The Escapist is one of the few sites I've been a member of for a decent amount of time, and have made absolutely no friends or even had any conversations with other members on. I'm not really sure why that is, but I will say that this forum has never really struck me as an especially friendly place. My posting habits and the fact that I'm almost twice of many of the members here probably contribute to that, too.
You're a professional in the games industry at Gearbox, a prestigious organisation, who is directly involved in games development. That's pretty intimidating.
I mean, what if I make a crack about tightening up the graphics on level 3 and you were to say "My GOD Berty, that is well bang out of order! Do you know how hard I work? Do you know how much blood, sweat and tears I have poured into my work to allow jack-offs like you to moonshot farm The Warrior for Conference Calls? Well FUCK you Berty and the scabby horse you rode in on! I am DONE with the whole thing! You can kiss Borderlands 3 goodbye!"
And I'll be all "oh God, oh God, oh God..." and flapping my arms up and down and spinning in a little circle and then the mods will ban me for being terrible.
Haha, maybe. Though I was equally friendless before that title appeared next to my name, I might actually somehow be more alone now that that red text appeared over my username.
Just don't call it "cel shading", and we're good. c:
Of course not your highness. That would be the very pinnacle of gauche. Any fool can see that the style is cell shading, with 2 'l's.
Joking aside, quizzically, I come on The Escapist, on the internet generally, to engage in banter and to "crack wise" as the Americans might say. The rules against low content posts and offending people can be somewhat inhibiting. I mean to say; I'm English for God's sake. For me learning how to talk to people without intentionally offending them is like having to learn German.
I guess the rules do a good job of stopping the place descending into a toilet of hatred, bullying and cruelty, though where would we be without toilets?
I've not the faintest clue whatsoever who this person is, but she completely randomly added me to her friends list and then proceeded to never visit this website again.
It's a special bond we have, you wouldn't understand.
Um...I don't think I could safely say that I've made any friends, though miraculously there are people on my friends list. I had a nice back and forth with Rooster Cogburn that kinda stopped, and I always stop to read Owyn_Merrilin's posts as he seems like a great dude and I agree with a lot of what he says. A few quotes back and forth in threads.
I'd definitely like to have a friend here, as opposed to a "friend" because they're on a list. If anybody is in the same situation, don't worry about trying to start up a friendship with me, I won't bite and I'd certainly appreciate it.
EDIT: Not a friend but in the interest of making people feel good, I'm glad Vault101 is on the forums. If she left or got banned it would be a different and less cool place. I'd say the same about Casual Shinji as well.
Me and a bunch of guys and gals from the role-playing section kinda have our own little clique thing going on. Honestly, we form something like a wacky sitcom family, but with skype instead of a house.
Boudica was starting on the path to be a good friend but then she up and got banned. Haven't really tried to replace that since I don't show up as much around here.
Probably Heavy is Jetpack since he helps me out so much with TF2 items and we talk about stuff. Or Coldster.
Anyone that's a fan of some Anime, Adventure Time, Regular show, MLP, and/or games that aren't sports or racing in nature has the potential though.
There are quite a few people here that I enjoy talking to. I'm not going to say any of them are my best friends, because I don't play favorites and they might not feel the same way about me...
Some of those people are...
T0ad 0f Truth, TizzytheTormentor, Beffudled Sheep, Fappy, Casual Shinji, burningdragoon, Colour-Scientist, Doclector, Imp Emissary, Lucem712, Nantucket, PsychicTaco115, Revnak, SonicWaffle, LoneWanderer, Pretty much the whole injustice league, quite a few of the brovengers. The whole of the "Forum Games" community (Which needs more people).
I like talking to people and I'll pretty much talk to anyone who cares enough to talk to me in return.
(Sorry in advance for inevitably not including someone).
I'd say mine are the active members of the LadyBits and Katawa Shoujo groups!
Eclipse Dragon (Dragon POWAAAAHH!, Lone Wanderer (Sexy Man!), Imp Emissary (he is a sneaky one), Colour Scientist, Trivun (awesome name), Teh Canape, Nile McMorrow (too many people!).
But I'm a new member (been lurking for ages) so maybe I'll make lots more
Yay! I made an enough of an impression on 2 people that they put me in a list!
xD That must mean the spell is spreading!
Anyway, I'd have to go with what Eclipse Dragon and Beffudled Sheep said. To many people to pick from, don't want to hurt feelings, and really when ya get down to it anyone who will take the time to politely chat with ya is a friend on the Escapist.
So yeah, if anyone is kind enough to politely chat with me, I count them as a friend.
That's where all the real problems come from on the internet. People just being plain rude.
I mean hell, even if what ya want to say to someone is something like, "I can't stand (insert your favorite game here)", you CAN say that in a nice and polite way. You can also just not say that, or put it in the comment on the side like, "I couldn't really stand (insert your favorite game here), but I did like (insert something you liked/something it tried to do that got your interest.)
Be polite to each other, and use good grammar(Good Grammar=Start a sentence with a capital letter and end with some ending punctuation).
