[Insert Rant Here]

Post/Author/DateTimePost
#1

Lord_Ventnor

Mar 16, 2015 19:47:33

[Generic rant about a certain type of player, with insinuation that said type of player is ruining D&D.]

#2

Reius

Mar 16, 2015 19:54:06

If people would just play the game right, we wouldn't have these problems.

 

Edit: Sorry, I meant to say "you people."

#3

BoldItalic

Mar 17, 2015 0:23:39

What we see on the forums is only the tip of the iceberg. There are people out there, playing D&D all wrong and having badwrongfun and wilfully bending the rules and they're doing it in secret. All right-minded people would be shocked by this if it ever became public. I know I would.

#4

arnwolf666

Mar 17, 2015 0:38:09

We need a return to the 1E/2E rules for firing into melee.  Get rid of concentration checks.  Sneak Attack should only work at melee.  That's my rant.  I feel better now.  Oh yeah, return the clashes to the initiative system.

#5

Lokiron

Mar 17, 2015 3:25:53

You are all wrong, completely out of your mind. It is !(type of players) who are ruining D&D!

#6

AlHazred

Mar 17, 2015 5:32:23

[Insert snarky comment designed to make me look cool and be funny, which just falls flat.]

#7

Xaspian

Mar 17, 2015 7:33:44

AlHazred wrote:
#8

Wuzzard

Mar 17, 2015 7:53:56

[Spammed sales pitch to convince you that you too can earn a vast fortune working from you home in your spare time.]

#9

ChrisTheS

Mar 17, 2015 8:01:28

[Appeal for sanity which is completely ignored and immediately buried under a flood of ireful replies to an earlier post.]

#10

OoftaMeg

Mar 17, 2015 8:11:25

[Long rant about some particular interpretation of a specific rule and insist that my interpretation of said rule is the one true interpretation and that anyone who disagrees with me is a big doo-doo-head.]

 

EDIT: Cross-post said rant across multiple threads, constantly checking to see if anyone has replied.  Repeat exactly the same argument until thread has exceeded hundreds of posts and only 3 people even post to the thread any more.

#11

Kazadvorn

Mar 17, 2015 9:38:07

[Request for help in withdrawing a rediculous amount of money from a bank in Nigeria... just send the poster all your bank and credit card account numbers and associated pin numbers and passwords. (what could go wrong?)]

#12

feartheminotaur

Mar 17, 2015 10:02:19

[Here's where the thread devolves into pedantry and passive agressive insults]

 

 

#13

Chaosmancer

Mar 17, 2015 10:50:11

[grab popcorn and lament that some kernels burnt]

 

Oh wait, should I admit that

#14

kalil

Mar 17, 2015 11:06:16

Chaosmancer wrote:
#15

BoldItalic

Mar 17, 2015 12:03:56

feartheminotaur wrote:
#16

Brock_Landers

Mar 17, 2015 12:21:37

The sort of people that post on message boards are what is ruining this game!

#17

strider13x

Mar 17, 2015 12:42:07

Damage on a Miss!

 

Hit Points = Meat!

 

Save or Die!

 

at this point I'd rather discuss Politics and Religion.

#18

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 17, 2015 13:21:05

[Inserts reference about this whole thread is exactly something Hitler would say]

(Reply to #17)

AaronOfBarbaria

strider13x wrote:
#20

Brock_Landers

Mar 17, 2015 15:14:22

AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
#21

BoldItalic

Mar 17, 2015 16:18:34

[Applauds usefulness of thread and praises posters for their positive attitude]

#22

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 17, 2015 16:50:33

BoldItalic wrote:
#23

DarkSphinx

Mar 17, 2015 18:31:00

[neutral, somewhat informative drivel, with subtle attempts at humor, accidently posted before searching for the best emoticon] [edit: :emoticon:]

 

-[with redundant two letter initial signature]

#24

cassi_brazuca

Mar 17, 2015 19:18:09

As usual, you’re all wrong. All we need to do is to kill everyone who is playing wrong, which means everyone.

 

(Just to be clear: it’s a joke. I wonder if someone will take this seriously).

#25

ankiyavon

Mar 17, 2015 22:31:56

Pedantic post at best tangentially related to the conversation.

(Reply to #24)

The_White_Sorcerer

cassi_brazuca wrote:
#27

BoldItalic

Mar 18, 2015 7:37:51

[Wall of text containing multiple embedded quotes from people who are obviously continuing a private argument from some other thread]
#28

Kazadvorn

Mar 18, 2015 8:05:56

[extended discussion of small, offhand comment in a previous post... completely derailing the thread]

#29

ChrisCarlson

Mar 18, 2015 8:11:47

[totally takes the bait, biting on the troll derailment to drag everything further down the rabbit hole]

#30

bawylie

Mar 18, 2015 8:12:07

You know who's the worst though? Bawylie. He thinks he owns this place and leads this gang of trolls who respond to subjective assertions with opinions of their own. Screw that guy. 

#31

ChrisCarlson

Mar 18, 2015 8:26:38

Agreed.

#32

ChrisTheS

Mar 18, 2015 9:17:51

[Desperate attempt to remain relevant to the discussion, culminating in the sad realization that nobody even notices I exist.]

 

[EDIT: Self-aggrandizing passive-aggressive apology for coming across as self-aggrandizing and passive-aggressive.]

 

Huh... apparently if you write the word 'EDIT' in your post, the board marks it as edited even when it isn't...

#33

Istbor

Mar 18, 2015 9:24:48

[Declares that 'we' a homogonus unnamed group of Forumites and DnD'ers have successfully killed DoaM, and that opposition to my views should suck it.]

