Why do you have a problem with RPG.Net?
I'll attempt to answer that question in this post, but let's clarify first, as I don't have a problem with the RPG.net reviews or newsletters, I find them incredibly informative and revealing. Instead I have a problem with the forums. First lets talk about the new website owner, Skotos. Skotos is a company/man that specializes in selling MUDs cloaked in wording like "prose multiplayer game", where they focus on "telling a story", and being "true roleplayers". Here's a quote:
Been playing for a week and it rocks, best true RPing I've ever seen. Killing monsters and gaining xp is not roleplaying, castle marrach is.
And then below that comment:
EndUser (not verified) — Tue, 2001-10-30 12:45
Tried it a while back. If Skotos had the basic decency to let players, say, use plain ol' MUD emotes/poses or, oh, actually describe their characters instead of picking a couple of traits from a list, I'd be wasting my life there 'stead of on Iconoclast.
As you can see, it kind of clashes with the reality of online RPG play. Online RPG play is confusing from the start and Skotos tends to shake it up some more with pretty language and a hefty bill to boot.
But that's just the owner of RPG.net, and I have much more to talk about.
TBF
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