GameTrailers refugee crisis

[Leg End]

The Gtrailers are a metaphor for Syrian refugees, not illegal Mexican immigrants. A (fire)wall would work on a land border, but wouldn't really help with refugees coming by sea and by air.
I'm not sure what would be a good metaphor for illegal immigration.

Trump still has a stance against taking in refugees so it's still functional. Build the wall around the entire country and put SAMs everywhere!

Illegal immigration would be an influx of total shitposters. Or the adbots.

Pshah, you call that cruelty? To Detroit with them!

We must all go on an action packed trip to Detroit!

 

[Leg End]

No offense, but this feels a lot more like arriving in Syria than leaving it.

Danger is Freedom, comrade!

 

[HybridChangeling]

*Insert Unfunny Trump reference here*

Welcome to escapist forums. Ever play DayZ or Unturned? When your running around constantly in silent mode making sure nobody notices you too much while the rest of the server is in the middle of a war re-enactment? It's kind of like that, but with words. Just pick your battles, stay away from anything that looks odd, and you will be fine. Glad to meet you.

 

[sageoftruth]

Welcome, and feel free to start opening up some new threads. I'm really interested in seeing how things look with our new batch of personalities. Maybe I'll create some new threads of my own.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

The refugees want to force us to obey sharia forum rules, if they dont like our rules they should go back!

They want us to stop celebrating Zero Punctuation because it offends them! Fit in or F off! Rabble rabble rabble!

(Hi guys, I love HAWP)

 

[Kina]

Figured I'd drop a line here as well.

Started over at GT in 2008, left there as an Admin and figured I'd give Escapist a try after seeing numerous people make the transition. Generally don't have too much time these days for message boards as work keeps me busy, but the community seems welcoming enough so that's good. Really surprised to see the overly positive response regarding GT and it's community in this thread as GT has historically not had the best reputation among other communities (and sometimes understandably so).

Anyhow.. Yo!

 

[vallorn]

Welcome to the Cave of Caerbannog, just beware of the rabbit.

Spoiler: Too late!

This thread is way too happy and welcoming. Needs a fair dose of curmudgeonry.

You damn GiTs (see what I did there hur hur)! Bringing your... whatever it is you do and think you can just prance around. We used to stack fucks like you 5 feet high during the GamerGate wars, use you for strawmen to ignore other people's viewpoints. Get the fuck out of here, you don't belong on this forum! You don't know what true hate is like. You didn't see the fake girl gamer threads or the Sarkeesian hurricane of 2012. You didn't have to live through the hell that was brony wars or the reigns of terror of EternalNothingness, Sun-Hwan or Zeel. You know what it feels like to see another thread about Sarkeesian every day for a whole year? Well it feels fucking awful, that's what it is.

Now that I'm done making lame ass references to Gran Torino, I welcome our new members. Just try to keep the console wars down, would ya? Some of us aren't quite as spry and need to be in bed at 10 (I'm allowed to talk like this due to my join date).

I had somehow forgotten EN existed, good gravy that was a time to be alive.

Also Mass Effect 3's ending, good god you could power most of the Baltic states put together with the amount of flames that produced here.

I propose we build a wall to keep these refugees out and make Gametrailers pay for it. Let's make the Escapist great again.

Now it feels like home. Could you wear a blonde wig for me, and paint yourself orange?

For... reasons.

Why would you want ANYONE to dress up as Tony Blair?

So do we put them on a train headed for the Slovenian border? That's what my country does.

Far more merciful than what we do; we send them to Jersey.

Pshah, you call that cruelty? To Detroit with them!

Can't we just leave them in Florida and see if they can survive the strange and unnatural antics of Florida Man?

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Welcome to the Cave of Caerbannog, just beware of the rabbit.

Spoiler: Too late!

This thread is way too happy and welcoming. Needs a fair dose of curmudgeonry.

You damn GiTs (see what I did there hur hur)! Bringing your... whatever it is you do and think you can just prance around. We used to stack fucks like you 5 feet high during the GamerGate wars, use you for strawmen to ignore other people's viewpoints. Get the fuck out of here, you don't belong on this forum! You don't know what true hate is like. You didn't see the fake girl gamer threads or the Sarkeesian hurricane of 2012. You didn't have to live through the hell that was brony wars or the reigns of terror of EternalNothingness, Sun-Hwan or Zeel. You know what it feels like to see another thread about Sarkeesian every day for a whole year? Well it feels fucking awful, that's what it is.

