(kinda OT) Is is just me, or...

[Thresher]

The Greyhawk forum there is pretty friendly, kinda like a lot of old drunk guys sitting around a pub reminicing about a line of cars or bikes that "arent made like that anymore".

Prestige classes, its not to bad as long as you can take some brutally honest critcism of your creation. Theres a few gems that pop up here which are quite creative.

As for the rest of it..

Well they renamed the MIN-MAX forum the "Character Optimization" forum, fact remains its still just full of rules lawyers.

Then theres the 'Mature think tank' section, which is about as mature as a pre school full of Bevis and Butthead clones full of amphetamines who giggle every time someone mentions 'bo0bies' while sad, lost little cases ask questions like 'Is Incest Evil?' amidst the bo0bie posts.

BOVD section, if ever there was a reason for Monty Cook to cry tears of blood its this place. (No really! It is THAT BAD I swear!)

Other places to avoid
Forgotten Realms Boards. Um, just do NOT go there ok, trust me.
I was sort of warming to FR, then I went here. Now I just want to move a Spelljamming Deathstar off planet and crack the sucker right down the middle.

Savage Species, where the people from the min-max forum go to grow bastards of 1000 maniacs by cross breeding paragon trees with half Drow dragons.
then apply a vampire template.
then inflict it on their GM...

Whats a Player to Do?
A: Dont go here
B: Ask their GM

Whats a GM to do?
A: Dont go here
B: Slap their PC's about the face and get some guts

Races Forum, well if you ever wanted to know if the race your playing is a gimp or broken then they'll set you straight.

Deities and Demigods
"MY GOD IS MORE H4RDC0RE THAN YOUR GOD!"
Throw in +5 AK47's and its a jihad waiting to happen



(The above is sort of joking, sorta like poking someone in the eye type joke, except with a sharp stick covered in poo, type joke...)

 

[Hypersmurf]

Well they renamed the MIN-MAX forum the "Character Optimization" forum, fact remains its still just full of rules lawyers.

You say that like it's a bad thing...?

-Hyp.

 

[Gez]

Yeh, but their rule-lawyers are silly. When you compare the min-max combos to EN World's very own smackdowns, you'll constate that smackdowns are both more rule-legit and more powerful...

This may have changed now, but yeah, I've been there once and it was enough.

These times, I frequent the Web, Monster, and FR general forums, sometimes peeking in the MotP, OA, or Psionics forums.

 

[Carnifex]

Deities and Demigods
"MY GOD IS MORE H4RDC0RE THAN YOUR GOD!"
Throw in +5 AK47's and its a jihad waiting to happen

Curse you, Thresher! I was drinking tea when I read that and narrowly avoided redecorating the keyboard in it; instead I ended up snorting it into my nose

Another reminder to always be carefuly of drinking while reading these boards

 

[KenM]

From what I understand, the people at WOTC don't even look at they're own fourms. I think it would be a good place to look and see what the gaming public wants, and as a company react to it.
I was very critical of WOTC on that fourm,for not getting etools fixed fast. I posted my thoughts intellegently IMO and all I got was insulted/ flamed by the WOTC fanboys. It is pretty bad over there, but thats one of the reasons I like ENworld better. Also I have broadband and some days the fourms there are so slow its unreal. Its not the worse one, that prize goes to the offical battlefield 1942 fourms. When you post over there asking a simple question, 95% of the time the first few replies are insults/ flames.

 

[arwink]

Ironically, I've seen a number of other boards where EN World is considered the rude, unfriendly place. It's kind of an internet provincialism.

Heh, I can still remember holding that opinion, a little over a year and a half ago.

Of course, that was before the board in question exploded in a flurry of short-lived negativity and I was lured here long enough to avoid going back

 

[Henry]

Regarding rudeness quotients, it's a matter of personal preference. Mark's advice is sound - find a place (or two) you like, and contribute all you can.

Many times on other boards I've run into others who have described examples of rudeness or intolerance from these forums, and most of the time I can neither prove nor disprove the claims. The examples I get are usually "not on my watch," or they are ones I missed totally. As usual, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle between someone's negative account, and what people on the boards say happened.

All humans are jerks at some point in our lives - it just depends on what day you catch people on.

 

[Dismas]

I tend to stay around the d20 boards (Modern, CoC, General) and Meta and tend to stay away from the DnD ones.

On the whole I haven't found a problem with rudeness or raving fanboys and as an added bonus Charles Ryan is very active on the modern boards helping out with any questions people might have.