Nostalgia(?)

[SDragon]

Everyone[/i] thinks I'm relatively new.

I am not sure if this is a bad thing or not.

Also... why is my name so hard to spell?  It's a common citrus (a lime) and a common first name (Tom).  But together.

EDIT: Err... right.  I changed my name here, didn't I...  Haha... oh wow.  I forgot.

[spoiler]... I was the 4th member of the original CBG on the WotC forums.  Like... before we had a website and stuff.[/spoiler]

How could we ever mess up spelling your new name? I mean, Koochelayne isn't too hard, is it? :p

By the way, I don't think you're new. Does that help? :)

[Ninja D!]

I wonder where I would fit?  I've been around since a very early time of this site.  I lurked on the WotC forums, too.  Still, I wasn't part of that tightly knit group and I haven't been active the entire time.  So I'm "Old Blood"?

[Wensleydale]

Yeah, me too. I'm not really sure where I'd lie in those three groupings. Maybe I'm Old Guard from the times when there was a different Old Guard. Maybe I'm New Guard - I certainly haven't been a member from the beginning (although I have been lurking on-and-off as a 'guest' practically since the site moved to this current format). I'm pretty sure I'm not new blood, though. I've hit a creative slump, but I'm pretty busy too... hmm...

[Llum]

I think I fall into the New Blood category, I'm definitely one of the newer "active" members, having only been around about a month and a half.

[LordVreeg]

Somehow, I was Old Guard by day 2.  And I'm not sure how that happenned.
However, I'm still bopping around and contributing, and anyone who mistakes the major work I am still doing on my own setting for a coat of paint can't tell the difference between concrete and Sherman Williams.
Still here, still cranky, still "/puts leather pants on".

[Jharviss]

Thanks for the line, LordVreeg.

If it helps, I don't think of you as Old Guard, just old.

(Sorry! When somebody starts making jokes about themselves I have a difficult time stopping, so old man jokes are probably going to continue indefinitely. Hehehehe....)

If I had to say, I'd be Mid-Guard! Like, Midgard but better. Midgard? Where was that from? Hmmm, sounds Final Fantasy-ish. Was that 7?  I never played it, it just sounds familiar. Yeah, 7 sounds right.

I don't know if I could actually put myself at "Guard" status, so maybe I'm just mid. Can I be Mid-Boss? That'd be a good title.

[Acrimone]

I don't even know if I fit in, let alone whether I fit in.  But I also try not to worry about it too terribly much.

I need some campaign worlds to review and critique, is what I need.  Hmmm.

[LordVreeg]

[blockquote=Lath]Maybe moving the "Elite" Large Settings with Walls'o'text to the Wiki and have the Forums for discussion, and leave the Wiki for "publishing" the organized work? Basically use it to "Retire" a basically complete (or not worked on anymore) setting. Let the Wiki be the showcase, that way it eases up on the intimation. (Why would someone read my thread on my setting, if Celtricia already has 30+ pages, a book on the Wiki, and a fan club? - Just using Vreeg as an example -[/blockquote]
I didn't get past the "Old Guard" comment last time.  SO I'm old and I intimate things?  [note]did you mean intimidate?  Just curious...[/note] I'm not feeling all that warm and fuzzy here.  Matter of fact, I think I you upset me so much I lost my place on 661 pages on the celtrician PBwiki.  See if I send you a fanclub button...


[blockquote=Jharviss]If I had to say, I'd be Mid-Guard! Like, Midgard but better. Midgard? Where was that from? Hmmm, sounds Final Fantasy-ish. Was that 7? I never played it, it just sounds familiar. Yeah, 7 sounds right.[/blockquote]  My friend, Midgard is the norse name for earth, or "Middle Earth", to be correct.
Mid-Boss?  

[Elemental_Elf]

I think all these labels of 'Old Guard,' 'New Guard' and 'New Blood' are utterly pointless and only serve to segregate the community further than it already is.

We are CBGians, nothing more, nothing less.  

[Kaptn'Lath]

I think all these labels of 'Old Guard,' 'New Guard' and 'New Blood' are utterly pointless and only serve to segregate the community further than it already is.

We are CBGians, nothing more, nothing less.  

Thank You I agree. I did not intend to put people into little groups, and we cant be defined that simply. I tried to Caps the "I SEE" as this is just how i generalize what i see at the CBG, from my limited point of view.

I don't even know if I fit in, let alone whether I fit in.  But I also try not to worry about it too terribly much.

I need some campaign worlds to review and critique, is what I need.  Hmmm.

:) Sounds good to me!

Sorry Vreeg, I like to pick on you (as everyone does) and you were the first person to respond about my Setting. You popped my CBG cherry. (i know i am asking for it wording it that way)
I just think the BIG settings (the ones that are "done" or so far along they are not going to change) are hard to critique/post/respond, due to MANY factors. People are talking about how everything seemed new at the beginning, people can change. We just need more NEW/"Up for Discussion"/Brainstorming Engaging Threads. NEW. NEW. NEW. If its old ("set in stone") its just less likely to get other people involved in your setting. When its fresh mailable and still forming its our setting. That was the magic of the CBG. (admittedly totally guessing here). Its still here, its sleeping, lets wake it up.

[Elemental_Elf]

Thank You I agree. I did not intend to put people into little groups, and we cant be defined that simply. I tried to Caps the "I SEE" as this is just how i generalize what i see at the CBG, from my limited point of view.

Just to state this, my post wasn't directed at your observation, rather people's reaction to your post.

[Ninja D!]

I was doing nothing to try to divide people.  I have wondered before, though, how I am viewed in that way.

[Epic Meepo]

For those who remember that I used to post here a fair amount back in the day: I still visit the CBG regularly, though I haven't been posting much. I've gotten lots of great feedback here, but much of my energy is currently devoted to the Pathfinder playtest over on the Paizo boards.

That's eating up most of my dedicated forum time these days, and it will continue to do so until some time next year. But I have no intention of burning any bridges, and expect to still check in every once in a while.

[Ninja D!]

We're not going anywhere...unless Ishy pulls the plug.  Then we're just screwed.

Are there any plans for a celebration of some sort for three years of the guild as an independent site?  It is only a couple of months away.

I think we should do something, at least a contest of some kind.  If needed, I could chip in some to for a prize if we went that route.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

Hey, a question regarding commenting on campaign settings:

So if you can't say something constructive (not that you're gonna be mean or anything) you shouldn't say anything at all?