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txa1265
October 19th, 2006, 14:30
Just noticed that the new item here (http://www.rpgdot.com/index.php?hsaction=10077&newsid=51203)has been pulled ... and the thread is gone as well. At least they seem to have noticed that you are gone ;)
josephwatson
October 19th, 2006, 14:33
Yeah, that freaked me out, too. We need a way to spread the word to others who don't know...
Shagnak
October 19th, 2006, 14:49
Well, I assume your accounts still exist over there...?
Rendelius
October 19th, 2006, 14:57
That was to be expected and is called damage control. I would have done the same, really.
txa1265
October 19th, 2006, 15:11
True enough - I posted for informational purposes. The post there was respectful, but still it was inevitable that it would be pulled.
Badger
October 19th, 2006, 15:48
That was to be expected and is called damage control. I would have done the same, really.
I normally run and hide from the political stuff as you know, but rebounding around after visiting the above link I found this; http://www.rpgdot.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2216276 and couldn't help but wonder what on earth the fond farewell thread must have said which could have rated deleting, if this one was allowed immunity.

Badger
txa1265
October 19th, 2006, 15:56
That one was from an outside source and the (then) mods and admins allowed it. The new one was almost the entire RPGDot Staff posting an item that more or less implied 'farewall and thanks for the hassles, we'd rather pay than deal with you for free'.

That aside, if *you* owned the RPGDot site, would you want a bolded post stating that the staff had left?
Badger
October 19th, 2006, 16:01
Ah.... well if it was "bolded" then nuff said! :D
txa1265
October 19th, 2006, 16:02
Yep - pretty sure that was the straw that broke the camel's back ... ;)
Cm
October 19th, 2006, 16:50
Well someone there asked where it went and Dte sort of did a sneaky, "I'll tell you in the closet" post. lol
dteowner
October 19th, 2006, 17:28
Are you implying I'm in the closet? :p

I figure I'm in a slightly better position to act with impunity, so I'll make sure the word continues to get out one way or another.
Briosafreak
October 19th, 2006, 17:50
Try to write "RPGwatch" on the RPGDot forum, post the reply or topic and prepare for a surprise...
Jaz
October 19th, 2006, 17:57
Try to write "RPGwatch" on the RPGDot forum, post the reply or topic and prepare for a surprise...Seen it :D.
They cannot auto-censor urls, however. The word censor can change the name of a link, but not the url... at least it could not while I was trying.
Sem
October 19th, 2006, 19:36
Links get auto-censored into www.rpgdot.com (http://www.rpgdot.com) too, but I made a fix:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9480/rpgdotbs5.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rpgdotbs5.jpg)
txa1265
October 19th, 2006, 19:46
Thanks ... I just used that ;)
wiretripped
October 19th, 2006, 20:06
So, the *entire* staff packed up and left?

One has to wonder what the reason was... :p
Anyway, do you have any clue as to what will happen with the original website? Will it be maintained, or... ?

Congrats on the new site, by the way. It looks pretty good. Hopefully this will expand further quickly so it may rival the original one. :D
Arhu
October 19th, 2006, 20:23
Links get auto-censored into www.rpgdot.com (http://www.rpgdot.com) too, but I made a fix:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9480/rpgdotbs5.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rpgdotbs5.jpg)
Hm, I dunno.. isnt' that like advertising for other forums, something we didn't like at RPGDot either when we were there? I agree that the word must get out about our spiffy new site, but no need to overdo it in my opinion. We don't want a war with our old home, even if it's not ours anymore.
Jaz
October 19th, 2006, 20:29
I experimented with the word censor myself to get rid of some of the gold spambots, but all I ended up with were links saying 'Cucumber Farm' which still led to gold-selling sites when clicked. So the link text might have been censored while the link still did what it was supposed to do.
xSamhainx
October 19th, 2006, 22:00
controversey! ='.'=

i wonder if this mutiny is going to make the headlines on any other rpg sites

NFG REBELLION ROCKS RPGDOT!
Corwin
October 20th, 2006, 04:00
Sounds like something the Codex might use!! :) Someone with power over there should give it a go!! :D
Corwin
October 20th, 2006, 04:02
Are you implying I'm in the closet? :p

I figure I'm in a slightly better position to act with impunity, so I'll make sure the word continues to get out one way or another.

If you are, then please stay there!! lol I don't think I could handle YOU coming 'out of the closet' !! :D
Dhruin
October 20th, 2006, 04:27
I'd echo previous comments: We appreciate and want your help spreading the word but don't be too aggressive. From Jolt's point of view, this is probably all rather strange.
Bartacus
October 23rd, 2006, 20:49
I know why all of you wanted to go -> afraid that I finally became a 5000 poster, isn't it?
Corwin
October 24th, 2006, 03:06
Well, at present count, you only have 4991 to go here!! :D
Bigpapa
October 30th, 2006, 01:30
Funny enough, even that i am not a active poster anymore, i followed you guy's and girl's ;) I still keep reading news and stuff rpg's, though i feel i miss something from late happenings at the rpgdot (at least 3 weeks offline, since my dad died) But here i am. (I want my old avatar ;) )
Corwin
October 30th, 2006, 03:11
Send Jaz a PM, she's very good at helping out old friends!! Glad to see you here!!
abbaon
October 30th, 2006, 04:15
Sounds like something the Codex might use!! :) Someone with power over there should give it a go!! :D
I had the same thought. Mods orchestrating link spamming and cross-forum raids? We've come a long way.
Jaz
October 30th, 2006, 07:23
Send Jaz a PM, she's very good at helping out old friends!! Glad to see you here!!

A PM wasn't necessary, as I actually read the thread ;).
Bigpapa
October 30th, 2006, 09:42
Thank you Jaz :) And Corvin, i'm glad to be here too. Warm welcomes makes me happy :)
Corwin
October 30th, 2006, 09:49
That's cause you come from a VERY cold place!! :biggrin: as I'm always telling your neighbour Peter S.!! :)
SirDeity
October 31st, 2006, 20:50
Links get auto-censored into www.rpgdot.com (http://www.rpgdot.com) too, but I made a fix:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9480/rpgdotbs5.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rpgdotbs5.jpg)

Aye! Thank you so much! It's thanks to your avatar I found ya'll!
Bartacus
November 8th, 2006, 18:28
Just noticed that the Guardians have Val still as a member and 'Keefington' as the moderator.
Tolgerias
November 8th, 2006, 21:17
Scared me alright to see RPGdot half dead with all the great people gone, luckily I found the brilliant link made Sem, so found my way here. Great to see the gothic community still lives, got some reading-up to do with Gothic III I guess.
Jaz
November 8th, 2006, 21:34
Just noticed that the Guardians have Val still as a member and 'Keefington' as the moderator.Unfortunately, we haven't heard from Val in ages. And Keefington is the Jolt person in charge of the Dot forums... well, you get the gist :).