OSR This tells me OSR is alive and well.

[TwoSix]

Sure, but the OSR isn't defined by all the people being in the same place talking to each other. "The community isn't on G+ therefore there's no more community." That's ridiculous hair splitting.

The loss of G+ was a pretty big deal within the community.

Whether or not it's "the end of OSR" is semantic stuff that I don't find interesting.

 

[Gus L]

That's not remotely true.

I know two people who I consider major bloggers have been banned for linking their blogs.

QB was warned for posting 2 links in a week (to different videos).

It's not a blogger friendly or creator friendly place. Deny my personal experience all you want, but I stand by what I say. A blog roll of a few blogs (missing an awful lot of key ones) does not a community make.

 

[TwoSix]

There's few places on the internet more insufferable than the r/osr subreddit.

I find it pretty useful, but quite likely we're looking for different kinds of engagement.

 

[overgeeked]

I know two people who I consider major bloggers have been banned for linking their blogs.

Who are they? What are their blogs?

It's not a blogger friendly or creator friendly place. Deny my personal experience all you want, but I stand by what I say. A blog roll of a few blogs (missing an awful lot of key ones) does not a community make.

For anyone interested in seeing for themselves, click over to r/osr. The "unfriendly to creators and bloggers" space currently has hundreds of creators and bloggers posting regularly. The "not a community" has over 37,000 participants talking about OSR topics.

 

[Willie the Duck]

There's few places on the internet more insufferable than the r/osr subreddit.

The statement, "There's few places on the internet more insufferable than reddit," is also true, so that might not be indicative of anything regarding the osr/osr community specifically.

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

The statement, "There's few places on the internet more insufferable than reddit," is also true, so that might not be indicative of anything regarding the osr/osr community specifically.

Oh absolutely, I won't fight you on that.

 

[Mannahnin]

I generally find r/osr fine. There's the occasional jerk but they're easy to ignore.

People do promote stuff on there regularly. Sorry to hear Gus and other good creators have had bad experiences.

 

[Reynard]

I have never really grocked the nuances of the OSR as a movement or culture. All I know is that the popularity of the OSE rules is baffling.

 

[Mannahnin]

I have never really grocked the nuances of the OSR as a movement or culture. All I know is that the popularity of the OSE rules is baffling.

You find it baffling?

B/X is widely seen as one of the best iterations of D&D (issues with the Thief notwithstanding, but there are a number of popular easy tweaks for it), and OSE repackages B/X with much friendlier formatting for ease of use at the table, with beautiful new art and overall very high production values.

 

[DarkCrisis]

I have never really grocked the nuances of the OSR as a movement or culture. All I know is that the popularity of the OSE rules is baffling.

For me, it's because it's D&D at it's purist. Not a ton of HP and Feats and special powers and classes and races and do overs etc. It's simple for both the DM and Players. It's Heroes. Not Superheroes.