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The Infamous Five
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This post is easy.
Ron already did the work of listing all the links
, in 2004...
...and then left that list in the Forge Archive without copying it in this subsection.
So, this is a simple copy-and-paste of the list he did wrote at the time. The link above points to the original list.
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Hello,
A while ago, I initiated a series of threads which came to be known as the Infamous Five. Each one spawned numerous daughter threads. Although each had a distinct topic addressed to its specific forum, their sequence was designed to constitute a larger argument as well. Those of us who participated in these threads enjoy a certain relationship and shared goal, here at the Forge, which is hard to explain - it's about knowing
why we're here
and considering what the Forge is relative to the rest of the hobby.
Why post them now? Because often I find myself referring people to one or another piece of this immense web of posts, and it's usually because I think the insights are central to participating here, for that person. So I'm putting them up as a big set of unified links. Are anyone required to read them? No, but I think a lot of people might
like
reading them, or might like to see what
context
a lot of smaller points are being made within.
For each forum, the list below leads off with the one that started the process, after the forum title.
#1: PUBLISHING:
Mainstream: a revision
Production value
Promotion
Active vs. passive entertainment
The Store
What would make a non-role-player buy your game?
The game that would sell to non-role-players
The importance of play
Accessible? To whom?
#2: ACTUAL PLAY:
Actual play in the stores
Mainstream media
#3: RPG THEORY:
Social Context
Gay culture / Gamer culture
Self-image
Christian gamers and self-esteem
What does role-playing gaming accomplish?
Sexism and gaming
#4: GNS MODEL DISCUSSION:
Vanilla and Pervy
Pervy in my head
Combat systems
Cannot stand cutsiepoo terms
Pervy Sim, points of contact, accessibility
#5: SITE DISCUSSION:
The Forge as a community
The five percent
The Forge and cultural bias
Off-the-cuff Forge cultural analysis
Relationships at the Forge
Best, Ron
Logged
Ciao,
Moreno.
(Excuse my errors, English is not my native language. I'm Italian.)
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