Why isn't The Escapist up for a webby this year?

[lacktheknack]

As a suggestion to the mods on this site about the escapist can i offer one idea? Just one.

For a single week/month or whatever. Lets have 1 new thread stickied in offchat. Lets call it the anarchy thread. Make it so in this thread no one can be banned for any reason. And lets see what happens. If it doesnt descend into complete 4chan ness maybe it tells us something about the users and rules? It would be interesting to see thats all im saying.

Would a single thread with this system be such a bad idea?

Yeah, it kind of is.

I, for one, would avoid that thread like the plague. As would many who love the moderation around here.

And then, all of a sudden, everyone who takes advantage of the anarchy thread would become future mod-targets and people begin to dislike them, seeing how personal attacks would run wild and major "F*ck Authority" mindsets would reign. The renewed distrust and dislike that would be formed between various members would hurt the forum.

If you really want a bile bucket to spit bile into, there's always /b/...

Oh i dont, and you raise quite a few valid points against it. I was just curious as to what would happen if we took the lawless setting of 4 chan and applied it to escapist users. Would we neccessarily see the same results?

We wouldn't, we'd see much worse results, seeing how there's a username attached to everything.

This goes under the assumption that we would see a lot of hate and bile. This might not be the case. We might find that intelligent discourse is still maintained among users and that, while users are more ready to present opinions or say things that otherwise they might keep in their heads, real discussion isnt entirely replaced with flame and pointless spam.

That said im perfectly happy with the forum as is right now, i was just interested as to what such a thread would look like and its impact on the escapist community.

Heck, that could even work until a politically/religiously charged topic comes up.

But they would.

AND THEN EVEN THE HAND OF GOD COULD NOT SAVE US.

 

[Lucem712]

Kinda surprised to see the whole "elitist" thing brought up.

Personally I think it's a bit of horseshit. People here aren't elitist, they just try too hard to sound intelligent and end up coming off as condescending. Surely other people have seen things like this? Or am I just being a wanker?

Don't misunderstand me though, I love this site. Hell, these are the only forums I've been on where my post count has gone over "1" and where I bother coming back daily.

I was also surprised to see that.

Elitist:
A person who believes that a system or society should be ruled or dominated by an elite.

I think sometimes people will come off as pompous, but I think it's a little more noticeable right now because of all the 'Is it Art' debates going on.

 

[Kahunaburger]

What is everyone talking about, we're crazy elitist. Beats the alternative.

 

[bobmus]

Thread successfully derailed.... Again.....

It's a gift really.

Sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it

It got so derailed that the thread got locked... then unlocked again.

That may or may not have been me.

I was playing with my shiny buttons and I don't know if I did or didn't do something

... And suddenly it all makes sense! Seemed a strange thread to be closing down, especially with all the external criticism over modding mentioned. Don't worry TimeLord, we still love you! [small]And of course, all the mods here[/small]

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Thread successfully derailed.... Again.....

It's a gift really.

Sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it

It got so derailed that the thread got locked... then unlocked again.

That may or may not have been me.

I was playing with my shiny buttons and I don't know if I did or didn't do something

... And suddenly it all makes sense! Seemed a strange thread to be closing down, especially with all the external criticism over modding mentioned. Don't worry TimeLord, we still love you! [small]And of course, all the mods here[/small]

I thought it was me.

I thought I derailed the thread so hard that the lock couldn't be contained.

My confidence has been struck a blow D:

 

[bobmus]

Thread successfully derailed.... Again.....

It's a gift really.

Sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it

It got so derailed that the thread got locked... then unlocked again.

That may or may not have been me.

I was playing with my shiny buttons and I don't know if I did or didn't do something

... And suddenly it all makes sense! Seemed a strange thread to be closing down, especially with all the external criticism over modding mentioned. Don't worry TimeLord, we still love you! [small]And of course, all the mods here[/small]

I thought it was me.

I thought I derailed the thread so hard that the lock couldn't be contained.

My confidence has been struck a blow D:

This may be your first confidence blow in quite some time...

Reflect on this a while.

Then go drive another thread onto a whole different rail!

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Thread successfully derailed.... Again.....

It's a gift really.

Sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it

It got so derailed that the thread got locked... then unlocked again.

That may or may not have been me.

I was playing with my shiny buttons and I don't know if I did or didn't do something

... And suddenly it all makes sense! Seemed a strange thread to be closing down, especially with all the external criticism over modding mentioned. Don't worry TimeLord, we still love you! [small]And of course, all the mods here[/small]

I thought it was me.

I thought I derailed the thread so hard that the lock couldn't be contained.

My confidence has been struck a blow D:

This may be your first confidence blow in quite some time...

Reflect on this a while.

Then go drive another thread onto a whole different rail!

I'll derail the next thread so hard that it'll send a ripple of chaos back through time.

Someone, somewhere, will look up with confusion and utter a single word.

'Wha?'

 

[bobmus]

Maybe, and this is just a thought, they don't deserve it and are being passed up for it. Think of it like this. Remove Yahtzee, MovieBob, and The web comics and the site will be deserted fast.

... Remove your friends from Facebook and the site will be abandoned fast.
Remove free hosting from YouTube and the site will be abandoned fast.
If you remove lots of key content from the Escapist it would be abandoned fast. Yes, that's what removing attractive features does...

I'll derail the next thread so hard that it'll send a ripple of chaos back through time.

Someone, somewhere, will look up with confusion and utter a single word.

'Wha?'

This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with the call of the Clarion...

 

[lacktheknack]

Thread successfully derailed.... Again.....

It's a gift really.

Sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it

It got so derailed that the thread got locked... then unlocked again.

That may or may not have been me.

I was playing with my shiny buttons and I don't know if I did or didn't do something

... And suddenly it all makes sense! Seemed a strange thread to be closing down, especially with all the external criticism over modding mentioned. Don't worry TimeLord, we still love you! [small]And of course, all the mods here[/small]

I thought it was me.

I thought I derailed the thread so hard that the lock couldn't be contained.

My confidence has been struck a blow D:

This may be your first confidence blow in quite some time...

Reflect on this a while.

Then go drive another thread onto a whole different rail!

I'll derail the next thread so hard that it'll send a ripple of chaos back through time.

Someone, somewhere, will look up with confusion and utter a single word.

'Wha?'

That's it. I'm making a game.

"Call of Clarion".

 

[Daystar Clarion]

the call of the Clarion...

"Call of Clarion".

Now that's just scary guys

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

I'm not sure why everyone's surprised; whether the users like it or not, this place is kind of a laughingstock among other communities.

why is that so? can you explain for me, im a little dense when it comes to inferring. and algebra.

 

[lacktheknack]

the call of the Clarion...

"Call of Clarion".

Now that's just scary guys

IT'S MEANT TO BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[bobmus]

That's it. I'm making a game.
"Call of Clarion".

This shall be the backing track, on a loop...

...

the call of the Clarion...

"Call of Clarion".

Now that's just scary guys

I'm calling first-sies!!

 

[Daystar Clarion]

IT'S MEANT TO BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'm calling first-sies!!

As long as I get all of the money.

And the power...

My god, I love power...

 

[Waaghpowa]

What is everyone talking about, we're crazy elitist. Beats the alternative.

Being a pleb?

 

[Kahunaburger]

What is everyone talking about, we're crazy elitist. Beats the alternative.

Being a pleb?

Precisely.