What brought you to the Escapist?

[NegaWiki]

I was tired of immature forums and my brother told me about some forum on the same site as Zero Punctuation that didn't rely on dick jokes. I started lurking and eventually made an account. Been fun.

 

[Spitfire]

I was bored and reading excerpts from reviews of this "little known" game that I really liked, called Portal.
Pretty much everything was written in your typical formal reviewer-speak, until I read something written by this dude called Yahtzee, who described the game as being "the most fun you'll have with your PC until they invent a force-feedback codpiece". I was intrigued.
I read some more quotes by this guy, and before long I started watching his show on The Escapist. From then on, I lurked on the forums for a while, until I finally made an account. And here I am.

 

[TimeLord]

I remember the day vividly.

The escapist was in turmoil, millions were dying everyday, it was terrible.

I watched from the heavens, unable to help my children, the rights of my summoning had not been completed.

When suddenly, a lone poster cried out in desperation, 'Daystar! Save us!'.

And then it was so.

I descended from the heavens, bathed in etheral light, and saved you all.


You're welcome.

And lo did Daystar decend from the heavens and screw up everything!

The mortals demanded he return to the plane of existence from whence he came. But refuse he did for his task was not yet done.

His true purpose is unknown to the lowers but one thing is sure.

The Escapist will burn.

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

I remember the day vividly.

The escapist was in turmoil, millions were dying everyday, it was terrible.

I watched from the heavens, unable to help my children, the rights of my summoning had not been completed.

When suddenly, a lone poster cried out in desperation, 'Daystar! Save us!'.

And then it was so.

I descended from the heavens, bathed in etheral light, and saved you all.


You're welcome.

Those four days I was here before you were so bleak... So cold...

OT: A friend showed me Yahtzee's "SSBB" review, followed by his response video. I thought it was funny, so I stayed.

 

[Agow95]

used to use it for Urealms, nothing else really, when Urealms left I came back a year later after finding a link to ZP's Saints row 2 review (on a forum on Urealms website funnily enough) and then I decided to make this account

 

[Owlslayer]

Can`t remember what episode it was, but my older brother showed me one of Yahtzee`s reviews, and it made me laugh quite hard. SO i started checking the site more frequently, and eventually started lurking the forums. After a while of doing that, i decided to make a user.
And voila, here i am.
good times.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I remember the day vividly.

The escapist was in turmoil, millions were dying everyday, it was terrible.

I watched from the heavens, unable to help my children, the rights of my summoning had not been completed.

When suddenly, a lone poster cried out in desperation, 'Daystar! Save us!'.

And then it was so.

I descended from the heavens, bathed in etheral light, and saved you all.


You're welcome.

And lo did Daystar decend from the heavens and screw up everything!

The mortals demanded he return to the plane of existence from whence he came. But refuse he did for his task was not yet done.

His true purpose is unknown to the lowers but one thing is sure.

The Escapist will burn.

Imagine the damage I could do if I had some actual power...

*eyes up TimeLord's moderator status*

 

[anthony87]

I remember the day vividly.

The escapist was in turmoil, millions were dying everyday, it was terrible.

I watched from the heavens, unable to help my children, the rights of my summoning had not been completed.

When suddenly, a lone poster cried out in desperation, 'Daystar! Save us!'.

And then it was so.

I descended from the heavens, bathed in etheral light, and saved you all.


You're welcome.

And lo did Daystar decend from the heavens and screw up everything!

The mortals demanded he return to the plane of existence from whence he came. But refuse he did for his task was not yet done.

His true purpose is unknown to the lowers but one thing is sure.

The Escapist will burn.

Imagine the damage I could do if I had some actual power...

*eyes up TimeLord's moderator status*

Good lord!

It'd be like the beginning of Okami where everything is all black and white and lifeless!

 

[doomspore98]

A friend showed me unforgotten realms. Thats when I first learned about the escapist, then I promptly forgot about it until I found a ZP video.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I remember the day vividly.

The escapist was in turmoil, millions were dying everyday, it was terrible.

I watched from the heavens, unable to help my children, the rights of my summoning had not been completed.

When suddenly, a lone poster cried out in desperation, 'Daystar! Save us!'.

And then it was so.

I descended from the heavens, bathed in etheral light, and saved you all.


You're welcome.

And lo did Daystar decend from the heavens and screw up everything!

The mortals demanded he return to the plane of existence from whence he came. But refuse he did for his task was not yet done.

His true purpose is unknown to the lowers but one thing is sure.

The Escapist will burn.

Imagine the damage I could do if I had some actual power...

*eyes up TimeLord's moderator status*

Good lord!

It'd be like the beginning of Okami where everything is all black and white and lifeless!

What, and I have the Ammy avatar for the sake of irony?

Nah, I'm not the bad. I wouldn't mind being a mod though, sounds like a fun job.

 

[chadachada123]

I feel like my answer is going to be like most others here. Ended up watching a Zero Punctuation review, then watched every one of his reviews, and stuck around. Got an account and...the rest is history.

 

[anthony87]

What, and I have the Ammy avatar for the sake of irony?

Nah, I'm not the bad. I wouldn't mind being a mod though, sounds like a fun job.

Ammy?

Avatar?

AMMYTAR!!!!

I dunno if I could remain impartial enough to be a mod. I'd see a post that annoyed me but doesn't actually break any rules and I'd want to get all....modular on it.

Captcha: No Way

.....Is captcha giving me a sarcastic "no way"? I swear that thing is becoming sentient.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

What, and I have the Ammy avatar for the sake of irony?

Nah, I'm not the bad. I wouldn't mind being a mod though, sounds like a fun job.

Ammy?

Avatar?

AMMYTAR!!!!

I dunno if I could remain impartial enough to be a mod. I'd see a post that annoyed me but doesn't actually break any rules and I'd want to get all....modular on it.

Captcha: No Way

.....Is captcha giving me a sarcastic "no way"? I swear that thing is becoming sentient.

That was bad and you should feel bad.

Well I was a law student, so impartiality is a trait I consider one of my strong points.

 

[renegade7]

Well I'd been coming onto the Escapist for nothing more than Zero Punctuation for about 8 months I think. I started reading it more when I began following the California/Supreme Court Videogame thing since they seemed to have the best coverage (that and Game Politics).

Also I started coming here for the gaming news when I started to hate IGN and the occasional tech article really roped me in.

EDIT: Also, 100th

 

[hashtag]

I started watching ZP on youtube and then when he moved here, I watched for years before I, eventually, decided to stop putting it off and make an account. Was a lot of procrastination.

 

[Danny91]

I came here to watch "There Will Be Brawl"

Anyone else remember that? I feel so lonely...

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Saw Zero Punctuation on Youtube VIA Somethingawful. Followed him to Escapist when he came here. Only registered recently because I decided I needed another forum to argue with people on.

 

[KingofallCosmos]

I clicked on stuff, basically.

Ow, this seemed like a forum I could actually comprehend, communicate with even.

 

[JaceArveduin]

Like a few others I came for Doraleous. A friend linked me. I later came back to finish it off, and got hooked on going through Shamus Plays (both LotRO and WoW) I didn't have internet at home at the time, but I eventually came back once I had it and started watching the other stuff, like ZP and Bob.

 

[S.N.N.]

I was introduced to Yahtzee several years ago, and I've basically been following him/the site since then (like most others, I guess). Never really bothered with registering on the forums until recently though.