People are generally cool. I like the community. Otherwise I wouldn't have stayed here this long. I was already chased off the now defunct Nintendo Nsider forums and the Gamespot forums by console flame warriors. But there will be threads sometimes were everyone loses it and act like self-important dicks *cough 9/11 thread cough*.
I call it Angry Nerd Syndrome. Ever since there have been a few internet celebrities that use the Angry Nerd personas for comedy (Yahtzee, AVGN, MovieBob), people think they're being intelligent if they write things like this:
I'm perpetually appalled at the fucking stupidity of these pants-on-head-retarded muffin-dicks. Every game ever is a piece of shit unless it was made by the omnipotent being working for Valve. Also, anyone who isn't an atheist is a fucking pretentious cockbag that probably masturbates to god and Jesus. Now, where was I going? Oh, yes. Movies should only be art, because fun is for fucktards, retards, smacktards, and fagtards. All other movies are like slapping a donkey with a lobster while riding an elephant filled with cheese. Fuck anything else.
Because I am smart. I am angry. I am nerd. Hear me roar.
Are you falling prey to Angry Video Game Syndrome? Here are some symptoms:
- Excessive swearing
- Overuse, and usually misuse, of the thesaurus
- Use of the word "pretentious"
- Metaphors that make no damn sense
- Offensive language other than swearing (retard, fag, etc.)
- Wearing a turtleneck sweater in summer
If people would stop with this behaviour, the Escapist would be perfect. But perfection is pretty much impossible, so I'll take these people over anyone else on the internet any day.