It means little if it's someone else's, and it's a source of mild pride and much jolting when I see my own.
What does post count mean to you?
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Iono, something like "TREMBLE BENEATH MY POST COUNT YOU MORTAL SCUM" or "yeah, I post a lot. I am kind of a badass /glasses" or even "I sold my soul to Cthulu for more posts..." I guess? LolRedlin5 said:Disappointed? You expected something else?Torrasque said:
I enjoy forum games. I still check out off topic and reply to news threads. I just spend more time here than I should I guess. Post counts are just numbers in the end.Torrasque said:Iono, something like "TREMBLE BENEATH MY POST COUNT YOU MORTAL SCUM" or "yeah, I post a lot. I am kind of a badass /glasses" or even "I sold my soul to Cthulu for more posts..." I guess? LolRedlin5 said:Disappointed? You expected something else?Torrasque said:
I still think 39k posts is impressive, even if a large portion of them are forum games.Redlin5 said:I enjoy forum games. I still check out off topic and reply to news threads. I just spend more time here than I should I guess. Post counts are just numbers in the end.Torrasque said:Iono, something like "TREMBLE BENEATH MY POST COUNT YOU MORTAL SCUM" or "yeah, I post a lot. I am kind of a badass /glasses" or even "I sold my soul to Cthulu for more posts..." I guess? LolRedlin5 said:Disappointed? You expected something else?Torrasque said:
If I someday surpass [user]Sassafrass[/user] in count by some miracle I'll probably get an inflated ego. I just don't really care anymore. Back before I got the Neo I did. Even had a friendly race to 5000 with my friend Marter. He won the race.Torrasque said:
Someone who posts a lot will be more familiar. That certainly counts for something. There are long-time posters who I ignore, and ones who I pay more attention to. You build a rapport.
New posters are just generally less familiar with the spirit, the trends (how many of those Mass Effect 3 threads were from relatively new members who thought they were saying something new?), and the standards. Whether it is a good thing to admit or not, I do expect less from new people. But on those occasions where a new poster does say something truly interesting, I take special note. I make sure to say, "Welcome to the Escapist" in those cases.
But it is mostly the rapport. I wouldn't say I'm friends with people here. But there are those individuals who I would miss if they left or were banned. And it's hard to build a rapport with someone with very few posts.
New posters are just generally less familiar with the spirit, the trends (how many of those Mass Effect 3 threads were from relatively new members who thought they were saying something new?), and the standards. Whether it is a good thing to admit or not, I do expect less from new people. But on those occasions where a new poster does say something truly interesting, I take special note. I make sure to say, "Welcome to the Escapist" in those cases.
But it is mostly the rapport. I wouldn't say I'm friends with people here. But there are those individuals who I would miss if they left or were banned. And it's hard to build a rapport with someone with very few posts.
It just means they like these forums. To me anyway. I've been here a good while, but I don't have many post counts. I love this community, but I'm more of a reader than someone who adds to things. Though I do like to post my opinion, get into good conversations, and whatnot.
Two things:
1- I didn't know it kept track of post numbers until about a week or two ago.
2- I just realised right now that it says it right there under the avatar.
This is me paying attention to the world around me.
1- I didn't know it kept track of post numbers until about a week or two ago.
2- I just realised right now that it says it right there under the avatar.
This is me paying attention to the world around me.
Oh I don't have a goal of racking up a huge number of posts, but I am still impressed by things that take a great deal of time.Darknacht said:
Kind of like many of the ridiculous projects in Minecraft. I tried building giant things (I built a 100 x 100 x 50 glass pyramid with a lava floor covered in glass, and water streaming down the sides) but never to the scale of <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.274723-Minecraft-Enterprise-update#10635778>the USS Enterprise or <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.303208-Minecraft-Middle-Earth-Will-Melt-Your-Mind#12132583>Middle Earth. Just because I don't intend to match it, doesn't mean it that it cannot impress me.
