Goodbye

[enzilewulf]

Heh, A lot of users on here are guilty of being elitist, granted, but its not all of us. The Escapist can be a great place. There is its flaws though. If your religious and come here, well prepare your self for a nice religious bashing. I don't even look or comment in those threads because the level of stupidly intolerant is just so overwhelming. Also, if your Grammar isn't up to par then I hope you have a nice flame shield because your about to be fucked up the ass by Grammar Nazi's.

When though you do find some one who isn't like that, then it makes you love the forums. There is a unique sense of intelligence that is here that no other sites give to me. When it comes to debating every user here knows how to, and usually has a legit claim with evidence. Even though there is much bile, this place is awesome. Every one knows how to debate, give logic, and there is always some nice threads here and there that make me love the community ever more.

OP, I think you just got the first paragraph, which is unfortunate. The Escapist at times can be very unforgiving, yet at others, it can make you feel very satisfied with yourself and the others around you.

~Well farewell mate.

Eh, my 20-something post count doesn't really qualify me to speak.

But I will anyways, because I can.

LISTEN UP NOOB.

No, just playing. A little thing from me to you though is your post count here doesn't matter. Any one can go learn the rules and be as educated about the forums as the posting vets. Your post count doesn't mean you have a "lesser place" in the community. We all take your argument and comments as much as we would any one else.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

I like how you're talking about it like it's our fault. Like you're entitled to having us read your posts. You could just make it, you know, interesting. Make me want to read it. If the author can't draw a reader in- if he or she is boring you, than he or she is doing it wrong.

 

[Hookman]

You seem to have confused the Escapist with people who actually care. I don't post on here to get replies all the time I post on here because this is a sight full of funny, intelligent people and is one of the best forums on the web. Just because you're post isn't quoted or replied to doesn't mean its ignored. If you're that desperate to get noticed then go outside and talk to people face-to-face!

That being said, its always sad to see someone leave the site for whatever reason. I hope you find more recognition on the forum you try next.

 

[Dwarfman]

It occurred to me that for me posting threads and commenting on threads here is no longer an "uplifting" experience. You see when I pour my heart and soul into a post and nobody responds (most likely because it is a wall of text and nobody bothered to read it, or because it was decently written/didn't have any typos so they couldn't make fun of it.) it makes me feel like crap. There have been several times when I feel like I made a serious contribution to a thread and then nobody replies to me.

There are also times when I post something that wasn't very long in the hopes that somebody will actually read it, and then I get four replies picking it apart and calling me stupid, because I didn't write a wall of text to explain/support/prove my point/opinion. I am sick of seeing that I have four replies and knowing that most if not all of them are negative, and then feeling crappy and not wanting to read them. That isn't how forums should work, but maybe that is just my idealism kicking in.

The worst time is that on the Every time I have felt concerned for somebody, and posted to them voicing my concern about whatever they had posted about; they never responded. When I show that I care, and that there is another person on the other side of the monitor, I get shut down. That sucks. Plain and simple

I would like to imagine that someone will read this and then look through my past posts and try to figure out what drove me to this point, but nobody will. Or that they will look through my badges and wonder what kind of person I am, but nobody will. What will probably happen is that as you are reading this if you even did, you will think "well there goes another pussy that couldn't take it. Good riddance."

Nobody cares anymore, maybe they never did, either way idealists like myself can't exist in an environment where nobody cares. So goodbye. Ill stick around for ZP and Movie Bob, but I'll never post again. In conclusion I am leaving because Posing is no longer a positive and uplifting experience, because the few times I get a positive/encouraging response are overwhelmed by all the times I get ignored/ridiculed, and because I have come to believe that the vast majority of you no longer care enough to look for the person behind the monitor.

tl;dr
This was for me, not for you, respond if you like I won't read it. Goodbye escapist forums, I won't miss you. The last interaction I will have with you is when the mods delete this thread. This will be my 129th post. To all the other idealists out there (you know who you are) Stay strong, and never stop caring or hoping. Now I'll sat it one last time... Goodbye.

Wow and I thought I had issues...

Ya know I should say something sympathetic or nice but I'm not here.

Not everyone has the time or inclination to respond to everything they see. I contribute to threads as does everybody else. A heck of a lot more than the OP if the Post.#### have anything to say. Can't speak for everyone but I know that very, very few of my deep and meaningful posts have ever been replied to. Some times I wonder if anybody actually bothered reading them or if anyone found them helpful or insightful or stupid. In the end of the day however I take my teaspoon of cement, harden the fuck up and get on with my day.

People do not have - literally do not have - the time to reply or react to every little thing that happens around them. They have jobs. They have assignments. They have lives. Whilst I'm sure someone may feel a twinge of emotion as they read a sypmthetic note or insightful footnote from yourself or someone else, that doesn't mean they're going to drop everything and put their universe on hold for your sakes. Or anybody elses.

This does not make them bad or apathetic people and lumping either myself or my fellow escapists in such a catagory is both hypocritical and insulting. You claim to say that 'the vast majority of us no longer care enough to look for the person behind the monitor'. It is clearly obvious that niether do you, if you don't understand the concept that not everyone feels the need or inclination to pour their heart and soul into a computer monitor everyday.

