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Adam
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entivore
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You can learn a lot about people from how they act in a flamewar. I dunno why they are so taboo, hehe.
But anyway, that is a pretty good list, if not a bit obvious. I kinda disagree with the religion part, since it can be productive in terms of game plots and whatnot if the discussion is focused in that sort of way.
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Jihgfed Pumpkinhead
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject: Listen to Henry James, He Knows Where It's At |
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| Henry James wrote: | | Discretion has ceased to consist of silence ; silence is gross and thick ; whereas wisdom should taper, however tremulously, to a point. |
Well, I agree with the good Mr. James, but in the interests of world peace, I guess I can stuff all my objections down my throat with one hand while I shake with the other. In other words, sure, I'll limit my posts in that manner.
The only thing, though, is what happens if a game's content itself deals with these things? Are we then not allowed to mention it in the forum? I mean, I'm certainly not going to avoid those issues in my games, and it seems sort of silly for a forum devoted to RPGs to handicap itself in this regard.
So, I'd say that that self-imposed censorship is fine, and I'll agree to it, but that any RPG content itself is open-game, so to speak. Of course, when this is the case, you should keep all commentary focused on the game itself as much as possible. Sound good?
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Rainer Deyke
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I'm going to have to disagree with the banned list for several reasons:
- Avoiding topics is counter-productive. Avoidance leads to misunderstanding; misunderstanding leads to war.
- Those topics might well arise in the context of a rpg, so they are not inherently off-topic for this board.
- Flame-wars can be dealt with when and if they come up.
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Adam
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| Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:18 am Post subject: |
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If the topic was game related im pretty sure it wouldn't start a flame war.
I was more thinking that these topics might get locked beacuse in the words of Mr. Mandrake they are "a flame war waiting to happen" :D
Bit im sure everone in this forum is mature enough for civilised expression of ideas anyway.
btw, Atari 2600 r th3 b35t c0ns0l3s!!!
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Modanung
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I'm only 14, I don't have to be mature enough yet. :)
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DarkDread
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| Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:23 am Post subject: |
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meh... if someone tries hard enough, they can turn anything into a flame war. Hell, I could start a topic on what colour grass I should have in my RPG, and I can already think of flame wars eruptin' on that ('Green!' 'No, brown, you moron!', etc, etc)... of course, there's a difference between people being pissy, and someone starting a topic that is bait, and nothing more.
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darkpagan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:35 am Post subject: |
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When flamewars do erupt its a sign that the people in that forum can't interact well together. Actually flamewars are usually a sign that a forums about to crash and burn.
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Ninkazu
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 4:53 am Post subject: |
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Either that, or some people just have strong feelings in topics not meant to be discussed at these forums....
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