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 No.323

So if /tg/'s board-tan is a lich, does that make this place something like a phylactery?

 No.324

Did we ever decide on a tan? It doesn't seem to have been brought up again since that thread discussing it.


 No.326

>>324

A lich is the option I see mentioned the most whenever the topic of board-tans comes up. I wasn't actually around back when that first thread was up, though, so it's definitely possible that I'm misinterpreting things.


 No.328

>>326

I remember the thread. I drew someone's idea for a tan in it:

>>71


 No.333

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I know the lich's phylactery.


 No.342

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>>328

Do you remember if there were any other designs that caught on and seemed like clear front-runners? I've tried searching through 8archive.moe, but all I've been able to find so far is pic related.


 No.343

>>342

'fraid not. The discussion didn't really take off and I didn't save any of the other pictures. I think someone drew another picture of a lich but I don't have it.


 No.346

>>333

Naw, his phylactery should be a d4.

And then he just fills his tower with them. His bone feet can't be caltropped, after all.


 No.348

>>346

>The Lich's phylactery is contained in one of the many thousands of dice scattered throughout his tower.

>The rest are enchanted to do very nasty things to anyone trying to destroy them.


 No.349

>>348

Yes. Perfect.


 No.933

So, what other features would this dice-loving lich add to his lair? A grand library of assorted rulebooks? Vast catalogues of cards? A well-equipped workshop within which to assemble and paint various miniatures, perhaps?


 No.936

>>933

He would build miniatures himself out of little scraps of bone, paint them, and then reanimate them, before having them fight each other.


 No.942

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File: 1440404524091-1.png (416.23 KB, 1000x1000, 1:1, 1411820350909-1.png)

I got some OC from a year ago, I don't think /tg/ ever decided on their board-tan but I liked the idea that was going on in these two

Greetings from /v/, /tg/ didn't deserve this so I hope everything goes back to normal soon


 No.1017

Wasn't our tan cultist-chan?


 No.1020

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>>1017

Cultist-Chan was never a board tan but simply something a drawfag created that was fairly popular. Our old tan was more like >>342 but alive. Regardless a lot of boards that moved over from 4chan to 8chan took the opportunity to alter their tans to fit the general theme of having been betrayed/forced out of their old home (the best example of this being 4chan /v/ and Punished /v/ for 8chan).


 No.1038

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>>1020

From what I've seen, /tg/'s origins on 8chan seem to be less a feeling of betrayal or having been forced out, and more a bunch of anons who willingly moved out of 4chan /tg/ due to a general dissatisfaction with the way things are being run over there. If /v/ was a group that was fleeing persecution, then /tg/ could be thought of as a group setting out on a bold new adventure.

To that end, I feel like something similar to pic related would probably be a much better representation of the overall nature of the board.


 No.1041

>>1038

I see 8/tg/ as more like the Pilgrims, fleeing persecution for their beliefs and unfair government in their home country and setting out anew.


 No.1045

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>>1041

I can certainly see how that could be the case. Either way, the important thing is that the transfer over from 4chan to 8chan was portrayed as a journey, and typically a difficult and dangerous one at that.

The pic in >>1038 is from Ryuutama, which is a tabletop game that's all about making long and difficult journeys, and it specifically illustrates the role of the Ryuujin, a unique npc who travels with the party every step of the way and records the story of their travels, so that the power of those stories can then be used to sustain a mighty dragon that the Ryuujin serves.

Between the journeys, the stories, and the fact that the second panel looks quite a bit like a GM preparing for a session, the character as a whole really sticks out as a good starting point for a board-tan design in my mind.

Also, if /christian/'s board-tan is any indication, having a QT3.14 board mascot is apparently one of the quicker ways to attract drawfriends and acquire art, which is a necessity to cement any good board-tan's presence in the minds of those who browse that board. And what better character to fit those qualifications for /tg/ than a QT dragon girl?


 No.1099

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>>1045

>Also, if /christian/'s board-tan is any indication, having a QT3.14 board mascot is apparently one of the quicker ways to attract drawfriends and acquire art, which is a necessity to cement any good board-tan's presence in the minds of those who browse that board. And what better character to fit those qualifications for /tg/ than a QT dragon girl?

A beast-girl would fit /monster/ more than /tg/ while an actual monster would fit us more.

