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TimeLord said:
If you are the God-Emperor, who are the four Dark Gods?
Those would be Bovril, Marmite, Vegemite and Brussel Sprouts .... Foul evil beings, all 4 of them.

On Topic....

We're all bastards.

Not really, but as for being taken seriously ... that's hit and miss.

There are some people here, myself included, that very rarely take anything seriously although you'll find them pretty quickly. Threads tend to get derailed by the same people.
 

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Evil Smurf said:
Welcome to the escapist friend, I am the resident cute cat avatar and all round nice guy. Have fun and be respectful. I love the whole community, They are so lovely.
I'm sorry but MY avatar is WAY cuter than yours :3
I pushed the Red Button prior to reading this post, and I have to agree - it is much cuter than the kitten.
 

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Satan said:
I quite like these forums here (far better than b.net) but I'm worried that no one will take me seriously with me join date late 2012. And is there any respect for opinions? Some forums opinions = trolling.
People are pretty cool here. We skew towards the left politically, and religiously we have a lot of atheists, but there are only a few who are particularly loud or obnoxious about it.

Join date doesn't matter as much as interesting posts, being friendly, funny if you can. Basically, don't be a dick, and we shall welcome you!
You will make your mark on us, Be funny, or have an interesting avatar
I need a more interesting avatar - all mine says about me is that my liver and I are locked in a battle to the death, and the outcome doesn't look favourable for anyone :-(
I recognise you man :) If you do choose to take the whole avatar thing. We can never have too many cute animals.
Dwwaaaa, kitten..I love that little fluff ball, I think it is a cross between a munchkin and scottish fold..and I do not know if that is possible..oh God, please be possible

I need a new avatar too. Mine is far to obscure.

OT: People around here are nice, friendly and enjoy banter. There are a free unsavory individuals at times but they get themselves banned soon enough. I would not worry too much about post count, it used to be the in-thing but user groups make it worthless. The date that you enter is not so important either, it just shows how many Great Eras of The escapist Forum you went through. On the date I joined was the, "Great and Terrible Era of Death" where Grammar Nazi's prowled the forums, followed by, " The Era of the Irish Invasion" which had a constant cry of "search bar, use the SEARCH BAR. Naming no names of course... they might hear me from the basement.
Wait, we have eras? I thought we just picked a topic, talked it to death, then got annoyed when someone innocently attempts to bring it up again later. Is there some sort of detailed chronology I can look up to tell me which Great Eras Of The Escapist Forum I've survived? Might be interesting to see if I remember any of it.
Of course we have eras. I can only remember a few details but maybe you can help me fill in the gaps.

start to summer 2008: The Golden Era (this is before we joined)

Summer 2008 to Winter 2009: The Great and Terrible Era of Death: The fall and rise of The Reaper, console wars

2012: The Era of the Irish Invasion, The Era of Decline, The Era of the Pimping reviews, The Era of the Zynga Incident, The Era of the great divide, The Era of the Zombie apocalypse

2011:( I was very inactive this year so I only know one Era): The Era of the fall of EC

2012: The Era of sadness (ME3 ending), The Era of the rape discussions, The Era of Bestiality, The Era of the Fake Geek Girl Invasion.

Eras can be named after notable posters or after significant events. There are lots of gaps in my version so if anyone can help out that would be awesome.
By Ra, I remember only the most recent of them. Fuck me but I'm unobservant.

Maybe this is worth starting a thread over, see if we can get an actual timeline going? :p
 

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Just be sure to answer the call and join my legion when the time comes. It's peace time now... but winter is coming.
 

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Satan said:
I quite like these forums here (far better than b.net) but I'm worried that no one will take me seriously with me join date late 2012. And is there any respect for opinions? Some forums opinions = trolling.
As many have said before me, we are a pretty welcoming community as long as you don't go around being an ass. Just make sure to avoid low or rule breaking content and have fun with posting. I would also suggest at least looking through some of the other forum sections. It might be a bit hard to get into some of the discussions at first but I'm sure you'll catch on quickly.

