Infamous Five

A series of threads and sub-threads examining all the major topics of the Forge in relation to one another, and which helped to shape the community of the site. See The Infamous Five for a complete listing of links.

#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