A warm welcome to Lizzy F620 and Brandon Morse!

[shrekfan246]

(Snip).

"How things work"? Who decided that was how things should work? I didn't. Was it you?

I think you're reading a bit much into my words there. For one thing, I didn't say it's how it should work. For another thing, cynicism has been the bread and butter of The Escapist forums since before I joined. It was endemic to the atmosphere because many of the people were originally brought here by Yahtzee, and naturally they enjoyed and tried to emulate his cynical misanthropy.

It's not a question of how the forums should or could be, it's a statement of fact about how they have been.

OT: This is the title of the thread: 'A warm welcome to Lizzy F620 and Brandon Morse!'

Anyone who finds it unbearably difficult to manage giving someone a decent greeting can keep their sarky remarks to themselves and go and sulk in their echo chamber until they remember how to interact with other human beings again. Nobody needs to hear your contempt for the new staff just because you hadn't even heard of them before GamerGate. If you can't stand the way The Escapist is going, feel free to leave and spare everyone your constant cheap cynicism and negativity. It won't be missed. In fact, you'll be doing people a favour.

Also, you don't actually extend a warm welcome, yourself. You spend all of your time instead chastising people in a very negative way for their perceived negativity.

For all of my own cynicism, I at least extended my well wishes to the new blood.

 

[Josh123914]

Well this thread has done a terrible job in answering one simple question regarding Lizzie and Brandon:

Hopefully there'll be something official written up on them soon.

 

[Hazy992]

Welcome, welcome.

I guess I didn't realise that when people said that the site was going to be less political, they just meant "GamerGate Approved" politics.

I'm absolutely shocked at such an accusation, and I'd ask you to keep such inflammatory comments to yourself ma'am.

Is this the part where I dig up loads of out of context tweets?

I can't Twitter very well. :/

Who needs evidence when you have an agenda? That's just common sense

 

[IceForce]

Don't worry guys. If the new talent is not up to snuff, we can just start reposting out-of-context tweets until they get fired.

 

[Barbas]

(Snip).

*Rolls eyes*. See page 1, shrek. Windups don't belong here.

 

[The Bucket]

Well this thread has done a terrible job in answering one simple question regarding Lizzie and Brandon:

Hopefully there'll be something official written up on them soon.

I second this. Are they doing video series or articles or what?

 

[Bizzaro Stormy]

Do the responses on this thread remind anyone else of a kid who has declared he hates the dish he has never tried before? I can honestly say that these two new employees will be the best the Escapist has ever had, the worst they have ever had, or somewhere in the middle. I just hope they're upbeat. We have ZP for cynical and curmudgeonly humor. The site has needed a shot of sunshine since Lisa left.

 

[sky14kemea]

When making a thread, please provide context and information.

And you, yes you. When replying to a thread, please don't be a jerkwad.