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I remember a text, written I believe by Achili, which was a sarcastic
answer to people believing that rpg are too expensive, rpg designers
are too rich.

Does anybody know where it is ?

Guillaume

 

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Guillaume JAY wrote:

> I remember a text, written I believe by Achili, which was a sarcastic
> answer to people believing that rpg are too expensive, rpg designers
> are too rich.

> Does anybody know where it is ?

It's written by Darren MacLennan, though it /mentions/ Justin Achilli
(and R. Sean Borgstrom shooting a man just to watch him die, I believe),
and it's hosted on RPG.net.

Sorry, I don't have the link. If you pop into RPG.net open and ask
there, somebody will give it to you.
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Stephenls wrote:
> Guillaume JAY wrote:
>
>> I remember a text, written I believe by Achili, which was a sarcastic
>> answer to people believing that rpg are too expensive, rpg designers
>> are too rich.
>
>
>> Does anybody know where it is ?
>
>
> It's written by Darren MacLennan, though it /mentions/ Justin Achilli
> (and R. Sean Borgstrom shooting a man just to watch him die, I believe),
> and it's hosted on RPG.net.
>
> Sorry, I don't have the link. If you pop into RPG.net open and ask
> there, somebody will give it to you.

U GIVE LINK NOW! HUK HUK

No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL BANNED.
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Richard Clayton wrote:

>U GIVE LINK NOW! HUK HUK
>
> No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL BANNED.

All becomes clear. Richard isn't Stephenls, he's _FUNKSAW_.

Phil

 

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Richard Clayton wrote:

> No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL BANNED.

What's your login name again? I'm going to try to get this resolved.
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Richard Clayton wrote:
>
> U GIVE LINK NOW! HUK HUK
>
> No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL BANNED.

How did you go and do that, mang?

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Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<419BFD1B.9E3C6E38@comcast.net>...
> Richard Clayton wrote:
> >
> > U GIVE LINK NOW! HUK HUK
> >
> > No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL
> > BANNED.
>
> How did you go and do that, mang?

Given the way RPGNet is being run at the moment, I'd have to guess
that the moderators rolled him on the Random Banning Table.

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Can we get someone to post the link, please?

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"Justin Bacon" <triad3204@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:<419BFD1B.9E3C6E38@comcast.net>...
> > Richard Clayton wrote:
> > >
> > > U GIVE LINK NOW! HUK HUK
> > >
> > > No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL
> > > BANNED.
> >
> > How did you go and do that, mang?
>
> Given the way RPGNet is being run at the moment, I'd have to guess
> that the moderators rolled him on the Random Banning Table.
>
> Justin Bacon
> triad3204@aol.com

 

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Julie d'Aubigny wrote:

> How did you go and do that, mang?

He's been banned since he signed up. It may have something to do with
his ISP. He can't even view Trouble Tickets.

I've tried to get the problem solved, but the staff hasn't responded.
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On 17 Nov 2004 04:39:51 GMT, unseenlibrarian@aol.com (Phillip Ames) wrote:

>Richard Clayton wrote:
>
>>U GIVE LINK NOW! HUK HUK
>>
>> No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL BANNED.
>
>All becomes clear. Richard isn't Stephenls, he's _FUNKSAW_.

No, I'm Funksaw. He's Justin Bacon.



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Justin Bacon wrote:
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> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<419BFD1B.9E3C6E38@comcast.net>...
> > Richard Clayton wrote:
> > >
> > > U GIVE LINK NOW! HUK HUK
> > >
> > > No, seriously, give. I'd pop into RPG.net open, but I'M STILL
> > > BANNED.
> >
> > How did you go and do that, mang?
>
> Given the way RPGNet is being run at the moment, I'd have to guess
> that the moderators rolled him on the Random Banning Table.

While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.

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Julie d'Aubigny wrote:

> While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
> why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.

Justin's just unhappy about them banning him for refusing to stop making
personal attacks.
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Stephenls wrote:
>
> Julie d'Aubigny wrote:
>
> > How did you go and do that, mang?
>
> He's been banned since he signed up. It may have something to do with
> his ISP. He can't even view Trouble Tickets.
>
> I've tried to get the problem solved, but the staff hasn't responded.

Ah, sounds like an IP ban.

Funky. Maybe we can blame Bloke.

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Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<419D6F92.EC57EA12@comcast.net>...
> > Given the way RPGNet is being run at the moment, I'd have to guess
> > that the moderators rolled him on the Random Banning Table.
>
> While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
> why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.

That may be true. But since their recent reasons have included "you
annoy me", "I don't like your politics", "you dared to question the
mighty moderators", "you associate with someone that we don't like",
"we screwed up and banned you by mistake, but we might as well ban you
permanently", and "you started a thread discussing a particular
roleplaying game that we don't like" I'm not sure that there's really
that much of a distinction.

There's a reason I pulled my reviews from the site. It's become
something I'm not particularly comfortable associating with.

Justin Bacon
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Stephenls wrote:
>
> Julie d'Aubigny wrote:
>
> > While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
> > why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.
>
> Justin's just unhappy about them banning him for refusing to stop making
> personal attacks.

Whatever the reasons they had for banning Justin, I was never really
happy with Curt's banning (although he's back, and he admits he pushed
things a bit far with the expectation that he'd be banned).

I wasn't involved on any level when Justin was banned, either. I was
sort of personally involved when Curt was, also. So...different
situations.