#34

bawylie

Mar 18, 2015 9:55:40

You know who else is the worst? Orethalion! With his constant civil disagreement with my obvs true opinions. The maybe 10% of issues we disagree on prove he's ruining D&D. 

#35

bawylie

Mar 18, 2015 9:57:34

And don't even get me started on Iserith and his short-form scenarios and transcripts of actual play. It's Dungeons and Dragons not Seahorses & Scenarios!

#36

DemoMonkey

Mar 18, 2015 10:29:17

[Post that makes you question whether the poster is trolling, has English as a third language, or mistook a bowl of peyote buttons for brown M&Ms]

#37

alienux

Mar 18, 2015 10:30:43

(Reply to #36)

AaronOfBarbaria

DemoMonkey wrote:
(Reply to #31)

AaronOfBarbaria

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#40

ChrisCarlson

Mar 18, 2015 11:15:57

[peacocks around the forum WRT the epic rant thread recently made in his honor...]

#41

Touc

Mar 18, 2015 11:30:56

[Derail the thread, usually a comment about how one edition did something better than another suffices regardless of the original topic.]

 

 

#42

bawylie

Mar 18, 2015 11:35:15

[insists on using obscure-3rd-listed-definitions of commonly used terms to paint detractors as ignorant]

#43

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 18, 2015 11:59:16

bawylie wrote:
#44

fepriest

Mar 18, 2015 12:23:35

[Use anecdotal evidence from gameplay experiences to justify the OP's beliefs; responds to detractor's of OP with an exhaustive, ten-paragraph long rhetorical analysis of their general sentiments, ending the analysis by suggesting that my interpretation is superior because I'v read Vincent Baker and Ron Edward's work on game theory. Include links to both game maker's pages to try to strengthen the illusion that my argument is not an opinion but verifiable by sources.] 

#45

ChrisCarlson

Mar 18, 2015 12:38:16

Mommy_was_an_Orc wrote:
#46

BoldItalic

Mar 18, 2015 12:58:44

fepriest wrote:
#47

DemoMonkey

Mar 18, 2015 13:02:54

[Uses the word "fallacy". Boom! Mic drop.]

#48

ChrisCarlson

Mar 18, 2015 13:05:19

[Picks up mic. Taps it to make sure it's still on. Informs audience of the "fallacy fallacy" phenomenon rampant on this forum, in an effort to discredit the previous fallacy claim.]

(Reply to #48)

AaronOfBarbaria

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#50

DemoMonkey

Mar 18, 2015 13:23:49

[Attempts to prove point by arguing succesful sales figures.

 

Argument then becomes about what sales figure represents "successful". Water turns to blood.

 

Argument then becomes about what source material is used for "sales" anyways. Plague of Frogs begins.

 

Argument then becomes about the accuracy of online review and if indicating people buying product means they thinks it is good. Lice and flies fill thread.

 

Argument then becomes about the value of commerce vs art. Livestock keel over dead, all posters begin to boil.

 

Argument then becomes about tradition vs innovation. Hail and fire rain from the sky; moderators awake from their slumber in sunken Ry'leh.

 

The word "Edition" is used openly. The appearance of locusts surprise no one.

 

The accusations of "Edition Warrior" and "Fanboy apologist" fly. The thread darkens in anticipation of...

 

All sides involved begin shouting about "One True Wayism". Dogs and cats now live together. The great non-euclidean shapes of the Moderators sweep through the thread and slay every first post.

 

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.]

 

 

 

 

#51

ChrisCarlson

Mar 18, 2015 13:29:05

AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
#52

Gunthar

Mar 18, 2015 13:58:34
[completely derails thread talking about sandwiches]
#53

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 18, 2015 14:02:45

[decries how some players insist on roleplaying sandwiches to an extreme, including funny voices and saying ketchup as catsup]

#54

bawylie

Mar 18, 2015 14:13:42

[cyberdave epic takedown]

#55

BoldItalic

Mar 18, 2015 14:41:54

[Asks: why do all threads degenerate into this kind of invective? Tells everyone to grow up and take games where we pretend to be elves in magic castles seriously like adults.]

[Ragequits again]

#56

BRJN

Mar 18, 2015 14:59:38

[New post - and first in thread by this author - replies directly to OP, without saying so, and ignores everything else in thread.]

 

#57

Chaosmancer

Mar 18, 2015 15:02:42

[watches in horror as some new poster necros the thread and an additional 100 ranting posts are born from the corpse]

(Reply to #51)

Ranthalan

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#59

Varden_Khol

Mar 18, 2015 15:27:42


Attempts to prove point by arguing succesful sales figures.
#60

Luciender

Mar 18, 2015 15:41:49

[Pops into thread just to comment on how hilarious everything is found.]

#61

BoldItalic

Mar 18, 2015 16:10:36

Varden_Khol wrote:
#62

Matau99

Mar 18, 2015 16:30:17

[Rant about how a balanced class is over/underpowered and needs to be severely buffed/nerfed]

#63

AaronOfBarbaria

Mar 18, 2015 16:30:29

My goodness, BI, that had to have taken some effort to so masterfully mock.

#64

ChrisCarlson

Mar 18, 2015 16:41:17

[grumblingly agrees]

#65

BoldItalic

Mar 18, 2015 16:57:00

#66

Matau99

Mar 18, 2015 17:06:12

[mutters about how much better -9001e was]

#67

BoldItalic

Mar 18, 2015 17:27:09

Matau99 wrote:
#68

strider13x

Mar 18, 2015 18:23:16

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#69

Wuzzard

Mar 18, 2015 20:55:28

[Refuse to agree to anyone's statement no matter how logical and sound, and in doing so, paint my own argument into an increasingly rediculous and contrived mockery of itself.]

