Anyway I will regretfully bow out of this discussion now. I am finding the level of outright...

OK. I think you are being disingenuous here. It would indeed annoy me as I dislike pigeon English. It shouldn't be necessary to repeat this again, but I was proposing banning edition war sniping in sigs, from both sides. It just so happens that all the sniping I have seen is anti-4E.

"Someone is trying to impose unilateral censorship! Close the thread!" Gotta love the irony.

I fully intend to slide back into lurkerdom after this thread, I just wanted to get a low level annoyance of my chest. It was interesting putting my head above the parapet, but I think I'm too thin skinned to make a habit of it :)

Wow. Either I've totally misunderstood the concept of trolling or that was unjustified.

I generally find it is more productive to judge each post on its merits. That said it is funny you should say that. I created this account, after years or lurking, specifically to post in support of edition wars. But recently I too am getting a little tired of them, sad to say because it looks...

I have never found any sig, no matter how witty, hilarious after more than a couple of repetitions. I envy you.

I'm not a 4e defender in any form, check my post count, most of which is from this thread! I do sympathise with them though. I view them in the same way as I view online defenders of AGW - I am full of admiration for their dedication in debunking misinformation :)

True, but why should you have to ignore crass people. Why not call them on being crass? I appreciate hearing the mods point of view, so thanks for replying. However, I know as mods you get ticked off with edition wars, and I think this kind of low level stuff does build up and is a big factor...

Could I respectfully ask you to change it Shemeska? It really is very irritating.

Don't get me wrong, I acutally like edition wars. But I only want to see them in edition-warry threads. This sig abuse is very annoying. rather like Chinese water torture. The individual drips may be harmless (and too minor to Report ) but after reading the "tales of the limited staircase" dig...

To take your points in order: 1) The title of the thread is Ban edition war baiting in sigs and status lines. 2) I agree. 3) The mods 4) I don't find sigs "horribly offensive" although most of them are pretty sad IMO. 5) I agree. 6) No.

Not in your sig or status text though! BTW what is the best way to contact the mods re moving this thread?

Will do

It's not as bad as it was, but there are still posters with digs at 4e and/or WotC in their sigs and status lines ("tales from the limited staircase", "gald I'm not a WotC customer" etc.). Every post these folks make is a mini edition war on its own! Time for a ban? As an interesting...

These days all my roleplaying is done by play-by-post. I have found this issue cropping up when I try to run 4E games in particular. Players seem to want to be led between one combat encounter and the next. Love the 4E iteration of D&D but this is a worrying sign. Is this how new players are...