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Lady Chatterly wrote:
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> In article <419D6F92.EC57EA12@comcast.net> Julie dAubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
> >why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.
>
> Why are you thinking that you do not always find their choices of who
> to ban and why to be agreeable?

Far too much to go into. Banning Bloke = a win, for example, as with
that guy who, er, baited people. I can't remember his name. OTOH, a
banning or two came from a direction I didn't agree with.

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Lady Chatterly wrote:
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> In article <419D6F92.EC57EA12@comcast.net> Julie dAubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
> >why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.
>
> Why are you thinking that you do not always find their choices of who
> to ban and why to be agreeable?

Er, wait, I didn't realize what this Lady Chatterly was until reading
the other posts. Wackiness ensues.

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Justin Bacon wrote:

> There's a reason I pulled my reviews from the site. It's become
> something I'm not particularly comfortable associating with.

Actually I thought they were being unjustifiably petulant with this bit.
"We're pulling Justin's reviews because we don't like him, not because
he wants us to!"
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triad3204@aol.com (Justin Bacon) wrote in message news:<ead87502.0411191055.8a57dde@posting.google.com>...
> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<419D6F92.EC57EA12@comcast.net>...
> > > Given the way RPGNet is being run at the moment, I'd have to guess
> > > that the moderators rolled him on the Random Banning Table.
> >
> > While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
> > why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.
>
> That may be true. But since their recent reasons have included "you
> annoy me", "I don't like your politics", "you dared to question the
> mighty moderators", "you associate with someone that we don't like",
> "we screwed up and banned you by mistake, but we might as well ban you
> permanently", and "you started a thread discussing a particular
> roleplaying game that we don't like" I'm not sure that there's really
> that much of a distinction.
>
> There's a reason I pulled my reviews from the site. It's become
> something I'm not particularly comfortable associating with.
>
> Justin Bacon
> triad3204@aol.com

Much as I am loathe to agree with Bacon about much, I note that they
did, in fact, ban someone for criticizing moderation this week.

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Malcolm Sheppard wrote:

> Much as I am loathe to agree with Bacon about much, I note that they
> did, in fact, ban someone for criticizing moderation this week.

I noticed that too. On the face of it, IIRC, that person was also being
a generally disruptive ass, but in hindsight it is kinda troubling.

OTOH, I started up a 10 page "criticize the moderators" thread a month
or two ago and nothing came of it. I was polite about it, though. I
suppose Justin would say I phrase my criticism in the form of ass-kissing.
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Justin Bacon wrote:
>
> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<419D6F92.EC57EA12@comcast.net>...
> > > Given the way RPGNet is being run at the moment, I'd have to guess
> > > that the moderators rolled him on the Random Banning Table.
> >
> > While I admit that I do not always find their choices of who to ban and
> > why to be agreeable, I do think that they usually do it with reason.
>
> That may be true. But since their recent reasons have included "you
> annoy me", "I don't like your politics", "you dared to question the
> mighty moderators", "you associate with someone that we don't like",
> "we screwed up and banned you by mistake, but we might as well ban you
> permanently", and "you started a thread discussing a particular
> roleplaying game that we don't like" I'm not sure that there's really
> that much of a distinction.

I haven't seen any of those bannings. That's not me saying "those never
happened." Lots of people I trust have become increasingly uncomfortable
with the moderation. I'm just saying, they didn't happen when I was
looking. Could you direct me to more information?

> There's a reason I pulled my reviews from the site. It's become
> something I'm not particularly comfortable associating with.

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Malcolm Sheppard wrote:
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> Much as I am loathe to agree with Bacon about much, I note that they
> did, in fact, ban someone for criticizing moderation this week.

Oh, Jebus. Criticizing the moderation is a site pastime.

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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:38:55 -0800, Stephenls <stephenls@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Justin Bacon wrote:
>
>> There's a reason I pulled my reviews from the site. It's become
>> something I'm not particularly comfortable associating with.
>
>Actually I thought they were being unjustifiably petulant with this bit.
> "We're pulling Justin's reviews because we don't like him, not because
>he wants us to!"

They haven't banned me yet. This is clearly an absolute farce, so I have
taken matters into my own hands and NOT POSTED for the last three days.
That'll show them who's boss!


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In article <ead87502.0411201358.32132581@posting.google.com>,
triad3204@aol.com (Justin Bacon) wrote:

> As I mentioned in another post, their reasons for banning people
> include "you annoy me" and "you started a thread about a game written
> by somebody that we don't like".

Do you recall the particulars of the latter instance? I think I may have
missed that one.

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Tyler Dion <tfdion@spammenot.com> wrote in message news:<tfdion-4BDBE0.18442620112004@newstand.syr.edu>...
> In article <ead87502.0411201358.32132581@posting.google.com>,
> triad3204@aol.com (Justin Bacon) wrote:
>
> > As I mentioned in another post, their reasons for banning people
> > include "you annoy me" and "you started a thread about a game written
> > by somebody that we don't like".
>
> Do you recall the particulars of the latter instance? I think I may have
> missed that one.

GMS has a new RPG coming out. GMS has been banned from RPGNet. Every
time a thread was started about GMS' game the moderators removed it
from the boards, citing the non-existent "rule" that people have been
banned on RPGNet shouldn't be getting "free press" on the site. When
last I was paying attention to RPGNet, the moderators were threatening
to ban anyone starting a thread about the game. There was a brouhaha
in Trouble Tickets about the same time I was asking for my reviews to
be pulled.

Justin Bacon
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