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Topic Started: Sep 15 2012, 06:20 PM (14,401 Views)
Mingnon
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More-or-less prepared for the stars...
I should elaborate how I saw things when I made the Everquest Next thread:

For just about every single thread I've made, I tend to get a response along the lines of 'Won't discuss, you didn't explain.' When I've seen plenty of other threads discussing something without someone cropping up to ask what they were trying to start a discussion about. It came off as unfair to me. Even moreso when, even when I did put in the effort of a description, I either get silence or half-hearted interest, leaving ME of course to put in even more effort to keep up a thread.

And as such, it makes me singled out in here. The person who doesn't fit in.
Edited by Mingnon, Aug 5 2013, 06:34 PM.
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Shane the Corrupted
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Embodiment of Corruption
I find that if you want to attract attention the best way is to be passionate and engaging about it, and a good way of doing that is going the extra mile of filling your peers in on as much as possible, maybe hold some things back as teasers to attempt to lure them in. It's a pain to churn out one massive OP about something you want to bring attention to, especially when you don't know how the reception will turn out, or indeed if there will ever be a reception to speak of, but all you can really do is go for it and hope for the best.

Little comes easy in life, but receiving a response for your effort is a delightful feeling.
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RyuuChan
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(unrelated topic to that above)

Sir, are you really THAT much of an idiot? Do you REALLY not know how to work a waffle iron? You only turn it over once, not rotate it back and forth. I don't care what the directions say. Anyone with half a brain would know this. You must either be really dumb or really disconnected to not know that. From the looks, you do not appear Amish, Minonite(sp), or Quaker, so you must be dumb. Not only that, but you're older than me... What does that say about your actions to me?
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Speedy
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Fairly sure I've given up.
You know, I understand people love amazing images.. or silly images, or other images they like.. But why.. WHY is it SO difficult to PROPERLY LINK?

I'm not talking about broken links here, but.. Artist. Credit.

I'm seeing this happen often ON Tumblr, that people neglect to put the correct source down, or just remove it. Or even REPOST the image WITHOUT source. But the same is happening HERE ON THIS FORUM. Differently, but still quite the same.

Pics are just taking from Tumblr, their url placed here, without the original post. Even linking to reblog of the post would do, as most proper posts would have a source. I know it's a tiny bit hypocrite considering my previous complaint, but I personally try to keep the source in OR at least makes sure the original poster can be found.

But also deviantART pics. People go for the download image' url and post it in here.

AND I UNDERSTAND, DONT GET ME WRONG.

It's great to just post pics and have them show off.. but why is it so difficult to add the source? You're already copying the image' url, is it THAT difficult to also get the PAGE's url? Or maybe the artist? And if you don't KNOW where it is from..

Sauce it. Or check IQDB. Or simply Google Reverse Image search. (Click the camera in the search bar.) OR even try fucking TinEye, even though it's sheer crap.

Actually take the effort in giving the artist proper credit! WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
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RyuuChan
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Okay chicka. I know I've done wrong to your fiance in the past - heck, I've wronged a lot of people in the past. That doesn't mean that you can put ALL the blame on me for what happened. And why is it that you can see that only he changed? I've changed too! And besides, you shouldn't have gone snooping into my other journals anyway. So I'm not the only one who's done wrong here. And to finally know what you've thought of me this entire time? That's good to know so it doesn't hurt as bad when I say that I'll never talk to you or him ever again.

Jeez... No wonder you two are perfect for each other. I hope you two have a nice life together.
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Overlord SoS
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Hey guuuuuuuuys, guess what time it is?

Rant
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SupurNeoDude
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Deliciously delicious.
I personally think this belongs in the confession thread, but I don't feel like necro-ing is a good idea considering my past on this site.

My thing. It might be pretty long.

I guess that's what the rant/bitchy heart-pour is about: Am I weak? Or useless on the forum? And if I am either, how could I improve?
I mean, hell, I could've put this on the other forum, where people don't know me that well and I don't think I'm hated, but I wanted to share this with you guys. I hope there was more explaining than negativity there. This has been building up for a while.
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JBRam
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Don't play with fire, kids.
Neo, Dude, it's fine. It's perfectly ok to go see another forum. We're not exclusive or anything. It's not like you bought us flowers and asked us out, then stood us up for TV Tropes. I'm part of other forums too... I just mostly come here.

I'm 25 years old and I freely admit that I love innuendos (in your endo) and immature humo--fart. For a long time, I thought that was all that I was. Plus some rather overweight ugly guy. Figured no one would like me. But that's not true. My first piece of advice is to learn to live with yourself. You're unique and a pretty decent person. The sooner you believe that, the sooner you'll allow yourself to have more fun with your life and to make new acquaintances and friendships. It's not about pity or rudeness or being weak. I personally find that coming to people for help is a sign of great inner strength. Those who attempt to go it alone are usually the ones who end up weak.
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SupurNeoDude
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Deliciously delicious.
Thanks. That actually helped Jeebs, and I'm going to try to do this.


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JBRam
 
It's not like you bought us flowers and asked us out, then stood us up

You wanted flowers AND A DATE?

Well, uh... that's neat. I don't think I could handle that many people, though.
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RyuuChan
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Oh holy hearts... If I hear that guy sniffing/sucking back snot one more time, I'm gonna be sick. I'd rather hear someone blow their nose than sniff/suck down snot so much that it sounds like they're getting high.
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