Why did you come to this thread? Was it because you saw those two letters?Nazkay said:
No, you do not.J-Man said:
Is the traffic from ZP good or bad for the Escapist community?
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Well... I don't think I will see the escapist team being sad for having too much traffic. It's like they say, bad publicity is still publicity. And I really hate elitists who go "I was doing that before it all went famous". It's not something to be so proud of when you consider it's just a forum. And moreover. Nobody forces you to read every one of these posts. If something sounds stupid or uninteresting, leave it alone. If that thread has been done before, resist the urge to tell people to use the search button. Simply do not click on the post. Oh... I'm going off track... well.. that's about it.
Cookies for meErana said:
Unforgotten Realms.(which I find infinetly more entertaining that Zero Punctuation)
Count me in with the horde of people who found this site because of Zero Punctuation. More than that, though, I've been reading the forums and like many here said it's one of the few forums that don't promote idiocy. All the "first" and "tl;dr" posts are completely useless and that's why it's so nice to see a forum with moderators that deal with it.
I'd say good, to answer the OP. I'm biased, obviously, but as long as the moderators do as good a job as they do now and the forum keeps such a high level in general; more people will bring more life to it and many keep arguing that life is good. I'm still deciding.
I'd say good, to answer the OP. I'm biased, obviously, but as long as the moderators do as good a job as they do now and the forum keeps such a high level in general; more people will bring more life to it and many keep arguing that life is good. I'm still deciding.
I started out as a ZP fanboy myself, so I can't complain too much about it. The problem though, is that it brings in more than just the idiots who get banned and the good members who we actually like; a lower middle class of posters whose low quality posts just aren't quite enough to get banned. Usually they'd leave after getting scared away by the forum's maturity, but the sheer number of them have slowly brought the bar down. ZP is good for what it brings us, since we have our mods, but we need to keep the level of the Escapist high with our own posts or it will become just another forum. The process has already advanced considerably. If my word isn't good enough, Joe used to say the same thing.
i only learned about The Escapist because of ZP.
and frankly its one of the only reasons why i keep coming back every week.
and frankly its one of the only reasons why i keep coming back every week.
I've been here long enough to know the flow of things here, i'll admit, Zero Punctuation is what made me make an account here, But I admire the community for being one of the most erudite, friendly and troll-free places on the internet. it's certainly the best internet community i've ever been a part of.
That said, seeing those who lovingly parrot yahtzee and who base their opinions solely on his word make me wretch. The other day i overheard someone on the train talking about mirror's edge to his friends, nearly repeating the ZP review verbatim. It made me want to rage in his face.
That said, seeing those who lovingly parrot yahtzee and who base their opinions solely on his word make me wretch. The other day i overheard someone on the train talking about mirror's edge to his friends, nearly repeating the ZP review verbatim. It made me want to rage in his face.
Read my mind.PedroSteckecilo said:
I first came here for ZP for a few weeks until a forum caught my attention; good times.
mmmmmm nom nom.... cookie...
Yes, the extra traffic is a good thing. It equates to more money that can be squeezed from advertisers to provide the good(ish) forum users with interesting things.
The iron fisted rule of the mods also prevents us from suffering a fate worse than 4chan.
Yes, the extra traffic is a good thing. It equates to more money that can be squeezed from advertisers to provide the good(ish) forum users with interesting things.
The iron fisted rule of the mods also prevents us from suffering a fate worse than 4chan.
Found this site because of ZP, joined because I wanted to rant about Ico.
Frankly there can't really exist a forum without idiots. And sometimes it's really for the best.
If mods get too comfy with not having to do anything, then bad shiznit can go down when an idiot comes on. I'm a mod on another site, I'd know. Mainly because I'm one of the people who barely does anything.
Frankly there can't really exist a forum without idiots. And sometimes it's really for the best.
If mods get too comfy with not having to do anything, then bad shiznit can go down when an idiot comes on. I'm a mod on another site, I'd know. Mainly because I'm one of the people who barely does anything.
It's only good if the new users actually try to be intellectual, relevant to the post and attempt to spell and use proper grammar.
