Three years. 4289 Posts. One Pill Addicted, Binge Drinking, Best Looking Member - A Retrospective

[SovietSecrets]

Why hello there...no, ah yes ladies and gentlemen!...doesn't sound right either, good evening everyone...sigh, fuck it.

Three years. Three very long entertaining years of my life have passed by since November 16. In that time there have been great fantastic highs (drug caused and not) and very deep down lows, changes in my life for the good and for the better, but through all of it there has always been one constant thing; The Escapist.

I post this today in celebration and remembrance of these three years, whether you like it or not, and I plan to take you on a little journey with me. There will be very little about changes to the site, how few friends I have here, great stuff that has happened in my life, but instead it will all be about posts in my time here.

Random posts until I get bored of finding posts and a couple honorary posts that I deemed worthy will make up this story. I thought it would be a cool little way to look back on my three years here instead of just doing the usual remembrance stuff. I know this will get buried fast, but I felt it was a good way to check up on myself. Enjoy.

[HEADING=1] The Posts [/HEADING]

1. Poll: Is Call of Duty 5 worth buying or renting? - 15 November 2008 11:59 pm

Id say buy, after playing the first level of single player and bout an hour of multiplayer, all my regrets about buying this game were gone

Ah my first post and it was a slightly fanboyish one. I was very big into playing WaW back then and was pretty decent at it too. Good times and then the game became more like a job to stay at #1 on my favorite server rather than having fun and when I realized that, I quit the game. Fun thing to note, in that thread there are 3 banned old members that I really enjoyed reading. Was a shame to see them go.

2. What's the craziest/most irresponsible thing you've done? - 10 December 2008 6:20 pm

Deciding to go down the expert snow slope first time on a snowboard...hooray falling/crashing lots of times

This one actually made me smile a bit at how young I seemed and how I had no idea what I was going to start doing later on. Also the ... angers me. Can't believe I actually did that. I feel like I was 9 or 10 in this post.

3. MGS5 coming to wii - 21 January 2009 9:26 pm

Well I really would not mind if it came out on the Wii as long as it was good and fun to play. Graphics might be a bit bad, but eh what are the chances anyways if it coming out for the Wii?

Very proud of myself for this post. I still have the stance of whatever is good and fun to play then who cares whats it out on? I do like the ending of the post though. Its like I nullify my stance slightly at the very end.

4. Poll: Marijuanna - 21 December 2008 12:21 pm

It was kinda addictive to me. I smoked all last year and when i gave up this year at times i felt a want/need to go smoke again. Not sure if anyone else has felt like this.

I feel so dumb in this post. Can't believe I didn't capitalize the I's. Man I am a moron. Also everything I wrote there is just dumb kid stuff. Addicted to smoking pot? Never had that. Just fooled myself into thinking I was addicted when I just liked the stuff and it was a good excuse.

5. New years resolution! - 27 December 2008 6:07 pm

Study more, be more confident, and try new things for once.

Never happened. Was a laugh to try though.

6. What makes you happy in life? - 6 February 2009 10:23 pm

The girl I love of course, skating across the city with my friends, and making other people happy as well. Could be any person, but if I can make their day a bit better somehow or make them smile, then my day just got a hell of a lot better.

The girl I loved turned out to be not someone I should have loved. I probably didn't even love her, just applied the word too fast like most do. Skating across the city, very good times. I recommend everyone go do that. As for the last one, makes me realize how bitter I have become in the present. I wonder where I went wrong. Pretty cool look at the past me though. Two years can change you a lot it seems. Also again a number of cool people in that thread that were banned.

7. Poll: Pill-popper or waiting it out? - 16 February 2009 7:39 pm

Ill wait for as long as I can before having to take pills, not because I don't like the pills, but I am too lazy to always get them.

I laughed pretty hard when I read this. I became pill addicted (no mix up this time) maybe the year after this. I could see signs of it here already, "not because I don't like the pills". I just took that a step very further. No regrets whatsoever~.

8. The decline of your gaming. - 18 February 2009 1:58 am

This is more towards the people who have been playing games for a good couple of years now, but have any of you felt yourself slowly pull away from games? Been playing games for 10 years now and I just feel despair every time I look forward to that next game to pull myself out of this slump. With each new title that comes out I find myself even more bored of games overall, even with games like L4D and Mass Effect which I played both for about an hour before being bored, seem just to be pulling me out of the gaming world faster than I try coming back in.

