Garrulous Glaahk Brainless Void Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Um, can someone give me the forum welcoming/initiation thing about sanity. I joined the forums since late February this year but I havent had the priveledge of recieving or hearing the initiation thing. Some of you might think that this is silly but this is a big deal for me. I will be grateful to anyone from the forums that will do this for me. noniceKawsk84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 ɹoop əɥʇ ʇɐ ʎʇıuɐs ɹnoʎ əʌɐəl ·qəʍɹəpıds oʇ əɯoɔləʍ Brainless Void 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Brainless Void Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 ɹoop əɥʇ ʇɐ ʎʇıuɐs ɹnoʎ əʌɐəl ·qəʍɹəpıds oʇ əɯoɔləʍ I thank you Lilith. I guess I really have to leave my sanity at the door to read your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 tbh i don't even like the forum greeting much, i wish it'd at least be kept to General rather than the game forums because it feels sorta weirdly dismissive to me for someone to be greeted like that when their first post is asking for help with a game, but this is General and you asked nicely so there you go gem helper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 For some people, by the time they have made their first post asking for help there is some indication that they have lost some sanity trying to figure out a solution to their problem. The greeting serves as a reminder to store anything that is left in a secure place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Brainless Void Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 For some people, by the time they have made their first post asking for help there is some indication that they have lost some sanity trying to figure out a solution to their problem. The greeting serves as a reminder to store anything that is left in a secure place. I hope I have some left because I heard the reminder after making 57 posts. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I agree with Lilith. maybe it just needs a little discretion. some people appreciate it more than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 As always, knowing one's audience is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I consider it a fairly bad sign someone had to ASK for the greeting. The quiet forums are making us complacent. The fluffy turtles will not be pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Brainless Void Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 I consider it a fairly bad sign someone had to ASK for the greeting. The quiet forums are making us complacent. The fluffy turtles will not be pleased. I had no idea it would be a bad sign for the forums. Sorry that I had to ask for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I had no idea it would be a bad sign for the forums. Sorry that I had to ask for it. you have done nothing wrong here. please do not take the in-jokes of forum members too seriously adc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 The Fluffy Turtles are still watching, waiting. There is no "safe place". When you leave your sanity at the door, it will not be there when you get back! BEWARE! adc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I had no idea it would be a bad sign for the forums. Sorry that I had to ask for it. I received my first greeting on my first post. Back then, I didn't know it was a greeting, then I got offended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Brainless Void Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 Actually, my first interpretation of the greeting was that the new member is being asked to be insane before entering the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Valdain the King Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 The real question is how did the post about sanity come to be? There had to be someone that created it-Alorael, Randomizer? I doubt jeff did as jeff never went on forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I had no idea it would be a bad sign for the forums. Sorry that I had to ask for it. As Lilith observed, this is on us, not you. Someone ought to have got around to it long before you had to ask for it. Mostly likely, after we dropped the ball initially, we all assumed you'd already been initiated. Clearly, you knew the drill anyway, so perhaps you've been paying the sanity tithe. If not, we can settle up retroactively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Brainless Void Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 Maybe the problem is that my first post was not about a problem in-game. I checked in the GF forums, it was a debate topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 The real question is how did the post about sanity come to be? There had to be someone that created it-Alorael, Randomizer? I doubt jeff did as jeff never went on forums. i forget who exactly put it in there but i do remember that it started as part of the forum header for the old Misc forum, which was like General but with less useful discussion and more, uh, everything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Also, FWIW, although Jeff was never on the forums constantly, he did use to come on a bit more than he does now. The forum greeting has always struck me as akin to Spiderweb's motto (now on the About Us page but once prominently featured at the top of the entry page): "Where our aberrations become your reality." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Rugila Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 My first experience with Avernum was so much more enjoyable when i didn't think everything logically but let myself be a little deranged. Exactly as the forum initiation suggested. I left my sanity at the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer gem helper Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 tbh i don't even like the forum greeting much, i wish it'd at least be kept to General rather than the game forums because it feels sorta weirdly dismissive to me for someone to be greeted like that when their first post is asking for help with a game, but this is General and you asked nicely so there you go it feels a little mean in any context really, and a bit of a relic of a time when non-bottom-feeder internet culture was more casually ableist (not an accusation or anything, just an extended sigh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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