#70

Brimleydower

Mar 18, 2015 21:24:25

[once-every-six months spurt of activity before receding into obscurity]

#71

BoldItalic

Mar 19, 2015 1:23:32

[observes that this thread has run its course and advocates starting another one where the same arguments will be repeated without bothering to refer back to this one where they have all been aired already]

#72

Zardnaar

Mar 19, 2015 2:19:16

Bob.

#73

BoldItalic

Mar 19, 2015 2:47:44

Zardnaar wrote:
#74

alienux

Mar 19, 2015 5:31:44

[pops in after thread has finally died down and arguing has finally subsided and asks everyone why can't we all just get along. re-ignites arguments causing them to be re-hashed over and over again]

#75

Orethalion

Mar 19, 2015 6:54:42

DemoMonkey wrote:
#76

BoldItalic

Mar 19, 2015 9:14:42

[Demands to know when this thread will be available online as a free PDF download]

[Claims to have extensive market experience and predicts that thread will be a commericial failure otherwise]

[Launches a kickstarter to convert thread to PDF. Funding target is $8.3M]

[Kickstarter reaches 0.000003% of target in the first month]

[Predictions of commercial failure thereby vindicated]

 

 

 

#77

Ranthalan

Mar 19, 2015 10:04:10

[Start umpteenth thread about digital tools]

[Participate in thread about digital tools]

#78

Synjin

Mar 19, 2015 10:33:33

[Puts on my robe and wizard hat.]

#79

BoldItalic

Mar 19, 2015 11:18:27

Synjin wrote:
#80

Ranthalan

Mar 19, 2015 11:23:03

[Spend as much time as it would take to create an adventure complaining about how WotC doesn't put out enough adventures and and doesn't have the time to create their own adventures.]

#81

ChrisCarlson

Mar 19, 2015 11:33:21

Ouch

#82

alienux

Mar 19, 2015 12:36:07

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#83

ChrisCarlson

Mar 19, 2015 12:31:10

[YELLS in ALL CAPS cuz EMPHASIS!]

#84

bawylie

Mar 19, 2015 12:40:40

[Mocks forum's meta-awareness of its own ridiculousness]

#85

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 12:45:25
[Links informal poll on different fan site I also started claiming it's definitive proof of market information]
#86

Wuzzard

Mar 19, 2015 12:45:22

[Apologizes for saying something rediculous earlier due to lack of sleep, intoxication and not having any of the books available at the moment.]

#87

AaronOfBarbaria

Mar 19, 2015 13:22:29

[Makes statement about the rules of a former edition of the game, claims them as truth and also declares them terrible rules - provides no source reference, didn't check facts, and is in fact incorrect as to what the rules were.]

 

[Later replies to someone correcting the misquote of former edition rules in such a way that suggests true belief that are a jerk for daring to illustrate my completely deliberate, even if laziness-caused, spreading of misinformation, coupled with an insistance that the house-rules my group used back in the day were identical to the house rules that everyone else was using at the time and claim that such untrue statement would actually validate my earlier misquote of the rules if it were true]

#88

ChrisCarlson

Mar 19, 2015 13:25:31

[Still a %$@!#& tool]

#89

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 13:44:06
[takes a moment to start another thread because every thread on page should be started by me, probably related to the very same subject, then come back and continues argument here]
#90

Brock_Landers

Mar 19, 2015 13:36:25

People using a photo of themselves as an avatar.

#91

bawylie

Mar 19, 2015 13:38:22

[reports poster for disagreeing with debatable assertion and offering supporting facts. Cites harassment]. 

#92

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 13:45:43
[spills Mountain Dew on keyboard, saves up consecutive responses until getting back from big box store then posts them all at once]
#93

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 13:52:28
[create numerous attack posts, get banned, then create sock puppet account claiming everyone who disagrees with you is part of a bullying conspiracy and has an agenda]
#94

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 13:53:46
[claims to be an important game designer and knows which direction the game should go and can't believe anyone would disagree]
#95

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 13:56:42
[bemoans quality of paper products]
#96

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 13:58:42
[uses made up terms to try and lend creedence to view]
#97

Chaosmancer

Mar 19, 2015 14:00:01

[brings up entirely unrelated point about how class X is horribly broken and unplayable, spiraling thread into a completely unrelated debate for an extra 5 pages]

#98

Brock_Landers

Mar 19, 2015 14:07:59

Uses the words obfuscate and binary.

#99

BoldItalic

Mar 19, 2015 14:26:41

Gunthar wrote:
#100

BoldItalic

Mar 19, 2015 14:33:12

Brock_Landers wrote:
#101

Brock_Landers

Mar 19, 2015 14:34:43

People that are not into 5th Ed, and passively attack it, that loiter around here.

#102

Brock_Landers

Mar 19, 2015 14:36:19

BoldItalic wrote:
#103

DemoMonkey

Mar 19, 2015 16:28:21

[Warlords]

#104

DemoMonkey

Mar 19, 2015 16:29:46

[Not Warlords]

#105

Gunthar

Mar 19, 2015 16:53:17

[Hit Points]

#106

AaronOfBarbaria

Mar 19, 2015 21:06:22

[Hit Points, but the specific subset of hit point topics in which it is inaccurately insisted that the definition of hit points provided by the game book has ever changed]

#107

cassi_brazuca

Mar 19, 2015 21:37:46

[Defends bravely Healing Surges even without any relation to the thread itself.]

