Even though most of my posts are fluff, I have finally reached 1000! And it's only been about two months! (is that a record?)
I've noticed that a lot of you joined because you had friends here. Well, I didn't. I had just started getting into role-playing, and decided I wanted to join an online game. I vaguely remembered something about Hatrack 1830's here, so I decided to check it out. When I found VBS, I was thrilled! Ever since I had read Ender's Game, I had thought it would be cool if there was an RPG!
Anyway, soon after I joined VBS, I decided to join this forum. It all went downhill from there. Staying on the computer for hours at a time, staying up 'till midnight posting, etc, etc. I know you'll all admit, I was a hopeless newbie, and still am. I was totally clueless about everything. Good grief, I lost my innocence to you people! There were words I had to look up in the dictionary, and wish I never did!
However, I am glad I joined Hatrack, and now I'm totally addicted. Thank you to everyone for destroying hopes of getting anything usefull done.
And now, for the mushy part.
((((((Raia and Marek))))) Thank you so much! When I first joined, you guys really made me feel welcome. Most people stuck up their noses at newbies, but you didn't. You guys made me feel like I fit right in, and I'll never forget that. (((((Raia and Marek)))))
(((((Rhaegar))))) For being cool, and making this place more fun than it already was.
(((((Hobbes))))) For liking tigers, of course!
(((((Annie))))) For keeping Photoshop Phriday going. I don't have time to submit entries, but I love to see what other people are doing!
(((((Rivka))))) For being a smiley lover!
(((((Shigosei))))) For all those awesome Uruk-Haikus! I actually e-mailed a bunch of them to friends.
I'll think of more people to thank later. Right now my brain is kind of frozen...
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on November 22, 2003 04:45 PM:
Awww, Eru, CONGRATS!!! YAY!!!!! (((((Eru))))) So good to have you here!! You were definitely one of my favorite newbies, now I dunno if you can be called a newbie anymore, being 1000 posts old...
Congrats, dear!! Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on November 22, 2003 05:06 PM:
Boy, I see you young kids and think "how would my life be different if I had started posting on Hatrack at age 16?"
And it's not a totally idle question, did't Hatrack already exist on AOL in '86?
(((EN)))
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 05:13 PM:
I know. I saw a lot of people that had been here a long time, and knew each other so well. It made me wish I had joined sooner. But Raia and Marek fixed that! (((((Raia and Marek))))
And it did exist in AOL, but I'm not sure how far back.
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on November 22, 2003 05:13 PM:
Heh, Congrats.
I don't know if it was on AOL that early...
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on November 22, 2003 06:06 PM:
I'm glad I could help you feel more welcome, I thought I was still a hopeless newbie, but thanks. You have helped make this place more fun too, and made me feel less out of place here, so thank you. I've only been here four months and have way fewer posts than you do, but if I was helpful in makeing you feel like you fit in here and should stay then good, because you do and you should.
Congrats on the 1,000 posts, and on being the only person to figure out my screen name on their own. *applauds* (they need an applauding smilie the closest to me is the hat tipping dude) Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 06:07 PM:
*is shocked* NOBODY had figured it out yet?! That's very sad.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 06:15 PM:
Whadda ya mean, figured it out?
Posted by Scythrop (Member # 5731) on November 22, 2003 06:16 PM:
Congrats on 1000 posts!
*wow*
I only started a couple of months ago too, and I haven't even made 100 yet!
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 06:18 PM:
Black Mage
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on November 22, 2003 08:43 PM:
((((((((((((Eruve Nandiriel))))))))))))
Glad to have you here for a quality 1000, stay for some more!
Hobbes Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 08:45 PM:
Don't laugh at me! Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 08:46 PM:
To answer your title question: 'Cause you can't take a hint? Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 08:48 PM:
BM, you're so mean! Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on November 22, 2003 08:54 PM:
Quality people, not quantity!!
Just messin' with you. Congrats on 1000 I suppose, although I don't think that having 1000 posts in two months makes you any less "new". Time would be the factor in newness.
I plan on never reaching 1000 posts. My next screen name is ready and waiting if that day ever comes along. If people think you are new, they will let you get away with more crap.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on November 22, 2003 08:58 PM:
I was nice in my post a second ago, but now I will not be because you are a Clemson fan.
You suck, and we all really wish you would just leave this forum. I was talking to raia a couple nights ago and she told me about how she was writing a song to sing in chorus about how much she hates you. Yeah that's right, and you thought she was your friend, shows what you know.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:00 PM:
*sets tiger loose* "sic 'im!"