Also, click the spinning button.
 

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Honestly, if people are gonna count anything about you to take you seriously, they'll look at your post count.

And even the, post count eliteism is rather rare. I haven't had an issue with it yet.

Welcome to the site.
 

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Satan said:
All right I feel this topic might be clogging up a bit now so I'm not gonna reply, If you wanna desperatly tell me something message me.
You think it's clogging up now? You should see the threads that reach 20+ pages. Have another post in your in-box. :D

The only thing I really want to hammer home that's only been mentioned once or twice is that explicitly calling somebody a "troll" in response to a post they've made will bring the mod-hammer down on your head, not theirs. Implying that they might be trolling is a slightly more nebulous area, but I'd still recommend you avoid it because you'll probably still get in trouble over it.
 

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Andy Shandy said:
...everybody's got to join at some point.
Yes indeed, in the future, the world will know this is where the Borg collective (or equivalent) originated.

Also, welcome!
 

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Just remember That we all love you
also the captcha Is taking over the world
Daystar Clarion Is lord
Mass effect 3 is a scary thing to talk about
also Push the red button trust me push it its amazing
oh and -hugs- stay out of the basement


also a nathan fillon gif is always welcomed
 

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If you don't know the most roundabout way to imply somebody is an idiot, then you'd best be naturally very courteous and know when to duck out of a flame-war.

Escapist net debates are just as nasty as everywhere else, except people simply imply you're mentally impaired several times instead of outright saying it.

Also, the Captcha is a growing sentient being: heed its advise at all times for it is wise and all-knowing.
 

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bluepilot said:
Of course we have eras. I can only remember a few details but maybe you can help me fill in the gaps.

start to summer 2008: The Golden Era (this is before we joined)

Summer 2008 to Winter 2009: The Great and Terrible Era of Death: The fall and rise of The Reaper, console wars

2010: The Era of the Irish Invasion, The Era of Decline, The Era of the Pimping reviews, The Era of the Zynga Incident, The Era of the great divide, The Era of the Zombie apocalypse

2011:( I was very inactive this year so I only know one Era): The Era of the fall of EC

2012: The Era of sadness (ME3 ending), The Era of the rape discussions, The Era of Bestiality, The Era of the Fake Geek Girl Invasion.

Eras can be named after notable posters or after significant events. There are lots of gaps in my version so if anyone can help out that would be awesome.
I would also add:

2009 & 2010: The whole PRIATE thing, though I wasn't active at the time so I'm not 100% sure on the dates.

2011: The Pedo Wars, The Healthbar Uprising, the Split of Role Playing and Forum Games,

2012: Rise of the Brovengers and the Injustice League, the Drowning Fad

2013: The Dictatorship of JoJo >.>
 

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Nasrin said:
Welcome to The Escapist! Now you're...

One of us! One of us!
That is a truly horrifying GIF.

Daystar Clarion said:
Welcome to the Escapist.

Come with me if you don't want to be molested by Fappy.
You say it like he wouldn't enjoy it.
 

Andy Shandy

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Fappy said:
Daystar Clarion said:
Welcome to the Escapist.

Come with me if you don't want to be molested by Fappy.
You say it like he wouldn't enjoy it.
Nice to see my prediction earlier in the thread was completely...correct XD

Andy Shandy said:
And get used to an Okami avatar. You may see that a lot. Either followed or preceded by a cat.
 

Fappy

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Andy Shandy said:
Fappy said:
Daystar Clarion said:
Welcome to the Escapist.

Come with me if you don't want to be molested by Fappy.
You say it like he wouldn't enjoy it.
Nice to see my prediction earlier in the thread was completely...correct XD

Andy Shandy said:
And get used to an Okami avatar. You may see that a lot. Either followed or preceded by a cat.
You're a prophet. Tell me your secret! Was it the elder scrolls?