 

 

 

[Then uses the term “Meat Point” pejoratively.]

 

 

[Then start talking about how bad Vancian is.]

 

 

[And then start to praise how good Old-School style was.]

 

 

[By the end, start talking about how I’ll leave D&D and go play Mage: The Ascension, even if this game has nothing to do with the current discussion.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Comes back for D&D five months later, but there’re no splat books, so back to WoD.]

 

#108

alienux

Mar 20, 2015 5:27:25

42

#109

mrpopstar

Mar 20, 2015 5:51:53

[Finally gets fed up with lurking and pleads with all in the name of community and friendship. Includes smiley emoticon for emphasis.]

#110

ChrisCarlson

Mar 20, 2015 6:20:14

[Spam]

#111

ChrisTheS

Mar 20, 2015 7:19:10

[Semi-relevant point in response to a topic that the thread has since moved on from, with no quotebox to provide context.]

#112

malphaeus

Mar 20, 2015 7:34:13

[post moderated for trolling]

#113

Synjin

Mar 20, 2015 7:49:38

[Obligatory post proving my point by using bold italicized font. Demands others recognize this now as fact.]

#114

Wuzzard

Mar 20, 2015 8:00:42

[Makes reference to thread on Enworld that covers the same topic, but without all the flame and vitriol, as proof that greater minds are at work somewhere in the universe, but as it turns out the Enworld thread is composed of many of the same posters as this thread, but almost all from one side of the argument.]

 

#115

OoftaMeg

Mar 20, 2015 8:03:26

[Notices that there are more than 100 posts to this thread.  Whine about the thread that never ends and insists that no one cares any more.]

#116

Orethalion

Mar 20, 2015 8:44:15

[Complains about the thread, then says that he can't believe the thread is still going and should be closed, because he personally doesn't like the thread]

#117

Synjin

Mar 20, 2015 8:58:29

[Doesn't play 5E. Constantly posts about 5E as if they did.]

 

((Yeah, you all know who I mean. LOL))

#118

ChrisCarlson

Mar 20, 2015 8:58:21

Synjin wrote:
#119

AaronOfBarbaria

Mar 20, 2015 11:25:21

[complains that someone started this thread when there is already a thread covering similar topics]

 

[complains every time someone performs "thread necromancy" by making a new post in a thread that hasn't seen activity in more than two weeks]

#120

BoldItalic

Mar 20, 2015 12:50:19

[Complains that this thread has become full of complaints, instead of offering constructive criticism.]

 

#121

BoldItalic

Mar 20, 2015 11:59:58

Touc wrote:
#122

Brock_Landers

Mar 20, 2015 12:23:20

[Presents oneself as praising 5th Ed, but is in fact part of a thinly veiled assault on it.]

Again, we know who they are, ha.

#123

Orethalion

Mar 20, 2015 12:22:56

[Strawman]

#124

Orethalion

Mar 20, 2015 12:23:06

[Oberoni]

#125

Orethalion

Mar 20, 2015 12:23:19

[Stormwind]

#126

Orethalion

Mar 20, 2015 12:23:31

[Makes a bunch of posts in a row]

#127

Brock_Landers

Mar 20, 2015 12:25:05

[Everything must be homogenous between magic & non-magic types]

#128

alienux

Mar 20, 2015 12:44:35

[First!]

#129

BoldItalic

Mar 20, 2015 12:59:36

[Claims that all classes are overpowered. Presents statistics to 4 decimal places, with Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests of significance to prove it.]

#130

Brock_Landers

Mar 20, 2015 13:04:14

BoldItalic wrote:
#131

Wuzzard

Mar 20, 2015 13:13:22

[Post that I couldn't be bothered to read the entire thread, did read the OP, and could someone please summerize the rest for me.]

#132

ChrisCarlson

Mar 20, 2015 13:16:52

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#133

bawylie

Mar 20, 2015 13:19:31

[trolls under main account, having forgotten to sign in as alt]

#134

BoldItalic

Mar 20, 2015 13:32:20

Wuzzard wrote:
#135

BoldItalic

Mar 20, 2015 13:37:51

BoldItalic wrote:
#136

OoftaMeg

Mar 20, 2015 13:38:21
[Assert that logic of every post that disagrees with my opinion is a strawman or moving the goalposts.]
#137

ChrisCarlson

Mar 20, 2015 13:39:36

Brock_Landers wrote:
#138

Ranthalan

Mar 20, 2015 13:55:58

[Chris Carlson]

 

I kid! I kid!

#139

ChrisTheS

Mar 20, 2015 14:02:53

[Request for definition of jargon or acronym that is well-known to the community but inscrutible to newcomers or people who go off the grid for months at a time]

#140

ChrisCarlson

Mar 20, 2015 14:10:40

Ranthalan wrote:
#141

BoldItalic

Mar 20, 2015 14:20:40

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#142

Brock_Landers

Mar 20, 2015 14:53:30

[odd interjection aimed at someone else, due to wanting to establish dominance]

#143

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 20, 2015 15:41:25

BoldItalic wrote:
#144

alienux

Mar 20, 2015 16:52:53

[Random spambot with a suspicious looking link stating how I make $30,000 an hour working from home just by surfing the web the way I already do.]

#145

BRJN

Mar 20, 2015 16:57:59

[Random Individual uses Google's "I'm feeling lucky" and is delivered to OP.  Peruses thread to this point:

DemoMonkey wrote:
#146

BRJN

Mar 20, 2015 17:16:37

Ranthalan wrote:
#147

BRJN

Mar 20, 2015 17:19:13

Wuzzard wrote:
#148

BRJN

Mar 20, 2015 17:21:42

[Post from an English-as-a-distant-second-language spambot which has some keywords in common with OP rant.]