Now that I'm done making lame ass references to Gran Torino, I welcome our new members. Just try to keep the console wars down, would ya? Some of us aren't quite as spry and need to be in bed at 10 (I'm allowed to talk like this due to my join date).

I had somehow forgotten EN existed, good gravy that was a time to be alive.

Someone even took the time and the effort to make an Eternal Nothingness gif... And what a glorious gif it was...

Got to the point eventually the mods had to start giving out warnings for posting it XD

 

[Fox12]

This thread is way too happy and welcoming. Needs a fair dose of curmudgeonry.

You damn GiTs (see what I did there hur hur)! Bringing your... whatever it is you do and think you can just prance around. We used to stack fucks like you 5 feet high during the GamerGate wars, use you for strawmen to ignore other people's viewpoints. Get the fuck out of here, you don't belong on this forum! You don't know what true hate is like. You didn't see the fake girl gamer threads or the Sarkeesian hurricane of 2012. You didn't have to live through the hell that was brony wars or the reigns of terror of EternalNothingness, Sun-Hwan or Zeel. You know what it feels like to see another thread about Sarkeesian every day for a whole year? Well it feels fucking awful, that's what it is.

Jesus. Just... why? Why did this have to happen?

 

[IceForce]

Someone even took the time and the effort to make an Eternal Nothingness gif... And what a glorious gif it was...

Got to the point eventually the mods had to start giving out warnings for posting it XD

Wow, this brings back memories. The facial expressions in this image are perfect, and it (somehow) matched every context in which it was needed.

EDIT: Wait, is this image still worth an insta-warning?

 

[Fox12]

Someone even took the time and the effort to make an Eternal Nothingness gif... And what a glorious gif it was...

Got to the point eventually the mods had to start giving out warnings for posting it XD

Wow, this brings back memories. The facial expressions in this image are perfect, and it (somehow) matched every context in which it was needed.

EDIT: Wait, is this image still worth an insta-warning?

I miss Eternal Nothingness. He was a special kind of crazy. : (

Now all we get is that guy who posts about cross overs every six months.

 

[Souplex]

Someone even took the time and the effort to make an Eternal Nothingness gif... And what a glorious gif it was...

Got to the point eventually the mods had to start giving out warnings for posting it XD

Wow, this brings back memories. The facial expressions in this image are perfect, and it (somehow) matched every context in which it was needed.

EDIT: Wait, is this image still worth an insta-warning?

I miss Eternal Nothingness. He was a special kind of crazy. : (

Now all we get is that guy who posts about cross overs every six months.

I'll be honest, I didn't see that much EN compared to how much people complained about them.

 

[vallorn]

Welcome to the Cave of Caerbannog, just beware of the rabbit.

Spoiler: Too late!

This thread is way too happy and welcoming. Needs a fair dose of curmudgeonry.

You damn GiTs (see what I did there hur hur)! Bringing your... whatever it is you do and think you can just prance around. We used to stack fucks like you 5 feet high during the GamerGate wars, use you for strawmen to ignore other people's viewpoints. Get the fuck out of here, you don't belong on this forum! You don't know what true hate is like. You didn't see the fake girl gamer threads or the Sarkeesian hurricane of 2012. You didn't have to live through the hell that was brony wars or the reigns of terror of EternalNothingness, Sun-Hwan or Zeel. You know what it feels like to see another thread about Sarkeesian every day for a whole year? Well it feels fucking awful, that's what it is.

Now that I'm done making lame ass references to Gran Torino, I welcome our new members. Just try to keep the console wars down, would ya? Some of us aren't quite as spry and need to be in bed at 10 (I'm allowed to talk like this due to my join date).

I had somehow forgotten EN existed, good gravy that was a time to be alive.

Someone even took the time and the effort to make an Eternal Nothingness gif... And what a glorious gif it was...

Spoiler

Got to the point eventually the mods had to start giving out warnings for posting it XD

Gotta love the old .gif, no idea if it's still worth an insta warning but I don't think so anymore.

I'd also like to point out to the fresh meat new arrivals that User Groups are often just as active as the forum itself while also often having smaller user bases.

