Just doing my job, civilian: Digging out the truth and revealing it the most convoluted way imaginable. Well, I´m off to confuse truth with fancy. Up, up and awayyyy!theklng said:
Things You've Noticed About The Escapist Forums
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I notice that the moderation here is a lot more strict than on other websites' forums. Other forums, for instance, may encourage thread bumping. Here you get put on probation for it.
Strangely enough, moderate profanity seems to be allowed here.
Strangely enough, moderate profanity seems to be allowed here.
Its okay, I am pretty sure it is over.LOOY said:
See and nothing bad happened to me, if he is a troll he wasnt a good one.
I wasnt angry at any point and I remained civil, he didnt make me do or say anything outside of my character so I think this went smoothly.
Depends on the subject matter they discuss IMHO there are way too many what`s your favorite metal genre/song/band threads but some of the ones deicated to hlping someone find new bands and songs are alright ,if only because i basically get to scream SACRED REICH!!!! without being called a nazi,which is nicemikecoulter said:
New one: Looking through the author hate thread, there seems to be a lot of hate festering for Stephanie Meyer.
see, now i HATE METAL....well, i just avoid it when i can(i do like a few songs but dislike general genre) and not once have i ever felt the need to ***** or moan about the metal threads,, or metal in general and whoever does is simply trolling. the best way to get rid of that is to simply ignore them. or blast metal in their face until they go deaf.timmytom1 said:
Things I've noticed about the Escapist, huh? Might as well list some out.
- Writers are generally liked around here, with lots of emphasis on both good writing, and good writing habits like spelling and grammar. The odd part about this is it's primarily restricted to the Off-Topic and RP sections, rather than Gaming Discussion or Featured Content sections where the most of the writing should be for a gaming site. It just means there's a lot more emphasis on fiction rather than articles or essays. The articles and essays often tend to favor User Reviews, although there are a healthy amount of articles on Gaming Discussion. They are, sadly, a minority.
- While I wouldn't say cyber celebrity-ism is a problem, it is a constant. Faces like MaxTheReaper, NeonBob, and Labyrinth get a lot of face time in Off-Topic due to their consistently high visibility. When you move to Forum Games and RP, you get a lot of larger RP faces like Ultrajoe, Higurashi, The Sorrow, and mshcherbatskaya getting a lot more exposure. If you're a relatively light poster, you generally have to be an older face or have one really popular thread to be visible.
- The Escapist forums are structurally meta, with threads like "Who's your favorite Escapist?" and "Let's talk about the Escapist('s Members)." get the most replies, last the longest, and often draw the largest crowd. When you get down to the business end, with the articles and video series, you generally have a lot non-regulars writing articles, and generally get little interaction from the article or video creator, even when trying to discuss the article.
- Guides about The Escapist community often get the most discussion, although that could be because they're usually stickied. Guides that aren't about The Escapist are often buried quickly, but have many comments about being bookmarked, though relatively low discussion.
- Threads about Twilight, Religion, Halo, Half-Life, and certain "indie" titles like Knytt Stories and Cave Story almost always have a bias flavored one way or the other, and will devolve quickly into flame wars if any single party agrees or disagrees one way or the other.
There are other things, but I'm swiftly become too verbose. Though I'd like to ironically talk about my third point, as this is (at time of writing) an 8-page thread about The Escapist and possibly its members.
- Writers are generally liked around here, with lots of emphasis on both good writing, and good writing habits like spelling and grammar. The odd part about this is it's primarily restricted to the Off-Topic and RP sections, rather than Gaming Discussion or Featured Content sections where the most of the writing should be for a gaming site. It just means there's a lot more emphasis on fiction rather than articles or essays. The articles and essays often tend to favor User Reviews, although there are a healthy amount of articles on Gaming Discussion. They are, sadly, a minority.
- While I wouldn't say cyber celebrity-ism is a problem, it is a constant. Faces like MaxTheReaper, NeonBob, and Labyrinth get a lot of face time in Off-Topic due to their consistently high visibility. When you move to Forum Games and RP, you get a lot of larger RP faces like Ultrajoe, Higurashi, The Sorrow, and mshcherbatskaya getting a lot more exposure. If you're a relatively light poster, you generally have to be an older face or have one really popular thread to be visible.
- The Escapist forums are structurally meta, with threads like "Who's your favorite Escapist?" and "Let's talk about the Escapist('s Members)." get the most replies, last the longest, and often draw the largest crowd. When you get down to the business end, with the articles and video series, you generally have a lot non-regulars writing articles, and generally get little interaction from the article or video creator, even when trying to discuss the article.
- Guides about The Escapist community often get the most discussion, although that could be because they're usually stickied. Guides that aren't about The Escapist are often buried quickly, but have many comments about being bookmarked, though relatively low discussion.
- Threads about Twilight, Religion, Halo, Half-Life, and certain "indie" titles like Knytt Stories and Cave Story almost always have a bias flavored one way or the other, and will devolve quickly into flame wars if any single party agrees or disagrees one way or the other.
There are other things, but I'm swiftly become too verbose. Though I'd like to ironically talk about my third point, as this is (at time of writing) an 8-page thread about The Escapist and possibly its members.
I didn't read the thread too far, or maybe the pattern just went over my head - what is it?Debatra said:
Indeed. Interestingly enough I've seen people rant about rape in one thread and then joke about murder in another.The Infamous Scamola said:
Positive things:
Generally awesome people.
Good grammar.
Negative things:
Anti-Christianity is quite common.
Star Wars fanboyism is irritatingly common. Say something bad about the sequel trilogy or something good about the prequel trilogy and count the minutes until you get flamed. 5 minutes between post and flame is my record.
Some people here seem to think difference in opinion = the other person is a moron.
I've been here for a lot longer than I have had my own account, and I only felt it necessary to comment recently. Theres one thing.
Negatives (or negative, singular, rather)- the search bar is buggy so even though I search before anytime I make a thread people still complain that it's a repeat
Positives- It is the most polite and intellegent internet community I've ever been a part of
Positives- It is the most polite and intellegent internet community I've ever been a part of