 

#149

BoldItalic

Mar 20, 2015 17:38:35
Может кто-нибудь сказать мне, где покупать книги ?
#150

Brock_Landers

Mar 20, 2015 17:53:11

*...stares all steely...Dan...*

#151

Chaosmancer

Mar 20, 2015 22:07:06

[strawman refuted instead explains thatt it is actually a man made out of straw and therefore far superior and infallible]

#152

DemoMonkey

Mar 20, 2015 22:30:02

[20 minute free-form jazz exploration in front of a festival crowd.]

#153

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 0:44:21

[Posts a year later, asking if there have been any updates?]

#154

BRJN

Mar 21, 2015 8:19:44

[Reply to highly inflammatory post from a week ago, using personal at-the-table anecdotes as proof for own position.]

 

#155

BRJN

Mar 21, 2015 8:21:00

[Continuation of previous post; interruption due to need to buy more gasoline to throw on fire.]

 

#156

Wuzzard

Mar 21, 2015 8:25:10

[claim that I've had enough of this topic and am bowing out, only to return on the next page fully engaged because someone mentioned my name.]

#157

Wuzzard

Mar 21, 2015 8:26:21

[smarmy ambiguous accusatory post ending with "you know who you are."]

#158

ChrisCarlson

Mar 21, 2015 10:03:08

["Knows it's him" but is affraid to reply because it will call him out as being the one "who knows who it is".]

#159

bawylie

Mar 21, 2015 9:04:32

[proposes a 2 game solution]

#160

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 9:19:31

[Assumes that "you know who you are" is a reference to existentialism and makes long rambling post about the putative influence of Jean Paul Satre on the genre fiction of the Forgotten Realms, whilst rubbishing deconstructive positivism. Includes bibliography.]

#161

Wuzzard

Mar 21, 2015 9:49:57

[pretends to support a 2 game solution to the "can't we call get along crowd", only to recant at the first opportunity and insist there can never be a 2 game solution when speaking to the one-true-gamists.]

#162

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 10:17:28

bawylie wrote:
#163

ChrisCarlson

Mar 21, 2015 10:20:26

[Openly mocks subsequent posters for misunderstanding what the first poster clearly meant by "2 game solution". Obliviously get's it wrong himself.]

#164

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 10:26:21

[Takes exception to being mocked]

[Demands satisfaction: swords at 20 paces.]

#165

ChrisCarlson

Mar 21, 2015 10:34:38

[Finally tears down poster who had received accolades earlier, by dragging him down to own level. Wins.]

#166

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 10:35:53

[Sulks and plots revenge]

#167

ChrisCarlson

Mar 21, 2015 10:38:56

[Pyric victory!]

#168

Wuzzard

Mar 21, 2015 10:39:23

[calls out mocking poster for his one-true-meanist ways]

(Reply to #152)

Ranthalan

DemoMonkey wrote:
#170

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 12:03:32

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#171

ChrisCarlson

Mar 21, 2015 11:46:37

[is pwned ]

#172

ChrisCarlson

Mar 21, 2015 11:52:43

[...but then springs trap, posting Merriam-Webster online dictionary definition]

 

pyric

adjective \ˈpīrik, ˈpir-\

 

Definition of PYRIC

:  resulting from, induced by, or associated with burning <a pyric ecological climax>

#173

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 13:02:46

[Defuses weak trap with ease]

[Scornfully points out that the use of an upper-case 'P' in the original post clearly indicated that the poster had intended the word to be a proper name, i.e, "Pyrrhic" and could not have intended it to be the adjective "pyric".]

[Ignites conflict between believers in "Rants As Written" and believers in "Rants As Intended"]

 

#174

ChrisCarlson

Mar 21, 2015 13:04:38

[Sheepishly tries to point out that sentances are generally started with a capital letter...]

 

[while hoping no one notices that many of his previous posts did not start with a capital letter...]

#175

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 13:15:36

[Trounces excuse by pointing out that "Pyric victory!" (sic) is not a sentence at all, since it lacks a verb, but is a noun phrase, a mere interjection.]

#176

BoldItalic

Mar 21, 2015 13:18:42

[Claims victory and establishes reputation as insufferable pedant.]

#177

DDiceRC

Mar 21, 2015 13:54:32
[Applauds thread as the greatest thread in the history of forums/Decries thread as the most pointless thread in the history of forums.]
#178

Wuzzard

Mar 22, 2015 8:09:17

[Thread? Isn't this the line for the washroom?]

#179

DemoMonkey

Mar 22, 2015 9:38:13

Lord_Ventnor, I'm really happy for you. I'mma let you finish your thread, but Beyonce had one of the best rant threads of all time! One of the best rant threads OF ALL TIME!!

#180

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 22, 2015 11:43:23

(Posts a comment that gets deleted for C&C violations.)

#181

ankiyavon

Mar 22, 2015 12:34:04

bawylie wrote:
#182

BRJN

Mar 22, 2015 14:14:25

bawylie wrote:
#183

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 22, 2015 20:20:28

[Posts comment wondering where deleted post went.  Upon finding the reason (C&C violation) begins rant about the unfair, anti-free speech moderation, and how worthless WotC is as a result.]

#184

ChrisCarlson

Mar 22, 2015 21:10:06

[Comes back to find previous, perfectly legitimate posts, were blindly modded away because some axe-grinder went back and flagged everything they could find out of petty, impotent rage. Proceeds to make totally moddable post in retaliation.]

