Why the hate?

[Wormwood]

Quite honestly, it used to be better, IMHO. ENworld is a much more negative place than it was 7 years ago. It's still one of the best and most civil public forums of it's size and kind, but I find that it degenerates into the same arguments (often by and between the same people) much more often than it once did.

I was never a 'power poster' around here, but ENWorld has had a proud place in my bookmarks since early 2000.

But 'more negative than 7 years ago' seems a little much. Remember the days before "no politics, no religion' rules enforced the forums? It was brutal, with flame wars and multiple thread locks per day (many of them involving myself, I'm afraid).

That said, I otherwise agree with your assessment that the forums have become steadily negative over the past year or so. I rarely visit any more, and that mood is the main reason why not.

 

[tx7321]

I find ENworld a very friendly place by comparison. And I agree with Treebore 100%...lets remind each other to be polite. And perhaps try skipping over threads that don't interest you or those that will get you to loose your cool; likely someone else will agrue your point anyway.

 

[thedungeondelver]

Wormwood I so stole your avatar.

And for that, I say "Thanks a lot."

 

[Gundark]

For the most part this is one of the most polite message boards anywhere!!

QFT

 

[Rothe]

...[Edit: While making some adjustments to my profile, I realized that I have over 20 people on my IL. I guess it's possible that ENWorld merely seems friendly to me because I use the "Ignore Poster" button like a SAW gunner uses bullets. ]

Wow, that works really well. Hate be gone.

 

[Desdichado]

I agree. While there have been some minor "edition wars" going on, casualties have been light. Take a surf around the web and you'll find hate galore. This place is Disneyland in comparison.

I was just at DisneyWorld a month or so ago. Almost got into a fight with some line jumper.

 

[Desdichado]

I remember when that quote originated here, I laughed so hard. It's interesting to see that the comedy of it has survived for almost a year now

Hot water no know limit!

Uhhh.... what?

That originated on rpg.net. Probably closer to five years ago now, not one.

 

[Henry]

Blarrr! Tea is overhyped leaf-steeped crap! Hot water is still loved by all people who drink hot beverages!

Hurr. Gar like Earl Grey. Gar no like Green Tea. Green Tea is for foreigner, not gentlemen.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Tell that to the orcs. They keep trying to kill my characters.

If they spoke Orcish, they'd know the orcs were just trying to get them to play their small press indie RPG.

 

[jdrakeh]

Irony of this post would be if I were one of the people on jdrakeh's IL.

All joking aside, I'm actually very selective about who goes on my ignore list. Merely because I disagree with someone doesn't mean that they get ignored. It's primarily reserved for people who have an established trend of trolling the forums here. If somebody's signal to noise ratio is roughly 1:4, they're probably on the list.