Dumbest thread/post I have ever made hands down. I would punch myself in the face if I could for this.

9. Are friends forever? - 10 March 2009 10:53 pm

If you want to remain friends with that person that you prob will, but if you don't then move on.

Seems normal enough from the outside, but when I think about it, this post disturbs my thought trend somewhat. I have no idea why, but this post just scares me.

10. Have you ever gotten really, really angry? - 6 June 2009 9:41 pm

Well I was pretty pissed off the day my now ex-girlfriend told me she was cheating on me. My hand shall always have scars from that day now.

How I remember the day the girl I "loved" was cheating on me. I went outside to try and feel better and calm down but ended up punching a fence until my knuckle started to bleed pretty bad. Still have those scars as well. Fun fact, me and that girl are still friends.

11. One more relationship thread (sorry in advance) - 28 June 2009 2:30 am

I ask this here because it seems like alot of the forum people here are in college or going to be in college so hopefully few of you might be able to help me out.

Met this girl about 3-4 weeks ago at a party and we immediately clicked. She gave me her number and few days later I called her and we pretty much ended up talking for 8 hours and even more so the days following. I told her I liked her and she said shes likes me too, so I thought why not, I should try and get together with her...well problem is shes going to college in another state. It is about a 10-12 hour drive there which I am willing to take. I asked her tonight if she was dating anyone and she replied no, I have been trying to stay single to keep goodbyes easy as possible. I haven't replied back to her yet because I have been arguing with myself if I should just give up or try and push for it. In my mind I am leaning towards go for it, because I think we could make it work over the summer and figure it all out, or am I just deludeding myself? I absolutely adore her, but haven't told her that.

What do you guys/gals think? Try or no try?

The only reason I added this post deliberately is because of the last one. Its just too fucking funny. I got over the girl I "loved" in 22 days and was ready to get back into another relationship.

12. Your passion in life? - 4 September 2009 2:36 pm

Pissing off my mom it seems, because I am able to do this with relative ease and it happens on a regular basis.

Its cool being a teenager.

13. 5 words to your past self - 8 October 2009 5:38 pm

Don't be such a idiot.

The new thing that I would tell my past self: Don't worry man! I am a idiot today still so go for it. Surprised I thought I was better off.

14. Happiness: how to get it. - 15 November 2009 1:24 am

I'm happy when I skate. How hard is it to be happy when you are doing the things you like?

I still don't have the answer for that.

15. Strange times... - 17 November 2009 9:02 pm

The day I woke up at another persons house after a party and everyone had gone. The silence made me feel totally out of place and scared. Very creepy moment being all alone.

I can do that on the regular now without feeling strange about it.

16. Those who try to act cool - 17 December 2009 5:05 pm

So today as I am walking my dog around the park, I see a couple on a park bench. As I walk past them, the guy decides to mouth off about how I am dressed(I dress pretty poorly if I am not going anywhere with friends or something, I look homeless pretty much) and his girlfriend laughs so I walk up to them and ask the guy if he would like to repeat that to my face. He kinda shrinks back into the bench and says no, sorry. I say thought so and turn to his girlfriend and say enjoy dating a pussy. I felt proud.

So discussion, any of you meet these kinds of people? The ones who try to act like the shit and try to impress their friends or girlfriends and if so what were they doing and did you or anyone else call them out on it?

Before getting into this, Furburt. That guy was awesome and I miss him so. As for the post, I was a dick. Holy shit I was a fucking dick. I got into a fight because someone made fun of how I dressed? The hell was wrong with me. I was the one who tried to act cool and I need to go apologize to that guy now.

17. What movies make you cry? - 10 February 2010 0:07 am

The ending battle of Saving Private Ryan made me tear up a bit. I loved every character in that movie.

Funny thing, I can barely remember the ending of that movie.

18. This one girl - 16 February 2010 9:33 pm

Well if you asked her out and she said no already and yet still flirts with you, then might as well either kick back and enjoy it or ask her about it and why she keeps dicking around like that.

Before I start this post, BonsaiK. Guy is fucking legit. As for the post? That dude should have just nailed her. I should not be giving relationship advice ever.

19. Teen dies after taking 'legal' party drug - 21 February 2010 1:34 am

Yes, because she is so smart for thinking a substitute isn't as bad as the real thing. One less idiot on the face of the Earth, good.