Here are some user groups that I keep an eye on.
The Escapist's Official Tech Team: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Tech-Team
The Escapist's Official Moderation Chat: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Moderation-Team
The New Brovengers: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-New-Brovengers

If you want to find more user groups the site has a list of them here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/

P.S. User groups vary in quality, content and activity very heavily, you can also alter what sends you notifications in the group (e.g. group status updates, anyone posting in chat, being quoted in the group chat, etc)in case you join a large or active one and your PM inbox starts to overflow.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Welcome to the Cave of Caerbannog, just beware of the rabbit.

Spoiler: Too late!

This thread is way too happy and welcoming. Needs a fair dose of curmudgeonry.

You damn GiTs (see what I did there hur hur)! Bringing your... whatever it is you do and think you can just prance around. We used to stack fucks like you 5 feet high during the GamerGate wars, use you for strawmen to ignore other people's viewpoints. Get the fuck out of here, you don't belong on this forum! You don't know what true hate is like. You didn't see the fake girl gamer threads or the Sarkeesian hurricane of 2012. You didn't have to live through the hell that was brony wars or the reigns of terror of EternalNothingness, Sun-Hwan or Zeel. You know what it feels like to see another thread about Sarkeesian every day for a whole year? Well it feels fucking awful, that's what it is.

Now that I'm done making lame ass references to Gran Torino, I welcome our new members. Just try to keep the console wars down, would ya? Some of us aren't quite as spry and need to be in bed at 10 (I'm allowed to talk like this due to my join date).

I had somehow forgotten EN existed, good gravy that was a time to be alive.

Someone even took the time and the effort to make an Eternal Nothingness gif... And what a glorious gif it was...

Spoiler

Got to the point eventually the mods had to start giving out warnings for posting it XD

Gotta love the old .gif, no idea if it's still worth an insta warning but I don't think so anymore.

I'd also like to point out to the fresh meat new arrivals that User Groups are often just as active as the forum itself while also often having smaller user bases.

Here are some user groups that I keep an eye on.
The Escapist's Official Tech Team: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Tech-Team
The Escapist's Official Moderation Chat: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Moderation-Team
The New Brovengers: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-New-Brovengers

If you want to find more user groups the site has a list of them here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/

P.S. User groups vary in quality, content and activity very heavily, you can also alter what sends you notifications in the group (e.g. group status updates, anyone posting in chat, being quoted in the group chat, etc)in case you join a large or active one and your PM inbox starts to overflow.

Oh I love the mod group, I frequently check in there because people frequently start drama on in there... Though there is a new community manager that it's trying to cut down the chatter in the group... which kinda sucks for me.

 

[JaKandDaxter]

Figured I'd drop a line here as well.

Started over at GT in 2008, left there as an Admin and figured I'd give Escapist a try after seeing numerous people make the transition. Generally don't have too much time these days for message boards as work keeps me busy, but the community seems welcoming enough so that's good. Really surprised to see the overly positive response regarding GT and it's community in this thread as GT has historically not had the best reputation among other communities (and sometimes understandably so).

Anyhow.. Yo!

Yea we certainly had a significant amount of users who definitely pissed off some people, or rubbed them the wrong way. I remember the references to 4chan for how harassing a chunk of the community can be on and off site. And I still remember that girl on YouTube who got cyber-bullied big time by GT and 4chan, because she made fun of some dude with a GT account. Then there was the time we got into a heated cross forum discussion with NewGrounds. But that thread died pretty quick on NG and not much came out of it.

I guess since years have past since those times, people have moved on or forgotten about some or all of those instances. And rightfully so that's its not held against us. Since practically all of those users left GT a long time ago.

 

[Einspanner]

I was pretty upset, until I saw that this site looks almost exactly like GameTrailers. Mostly it seems to trade console wars for political wars, which to me seems like an even trade. I can work with this.

*Looks at your avatar*
Is that custom sprite-work?
I'm pretty sure Valkyries in the GBA games could only use staves, and light/anima magic. I never played sword of seals, but I don't think the systems in place supported characters who used both physical and magical weapons until Path of Radiance.
Nice work man.

It is great work, but it's not my work. I found it through Google images, looking for something related to the game. I thought it was pretty cool looking too.