Socs and other EoFF Labels.

[Trumpet Thief]

chaos: Vinnie?

Trowa: Probably someone else. In any case, help is required...

Albedo: :chuckle:

[Doomgaze]

Will you jump over a pit of sharks? You have to be on waterskiis.

Yes.

[TheAbominatrix]

Yes.

You're so keen, Fonzie. *swoons*

And I now have the power of Phil! He will protect me.

[Trumpet Thief]

chaos: He's right! *starts bowing*

Rubedo: *chucks useless pouch of Kool-Aid* Now what am I gonna do in my life?

[-N-]

When I see Socs, I think Socrates. When I think Socrates, I think of intelligent but misguided pioneers. When I think of intelligent but misguided pioneers, I get hungry. So then I get some SPAM! But then I have leftovers and none of my friends want it, so I give it out to people over the Internet.

Seriously, who takes any of this seriously? It's the Internet. Here comes the Get Over It Train... next stop, you! :rolleyes:

[Giga Guess]

Wait, some oldbies don't like newbies? I love newbies! They go great with a bit of Hot Sauce...

Honestly, I don't know anything about that rebellion, and honestly don't care. I don't even know where I stand on the Heirarchy...(Middle Class? But then, my points thing spread like wildfire...)

[Yamaneko]

You can arrest me, but you'll never defeat the Cobras!

[eestlinc]

was a man...was a man...

i see eoff has descended to Jumping the Shark.

[Del Murder]

[Baloki]

Proto what have I told you about taking my depressive LJ entries seriously?

[Peegee]

If socs is what I think it is, I am mod of a forum where I am a soc. Not only that, but a rather senior member of soc-ism. The result? Rampant abuse of seniority, belittling of newbies, pretty much being a childish prick.

I don't see that here. Never have. If there are socs, they are socs because they hang with themselves. Much like in high school all the REAL popular people hang with themselves, but are not aversed to conversing with the 'normals'.

For example Dr Unne and I have never shared words outside of the forums. I leave messages in his blog every so often but that's about it. Yet he and I exchange words whenever I manage to write a coherent retort. Kishi and I have chatted until my PGness got to him, and now we don't talk. Other "lesser socs" are actually my friends.

Anyway, aristocracy or not, it is still possible to join their ranks. And if PG the foul mouthed dyslexic innebriant can do it, so can you!

edit: update:

Kishi and I have chatted until my PGness got to him, and now we don't talk.

I don't think I've ever said that I don't want to talk to you. Don't hesitate to strike up a conversation with me if you feel like it.

It was in jest. Actually I think I just stopped talking to you. My fault. I'm sorry. Please take me back. I'll do anything! *grabs at your pants* :D

[MecaKane]

And Kane... have I told you lately that I love you?

Not lately enough. :-[

[Loony BoB]

4) Socs and the EoFF class system.
No, not Socks. Socks = good. SOCS. What are socs? What is the EoFF class system? Ok, lemme explain.

First and foremost, at the top of the food chain, you have socs. They can do whatever they want, break the rules to a certain extent, and pretty much get away with it, because they are loved. They will nearly always win awards, and will often ignore, or at least socially, the people at a lower social level than them.

Then we have the Admins and the Cid's Knights, who while some of them are socs who everyone loves, most of them aren't. However, because of their positions in power, no-one dares challenge them about their biasedness towards the socs, and usually suck up to them.

Next there is the middle classes, who are generally accepted as members of EoFF, and stand a mild chance of winning awards and contests, but not much. They are also not allowed to break the rules as much as socs are, but they are a little bit, plus anything cool that they do do, is largely ignored, or at least is more ignored than it would be if a soc did it. They often spend their time sucking up to socs, as they want to become socs too.

Now we have the wannabes, who are vaguely known, but no-one really likes them and they have 0 chance of winning anything. The mods are also stricter on these people. They suck up to pretty much everyone, and are generally ignored. For example, people pay less attention to their threads. There is a pretty good chance they could have FF names and avatars, which further leads to them being ignored.

At the bottom of the social rung, there is the FF-Forum-only posters, who have FF names and avatars and the like. They don't even know the class system exists, and are quite content to talk about FF games.

We at BAoTW want an end to this, and want all people to be treated with equal respect.

I am a soc, and I believe we have been given a tainted image by the W-Boats. I am not a bully, nor do I hold prejudice against newbies - in fact, I'm one of the big voices for Newbie Rights and so forth. I AM a Newbie, as you should all know by now. As an apparent leader and sole vocal member of the socs, I think that Psychotic is a stupidstupidhead and I think the W-Boats are in fact the popular elitist group. They are the mafia of EoFF, and not in the funny or sexy or cool kind of way, oh no, they are the mafia in the ILLEGAL kind of way. They go around breaking rules and manipulating newbies. They are a bunch of cons, cons I say, and their antics should not and will not go unpunished let alone unnoticed. We're on to you, Psy, Baloki, and all you other W-Boat seniors intent on corrupting EoFF's youth and tainting the image of Cid's Knights and socs of EoFF, images that were previously cleaned with Mr. Muscle on a regular basis but now require Jif to get off those extra filthy stains. You won't get away with this!

[Meat Puppet]

I can safely say they got to me.

P.S. Psychotic is an awesome fellow.

[Misfit]

LONG LIVE BAOTW