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{{quote|"Play like you have to"}}
In mid-07, three gamers got together and began recording a [[Podcast]], and created a website to contribute to the gaming society. The three (Meg, Josh, and Zeke) created [[BG]] and posted [https://web.archive.org/web/20121127035204/http://brilliantgameologists.com/episode-1-gameology/ this podcast], asking a very simple question: What do you like about gaming?
While initial traffic was low, this would change due to events at the Wizards of the Coast forums. The [[Broken Base]] created by the release of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 4th Edition, combined with repeated, nigh-incomprehensible overhauls of the entire board (including a temporary rebranding to "[[Magic: The Gathering|Gleemax]], a [[Myspace]] for gamers"), resulted in large chunks of the userbase becoming... [[Unpleasable Fanbase|upset]]. Eventually Meg was fired from the moderator position she held at the Character Optimisation section, and [[Internet Backlash|a large chunk of the regulars there]] [[Eternal September|followed her to her podcast's boards in protest]]. By the times things stabilized, BG had become a community in its own right.
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* [[Character Tiers]]: Home to [https://web.archive.org/web/20130818110005/http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=5293 the most widely-used tier list] for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] 3.x, with classes rated on how much effort a [[Game Master]] needs to handle them (high tiers have [[Story-Breaker Power|Story Breaker Powers]], while low tiers are incapable of harming common enemies).
* [[Elite Tweak]]: The "Min/Max It" section is capable of squeezing power out of even the strangest and most obscure classes or abilities. Even a joke Flaw from a magazine which gives you a random chance of pulling out a chicken whenever you reach for an item.
* [[Eternal September]]
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* [[Podcast]]: Not that it needed to be mentioned again. Primarily discusses D&D, but the Gameologists have covered many topics over the nearly two score episodes they've posted.
* [[Rules Lawyer]]: The [[Lawful Good]] variety is very common among the userbase.
* [[Strategy Guide]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131016024213/http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?board=22 A near-comprehensive assortment of "handbooks"] exists for each of [[Dungeons & Dragons|3rd Edition's classes]], as well as certain iconic character types and abilities. In general, if you can't find it at BG or WotC, it likely doesn't exist.
* [[All the Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary]]: Make sure you know the definitions of the terms "optimiser", "powergamer" and "munchkin"<ref>"Someone who works to match his character's abilities to his concept", "Someone who plays to win" and "Cheater" respectively</ref> before you use one. They are not the same as those used by this wiki.
** "339" refers to the pre-Gleemax Character Optimisation forums, derived from the number in its URL.
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