#185

BoldItalic

Mar 23, 2015 3:41:03

[Posts: "See my PM." without saying who it is addressed to, or what it is about.]

 

See my PM.

 

[Makes second post, after a few minutes.]

 

I think we should bring this out into the open, don't you? There are bigger issues at stake.

 

[Makes third post, after half an hour.]

 

Thank you for expressing your views so forcefully. Have a nice day.

 

[Never explains who it was with, or what the issue was.]

 

#186

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 23, 2015 6:32:42

[Asks where the non-WotC product forums are]

#187

Wuzzard

Mar 23, 2015 8:15:08

[three years later resurrects thread with a simple +1 comment. Leaves everyone else confused]

#188

alienux

Mar 23, 2015 8:30:43

Ranthalan wrote:
#189

alienux

Mar 23, 2015 8:32:57

[Random question about which class feature would be best to take at level 4 for a fighter with a background in glass blowing. At end of post, mentions it's for 3rd edition.]

#190

ChrisCarlson

Mar 23, 2015 8:34:23

[ninja'ed]

#191

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 23, 2015 8:42:06

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#192

cassi_brazuca

Mar 23, 2015 9:36:47

I just need to say: I’m playing GURPS now, so I have no reason to look into a WoD forum like this one, but I still am visiting this forum because of this thread about Pathfinder.

Well, wish me good luck on Numenera.

 

Edit: Sorry, the 1st phrase was a typo, got confused in my writtings.

#193

BoldItalic

Mar 23, 2015 10:15:03

[Posts about inclusiveness.]

#194

DemoMonkey

Mar 23, 2015 10:31:37

[Modules! MODULES!!]

#195

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 23, 2015 10:53:48

[After spending so much money on books from previous D&D editions (enough to have a library), complains about having to spend more money on a new edition.  Then proceeds to pay for books for a similar but different game (such as Pathfinder.)]

#196

alienux

Mar 23, 2015 11:15:47

[Sees rant topic getting lots of replies. Goes and creates new rant thread with slightly different subject line.]

#197

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 23, 2015 12:06:32

[bumps the thread on the basis that no one told him where the forums for non-WotC products are]

#198

ChrisTheS

Mar 23, 2015 14:02:58

[Well-reasoned rebuttal, but using only examples of questionable relevance from non-D&D RPGs.]

#199

Orethalion

Mar 23, 2015 16:31:27

Dougan_Axehammer wrote:
#200

Orethalion

Mar 23, 2015 16:34:15

[Posts just to move the thread count closer to 1000]

#201

Orethalion

Mar 23, 2015 16:34:38

[Posts again just to get the thread count closer to 1000]

#202

Wuzzard

Mar 23, 2015 17:16:30

[reposts same post from a few pages back because nobody took the bait.]

#203

cassi_brazuca

Mar 23, 2015 17:39:47

Seriously, people, we should fix this thread in the first page, and everyone should read from time to time.

#204

Chaosmancer

Mar 23, 2015 18:55:26

[posts a philosophical article of high minded game theory in response to another article posted which reaches the opposite conclusion, both articles are only tangentially related to the original point]

 

[posts rebuttal to articles without reading either of them]

#205

BoldItalic

Mar 24, 2015 1:10:23

[Quotes the OP and decides that, as always, it's people that are the problem. Advocates that D&D should be rewritten in C++ and only computers should be allowed to play it, between themselves. To save arguments.]

 

[Thinks this could easily be implemented in the new Sword Coast game, by eliminating the player and DM interfaces and letting the NPCs take over entirely.]

 

[Creates AI thinkbot called Bald IT Alec to post semi-intelligent random answers on these forums.]

 

[No-one notices the difference.]

#206

alienux

Mar 24, 2015 6:30:08

[Posts completely uninteresting comment that nobody is interested in with no discussion value and completely kills discussion. Nobody comments again for weeks.]

#207

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Mar 24, 2015 6:43:29

[vehemantly argues that computers are so antithetical to D&D that it shouldn't even be discussed over the internet]

#208

BoldItalic

Mar 24, 2015 7:16:20

Mommy_was_an_Orc wrote:
#209

ChrisTheS

Mar 24, 2015 7:24:53

[Angry diatribe about GMs who don't allow laptops/tablets and smartphones at the game table even though I've never played with one.]

#210

Synjin

Mar 24, 2015 8:24:20

[Posts about something "back in the day". Is only 17]

 

[Still thinks cheese-mage can't solo the Tarrasque. Decides to undermine this thread so it can't near the epicness.]

#211

Wuzzard

Mar 24, 2015 12:55:32

[notes that if tarrasque can be killed by cheese mage, then the tarrasque sucks hard, but if the tarrasque sucks hard enough it can simple inhale that pesky cheese mage; problem solved.]

#212

Synjin

Mar 24, 2015 14:06:32

[Is on a D&D board. Cites Batman as example. Starts epic nerd-war.]

#213

ChrisTheS

Mar 24, 2015 14:23:21

[Posts fanart mashup of tarrasque and Kirby.  Preemptively defends Wii U's virtues as a gaming console.]

#214

Orethalion

Mar 24, 2015 15:31:42

Synjin wrote:
#215

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 24, 2015 23:15:33

 

 

Orethalion wrote:
#216

Kazadvorn

Mar 25, 2015 4:33:05

[Aquaman]

#217

Wuzzard

Mar 25, 2015 8:22:58

[confuses Marvel super hero with DC super hero, lets the bloodbath begin]

#218

Synjin

Mar 25, 2015 9:45:15

Kazadvorn wrote:
#219

Synjin

Mar 25, 2015 9:46:04

[Mac vs. PC]

[XBox vs. PS]

[Console vs. PC]

[Glock vs. 1911]

 

[Watches the internet assplode as if divided by zero]

#220

Kazadvorn

Mar 25, 2015 10:03:48

[frantic attempt to 're-rail' the discussion before it's locked by mods]

#221

Orethalion

Mar 25, 2015 10:06:10

Synjin wrote:
#222

BoldItalic

Mar 25, 2015 11:58:31

Kazadvorn wrote:
#223

BoldItalic

Mar 25, 2015 12:00:54

[quotes the OP and comments "I agree entirely"]

[Post is reported for being off-topic.]

