From lurking to posting

[sogortheogre]

I have been visiting the Escapist for quite a while (not really sure how long; I joined a while after I started watching videos here.) but I never really posted anything. Now as time goes on I have found myself posting in topics and joining groups as opposed to merely lurking about and reading things that look interesting.
So, for the sake of my own curiosity, I felt the desire to ask: did you guys lurk for a while (from days to years in my case) before you began posting? Or did you just jump in as soon as you found the Escapist?

 

[Lilani]

I've had quite a bit of experience with forums in the past, so I had no problem jumping into things. I am quite selective with the threads I post in, though.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

2-3 months just one the front page but once I checked out the forums I was on here within a week.

 

[Zirat]

Well, I first came here for the videos. Made an account and tried it out for about a month before disapearing and going back to only videos before somehow being sucked in.
Not really a bad thing though, had some fun times...
*Insert flashback\nostalgia filter here*

But yeah, I didnt really lurk at all. Just videos and then forums

 

[Sacman]

for about a month... though I didn't really lurk... in fact I didn't even look at the forums until at least a month after I joined...<.<

 

[Jake the Snake]

I lurked for several months, perhaps a little more than half a year, before I made an account. I'm glad I'm now a part of the community. This is a great site.

 

[FrostyChick]

Hmmm... about a month, tops. But even now that I've registered I'm still a bit of a lurker...
>.>
<.<

 

[Armored Prayer]

I think 2 months or so. Been checking out the forums for a while and I just finally decided to join.

Though I do lurk in other forums and websites.

 

[Samwise137]

I followed the LRR move from their website to the Escapist and lurked about for a while after the LRR weeklies debuted. I had been here before for the occasional ZP but never really paid attention to the site (I would google ZP to get here) I found myself gradually thinking about more and more of the topics around here on my drive home every night and decided one day this summer to make my thoughts heard.

 

[drbarno]

About a year, before I joined, about another few months before I actually started posting.
I first came for ZP (like the majority)

 

[Olikunmissile]

I watched for about a year, never really interested in the community, then I joined and never posted much... And I still continue to not post much.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Not really. I saw a topic in the side bar while watching Unforgotten Realms, registered an account to post, and fell into regular posting from there.

I came for ZP, stayed for UR, then stayed for the forums.

 

[Quicksilver_Phoenix]

I've been lurking for years.

Only recently started posting, and even then it's pittance compared to others.

 

[Hashime]

I started posting about a week after joining. After I got a good feel for the appropriate conduct on this board I began to post.

 

[ViaticalTarsier]

I lurked almost daily for 3yrs? Before ZP was even around, back when you could identify every single poster and when 1k post was considered insane (I remember when a warcry poster with 20k post showed up in the escapist forums and everyone freaked out) back when Warcry was alive and not the barren wasteland it is now, before the trolling forum....err.... Religion and Politics forum was created.

 

[Jonluw]

I've been visiting the escapist since Yahtzee's Halo 3 video. As you can see from my profile, quite a bit of time passed before i joined.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Well I came a lot for Zp without even checking the forums. Once I did I pretty much signed on immediately.

An excellent metal thread at the time had me very intrigued.

 

[tomtom94]

I spent about two months just lurking the forums, and I've spent the rest of my time lurking and posting in threads where I feel the need.

 

[C95J]

I first came here for ZP, watched the videos for a month or 2 then made an account. Checked out the forums, started to post a little bit, and now I am making over 10 posts a day every day

 

[D Moness]

I lurked a while just watching ZP reading comments on the vids but never really got the urge to reply to anything. Until EC started here, the first video made me wanna post a reply and that is why i am here now.