How did I forget about The Monopoly Guy?ThePoodonkis said:The Story of THE OFFICIAL-ISH ESCAPIST MAGAZINE WELCOME SPEECH goes as follows:berethond said:I stole it from RottenButter who stole it from Richard Groovy Pants who stole it from....The Political Gamer said:ROFL I love it. *Steals*berethond said:Welcome! Welcome to Escapistmagazine.com! You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining Internet Utopias. I thought so much of Escapistmagazine.com, that I elected to establish my administration, here, in the Forums, so thoughtfully provided by our Moderators. I am proud to call Escapistmagazine.com my home. And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through to parts unknown, welcome, to Escapistmagazine.com. It's safer here.
Because I don't get to use it often enough.
someone....
Made by: Anarchemitis and myself.
Distributed by: Rottenbutter.
Put on the official "I'm New Here Thread" by: The Monopoly Guy.
The thieves of the speech: Berethond, Richard Groovy Pants, and maybe some others.
I'm gonna try to find the original posting of it...
Sorry, that last line wasn't meant to be taken seriously. I guess I should have put a little winky face or something. I do stand by my comment that the "flame wars" I've seen here lean a lot closer to real debate than what I would call a flame war. I get the impression that people here (not counting the ones who make an account just to piss people off until they get permabanned) tend to at least listen to what people have to say and consider it before dismissing it.Internet Kraken said:No flame war is a good flame war. Honestly, in my eyes a witty insult is no better than a primitive one in a flame war. Both of them mean the same thing; you suck and I'm right.Lazarus Long said:Well, that's just human nature. The two things that no one can ever change anyone's mind on, are the two things that everybody feels the need to change everybody's mind on.
That said, even the political and religious threads here are a few steps closer to real debate than just trading insults.
We trade witty insults.
That may just be our version of dick waving. Seeing who can come up with the cleverest comeback to Obvious Troll.Internet Kraken said:Besides, this community has big problems with trolls sometimes. People here type out paragraphs of text in response to obvious trolls, which is just embarrassing. It's like they think the troll gives a damn.
Thank you.Internet Kraken said:The Escapist is not superior to any other website.
I'm sick of people calling the Escapist some kind of sanctuary of knowledge in the mire of stupidity known as the internet.
Have you even seen TMG around recently? I haven't seen him in a while.berethond said:How did I forget about The Monopoly Guy?
And Anarchemitis?
(I don't remember you I'm sorry)
Okay, well, more precisely...I don't remember forgetting you.
No, I haven't seen him around.ThePoodonkis said:Have you even seen TMG around recently? I haven't seen him in a while.berethond said:How did I forget about The Monopoly Guy?
And Anarchemitis?
(I don't remember you I'm sorry)
Okay, well, more precisely...I don't remember forgetting you.
Also, I think I found the original.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.74141#823423
I "wrote" it, and Anarchemitis fixed it to make it into it's current glory. And, yes, I'm aware I forgot the word magazine in the site name.
The most annoying thing is when you're looking for a post. And you look.ThePoodonkis said:Yeah, I had to hunt through my old posts to find that. It took me awhile, so don't worry yourself.
As for the Anarchemitis Edition, he was Gonzo when I got here, so I'm not even going to attempt looking for it in his post history.
I have noticed an increase of "dick measuring" threads, as I like to call them. I have nothing to fear, how ever, I am rarely mentioned in said threads so my ego stays down where it's supposed to be.Internet Kraken said:That attitude is what I hate about this website.
These threads just inflate the ego of the community, which will be it's downfall.
I see what you did there, and I like it.NoMoreSanity said:Thanks, [insert name here] really helps make this community great!
i don't really get much of an ego boost from threads like this, but nonetheless!Flap Jack452 said:I have noticed an increase of "dick measuring" threads, as I like to call them. I have nothing to fear, how ever, I am rarely mentioned in said threads so my ego stays down where it's supposed to be.Internet Kraken said:That attitude is what I hate about this website.
These threads just inflate the ego of the community, which will be it's downfall.
i spy, with my little eye, an incorrect use of the word 'too'!Omikron009 said:I AM VANQUISHED! *head explodes*pimppeter2 said:You have to watch out for those Proper Nouns and that sneaky semicolon.Omikron009 said:I was just watching a few YouTube videos and I looked at the comments. Everybody is just arguing, insulting the people in the video and other comment posters, calling each other gay, and other things. On top of all this, grammar, spelling, and punctuation are completely ignored. I'd just like to say thank you to everyone on the Escapist for being a bastion of sanity in an ocean of bullshit. Talk about whatever you want; I just wanted to make my feelings known.
(You know somebody had too)
Beat me to it. *shakes fist* It's more likely a typo rather than a misuse of the word; double-typing letters is pretty easy, especially on laptops, and noticing them before posting is sometimes difficult.la-le-lu-li-lo said:i spy, with my little eye, an incorrect use of the word 'too'!
i believe it should have been 'to.'
only because you had to do it.![]()
Starting a sentence with 'but?' Tsk. I do, however, agree with you. The day that there is no one banned for doing so on one of Yahtzee's reviews is the day I die of a heart attack. Satisfied. (...but not happy. I'm still dead.)Pendragon9 said:FIRST!
Nah, I'm just kidding. But is anyone rather peeved when they see that on Youtube? The first hundred times I see it, it stops being funny.
It is but a matter of time.darthzew said:You're welcome. I hope one day the /b/tards finally live up to their fabled reputation and trash YouTube.