Member Appreciation Week

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11-08-2010, 06:52 AM
G13

Member Appreciation Week

Earlier I was doing a bit of stalking and saw a very heartwarming VM exchange. I won't reveal names because then they'll know I'm stalking them (:monster:) but one member said a very nice thing to a recent new member. It got me thinking that we need more of this. It's not very often that any of us go out of our way to make new members, or old for that matter, feel accepted. Most of us are here every day and only interact with familiar members, hardly ever do we strike up a conversation with anyone new. Sure some of us probably think "I bet that guy's pretty cool" but how often do we do anything about it? I challenge everyone to spend this next week talking to new people. Just say hi at the very least. Let them know you know they exist.
11-08-2010, 06:54 AM
Freya

OK! I haven't been doing this with new members lately cause i've been busy with life and stuff but i'll put more effort into it!
11-08-2010, 07:08 AM
Pheesh

It seems like less new members have been making newbie threads since the vb change...or am I just not paying attention :/
11-08-2010, 07:20 AM
G13

I dunno. I haven't been noticing any either. But even then, people post in them and then what? How often does anyone continue the conversation from there?

This isn't just for newbies though. There are a good amount of members here that I don't know better than I should. People who could very well have many of the same interests that I do but we won't know one way or the other until someone takes the first step. It's for all of us to break away from our little cliques and become more of the community we claim to be.
11-08-2010, 07:20 AM
Rodarian

I appreciate new members... I do.... But I only lurk in a few places these days... Plus I rarely go down to underworld threads. :snicker:
11-08-2010, 08:37 AM
Bunny

I thought this was going to be a thread about me.
11-08-2010, 08:42 AM
G13

It is! :wacky:
11-08-2010, 08:56 AM
Marshall Banana

Let's have a Star Wars marathon. :thumbsup:
11-08-2010, 08:59 AM
Alive-Cat

I make a habit of finding the newest member daily, and giving them a usernote/giving them a 'visitor message' (whatever you crazy kids are saying these days.)
I think usually though, it just ends up scaring them. Am I really so hard to love? :whimper:
11-08-2010, 12:34 PM
Rantz

I remember when Alive-Man gave me my first usernote ever. I thought he was making fun of me. :argh:
11-08-2010, 01:11 PM
Alive-Cat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rantzien

I remember when Alive-Man gave me my first usernote ever. I thought he was making fun of me. :argh:

I think that is the general opinion! I think now you have the proportional strength of twenty men. And your dance moves have improved VASTLY.
Oh yeah and your voice is still as sweet as an angel. :greenie:
11-08-2010, 01:21 PM
Old Manus

Not all new forumgoers are 12 year old girls who've never used a forum before!
11-08-2010, 03:52 PM
Psychotic

Do I have to? Can't I just look down on newer members with a smug sense of superiority because I joined before they did? If I can't exclude them from my e-treehouse then frankly I have nothing else left to live for.

(fao: new members who don't know me, THIS IS JOKE, ALL I SAY IS JOKE, PSYCHOTIC NOT SERIOUS MEMBER AT ALL please be my friend forever :))
11-08-2010, 03:57 PM
~*~Celes~*~

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psychotic

Do I have to? Can't I just look down on newer members with a smug sense of superiority because I joined before they did? If I can't exclude them from my e-treehouse then frankly I have nothing else left to live for.

(fao: new members who don't know me, THIS IS JOKE, ALL I SAY IS JOKE, PSYCHOTIC NOT SERIOUS MEMBER AT ALL please be my friend forever :))

xDDD
11-08-2010, 04:11 PM
Hollycat

Where do I fit in this list

respect

0-!----------------------100

forum power

0-!----------------------100

seriousness

0---!--------------------100

connections

0---------------------!--100 (you have no idea)

banned by 2013 likelyness

0----------------------!-100

avatar

0-----------------------!100

btw, this is how we should use rep points, have a few different areas that you can give rep to, and then on your profile it says what rank you are by number. like an av rep and a knowledgable/believable rep, and an over all good person rep.
yeah
11-08-2010, 04:15 PM
kotora

what new members

it's always the same people posting in every thread on this forum
11-08-2010, 04:19 PM
Fuzakeru

I have a bad habit of thinking certain members are really super cool and want to IM them or get to know them better but then I get too nervous to do it. :/ I'm sorta lame like that sometimes.

