When does a user cease to be a new guy?

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

When Scde2 takes you to the bed thread

When you are prompted to go to 4chan.

When you get trapped in a sunken Forum Game thread.

When you know to blame Kross...

Post count and join date do play a part in making you recognizable as a regular (as do certain badges like the regular and the Neo) but like any community it is the relationships you build here that make you stand out. Everything else, like knowing Escapist inside jokes or occasionally bringing up an old series that everyone forgot, is just glamour; it doesn't really matter. If you have friends you talk to/fight with then you are not a newbie in my eyes.

Now for me personally, I first realized I was a veteran of the site when I looked down my friends at some point last year. I was filled with memories looking at each name and felt bad whenever I spotted a close friend who is no longer with us.

I'll be sticking around until the Hamsters stop spinning, that's a promise!

SNIP

I know you! We haven't met but your face is recognizable

[sub]You could have the Regular badge but you might have less than 10 posts! [/sub]

Really? Huh, I thought you needed to post at least 13 times, one per month minimum in order to get it. I could be wrong, I don't claim to know how the system works

EDIT: another good indicator: if you remember Unforgotten Realms, you arent considered new

OH SHI!!

[sub]I've never seen it D:[/sub]

 

[Zydrate]

Now for me personally, I first realized I was a veteran of the site when I looked down my friends at some point last year. I was filled with memories looking at each name and felt bad whenever I spotted a close friend who is no longer with us.

I don't even remember why Onyx Oblivion is on mine. Him and Yahtzee, is all I have.

 

[steeple]

EDIT: another good indicator: if you remember Unforgotten Realms, you arent considered new

OH SHI!!

[sub]I've never seen it D:[/sub]

well I guess you have some home work to do...

trust me, this will be one hell of a learning experience, and remember:

there will be a test at the end

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

EDIT: another good indicator: if you remember Unforgotten Realms, you arent considered new

OH SHI!!

[sub]I've never seen it D:[/sub]

well I guess you have some home work to do...

trust me, this will be one hell of a learning experience, and remember:

there will be a test at the end

I sense brain pain in the near future.

 

[steeple]

EDIT: another good indicator: if you remember Unforgotten Realms, you arent considered new

OH SHI!!

[sub]I've never seen it D:[/sub]

well I guess you have some home work to do...

trust me, this will be one hell of a learning experience, and remember:

there will be a test at the end

I sense brain pain in the near future.

probably, but Ill give you a 5 points bonus if when you'l answer the next question:

Spoiler: warning, a funny joke that you should probably see in the series first before reading here

how much wood, could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck, kobolt?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

EDIT: another good indicator: if you remember Unforgotten Realms, you arent considered new

OH SHI!!

[sub]I've never seen it D:[/sub]

well I guess you have some home work to do...

trust me, this will be one hell of a learning experience, and remember:

there will be a test at the end

I sense brain pain in the near future.

probably, but Ill give you a 5 points bonus if when you'l answer the next question:

Spoiler: warning, a funny joke that you should probably see in the series first before reading here

how much wood, could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck, kobolt?

I'm doomed.

[sub]*crosses C in all the multiple choice answers and hopes for at least 50% guessed correctly*[/sub]

 

[viranimus]

When you earn

?

Honestly, I dont know, your post count just reflects how often you have offered up an opinion. Its sort of one of those intangible things that by the time you stop wondering about it, you have become it.

 

[GeorgW]

just out of curiosity who has the highest post count or oldest member?

As far as I know, the oldest member is a hacker that messed with the registration date and the highest post count I've seen is Sassafras.

What about that Vaudevillian Veteran person?

A close second I think. Sassafrass has over 60k, VV has 59k.

 

[Jedamethis]

When Scde2 takes you to the bed thread

When you are prompted to go to 4chan.

When you get trapped in a sunken Forum Game thread.

When you know to blame Kross...

Two out of Four, getting there...

Discussion value: What do you feel makes you a permanent resident of the community?

Being a mod

This place has a lot of history, and there's some grouping. It used to be a really small, close group until Yahtzee came along. I still don't feel like I belong among the people who have been here a few years, but that's understandable. It's a big community, and if I recognize you you're definitely not new. The thing is, why do you care? Why not just have fun and get friends, you certainly don't seem to have a problem posting.

...Who the fuck are you? xD
Sorry, no offense, but I've just been giggling for a couple of minutes because I have no idea who you are. >.>

Who are you?
Shit, I've done a horrible job at giving a good first impression haven't I. D:


OT: When you have friends who can recognise you? That sounds about right...

 

[newguy77]

I will never cease to be newguy. (oh aren't I clever?)

 

[Zydrate]

When you earn

?

Honestly, I dont know, your post count just reflects how often you have offered up an opinion. Its sort of one of those intangible things that by the time you stop wondering about it, you have become it.

Exactly what it says?

 

[Woodsey]

When you're recognisable (and not recognisable for just being an arse hole after 5 posts).

 

[The .50 Caliber Cow]

I will never cease to be newguy. (oh aren't I clever?)

Yes, quite.

just out of curiosity who has the highest post count or oldest member?

As far as I know, the oldest member is a hacker that messed with the registration date and the highest post count I've seen is Sassafras.

What about that Vaudevillian Veteran person?

A close second I think. Sassafrass has over 60k, VV has 59k.

Ah. I checked. Still...

OMFG, how can you humanly type that much in only a year?

 

[ZeroDotZero]

I still feel like a new guy, even though I have been here for waaaay longer than how long it has been since I joined up.

I guess until the point that somebody recognizes you from another thread. Or someone who you recognize from another thread send you a friend request.

I get no friend requests... So lonely...

 

[AbstractStream]

That's a good question. I guess it depends from forum to forum. Since this is a large community, I would say after a few months. Maybe 2 or 3? Honestly, I've been lurking these forums for about 2 years now, but never made an account until February. I don't know why.

I still feel like a new guy, even though I have been here for waaaay longer than how long it has been since I joined up.

I guess until the point that somebody recognizes you from another thread. Or someone who you recognize from another thread send you a friend request.

I get no friend requests... So lonely...

I don't recognize you but I shall remember your avatar!

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

Still, the Escapist is just a bit too big for "new guys" these days. I've been active on the forums for years now, and yet I bet most of the people who have visited the Escapist today wouldn't recognize my avatar. Its pretty much just a sea of faces you may or may not have seen before now.

I recognise your avatar, just saying haha

OT: I've been here a while and I would probably still be considered new, heck dunno if anyone in particular notices me around but I'd say that it doesn't matter

There are only a few people around here that could be seen as veterans or people that everyone knows of. Just chill out and chat to people, you make friends and all is good

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

When Scde2 takes you to the bed thread

When you are prompted to go to 4chan.

When you get trapped in a sunken Forum Game thread.

When you know to blame Kross...

Two out of Four, getting there...

Don't mean to make you feel bad but I trimmed down the list from about a dozen striked out sentences...

*hug*

Sowwy!

 

[Broady Brio]

When you recognise their avatar.

Though this rule doesn't work too well if it is animated.

 

[Jedamethis]

When Scde2 takes you to the bed thread

When you are prompted to go to 4chan.

When you get trapped in a sunken Forum Game thread.

When you know to blame Kross...

Two out of Four, getting there...

Don't mean to make you feel bad but I trimmed down the list from about a dozen striked out sentences...

*hug*

Sowwy!

I am the curious now. o.o
What was the whole list?

 

[Jark212]

1 year or 1000 posts, whatever comes first. I think that this is a fair system...