So How Do -You- Greet A New Escapist?

[Jamous]

So how do you greet those apparently new to the Escapist?
Do you try something new every time? Do you simply meet and greet; "Hi, welcome to the Escapist, enjoy your stay?"
Do you not even bother?

Personally I say hi, tell them to enjoy their stay, have fun and to beware the

Spoiler: TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!!! D:

By staying out of our proverbial basement.

 

[Griffolion]

"Welcome to the Escapist, be sure to read the rules and don't feed the trolls."

Captcha: "compiled dsworks" - Lord Inglip has wrote a program and it has been compiled!

 

[Kakujin]

Usually I just treat them as part of the gang

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

Sticking with the old Escapist favourite, I usually say something along the lines of:
"Hi! Welcome! Enjoy your stay. Stay out of the basement, and you'll be fine. ^_^ "

 

[Wuggy]

I personally just treat them as I would any other Escapist. No one said "hi" to me.

 

[MercurySteam]

I tend to use one of the two greetings I have formed over time:

Spoiler: HL2 Greeting

Welcome! Welcome to Escapistmagazine.com! You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining Internet Utopias. I thought so much of Escapistmagazine.com, that I elected to establish my administration, here, in the Forums, so thoughtfully provided by our Moderators. I am proud to call Escapistmagazine.com my home. And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through to parts unknown, welcome, to Escapistmagazine.com. It's safer here.

Spoiler: Bioshock Greeting

I am MercurySteam, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? "No" Says the man at Ebay, "it belongs to the poor". "No" says the Man at religioustolerance.org, "it belongs to God". "No" says the man at Facebook, "it belongs to everyone". I rejected those answers. Instead; I chose something different. I chose the Impossible. I chose. The Escapist. With a forum where the opinionated would not fear the censor (within reason), where the Moderators would not be bound by petty morality, where the Gone Gonzo would not be constrained by the troll. And with the ache of your fingers (and perhaps a new keyboard), The Escapist can be yours as well...

I personally just treat them as I would any other Escapist. No one said "hi" to me.

Read one of my greetings and feel welcome!

 

[The Almighty Grigard]

I don't....




No one greeted me when I was new

 

[Wondermint13]

Often I just tell 'em not to start any more pointless f***ing threads about Avatars and let them be on their way. They'll get eaten up by the lurkers within a few days anyway.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I ignore them. They gain resilience through silence

Actually im just shy

on the internet

FML

 

[IBlackKiteI]

Spoiler: Bioshock Greeting

I am MercurySteam, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? "No" Says the man at Ebay, "it belongs to the poor". "No" says the Man at religioustolerance.org, "it belongs to God". "No" says the man at Facebook, "it belongs to everyone". I rejected those answers. Instead; I chose something different. I chose the Impossible. I chose. The Escapist. With a forum where the opinionated would not fear the censor (within reason), where the Moderators would not be bound by petty morality, where the Gone Gonzo would not be constrained by the troll. And with the ache of your fingers (and perhaps a new keyboard), The Escapist can be yours as well...

Ha, thats pretty cool.

I haven't yet, someone has beaten me to it on the majority of occassions.
But if I had the chance I'd probably post something like the link the OP had, which I'll repost anyway because its so awesome.

Spoiler: TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!!! D:

 

[SckizoBoy]

I don't....




No one greeted me when I was new

Well, you're brandishing what looks like an AK-74 variant, so what did you expect?! =P
Look friendly... like me!

OT: To answer the question: 'politely' is pretty much how I do it.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

pretty much the standard "Hey, welcome to the Escapist. Stay out of the basement and everything will be ok.

When I first joined I got a lecture of not repeating threads that had already been done.

 

[Rednog]

I advise them to visit the friendliest place in the forums, the Religion and Politics section and encourage them to voice their honest and unfiltered opinion to gain the respect of the people in that section.

 

[Flare Phoenix]

No one ever greeted me and I still feel like a newbie here. I don't post too often though (though I do believe I have over 300 posts).

 

[staika]

I usually just go "Hi welcome to the escapist........ Fear the mods their everywhere!" That's what I would do if I ever had to welcome the newbie's but I haven't had this experience yet.

 

[the D0rk One]

Why do you care?

 

[Mace Tulio]

I haven't had the opportunity to greet a new Escapist, but it'll probably be the standard, "Welcome to the Escapist, stay out of the basement."

 

[QuadrAlien]

I used the "Don't go into the basement" greeting once. Other people just got confused, which rather worried me. Mind you, this was during March Mayhem, so there's the possibility that they were also rather new.