Poll: How long was it for you between finding the escapist and joining?
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A few weeks. I came to watch ZP and kept seeing threads I would like to comment on. After seeing at least one thread that was decent everytime I visited the site for few weeks I joined.
Over a year for me anyway... Well over a year between finding and joining... But once I found it I didn't go on that often... It was a few months before I started visiting regularly...
My lecturer showed us ZP Tomb Raider anniversary video (the really early one) way-back when and became a member about 8 months later after not visiting the site at all.
As you can probably see by my post count I usually just lurk around the forums and don't post anything. Been trying to become a more active member for the past month or so.
As you can probably see by my post count I usually just lurk around the forums and don't post anything. Been trying to become a more active member for the past month or so.
i foun the escapist a few years ago, because of zero punctuation said on yourube its on the escapist, i've been a guest ever since and BAm i decided to join
Well, I came here when Unforgotten Realms started on the Escapist and I joined the forums in January of this year. So from 15th May 2008 to 3rd Jan 2010. So 20 months. Nearly 3 years.
I followed Yahtzee here when I discovered him, back when he only had one page of videos, so I was probably here two years before I joined.
Three years. I joined to vote for Valve against Zynga. Glad to see that wasn't wasted effort. Don't care for big forums, hence why I never joined until now and why my post count is so low.
Around a Year I suppose
I would originally just watch Zero Punctuation, no Lurking, didn't even think about joining the site or anything, but during the Year I did decide to check on a Thread or Two I spotted from the Latest Post/Hot Threads Bar.
Seems you yourself are new here, so I welcome you to our Less than Humble home (Seriously, it get pretty Elitist at times, be careful)
I would originally just watch Zero Punctuation, no Lurking, didn't even think about joining the site or anything, but during the Year I did decide to check on a Thread or Two I spotted from the Latest Post/Hot Threads Bar.
Seems you yourself are new here, so I welcome you to our Less than Humble home (Seriously, it get pretty Elitist at times, be careful)
See, this is pretty tricky for me to answer, cos I had read various things on the site and in the forums months before I joined. But that was just part of ordinary Internet browsing. Like how you google something, get a link to wikipedia, and then spend the next hour clicking things like a madperson.
However, I guess I properly DISCOVERED the site a year ago... Yeah, yeah, cliche... Was introduced to ZP, yadda yadda. However, I joined just hours after seeing my first ZP video, because I only watched the ones that pertained to games I was interested in at the time. I figured I'd binge-watch them, and then leave. Much like how i'll read a webcomic trough to its end, and then never look at it again. Or maybe just look back at a particular issue once or twice, years later.
Ah, but then, while watching an episode, I spotted something magical! The "latest posts" box. And one of the topics listed pertained to the first part of the special Red Dwarf episode/miniseries/thingy that I'd just watched. And I felt I had to post. I then began to browse, Reading all about the stuff that was going on in peoples' heads.
However, I guess I properly DISCOVERED the site a year ago... Yeah, yeah, cliche... Was introduced to ZP, yadda yadda. However, I joined just hours after seeing my first ZP video, because I only watched the ones that pertained to games I was interested in at the time. I figured I'd binge-watch them, and then leave. Much like how i'll read a webcomic trough to its end, and then never look at it again. Or maybe just look back at a particular issue once or twice, years later.
Ah, but then, while watching an episode, I spotted something magical! The "latest posts" box. And one of the topics listed pertained to the first part of the special Red Dwarf episode/miniseries/thingy that I'd just watched. And I felt I had to post. I then began to browse, Reading all about the stuff that was going on in peoples' heads.
It was about 4 months before I finally joined this site.
I was attracted by ZP, then I realised that the forums weren't like other forms. They were different, better so I decided to join.
I was attracted by ZP, then I realised that the forums weren't like other forms. They were different, better so I decided to join.