thereisnoart Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 A while back, someone posted a link to something like "lostcoastgaming.com" and there was this huge database of disadvantages. It looked like an awesome resource, but I went there today only to find that the site is gone. I've really been hitting a brick wall on disadvantages lately so I was heart-broken to find it missing. Did anyone happen to get a backup of that site or does anyone know of a similar resource for disadvantages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Huh, odd. Site seems to not only be gone - but likes to lock up IE here at work when I even attempt to access it. http://www.cellularsmoke.net/rpgs/masterlistdisads.php there, that's another backup of the list I keep around because stuff like this keeps happening to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Here's the current online version: http://www.nextgenrpg.com/masterlists.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisnoart Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Awesome - Thanks guys! Hyper - I can't get that page to load... It's doing the same thing as that lost coast link I referred to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? According this thread: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72674&highlight=master+lists The hosting site was going down this month and everyone was advised to save a copy. I saved it to my machine but it seemed odd that my browsers (FF and ie) both seem to indicate that they load the website. I guess it was just quirk of the way the page was setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Awesome - Thanks guys! Hyper - I can't get that page to load... It's doing the same thing as that lost coast link I referred to. Hmmm -- the link that Hyper-Man gave works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Works for me also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisnoart Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Hm... the page must be in your cache or something. I tried to open the link in both Firefox and IE and it wouldn't open. Same goes for when I tried to go to the main page (nextgenrpg.com) by itself. It just says it cannot display the webpage. Everything else is working fine, so I know it's not my connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Not in my cache and I was able to open it. May be a javascript thing since that site is full of it. Anyone have a link to just a list instead of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Hm... the page must be in your cache or something. I tried to open the link in both Firefox and IE and it wouldn't open. Same goes for when I tried to go to the main page (nextgenrpg.com) by itself. It just says it cannot display the webpage. Everything else is working fine' date=' so I know it's not my connection.[/quote'] Now that is really odd. I can load http://nextgenrpg.com/ which is a completely different looking site and it has current content showing (see attached screen shot). This sounds like it could be some sort of DNS issue specific to your ISP. You might want to try clearing the dns resolver cache on your machine* or resetting your cable/dsl modem and router if that doesn't work. *In case your unfamiliar with how to do this... from a command prompt type: ipconfig/ release enter, then type: ipconfig/ flushdns enter, then type: ipconfig/ renew enter, then type ping nextgenrpg.com If that doesn't get replies you might want to try resetting your broadband equipment and router. If that still fails then you probably should contact your ISP. HM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Not in my cache and I was able to open it. May be a javascript thing since that site is full of it. Anyone have a link to just a list instead of that? Doh! Check to see if your browser is blocking javascript. Firefox has pluggins that do this automatically until you enable it for a particular site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisnoart Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? How odd... just IMed my wife at home (I'm at work) and sent her the link. Turns out it opens just fine at home! Guess I'll check it out when I get off. Sorry for that confusion, but I've never ran into a site that wouldn't open up from the office. Ah well, thanks again! If not for those responses, I would have just written the site off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Not in my cache and I was able to open it. May be a javascript thing since that site is full of it. Anyone have a link to just a list instead of that? Yes - the first link I posted is dirt simple PHP+HTML. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Huh, odd. Site seems to not only be gone - but likes to lock up IE here at work when I even attempt to access it. http://www.cellularsmoke.net/rpgs/masterlistdisads.php there, that's another backup of the list I keep around because stuff like this keeps happening to it. Of course bad stuff happens to it....it's bunch of Disadvantages, bad stuff happens by definition. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary lists Unluck, Hunted: Gremlins, Reputation: Unreliable website, Vulnerable: Cybernetic Attacks, Susceptible: Random Bugs, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Yes - the first link I posted is dirt simple PHP+HTML. Its also not being updated and is about a year behind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Only because at one point I offered to host it when the original went down, and have never received notices that updates have been added. In fact I never received notice that a new host site was found and my copy was redundant. I don't have time or inclination to check the new location for updates. It's there - take it or leave. It's a backup copy just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? That's cool. I wasn't accusing anything. Just pointing out that the NextGen RPG site's copy is being updated by its creator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretID Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? If that's the list I'm thinking of - the one that started on Global Guardians - it really needs organization, something like the Until Database. You know - "Robot Disads," "Military Disads," etc. I started that project a while back, but I'm basically lazy. I'd definitely pay for it, though. What about a Hero book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? If that's the list I'm thinking of - the one that started on Global Guardians - it really needs organization' date=' something like the Until Database. You know - "Robot Disads," "Military Disads," etc. I started that project a while back, but I'm basically lazy. I'd definitely pay for it, though. What about a Hero book?[/quote'] Problem being that one disad could fit into ten or eleven categories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? There are ways to handle that. If I ever get up the gumption I might revamp the version I have to filter things that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretID Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Disadvantages - Anybody know of a good resource? Problem being that one disad could fit into ten or eleven categories. Absolutely. I'm not saying it would be easy - that's one reason I would pay for it. It wouldn't have to be done as I described, either; it would be an improvement to break it into broad categories, of which the GG list already had a few, like "Attitude About Lethal Force," which contained several different psych disads. You could have, e.g., "Sensory Problems;" "Secrets;" "Minor Interaction Problems;" etc. I'm sure it would be difficult to do even that, but maybe a handful of those categories would make a difference. Ideally, I'd like to see a book that organized disads both ways, so you would come across the same disad in a few places. That way you could say "What kind of things might my robot character have," or "What kind of sensory problem might my character have?" I should point out that I haven't seen the list (if it's even the same one) as it is currently posted - maybe some of that has already been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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