Another dick post, but I still believe in this. If anyone dies while doing something stupid, like substituting one drug for another, then they are dumb. Coming from me its hypocritical because I did the same exact thing, but then if I had died then feel free to have called me a fucking moron.

20. Poll: Is it Wrong to Drink Alone? - 3 April 2010 5:02 pm

I'd would rather drink alone then drink at a party with a bunch of people I don't know.

I do that a lot now. Drinking is a joy. I have noticed that I have entered the year of my insane drinking and pill addicting days from a couple of posts. Although I never really went too much into it on the thread, stuff like this is giving it away.

21. Poll: Are you happy? - 13 June 2010 9:55 am

I'm happy. Summer is here, sun is shining, life is good, nothing to be unhappy about .

There was much to be happy about that summer. Got to visit my cousins back in Ukraine and it was the greatest four weeks of my life that I ever had. There was seriously not a single moment where I was sad at all that entire time.

22. Share something with us - 30 June 2010 10:33 pm

Me and my friend converse about random things

Me: I keep having these insane dreams that Disney owns giant churches and castles all in one area where they perform human experimentation.

Friend: That's the most fantastic thing i've ever heard.

Me: You get to the top of this church and theres like disney doctors operating on people. Its pretty freaky.

Friend: Lol, Disney doctors.

Me: Yeah, its like the Nazi regime all over again.

Friend: Lawl, dizni? :O.

Me: Their secret has been unveiled, we are now being hunted. Disney assassins have been deployed. Mickey Mouse will kill us all and the return to Valhalla to dine with Thor.

Separate conversation

Friend: And we all know only Jewish people were Nazis.

Me: Yes it was an inside joke actually, all those people.

Friend: Jesus lol.

I am Jewish so I feel validated in saying that last bit. Otherwise I fucking love this post, one of the best conversations I have ever had with my friend. Those dreams I kept having were really fucked up too. Haven't had them in a while thankfully. Friend of mine is one of the best friends you could ask for. Only guy I really regularly talk to since graduation.

23. Worst Pick-up lines - 13 September 2010 5:32 pm

My friend still holds top rank on this. He was talking to a girl in our math class and uttered the most famous line "Man you really suck at math, you should let me come over to tutor you". Greatest. Line. Ever.

To this day, the best pickup line I have ever heard. Haven't tried it myself though, doesn't seem it will work well.

24. When will CoD fall? - 24 October 2010 12:40 pm

A better question, when will people shut up about Call of Duty and understand that if a game doesn't appeal to them it doesn't make it the worst game in the world. It's a fun game, deal.

Seriously, shut the hell up. I know its cool as fuck to hate popular things, but if the game is fun to millions of people, then you have to somewhat admit that the series is doing something right.

25. What's your guilty pleasure? - 15 November 2010 0:08 am

Painkillers.

Indeed.

26. Poll: Should smoking be made illegal? - 22 November 2010 1:19 pm

No. If smoking is banned then drinking has to be banned as well.

EDIT: Everyone who is quoting me are you all idiots or something? The bottom of this? Heres the bottom, drinking causes just as much problems as smoking. Ever hear of drunk driving, bar fights, abuse due to alcohol, poor judgement under the influence, or alcohol poisoning? Or do all of these just fly past your heads? You don't cancer right away from smoking, you get it later on. ITS THE SAME WITH DRINKING. IF SMOKING GETS BANNED THEN DRINKING SHOULD AS WELL. Fucking hell, think people think

Just to make sure everyone sees it before quoting me again.

EDIT 2: I am not saying that drinking is worse then smoking. As the second person I quoted figured it out, I was saying if one harmful thing should be banned, then the others should be too as well. I was just using alcohol as an example of that because it was the next leading cause of death due to abuse that I know of. I just didn't extend that to all things. Now can you morons finally understand? Its just me saying if one harmful thing should be banned, then the rest should too. Thank you last two people who understand somewhat at what I was getting at.

Now is everyone ok? We all good? Your asses don't hurt anymore?

The pain, holy shit the pain I had from this thread. This was the first time I had ever hated the community here so much. One little sentence and a flurry of people all over me like a whore on dick. The simple fact that only 2 or 3 people out of the entire group of people that quoted me (there were like 10) and all the other responses that were dead wrong because they couldn't make a logical leap astounded me. There was this one guy that kept quoting me because he I insulted him a lot during the course of the argument (A bad plan, but really some people) and in the end I can only hope everyone understood that if you banned one harmful substance, all the others in theory should follow. Of course this doesn't apply all the way as we can pick and choose, but alcohol and smoking go hand in hand. You ban one, ban the other. Also to be fair, I was surprised I didn't get a single warning or suspension from all the insults I said. Would be fantastic if I was banned now after mods read them.

