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Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 806 Joined: 13 Mar 2009    | Badges are like achievements (X360) or trophies (PS3). Welcome to the Escapist |
On the Record  Posts: 6495 Joined: 11 Jul 2009     | "Badges" are simple rewards for doing things. Also: I am IdealistCommi, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? "No" Says the man at Ebay, "it belongs to the poor". "No" says the Man at religioustolerance.org, "it belongs to God". "No" says the man at Youtube, "it belongs to everyone". I rejected those answers. Instead; I chose something different. I chose the Impossible. I chose. The Escapist. With a forum where the opinionated would not fear the censor (within reason), where the Moderators would not be bound by petty morality, where the Gone Gonzo would not be constrained by the troll. And with the ache of your fingers (and perhaps a new keyboard), The Escapist can be yours as well... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3300 Joined: 10 Oct 2008    | What he said about badges. Welcome to the Escapist and forums in general. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 879 Joined: 31 Aug 2009   | Just silly rewards. And welcome to the escapist! Before you venture into the World of the Escapist, please read this! http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.116827 Enjoy your stay :P |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2872 Joined: 23 Apr 2009     | Welcome to the Escapist |
PROBATION  Posts: 2202 Joined: 13 May 2009   | I was new once. Ah heady days. Seriously though. Just read the forum rules as they are helpful, avoid being a bastard/bitch and look after your grammer. Badges are little awards you get for doing stuff on here. You get ones for posting lots and making threads and stuff. User was put on probation for: Only in Japan could this happen. (3 days) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1839 Joined: 27 Dec 2008   | Welcome to The Escapist. It's a bulging community with hundreds of threads made at an almost constant pace. Badges are little "awards" earned from achieving goals. Like 1000posts gets you a badge and so on. Have fun here. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 421 Joined: 17 Feb 2009    | Hello and Welcome! Get some badges from filling in your profile and adding an Avatar :) There is a list of all badges available somewhere...Enjoy your stay. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3572 Joined: 8 Feb 2009   | IdealistCommi is my boy. You fuck with him, you fuck with me and my army of ligers with fedoras. Also, you best know what a fedora is. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 981 Joined: 26 Jun 2009  | Welcome, and don't break the rules or we will break you ^^ Just kidding... no I'm not. Easy way to get your first badge is to get an avatar or watching some videos. It will take about a day for a badge to load, so be patient. Once again, welcome, and you won't expect us if you break the rules Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition.... |
On the Record  Posts: 5151 Joined: 18 Mar 2009   |
That's basically it. You get them for doing certain things on the forum. There's really no point in hunting them down though, so just forget about them. You'll get most of them by accident anyways. And welcome to the Escapist. Just read the Forum Guidelines and have a good time. |
On the Record Posts: 6495 Joined: 11 Jul 2009 |
Well, I feel glad about that! |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 932 Joined: 29 Dec 2008 | Right lads! Get the lube. It's time for initiation... |
Muckraker  Posts: 277 Joined: 11 Aug 2009   | as I would say if i met you at a party. "hey, whats good bro" welcome. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1732 Joined: 1 May 2008     |
Of the two, shouldn't he be worried about the Ligers? Oh, by law I'm required to tell you about the smell under the stairs. Rumor is that it's a pit full of trolls slain by Max... You'll get to know Max if you're around for any period of time. |
Muckraker Posts: 277 Joined: 11 Aug 2009 |
fedoras are overrated. porkpies are cooler. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1485 Joined: 6 Sep 2008   | Welcome. If you have any questions about how The Escapist operates, please do not make threads but instead contact a moderator or even another user with any questions you may have. Take the time to read the rules, which are stickied at the top of the page. Remember, you don't have to feel pressured to jump right in, it is alright to lurk and get a general feel for the forums before venturing to make threads. Please use the search bar, watch your grammar and spelling, and the cookies are in the next room next to the dancing koala bear. |
On the Record  Posts: 6452 Joined: 24 Apr 2008  | Welcome to the Escapist, Will! We don't really like intro threads here, as we have an official thread you can do that in... somewhere... i'll go and dig it up someday, but no harm done anyway. Please stop by and read the forum guidelines, and then get out there and enjoy yourself! If you wanted to learn about badges, the stickies at the top of the Off-Topic section can help you out as well as point you in the direction of our funnest places, people, contests, quizzes and sexy, sexy moderators. EDIT: You ninja'd my lock, I think that's worth 10 points. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1208 Joined: 30 Mar 2009  | Hey dude how's it going? When writing posts punctuation and correct use of grammar is important. OH! I highly recommend that you read the forum guidelines to prevent the ban hammer laying a smack-down on you ass. |
Extremely new. Like, this is my first time ever being on ANY forum. I get the basic concept- post, comment. But theres something called "badges"? What are those? Any way, I guesse I'm just saying hi.