I joined the Escapist as an effort to socially interact with people - as I'm sure you did - who I probably would never, see, meet or socialise with in a 'real' environment. By reading and writing on these forums I do just that. If people reply - positively or negatively - then amazing, excellent. If people don't, well I guess they have other things to do with THIER lives. Having read your pompous and self-righteous footnote, I'm aware you probably won't read or even reply to this deep and meaningful reply, to your deep and meaningful self martydom. I can only advise you to get off your high horse. The multi-verse does not revolv around you.

This will be my 700th post. And editors permitting I plan on writing more.

 

[White_Lama]

Well bye then person I've never seen before and never will see again

 

[JoesshittyOs]

"Personally for me" is redundant. You're saying the same thing twice.

I like to clarify.

I enjoy making myself clear.

=D Get it? See what I did?

 

[Anthony Wells]

It occurred to me that for me posting threads and commenting on threads here is no longer an "uplifting" experience. You see when I pour my heart and soul into a post and nobody responds (most likely because it is a wall of text and nobody bothered to read it, or because it was decently written/didn't have any typos so they couldn't make fun of it.) it makes me feel like crap. There have been several times when I feel like I made a serious contribution to a thread and then nobody replies to me.

There are also times when I post something that wasn't very long in the hopes that somebody will actually read it, and then I get four replies picking it apart and calling me stupid, because I didn't write a wall of text to explain/support/prove my point/opinion. I am sick of seeing that I have four replies and knowing that most if not all of them are negative, and then feeling crappy and not wanting to read them. That isn't how forums should work, but maybe that is just my idealism kicking in.

The worst time is that on the Every time I have felt concerned for somebody, and posted to them voicing my concern about whatever they had posted about; they never responded. When I show that I care, and that there is another person on the other side of the monitor, I get shut down. That sucks. Plain and simple

I would like to imagine that someone will read this and then look through my past posts and try to figure out what drove me to this point, but nobody will. Or that they will look through my badges and wonder what kind of person I am, but nobody will. What will probably happen is that as you are reading this if you even did, you will think "well there goes another pussy that couldn't take it. Good riddance."

Nobody cares anymore, maybe they never did, either way idealists like myself can't exist in an environment where nobody cares. So goodbye. Ill stick around for ZP and Movie Bob, but I'll never post again. In conclusion I am leaving because Posing is no longer a positive and uplifting experience, because the few times I get a positive/encouraging response are overwhelmed by all the times I get ignored/ridiculed, and because I have come to believe that the vast majority of you no longer care enough to look for the person behind the monitor.

tl;dr
This was for me, not for you, respond if you like I won't read it. Goodbye escapist forums, I won't miss you. The last interaction I will have with you is when the mods delete this thread. This will be my 129th post. To all the other idealists out there (you know who you are) Stay strong, and never stop caring or hoping. Now I'll sat it one last time... Goodbye.

Ironic you arent going to read something i myself am probably going to put a lot of passion in... you seem to be the kind of person i like to meet in forums but i never met or talked to you and now never will...that saddens me that we will never have discussions like i would like on a forum but pay it no attention.. you are leaving for feeling neglected and im not trying to change your mind. good long and have a pleasant journey and life.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

You haven't even been here a year. Give it a chance, mate!

 

[Sandytimeman]

Well goodbye. I may not have known you but at least you went out with a little more class than some others I've seen leaving.

To others who might think about leaving the escapist, I recommend you take a look at this thread. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.201095-Sassafrass-Presents-a-PSA-The-Do-s-and-Don-ts-To-Site-Quitting]

This thread is only awesome because it let me see that PSA for the first time.

 

[Giftfromme]

It occurred to me that for me posting threads and commenting on threads here is no longer an "uplifting" experience. You see when I pour my heart and soul into a post and nobody responds (most likely because it is a wall of text and nobody bothered to read it, or because it was decently written/didn't have any typos so they couldn't make fun of it.) it makes me feel like crap. There have been several times when I feel like I made a serious contribution to a thread and then nobody replies to me.

There are also times when I post something that wasn't very long in the hopes that somebody will actually read it, and then I get four replies picking it apart and calling me stupid, because I didn't write a wall of text to explain/support/prove my point/opinion. I am sick of seeing that I have four replies and knowing that most if not all of them are negative, and then feeling crappy and not wanting to read them. That isn't how forums should work, but maybe that is just my idealism kicking in.

The worst time is that on the Every time I have felt concerned for somebody, and posted to them voicing my concern about whatever they had posted about; they never responded. When I show that I care, and that there is another person on the other side of the monitor, I get shut down. That sucks. Plain and simple

I would like to imagine that someone will read this and then look through my past posts and try to figure out what drove me to this point, but nobody will. Or that they will look through my badges and wonder what kind of person I am, but nobody will. What will probably happen is that as you are reading this if you even did, you will think "well there goes another pussy that couldn't take it. Good riddance."

