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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Depends. Have they seen _any_ non-heavily-moderated RPG board? I honestly haven't seen anything on here worse than I've seen on the M&M boards, the Hero boards, the GURPS boards or RPG.net. People get invested in their favorite game systems; and invested people get worked up. And worked up people tend to vent on the Web more than they would in real life. I don't see much sign this is worse than most in that regard. I've gotten my fair share of attitude on here, but to be honest, its more civil than I've seen in many places.
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Yeah the MRQ board got so hot that it was making RPG.net look tame, several threads got deleted, and some posters got banned multiple times, including a certain member of the Coleoptera order who is a key presence here.
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
I think Jason is stressed for perfectly understandable reasons, and this was likely his first experience at being chief author on a new edition of an established game system with an established fan base; some of the mixed blessing present in the sale of Edition 0 has complicated this further. As such his reaction is understandable, but in the end, I don't think he got any more flack than is pretty typical under those circumstances; possibly less on the whole.
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Yeah, I've seen authors pop up on several forums and it always goes about the same. There are some critics who will disagree with every direction the author takes, but then there are some sycophants who will even praise the typos as a sign of genius. The majority of the forum will be somewhere between the extremes, and get lost in the shuffle.
If people want to promote a more positive feeling, why not start some positive threads. How about a "I Love BRP" thread where those who have/love zero can speak up?
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