3 Years Later, A Landmark

[Sneaky Paladin]

Well I figured being such an awesome and cool dude you got tons of messages so it only made sense to ask you to help me find where to start watching Doctor Who in chat. You never helped q_q

My humblest of apologies friend. I don't remember actively ignoring you. You should have just kept pestering me until I answered
I am assuming that you no longer require said information? Or acquired it from another source?

EDIT: I'm not sure why I was speaking like that.. I've had a lot of sugar...

Yes I did. And it has been wonderful.

 

[CaptainKoala]

Holy crap! I've been here like 18 months and I barely broke 1,000 posts.

That's it, I've got some catching up to do.
Anyways, congrats, you earned that badge so wear it with pride!

 

[XzarTheMad]

Guess I just broke my 3 year anniversary on this site, too. According to my join date, at least.

Thing I remember best is a lot fewer video contributors, and specifically Doomsday Arcade. Best series that the Escapist has ever had (Sorry, LRR).

Having always lurked more than I posted, I can't say what really changed, forum-wise. Consoles got console-ier, ponies got ponier, and people still fight over trivial matters or try to seem like suave intellectuals by proposing metaphoric questions or shooting down others' questions with dry "wit".

Here's to three years gone, and three years to come. After which the singularity will claim our lives and bank accounts, or something.

Cheers.

 

[Rune342]

Yeah, I do remember the past three years. Users who have come and gone. Shows like There Will Be Brawl, who finished their runs, and shows like Urealms who have gone elsewhere.

Perhaps my best memory of the past three years came from the Zynga fiasco of last year. During that hard time, a post was made. I sadly didn't record their name, but I did take to heart (and notepad) what they said.

Spoiler

"Fellow Escapist members, I come to you in the wake of recent events to issue a call to reason. Let no gamer deny the perils of our time. While we battle one another, divided by the petty strife of our differing preferences, the tide of a greater conflict is turning against us, threatening to destroy all that we have accomplished. It is time for us as fandoms and as individuals to set aside our long-standing feuds and unite! The tides of an unwinnable war are upon us, and we must seek refuge upon higher ground, lest we be swept away by the flood.

The devastation brought by the casual invaders is self-evident. We have seen first-hand our friends and loved ones consumed by the nightmarish Farmville. Unprecedented and unimaginable though they may be, these are the signs of our time.

In unity lies strength; already many of the dissident factions have joined us. Out of the many, we shall forge an indivisible whole!

From this day forward, let no gamer make war upon any other gamer. Let no Escapist member conspire against this new beginning. And let no man consort with scamming developers. And to all the enemies of dedicated gamership, seek not to bar our way, for we shall win through, no matter the cost!"

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

SNIP

Congrats mate, I'm going to get mine someday!

I remember little of my first year but I do miss [user]Swollen Goat[/user], [user]Furburt[/user] (or [user]Cherry Cola[/user] or something <.>), [user]Hulibub[/user] (Don't know what his username was switched to) among others and watching them run amok in Off Topic. I remember fighting with [user]Marter[/user] for the first comment in pretty much every Off Topic thread available. I remember the first series I followed carefully other than ZP, There will be Brawl as well as when Apocalypse Lane was still running. I will never stop reminding people to keep Doraleous and Associates on the radar of the staff XD

I remember the controversies of my time. The first rule change, Game Dogs, the implementation of the health bar (something I still adamantly believe should only be visible to the staff and the user in question) and of course EC. The Mojang victory over Valve shocked me.

I lack the memory to remember when exactly I was sucked into the abyss of Forum Games but now it feels like home XD

So congrats Timelord. Thanks for the good times so far and the good times that are yet to come!

 

[FilipJPhry]

Congratulations! I would've had that badge if I had taken the leap back in the day. Man, I miss those guys! Past favs include: Unforgotten Realms, Top 5, Extra Credits, There Will Be Brawl, Sunday Funnies(where Name Game started), and Apocalypse Lane!

 

[dalek sec]

Epic News!

Holy crap congrats Time Lord! Welcome to the club man!

God when I first joined up Doomsday Arcade wasn't even created yet, and I was just learning my way around these forums as a noobie.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Valve defeating Turbine in March Madness, Crowshaw trashing SSBB to pieces and the angry mob afterwards. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. [pause] Time to die.*

Still, it's been a long road of fun, wacky posts, many friends made and ponies as well and I wouldn't have it any other way!

*
Cookie for anyone who can guess what speech I ripped off.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

You're just now getting it? Whippersnapper...

I remember before RP games and user groups. When 1000 posts was a lot. And I remember Eggo

 

[Scorched_Cascade]

Congrats TL. Here's to three years solid posting

As for what I remember?

