Thank You

Atrocities · #1 May 21st, 2005, 06:28 PM

I often forget how truly nice this forum is when compared to other game site forums like Lucas Arts. Talk about a bunch of rude, nasty, childish, inmature, spoiled rotten, wise asses. And Lucas Arts is not alone, most game forums are like this. Only a handful are like what we have here. Thank you Shrapnel for being here for us mature gamers. And thank you all for being a part of it. After being at other forums, I find myself in need of a refreshing shower. Shrapnel is so clean and uncomplicated compared to these other game forums. Man if I want to play politics, act like a hollywood yuppie jerk, and treat people like they are nothing, then ya, I guess I can go back to the Lucas Arts forums. But I won't. To hell with those jerks and their attitudes.

Internet Rage - When a person is treated poorly on the internet and then dedicates his or her life to finding the spoiled rotten little yuppie prick who insulted them. Upon finding said prick, beats him to death with mouse and keybaord.

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 May 21st, 2005, 09:46 PM

With the anonymity of the internet, it's easier for things to degrade. In RL, social preasure is greater - And there's the risk that the other person could hit you. On the internet, you can yell all you want and nobody knows who you are - Which isn't exactly accurate, with things like IP addresses, but - Anyway, before I wander off topic, also, in RL, you can only chat with a few people at a time and you probably know them.

The internet is like what you'd get if everybody on a bus tried to talk to each other.

On a side note, I don't like busses. This is probably a leftover from when I went to school.

DarkHorse · #3 May 21st, 2005, 11:42 PM

Like Teddy Roosevelt said; "Speak softly and carry a big phased-polaron beam".

Raging Deadstar · #4 May 22nd, 2005, 06:53 AM

Got to Agree with Atrocities. This place is one of the nicest forums I've ever been on.

Remember: He Who carries a big pointy stick stick get's blown into a crater by he who researched wave motion guns. I mean, seriously, Did you forget to build research centers?

Timstone · #5 May 22nd, 2005, 07:18 AM

I agree wholeheartedly with you AT.
Long live SE, Shrapnel and our nice community!

Gandalf Parker · #6 May 22nd, 2005, 10:11 AM

the Internet is a wonderful place to meet people and gain friends.
No fetish, fanaticism, or paranoia any longer need suffer alone.

Gandalf Parker

Strategia_In_Ultima · #7 May 24th, 2005, 03:57 AM

Also:

-If you play a game of SEIV against an experienced player who has been playing it since the beta, they'll treat you with respect and simply play a good game to have fun. If you lose, it's OK.

-If you play some other (retail market) game against experienced players, they'll treat you like dirt, and if you lose, they'll further amuse themselves by saying you can't do sh*t 'cause you're a f***ing n00b.

I mean, just look to Netstorm (ancient online RTS). About half the players are of the highest level and have been playing it for years, the other half are (relatively) new. If you're one of the new guys, you're dead, and they won't hesitate to use words to describe you that would've caused them to be arrested in RL.

I've stopped playing Netstorm.

I'm still playing SEIV. (Not PBW though, but I spend a lot of time on the forums.)

Slynky · #8 May 24th, 2005, 03:06 PM

And the really great thing...the peopel in this forum are from all over the world (AND Canada!).

Fyron · #9 May 24th, 2005, 03:22 PM

What? There are people from other parts of the world? I could have sworn that all SE4 players were Canadians! *shifts eyes left to right rapidly*

Will · #10 May 24th, 2005, 05:15 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
What? There are people from other parts of the world? I could have sworn that all SE4 players were Canadians! *shifts eyes left to right rapidly*

That's "I could have sworn that all SE4 players were Canadians!, eh?".