Nobody cares anymore, maybe they never did, either way idealists like myself can't exist in an environment where nobody cares. So goodbye. Ill stick around for ZP and Movie Bob, but I'll never post again. In conclusion I am leaving because Posing is no longer a positive and uplifting experience, because the few times I get a positive/encouraging response are overwhelmed by all the times I get ignored/ridiculed, and because I have come to believe that the vast majority of you no longer care enough to look for the person behind the monitor.

tl;dr
This was for me, not for you, respond if you like I won't read it. Goodbye escapist forums, I won't miss you. The last interaction I will have with you is when the mods delete this thread. This will be my 129th post. To all the other idealists out there (you know who you are) Stay strong, and never stop caring or hoping. Now I'll sat it one last time... Goodbye.

It was nice knowing you bro! I hope you live a long and fruitful like, and I shall remember your posts with fondness in my heart.

 

[Yokai]

It's all good, man! Relax! The internet is more or less every man for himself, and while that still absolutely allows for polite and intelligent interaction, it means that you shouldn't take its slights and insults that seriously. Post if you want to, or not, but above all, take it easy. Hell, I've got over two thousand posts and I've only been quoted a few dozen times, but I don't let it get to me. The important thing is that you've contributed to the discussion, and if everyone else is too lazy to reply directly, well, that's their problem.

Good luck on the rest of the internet, I suppose. And lighten up, it's for the best.

 

[Vault101]

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somtimes though, even if a post is good...theres somtimes nothing to add, if I agree then I often dont feel the need to go "yeah, I agree with this" unless is somthing I REALLY agree with like "ahhh YES!! thats exactally what Im thinking!!!"

 

[Jonluw]

Here's a tip: Making a good post isn't sufficient to get a response. To get quoted, you'll need to post something that lends itself to responses. If there's nothing worthy of discussion in your post, the only quotes you'd get are "this" posts. And those are pretty much outlawed here.
If you're not getting responses, you should take it as people thinking your opinion is reasonable and good, and therefore not worth dwelling on.

 

[Jonluw]

Bye . . .
BTW, since I'm new here, can I have your seat?

His seat is up for the taking, so I don't see why not. Help yourself.

Also: Welcome to the escapist. Stay out of the basement. Just... Don't go there.
And allow me to take you through the introduction rite. If you go to my profile and click the tab that says "badges", you'll be sent to a list of my badges. At the very bottom Near the bottom of the list, you'll find a badge called "The red button".
Click it.

 

[Dwarfman]

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somtimes though, even if a post is good...theres somtimes nothing to add, if I agree then I often dont feel the need to go "yeah, I agree with this" unless is somthing I REALLY agree with like "ahhh YES!! thats exactally what Im thinking!!!"

My point exactly. You mightn't have time to quote or even feel you have a reason to quote. That gives no reason to have some over emotional individual lump us all in a bad light.

 

[Dwarfman]

You know, after scanning this thread... I think people are going out of their way to bash the OP. Here and there, I see criticism so that's fine because some don't wish to give sympathy for the guy and that's a choice I won't judge.

But, most posts are just sort of troubling to be honest. We're suppose to be intelligent users guys, let's not give a bad impression of The Escapist please. For all we know, a random unknown user can be browsing this thread and go "Wow, these guys aren't what I thought they were. No way am I joining this site.." Or my favorite quote:

This is why we can't have nice things, or nice debates usually. That is all.

The guy blatently and hypocritically went out of his way to tell all of us - and lets face it most of us don't even know who this guy is - that we're a bunch of pricks.

I'm glad your giving him the benefit of the doubt but he had no right to say jack about us just because people don't reply to him in a forum where hundreds of people are posting and replying at a given time.

 

[The Thinker]

"Personally for me" is redundant. You're saying the same thing twice.

I like to clarify.

I enjoy making myself clear.

=D Get it? See what I did?

Indeed, you have made yourself clear. I can clearly understand what you just did.

 

[The .50 Caliber Cow]

However, I can also understand where the OP stands. He just wants something to look forward to on here and what's the point of staying if everyone bashes your opinion?

I'm sorry but it is the internet. If you're quoted, its more likely because somebody doesn't agree with your opinion than praising it. The vast majority may think a great number of things about your post but just read it and move on. You have no idea how many people agree with you or disagree with you. It's only a visible minority of people who quote people for the sakes of arguing or praising similar lines of thought.

I'm of the opinion that if you need the internet to pat yourself on the back for your opinions, you're on here for the wrong reasons. Turn off the computer, find some people who like being around you in real life and have fun there if positive reinforcement is so important. The internet is always going to be cold and to an extent hostile to those who forget that once you're on here your words are ammunition to use against you. If you don't want to defend your position, leave the discussion as it stands and move on.

Of course, thinking the Escapist is not capable of warmth is foolish. It's just harder to see the good people in the swarms of cynics and angry fanboys who lurk here.

[sub][sub]Moo! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9iIgQN5uZE&feature=related][/sub][/sub]

 

[Dwarfman]

Snip

You give a valid argument. I guess I've evolved a thicker skin over my time and get shirty when some people crumple under fire.