Where have all the Escapists gone?

[Davey Woo]

There are less posts but I think that' because (tempting fate here) there's no more "CoD is better than everything else because..." threads or "I played this massively popular game and I didn't like it OOOOH LOOK HOW COOL I AM!"
(if there are then I guess I'm just lucky to have not seen them)

I don't really care how many or few members there are, I only post in the occasional thread, and as I said I'm just glad I don't have to see vs threads all day anymore.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

There's a lot still here but most stick to user groups or forum games these days. Furburt, Demented Teddy, Hubilub and a lot of the other well known users were all banned or moved on, mostly to Furburt's forum.

Besides, Zeel is here now, that's all we need for entertainment.

 

[Phlakes]

My theory is still that last winter and this spring have thrown way too much shit at the fan. Gamers are one of the angriest bunches in the world, and with a lot of this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_polarization] to go around, the massive anti-corporation side of the community is an unstoppable horde.

*Sigh. And now we have MM coming. Is this becoming a thing? Will we only have a short break in June-August where each page of the forums isn't half filled with gamer rage? Because if that happens again this year, I'm tempted to leave.

 

[Jonluw]

[HEADING=2]I need a poster![/HEADING]
[sub]Where have all the good men gone?[/sub]​

I'm sure this has been shouted a thousand times already, but I'll join the chorus for some nice harmony.

User groups and the forum games section.

 

[Melon Hunter]

So please Escapists, tell me where you are, what happened? It is just tragic

They've been replaced by trolls and arrogant teenagers who think they know better than everyone else.

But I agree, I look at the recent posts list and just think omfg, they should call it the "Ponies, ME3 Rants and Racist undercurrents list."

Eh, it'll calm down in time. We had the same levels of hype and repeat threads for Skyrim in November. These fora tend to go in cycles; usually, the people wondering why the site is declining in quality haven't been around long enough to see how the community ebbs and flows.

Also, if you think the Escapist is over-saturated with ponies these days, thank your lucky stars you didn't join back in the summer. We had at least 2 threads started daily pondering why people were watching MLP for most of June and July. Dear God, that was annoying. I just hope this summer there will be less threads on the matter when Season 2 finishes airing.

 

[anthony87]

There's a lot still here but most stick to user groups or forum games these days. Furburt, Demented Teddy, Hubilub and a lot of the other well known users were all banned or moved on, mostly to Furburt's forum.

Besides, Zeel is here now, that's all we need for entertainment.

Alas, at the rate he's going he won't last here much longer.

Still if you wanna be entertained there's always *drumroll please*
http://xkingxzeel.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-i-cant-take-fanboys-seriously.html

HIS BLOG!!!!

 

[Sassafrass]

Please do elaborate? I havn't experienced a MM rush so could you describe what it's like? :3

That about sums it up, really.

 

[Jonluw]

Things are about to get more- eugh... lively again with this years MM.

I really hope things don't go as far south as they've done the last few times.

Please do elaborate? I havn't experienced a MM rush so could you describe what it's like? :3

Have you tried being on the forums around the time a new Zero punctuation comes out?
Like that.
Only with the added bonus of lots of flamewars, obnoxious new users, and shittonnes of people getting banned.

 

[Hubilub]

Hubiliub: Left

I did?

 

[Jonluw]

Hubiliub: Left

I did?

[sub]What the hell is this necromancy?
Abomination![/sub]

Until you have somehow proven your identity, I will be working under the assumption that behind that avatar is currently a corpse hanging from a set of strings controlled by a grinning Furburt.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Hubiliub: Left

I did?

????
!!!!

You...You're...You're back! I thought you died or something!

 

[The Pinray]

If you think it's bad now, wait until ME3 releases... Good god. It'll be... WORSE THAN SKYRIM.

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[Richardplex]

There's a lot still here but most stick to user groups or forum games these days. Furburt, Demented Teddy, Hubilub and a lot of the other well known users were all banned or moved on, mostly to Furburt's forum.

Besides, Zeel is here now, that's all we need for entertainment.

Alas, at the rate he's going he won't last here much longer.

Still if you wanna be entertained there's always *drumroll please*
http://xkingxzeel.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-i-cant-take-fanboys-seriously.html

HIS BLOG!!!!

You can find out an interesting amount about him from there, including age, gender, what he sounds like, and the fact that he's been like that for at least 3 years now.

Can't believe EternalNothingness wasn't mentioned, that guy was amazing. Occasionally he said something profound, it was like a lucky dip.

If you think it's bad now, wait until ME3 releases... Good god. It'll be... WORSE THAN SKYRIM.

It will be interesting, what produces more discussion repetition of threads; The story of Mass Effect or the expansiveness of Skyrim.

 

[Woodsey]

What are you talking about? I'm touching myself right here.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I dunno, when I first started on the Escapist, I had a lot of friends (some of whom were quite well known) that I sort of looked up to and it just seems like instantly they disappeared. I think a few of them actually banned themselves, I didn't know what that was about.

 

[anthony87]

Hubiliub: Left

I did?

.....Hub?

Is that really you?

 

[deathninja]

Lost to the ME3 shitstorm it appears.

 

[sir.rutthed]

Ya, hi, been here since '09. Quit bitching. New site is more streamlined. So professional web designers didn't listen to you or the other nay sayers, big deal. Every once in a while someone will make this exact same thread and swear off the site, and then they'll be back again inside a week. I've seen it happen a dozen times, as I'm sure many others here have too. If you're one of those people who only watches ZP you're only robbing yourself; there's so much intelligent content here I have trouble getting through it all in a week.

 

[mikey7339]

They all left for Skyrim, Battlefield and CoD and never came back. I actually just started posting again because I'm finally starting to get bored with the winter releases...but ME3 is right around the corner now.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Hubiliub: Left

I did?

Spoiler: O.o

*rubs eyes*

I must be seeing things <.<