Well THAT was painful!

We REALLY need a web admin- someone who isn't just our friend that we beg every time this happens.

It was a severe attack again and took some code cleaning- something way beyond my pay grade to the point I don't even understand what was wrong.

There must be someone here who is capable of fixing this sort of thing, yes? So if it happens again we can get quicker results?

Blarg though, giant pain in the butt.

I've had more thoughts on the conservative vs. progressive talk too so I think we'll definitely need to revisit that.

Thanks both for amazing feedback!

http://brilliantgameologists.com/b-40/
They are all embedded in the show notes. What do you think about any/all of these?


Grinds My Gears

What do you think of the phrase Dime a Dozen?

RPGs as Kid's Shows

Wonderpets is either brilliant or brilliantly horrible. And no one is voting for the former
It reminds us of Burning Wheel
What Kid's Shows remind you of RPGs? Or vice versa?

The Culture War

Based on the Book
Are you Progressive or Orthodoxy?

Drinkin'

Should you drink at the game table?

Other Questions
What do you think of our interstitials? What should we go with?
Are you pro or con Ming Ming?
Do you like our new format? Psych, I don't care what you say, we're doin' it.

There will be! I just have the details left to do on another new one (actually wholly new this time!)

Let's see ...  ...

there is a BG baby , so is this one the MM baby ??
(and twitter account?)

That's a good idea!

The twitters are @_bg_val and the newest is @bg_carlie

Just as an FYI for us...

Last Tuesday (valentines day), josh and I welcomed another little girl! Well, little is relative. She was 9 lbs, 4oz so not too little at all.

We're all doing great. Val, who is 2, is doing great with her new little sister, though she doesn't get why baby Carlie doesn't wave to her and why she spends all day (and night) biting mommy's boobs.

So we're mostly MIA right now. Just wanted to share why!

I'm in total lesbians with this game. I love the variety and that you can play over and over and have different experiences each time

To everyone else:

People are not treated equally here. We've never been under the illusion that you were.

If you contribute to the community in a positive way, you will get a lot more leeway. If you are more trouble than you are worth, well, we've both just shown what can happen. It's not great, and it's not pretty and I'm positive there are MUCH better ways to go about it, but it happened.

We do want suggestions. I don't want complaints. Complaining is empty and self-entitled. Offer to help. Give real ideas to make things better. That will go a lot further.

We're not perfect. Admin means we set this place up, pay for it, and manage all of the behind the scenes. We also get to deal with the awesome backlash of running a community, like getting death threats. That is just awesome (no, wait, it really isn't). It doesn't mean we're perfect. It means we get a lot of shit and hardly any thanks though (seriously, when's the last time you said, hey, thanks for you know, doing all of this), so cut us some slack.

Josh's writing style can come off as a total asshole. Nah, that's underplaying. Josh's online personality IS a total asshole. We know this. It doesn't make it ok, but honestly, it's one of the reasons we wanted a place where people could argue without mods stepping in and breaking it up. He DOES need to improve, I'm not excusing it (that last post to BB WAS baiting to be clear), but you all aren't exactly Prince Charming either. Except for Tshern. I love me some Scandinavian dudes.

The mods will deal with 97% of all issues. They are much better at it and much more adept. They know the community better, that's why we asked them to help out. They are super awesome and again, the vast majority of the time, they will deal with reports, issues, and help us work out issues too, like giving suggestions to Josh about his being an asshole (we have a whole thread on that going on our moderator board).

I step in when I feel they are getting bogged down with a specific person or persons or issue. And when it gets to that point, it's often already escalated.

So don't get to that point. Don't think that the crappy treatment BB just got will apply to you. Because you won't be so crappy in the first place... right?

Also, to stay on topic... Hi, I'm Meg and I disagree with a LOT of statements made by Josh. 

Quote from: BG_Meg on December 15, 2011, 09:21:09 AM

Yes he is.

He has great ideas that are worth listening to, but his written communication needs improvement.  My data statement though is that I've been there when he's met approximately 30 people that have only known him online (over the last 5 years or so) and then meet him in person and 100% of the time they've said, "Oh! I get you now! Dude, you are way better in person." Some of our best friends don't like his online side, but really respect him in "real life".

That explanation was for others. I have no confidence BB will actually listen to any of it or change opinions based on that knowledge.

To BB: But so what? Let it go. You can't post shit like that post and get upset when someone talks directly to you and quotes you. So get over yourself. And no, that's not baiting, that's responding to your poor attitude.

I hit the report button on him mainly because of the Biscut remark. That was just dumb and a pointless flame. The parts that were insulting but had a point I let go.

I do find it interesting he had to run and hide behind you though.

Are you kidding?

Here's why you, in my eyes, aren't worth the effort on the site. Let me break it down.

You reported a post because someone screwed up your name. Boo hoo. Really? Substituting one B word for another, mistakenly, is baiting?

Let me answer that (because again, you, BB, won't agree and I don't care- this is for other people's benefits as an example of what not to do on this site):

I bet you immediately thought the "biscuit" instead of "basket" was intentional, didn't you? It wasn't. It's a silly screen name, who cares if it is screwed up? Give people the benefit of the doubt. Someone say she instead of he? Maybe they really thought you were female. Someone screw up your name and you think it's intentional? So what? Do you have enough information to get upset? If you do, will getting upset change anything?

Someone say something rough to you? So what. Unless the post is filled with obvious insults (and almost NONE of the posts you have reported BB have been), look at yourself first. Are you mis-reading it? Are you reading too far into it? Did you provoke it? If it's a passive agressive attack, rise above and let it go. That's what mature people do.

Your other choice is to be a total jerk, cry fowl when someone says something in any way caustic in return, and report post after post where anyone even mentions you because they must be flaming or baiting you. That choice is immature and self absorbed.

We should add another guiding principle of the site- don't dish it out if you can't take it.

And "run and hide behind me?" Dude, that is much more of a bait then any of the multitude of reports you've sent recently. So again, look at yourself first.

There was no running away. I'm sure he'll respond too. I happen to be online right now. I'm tired of your posting habits and whining- this is about you. I'm just not excusing the fact that others, Josh included, can be a bit of a dick online as well.

Get better or leave. It's really that simple.

I'm also thinking of releasing a sort of solo-show about Burning Wheel. I went to Burning Apocalypse Con (alone) and have new revelations about the game. Anyone think that could be of interest?

By solo I mean no Josh or Zeke. It would be just my opinion.