27. Poll: Your new years resolutions - 30 December 2010 4:05 pm

Find a job finally.

Actually did this one. Got a job in June!

28. Piracy - 28 January 2011 1:33 pm

I can't advocate piracy? Bullshit. Here I'll do it now.

Boom advocated.

OT: I don't have an argument against piracy, just saw your first thing and wanted to prove it wrong. Forums should have both sides of the coin and people should not be afraid to post what they want as long as it is in a rational manner. If I get suspended/banned, oh well.

This will be the last post I go for as I am getting lazy in doing this. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

[HEADING=1] Honorary Posts [/HEADING]

1. We regret to inform you, Leia Allanah is no longer with us... - 4 March 2009 9:27 pm

I haven't really talked to both of you, but truly and deeply sorry for your loss. Nobody should have to go through this, but no matter how bad it may seem it will get better.

I can't even begin to think what OP and his wife went through and the insane amounts of courage they had to post and tell us that their baby died before it was even born. More sad that both of them got banned. Amazing people and my only regret is that I wish I could have spoken to both of them more. I fucking hope with all my being that they are doing well and are together.

2. I wanna drink... - 10 September 2010 5:58 pm

You will feel loads better if you just tell her how you feel. All of the time everything crappy that you feel just stems from wanting to tell her how you feel and that you want to be with said person. No harm in trying dude.

Also don't go drinking trying to forget this, it usually just makes it worse.

I wish I would follow my own advice sometimes. Honorary because its one of the few times I have given legit advice people even though its a no brainer.

[HEADING=1]Ending Thoughts[/HEADING]
So three years in some random posts. Three years of life gone and the only constant thing is really this place. I'm really fond of this place. I grew up a lot here, on and off the forums and I got to see some really amazing people come and go. I have attempted to try and give back to the community and the site as a whole through my now defunct calender project, but I started it at the wrong time and can't work on it anymore which makes me a bit sad. I could talk a lot about where I am in life now from these posts that you see, but I don't feel that there is a need to. Life is life and I only wanted to give a short glimpse if anything (not that I feel like I am anything special that my life really needs looking at), but I just thought it would be a cool way to do some searching about where I started, how I was three years ago until today, and how much I have changed and what I think since then. This really showed me a lot about who I am. I searched through many posts and read many things and these thirty posts are just the tip of the iceberg in everything.

So what next? Well Escapist, here is to another three glorious fucking years.

[HEADING=2] Sincerely,
EcksTeaSea, The Feel Good Happy Pill. [/HEADING]

Spoiler: Fun Fact

This took me five days to do actually.

 

[FilipJPhry]

This, is by far the most entertaining post I've ever read! Good job and congrats for 3 years!

 

[Giest4life]

I won't belittle your accomplishment with a "don't you have anything better to do" comment, but I really wish I had time you have on your hands--I really could use it catch up on my sleep. Oops, my break is over. Back to studying for the exams.

 

[weker]

I really like it here as well, and I am glad you had such a good time here.
I just hope you don't get a warning for how big the post is XD
Thank you very much for posting it, it was a very entertaining read, I would suggest spoiler tagging bits of it, so it's more compact.

 

[weker]

You would think after three years and 4289 posts, one would learn not to advocate piracy here.

*shrugs

Congrats I guess.

Yer good point, the OP might want to remove it.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

tl;dr

Reported for no discussion value.

You've only been here a small amount of time and I can already tell you're going to make lots of friends. The ironic thing is, you've reported him because of a thread with no discussion value, yet you yourself have violated the rules with a low content post.

OT: Glad you've enjoyed your time here man, I love it here myself. I've had bad experiences with other forums, but I have enjoyed myself here, and I've met some truly random people.

 

[SovietSecrets]

You would think after three years and 4289 posts, one would learn not to advocate piracy here.

*shrugs

Congrats I guess.

You would think so wouldn't you? Suspension if anything, I know whats in store for me and I don't mind. I still believe that both sides should be open to say what they believe, even if the other side is deeply hated.

 

[Buizel91]

Well that was a fun read xD you pretty much started the same time i did in 2008...Hi5 brother!

