by committed hero

Whymme wrote:

I always regarded it as just a piece of roleplaying folklore, on par with the Secret Service raiding the offices of SJGames because of GURPS Cyberpunk, or the satanic panic of the 'eighties.

These things were decisively real.

by committed hero

JLongden wrote:

There was an actual occurrence, where somebody didn't know what a gazebo was, but it took less than a minute, and ended with the GM asking "Don't you know what a gazebo is?" The rest is Aronson's embellishment.

Yet another example of how ten seconds of OOC talk can save twenty minutes of useless play!

by pahoota

A quick Alta Vista search reveals this from an itch.io profile page...

P.G. Harrington has spent more than 30 years shaping the landscape of tabletop role-playing games, earning a place as one of the medium’s most trusted and enduring creative voices. As a creator, designer, author, and editor, these works span a remarkable spectrum—from the mythic echoes of humanity’s earliest stories to vast, star-spanning science-fiction realms that stretch across thousands of worlds.

30 years? Really? So why is the earliest credit here on RPGG 2019? Why have I never heard of this person.

Granted... they do certainly seem to be stuck in a 1996 aesthetic, and I did stop following RPGs for a time right around the late '90s. Still, I'm skeptical.

114 pages of "publications", nearly (certainly?) all without a single rating. Seems like clutter to me.

by Bifford

An item RPG Item: The Spider God's Bride (Legend) has been added to the geeklist What RPG book are you reading right now?

by Bifford

dysjunct wrote:

GeoffreyB wrote:

Which final boss does everyone else out there believe to be the toughest?

Scheduling.

The trouble and strife :D

by Tomcat1304

awinnef wrote:

if it's there it's there

Hm, that's going in the direction of "Does the shopping list of a famous author belong to his literary works?" 😄
I'm advocating the idea of BGG being a complete compendium of games and RPGs, but following that to the exteme only fills a database with content of debatable quality. (And yes, defining some minimum quality is hard to do.)

by KrisseAbena

I was just notified that the Star that I chose to give has been gifted to the receiver!

So, I've received two stars, and I've also given two stars to two cool people.

by Bifford

On RPGGeek:
I've generally found that users use an avatar from a game/tv series/film/media that they like. I don't think I've ever seen a political or opinion based one.
Usernames are usually either a play on their name, or a nickname they've had for years, so also no.

On Discord and other social media locations:
Very much so. As an admin/mod in a number of places I've had to ask people to change their username and/or avatar on a number of occasions.

by Jocab

Coffee

by saraccog1

So many stars getting received! Congratulations!

by leroy43

Avatars probably do have an effect. They’re a first impression after all. I do love seeing the variety of avatars here. I also find them super useful for spotting folks in a thread.

Microbadges used to be more prominent and I miss that.

I’ve only ever seen a handful of problematic usernames in my almost twenty-five years on the site.

by Paolo Robino

ctimmins wrote:

In the past two years, this person has published over 1,000 adventures for about a half dozen new RPGs. Does all the writing, all the art, all the layout. Somehow... I'm just not believing it. Real person? Or AI slop taking over DriveThru?

AI slop, definitely.

awinnef wrote:

I wouldn't say nuke it, if it's there it's there, but I'm wondering why someone even bothers enough to add this stuff to the database.

For [microbadge=29680], of course! 🤣