07-17-2017, 05:11 PM
finarvyn Wrote:I'm sorry to read your post. As the Admin of that forum I try to maintain a balance between freedom to post ideas and an iron fist to stop trolling. I split the Blackmoor chronology thread into two parts -- one which discusses the actual chronology and one which allows for the other stuff. I gave one member a "time out" of a week for his attacks on Jon. I really want that community to be a good one and I'm sad that you left it (twice).
Thank you for your very kind words! I fully understand what you mean - it's a delicate balancing act, and I think you're really doing a good job of being the admin for the thread. Splitting it was a good choice, I think. I honestly don't know what else you could be doing in this situation, frankly.
I do think I made a mistake in reactivating my account; my perception, coming from some years exploring the modern gaming scene, is that I simply don't fit in with what most (if not almost all) think of as 'gaming' these days. I feel like I'm wasting everyone's time with my obsolete observations, and my antique play style. "Too hand-wavy, too loosy-goosy"; and I understand that. It's why I'm leaving the 5e Blackmoor campaign at the end of this month; too many rules, too much number-crunching, not enough Dave Arneson. I don't fault the GM or the players; this is their Blackmoor, and thy should be able to have lots of the kind of fun that they like with it.
My issue is that it's not my Blackmoor, a time when Gertie took wing as Dave Arneon took over the GM chair from Phil Barker; it was magical - it was as if I was visting Disneyland as Walt's guest, with the same astonishing genius and whimsy in the driver's seat.
I'm not leaving gaming; too much in the game room to carry up the stairs and out to the trash.
I'll be around. E-mail if you need to talk to me. Thanks again, everyone!