query re policy on 'bigwigs'

[Greylock]

I'm glad this thread came up, because I've been wondering exactly the same thing myself.

If this is true, then why is the Rick James thread at this URL: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=144161 still open when its a blatant attack on two publishers who visit these boards? Just curious, because I know the thread has been reported by several people.

Seconded.

 

[S'mon]

If you're referring to the current level of moderation (i.e., last year or so) or only the gaming section (RPG and otherwise - plus Other Media), I agree.

Yup - I only look at the roleplaying games forum on rpg.net

 

[Dinkeldog]

I'm glad this thread came up, because I've been wondering exactly the same thing myself.




If this is true, then why is the Rick James thread at this URL: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=144161 still open when its a blatant attack on two publishers who visit these boards? Just curious, because I know the thread has been reported by several people.

We've had two reports on this thread. One for specific images (that were removed by TM before I got there) and one for "racist overtones" which none of the moderators saw.

 

[Darkness]

For the record, IIRC a bit earlier a third poster also reported the very first post in the thread but merely said they found the thread "offensive" - they didn't even say what they objected to. Not much of a report, that...

 

[Dinkeldog]

Yeah, there was that. However, tasteless, which is what makes Chappell's Rick James character, does not equal "offensive". It just makes it, well, tasteless.

 

[Darkness]

Indeed...

 

[Psychic Warrior]

I'm glad this thread came up, because I've been wondering exactly the same thing myself. If this is true, then why is the Rick James thread at this URL: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=144161 still open when its a blatant attack on two publishers who visit these boards? Just curious, because I know the thread has been reported by several people.

Blantant attack? Saying you find stuff made by some publishers to be unblanaced is now a blantant attack? Guess about 50% of the reviews on this site will have to be prunedd too.

I have to agree with Thayan Menace (and others) you are being remarkablely thin-skinned.

 

[Terath Ninir]

Blantant attack? Saying you find stuff made by some publishers to be unblanaced is now a blantant attack? Guess about 50% of the reviews on this site will have to be prunedd too.

I have to agree with Thayan Menace (and others) you are being remarkablely thin-skinned.

It's what he does.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Blantant attack? Saying you find stuff made by some publishers to be unblanaced is now a blantant attack? Guess about 50% of the reviews on this site will have to be prunedd too.

Yes, it is a blatant attack. The following is quoted from the "poster" attachment in that thread:

Basic Guidelines for the
Rick James School of DMing:
The Ten Commandments of an
Unreasonable Dungeon Master
....

9. I don’t like to limit myself to official WotC publications. For example, I like outside source material from Bastion Press and Mongoose Publishing.

This pretty clearly states that only unreasonable Dungeon Masters use non-WotC products, and then goes on to specifically cite Mongoose and Bastion. Or, to simplify that, he is saying that only unreasonable DMs use Mongoose and Bastion products. How that can be seen as anything but a blatant attack is beyond me.

I have to agree with Thayan Menace (and others) you are being remarkablely thin-skinned.

Not really. On any other board, where civility is not a fundamental requirement, this wouldn't even be an issue. I am simply asking the moderators to enforce this board's own rules.

 

[BSF]

There is an inference that unreasonable DMs use third party material.
There is a cited example of two publisher's product lines being specific indicators of being an unreasonable DM.

Coupled with several other 'discussions' the originating poster has been involved in, I now ignore somebody.

I often call into question products from Mongoose Press. I have had no issues with Bastion Press products. I would not blanket label anybody using books from either company as being 'unreasonable'. This poster does.

Sure everyone is entitled to an opinion. But if I were to post in that thread that everyone agreeing with the original poster is an 'unreasonable jerk' I would be guilty of violating EN World's Code of Conduct.