It's okay, we all have our moments. I feel very welcome at the Escapist, but I am not really getting into much of the interactions. XDMonkfish Acc. said:
Did you lurk before joining The Escapist?
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I lurked for a long time, got bored and decided to sign up. But I rarely post anywhere, only if it interests me.
I was lurking for awhile, watching ZP and reading the occasional thread. Then I decided to comment one day. Thus, I have a stupid username because I thought of it in only a few minutes and had just been watching YouTube Poop.
I hung around the escapist for about a year before joining. I remember I joined because I was sick of not saying anything on the forums.
Yeah; for a while i mainly just watched Zero Punctuation and checked out the occasional forum thread.
I was apart of another site that was lowly dieing. seriously. there was only like 3 people other than me. and 1 of the members was a complete jerkbag to me. she threatened to kill me once or twice.
after deciding i needed a healthier community I went searching for other video game forums.
I was introduced to Yahtzee at first by my older brother. I lurked around escapist just watching zero punctuation until I saw how great a forum community you guys had to compared the graveyard i was apart of. thus, here I am!
after deciding i needed a healthier community I went searching for other video game forums.
I was introduced to Yahtzee at first by my older brother. I lurked around escapist just watching zero punctuation until I saw how great a forum community you guys had to compared the graveyard i was apart of. thus, here I am!
I lurked for a while after discovering ZP, then registered and began rapid-fire posting so as not to look like a boob, which resulted in me not getting a welcome post.
Yup. I didn't lurk for long, probably only about a month and that would only be on Wednesdays when I came here for ZP but eventually I must have found a topic that interested me enough so I figured I would join.
That's because they don't happen anymore.Mr. Elemenopee said:
Most of the older members have moved on. Threads stay on the straight and narrow. Ones that don't rerail are locked. The people who are friends and constantly pal it up are labelled egotistical pricks, circle-jerking left, right and centre. The Escapist is far too SRS for in-jokes and pointless fun. We must all remain respectable and proper.
It has, most likely, always been like this. I'm just feeling the effects now because all the starry-eyed nonsense has long passed.
And by "long", I mean since like two months after I joined.
Hopefully it lasts longer for you.
Well thanks for being a lil' more optimistic towards my future (no sarcasm). Well, whatever happens, happens. Well I'm still a newbie so hopefully it'll be a while till I'm cynical because I realize that the things you are saying will probably be true for me too. But I like to hope against that idea.Monkfish Acc. said:
What do you mean, before joining. I still lurk upon occasion, mainly because I will rarely find a reason for me to write. One day, I did. So I joined, and haven't really found a reason to write often still.
Good job on causing me to do so. XD
Good job on causing me to do so. XD
If watching ZP counts then roughly a month of lurking, if not then something like 5 minutes of lurking.
Not really. I came here to watch the videos and read the articles before I joined, but during that time I didn't spend any time on the forums. Shortly before I decided to join, I did lurk for a short time just to see what the general mood and level of discourse was but I wouldn't call that lurking so much as just seeing if it was worth my time.