Well I don't care about "fitting in", but being recognized and not having your posts skipped because "WHO THE HELL IS HAUNTED-HOUSE" would be nice. This is a forum after all.

crumply, that name script...gives me a bead of sweat, every time.

Say out of curiosity, do you remember when I first came here?
Mostly targetted at You and Jeff, I can remember being an absolutely retarded asshole (I was 15 geez), I sort of feel like asking if you both still have that as a predetermined thought of me.


As far as 'fit in' goes, I'm a middle-man, not shunned by the community but not admired either.

I just remember you being kind of a dumb guy from Game Ideas, but not the dumbest, and not really an asshole either!  Also unlike most apparently you stopped being dumb at some point while I wasn't paying attention.

also

ps headphonics i've got one of JPC's games on me do you want it?

fuck yeah!


and jesus christ will you let the name script thing go already?  it was really only funny the one time with strangeluv did it.

I used to hang out on IRC all the time, but everyone ignored pretty much everything I said (except VB sometimes but he is gone now so ;_;) so I am pretty sure IRC is not a magical golden ticket or something!

A couple of people have mentioned not using RM*/gamesmakerfactory/etc in a long time as grounds for not fitting in, but I am pretty sure no one who I view as the in crowd at GW ever posts in G&D or about G&D without insulting it in the same sentence! Now they could just be avoiding like the plague, which is understandable, but I would think that if all the cool kids were making awesome games a G&D topic would pop up once and awhile!

For the most part it seems to me that only really established members are allowed into the in crowd! There are a handful of exceptions of course, but it's like this is how the popularity breaks down: primarily: been around for awhile heh, secondary: hey I get it me too guys and tertiary: I am an acceptable member/human being! and then everyone else is either just kind of there or kind of shitty!

Obviously not everyone who has been around for a long time is popular and not everyone new is doomed to be picked last, but there is certainly a lot of "hey remember that conversation on AIM/MSN/IRC that is why we are friends!" and while that isn't a bad thing it's hard as fuck to just suddenly do.

Although yeah whenever someone quotes me (never happens) I am like "wow yay!", although otherwise I don't really care that much. I mean, it's cool to have clout wherever you go but gaming forums rank pretty low (just above turnip store) on my list of places I wish I was popular. By which I mean "being generally well received" is my goal.

i'd say anyone who falls for uses the name script doesn't fit in that well!

I almost fell for it for a second and then I remembered that a few people's sigs do that. So I quoted Lars to confirm my suspicion. But seriously, that almost broke my heart :'(

I used to hang out on IRC all the time, but everyone ignored pretty much everything I said (except VB sometimes but he is gone now so ;_;) so I am pretty sure IRC is not a magical golden ticket or something!

Yeah it is like this for a while, but I think if you stick around people start paying attention to you!  When I first joined, I went on IRC a few times, and aside from Krinsdeath and KAZEURI, I'm pretty sure no one read a goddamn thing I said.  idk what changed when I finally got around to being active like a year later, but something definitely did!  So yeah that'll happen but I guess you just gotta TOUGH IT OUT and keep talking/typing a lot until people start noticing you as something more than background noise.  It's also easier when the channel is maybe not completely active and a flood of text, so whatever you try to say doesn't get lost to the ANNALS OF HISTORY three seconds after you say it.  I remember it could be sort of intimidating when there were like 18 people I didn't know talking at once, but less so when it was only three or four.  This, along with the general stupidity of GW MASSES, is probably why I eventually preferred the whole intimacy of #tlc, since there were maybe ten people who would be active in the channel.

Anyway, I don't think IRC is necessarily a golden ticket, and it's not like it works this way with everyone, but yeah, I think with a lot of people on GW, it's the crux of their activity here, not the forums.  When I was really active, the forums were just another outlet for the relationships that more or less originated on IRC (that's not to say I didn't know anyone before using IRC, but I kind of didn't; there's only so much you can get to know a person by just posting in the same video game threads as opposed to actually conversing with them).

hey Carius I'm going to echo this because I feel the same way about you, good job!

Oh good, so the random Adventure Land topic didn't get too frowned at then...
Actually... scratch that, I don't want to know...

Also this name script is really annoying, especially since some people actually ARE using my name in posts.


EDIT: Rare instances that I was actually on IRC, I'm sure a lot of you remember me playing Rock Paper Scissors... (well, okay maybe just kaempfer, neophyte and dis...), otherwise it was always bradseguin being a dick "More like Solitary Gayngel" along with bandwagonners joining in, it was fun just watching them be strange though.

I really agree that

doesn't fit in here AT ALL. I have no idea what his "hey gw im cool i dont give a fuck" thing is all about but it's only driving him away from here. If only he'd stop it already... Or preferrably leave....??

Stop what? Stop having a spine and not taking retarded shit? I'm sorry but that's something I'm not willing to do. At all. You're right though, I don't fit into the mold here. I don't think calling each other fags, niggas, and laughing at people dying or getting injured is funny. I also don't care for the whole "talking shit behind someone's back thing," which tends to happen often. Not saying every one here is like that, because I have talked to some nice people like Aztec, but most of you guys are. And that's fine.

I'm just going to leave. Personally, I have nothing against anyone here and I actually had some fun discussing things with you guys, but I don't usually stay in places where I'm not wanted. Not to mention that in my opinion, the negatives outweigh the positives here, so it's cool. I'll see you guys (not literally, that's just how I say good bye).

Also Lars, if you had an issue with me, why didn't you bring it up when I talked to you in #music? Not that it matters now, as I probably won't check this thread again. I don't feel like reading about people being happy about me leaving or insulting me on the way out, at the moment...or ever, really. Also, I must do the bouncy head thing once more...



It is so awesome. I love these icons.