I think that a compromise between a cute thing that could attract drawfags and a lich could be achieved in the form of a Zombie-Girl instead of a Dragon-girl, it's still sinister but it can fill that niche of creepy and cute and result in some dank 3spooky5me memeing.

Or we could go all Ordo Hereticus on them, I wouldn't complain either.


 No.1127

I like the idea of a lich board-tan, but if people aren't going for that, something like a bard might be suitable. Because storytelling. Or a bard lich.

>>1045

A QT dragon-girl isn't a bad idea, either. Although I wonder what the balance of opinion would be between a half-dragon, and a kobold. Everybody loves kobolds. Especially the people who say they don't.

QT half-dragon kobold bard lich.


 No.1131

>>1127

People seemed to generally be on-board with the idea of a cute undead girl in the /tg/ thread for this. Something with a simple, cute design that could be fit into a wide variety of /tg/-related subjects.

It looks like the board is getting spammed again, though. I hope the thread there manages to hold out.


 No.1238

>>1045

But... /tg/ 4chan had massively fewer issues than the other boards that had to leave. In fact, /v/ and a few others were the only ones with a legit reason to leave. There's a reason there's no /e/ here, because there doesn't need to be one. This weird rewriting of the history to paint 8tg as some punished exiles is kinda sad, really.

/v/ had to migrate, there's no question. /tg/ was only 'suffering' from an easily filtered category of threads that was and still is in demand there by its main boardgoers, yet is still held up as a bogeyman even when it's nonsensical to do so here.

I only go to both because I don't really feel a discernable difference between 4 and 8tg. The two are sort of merged in my head.

The only real difference? 8/tg/ is full of people who are all too happy to actively exclude others they don't like rather than ignore them. So you can stop painting them as heroic and just be honest with yourselves - you're 'blackjack and hookers' Bender.


 No.1239

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>>1238

When I started going to 8chan for /tg/ I noticed a significant difference in board culture. The folks who ditched 4chan were mostly the sort that had a longing for what /tg/ once was. The sad truth is that for a long time browsing 4chan's /tg/ has been largely a waste of time. It used to be that when you open the catalog, you'd find an abundance of stories, ideas, and new projects. Now a precious few such threads choke under the weight of quests, cyoas, generals, and social justice.

The decision to make /tg/ the quarantine for quests was part of a long history of our board culture regressing further and further.

Mods have always been a bit of a liability on /tg/ so many have shown agendas, or complete lack of familiarity with the culture. Nazimod drove out a lot of creative people from /tg/, I don't think we have ever really recovered.

8chan is a place where /tg/ can self-govern, free ourselves from cuckolds and faggotry, and hopefully foster a new golden age.

I don't think it is fair to say that we actively exclude others. It is always a great thing when people take up our hobbies. We expect the people participating in the board to dive in. The problem with quests was that it brought people on the board with no other reason to be on /tg/. It gets pretty fucking annoying when your topics on worldbuilding keep getting pushed off by folks from /a/ arguing over waifus.

8chan's /tg/ is what remains from the long hardships of our board. We are weathered, in fear that our best years and accomplishments are behind us, yet hopeful for our new beginnings.


 No.1240

>>1239

>8chan's /tg/ is what remains from the long hardships of our board. We are weathered, in fear that our best years and accomplishments are behind us, yet hopeful for our new beginnings.

That fucking comical to hear you say, but I'll leave it at that and let you enjoy your delusion.


 No.1242

>>1239

There's always that guys who takes internet life like he forgot the material one.


 No.1245

>>1099

They already have a board tan. It's that thing with loads of teeth. So a drain wouldn't be a bad idea.


 No.1246

>>1240

I will admit, I got a bit carried away. The basic point stands, 4chan /tg/ has accomplished almost nothing in the past couple years compared to pre-Nazimod. Quest-fags made things even worse. The people on 8chan /tg/ seem to be the ones who remember when things used to not suck.

>>1242

Says the anon that posted on Saturday night.


 No.1252

>>1246

>The people on 8chan /tg/ seem to be the ones who remember when things used to not suck.

I'm certain that modern fantasy freeform roleplay threads about qt tieflings moving in next door were part of that. Next thing I know Harem Knights will pop up too.



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