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Common Topic Symposium / Tribes & TRPG Social Media
« Last post by KoRo on July 15, 2019 12:24 pm CDT »
We all know Facebook is bad, selling your personal info, etc. But if you're like me and probably many of us, we still use it to stay in touch with people so just be careful with what you put on there I guess. At any rate, if by some miracle there are people who check this forum and are on Facebook and are NOT yet a part of the PCRPG Facebook group, be aware that there is...well, a PCRPG Facebook group. It had about as much activity as this forum, but is a little more accessible to many.

Additionally, there are at least three Tribes and RPG-related Discord servers that are active right now:
  • Tribes 1 RPG, which I think I found through www.tribesrpg.rog (Phantom's realm, updated as of Oct. 2018 if you can believe it. I started a new character, come join me! I need a questing buddy.)
  • Tribes Talk, focused around Pick-up games of T1 v1.40 (https://playt1.com/, the version that was "leaked" so it's ostensibly better)
  • Tribes Reddit community, of which I only recently joined.

Of the three, it seems that "Tribes Talk" is by far the most active. They play daily pickup games, both organized tournament-style and for funsies on Rosco's Mixtape 1999.

If you're like me and are reaching out to try to find a new old community of Tribes and TRPG players, not all hope is lost.
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Common Topic Symposium / Re: I don't game like I used to and it bothers me
« Last post by KoRo on July 14, 2019 10:56 pm CDT »
That's really a good point. I never thought about dedicated servers being the focal point of communities, but that makes complete sense. The only thing I have left is my small crew of friends from HS, and we occasionally (~1/2 months) play games together. I definitely prefer multiplayer games, but even that's not enough if there's no community to be formed from them.

Believe it or not, I've never actually played WoW. Will Classic WoW be free to play? Or is it still monthly?
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Common Topic Symposium / Re: I don't game like I used to and it bothers me
« Last post by Vivaxx on July 14, 2019 07:27 pm CDT »
I definitely relate to you on this. The way I see it, games back in the 2000s had dedicated servers which fostered a community because people would routinely play on the same server. Now, most games just put you into a 'match finder' which puts you in a game with a bunch of random people, and then after the game is over everyone leaves to re-queue and get placed with an entirely different bunch of random people. You'll likely never play with the same person twice, so nobody gets to know each other and no small communities are formed. The best part of gaming for me was the community, the drama, the friendships and the enemies. This is entirely lost now for the most part, nothing is personal. When I think back to when Tribes was still alive and firing up the game, refreshing the server list and Seeing Particle's Custom RPG with 26/64 players I remember the rush as I joined the server to see what was going on, to fight my enemies or talk to my friends. I miss that.

The other thing that put older games including Tribes apart was mods. Being able to create mods caused more communities to form because people would find a mod they like and stick with it. New games generally do not allow mods or they are a much smaller part of the game.

For me, 0 new games interest me no matter how hard I try to get into them, which is sad because I love gaming. The one game I play is World of Warcraft Vanilla (the original version of the game before any expansions- from ~2004). I played this game when I was a kid and at the same time as TRPG, so it holds a lot of nostalgia for me and thankfully there are still servers with thousands of players playing this version (and a Blizzard release coming in a month!!!). Luckily I'm part of a community (my guild) in this game so I still have one game that can fill that void. I would totally recommend trying Classic WoW this August when it comes out!
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Common Topic Symposium / Re: The Forum Has Entered Archive Mode
« Last post by KoRo on July 13, 2019 07:47 pm CDT »
Sorry to necro (not that there's a whole lot going on), but I recently got back on and started playing again. There are a few newish people believe it or not. I don't mind hanging around on it for the next few months. I'm just writing my thesis so I'll be around my computer a lot.
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Common Topic Symposium / I don't game like I used to and it bothers me
« Last post by KoRo on July 10, 2019 03:15 pm CDT »
I've recently been reflecting on my life and remembering the times all those years ago where I could spend endless hours playing games, compared to now where I just don't really find any games to be all that enticing. Lately i've been jonesing for a hack 'n slash online fantasy rpg since I got into D&D (tabletop), but when I really looked at it I realized that I was looking for a community moreso than a game. For the most part, I've pretty much fallen out of touch with all of the online communities I was a part of back in my youth, and it saddens me. I know we all grow up eventually and get caught up with other things--I suspect many of us are deep in school or work (i'm in grad school myself), or maybe relationships and even starting families. I suppose it's just nostalgia acting up inside me.

At any rate, has anyone else gone through this?
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Common Topic Symposium / Forum HTTPS Upgrade
« Last post by Particle on July 9, 2018 10:31 am CDT »
Just as a note, the forums have been upgraded to mandatory HTTPS.  Any accesses made over HTTP are automatically redirected.
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Common Topic Symposium / Re: Homeless
« Last post by Particle on June 3, 2018 01:25 pm CDT »
Any chance you can travel?
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Common Topic Symposium / Homeless
« Last post by ShortStuff102 on May 7, 2018 08:24 pm CDT »
sooo guys ive lost my home (two months ago) and have been living outside here in Philadelphia.  I could really use some help.  if anyone would be will to say let me crash upon their couch I would more than welcome a change in scenery (leave philly).  I have a drivers liscense here in pa if that matters and would immediately seek employment.  uhhh if you cannot put me up I can use some money...   really really need help here.  oh im crippled kinda now.  I have to use crutches (have been on them since last year july) to get around as i was attacked in a robbery.  ki was hit upon my knee with a hammer four times and after beating a staff infection and having an operation, my knee has been left locked at fifty degrees.  uhhh it was twenty dollars too lol 2 fives wrapped around ten ones looking like much more.  uhhh again really need help here down and almost out.  my facebook is Michael Swaggle.  hit me up on there if not here
this is Shorty signing out.

lol much love guys and hope you are all doing well in your lives
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Common Topic Symposium / Re: Thanks again, Particle
« Last post by Gnight on May 4, 2018 09:32 pm CDT »
Holy malarkey, it's JayJay!  Nice to hear from you too, Particle!  I should consider a return someday.
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Common Topic Symposium / Forum updates complete
« Last post by Particle on May 2, 2018 01:30 pm CDT »
The forum updates are complete.  I've updated the forum software to the latest version.  I've also completed the move of the forum software and its associated database to my new web server.

Hopefully everything continues without incident, but if anyone has trouble logging in or posting or something please let me know.

Update:
I think I fixed all of the missing avatars.
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