That guy, the penguin in the hat, thought that the sound that typing on a keyboard should be represented by the sound effect *fap*, whilst not knowing the commonly used meaning of that word in internet circles. This resulted in an embarrassing comment and the birth of a tiny meme, I guess.Huh.
I wasn't there, I just lurk enough that I've heard the story multiple times. Hello nostalgic folks!
You know, I must post enough that a bunch of people recognize me at this point, but I still always feel like Some Rando.
...I hope that those who recognize me don't think I'm that much of a jerk, on balance. I try to be nice most of the time, honest!
nostalgic.I remember during the summer of 2014 I was camping when the news of DF's 2014 update was first coming out, and I had nothing with me to play it on aside from my craptop which could barely run it. But it was worth it anyway because I got to experience "It was inevitable" becoming some huge meme which wasn't that funny but we all laughed at it anyway. There are still a handful of crazy people who still think it's funny. not me, nope.
Honestly, though, I really miss the old-guard power users. The place feels so different these days--everyone seems so glum, nobody goes on the big multi-page tangents, there's a lot more arguing and vitriol than I remember.
Looking at the banlist really is kinda surreal. A bunch of jerks or people I never noticed, but then a few who were kinda central to the community. I guess it just shows that the great moderator in the sky doesn't care how popular or important someone is, if they're making a mess and are unwilling to fix it.The Toad moves in mysterious ways.
On topic, I miss the more active FG&RP threads. They weren't high literature by a long shot but there was something very enjoyable about being part of a group of people arguing and making stuff and just having fun with it. Very much a guilty pleasure and an enjoyable waste of time.You remember not the horror of Twilight Academy, and this shall be your downfall
Looking at the banlist really is kinda surreal. A bunch of jerks or people I never noticed, but then a few who were kinda central to the community. I guess it just shows that the great moderator in the sky doesn't care how popular or important someone is, if they're making a mess and are unwilling to fix it.The Toad moves in mysterious ways.
Oh, wait, greatorder, you're back, aren't you?
I've always been a little envious of the inner circle of easily identifiable forumites and all the things they contributed to the community, being usually too withdrawn or uninteresting to speak out, and lacking the self-importance to thrust myself amongst them. As the heart of the lower boards shifts and the old guard leaves, I must ask- who changes, it, or we who follow it?
I wonder who acutely those who are or are percieved as important to a community feel that importance.
Strange thing, to be watching the world here for almost a decade...
You know, I must post enough that a bunch of people recognize me at this point, but I still always feel like Some Rando.
...I hope that those who recognize me don't think I'm that much of a jerk, on balance. I try to be nice most of the time, honest!
Honestly, though, I really miss the old-guard power users. The place feels so different these days--everyone seems so glum, nobody goes on the big multi-page tangents, there's a lot more arguing and vitriol than I remember.
That guy, the penguin in the hat, thought that the sound that typing on a keyboard should be represented by the sound effect *fap*, whilst not knowing the commonly used meaning of that word in internet circles. This resulted in an embarrassing comment and the birth of a tiny meme, I guess.Huh.
I wasn't there, I just lurk enough that I've heard the story multiple times. Hello nostalgic folks!
Well.
You remember not the horror of Twilight Academy, and this shall be your downfall
I do too, though. I'm in a few FEFs, but since they're so combat-oriented we don't have very much time for any significant roleplaying.
Mm, perhaps it's not quite as bad as grumpy-3:00 AM-me thought it was. But I maintain that things still feel fundamentally different with so many people gone--quieter, more understated, less overt silliness.Honestly, though, I really miss the old-guard power users. The place feels so different these days--everyone seems so glum, nobody goes on the big multi-page tangents, there's a lot more arguing and vitriol than I remember.
It's always seemed fairly consistent to me.
It's really strange looking at the banlist, for sure. I still remember most of the people on it in some capacity, especially their avatars. Still remember the first ban I witnessed--Gervassen, who showed up in my old gendersex thread (back when those could have lassiez-faire thread moderating) and started rambling on about biotruths and steroids and shit.Looking at the banlist really is kinda surreal. A bunch of jerks or people I never noticed, but then a few who were kinda central to the community. I guess it just shows that the great moderator in the sky doesn't care how popular or important someone is, if they're making a mess and are unwilling to fix it.The Toad moves in mysterious ways.
I'm not going to say you should do that, but I'm not saying you shouldn't.
I wasn't in Twilight Academy so I can't remember the horror. It was before I got involved in that portion of FG&RP.
Ugh. This is making me want to make my own forum game to try and recapture the magic now.
Did that have anything to do with the selling of forum game slots on Patreon?
I'm not going to say you should do that, but I'm not saying you shouldn't.
