I view them like co-workers. And I remember some of them by their profile pics. The most memorable for me is a mash up of the Assassin's logo, Cerberus and Aperture Science.
How do you view fellow escapists?
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You're a good person. I too think less of people who have MLP avatars; it just seems like an awful wannabe subculture comprised of people who really want to be in the 'cool gang' in real life, but aren't, and so form this ridiculous online group that seems incomprehensible so they have some kind of defining characteristic trait other than 'nerd'. I can't understand that at all... *suddenly realises he's emblazoned his own avatar with the symbol of an incomprehensible internet subculture that exists to find some belonging in a wider group than 'nerds'*Jedamethis said:
I have no comprehensive opinion of the people on this board: some are clever, some are egregiously stupid; some are interesting, some are insipid caricatures of things they think make them look 'cool'; some are arseholes, some are pleasant (guess which camp I fall into). I suppose what I'm saying, in my usual pretentious way, is that communities can't really be summed up so tersely as to say what I think about them as a whole in a few words.
As for the thread itself, it seems like another 'let's pat each other on the back for being escapist-famous' thread for the high activity members to indulge in. I have no quarrel with that notion, it just seems rather like these threads exist for the same reason vanity novels exist: so that someone will tell the author how radical he is.
The thought doesn't really appeal to me to be honest. I don't understand why someone would want validation from some random person on the internet - because make no mistake, these are random people on the internet - unless it's to do with some particular skill set.Togs said:
I don't know, maybe I'm just being a sour puss. I am grumpy and tired.
Close, but no cigar.BGH122 said:
You could say that's one of the functions of the thread as well, but the main purpose is more along the lines of "Let Jonluw wallow in the nostalgia of the days when he was more community-oriented and internet-extroverted", as well as trying to see how the general sense of community is doing in the forums.
That is naturally going to include some back-patting. Which is fine with me.
Well, they don't have to be unpopular in real life, I just can't think of any other reason for so many people outside the show's catchment professing love for it in such ludicrous ways. Sorry to break it to you guys, but it isn't some work of art that works on many levels. It might be comforting, or regressive, but it isn't anything other than an above average showed aimed at young female teens.Shiny Koi said:
So, herein lies the problem: things that are merely decent will attract some ardent admirers who profess their love for the thing (think of people with, say, Dexter avatars); some people who like it, but don't go out of their way to promote it; and a lot more people who either don't care or don't like it. In normal circumstances, decent things attract a noticeably small minority who'll actively promote that thing. From this we can conclude that one of two things is true:
1) The Escapist has qualities that especially appeals to those in the promoting minority group
2) The promoting minority group isn't small
But, if the promoting minority group isn't small, then there must be some reason for this. If we look at other things that have had large promoting minority groups that consist of people outside the catchment, they've all played upon some sense of nonfulfillment with real life - Harry Potter permitted young adults to escape the fact that they were rapidly leaving their teens and twenties behind, for instance.
Perhaps I'm being over-analytical, but this reeks to me of Anonymous for carebears.
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Fair enough then! Nostalgia is a good reason to do things.Jonluw said:
I suppose the forum's population has ballooned up since you first joined, so it must be a very different place now.
I actually have a medical condition, whereby I have an aneurysm if I don't get back patted at least 3 times a day.Jonluw said:
True story.
[sub]Some or all of that may have been a lie.[/sub]
Edit: My 7000th post! RUINED!
There are too many people here for me to remember individual personalities. Unless... it's someone whom I just happen to see a lot, or it's someone who quotes me... those peeps I tend to not forget. I won't name names... xP
This, is correct. I will add though - "intelligent" ones are also very, very snobby. And thats about 2 thirds of the forum.Master Steeds said:
I know some people from avatar, but that's about it. Doubt people know me, but that'd because I read more than I post.
What's this? My ego is evolving!Jonluw said:7000 posts?Daystar Clarion said:
I think that's deserving of something.
Congratulations!
We should all pat eachother'sbacksegos more for our internet-achievements.
And it feels good.
Nah, it hasn't grown that much since 2010.BGH122 said:
It has, however, grown a good deal since my lurking days, which is the time from when most of my romantic notions about the forums are rooted.
I started visiting this site back when Yahtzee did the Halo 3 review, which was back in 2007 I think.
Didn't start regularly browsing the forums 'till 08-09 I think though.
It's just that the last remnant members of the times when the forum was smaller (i.e. the internet celebs) that I had something resembling an emotional attachment to have disappeared.
And this is how I view a lot of Escapists - people who think (notice the stress on that word) things like that. The type of people who think that just because they know how to spell (and not always very well) and weren't the best at socialising, that this constitutes a large degree of intelligence and differentness. The would-be cynics, pseudo-intellectuals and misanthropes of the internet.Dutch 924 said:
That being said, I do see others that I have no issue with. I just wouldn't want to meet most members of the userbase.