If The Escapist Taught You One Thing...

[Onyx Oblivion]

That PC gamers are pretty much assholes.

With exceptions.

 

[Mosesj]

That people can be some what civil on a forum.

this, and that I rather have this site over some of the other sites I know *wink wink nudge nudge cough cough* ign

 

[Double A]

You're never the only one.

And there's no sentence that can't be halved and used as a post.

Seriously? Didn't you know that already? There's always a bigger asshole than you, and always someone better.

And always someone dwarfier.

 

[Grey_Focks]

That my choice of games that I buy/play makes me a terrible person.

Also, that gamers are really some of the most difficult people to have a civilized discussion with.

We come pretty damn close though, certainly closer than most, and I am okay with that.

 

[Rakkana]

That mods can be dicks.

Bring on the ban!

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

That people can bash Americans as being intolerant of other people's cultures while bashing Americans for their culture.

 

[Dusk17]

If you say ANYTHING that someone may not like, you will be reported.
Also that if anyone anywhere says something that could be interpreted as negative against gaming they will go into a RAGE and all reason will go out the window in favor of the YOU ARE WRONG STFU! argument.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

That a franchise's fanbase can utterly destroy the franchise they claim to be fans of, esp. now in the digital age.

 

[Jedamethis]

I learnt that the moderation of the escapist is HORRIBLE.

I'm just saying that a lot of the time people get warnings for no good reason.

That mods can be dicks.

Bring on the ban!

I learnt that not many people understand the link between the report button and moderation. The mods, being actual people, don't have time to go through threads looking for rule-breakers. And the severity of the wrath is often dependent on how many times the post was reported.

I also learned that the best way to find nice people is to join groups and start talking.

 

[Johnny Impact]

I learnt that the moderation of the escapist is HORRIBLE.

I'm just saying that a lot of the time people get warnings for no good reason.

Correction: moderation of the Escapist is aggressive. Not even close to the same.

Here is the problem in a nutshell: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/3/19/

If Internet people are not stomped firmly and regularly by the iron boot of the Mod Gods, if they are not constantly reminded that the Banhammer is not only present, but poised to smash their posts and/or membership at any time.....if this subtle air of paranoia is not maintained, people become worse than animals.

Moderation of the Escapist is done as the people running the site want it done. So you got warned. So you think it's unjustified. Suck it up. You aren't in charge here. Your bruised pride is of no consequence. If you don't like adhering to a code of conduct, follow my magic link to the land of brain bleach and naked, screaming barbarity: http://boards.4chan.org/b/

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

...It's that gamers often deserve the shit they encounter in their everyday lives.

I never used to think that way, I used to think that nerds were really nice people and even that I was a nerd. Thanks to some people on here I now know that I was wrong on all counts.

Yeah. This is especially prevalent in the "Girl problem" threads. "Why doesn't she like me? *proceeds to stereotype all girls and refer to them in a derogatory manner*" Ugh. Also, nice to see you back! If you get banned, the level of discussion here is going to drop a notch. Even if I don't agree with you all of the time, you always bring a well supported view into a thread and make interesting points.

OP: it is that we are hyper defensive of our medium to the point of hypocrisy. As soon as some people see a study that may go against video games they put their fingers in their ears and ignore/flame it...which is just what the opposition is doing.

 

[DVS Storm]

That there actually is a sensible forum on the internet. And that there is a lot to gaming and The Escapist has made me a regular follower of gaming related news.

 

[Ubermetalhed]

I learnt that the moderation of the escapist is HORRIBLE.

I'm just saying that a lot of the time people get warnings for no good reason.

Gotta go with this aswell. The Moderation is completely daft.

Also that people who don't agree with your opinion show this with aggressive language and implied insult. Although that's also people on the internet in general.

 

[Ratlover]

Don't know how many times I have seen this on this website. Will be a topic on whatever and it's funny how people think that being different really means that they are different. Do an example right now.

"Nothing special per say. Sort of have weird tastes and I am bisexual. Been made fun of my whole life because I like to wear girls clothes and eat mustard right out of the bottle."

Basically see crap like this all the time. There's nothing wrong with being weird, it feels like people on here are trying way to hard.

 

[Derek Westlund]

games are shit(yahtzee) but can be great (extra credits).

 

[Tucker154]

Never get in a descution about the possibilty of the existence of ghosts, and that people can be intelligent on forums.

And that MLP: FiM is an extremely infectious disease, but in a good way.

 

[Aprilgold]

It taught me that some people read WAY to much into words, seriously, I misspelled a word, thus meaning my sentence was something different yet one guy points out that it means something else then that I'm an awful person for misspelling.

 

[darkknight9]

...its that adding a plus one (+1) to something you agree with all by itself in a post gets you suspended for three days.

+1

 

[Amphoteric]

I learnt that the moderation of the escapist is HORRIBLE.

I'm just saying that a lot of the time people get warnings for no good reason.

Correction: moderation of the Escapist is aggressive. Not even close to the same.

Here is the problem in a nutshell: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/3/19/

If Internet people are not stomped firmly and regularly by the iron boot of the Mod Gods, if they are not constantly reminded that the Banhammer is not only present, but poised to smash their posts and/or membership at any time.....if this subtle air of paranoia is not maintained, people become worse than animals.

Moderation of the Escapist is done as the people running the site want it done. So you got warned. So you think it's unjustified. Suck it up. You aren't in charge here. Your bruised pride is of no consequence. If you don't like adhering to a code of conduct, follow my magic link to the land of brain bleach and naked, screaming barbarity: http://boards.4chan.org/b/

I've seen people who have been regular posters for 3 years given 2 week suspensions for a "low content" post while some guy with 5 posts makes an even lower content post and gets away with it.

Also what kind of bullshit attitude is "if you don't like it suck it up". Yeah because that really gets things to change.