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'''RPG.NET''' is one of the oldest [[role-playing game]] [[web site]]s on the Internet. It was founded in [[1996]] by Emma and Sandy Antunes, Shawn Althouse (etrigan) and Brian David Phillips, as a way to unify a number of transient game sites, and is currently being run (primarily) by Sandy Antunes, Alan Sugarbaker and Shannon Appelcline. Michael Fiegel handles editorial content. |
'''RPG.NET''' is one of the oldest [[role-playing game]] [[web site]]s on the Internet. It was founded in [[1996]] by Emma and Sandy Antunes, Shawn Althouse (etrigan) and Brian David Phillips, as a way to unify a number of transient game sites, and is currently being run (primarily) by Sandy Antunes, Alan Sugarbaker and Shannon Appelcline. Michael Fiegel handles editorial content. |
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The site's most popular feature is its very active message forums, which have thousands of active posters. Tangency, the sub-forum created to house off-topic discussions (i.e. not directly concerning roleplaying), is usually the most active in terms of posts per day. Like most large forums, the site has spawned numerous in-jokes, taglines, and long-running flame wars; moderation, formerly very loose, is now somewhat stricter. Some game designers post on the forums regularly, and many are occasional contributors. RPG.net also offers weekly columns on various aspects of role-playing, an RPG store, and game reviews, as well as regular news and press releases. |
The site's most popular feature is its very active message forums, which have thousands of active posters. Tangency, the sub-forum created to house off-topic discussions (i.e. not directly concerning roleplaying), is usually the most active in terms of posts per day. Like most large forums, the site has spawned numerous in-jokes, taglines, and long-running flame wars; moderation, formerly very loose, is now somewhat stricter, and has a Liberal bias. Some game designers post on the forums regularly, and many are occasional contributors. RPG.net also offers weekly columns on various aspects of role-playing, an RPG store, and game reviews, as well as regular news and press releases. |
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As of 2002, RPG.NET is owned by Skotos.net, but maintains creative and editorial autonomy. |
As of 2002, RPG.NET is owned by Skotos.net, but maintains creative and editorial autonomy. |
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Revision as of 23:51, 19 May 2005
RPG.NET is one of the oldest role-playing game web sites on the Internet. It was founded in 1996 by Emma and Sandy Antunes, Shawn Althouse (etrigan) and Brian David Phillips, as a way to unify a number of transient game sites, and is currently being run (primarily) by Sandy Antunes, Alan Sugarbaker and Shannon Appelcline. Michael Fiegel handles editorial content.
The site's most popular feature is its very active message forums, which have thousands of active posters. Tangency, the sub-forum created to house off-topic discussions (i.e. not directly concerning roleplaying), is usually the most active in terms of posts per day. Like most large forums, the site has spawned numerous in-jokes, taglines, and long-running flame wars; moderation, formerly very loose, is now somewhat stricter, and has a Liberal bias. Some game designers post on the forums regularly, and many are occasional contributors. RPG.net also offers weekly columns on various aspects of role-playing, an RPG store, and game reviews, as well as regular news and press releases.
As of 2002, RPG.NET is owned by Skotos.net, but maintains creative and editorial autonomy.