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Paperboy  Posts: 47 Joined: 25 Sep 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1678 Joined: 2 Jan 2008     | I used to enjoy posting here for the intelligent conversation... unfortunately, the quality of new members seems to be declining. Or maybe it's just that I've seen just about every topic posted and reposted to death. Nowadays, I like to come here to troll. |
On the Record  Posts: 5704 Joined: 24 Apr 2008     | I was on two other forums when i joined here, it quickly killed the other two (i no longer visit them) for its excellent features and reasonable users. Also, i foresaw badges in the wind and decided to pre-empt their arrival. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1682 Joined: 22 Apr 2008    | It feels safer here... |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 573 Joined: 12 Aug 2008    | Arguing with people who know what I'm talking about. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008    | Actual people talking back. Not just those things that swear constantly, can't spell and have nothing to bring to the table conversation and argument wise. EDIT: Fixed the spelling errors that almost destroyed the internet. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1474 Joined: 10 Sep 2008    | the almost non-existence of lolcat and related picture threads clogging up the forums unlike other forums that I visit. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4140 Joined: 27 Apr 2008  | I love the Escapist, the conversations are intelligent, the people are nice and genuinely helpful and have interesting things to say.
Agreed. More than half of the recent recruits can't be bothered to spell words right and use lolspeak instead. Many of them seem to be subtly(or otherwise) trolling our forums and staying under the radar |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3350 Joined: 3 Apr 2008     | It's one of the last bastions of internet sanity.... Now if that isn't an oxymoron |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4140 Joined: 27 Apr 2008 |
Ironyyyyyyy |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008   | Intelligent discussion, mostly. That, and great humour. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1584 Joined: 5 May 2008    | Before coming here I posted on GameFAQs for a reasonably long time. I stumbled across The Escapist after seeing quite a few people on GameFAQs mention Yahtzee. So I checked it out and after watching a few videos I noticed the "What's New" box on the page and some of the topics seemed interesting so I checked them out. I was impressed by the literacy of most of the members and the intelligence and maturity they all seemed to display and I joined. Have since stopped posting on GameFAQs. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2835 Joined: 12 May 2008   |
I blame Zero Punctuation. They seem to think we iz the yahtee fan club. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 468 Joined: 8 Apr 2008  |
replace "faqs" with "trailers" and pretty much my story |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008 |
This would be an example of someone not bringing anything to the table. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4140 Joined: 27 Apr 2008 |
Chill. It was a joke. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2932 Joined: 16 Aug 2008    | I do enjoy the escapist. The variety of people and topics keep my interested. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 997 Joined: 4 Sep 2008  | I gotta say, I love the people here. I go to the Halo 3 forums on bungie.net basiacally to troll now. I may start an argument for the sake of arguing, especially if they are way wrong. I decided to come here for intelligent conversation and some funny topics. I love the customer is always wrong thread. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008 |
No, you chill!!! Just letting myself be an example of what you might find on other threads. Minus the collection of letter that look like this, "OMG" "WTF" "liek" "n00b" and so on, oh and minus the personal insults. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4706 Joined: 9 Jul 2008 |
Funny, that's almost my story to the letter. The exception is that GameFAQS is better for individual games, so I still go there for that, but this is my primary forum. Thank god for yahtzee, not because he's funny (in fact, he's in decline now), but because he got my attention so I found this site. I like to think I'm better than the other "New Yahtzee Recruits" (Oh, that's actually good. Hm... NYR, we could use that) :) |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008 |
I came for Yahtzee but i stayed for the forums. I looked at the titles thought these sound interesting, I got a nice shock with the type of language used and people on here, then came the best shock of all idiots being banned for being idiots and so I joined. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2736 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 | The Escapist: trolls don't last long here. But in all seriousness, I like it here because the members can talk without freaking out, breaking the English language, and can talk about things that aren't videogames. That last bit is important. |
Paperboy Posts: 47 Joined: 25 Sep 2008 |
I confess, if it wasn't for Yahtzee I probably wouldn't have ended up on this website. At least any sooner. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 417 Joined: 20 Dec 2007  | I used to enjoy it before the new member floods came and the percent of The Escapist that used "lol" (when used like so:"Tahts kool lol") was around 10-20% now its about half but its still better than elsewhere. |
BANNED  Posts: 599 Joined: 10 Oct 2008    | Awesome threads intelligent people and above all else ZERO PUNCTUATION BIATCH!! I am truly amazed that this forum is not over saturated with sheer stupidity and that is why I love it. As a New Member I can only hope that I exceed all of you veteran's low expectations, and I believe anyone seriously using the phrase "lol" should be gassed, or shot, or stabbed. Tahts kool lol!!! User was banned for: Your.Name.Here Presents: Perma-Ban, the Thread!. (Permanent) |
On the Record Posts: 5704 Joined: 24 Apr 2008 |
Proof, you don't have to be a new user to be unsavory. Why do it Ivory? Really, why? |
Paperboy Posts: 47 Joined: 25 Sep 2008 |
*Hangs his head in shame.* |
Paperboy  Posts: 15 Joined: 11 Sep 2008   | I enjoy the main articles (esp. the fictions) too much to not comment on them myself. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1913 Joined: 15 Jun 2008   | I was drawn in by Zero Punctuation (like many of us) and was bored enough one day to join up. I'm staying because the populace of this forum is unlike that of any I've ever seen (ie. for the most part tolerant, literate and fairly intelligent). I'm still in awe over the fact that this forum only needs 2 moderators to maintain the peace. The last one I went to had at least 20 from across the world (meaning that there'd be at least one online at any given moment... most of the time) and they still couldn't prevent it slipping into madness. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4269 Joined: 13 Aug 2008 |
No, no shame for you! Ignore Ivory Agent, he's the escapist's resident grouch. Like Oscar. Why the escapist? It was free to join, and the people here are awesome. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2735 Joined: 5 Aug 2008  |
Yeah same here. I come here for the lack of idiots, and being surrounded by all these smart people make me feel smart.
OK, was that really necessary? |
BANNED  Posts: 829 Joined: 9 Aug 2008  |
I'm pretty new, actually. User was banned for: Half-wits to the left of me, Wankers to the right. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1111 Joined: 14 Aug 2008   | I too found this site through zero punctuation, and Unforgotten Realms as well, which a friend showed me, as well as the chronicles of blood ninja, but that stuff is far far too vulgar for me to talk about here. I too noticed an interesting thread title, and decided to join in. I also am on the CBSsportsline message boards, (BIGTIME broncos fan!) |
Section Editor  Posts: 275 Joined: 11 Jan 2008 |
Don't jinx it, man! |
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Honestly, I've never gotten into forums quite as much as I would've liked. Currently, I'm an English major and I figure a message board is a great outlet for me to talk about games and whatnot and still get to write for enjoyment. My question is this: why do you enjoy posting on the Escapist forums?
My reasoning might be silly, but the emphasis on grammar touched the grammar Nazi in me so that was probably one of the biggest pulls. That and from most of the posts I've seen on other forums, this strikes me as the most intelligent crowd.