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Question of the day: Is DDB still fun?

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Question of the day: Is DDB still fun?

 YES. It is still very fun, and has helped me through a lot of bad times. I would say 10% of each of my days are spent on the Forums, and I love every moment of it. 

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Question of the day: Is DDB still fun?

 yes

That thread was the best thread on DDB because of the judgment-free, welcoming, and positive nature of the posts. I feel like that is a pretty rare environment on these forums, even in the fairly supportive Dungeon Master's Only forum. I hope the good vibes will continue here. 

Is DDB still fun? I'd say some parts are. I enjoy this hobby and talking about it with people who are equally passionate about the game. I enjoy knowing there's a ready source of people to help brainstorm ideas and give advice on issues I run into as a DM - veteran experience is worth its weight in platinum. As far as internet comment sections go, it could be better, but it also could be much less fun.

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Question of the day: Is DDB still fun?

Starting with the loaded questions, I see, lol.

The Forums can be fun, but I never really looked at DDB as a place to have fun -- I see it as a place to share the one passion I can indulge in since many of my others may get me killed, lol. There was a time when talking about D&D stuff was a social faux pas and got you in trouble, so a place to do it that isn't terrible is cool.

One where folks don't care if you are trans, a girl, friends with creators of the game's past, old, and "quirky" is really cool. Also, there is this one thread...

But really, I am too creative for the site. I have been slowly unsubscribing from most of the D&D stuff I started signing up for over the last few years because all of it is really narrow and I get it, is a biz and all that, but the tools and systems aren't something I can use. Not the fault of anyone, that's just how it is with this sort of stuff. So, for me the real value is being able to let some of the kids and parents who can't afford the current books to get to see and read them, and for me to have them as I work on the Handbook and ultimately the first campaign for Wyrlde.

Fun?  That's what this thread is. That's what my odd little questions are about. I like to see and hear different ideas -- as I said before, I draw inspiration from everything, like a sponge. Then I squeeze it out and see what sicks around, lol.

I think it fun. Lord knows I spend a lot of time here. 

I took the 'why is this thread still here?' as the question of the day. But I guess that was the guy that reported it?

I sent a PM/DM to the mod asking if it were possible to move the thread here instead of locking it. /shrug

YES DDB is still fun. I find pleasure in most things here - the forums, the homebrew stuff, the access to game material...

Very few things are 100% fun.

The missing posts are the "favorite books" ones.

How the hell books that ultimately inspire the game can be off topic I ain't got no idea, but it ain't my forums, and if they were, they would be a LOT more queer, lol.

Also, I hate being a mod. I do it, but I hate it.

At least the new account that was pretty much created just to bait me (from appearances of 3 posts, all in response to something I wrote and specifically baiting me) were removed, but I feel like even though those were all elsewhere, they wanted to punish me. Because everything is always all about me. 

Straight up: this thread is what keeps me checking in on the forums.

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The missing posts are the "favorite books" ones.

 
Also the favorite movie posts too.

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Straight up: this thread is what keeps me checking in on the forums.

 
Well I’m glad for it then.

Howdy! Made it over here!

Is DDB still fun? Indirectly, I suppose.

Through my little "Looking For a Group" ad, I found another local table game, so that's fun. I was informed of, and invited to, an online gaming setup on Discord. That's still a lot of study and confusion, at least until I get used to all those command codes, and the playing style that online RP requires. There is potential for fun, there. There are people here to learn from, and to bounce ideas off of, so that's nice.

Overall, I'll say that I'm glad DDB is here. Otherwise, I'd have to find something similar elsewhere.

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Question of the day: Is DDB still fun?

The community is, by and large

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Question of the day: Is DDB still fun

Yes, DD&B is an excellent resource for playing and discussing the game. Admittedly, the playing part is usually at the forefront of most users minds, but the forums are honestly more important for me. They're a great and welcoming place, and I enjoy helping others out and bouncing ideas off each other. One annoying decision by the moderators does nothing to change this.

Mostly, I buy physical books. That being said, I've paid for access to some digital stuff, because it makes things much, much easier. All in all, this website is great.

I use the forum more than DDB's tools presently.  It's a good sounding board for D&D playing and prep, and it's just fun to talk about D&D and help.

Is it more or less fun.  Well it's a largely better than a few years back where there was veritable identifiable faction of racist trolls spouting replacement theory.  I think the signal to noise ratio is better on that front.  Though now with DDB being the de facto WotC interface it gets its share of griefers, like that person, possibly multi accounting trying to make some grand thesis that the flaw of D&D was that DMs are too arbitrary and players have too much agency (on two different threads, he's disappeared but went down swinging, when no one was really fighting him or recognizing a fight to be had).

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Question of the day: Is DDB still fun?

It is. And even though the previous thread was locked - the forum can still be fun. Over all, most people are engaging and I completely understand that the Moderators have a job to do with a forum with hundreds of people logged into it at any given moment - so they have to try and keep things in order. So I have no qualms. Yes, the original thread was fun - but it was in an area not fit for it and had the subject header of something that has since been buried and taken care of. Could they have moved it? Renamed the title (not even sure if that's possible on this forum setting) - maybe. But clearly there's enough of us who still care to have fun and engage with one another. So, yeah - I enjoy the various threads on here where I speak with folks. The origin of this thread was additionally fun, because rather than just engaging only about D&D - I was learning what movies, songs, bands, books, etc., people like and finding more folks I have things in common with and such.

Question:

Where do you stand in terms of DM rulings vs. predetermined rules for every possibility?

I bring this up because I'm currently in an ongoing debate with a friend about rules vs. rulings. Friend thinks that if the DM is required to make a ruling, then the entire RPG system is flawed. I believe that TTRPGs should be more fluid and less like a board game.

I was kinda shocked that there wasn't an ongoing thread akin to this one.

I mean, this is a game built on creativity and imagination -- and there is no form of art that doesn't fit into the larger topic. Every world reflects the experiences of its creator -- and granted, I am likely unusually keen about that, but it is super cool stuff to me.

So, since we sorta lost it, lol...

Shall we do movies and books again?

It would be the greatest of ironies if this thread turned into an extended conversation about D&D-related things and got subsequently locked for not being off-topic enough. 🤭