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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KDLadage" data-source="post: 157921" data-attributes="member: 88">Pyramid?Yes. I am a subscriber/member (I still look at Pyramid Online as being more of a membership than a subscription). I like Pyramid. It is a steal at $15/year. Go subscribe today. You will not regret it.As far as bashing goes? Don't know. I see some "looking down the nose" at d20. I see some of that towards GURPS here. I see that towards any and every system over at RPGnet.Sidenote: In fact, if one were to casually look over the forums at RPGnet, one could easilly get the impression that the typical RPG player thinkgs every RPG system sucks. One would then be left with the question of why RPG players play RPGs if they all suck, but that it neither here nor there.Me? I just concluded a D&D3e campaign (ran once per week, 4 hours per session starting three weeks after the release of the 3e Players Handbook; ended 10 days ago. Very cool game.) and I used to play a lot of GURPS. I want to play more GURPS. GURPS is my system of choice in most circumstances. I just need to find some GURPS players, or some people willing to learn GURPS. lately, in Cedar Rapids, those seem to be in short supply.I am putting the final touches on my notes for my next campaign (basically, this one if going to formalize my current 'playtest' campaign for UMBRAGIA) to begin in one month.So I feel that I do not look down my nose at any RPG system (well, save perhaps things like ROHOWA).But then again, I am a recovering RPG collector (I am on Step 11, the eBay step... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. I have things like GURPS 1st Edition and Timelords and Man, Myth and Magic, and Fantasy Wargaming: The Highest Level of All, and so forth. I have been spending a lot of time lately trimming down my collection in lots of 8-10 auctions... about 6 more lots to go before I have reached a point shere I have stuff off my floor, all on the shelves and able to see the shelves again...But back to the topic at hand: do those on Pyramid look down thier noses any more than other online communities? No. I do not think so. There are those I tend to ignore (it does not take long to figure out who you can just drop intio the killfile) just like here -- on these boards I have a dozen or so people I just glaze over.On the other hand, I find that in both locations there are those that I will seek out (even on topics I might not be that interested in) and read their stuff. The big bad Coyote6 is one of those I look for in both locations. My only fear, I suppose, is that I sometimes feel as though I am on the killfile list for a lot of people in both communities. Sometimes it sure feels that I get ignored a lot on both sides of the fence.Most times it does not bother me. But in places like the GURPS 4th EDITION discussion over at Pyramid, it can get frustrating to see people repeat ideas of mine, and get a long thread of responses when no more than a day earlier, I said the same thing without so much as a peep. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Oh well...In the end, however, I find Pyramid and EN World to both be co-habitations for me. Both are great resources. Both feel like home in most respects. Both seem like typical families -- some arguments; some gerat rational discussion and some great memories.</blockquote>

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