Celebrate old Escapists! The war against the newbies has been won!

[Barbas]

Commissar Barbs I hereby order you to take these recent joiners to the basement for reeducation. Its the inevitable victory of the science of old joiners.

Hmmmmm. I could always just say they were ban jumpers later. However, we no longer do such things. That was the old days, funnily enough - a couple of years before you joined. I understand that the standard practice for most offences was a ban notice that appeared in your inbox reading "GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!"

Personally I have nothing against the old nor new users. If anything, it's all about their beliefs, personality, and agenda that matters to me. A poster with only one post can be more modest & sincere about gaming then someone with 30k posts whom belittles, insults, and fights people over nothing. So take what you will of that.

Surprisingly often that such is the case.

As a new guy, I wasn't aware this was a thing, but now I have been informed that I lost a war.... of some kind...

Now I'm depressed.

Don't be, you're standing here. Congratulations - you won!

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

I'm pretty sure most of the new users make a bee-line straight to Game Industry Discussion. I'm curious what the makeup would be in there, I imagine it'd be about 50/50

I resent that. Just because I'm a rogue doesn't mean I take anything that isn't nailed down.

...it also has to be shiny!

Nails can be shiny. And they're typically not nailed down. Plus, taking them often adds to the set of things that aren't nailed down

 

[Barbas]

Yeah, but is it active at least?

Not as active as the Escapist itself. Doesn't go by the site's name - that'd be rather odd for a SubReddit, anyway.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

Joke's on you, I dodged the draft

As a wise man once said, Fuck the Draft

I think we can all learn a thing or two from that

 

[Barbas]

Joke's on you, I dodged the draft

As a wise man once said, Fuck the Draft

I think we can all learn a thing or two from that

Bah, back in my day we used to say "Fuck Bill Taft!"

 

[vallorn]

Yeah, but is it active at least?

Not as active as the Escapist itself. Doesn't go by the site's name - that'd be rather odd for a SubReddit, anyway.

Huh, I didn't know /r/KotakuInAction was the subreddit for these forums. But bah, who uses subreddits anyway, get yourself an 8chan board daddy-o and be hip n jive with the cool dawgs!

(This post is the result of too much coffee and a warped sense of humour, it is not meant to be taken seriously.)

 

[Something Amyss]

Nails can be shiny. And they're typically not nailed down. Plus, taking them often adds to the set of things that aren't nailed down

I am shocked and offended at this insistence that I'm some kind of common thief! Just for that, I'm not giving your watch back!

 

[Battenberg]

It used to try and ban its only customers for life for what are, realistically, normally fairly minor infractions. For example my original banpost wouldn't be against the rules of most forums. Hell looking back even my most controversial posts were more polite than Tumblr and Twitter.

The Escapist probably needs to look at whether it really wants to be banning the few people it already has that want to come back.

Yeah... "used to". I mean I know they said they don't care if they get banned but was there actually any real reason to do so? (Don't worry, that's rhetorical, I know what happens when anyone attempts to hold any kind of serious debate about moderation)

On topic of course there's not a whole lot of new members. the Escapist has been hemorhagging talent badly the last year or to the point where Yahtzee is pretty much the only thing drawing people here at all. That aside were there seriously people so focused on everyone else's join dates? Seems like a ridiculous thing to make any kind of fuss about.

 

[Something Amyss]

Well shit. You guys are fighting me? BULLIES! YOU'RE ALL BULLIES!

You totally started it by invading our space!

But really, what was the point of this thread? To shake your cane at the kids skateboarding in the street? I've seen no animosity against people strictly because they're new. Am I missing something?

I thought the intent was light-hearted. Granted, people have been talking more serious and so I have as well, but I'm not sure the intent was really cane shaking. So much as fake cane shaking.

Wait, why am I explaining myself to you? GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

[Something Amyss]

You totally started it by invading our space!

Now, can we share or...

[/quote]

Oh, don't even go there. I know Artie's weak point: PR!

That's just senility talking, oldie. You've lost the ability to discern sincerity from satire.

It's true. I also can't drive without the left blinker on.

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

I am shocked and offended at this insistence that I'm some kind of common thief! Just for that, I'm not giving your watch back!

Even after I sandpapered it and nailed it to my wrist! I thought you lived by a code

 

[Something Amyss]

I am shocked and offended at this insistence that I'm some kind of common thief! Just for that, I'm not giving your watch back!

Even after I sandpapered it and nailed it to my wrist! I thought you lived by a code

You call that a nail? It was a thumbtack at best! I am well within my code!

 

[Vigormortis]

Did you know that every year The Escapist is dying? It's true! Every year someone starts posting threads that are all doom-and-gloom about "No new posters will ever come!" or "All the old, decent posters have left!" or "This site's going down hill and losing it's content!".

It was like that in 2007 when I first joined this site. It was that way last year. It's shaping up to be the same this year. It'll be the same next year, assuming the site survives until late 2016.

The Escapist is dying. Long live The Escapist.

 

[Superlative]

Did you know that every year The Escapist is dying? It's true! Every year someone starts posting threads that are all doom-and-gloom about "No new posters will ever come!" or "All the old, decent posters have left!" or "This site's going down hill and losing it's content!".

It was like that in 2007 when I first joined this site. It was that way last year. It's shaping up to be the same this year. It'll be the same next year, assuming the site survives until late 2016.

The Escapist is dying. Long live The Escapist.

I wouldn't get scared until the parent company sells/drops the site. Then we'er screwed. As of now the site seems to make enough money to cover expenses...or at least people think it will be able to and are willing to take the hit. Even with the crap tier ads.

As things are now, the problems are still fixable; all you have to do is get a ton of new awesome vid producers to make stuff only for The Escapist...or at least have a sizeable delay between putting vids on youtube.

The funny thing is, Jim and Extra Credits are doing way better now that they're off the site.

 

[Neonit]

SNIP

I'm sorry, what did you say newbie? You'll have to speak up, my old ears aren't what they used to be....

In my experience escapist is the quintessential gamer. It dies every year. So i guess that makes us zombies.

Anyways, i heard that to the victor go the spoils, so where is my booty?