Happy New Year!
I want to wish all of the Community all the best for the New Year of 2022.
I also want to encourage everyone who reads this to add a comment, even if it is just to say "HELLO" and let us know you are still here.
Being a fairly "OLD-TIMER" here on the Portal, I have noticed that there are less "CHATS" than there used to be. Most of the posts these days are generally TECH related, discussing problems, resolving issues, requesting new features, etc. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT! And the "New Regime" is much better at dealing with these details than the previous two, so RESPECT to that!
Our international gaming community has been as altered as any other activity by the pandemic of the past two years, and many of us will be operating in many different ways, some of which will not revert back to the "way things were".
A big shout out to all those innovators who have added to the list of tools for us Roleplayers, and congratulations to all those who have used these tools to keep our games alive under quite difficult circumstances.
As an "Inner Council Member" and active member of "Campaign of the Month", I would like to thank all those who have taken part in nominating great new sites, bringing issues to the attentions of the DEVS, and introducing new ideas on this Forum.
Welcome to any newcomers, and to all and sundry: Keep using the Forums!
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I think a lot of the "CHATS" have moved over to the Discord channel. But Discord isn't really my personal preference, so I'm down for CHATS here too.
Happy New Year!
Obsidian Portal Developer
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
Hello - Thaen is right, I am more active on Discord than here (although I am a Lurker as much as any cave dweller :-) )
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
Yep. Still in and around myself. Just nothing active going on so not coming in on a frequent basis.
~Weasel0
A Parade of Black | ShadowRunHack |
Where I play with CSS code
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
Discord is as silent as these forums. Unfortunately the fiasco's of the past cost this place alot of the chatters.
I myself welcome chatter.
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
As @Keryth says, Discord is as silent as these forums., which is to say, not totally silent, but quiet. I think that conversations have, in some ways, been split between the two
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
So, it sounds like we're all open to "chatter", and there was some here before. What topics do y'all remember most fondly? Or are you most interested in discussing?
Obsidian Portal Developer
I found an old post of mine from 2016 from a thread entitled: "What Obsidian Portal Means to Me". I thought it would be worth copying and pasting:
"Obsidian Portal is the hub of my whole gaming world. I started just over six years ago and found the site by accident on "TINTERNET". After years of playing just modules, I was once again inspired to create my own world and develop a campaign around it. Shimring was born and I played this over three years, having spent a whole year designing it before even opening up to my players.
I early on discovered the community and have been fairly active on the forums since those times, tending to be more interested in the NON TECH pages, but getting great help from many people here.
Shimring had an epic conclusion and about three years ago I started my new campaign, Mysteria, still running to this day. I love all the things that Keryth mentioned and also make great use of the private campaign forums afforded by Ascendant membership. Two of my players also use Obsidian Portal for their own sites, which they do as part of my Ascendancy membership, with me as co-GM. It is great that we have consistency while playing different games.
I have great fun setting up characters and wiki pages and the campaign forums are incredibly useful for our group to discuss character development, rules, and even arrange the odd social event.
The General Forums are a great place where I have met many fantastic people who have commented, helped and contributed greatly. So thank you: Arsheesh, KillerVP, Wolfhound, Duskreign, DM Loki, Craigcoxon, Beuamains, Cgregory, Darkangelmarine, Leonides300, AZRune, Adoraith, Ketherian, Maesenko, AlexRedeye, Keryth987, Basileus, JustinMason, Tau, Lxcharon and the many others who have helped make time between gaming and designing so delightful!"
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
I like how "NON TECH" is so prominently noted. : )
What kind of things was that NON TECH help for? Like plot ideas? Or how to handle particular types of Players? Other things?
Obsidian Portal Developer
All those things and more. I can't really remember so well now. There was always a bit of TECH stuff, but in those days, CSS hadn't crushed me like a beetle and I was still able to work things out with textile and simple code
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
Heck, one of the longest ones I remember was a chain response of animated gifs/pictures that was far too long for what it was but was magnificent.
~Weasel0
A Parade of Black | ShadowRunHack |
Where I play with CSS code