Did you lurk before joining The Escapist?

[Amphoteric]

I came from Loading ready run's website.

I joined because of some of the really idiotic things that people can say (myself included) about religion and politics.

 

[Super Toast]

I lurked for about two months before joining.

 

[War Penguin]

Yes, I lurked for about a year. Forums were a new concept to me, so I wanted to get a better sense of the site so I wouldn't fuck up. Sadly, I've still had fuck ups when I was new, but I learned from them. Lurking doesn't help learning, that's what I've learned.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Yeah for two reasons. One, just watched videos then decided to join the forums, and two, firefox saved my email for the username instead of my username and I realized why it wouldn't let me login months later... >_>

 

[demoman_chaos]

I lurked for qquite a while. I first came around just for ZP, then started visiting the recent threads, then decided to post.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

The first few times I only came to the Escapist for ZP, but the forums in the corner caught my eye at one point and I joined.

Essentially this for me.

 

[Jumplion]

Oh yeah, totally, I started posting one or two comments on Zero Punctuation and eventually went over to the Gaming Discussion board, and the rest is history.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

Yes, I did. About a year, maybe longer. Though my current posting behavior could be probably called lurking too, if you were to compare my post count to the amount of time I spend on this site.

 

[Les Awesome]

i joined after watching every escape to the movies and zero punctuation

 

[.rachel.]

I lurked around for a while just watching videos and reading articles before I figured I may as well join. I'm still a bit of a lurker though.

 

[Fraught]

If by lurking, you actually mean lurking on the forums, as opposed to just reading the articles and watching the videos, then I can't understand why people do that "for years".
I mean, doesn't it get painfully boring? I can't go around a forum without having the possibility of replying to something (and to someone).

Except on forums that I visit through Google to get an answer to some question (and answer) about a problem I have.

 

[child of lileth]

I lurked for almost a full year before I joined the forums.

 

[Narclaw]

Nah. I did watch ZP for quite a while before joining, though I never browsed the forums.

 

[Van Miranda]

It was actually 2 years ago that I discovered this site after watch G4's Xplay ran a little pre-view of Yathzee's ZP (when he was first starting out). Then 2 years later, after ZP I decided to look around the other Escapist shows and decided that I like this place so much I might just as well join.

 

[Claptrap]

Yup, I lurked for about 5-6 months, I would read a thread, Go back to home and read another, Never really wanted to post but at some point there was something that made me want to post i guess.

 

[The Ambrosian]

I mainly just lurked after I maded my account then I only started posting this year really...

 

[RARbuddha]

I have checked out vids and articles for about 2 years now.

no real lurking, because the forums seemed so huge and the community so vast the effort involved to read the great volume of posts would be a bit much for my effort/reward meter (or erm).

i actually started lurking after i signed up. i took the plunge because i would occasionally read the comments on vids and articles and see badges for "has watched X Y times." i figured i had been doing the same thing, but with no external reward. so i jumped on board. oh and for the giveaways.

 

[Queen Michael]

The second time I visited the forums, I joined.

 

[dancinginfernal]

Yes, for quite a bit.

After I joined, I forgot about the Escapist before stumbling upon it again and finally started posting. After that first post I started doing it more often.