Poll: Where the hell did all these newbies come from?

[AcacianLeaves]

Um...good thing, obviously.

This site is awesome, it will inevitably attract more people.

Everyone was a newb at some point.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Starting from when do you consider someone a newbie?

1-100 post.

...Really? You base "newbness" on post count? Thats a terrible way to go about it.

I agree. I go by date of joining and how they act.

Newbies are essential. N00bs are not. One group reads the stickied Forum Guidelines and thinks about whether or not a new thread will be useful or contribute something interesting to the site. The other group spams pointless repeat threads about popular games or their personal relationship problems.

Thank goodness the religion stuff finally got quarantined into its own section. The stupidity was spilling onto the main pages of the website.

 

[FROGGEman2]

-some stuff and names not me-

Idealist commy
-more stuff and names not me-

Mmmka'
*Gets gun ans stuf'*
LET-A ROCK!

OT: Meh, it happens.

Wait wait... is it OP or OT?

 

[Dirty-Zombie]

We come from the pits of hell, for we are legion. O.O . Hi, I just joined last week. =)

 

[Valiance]

Accidentally voted bad due to a misclick; more members is always a good thing.

 

[Lyese]

I hate em all. Bloody newbies!

*looks in morror*

sigh, ok guilty

 

[Altorin]

More Escapists can only be a good thing

basically this.

 

[President Moocow]

Hooray for newbies! More people we can scare and intimidate. Mwahahahaha

We should have initiations. I have some ideas...

There are plenty of things I find scary about this forum, although probably not in the way that you're talking about

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Buncha people got banhammer so new fruit is gud

 

[ChaoticLegion]

As has been stated a plethora of times now, higher traffic is a good thing. Those who are bad for the community will likely be weeded out as has always happened.

 

[Ckeesy]

I think we are in the middle of a member explosion. A lot of people joining us!

Good thing, or bad thing?

Meh, I joined the actual community after I watched every single ZP, then I fell in love with a view from the road. And I like posting.

Edit: And also, check your post count, one more for epic 1337-ness

ZP is the reason I joined as well. Plus I've always had a thing about internet forums, especially game forums. Not to mention the fact that I hate reading ignorant posts and not being able point out the ignorance myself. So I suppose you could say my joining the Escapist was a combination of mild fanboyism, consistent interest and personal quest for justice.

 

[Marcus Attell]

Michigan...

 

[Pandalisk]

Starting from when do you consider someone a newbie?

1-100 post.

...Really? You base "newbness" on post count? Thats a terrible way to go about it.

agreed my post count is shamefully low considering how long i've been hanging ound these parts, as is yours, i dont know how the other high posters do it.

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

well ive been watching ZP for a very long time and ive always found some interesting topics on the forum so i decided to eventually join. . . .sucks to be a newbie but its all about having fun. More ppl makes this place less boring since we get more variety!

 

[michael_ab]

if you build it... THEY WILL COME!

 

[Lukeje]

-some stuff and names not me-

Idealist commy
-more stuff and names not me-

Mmmka'
*Gets gun ans stuf'*
LET-A ROCK!

OT: Meh, it happens.

Wait wait... is it OP or OT?

OP: Opening Post(er)
OT: On-Topic.

...and my vote is Meh. Most of you guys weren't around for the Yahtzee-inspired population explosion. That's when most people (including me) joined.

 

[Snork Maiden]

It seems everyone in this thread except Ultrajoe have join dates in 2009. I'd say we're all "noobs". The other forums I visit I've had memebership on for 5+ years.

This. I know I wouldn't consider someone anything other than a newbie until they'd been around for a looooong time. It is rather odd how many 2009 people are here though.

...and my vote is Meh. Most of you guys weren't around for the Yahtzee-inspired population explosion. That's when most people (including me) joined.

I actually wonder how many people started visiting the Escapist itself (not the forums) at that time? I know it's been a weekly thing for me since about ZP 5 or something, it's just that I've only now gotten around to making an account.

 

[Latinidiot]

where the nwbies came from?
where did you come from X 5