We could always go back to molesting all the new members on the forum that way they felt reaaaaaaally welcomed. :3
11-08-2010, 04:21 PM
Hollycat

Or give every new member the title "IM A BIG FAT NOOB" for a month!
11-08-2010, 06:09 PM
Alive-Cat

I wouldn't believe that, or anything coming from someone who's been allergy free since '93. There's vast databases of knowledge that tell me you're one of those goers of merriment, trial testing saviours. You're a big softie really, Cactuar. :D
:heart: you
11-08-2010, 07:46 PM
Madame Adequate

I definitely think my member could do with more appreciation.
11-08-2010, 07:50 PM
Inferno

Quote:

Originally Posted by eternal essence

It seems like less new members have been making newbie threads since the vb change...or am I just not paying attention :/

Exactly. I welcome newbies quite often, but the number of intro theads has been quite low lately.
11-08-2010, 08:17 PM
Madonna

We should obviously begin a No Newbie Left Behind program, where we can adopt new members.
11-08-2010, 08:46 PM
TyphoonThaReapa

A'yo, I appreciate noobs all the time. (SPOILER)IN HELL! What? It's actually a pretty cool place. STOP JUDGING ME!
11-08-2010, 10:32 PM
Hollycat

I was serious about the NOOB thing, but yeah Im a softie, I love woriking at VBS and stuff and making people happy
11-08-2010, 10:35 PM
Bunny

Quote:

Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF

I definitely think my member could do with more appreciation.

File a complaint with your girlfriend then.
11-08-2010, 11:13 PM
G13

Well now I know who actually reads my posts and who lightly skims, if even that. I'm encouraging you to talk to all sorts of members, new and old. Go tell Old Manus and Naomi The Insane how cool you think their names are, you know you've been meaning to. Tell Bunny how you've been in love with him since the first time he made fun of you. Tell Iceglow that... :erm: Tell Quin how much you miss him ever since he found that life of his. Tell MILF he's your hero, no reason needed we all know why. Appreciate your fellow members!
11-09-2010, 09:27 AM
Timekeeper

I could post another newbie thread. I've been here just over two years, but I'm still a newbie, and my first intro thread didn't count, I say. :colbert:
11-09-2010, 11:03 AM
Alive-Cat

The member I appreciate most is not here right now. :whimper:
11-09-2010, 02:34 PM
Clo

Now I am.
11-09-2010, 05:18 PM
Alive-Cat

Clo, you've returned from the Great War! :jess:
11-09-2010, 06:09 PM
Hollycat

Quote:

Originally Posted by kotora

what new members

it's always the same people posting in every thread on this forum

Its because we banned all the newbies
11-15-2010, 01:11 AM
Crop

I've been here longer than a lot of people but no one ever talks to me. I just chip in here and there, you're all too tightly knit together for me to break in.
11-15-2010, 05:59 AM
Rodarian

Crop you're just not Top Eyes On Model for us....Please pack your bags and get outhttp://www.goodnewsshutup.com/wp-con...imated_gif.gif
11-15-2010, 06:04 PM
Alive-Cat

I think we all need to pull together and get some loving on! :heart:
Members I appreciate: Psychotic (always <3), Renegade, Levian, Rocket Edge, Cz, DK, Rantzien, Christmas, Clo, Mr Twisticles (where did he go he had so much promise), I Took The Red Pill, Kentarou, and last but not least SHODEN AND GUNBLADE MASTER R.I.P. YOU KINGS OF MEN BIG LOVE LOVE LOVE x
If you would like to get on my love list then just say so in this thread. :greenie:
11-15-2010, 06:08 PM
Inferno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alive-Man

If you would like to get on my love list then just say so in this thread. :greenie:

Does this involve an initiation party, rituals, sex and alcool !? Cause if it does, I need to know where to sign right now.
11-15-2010, 07:32 PM
Alive-Cat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inferno

Does this involve an initiation party, rituals, sex and alcool !? Cause if it does, I need to know where to sign right now.

There will be more parties, rituals, sex and alcool than in your wildest dreams! Meet me here in 72 minutes.
11-15-2010, 10:16 PM
Bunny

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inferno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alive-Man

If you would like to get on my love list then just say so in this thread. :greenie:

Does this involve an initiation party, rituals, sex and alcool !? Cause if it does, I need to know where to sign right now.

Sign the dotted line, right above the very very fine print that doesn't mean anything in particular.
11-15-2010, 10:57 PM
Clo

I always feel like when I walk into a room/forum, I'm immediately on everyone's love list until stated otherwise.
11-16-2010, 12:33 AM
Seraphic

The forum has always felt like playing The Sims in real time: Drop in to see what all you crazy kids are saying to each other and then hop on out.
But in reality it's like an emo kid who says he doesn't want to be part of the crowd, but actually really does.:greenie:
11-16-2010, 02:18 AM
NorthernChaosGod

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clo

I always feel like when I walk into a room/forum, I'm immediately on everyone's love list until stated otherwise.

You're party cat, what's not to love?
11-16-2010, 02:28 AM
Clo

Quote:

Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clo

I always feel like when I walk into a room/forum, I'm immediately on everyone's love list until stated otherwise.

You're party cat, what's not to love?

That's what I'm smurfing talking about. :party:
11-16-2010, 03:58 AM
Jiro

I should probably visit here more often to join in the lovin'.
11-16-2010, 09:56 AM
Alive-Cat

Jiro makes the list. :heart:
11-16-2010, 03:43 PM
Hollycat

I am going to draw a stache on every last one of you so you remember me!
11-16-2010, 06:03 PM
Alive-Cat

Cactuar, I meant to put you on that list, but when I was thinking of EoFFers to put on there I thought I already put you on there!
By the end of this thread I will have a revised list of loved ones. :love:

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