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 09:00 PM:
Eruve, you know I'm only mean so I can hit my landmark by midnight. I'm sorry. . . (((((((((((((Eruve))))))))))))
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on November 22, 2003 09:05 PM:
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Just joking! Glad to still have an avid poster--and a cool person --around! We are becoming far to few. Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:05 PM:
Well if you're too mean, I might just leave, and then who would you talk to, hmmm?
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on November 22, 2003 09:06 PM:
I guess he would talk to all the other people here?
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 09:09 PM:
Naw, ya'll are too boring. *dimisses idea with the wave of a hand*
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:09 PM:
Why would they want to talk to HIM? Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:10 PM:
Why do people keep getting in the way of my posts! Arrrg!
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 09:14 PM:
Eruve. .. that hurt me deeply.. . Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:17 PM:
Awww...that's too bad. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on November 22, 2003 09:28 PM:
I noticed you were approaching 1000, Eruve. I'm glad you decided to do a landmark.
Congrats on 1000!
Long live e-hugs! Eruve
Fluff on, sister! Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 09:31 PM:
Eruve, I only really discovered you today, and I'd really miss you if you left.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:33 PM:
All that time on VBS and you never "noticed" me?
That's sweet though! (((((BM)))))
(((((Rivka))))) Long live e-hugs!
Tigers rule. Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on November 22, 2003 09:34 PM:
Pathetic newbie lovefest.
::nukes lovefest::
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 09:36 PM:
(yes!the dude on Jonny Bravo was right! if you just sound sincere, you can reel in the ladies like trout!)
Yeah, erm, amazing, ain' it?
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:38 PM:
Notice that Johnny Bravo always get beaten up by the ladies.
)))))BM(((((
And this thread has a nuclear defence system, you can't blow it up. *nukes USC fan*
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 09:45 PM:
What? You can't hear me when I talk in paren. . .I mean, what are you talking about? This is ridiculous. Just, you know--BURN HER!!! GET YOUR TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS! SHE'S A WITCH! SHE'LL EAT YOUR CHILDREN!
I feel I solved that problem well.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:47 PM:
*turns BM into a Newt*
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 09:48 PM:
It got better.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 09:54 PM:
*hacks BM's limbs off*
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 10:03 PM:
Just a flesh wound. *looses the rabbit*
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 22, 2003 10:06 PM:
*finds rabbit* *sets rabbit loose on BM* Posted by Snuffles (Member # 4332) on November 22, 2003 10:06 PM:
Right. Why ARE you here?
GRRR
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 10:11 PM:
One. . .two. . .four--I mean three! *throws holy hand grenade*
[ November 22, 2003, 10:11 PM: Message edited by: Black Mage ]
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 22, 2003 10:12 PM:
Because, Snuffles. Because.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on November 23, 2003 12:22 PM:
And if anyone wonders how it's possible to get to 1000 posts without really saying much of anything, there's ample demonstration on this thread. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on November 23, 2003 12:26 PM:
*zing*
[edit: Am I one of those people, Tom, or is my subconscious merely well learned in the art of irony?]
[ November 23, 2003, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: Frisco ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 23, 2003 03:19 PM:
I feel so unloved. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on November 23, 2003 03:23 PM:
(((((Eruve)))))
*whispers* Ignore the old fuddy-duddies. They're showing how "cool" and unfluffy they are. Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on November 23, 2003 03:45 PM:
Congrats, Eruve.
The way I see it, if we drove you to the dictionary, we're doing our jobs right. Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on November 23, 2003 03:57 PM:
Happy 1000th post, Eruve !
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on November 23, 2003 04:21 PM:
Don't worry, Eddie. Your posts may be fluff, but you look so cute saying them.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on November 23, 2003 04:49 PM:
That's sixteen posts a day. Sickening!!
Which is 5.5 times more profient than me!
Keep plugging away, Eru, you'll have 5840 by the end of the year, 58400 in ten years...
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 23, 2003 05:52 PM:
quote: I feel so unloved.
I love you just fine, Eru.
[ November 23, 2003, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: Black Mage ]
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on November 24, 2003 09:16 AM:
Eruve in recognition of your many contributions to hatrack let me just say:
Yay! New page!
It is just so hard to pass up makeing a new page
but seriously, glad to haveyou on hatrack. Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 24, 2003 02:57 PM:
Darn, missed starting a page again.
One thing I didn't mention, is that I have never been part of a forum before. So of course I just love all these cute little smileys, and use them whenever I get the chance.
And I know I'm addicted when I'm talking to people IRL and say things like "*grin*".
Teshi said:
quote:That's sixteen posts a day. Sickening!!
Only sixteen?