-A slightly surreal video series called "Drawn by Pain"
-Watching posts from several users who went on to become mods, get banned, change their names, migrate elsewhere or some combination thereof
-PurpleRain and his Rain of Terror platform
-Escapist President threads
-IronNinja and his comics
-Back when The Escapist was pretty insular and looked with disdain on other forums.
-Users whose names I remember from lurking way back when (and probably spell horribly):
Labyrinth, EvilJoe, UltraJoe, Amnestic, IronNinja, PurpleRain, Wilsonscrazybed, Nilcypher, Taxi Driver

-Users whose avatars I remember:
Someone infamous had an avatar of a crazy cookie monster

I lurked a lot

 

[TimeLord]

Hah! I do remember MaxTheReaper; He was always in the first few people to post in every new topic ever.

I remember that everyone was impressed at his 17,000 odd posts because he posted everywhere! Ahhh the days before User Groups!

 

[LostTimeLady]

Congratulations @TimeLord! I regret not being around all that much on the TARDIS crew, I miss chilling with you guys!

Hummm, I definately was lurking three years ago (I can't remember when I joined!) and, hmm, I guess I miss Rebecca Mayes and Lisa Foiles. But I think the Escapist has continued to be/be even more awesome over the years.

To another 3 years?

*offers jelly babies*

 

[Labyrinth]

You're just now getting it? Whippersnapper...

Speak for yourself, youngling.

Congrats, TimeLord.

As for memories of the last 3 (4 for me) years, I remember many people now lost. I remember the Election, and the second. I remember the post-election War when the President of The Escapist was kidnapped by ninjas. I remember six Escapisms, and the wars fought over crabdom. I remember Joe. I remember the first, second and third episodes of ZP.

I remember friends, found and lost, close and distant. I remember first time I held the Bansword in my hand. I remember punishment for trolls. I remember when we had to manually clear all the shit left by a 4chan raid.

 

[Duruznik]

Actual point to thread:
So what do you remember from the last 3 years, Escapist or otherwise. Anything long since lost that you still remember, things you are thankful are gone? Or a personal view, a landmark in your life over the last three years?

Woo! Congradulations!!

Hmm. the past 3 years have been pretty eventful for me, both irl (I graduated High School, for instance) and online. I really only started posting on online forums 3 years ago, more or less. And I've been lurking on this site for well over 2 years, though I've only been actively posting here for the past 6 months or so.

Here's to another 3 years!

 

[Thundero13]

And your very first post was about banana, egg & chocolate sandwiches, you should be proud
As for me I remember Apocalypse Lane & There Will Be Brawl, I suppose, the only usergroups i've joined have been fairly recent, I don't really know users outside of the usergroups either, though thre is that woman who died, Kortney, R.I.P.
As for the last three years in general, that was around the time I moved from my dads house in bumfuck nowhere to my moms house in the middle of the city, so a lot has changed, i've gradually become more antisocial, started having to deal with awful people every single day in school and adjusted to city life, it's been awful I suppose, though ponies exist so I guess it's all good

 

[Ushiromiya Battler]

I remember lurking... a lot... and that's about it.
oh yeah, the bannings, it's impossible not to remember them.

OT: anyways, congratz with your three beer glasses : D Hipp hipp hurrah!

 

[Baldry]

Daaamn. I want that so bad.
...Do you think badges are transferable via gladiatoral combat?

I remember...a lot of stuff. Friends. Uh...I have an atrocious memory. :/

Am I there?! Am I your memories!

I remember a LOT and at the same time a little...But it has been fun all the way, good luck for your next 3 years and the 3 after that and the 3 after that and so on and so forth!

 

[Jedamethis]

Daaamn. I want that so bad.
...Do you think badges are transferable via gladiatoral combat?

I remember...a lot of stuff. Friends. Uh...I have an atrocious memory. :/

I would gladly duel for an attempt to win a TARDIS Key badge!

I may not have that badge, but we shall see about getting you one!
A DUEL!
Pick your weapon, Sir!

Spoiler: Relevant.

I pick... the humble stick of celery!

Spoiler

I implore you not to mess with a man who can pull off a decorative vegetable!

Celery? Deary me. I choose a cucumber. Much more hefty.

Daaamn. I want that so bad.
...Do you think badges are transferable via gladiatoral combat?

I remember...a lot of stuff. Friends. Uh...I have an atrocious memory. :/

Am I there?! Am I your memories!

I remember a LOT and at the same time a little...But it has been fun all the way, good luck for your next 3 years and the 3 after that and the 3 after that and so on and so forth!

Yes, you are in a few of them. Mostly the one with the bear. ^^

 

[Knife-28]

While I haven't been around here for three years (yet >.>) I do remember a ways back when I discovered the second Mall Fight, ah, good times, good times.

 

[Guffe]

What I remember?
From my past maybe 1.5 years here first thing that pops into my mind is Unforgotten Realms and the first RP thing I was in here.
Lately there's been a huge fuzz about ponies which I don't really understand and also all my failed threads -.- well I've done 2 I hoped to manage with and a few where only a few posted but those were actually questions and I got the answers fast so that doesn't matter.

 

[PerfectEnemy]

An awful lot of lurking. Followed by creating an account, which, compared to three years, is still practically a newborn. Oh, it shall be a long time coming till I see that badge...

Congrats, Master of the Whoniverse!