Don't do it man. This seemed really important to me too, and then I cooled down and realized how unimportant it was. Don't do what I did, I feel like such a douchebag.Timotei said:
Sooo...never post while angry
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Whats to rage about premium memberships? This seems like that whole L4D Boycott business..."We refuse to buy the new L4D2 because you won't support the old one" except this is non-premium vs premium. I'm a member of half a dozen forums with premium/pay programs in addition to free membership...trust me it doesn't affect anything. So premium members get HD content and behind the scenes stuff...so? It's like the Red vs Blue site - you got your donators and your regular people. Regular people like me have to wait to get the episodes and can't see them in HD and don't get to see the extras, but I don't care it's still funny and not worth getting PO'ed about.
Now if they said "ALL members must now pay to use the forums" that would be something to get a little pissed about. But this is nothing to even fret over, I just deleted the message. Whoop-dee-whoop.
Now if they said "ALL members must now pay to use the forums" that would be something to get a little pissed about. But this is nothing to even fret over, I just deleted the message. Whoop-dee-whoop.
Sorry, but I have to ask, how so? Feel free to ignore me if you'd rather not answer, but I'm curious what you mean.Timotei said:
Thanks. I was actually talking to Sky14Kemea about this. After I told her I wasn't leaving after all, she asked if I was going to just sneak back in, and honestly, that never occurred to me. I acted like an ass, I have to set that right before coming back.Erana said:
I have occasionally bordered on doing the same (a little like NecroSwanson's "The Hypocrisy is KILLING ME!" thread), not over this but certain forums members who really manage to hit the wrong buttons on a constant basis. I tend to just leave the site for a little while or do something else rather than post while pissed off to be honest.
I really wouldn't worry about it so much. Anyone who has been here for any proper amount of time (I mean time visiting, not membership length) will have felt the same at one point so most of us I imagine, will understand.orannis62 said:
Don't worry about it, its fine to post angry. I only posted angry about twice I think but it really wasn't that big. However I will admit to doing something quite a bit worse. I mean I posted drunk once (NOOOOOOOooooooo!). I think I was pretty lucky to not get in trouble for it. Though its good that you're willing to admit your mistakes.
On the Premium Membership. I agree with this:
On the Premium Membership. I agree with this:
Though I personally won't be taking it I think it'd be a good thing for the community. And furthermore its a choice. If people want to upgrade its their choice. So its good that the Escapist is giving people the chance to upgrade.Furburt said:
Strangely enough, i haven't seen those posts.
Though if i per chance stumble across them and get offended, i'll accept your apology.
Though if i per chance stumble across them and get offended, i'll accept your apology.
I've said it once I'll say it again, I'm boycotting the pubclub until the price goes up.
Until that time I may create a user group on this website and stepping up my browsing usage until the matter has been rectified, maybe try to get others to my cause of burning the elitist with their personal taglines, damn elitists.
OT, its cool Oranis (it'd be even cooler if I new how to spell your name), your anger was a knee jerk reaction to what could have been in your eyes a change of the site you grew to love.
Until that time I may create a user group on this website and stepping up my browsing usage until the matter has been rectified, maybe try to get others to my cause of burning the elitist with their personal taglines, damn elitists.
OT, its cool Oranis (it'd be even cooler if I new how to spell your name), your anger was a knee jerk reaction to what could have been in your eyes a change of the site you grew to love.
See Valve vs Zynga / Stamford Prison Experiment [http://www.prisonexp.org/]Knight Templar said:
Division turns men into monsters.
I've posted while angry but that was usually directed at the topic and rarely at the community. I'm a fairly mellow people.orannis62 said:
I wouldn't have thought that you would be so opposed to this to make a post(s) that you regret. What is it exactly that you don't like about Premium Membership? If you don't want to answer than that is fine, I'm just having a hard time imagining why so people are immediately opposed to this. Many people have given their reasons but none of it seems legitimate enough to get angry over.
I think the moral is never do anythign while angry. E.g - Talk to parents, girlfriend, politics etc.
Apologizing on the internet?
It is a measure of a man to admit when he is wrong, and you've just proven that you are worthy of my respect. A sincere kudos to you.
It is a measure of a man to admit when he is wrong, and you've just proven that you are worthy of my respect. A sincere kudos to you.
If you're interested you should also look up the Third wave [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave]. It's amazing how malleable the human psyche is.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Always good for some laughs that one.Blatherscythe said:No, but I'm against premium membership as well. It just seems like a big ole' cash grab.
Luckily most of us realize this for what it is...
Anyways. We all kind of know that it's a bad idea to post in a pissy mood, just look at MaxTheReaper.
Also I'm quite against this premium membership thing, It may get the site more money but in doing so it sells out on it's core principls.
Thanks, I've done a lot of study on Eriksonian Hypnosis and NLP, and it's quite frightening how one simple change can turn friends into enemies.DoW Lowen said:
Once a community reaches Dunbar's Number (150), any tiny incident can produce Us/Them if someone feels their safety is threatened.
Funnily enough, it also is the thing that helps us evolve far faster than any other animal.
Now, don't get me wrong here, I'm new to The Escapist, having joined a few days after finding the site, so I don't have any type of special relationship and might annoy some people with my views. The site is more interesting and populated by users that are more polite, grammatically inclined and generally open minded and intelligent than the rest of the internet; and I like the site for these reasons.
I see the "PubClub" as simply a money grabbing excersise, like MM is just a publicity one. If people feel that they owe the 'pist money for hosting these forums then good for them, if people want to pay money for the title, well ok it's your money. The site will not be changed by this in itself. The only thing that could change would be the users who have joined the "PubClub" forming some elite clique and posting mainly in the new members-only forum. That would ruin the site.
While I realise the site has private user forums, like PRIATE (I think), from what I gather they are more a place where users can get together with posters they have made friends with, relax and just chat.
(I reserve the right to be categorically wrong, all I know of PRIATE, and private forums in general here, is what overlapped into a user review I read, enjoyed and posted in.)
Meh, a "noobie's" POV on the issue, for what it's worth.
I see the "PubClub" as simply a money grabbing excersise, like MM is just a publicity one. If people feel that they owe the 'pist money for hosting these forums then good for them, if people want to pay money for the title, well ok it's your money. The site will not be changed by this in itself. The only thing that could change would be the users who have joined the "PubClub" forming some elite clique and posting mainly in the new members-only forum. That would ruin the site.
While I realise the site has private user forums, like PRIATE (I think), from what I gather they are more a place where users can get together with posters they have made friends with, relax and just chat.
(I reserve the right to be categorically wrong, all I know of PRIATE, and private forums in general here, is what overlapped into a user review I read, enjoyed and posted in.)
Meh, a "noobie's" POV on the issue, for what it's worth.