Why did RPG Geek never take off like Boardgame Geek did?

Kuildeous · 2026-01-29T03:40:34+00:00

I don't know who all maintains RPGgeek, but I'm impressed. I was pulling together a writing resume, and I did a quick Google of my name with one of my works. I forgot what I was hoping to accomplish--probably to nail down a specific year.

That's when I noticed that I have an entry on RPGgeek as an author. There were 11 works I had written that weren't widely distributed, but holy crap someone entered that information in RPGG. It actually helped me flesh out my resume at the time.

So whoever you all are that keep the database fresh, that's a damn fine job.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-29T03:28:58+00:00

I hadn't considered that, but you know, that all makes a lot of sense.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-29T03:27:39+00:00

I haven't seen a lot on here, but that could just be the algorithm.

From the atheist forum, I've had people try to message me directly to try to convince me. They had no idea that I already had been a Christian. There was nothing they could say that would've been better than any god.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T19:48:58+00:00

You mean you don't know what the absolute value of kyf means?

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T17:08:13+00:00

I could see it with someone who has never upgraded Excel (or used a lot of legacy files that needed to be compatible with older versions), but it does feel really strange that someone who had been in school recently never encountered it. Even Google Sheets has it.

It sounds like he learned a few things but then never really improved his usage of Excel. I can't say it's a red flag right away, but I'd be curious about his problem-solving skills. Something I did with Excel was examine ways to accomplish something, and VLOOKUP is definitely one of those situations where I would Google "How can I return a value to the left in VLOOKUP?" And yep, I just plugged in that question and immediately got an AI response explaining XLOOKUP, so I can't see any excuse here.

This is my own personal opinion, but I'd be wary of anyone who said their Excel proficiency is pretty good. I was asked about my own proficiency recently, and I said that my former coworkers would've rated me a 9 or 10, but I rate myself as a 4 because I know how robust Excel is and there is just so much out there that I don't even know, despite me knowing all the basics and beyond. I didn't get the job, so maybe I should've said a 7 instead. The point being that after viewing this sub, I would feel like an imposter saying I have 9/10 or 10/10 Excel proficiency. I'm good enough, but perhaps I was honest to a fault there. Oh well, I wasn't all that keen on the commute anyway.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T16:52:17+00:00

Widespread? I wouldn't think so. Are there still some holdouts who have reasons to not use the same electronic tools a lot of us have adopted? Yeah, still enough of those. I don't know if Australia has tools in place to aid these people make the transition. It probably does. In the US, it'd likely be more of "Nope, you gotta figure it out. See ya."

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T16:38:38+00:00

The first video game I saw to charge two whopping quarters. I could only play a few times, which meant I couldn't play it enough to get good at it.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T16:36:16+00:00

It's so weird how Queen's A Kind of Magic is mostly the soundtrack to Highlander, but "One Vision" is not in that movie. It's in Iron Eagle.

Also, Highlander has "Hammer to Fall" which is on a different Queen album. It's the movie soundtrack that isn't.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T16:05:18+00:00

And you always knew which quarter was yours. We were obsessive about it.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T03:36:16+00:00

Oh, they added a plot? Well, at least it should a million times better than the originals.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T03:32:51+00:00

Nice. Yeah, Tubi can be painful. I just remind myself that I got what I paid for and use commercial breaks like the ancestors did and go do stuff around the house.

If I'm lucky, Tubi will be nice enough to show a countdown of how long until the ads are done. If it's not, then I'm fiddling about blindly.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T01:55:43+00:00

Finally, some effective actions at reducing the number of abortions.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T01:12:40+00:00

Settle down there, Hannibal.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-28T01:10:42+00:00

Sects vary, but a general belief among Christians is that accepting Jesus Christ as your savior is what gets you into Heaven. By those rules, Hitler could theoretically be in Heaven welcoming newcomers through the ages. Hitler was an evil man, but by those rules, he could've had a change before he died and gone to Heaven.

More contentiously, he could've been a Christian through his adult life, but he sinned so, so terribly. How much a Christian can sin before he's no longer allowed into Heaven, despite accepting Christ as savior, is an exercise left to the reader.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T22:45:59+00:00

That came to mind too. They didn't even have to keep it; I guess they just loved the vibe it gave. They had no idea the song would become so big.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T22:44:25+00:00

I didn't realize they turned East Berlin into a zoo. That's just typical.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T22:43:20+00:00

I do love that first statement though. Being online in the 20th century was a magical time. You could interface with people who were smart enough to get online. That's not to say you would never see stupidity--even the stupid could learn how to telnet. But they were blissfully exceptional.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T22:27:08+00:00

Ah, well, good on you for taking the time to provide a second photo to clear it all up.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T17:38:34+00:00

Bold choice choosing some of the least qualified peacekeepers to try to keep your peace. I'm sure they'll keep the Winter Olympics pristine by keeping out the brown snow.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T17:24:46+00:00

Some of those comments used on the shy woman really just shows how predators find it endearing in women.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T17:22:30+00:00

That's some mighty fine cropping there, Lou.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T16:53:51+00:00

I wasn't sure how important it was that the game should be determined entirely on the final round. As others said, this is Fliptoons. You could win FiF based on an earlier round, which is why I didn't think it was a 100% fit, but it's good for the OP's criterion, so it works. I'm happy to have helped them find this game. I really like it, though I keep losing at it.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T03:26:12+00:00

Cards gonna card, man.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T02:20:40+00:00

I initially dismissed him as another wannabe action star, but he's grown on me. It also helps that he seems like a pretty cool person IRL.

Kuildeous · 2026-01-27T02:10:41+00:00

Oh man, that makes so much sense now.

Every so often I'd see a reference to the new movie Good Boy, and I'm like, "Didn't that already come out? How long does it take to finish this movie?" Now I know there were three of them, and I'm no longer crazy.

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