Oh My!
<div class="IPBDescription">I've become addicted to Off-Topic</div> So I clicked on my favorites link to the NS forums for around the 7th time today, and first thing I did was scroll to Off-Topic. Then all of a sudden it occured to me: I've been doing just that for around 3 months. Off-Topic, Discussions, Constellation (for updates), and maybe Fan-Fiction once a day. Everywhere else just get's ignored.
I wasn't always like this. I used to check General Discussion first, then I&S. But then Discussions came back and it was so much effort to scroll that mouse wheel back to General Discussions that I started spending more time in Off Topic.
Why indeed, has such a thing occured? I give one hypothesis. I don't come to the NS forums to discuss NS. I come here to discuss other things with the great community here. And generally, that is what I do.
How about everyone else? Why do you come here? Is it all about NS, for the community, or a bit of both?
I wasn't always like this. I used to check General Discussion first, then I&S. But then Discussions came back and it was so much effort to scroll that mouse wheel back to General Discussions that I started spending more time in Off Topic.
Why indeed, has such a thing occured? I give one hypothesis. I don't come to the NS forums to discuss NS. I come here to discuss other things with the great community here. And generally, that is what I do.
How about everyone else? Why do you come here? Is it all about NS, for the community, or a bit of both?
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I'm here more for the community rather than NS, because everywhere else on these forums is a mess normally (except mapping, discussions and fan fic)
And Ryo-Ohki, if you think it's bad that you click on the link to this forum 7 times a day... Then I'll just cower in the corner (clicks on the link to these forums at least 20 times a day...). <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
ahem.
Yeah off-topic is great...
The discussion forum has always been a bit too "serious" for me, though I do venture in occasionally.
I don't think I need to tell you why I no longer venture into the S&I forums, but just in case I do:
1. The chance of even a really great idea being selected is pretty minimal (i'm not saying it doesn't happen)
2. The same ideas get suggested over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER.
3. Scorpians. I think that sums it up really.
Never been into fan-fiction since that sort of thing doesn't really appeal to me.
I visit artwork occasionally to look at the purty pictures.
But yes, Off Topic is truely the ultimate forum. It gives my life meaning. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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General has started to become a lot of trash talking, extremely repetitive boring threads that just don't interest me.
I don't do modding or mapping (yet!...HL2...)
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Off-Topic Forum!
Oh god yes! Off-Topic Forum!!!
OFF-TOPIC FORUM!!!!
*smokes cigarette*
*Injects him with a highly potent sleep aid*
*goes to have a sekret conference with DOOManiac, Infinitum, and all the rest of noteable hardcore off-topic crowd.*
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I post in off-topic alot, I used to be the only person in fan-fic, and I like discussions and the server foru and I'm always lurking and trying to post in most ever other forum I have access to
*shakes fist* one day I will be able to see them ALL!
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The only other forum I read is the Vet forums, and that's very rare because they suck pretty hard.
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Dirty lies !....almost 1337 too.
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( 71% of this member's posts ) <--- Beat <i>that</i> for dedication to a particular forum.
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Blarg I must spammz0r more! XD
(just kidding about the spamming part)
Yeah, I only go to Off-Topic. Jeez, everything gets posted here.
But yeah, I'm addicted to OT too. It wasn't so bad 6 months ago whe you could check the page every 6 hours and not really miss anything, but now there's so many people coming its like you gotta refresh every hour to keep up! :P
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lol
off-topic.... must have <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
but yeah, OT, i lurk the fanfix, artwork... discussions once in a while.. thassit o_o
This is where I learn the most of life, if there is some news story or some usless point of trivia, your sure to see it here eventually....
I LIKE CHEESE!
Wrong! You like alcohol. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Wrong! You like alcohol. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
no, I <b>LOVE</b> alcohol and I <b>LIKE</b> Cheese! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->