That's all we need to get along. (On the internet anyway.)
Boudica was starting on the path to be a good friend but then she up and got banned. Haven't really tried to replace that since I don't show up as much around here.
Probably Heavy is Jetpack since he helps me out so much with TF2 items and we talk about stuff. Or Coldster.
No friends here... yet... well, ever probably. I'm not very good at making friends. For example, today I played Journey for the first time, came across another player, felt uncomfortable and decided to play offline by myself...
Honestly, I'd be surprised if I ever got to the point where someone would recognize me let alone befriend me. I still enjoy posting here anyway and the odd little conversation in a thread every now and then is good enough for me.
There are quite a few people here that I enjoy talking to. I'm not going to say any of them are my best friends, because I don't play favorites and they might not feel the same way about me...
Some of those people are...
T0ad 0f Truth, TizzytheTormentor, Beffudled Sheep, Fappy, Casual Shinji, burningdragoon, Colour-Scientist, Doclector, Imp Emissary, Lucem712, Nantucket, PsychicTaco115, Revnak, SonicWaffle, LoneWanderer, Pretty much the whole injustice league, quite a few of the brovengers. The whole of the "Forum Games" community (Which needs more people).
I like talking to people and I'll pretty much talk to anyone who cares enough to talk to me in return.
(Sorry in advance for inevitably not including someone).
I'd say mine are the active members of the LadyBits and Katawa Shoujo groups!
Eclipse Dragon (Dragon POWAAAAHH!, Lone Wanderer (Sexy Man!), Imp Emissary (he is a sneaky one), Colour Scientist, Trivun (awesome name), Teh Canape, Nile McMorrow (too many people!).
But I'm a new member (been lurking for ages) so maybe I'll make lots more
u r a jurk cuz u haev bad onions bout videogames i liek
;D
Yay! I made an enough of an impression on 2 people that they put me in a list!
xD That must mean the spell is spreading!
Anyway, I'd have to go with what Eclipse Dragon and Beffudled Sheep said. To many people to pick from, don't want to hurt feelings, and really when ya get down to it anyone who will take the time to politely chat with ya is a friend on the Escapist.
So yeah, if anyone is kind enough to politely chat with me, I count them as a friend.
That's where all the real problems come from on the internet. People just being plain rude.
I mean hell, even if what ya want to say to someone is something like, "I can't stand (insert your favorite game here)", you CAN say that in a nice and polite way. You can also just not say that, or put it in the comment on the side like, "I couldn't really stand (insert your favorite game here), but I did like (insert something you liked/something it tried to do that got your interest.)
Be polite to each other, and use good grammar(Good Grammar=Start a sentence with a capital letter and end with some ending punctuation).
That's all we need to get along. (On the internet anyway.)
There are quite a few people here that I enjoy talking to. I'm not going to say any of them are my best friends, because I don't play favorites and they might not feel the same way about me...
Some of those people are...
T0ad 0f Truth, TizzytheTormentor, Beffudled Sheep, Fappy, Casual Shinji, burningdragoon, Colour-Scientist, Doclector, Imp Emissary, Lucem712, Nantucket, PsychicTaco115, Revnak, SonicWaffle, LoneWanderer, Pretty much the whole injustice league, quite a few of the brovengers. The whole of the "Forum Games" community (Which needs more people).
I like talking to people and I'll pretty much talk to anyone who cares enough to talk to me in return.
(Sorry in advance for inevitably not including someone).
I'd say mine are the active members of the LadyBits and Katawa Shoujo groups!
Eclipse Dragon (Dragon POWAAAAHH!, Lone Wanderer (Sexy Man!), Imp Emissary (he is a sneaky one), Colour Scientist, Trivun (awesome name), Teh Canape, Nile McMorrow (too many people!).
But I'm a new member (been lurking for ages) so maybe I'll make lots more
u r a jurk cuz u haev bad onions bout videogames i liek
;D
Yay! I made an enough of an impression on 2 people that they put me in a list!
xD That must mean the spell is spreading!
Anyway, I'd have to go with what Eclipse Dragon and Beffudled Sheep said. To many people to pick from, don't want to hurt feelings, and really when ya get down to it anyone who will take the time to politely chat with ya is a friend on the Escapist.
So yeah, if anyone is kind enough to politely chat with me, I count them as a friend.
That's where all the real problems come from on the internet. People just being plain rude.
I mean hell, even if what ya want to say to someone is something like, "I can't stand (insert your favorite game here)", you CAN say that in a nice and polite way. You can also just not say that, or put it in the comment on the side like, "I couldn't really stand (insert your favorite game here), but I did like (insert something you liked/something it tried to do that got your interest.)
Be polite to each other, and use good grammar(Good Grammar=Start a sentence with a capital letter and end with some ending punctuation).
That's all we need to get along. (On the internet anyway.)
I don't really post enough for anybody to really know who I am T_T
However I had a little bonding with Binnsyboy when we were discusssing our admiration for the Red Hot Chili Peppers ^_^ It was nice to find somebody who loved them as much as I do
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