Y'all remember the time when some random weirdo tried to impose a thing called the Nexus on all forum games?Oh lord I do. Something about him trying to create what was effectively an internet multiverse connected by his Nexus thing that'd allow any forum game to affect any other or somesuch, right?
Y'all remember the time when some random weirdo tried to impose a thing called the Nexus on all forum games?Oh yeah, I 'member. That was awesome. But, like someone else mentioned, it got kind of sad after a while.
Yup! I think he ended up calling us terrorists for not accepting his vision or somethingIndeed he did.
As for someone who was wondering why FG&RP has kind of turned into suggestion games and arms raceFair enough. I suppose another part of it is that the people who were really into freeforms disappeared into the aether, apparently finding other forums in which to engage in rapid-fire rp'ing with no rules.though there’s also FEF, seeing as several of the old active RPers from those super wild rapidfire games are present in the mysterious FEF discord cabal, I can hazard an answer: basically, as we got older a lot of us got more things to occupy our time and more importantly to occupy our energy, and as that happened we started to gravitate towards games that are more structured and/or slower.
I mean, I used to not have anything to do so I could run half a dozen RTDs at a time, just spending a full workday writing up turns for them at 1-2 hours each. On one hand that's a lot of writing done, on the other hand holy hell I remember that being so exhausting.I gotta say, I loved the RTDs and concepts you made. I don't think I ever participated in them, but I really enjoyed reading your games. I hope you're entertaining people in tabletop as much as in FG&RP.
All in all, we have collectively grown older and colder. I recall Einsteinian Roulette being something of a draw for the RTD board, it's definitely what made me sign up and do forum games to start with and you had new forumites coming in for it like monthly, sometimes weekly. Dropped off the PW train myself so I couldn't say if it's still the case, but either way things changing isn't all bad - I'm definitely in a much better place now than I was when I devoted all my time to writing forum game turns, personally. I've basically kicked the habit entirely and moved on to actual tabletop stuff instead since it tends to be much better paced and more emotionally rewarding, although I still want to start another forum game at some point, partly to get back into regularly writing (seriously, FG&RP has transformed my writing like you wouldn't believe), partly to recapture some of that lovely nostalgia, partly to bring some less shitty game design ideas to the table compared to when I used to vomit half-baked game concepts onto Roller's Block nearly every couple of days.
I think that was a different guy. Tried to run a pay-to-play forum game, which created a lot of controversy partly because most people agreed nobody in their right mind would pay money to play a forum game, and partly because some people argued that it broke forum guidelines.Did that have anything to do with the selling of forum game slots on Patreon?Whassisnow?
I missed that bit of drama. Got a thread and/or screenies of that? It's piqued my curiosity.
...Lo there do I see greatorder
Lo there do I see scriver and MSH..
Gosh, thank you, I love you as well JoshuaFH
Call me selfish, but I really want to become one of those ole and respected forum elders who are known by pretty much everybody for their accomplishments.Accomplishment and forum-specific fame don't go hand in hand. You can and often do have one without the other.
the Ivy League of internet forums.
I believe we get very emotionally invested in our little corner of the internet.
I will proudly carry the trophy of being partially responsible this time.
This seems borderline civil, really.Off to the OOCQ thread you go!
Forum newbie, 'bout two years I think, but I'm PTWing anyway because I enjoy reading about the shenanigans that happened when this forum was younger. If anyone finds a link/screenshot of either the Nexus or Patreon forum game thread, could you please send it to me?This, although I know I'll never achieve this, as I continue to fail to go beyond lurking for the most part...
Call me selfish, but I really want to become one of those ole and respected forum elders who are known by pretty much everybody for their accomplishments. I'd like being well known someplace, if only on a Internet forum and not in real life.
Call me selfish, but I really want to become one of those ole and respected forum elders who are known by pretty much everybody for their accomplishments.Accomplishment and forum-specific fame don't go hand in hand. You can and often do have one without the other.
Someone like Meph or Japa would be well known on DF Reddit, I imagine, even if they didn't post there. Neovenik however...
Same sort of thing as he was always doing. You know the thing... because if you're talking about this, you HAVE to know. Because Neonivek... always had the same kind of arguments. But this time the thing was the last straw.Call me selfish, but I really want to become one of those ole and respected forum elders who are known by pretty much everybody for their accomplishments.Accomplishment and forum-specific fame don't go hand in hand. You can and often do have one without the other.
Someone like Meph or Japa would be well known on DF Reddit, I imagine, even if they didn't post there. Neovenik however...
I'm still curious as to what happened to Neon, as the moderation reason is really vague and I wasn't part of the original situation that called for it at all.
I actually saw him on Reddit once, as well, under the same name.Same. I think it might have been on /r/Rimworld or something?
