The Escapist's userbase?

[Vault101]

PC gmers, who like metal and warhammer 40k...and being misanthropic

 

[Aetera]

As far as I can tell, based on all the threads I've browsed through, the most common description of an Escapist member is a socially-awkward atheistic lesbian martial arts master[footnote]There may be some margin of error in my research.[/footnote].

Some major margin of error I would say ^^

OT: Suicidal, for some reason nearly everyone posting seems to at one point thought about suicide.

Okay, are you psychic? You're psychic, aren't you. Other than the martial arts master thing, obviously. I just make full use of steel toed boots and a high pain tolerance and the advice of my best friend from inner Philadelphia. Also, I'm pretty sure that all lesbians get, like, a +15 to combat. But yeah.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD, CHARLES

Where is my Magneto helmet when I need it... D:

 

[Neotericity]

Love the escapist userbase, super friendly, it's like my home on the internet.

 

[Vault101]

I've gotten the impression that the userbase is mainly made up of anti-piracy suckers of corporate co... Well you get the idea without me having to get too graphic.

And yes, it does sadden me how so many people who actually claim to like video games can be so easily duped by corporate propaganda...

there are grey areas

but bottom line, you fuvking pay for a product, corporate propaganda or not Piracy is the reason for DRM

and fuck them both

(any I would like it explained to me in a way that makes sense)

 

[Casual Shinji]

People hiding their fear of dealing with emotional situations behind cynicism, and their lack of sex behind supposedly being asexual.

Though the asexual fad seems to have died down a bit in recent months.

Still the friendliest forum I've ever been to though. Here's to you, moderators!

 

[Jimbo1212]

Everyone knows what the Escapist user base is but no one can say because they would be banned for being insulting or something along those lines But to be brief, most are certainly not the popular or sporty kid at school but would be found on their own in a computer room or being weird in the corner.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Predictable, for the most part.

Generally teenage, self-important, stuck-up, pretentious, supposedly intelligent, socially awkward, falsely liberal, self-proclaimed autistic and bisexual (yet sexually inactive) "nice guys", who pretend they're all edgy by not caring about certain things, when really it just makes them look like psychopaths.

This sums it up nicely, although there are exceptions. Exceptions make it worth sticking around.

 

[spartan231490]

Nerdy. Atheistic. That's about it.

 

[Sentox6]

GET OUT OF MY HEAD, CHARLES

Where is my Magneto helmet when I need it... D:

On the bright side, the Magneto reference puts you in the top one percentile for awesomeness.

Anyway, obviously I intended this post to be rather tongue-in-cheek, but I figured I might redress some of my statements:

socially awkward

A seemingly incredible quantity of forumgoers here lay claim to this attribute. I know some people will rage at me for stereotyping if I suggest a correlation with internet-dwelling video game fans, but there you have it.

atheistic

This is a common trait of active internet-goers, and certainly not unique to the Escapist. That being said, the atheistic viewpoint does seem to be wielded with a uncommon amount of aggression around here.

lesbian

What can I say, we have a lot of lesbians around here. I am most assuredly not complaining. As others have noted, I could have also employed "pansexual", "nonsexual", or "asexual". I decided not to because, frankly, I don't believe most of the people who self-identify with these labels, simply because there is far too great a concentration here to be believable.

combat arts master

Any time a thread comes up related to fighting in any way, hordes of badasses flood out of the woodwork to tell us about all the brutal combat situations they've been in, all the bones they've broken, and occasionally all the years of intense training they're endured. Right.

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

You've admitted to being pro-pirate, i.e., not paying for good or services rendered.

I pay for all my goods and services rendered, so what exactly am I being hypocritical about? Or this another logical fallacy of ridiculous rhetoric about how I'm just a corporate tool?

Damn kids and their ideas.

I've admitted to being pro-piracy, but I haven't admitted to not paying for goods or services rendered.

Partly because doing so would get me banned by the piss-ant moderators on this forum who apparently thought it was a good idea to invent a rule where admission of piracy is grounds for being banned.

Regardless of whether I've downloaded pirated software or not (which I'll never blatantly admit to here), my rather large collection of videogames in their original packaging begs to differ that I never pay for goods or services rendered.

But you, being an uninformed and prejudiced bigot (like most anti-piracy people tend to be) saw fit to call me a thief despite completely lacking any grounds for it.

So yeah, you were just wrong about me and the issue at hand. But, then again, nothing particularly new about anti-piracy advocates. They're pretty much wrong all the time...

 

[Tharwen]

Devoted hatred of 'The Man', 'Corporations', 'The Elite' and rich people.

Also, misuse of the words 'Corporation' and 'Elitist'.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

You've admitted to being pro-pirate, i.e., not paying for good or services rendered.

I pay for all my goods and services rendered, so what exactly am I being hypocritical about? Or this another logical fallacy of ridiculous rhetoric about how I'm just a corporate tool?

Damn kids and their ideas.

