request to SFRPG members/Mods

[captainjack23]

Sorry to have to post here, but could one of the SFRPG admins/mods get in touch (I know you post here) ? I'm having a very odd problem with the site, which is also preventing me from logging into it.

Heck, even a member would be helpful.

Thanks !

 

[captainjack23]

Okay, odder and odder. SFRPG if you are out there, something is going on that is more than odd. Now the message says:

You have been permanently banned from this board.

Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.

Reason given for ban: No trolls allowed.

A ban has been issued on your IP address.

The trolls bit is odd, given I never posted. Grufty ? John ? EDG ? If there are posts there, I've been hacked. If not, it looks like yours has been.

 

[rust]

This is really quite strange ... :?

According to the members list of SFRPG you have zero posts over there,
so you can hardly have been banned for trolling.

However, I have no problems with the SFRPG software, and therefore no
idea what might have gone wrong with your account there.

Edit.:
I posted a message over there, just in case the moderators might miss
this thread here.

 

[captainjack23]

This is really quite strange ... :?

According to the members list of SFRPG you have zero posts over there,
so you can hardly have been banned for trolling.

However, I have no problems with the SFRPG software, and therefore no
idea what might have gone wrong with your account there.

Edit.:
I posted a message over there, just in case the moderators might miss
this thread here.

Thanks rust.

 

[GypsyComet]

I just looked at the admin posters over there and can draw my own conclusions.

Banned in one place for perceived behavior in another place entirely? Thanks, but no thanks.

Also, the further dilution of the player and fanbase across yet another forum has not proved to be a good idea yet. The wider internet spelled the end for GEnie's Traveller community. The TML is a walking corpse and has been for 15 years thanks to the proliferation of specialty MLs, a second and third generation of which spawned with the launch of Yahoo Groups. Most of those are falling into disuse with the forums taking over, but the amount of actual material appearing is shrinking, not growing. The age of the personal Traveller website seems to be fading as well, with several compilation sites having hoovered up most of that material (with permission, of course), but even the compilation sites live primarily on cannibalism, and with no further independent sites to pull from their growth is much, much slower.

The forum is now in rapid proliferation. I can think of at least five public and private that provide dedicated space to Traveller at the moment and one or two more at which discussion is welcome. Is more material being produced? No, but it's a full-time job to keep up with it all anyway.

So in conclusion...

Another Traveller Forum? Lovely. :roll:

 

[Sturn]

Another Traveller Forum? Lovely. :roll:

I agree, another is not for me. Just this Mongoose one and the CotI is enough for me to keep up with. Also, it has been my experience that these two forums togather can answer any question I might have about anything Traveller (when I can't find it on a database site such as TravWiki). Why add a 3rd for me to check on when these two plus informational sites have everything I need?

 

[rust]

Another Traveller Forum? Lovely. :roll:

Why add a 3rd for me to check on when these two plus informational sites have everything I need?

There seems to be a misunderstanding.

SFRPG is not a Traveller forum (although it of course covers Traveller,
too), it is a forum for all science fiction roleplaying games.
This is one of the reasons why I like and visit it, it is a place where I can
find interesting non-Traveller science fiction roleplaying ideas, too.

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

Another Traveller Forum? Lovely. :roll:

SFRPG isn't just "another Traveller forum". SFRPG supports all SFRPGs - it just so happens that the most talked about game on SFRPG is Traveller. Anyone is welcome to come along and discuss any other SFRPG. Some of the discussion isn't even about SFRPGs, there are threads about other non-RPG subjects there as well.

Why add a 3rd for me to check on when these two plus informational sites have everything I need?

There are, in point of fact, at least three other Traveller focussed boards on the net apart from here, CotI and SFRPG. It is up to individuals to search for them and decide whether or not to join/partticpate in those communities. No-one is forcing anyone to join a forum/board they're not interested in, especially if, as you say Sturn, the two boards you frequent meet your needs.

 

[EDG]

If anyone has an issue with accessing the SFRPG boards then they should just send an email or PM to Gruffty on one board and it'll be dealt with privately - spamming two completely unrelated public boards about it as well as sending PMs and emails and expecting replied within the span of 24 hours is really not the way to go about this, and more to the point it's completely unnecessary.

As it is, this will be dealt with privately by the admins of the SFRPG board.

And as Gruffty and Rust said, SFRPG is not just a Traveller board - that's why it's got the "SF" there. There's a lot of general discussion about scifi there, worldbuilding, and SF in the media too.

 

[captainjack23]

Another Traveller Forum? Lovely. :roll:

Why add a 3rd for me to check on when these two plus informational sites have everything I need?

There seems to be a misunderstanding.

SFRPG is not a Traveller forum (although it of course covers Traveller,
too), it is a forum for all science fiction roleplaying games.
This is one of the reasons why I like and visit it, it is a place where I can
find interesting non-Traveller science fiction roleplaying ideas, too.

