Weapon Speeds For d20 Fantasy Gaming

[Water Bob]

Fascinating. People have said the same about me.

Just flat-out refuse to stop buzzing around my threads, huh? Maybe getting a kick out of it? Strange how you constantly keep poping up like this in my threads, never to add to the conversation in a constructive way, using with one-liners that spur flames.

Does this forum have an "ignore" feature?

 

[JamesonCourage]

Indeed it does. Click on Dandu's name. Then, once the page loads, just underneath his icon, it'll say "User Lists". Click the down arrow to the right of the words, and it should give you three options. The bottom option is "Add to Ignore List."

Volia, no more poster you don't like seeing bog your thread down after you've asked them to stop. They'll still post in your threads, and people will still reply to them, but you won't see them anymore. It's peaceful.

As always, play what you like

 

[Water Bob]

Indeed it does. Click on Dandu's name. Then, once the page loads, just underneath his icon, it'll say "User Lists". Click the down arrow to the right of the words, and it should give you three options. The bottom option is "Add to Ignore List."

Volia, no more poster you don't like seeing bog your thread down after you've asked them to stop. They'll still post in your threads, and people will still reply to them, but you won't see them anymore. It's peaceful.

Awesome. Thanks man.

 

[Arrowhawk]

As if to prove my point.

I'm not sure what point of yours I've proven. My post is an agreement with Bob's observation about forum behavior, except that it is true on many forums, not just here. The majority (like 95%) of people who post, basically suck at logic. The repeatedly and frequently make non-sequitor arguments, ad hominems, false analogies, and a host of other problems. The more egregrious the offender, the more likely they hold a grudge when you point out problems with their reasoning and they will tend to come after you whenever you post.

This problem is compounded when that someone is a "forum regular." People tend to see forums where they hang out a lot as their communities. The more that person posts, the more postive feedback they get from other regulars, the more likely they will develop a sense of pride that must be defended (but everyone does not respond the same). "Regulars" usually become friends with other regulars and then a natural and fascinating human thing happens: Those "regulars" develop a local culture and they form a clique. Yup, that word from highschool. The clique will often defends itself against those who challenge any member, a term I call dogpiling. Essentially what this leads to is conformity. All pretty standard stuff. Not very enlightened, but very typical.

I'm not necessarily saying that this is specifically what has happened in this thread, just pointing out that what Water Bob talks about is a very common occurance on forums of just about any type. I don't know if that proves your point or not.

 

[Dandu]

I can honestly say that I consider myself apart of this community.

 

[kitcik]

People tend to see forums where they hang out a lot as their communities. The more that person posts, the more postive feedback they get from other regulars, the more likely they will develop a sense of pride that must be defended (but everyone does not respond the same). "Regulars" usually become friends with other regulars and then a natural and fascinating human thing happens: Those "regulars" develop a local culture and they form a clique. Yup, that word from highschool. The clique will often defends itself against those who challenge any member, a term I call dogpiling. Essentially what this leads to is conformity. All pretty standard stuff. Not very enlightened, but very typical.

There is some truth to this. Sorry if I "dogpiled" you, Water Bob.

The majority (like 95%) of people who post, basically suck at logic. The repeatedly and frequently make non-sequitor arguments, ad hominems, false analogies, and a host of other problems.

This is a good way to cause dogpiling - by dissing on 95% of posters (who presumably make up the community). However, I think your conclusion is based on an inaccurate evaluation of available data. It seems to me that the majority of posters on this site are reasonably adept at using logic. Just because 95% of the people who post disagree with you does not support your conclusion. In fact, if you consider it logically, it may support the theory that a certain poster "sucks at logic."

 

[Dandu]

The majority (like 95%) of people who post, basically suck at logic. The repeatedly and frequently make non-sequitor arguments, ad hominems, false analogies, and a host of other problems.

Like statistics. By the Flaming Underpants of Nerul, do I hate people who pull their statistics out of their Bags of Holding.