Huh, I just realised I apparently registered on Halloween. That's spooky as heck.:o
Edit: Apparently Bdthemag hasn't been online since 2016.:'(
Back when who was banned?The actual TV show My Little Pony. Let it's name never be mentioned again on these forums.
but you just said it?
You know, I just remembered back when MLP was banned from the forums. Can't recall the reasoning behind it, but something like 4 threads got locked and a lot of their comments purged after they all broke the rules, and Toady basically said "If you so much as start talking about that program, there will be consequences"
Speaking of controversial topics, anyone remember that forum game with incest in it? That was quite the interesting moment in bay12 history. It was surprising to see how many people were cool with it.I don't remember this, but thinking about it... I'm not surprised people were okay with it. Given the landscape of the internet adult entertainment sites.
Of course there was everyone else, and watching the whole mess unfold was absolutely hilarious.
What
God dammit guys, you’re making me laugh again. This is exactly how people reacted when they first saw it. I agree that it’s disgusting and should have no place on the forums, but you aren’t helping our point when you frame your outrage in such a humourous way.What
God, I remember that forum game. Did that coincide with the flying fortress?What’s the Flying Fortress? I never heard of it.
God, I remember that forum game. Did that coincide with the flying fortress?What’s the Flying Fortress? I never heard of it.
That doesn’t sound that bad, seems like it would actually be pretty funny.God, I remember that forum game. Did that coincide with the flying fortress?What’s the Flying Fortress? I never heard of it.
Way back when, users had the power to move threads between subforums, and so we had one giant thread filled with meming hooligans flying all around the forum and generally being rowdy and disruptive for the lulz.
Then the whole of general discussion was renovated and that ability was removed forever.
Found it, kinda regret it. Morbid curiosity thoThat was fast...
God, I remember that forum game. Did that coincide with the flying fortress?The penguin battlefortress was like... in the VN days. Or immediately post-VN. I can't remember.
Flying fortress was disruptive, but my understanding was that VN got nuked due to persistent attempts to post pornography and a generally wild forum culture.
Who/what was VN?
Various Nonsense. The original off topic subforum. It got nuked.
Always use google search and lock to the forum address, simple machines search is flaming garbageFixed my friend. It's obviously beyond the Toad's control, but damn is it bad.
So... Does anyone have a forum game from here that they fondly remember?
I don't think I ever played a forum game all my life.This, heh.
You know, I just remembered back when MLP was banned from the forums. Can't recall the reasoning behind it, but something like 4 threads got locked and a lot of their comments purged after they all broke the rules, and Toady basically said "If you so much as start talking about that program, there will be consequences"It was because people were posting rape-fics for some insane reason.
From what I managed to gather, the Penguin Battlefortress was one of the main causes of the death of VN. Of course, some years later there was the Second Penguin Thread, for which I was around. It was surprisingly tame up until the point where it turned into a sort of war between penguin fans and bronies and was promptly locked.God, I remember that forum game. Did that coincide with the flying fortress?The penguin battlefortress was like... in the VN days. Or immediately post-VN. I can't remember.
I don't think I ever played a forum game all my life.This, heh.
Surely you both have played the Game. You know. The one you just lost.What game is this?
Surely you both have played the Game. You know. The one you just lost.What game is this?
Surely you both have played the Game. You know. The one you just lost.
Dare I ask WHAT is Penguin Battlefortress?Barebones, a bunch of dudes with penguin avatars used the (now disabled) ability to move threads in order to create a series of threads as a flying battlefortress and then drop it into other boards like a bunch of penguiny corsairs.
Dare I ask WHAT is Penguin Battlefortress?Barebones, a bunch of dudes with penguin avatars used the (now disabled) ability to move threads in order to create a series of threads as a flying battlefortress and then drop it into other boards like a bunch of penguiny corsairs.
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You can move topics you created. Its right next to the option to lock topic on the bottom left of the topic page.Oh, there. Okay, thank you!
Has this thread unleashed a forgotten beast back onto the forums?
Time will tell
Well, you know what you gotta do greatorder.I would be willing to partake of such nostalgic memes even if it meant being banned.
Nostalgia Battlefortress all around. :P
Well, you know what you gotta do greatorder.I would be willing to partake of such nostalgic memes even if it meant being banned.
Nostalgia Battlefortress all around. :P
Sigged. :))I would be willing to partake of such nostalgic memes even if it meant being banned.
If there's any cause worth dying for, it's memes.
As I recall, the fortress itself was a big PNG image in the OP, depicting a spiky wall of ice and all the penguin avatars of the people participating in the thread.
There was also a list of military/government positions that people could volunteer for. Fun penguin fact: that's where my forum title "Minister of Love" comes from. I had just recently read 1984 at the time.