How Respected are you?

[SenseOfTumour]

I think I'm generally liked a lot but not really respected, as I'm a bit of a walkover IRL.

However, online I seem to do a lot better, and is it bad to feel really good when you have '1 new message', click thru and you've been quoted and it just says 'THIS!' or 'said all I was going to say, just better' or something equally complimentary?

It's especially nice to see when you consider it's so much easier to call someone a dick than compliment them, and also, as my username shows, I possibly skirt the edges of offence to get my point across at times, and don't always adhere to the most popular views either.

Also a bit sad, but I'm a guild leader in WOW, and almost every time I log on, there's a flurry of greets and messages that I'm pretty sure most people don't get, makes it feel like I'm doing something right there.

Sure it's small stuff, and both here and WOW are irrelevant in the real world, but screw it, it makes me feel better.

 

[retyopy]

No. Pople recognize me for my avatar, or as "that guy who makes a ton of threads." Hey, it's better than nothing, right?

 

[n00beffect]

I am rather "controversial" at times; however, when it comes to giving suggestions or leading a group, within my own social constraints, people do tend to listen to me. But in terms of stating opinions and such, people always find a reason to argue with me. I think it's due to the fact, that I always strive to point out the facts and realities of life, and to ridicule the ridiculous, and not many people like that.

 

[2xDouble]

I tell ya I get no respect. No respect at all...

 

[BleedingPride]

the only reason ppl respect me at school is because im a 2nd degree black belt, im not sure they care who i am.

 

[Cogwheel]

Hm. Nope. Generally get shouted at/told to shut up a good deal off the PC, and I'm largely ignored here. Perfectly justified, mind you. Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

 

[skeliton112]

I've maintained a comfortable level of near-anonymity for the past three years. I post, people respond, and life goes on. I've almost never pissed off another forum member, and in terms of eloquence and intellect on the forums I'm somewhere in the middle. Really just an average Escapist as far as I can tell.

[small]although if anyone enjoys my posts you're welcomed to let me know and humor my secretly monstrous ego[/small]

Consider you ego humored, your sub-text made me chuckle

I am not dismissed out of hand, but I dont command a huge amount of respect (I'm assuming you mean irl)

On the forums i assume im anonymous

 

[staika]

..Well, honestly I think a lot of people don't like me. I guess it's because I somehow get on people's nerves even when I don't try to. Sure, maybe a lot know me but usually I don't receive the best of comments. However, it helps me at least develop a stronger character (cheesy I know).

Come on man, you are probably one of the most respected members on the escapist. You at least have my respect isn't that worth something?

OT: I dont know if im that respected, i still dont have the notoriety to be that respected.

 

[manic_depressive13]

*internet hug* If it makes you feel any better.

'Tis very much appreciated. Never underestimate the importance of validating somewhat who's been told they're worthless their whole life. Children rarely know better, so for a long time I really believed I was the one in the wrong.

 

[Hexenwolf]

Being known and being respected are different things.

Case in point: Max the Reaper (example only old hands will recognize...)

When I first saw this I thought it was about being respected in life, not on the escapist. And in life, generally, yeah, I command a fair amount of respect, but it's been hard fought, people used to walk all over me, and even now, not everyone is respectful, but the ones that aren't don't respect anyone at all, so I don't really take that personally.

On these forums, I'm not known enough to either be respected or not xD

 

[Scarim Coral]

Here- I guessing a few people that is if they can put up with my bad spellings, punctuation and grammer from time to time.

Real life- I know my friends respect me and some of my cousins well except for my younger cousins (the brats).

 

[natster43]

Forums wise: I don't think so. Hell I don't think people here even know me.
Real Life wise: Kinda? I don't actually know.

 

[Robert Ewing]

I think i'm quite well respected in the place I live. People come to me for advice, and for my opinion and advice. But this also has a downside.

When people come to me for such things, I am usually blunt and straight to the point. I'm often the one to say things that people think, but don't say. I often offend some people. Which I don't really care about, and me not caring only increases the respect.

I have a group of friends that refer to me as 'sage.' Because I remind them of an old man that lives is a rancid swamp full of poop giving out awesome mythical knowledge of the force.

 

[SckizoBoy]

'Tis very much appreciated. Never underestimate the importance of validating somewhat who's been told they're worthless their whole life. Children rarely know better, so for a long time I really believed I was the one in the wrong.

Quite true, I... sort of know what that's like, though I didn't have it quite that bad... 'cos my old man caned me when I was a kid, usually for really trivial study based mess-ups and then a switch sort of flipped when I was twelve and he stopped it all and started apologising to me and my sisters really tacitly... doesn't help that he was abused and disinherited as a kid and thought 'this is how you raise kids, is it?'

*slaps face*

Anyway, enough of the depressing talk... Here's to a well-adjusted future...(!)

 

[Pinkamena]

Do you command a high level of respect?
Or perhaps you're ignored and dismissed out of hand.

personally, i think that some people like me, but don't respect me, as it has been made clear with people finding a roblrm with anything i say.
Although i think a lot of that comes from my irrational behaviour.
What about you?

I respect you, you're one of the regulars in ponychat. I might not always agree with your opinions or the threads you make, but I still respect you.

When it comes to me, I don't think I'm respected or famous in the forum section of the escapist, since nearly all my postcount come from usergroup chat posts. But I look at myself as fairly recognizable in the MLP usergroup chat, as I try to post there everyday. Am I respected though? Hard to tell. I have a habit of posting weird stuff.

 

[Spacelord]

Been here for ages, no-one knows me

 

[Duruznik]

I really have no idea, to be honest. I maintain a constant level of paranoia, thinking that I annoy people. But just recently a large group of people in another community I'm in all told me I'm a very respected member of that community, to my complete and utter shock.

So... I really don't think I can guage it myself. That's up for other people to decide, I suppose. If they even know me.

Edit: This is about this forum, though I guess it can apply to real-life too. I'm never good at guaging these things. I can never be too sure if I'm cutting myself too much slack, or being too harsh on myself.

 

[BabyRaptor]

I...have no idea, really. I don't think I'm that well known here, but it would be nifty to hear if I've inadvertently earned someones' respect.

 

[staika]

Come on man, you are probably one of the most respected members on the escapist. You at least have my respect isn't that worth something?

There's a saying I think fits well with your post. It goes something like-

"Friendship isn't always easy, but there's no doubt that it was worth fighting for."
~Twilight Sparkle, Episode 2 of Season 2

Reason I brought this quote up is because people like you, is worth having around. Receiving respect from you alone is all I could ask for out of anyone else, even as a whole community because you've been a good friend to me. Thank you for your brotherly support. *Brohoof*.

Borhoof!

No problem bro, that's what I'm here for! Besides you earned my respect and if other people can't see the same quality I see then they probably aren't worth the time.