Which is the entirety of the reason why I liked lurking there. And why I'd like to continue to do so.

 

[captainjack23]

If anyone has an issue with accessing the SFRPG boards then they should just send an email or PM to Gruffty on one board and it'll be dealt with privately - spamming two completely unrelated public boards about it as well as sending PMs and emails and expecting replied within the span of 24 hours is really not the way to go about this, and more to the point it's completely unnecessary.

As it is, this will be dealt with privately by the admins of the SFRPG board.

And as Gruffty and Rust said, SFRPG is not just a Traveller board - that's why it's got the "SF" there. There's a lot of general discussion about scifi there, worldbuilding, and SF in the media too.

Actually, I'd also like to encourage anyone else to just let SFRPG admins deal with it. I had no other way to contact them, and, in all honesty was concerned that something odd beyond my account. That my Emails to the admin adress seemed to only escalate the banning (two emails led to immediate username blocks on a secondary account, and then an IP ban, and then an odd reason added to the ban screen. And by then, I couldn't even enter as a guest. So, no spamming, just trying to get in touch through side channels.

And, while I do appreciate everyone's concern, I'm not on board with the suggestions about it being some kind of grudge ban. SFRPG doesn't allow outside stuff to be brought aboard -check out the rules and the update about ex board conflicts. I can't imagine that the admins who posted those rules which specifically include admins and moderators, would turn around and then do it to a current lurker account -0 posts as noted.

me, I'm checking most of the boards I'm on to see if my accounts are being used to spam...which is my suspicion as to the problem.

Plus, I'm in touch now with SFRPG via Grufty. Hopefully we can get this resolved.

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

C'pn Jack: check yer emails

 

[GypsyComet]

Another Traveller Forum? Lovely. :roll:

SFRPG isn't just "another Traveller forum". SFRPG supports all SFRPGs - it just so happens that the most talked about game on SFRPG is Traveller.

You run a forum in which Traveller is accorded specific space. Regardless of what else the forum contains, it IS a Traveller forum, and it is ANOTHER Traveller forum, per my prior points.

Since the issue of banning is apparently being dealt with, I withdraw that objection to your forum.

 

[captainjack23]

Since the issue of banning is apparently being dealt with, I withdraw that objection to your forum.

Thank you !

Yes, and now all is well, and thanks to Grufty/John/SFRPG for excellent customer service, and generally dealing with the issue very quickly and professionally !

From what I can tell, there was no problem that was likely to effect anything outside my account or SFRPG. But, whatever, its apparently fixed and I can get back to some serious lurking.......

 

[Sturn]

CaptainJack only took it to other forums hoping someone could help since he couldn't contact SFRPG to fix the problem at all. I wouldn't call that spamming other boards. He knew someone on other forums with Traveller content would have a connection with that scifi gaming forum.

As for it being a Traveller forum or not, it does have what appears to be tons of general scifi sections that seem to have their fair share of the forum's posts. But, Traveller is the only game with its own section. There is a "Traveller" section and "Other" games section.

I fear that the more Traveller forums there are, the more diluted the community will be. I want to keep us all cozy and in one place. Even if we all don't get along all of the time, we are all Traveller funs.

Of course anyone is free to start another Traveller forum, this is just my personal preference.

 

[rust]

I fear that the more Traveller forums there are, the more diluted the community will be. I want to keep us all cozy and in one place.

I do see your point, but ...

On the other hand, I have to admit that I grew somewhat tired of "pure"
Traveller forums, mainly because my setting is completely non-OTU, and
most threads on "pure" Traveller forums discuss the OTU (in the for me
worst case: the OTU "canon"), and rarely anything else.

Therefore I very much welcome "mixed" forums like SFRPG, where I can
also find interesting and useful ideas from other roleplaying games, ideas
that go beyond the OTU and do not treat is as a reference for science fic-
tion roleplaying, and where it is also a little easier for me to discuss my
own non-OTU setting and campaign without being reminded that "this is
not possible within the OTU".

This is of course a matter of personal preferences and taste, I just want
to explain why I do see a real need for many and different forums.

 

[TravellerArt]

As for it being a Traveller forum or not, it does have what appears to be tons of general scifi sections that seem to have their fair share of the forum's posts. But, Traveller is the only game with its own section. There is a "Traveller" section and "Other" games section.

It has evolved that way, originally there were several named game sections, but as the majority of posts were about Traveller (due to Mongoose reinvigorating interest in it) the other games were grouped into the 'others' section to ease navigation, that's all.

I agree with rust here, and every forum has a different slant even if its got the same basic subject matter, just frequent the one(s) you like. The more there are the more likely you will find one to suit your tastes.

(Or you can visit them all like most of us do)

 

[Dave Chase]

I visit 3 forums that deal with Traveller, daily.
One because it was the only Open Traveller forum for years.
One because I was invited and liked what I saw
And this one because I am excited that there are new players and support for one of my favorite games. (Even if I play MTU rules more than the OTU

Dave Chase