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on November 24, 2003 03:47 PM:
You are still here because we love you.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on November 24, 2003 03:53 PM:
Congratz
And thanks for making Hatrack a weekend thing too. I used to ignore it all weekend because nobody would post. Now look at all I missed this weekend.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 24, 2003 04:02 PM:
quote:I love you just fine, Eru.
quote:You are still here because we love you.
Awww... Nevermind. I feel loved now.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on November 24, 2003 04:06 PM:
Im not so sure we love you anymore. you hit us when we tried to hug you. Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on November 24, 2003 04:09 PM:
Nevermind, we still loves you, you is nice to us now. We thinks we are Smeagol in this thread.
[ November 24, 2003, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Rhaegar The Fool ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 24, 2003 04:11 PM:
PC- I'm me and I'm posting because I'm here.
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Rhaegar))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on November 24, 2003 04:13 PM:
Yes, we is feeling the love.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on November 24, 2003 04:21 PM:
PC - does it stand for political correctness?
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on November 24, 2003 04:36 PM:
I thought the exact same thing as glynn did. Landmarks should be based on time as well as posts. Just because you can post 700 times a day doesn't mean you deserve a landmark.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on November 24, 2003 04:43 PM:
um, i think that depends on what the landmark means to you.
a landmark post that exists because you feel comfortable enough to share enough of yourself to make one can be at any time. even at 200. even at 1.
of course, i'm required to say that since at over 2600, i'm still not comfortable making one and only have made the superficial 1000 and 2000 because of that accursed baron. if you kids want to yell at someone for misuse of the landmark system/tradition, yell at me. i'm far greater a violator of the intent that this poster.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on November 24, 2003 04:44 PM:
no celia, you misunderstand
i think a landmark should come around when there are enough people who would care to read it. and when someone might recognize your name.
when i hit 1000, i wont be making a landmark for exactly those reasons.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 24, 2003 04:45 PM:
1000 seemed to be a goal for a lot of people. So I made a landmark. Be glad I waited 'till 1000. Even if it is fluff.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on November 24, 2003 04:46 PM:
We loves the precious
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 24, 2003 04:48 PM:
We loves the precious back.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on November 24, 2003 04:48 PM:
how many are enough? and who are these people? is there some executive hatrack committee that decides who is and isn't worth reading about?
like every thread here, if you don't want to read it you don't have to.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 24, 2003 04:48 PM:
Thank you, Celia.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on November 24, 2003 04:51 PM:
Oh we most defenitly loves the precious more.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on November 24, 2003 04:57 PM:
hush up celia, you know exactly what i am trying to say and you are just being difficult.
saying that i dont have to read a thread means absolutely nothing and you know that.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on November 24, 2003 05:04 PM:
honestly, i don't. i'm just responding to what you're saying. shall we move this over to instant messanger (you know, when i'm on a computer that has it, instead of this lab one)?
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 24, 2003 05:41 PM:
Eh, you're right. I probably won't feel comfortable enough to make a landmark for a few months, even if I hit 1000.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on November 24, 2003 05:42 PM:
And it will still take you a few months to get to 1000.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on November 24, 2003 05:46 PM:
PC and AR -- just because you don't know or don't care, doesn't mean the same is true of others.
Is someone's landmark thread REALLY the place to be unnecessarily insulting?
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on November 24, 2003 06:00 PM:
Hey, I got two hundred posts in over the weekend.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on November 24, 2003 06:08 PM:
A landmark can be posted by anyone whenever they feel they have reached a milestone... if Eru feels 1000 is her milestone (heck, I posted a landmark at 500 the first time, I'm so comfortable here) then that's when she should do it! There's no specific rule for landmarking, it's whenever the poster feels that they have reached a certain point in there experience here, and that they want to share that moment with anyone else who appreciates it. Those who don't, needn't.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on November 24, 2003 07:06 PM:
I'm with Celia here. People should post it when/if they feel like it. If they haven't been here very long and not a lot of people know them, then they will simply not get a lot of responses, but posting might still have been a meaningful act for them and for the people who do know them. But a discussion of when it's appropriate to post a landmark might better go elsewhere, lest Eruve draw the mistaken impression that she is not welcomed or liked--and I'm sure nobody means for her to think that.
I for one, think she's a sweetheart, and I'm glad she's enjoying the forum. I hope she stays long enough for me to get to know her better.
Cheers!
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on November 24, 2003 07:30 PM:
I agree with you Icarus. I'm really sorry if I used you as a launch-pad for one of my silly, sometimes mean-spirited diatribes, Eruve Nandiriel.
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if you kids want to yell at someone for misuse of the landmark system/tradition, yell at me. i'm far greater a violator of the intent that this poster.