I've admitted to being pro-piracy, but I haven't admitted to not paying for goods or services rendered.

Partly because doing so would get me banned by the piss-ant moderators on this forum who apparently thought it was a good idea to invent a rule where admission of piracy is grounds for being banned.

Regardless of whether I've downloaded pirated software or not (which I'll never blatantly admit to here), my rather large collection of videogames in their original packaging begs to differ that I never pay for goods or services rendered.

But you, being an uninformed and prejudiced bigot (like most anti-piracy people tend to be) saw fit to call me a thief despite completely lacking any grounds for it.

So yeah, you were just wrong about me and the issue at hand. But, then again, nothing particularly new about anti-piracy advocates. They're pretty much wrong all the time...

So, despite 'not' stealing anything yourself, you condone, nay, promote the idea of stealing?

How is that better exactly?

 

[TheDarkestDerp]

As far as I can tell, based on all the threads I've browsed through, the most common description of an Escapist member is a socially-awkward atheistic lesbian combat arts master[footnote]There may be some margin of error in my research.[/footnote].

Like the average 'Furry' site, only swap out the "lesbians" for 'gay men. At least that's what it seems most of the whiney narcissistic self-obsessed juveniles want to present for an image... Why is beyond me.

 

[Crazy]

They're all ripe for the picking.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Stop giving our secret identities away, fool! You'll blow our cover!

Your cover, not mine!
Each race for themselves, ever since that incident at Alpha Centauri where you guys didn't show up and we had all the mopping-up to do all by our selves.

'Mopping up'? Do you know how long it took to put that Dyson Sphere back together? Those things don't come cheap you know.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

So, despite 'not' stealing anything yourself, you condone, nay, promote the idea of stealing?

How is that better exactly?

Sorry, you've humiliated yourself enough as it is, despite the fact that this thread wasn't even about piracy but individual perception of what the userbase of the Escapist is composed of, but that didn't stop you from trying to land some idiotic statements about me, piracy and making yourself look like a complete moron.

I don't see any kind of constructive incentive to educate you. You're just gonna have to do that yourself, like the rest of us.

Toodles...

You still haven't answered my question, only continued to try and sound condescending.

Don't worry, I can wait, I love seeing someone dig their way out of a hole.

 

[SidingWithTheEnemy]

'Mopping up'? Do you know how long it took to put that Dyson Sphere back together? Those things don't come cheap you know.

Dyson Sphere, huh?
Well, next time be more careful where you leave your toys. Damn! I knew that was some old alien relic technolgy. I should have kept it. I didn't thought anything producing Solar energy could be worth something but our museums must have offered you quite some incentive to have that thing. They are into such - you know - old obsolete alien artifacts junk.
Anyway, I'm really sorry. Try to file in a complaint at our complaints division close to Sirius A, maybe you can get at least some Quoizian Generators out of it, tell them I sent you, so they will give you a five seconds head start instead of annihalting you right away.

Oh before I forget, being -you know- registered at this forum here, you sure know how to complain, don't you?
Most of us are real professionals in that regard...

 

[Da Orky Man]

'Mopping up'? Do you know how long it took to put that Dyson Sphere back together? Those things don't come cheap you know.

Dyson Sphere, huh?
Well, next time be more careful where you leave your toys. Damn! I knew that was some old alien relic technolgy. I should have kept it. I didn't thought anything producing Solar energy could be worth something but our museums must have offered you quite some incentive to have that thing. They are into such - you know - old obsolete alien artifacts junk.
Anyway, I'm really sorry. Try to file in a complaint at our complaints division close to Sirius A, maybe you can get at least some Quoizian Generators out of it, tell them I sent you, so they will give you a five seconds head start instead of annihalting you right away.

Oh before I forget, being -you know- registered at this forum here, you sure know how to complain, don't you?
Most of us are real professionals in that regard...

We already tried Sirius-A. The complaints department had collapsed, with a sign apparently detailing a rather unique insult in the local dialect.
Anyway, that Dyson Sphere was a collectors item from Magrathea. At the very least, we need compensation for the trillion-ton of superglue we used.

CAPTCHA - 0.42. What were the chances?

 

[emeraldrafael]

... combat arts master[footnote]There may be some margin of error in my research.[/footnote].

You've been reading my posts XD Kidding. well, kinda, its not just me I know.

OT: Um, well, i've noticed there's a lot of people who dont enjoy the pants below the ass look here, which is nice to say the least. There's a lot of atheists too, though thats common anywhere on the internet. It seems like there are a good portion of military members too, which is always nice. And most of the members with 500+ posts show a very cultured mind.

Oh! nd theres a common hate against the WBC. thats good.

 

[lacktheknack]

It consists of people who want to see me destroyed and the Forum Games/Role Playing sections.

No, seriously. I love the forum games and Role Playing sections, and everyone else wants to eviscerate me. It would be funny if it wasn't so unnerving.