I dread to even LOOK at my old posts...i still remember how i was back then, fanboyish, stubborn and NEVER used punctuation etc.

Now at least i structure my comments...even if i am quite childish for a 20 year old >.>

Anyway, nice to see a thread with a bit of thought for once. Bravo to you sir!

EDIT: One of my first posts...in the thread "MW2: Just a bad game?"

This made me cringe...

i like how people are saying things like "the orgional was better" and stuff like that, its the exact same game with different graphics and better gameplay, im sorry but comopared to most sequels, at leats it hasnt done something extremly stupid, like halo did or gears of war, it has kept orgional throughout and in my opinion, still the best modern game ever, i aint a fanboy, but i think only flashpoint dragon rising could match it

MY GOD MAN! MY GRAMMAR!

I made fun of Halo (and for some stupid reason Gears of War) i feel saddened D: AND I HATE DRAGON RISING? WTF!

 

[MammothBlade]

Heh, at first I was thinking you were posting some boring life story, but no, it's good that you took the time to reflect on your past posts and have the courage to admit your mistakes at times, haha. I wish I had the inclination to do this more.

I'd would rather drink alone than drink at a party with a bunch of people I don't know.

Excellent, that makes two of us.

 

[Valagetti]

Are you Gregory House?
If so stop crashing into peoples houses with you car and if you do, get a lawyer!

Yeah if remember when I advocated for piracy as well and got a warning...

 

[Sleepy Sol]

Congrats on your 3 years here. The chronicle of your time here at the Escapist was a pretty fun read. Maybe one day when I'm one of the oldies I could try to do one of these...I don't much feel like looking at my earliest posts though.

 

[Tucker154]

tl;dr
Reported for no discussion value.

There is plenty of discussion value, your just not trying at all.

You're right. I must try harder to search for discussion value.

From this day forth, I shall not stop until I have drawn discussion from all posts from now till the end of the forum. I will keep trying, even if my mind burns like hellfire and my hands are bloodied upon my keyboard. I will find discussion value in all things.

Farewell, noble poster. I shall see you again in the halls of Valhalla!

That's the spirit! Keep that up and you'll get around nicely around here.

OT: The Escapist has been the only constant for me since I joined also. It would be nice if I could actualy think of things that are actualy funny/helpful like you good sir have seem to done.

 

[Sassafrass]

Congrats on three years. Have a song from me to you.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Congrats on three years. Have a song from me to you.

I take your song and I am honored.

 

[BlueInkAlchemist]

Cheers.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Cheers.

*Raises drink*

Cheers.

 

[Vault101]

well..congrats

Ive been here I think 1 year now (and more posts ) and yeah, Ive gotten rather attachted to the place as well

 

[Phlakes]

I might have to rip this off steal this idea try this out sometime. I always feel so much wiser than I was in my old internet days, when I actually paid attention to suggested videos on Youtube and thought an image URL was the path from my hard drive.

Although that was long before I joined this site, but still.

 

[Sassafrass]

Congrats on three years. Have a song from me to you.

I take your song and I am honored.

No problems.

And seeing as this seems to be a reminiscing thread, I'm gonna post my thoughts on my two and a bit years here, just 'cos.
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At times, it's been fun. At times, it's been hell.

I've made friends, made "enemies" for lack of a better word to describe it, had my mental health discussed on a thread about Halo[footnote]And if the person who remembers starting that chat reads this, fuck you.[/footnote] seen much pointless bickering over pointless things and many users come and go for various reasons.

I've seen Mods smack down on trolls hard, I've also seen Mods smack down on innocent posts hard as well. I've seen people talking shit about one of my user groups on the sister forum to this site, I've heard many rumours about what goes on behind the scenes, some of it good, some of it bad. I've seen users plea for a second chance, I've seen users ban-jump about 7 times in a week just for the shits and giggles.

Overall...it's been fun but a pain in the ass most of the time. You've, as a community, made me wanna strangle you through my computer screen because, lets face it, sometimes we are a bunch of morons when it comes to matters (MLP and CoD to name just two, anyone?) and we do have a smugness that radiates from this place sometimes. I'm only here now for the friends I've made and to kill my ample spare time.

So...yeah, that's my thoughts on my time here so far.
We'll see where we stand on the 24th October August, 2012.
If I even get to that date.

No one saw my mess up my join date then. <_<