#224

BoldItalic

Mar 25, 2015 12:04:40

[Reports OP for being off-topic. OP is deleted, leaving everyone wondering what the thread is about.]

#225

BRJN

Mar 25, 2015 15:29:06

BoldItalic wrote:
#226

BRJN

Mar 25, 2015 15:30:23

Dougan_Axehammer wrote:
#227

ChrisCarlson

Mar 25, 2015 15:39:04

BRJN wrote:
#228

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 25, 2015 15:56:56

[Derails entire thread with "Superman is best".]

#229

BoldItalic

Mar 25, 2015 19:02:49

BRJN wrote:
#230

Wuzzard

Mar 25, 2015 19:46:33

BoldItalic wrote:
#231

Chaosmancer

Mar 25, 2015 20:56:04

Orethalion wrote:
#232

Klied

Mar 26, 2015 11:27:31

I hope the game designer will read this.The is the worst version on magic ever created for DnD.When the hell someone decided that bard and cleric could have same spell level as mage or sorcerer.Having cleric fighter or rogue casting firebolt cantrip seem so stupid and illogic that i would never dm with such system.And wizard seem so underpowered comapared to cleric and sorcerer wich can apply their charisma bonus to spell dammage unlike mage that are under level 10 and chose evocation specialist.And why would the maximum amount of spell be reduce that much after 2 level.This seems so cheap and nerfed.I think whith the cantrip system, pure caster class are lost their flavor,who would play a mage or even a sorcerer if they do the exact same thing as a cleric for example.Im happy with everything in 5h edition exept for what i said.

#233

BoldItalic

Mar 26, 2015 4:31:02

Klied wrote:
(Reply to #233)

alienux

[takes obvious joke post very seriously, gets offended and starts lashing out as if had been attacked personally]

#235

ChrisTheS

Mar 26, 2015 8:43:06

[Attempts to defray impending flame war by harking back to a point raised on page 2 which nobody noticed at the time and nobody notices now.]

#236

Synjin

Mar 26, 2015 14:41:03

[Cites term in post. Causes argument. C&Ps dictionary definition of said term. Only fuels the fire.]

#237

ChrisTheS

Mar 27, 2015 9:21:22

[Otherwise pointless bump to get the thread back onto the front page, with a thin veneer of relevance edited in after the fact.]

(Reply to #221)

Kazadvorn

Orethalion wrote:
#239

DemoMonkey

Mar 27, 2015 9:32:03

[Derails thread and loses any hope of having actual content of post discussed by using an absolute terms such as "always" or "never".

 

This happens 100% of the time.]

#240

ChrisCarlson

Mar 27, 2015 9:47:14

Synjin wrote:
#241

BoldItalic

Mar 27, 2015 11:53:27

Is this thread canon ?

#242

BRJN

Mar 27, 2015 16:03:35

BoldItalic wrote:
#243

BRJN

Mar 27, 2015 16:08:13

ChrisCarlson wrote:
#244

BRJN

Mar 27, 2015 16:10:19

Dougan_Axehammer wrote:
#245

BoldItalic

Mar 27, 2015 16:47:00

BRJN wrote:
#246

BRJN

Mar 27, 2015 19:20:00

BoldItalic wrote:
#247

Lord_Ventnor

Mar 27, 2015 20:50:31

[Returns to thread that I started weeks ago to type up some inflammatory typo-ridden drivel responding to posts which were also made several years ago, only to promptly disappear again.]

#248

Satyrn

Mar 27, 2015 21:39:13

Seven pages. Of nothing. 

 

Makes me miss the Tarrasque thread. 

#249

BoldItalic

Mar 28, 2015 0:22:14

[Complains about meta-threading]

#250

BoldItalic

Mar 28, 2015 0:34:35

[Argues that evil NPCs are entitled to have fun "because it's what their character would do" even though it makes the PCs unhappy. Poses question: if a DM allows NPCs to enjoy being evil, is the DM evil himself? Answers own question. Declares that this proves that D&D is evil. Starts ranting that D&D should be banned.]

 

[Takes moral stance and posts picture of empty bookshelf where D&D books used to be.]

#251

BoldItalic

Mar 28, 2015 2:31:13

[Repeats same rant ad nauseam. Puts up a succession of own strawmans and demolishes them, thus "proving" own case is unassailable.]

 

BoldItalic wrote:
#252

DemoMonkey

Mar 28, 2015 8:49:54

[Moves goalposts.

 

Moves them further.

 

Thinks maybe they looked nicer in the first spot and moves them back.

 

Considers whether new drapes would make the goalposts look nicer where they are.

 

Decides to reupholster the field and get some new accent throw pillows and ...wait, what was the discussion about?]

#253

cassi_brazuca

Mar 28, 2015 9:45:31

Satyrn wrote:
(Reply to #253)

Satyrn

 

[ Stands by his statement. ] 

#255

BRJN

Mar 29, 2015 18:05:34

BoldItalic wrote:
#256

cassi_brazuca

Mar 28, 2015 19:21:08

[Tries to post about inclusiveness. Uses term considered derogatory.]

