The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[J.Quondam]

I just discovered that a handful of my old campaign websites have vaporized. I vaguely remember getting a notice a couple years ago that they'd eventually be deleted, but my attempts at the time to migrate/update didn't work well, so I put it off. I guess I was expecting another warning, but it never came and... I forgot.

* sigh *

Chalk up another win for Power Word: Procrastinate.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I just discovered that a handful of my old campaign websites have vaporized. I vaguely remember getting a notice a couple years ago that they'd eventually be deleted, but my attempts at the time to migrate/update didn't work well, so I put it off. I guess I was expecting another warning, but it never came and... I forgot.

* sigh *

Chalk up another win for Power Word: Procrastinate.

Was this part of the Google purge? They're starting to tell people they're wiping old, insufficiently active accounts. (Hope you haven't been in a coma or prison!)

 

[trappedslider]

For some people, playing D&D is a hobby.
For a handful of others, arguing about playing D&D is a hobby.

Or lifestyle.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Look, I'm super-excited that you're on tour and it looks like a great setlist, but if I can't afford to buy every RPG product I want, I also can't afford $200+ for a ticket.

Make a concert movie during the tour and I promise to buy it.

 

[J.Quondam]

Was this part of the Google purge? They're starting to tell people they're wiping old, insufficiently active accounts. (Hope you haven't been in a coma or prison!)

Yep. I'd built the sites under a couple different gamer persona accounts rather than my personal one, so I never had reason to login since I mostly stopped playing several years ago.

The actual campaign notes aren't lost (I think?), just the nicely formatted reference websites for my then-groups. No big deal, I suppose, it's just one of those "doh!" moments.

 

[Thomas Shey]

It's true. There are people who love to discuss the ins and outs of different rules and different aspects of an RPG. Hear different points of view, express different opinions, look at things from different angles, all that.

And then there are people who actively troll for a fight: the ones who always assume the worst-faith interpretation of opposing points of view, use inflammatory phrasing, repeat themselves a dozen times over, demand the last word, etc. For them, the point isn't to argue a particular topic...the point is arguing itself.

I try to be the former guy, not the latter. I don't promise I always succeed...

 

[CleverNickName]

I try to be the former guy, not the latter. I don't promise I always succeed...

The way I see it? If you show up to a thread with the intent to learn something, you're probably in the first group. If you show up with the intent to prove something, you're probably in the second group.

"Well that's something, let's talk about it" vs. "You're wrong and here's how."

I try to bring more light than heat to a discussion thread, I really do...but I let myself get pulled off track more times than I care to admit. (But not as much as I used to. Lately I've gotten better at leaving threads--and staying away!--when I've said everything I can say about a topic, and/or it becomes clear that any actual discussion is over.)

 

[darjr]

Yes yes, tell me you’re against a great thing without telling me by mocking folks cheering it on.

 

[el-remmen]

 

[payn]

This is apparently supposed to be your response...