I've Been Wondering, Escapists...

[Canadamus Prime]

First post on the Escapist ever, yea me.

Oh and Eight Below. So I'm a softie, shut up!

Not very elegant, but whatever.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Mine is rather boring and completely dismissive.

 

[LeonLethality]

My first post got me suspended for a week...heh heh I'd rather not post it

You misspelled "lives" as "lifes".

Perhaps skullkid was trying to irk grammar nazis, I love doing that.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

Hmm, what was my first post? Ah yes, here we go:

I don't hate Halo 3, or any of the other Halo titles, because hate would imply I cared enough about them to get angry. Everything I've seen from that series has provoked a resounding "Meh". No, what bothers me is the ridiculous success this relatively mediocre series achieved - success that has less to do with the merits of the product and more to do with the circumstances of its introduction and medium of presentation - and the impact this has on development of future titles. The idea that Halo is somehow the pinnacle of the FPS genre is troubling, since success and acclaim lead to imitation, and the fact that the term "Halo-clone" has any semblance of meaning illustrates that we already have more than enough would be Halos.



The original Halo is successful because it was THE big fish in a small pond when it was released. If Halo had been a PC FPS originally, nobody would be having this argument, as it doesn't compare favorably on that platform at all - there were/are simply far too many excellent FPS titles on the PC for the well executed mediocrity of the Halo series to make much of an impact amongst the jaded PC FPS fans. Reviewers and gamers would have panned it as yet another over-hyped game that spent way too much time in development only to end up underwhelming. Fortunately for Bungee, Microsoft's purchase of their company and the subsequent shift to an X-Box exclusive release changed their 'so-so' PC/Mac shooter into a 'fantastic' console FPS (which says a lot about the state of the competition at the time).


So yeah, I don't hate Halo 3 or any of the other Halo titles because they aren't bad games - for a game to provoke actual hatred it has to do a lot more than just "not be particularly interesting or exceptional", for that your game pretty much has to be aggressively offensive to the point where the act of playing it is just one continuous insult to the player, and those titles are thankfully quite rare.


The Halo fanbase on the other hand is indeed a collection of aggressively offensive jackasses that engender reactions of intense loathing and antipathy, so I definitely hate them!

I stand by everything I wrote.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

Mine was on a thread about our favorite weapons:

"My faves:
Gravity Gun
BFG
Any type of shotgun"

Nothing special.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

My first post got me suspended for a week...heh heh I'd rather not post it

You misspelled "lives" as "lifes".

Perhaps skullkid was trying to irk grammar nazis, I love doing that.

On his first post evar?

 

[Sronpop]

I don't remember what it was about exactly, but I remember the thread. It was just March Mayhem last year, I had been lurking for about 8 months and that pushed me to sign up. No idea who I voted for though. Probably Bioware for everything.

 

[Jynxx-TheSiren]

Mine was in the "Last thing you did in a game" Thread. It was, Load because I just got TF2 for MAC.

 

[LeonLethality]

My first post got me suspended for a week...heh heh I'd rather not post it

You misspelled "lives" as "lifes".

Perhaps skullkid was trying to irk grammar nazis, I love doing that.

On his first post evar?

First impressions are important to make.

 

[tehweave]

The boost ball boss and the final boss in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

Not a well thought-out post, and I've actually posted in other threads about 'hard' bosses since then about the same thing, but in more detail.

 

[child of lileth]

Mine was on a thread about what Bing was supposed to be.

 

[PurpleSky]

I want pokemon games for the pc damnit.Also,a turn-based naruto MMORPG.

I still want those two.

 

[Count Igor]

"What the HELL just happened? WHERE ARE THE GODDAMNED LIGHTS?"

Shove someones head up anothers arse.

Yeah.
It seems a bit odd out of context...

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

My opinion isnt really valid(I have never been to America or met many Americans), but I think the reason the U.S gets this stereotype is because their idiots are so much more noticeable.I'm sure there are intelligent people living there, but they dont seem to get the spotlight often enough.True,America HAS made mistakes,but so has every other country,and thats the way life is.

Of course, this was back when my username was different, and my SP & G wasn't as good. Plus I was more melodramatic for some reason. I'm very very sorry.

On the bright side, this post got me a positive quote, so it's all gewd.

 

[Ponch]

There wasn't even any critical thinking skill exercises. No poetry analysis, no grammer understanding, no detecting of undertones in stories.

Out of that whole thing, I noticed you misspelled "grammar". Just felt like being a douche and pointing that out.

OT: Mine was on a thread called "S**t just got real" moments. Here's mine:

In Kingdom Hearts II when

Spoiler

Goofy gets "killed."

I seriously had to fight back tears(sad, I know) as I removed my Cure magic and gave my potions to Donald in order to unleash Hell on as many enemies for as long as I could.

Ahh, the memories...

 

[crimson5pheonix]

There wasn't even any critical thinking skill exercises. No poetry analysis, no grammer understanding, no detecting of undertones in stories.

Out of that whole thing, I noticed you misspelled "grammar". Just felt like being a douche and pointing that out.

OT: Mine was on a thread called "S**t just got real" moments. Here's mine:

In Kingdom Hearts II when

Spoiler

Goofy gets "killed."

I seriously had to fight back tears(sad, I know) as I removed my Cure magic and gave my potions to Donald in order to unleash Hell on as many enemies for as long as I could.

Ahh, the memories...

That was two years ago, cut me some slack.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Mine was in a worst way to die thread. Here it is.

Eaten alive by soldier ants

Umm, yeah, that would be very not good.

 

[RanD00M]

I live in Iceland and there is a Economic crisis so not only will i not afford all the games i want that are coming out but i will never ever ever have time to play them all

Posted on the 26th of October.In the year 2008.
It was okay for a first post.

 

[saintchristopher]

Re: Buying an Xbox 360, August 14, 2009:

Listen.

I work at [UNNAMED SPECIALTY GAMING RETAILER EVERYONE HATES] and I've got to tell you; I lose track week-to-week of how many people come/call in asking what to do because their 360 broke. It's gotten to a point where all I want to tell them is "The only way to make 100% sure you won't have a 360 that breaks is to buy a Playstation 3 instead." If your heart is really set on getting a 360, all I can tell you is that even if it seems like a hose-down, get whatever extended warranty they offer you. Because based on my numbers, you WILL need it.

Back then I wasn't sure whether outing myself as a Gamestop employee would make me some kind of pariah, so if it came up, for about the first month I would type [UNNAMED SPECIALTY GAMING RETAILER EVERYONE HATES] instead.

 

[onewheeled]

"I second that. Along with the fast zombies."

It was in a thread talking about horrific enemies that you either try to avoid, or kill every single one in the room and hope there's no more.

I had quoted a guy that said headcrabs from HL2.