How Respected are you?

[intheweeds]

I'm a tailor with clients in LA and Chicago
I've designed for Nike
I'm a Mason.

So yes, I'm generally very well respected in my personal life.

As for the Escapist? Hell if I know

Just because you have a respectable career doesn't mean people respect you. I have a respectable career I could name drop about too. I don't think that inherently makes me a better person. I suspect you assume this is what people believe? I have worked with some high profile people who act in a such a way that I very much do not respect.

OT: How can anyone answer this question anyway? You are asking me to tell you what someone else thinks. I can't do that. I hope I am respected somewhat. I try to be an honest, caring and intelligent person and if that earns me respect, then great, but I don't know if anyone respects me. You will have to ask them.

 

[Alcamonic]

I will only speak about real life because I doubt I have made any impact on the Escapist.
Around my fellow friends of similar mindset I speak and they listen. This is because they know they can rely on me, and I also have a way of thinking up plans or ideas that they know are good.

Around other people that do not enjoy the way I act or think, I am probably loathed (fools, all of them).

I am normally the quiet thinking guy (not necessarily the same as shy) that people don't notice most of the time, and I like it that way.

 

[Urgh76]

I actually wonder about that :3

I'd like to say that I'm known

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

I'm a funny guy by nature so i don't think i'm respected as much as i'm enjoyed

 

[Urgh76]

Being known and being respected are different things.

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

Max was the first really well known person that I encountered.

I won't forget him, that's for sure. >.>

 

[Jeralt2100]

I'm a tailor with clients in LA and Chicago
I've designed for Nike
I'm a Mason.

So yes, I'm generally very well respected in my personal life.

As for the Escapist? Hell if I know

Just because you have a respectable career doesn't mean people respect you. I have a respectable career I could name drop about too. I don't think that inherently makes me a better person. I suspect you assume this is what people believe? I have worked with some high profile people who act in a such a way that I very much do not respect.

OT: How can anyone answer this question anyway? You are asking me to tell you what someone else thinks. I can't do that. I hope I am respected somewhat. I try to be an honest, caring and intelligent person and if that earns me respect, then great, but I don't know if anyone respects me. You will have to ask them.

RL I'd be hard-pressed to answer as to whether or not I'm actually respected, and as far as the Escapist goes I think I'm pretty anonymous. I will vouch for Intheweeds and say that she's earned my respect.

 

[Urgh76]

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.

*nuzzles you furiously* You've certainly earned mine

 

[Gazzoid]

'How Respected are you?'

Not very...

Most people don't take any notice of me online or off... I tend to be the 'outsider' or 'loner' and just keep myself to myself.

 

[spartan231490]

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?

Here on the escapist, or irl? On the escapist, I really don't know.

IRL, I don't usually command respect but I can when I try, and I am well respected by the people who know me.

 

[TheTim]

For people my age, i say i get your average amount of respect, no one bags on me, and no one praises me

then i have a class filled with freshmen and sophomores who basically bow down to me for no reason at all.

 

[General BrEeZy]

im very respected by those who know me, probably because im so damn dependable-they all ask for me to help with something xD

 

[TailstheHedgehog]

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]

I humour mine every day, so I suppose I can humour yours seeing as I can relate to everything you just said. Don't mind terribly - I'm mostly here for the great comments and vids =)

 

[XT inc]

Respect is such a funny thing to watch. So many people just want respect, they have no reason to be respected and get butthurt when you don't treat them like they saved the planet or your life.

 

[Xeraxis]

I'm quite sure I don't get respected much in real life, at college. A lot of people really keep a distance away from me most of the time, and I believe they are the same that think I'm going to snap and go crazy just because my face doesn't have a smile on it at all times (but that doesn't mean I'm not happy).

Adults tend to treat me more respectfully, though. I'd say because of my maturity.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

In person? I think I command a certain amount of respect. I know that people hate to disappoint me, and that they seem to want to do better when I'm around. Or so I've been told by a few of my friends. I don't see it myself, but I don't see why it wouldn't be true.

Online? Probably, but not nearly as much as in person, although I've just started a website with a friend of mine and am a leader of a clan on the PSN, even if the clan isn't getting the numbers I wanted, we're still a damn good team, and everyone in it respects me for my organizational and playing skills.

Average person on the street? Probably not, but they wouldn't disrespect a guy my size unless they were intentionally looking for trouble, which is rare.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Ego-stroking thread is ego-stroking.

I'd like to think that I hold some kind of respect for my words here on the Escapist. I tend to always be straight-forward, giving clear, concise answers to the topic at hand. I'm no stranger to kidding around, though. People over on the Forum Games and RP will know that much.

Now, as for if I am well-known, that's much harder to say. I don't tend to think about it. It doesn't matter all too much.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Off topic: Where is your avatar from?

An anime called Ghost in the Shell.
Personally i hadn't even heard of it until i begun using the avatar, in which someone pointed it out to me.

The GIF was given to me by ColdStorage, and the glowing eyes were made by staika.
His stuff can be found here:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.315163-Need-a-new-avatar?page=1

 

[Exius Xavarus]

*Points at friend list* Nope. I doubt people even really like me all that much, which is fine. I just post and move on, really. I'm not out to command respect, I'm just out for friendly gaming discussion, because I never get it anywhere else. Long as I have fun, that's what matter to me. :} There are a few people I can recognize by their avatars because I see them all over the place, though.

Like this guy! I mostly recognize his avatar because laughing skeletons are awesome. And I wish I knew how to get a custom title like his and others I've seen. Instead of being Press Junketeer. :{

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

i think most people think im an idiot. or boring. I dont think anyone actually respects me xD

 

[Particulate]

Just because you have a respectable career doesn't mean people respect you. I have a respectable career I could name drop about too. I don't think that inherently makes me a better person. I suspect you assume this is what people believe? I have worked with some high profile people who act in a such a way that I very much do not respect.

OT: How can anyone answer this question anyway? You are asking me to tell you what someone else thinks. I can't do that. I hope I am respected somewhat. I try to be an honest, caring and intelligent person and if that earns me respect, then great, but I don't know if anyone respects me. You will have to ask them.

But that's the thing, and this is on topic, I know that I command a certain level of respect in my day to day life. It's been made clear to me. But you're right, what does it matter anyway? And short of someone telling you with complete honesty how are you going to know if they respect you?

As for the escapist, an online environment conveyed strictly through text it's even more of a crapshoot. Short of providing consisted and quality content it's difficult to achieve any level of respect. For example I respect Jim Sterling because I agree with a number of his points and also find him rather amusing. But as for most of forum posters I cant say... I don't post with enough frequency to really identify individual posters let alone who I agree with and who I think is a putz. And that interaction is the foundation of earning and affording respect. As you said there's plenty of very important people in the world that demand respect rather than have it simply given to them and these people are generally viewed as unsavory and detestable. But the people that honestly deserve respect are the ones that do something to earn it... an exchange which does not always translate into the electronic realm perfectly.