(Reply to #256)

Dougan_Axehammer

cassi_brazuca wrote:
#258

BRJN

Mar 29, 2015 18:04:46

cassi_brazuca wrote:
#259

BoldItalic

Mar 29, 2015 23:51:16

BRJN wrote:
#260

ChrisTheS

Mar 30, 2015 8:38:37

[Begins writing a post about inclusiveness and then deletes it for fear of being misunderstood due to being the wrong race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and shoe size to be advocating inclusiveness.]

#261

Kazadvorn

Mar 30, 2015 9:07:25

[makes a post championing inclusiveness by listing several types of players who should be excluded from playing D&D because they aren't inclusive ENOUGH]

#262

DemoMonkey

Mar 30, 2015 11:02:51

[Uses a comedy thread to grind social axes and refight old grudges.

 

Is rightfully fish-slapped and sent to bed without dice for being a downer.]

 

#263

BoldItalic

Mar 30, 2015 11:04:27

{Posts angry rant, supposedly on behalf of bigots everywhere, demanding that anti-inclusionists be not only tolerated but welcomed under the umbrella of inclusiveness.]

[Argues that refusal to tolerate and embrace intolerance is itself a form of intolerance and should be denigrated.]

[Predicts total failure of everything if demands aren't satisfied.]

[Is transparently obviously trying to stir up a backlash.]

[Is denounced as a troll.]

[Demands equal rights for trolls.]

#264

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 30, 2015 11:49:04

[Posts angry rant about random topic.  Accidentally hits submit button twice.]

#265

Dougan_Axehammer

Mar 30, 2015 11:50:36

[Posts angry rant about random topic.  Accidentally hits submit button twice.]

#266

BRJN

Mar 30, 2015 14:43:03

Kazadvorn wrote:
#267

ChrisTheS

Mar 31, 2015 9:48:18

[Pillages, then burns.]

#268

BRJN

Apr 02, 2015 13:44:17

[Brand-new individual on forums ( < 20 posts total) locates the few helpful or constructive posts in the thread, upbraids authors because "they don't know the rules and can't play D&D"]

 

#269

BoldItalic

Apr 02, 2015 14:29:12

BRJN wrote:
#270

BRJN

Apr 04, 2015 11:03:06

[reply to OP, states that WotC is ruining D&D by creating rulesets which that sort of player can enjoy.  Snide (and non-factual) analysis of WotC's financial history.  Claims that RPs could be a viable business field, if only that sort of customer could be detected beforehand, driven away, and prevented from returning.]

 

#271

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Apr 05, 2015 6:33:38

BoldItalic wrote:
#272

BoldItalic

Apr 05, 2015 10:28:42

Mommy_was_an_Orc wrote:
#273

Wuzzard

Apr 05, 2015 11:19:35

[gets into meta bracket argument with other meta bracket posters over unintended slight or misguided humor in previous meta bracket comment.]

#274

BoldItalic

Apr 05, 2015 11:54:54

[ [ [  ] ] ]

#275

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Apr 05, 2015 12:23:36

BoldItalic wrote:
(Reply to #274)

Lord_Ventnor

BoldItalic wrote:
#277

BoldItalic

Apr 05, 2015 15:45:52

Mommy_was_an_Orc wrote:
(Reply to #277)

Lord_Ventnor

BoldItalic wrote:
#279

BoldItalic

Apr 06, 2015 0:45:51

Lord_Ventnor wrote:
#280

ChrisTheS

Apr 06, 2015 7:23:30

[Interprets a particular game mechanic in context of an unstated previous edition as though it still worked the same way.]

#281

Synjin

Apr 06, 2015 8:37:29

[Complains about lack of 5E product, thereby showing they can't make good use of existing material, which is enough to last years with a good imagination]

#282

BoldItalic

Apr 06, 2015 9:07:32

ChrisTheS wrote:
#283

BoldItalic

Apr 06, 2015 9:17:06

Synjin wrote:
#284

Dougan_Axehammer

Apr 06, 2015 14:14:02

[Spends a good deal of time and creativity explaining that he doesn't have the time or creativity to generate homebrew material.  Mentions that being able to spend more time and money on more new material would alleviate his problem.]

#285

BRJN

Apr 06, 2015 16:49:37

BoldItalic wrote:
#286

BoldItalic

Apr 07, 2015 3:48:16

BRJN wrote:
#287

FarBeyondC

Apr 07, 2015 12:55:38

[Posts several paragraph rant on newly discovered 'broken' combo]

 

[Verbally- er, literarily- assaults everyone who points out that combo is either not broken, or broken in the sense that it simply does not work]

(Reply to #285)

Lord_Ventnor

BRJN wrote:
#289

BRJN

Apr 07, 2015 15:53:51

Lord_Ventnor wrote:
#290

BoldItalic

Apr 07, 2015 16:32:24

FarBeyondC wrote:
#291

BoldItalic

Apr 07, 2015 16:37:41

[Complains frequently that digital tools are not supported and the game is unplayable without them.]

[Greets announcement that digital tools are now supported with tirade against digital tools and complains that they make the game unplayable.]

#292

BRJN

Apr 10, 2015 18:14:56

[complaint that no thread as helpful and information-filled as this one is, should be allowed to die from neglect]

 

#293

Mommy_was_an_Orc

Apr 10, 2015 20:37:12

FarBeyondC wrote:
#294

BoldItalic

Apr 10, 2015 23:00:29

Mommy_was_an_Orc wrote:
#295

BRJN

Apr 14, 2015 16:44:53

Lord_Ventnor wrote: