The Good Old Days

[Levski]

Ahh!  I have to wait a whole year to be considered even a \"midbie\"???
Gah!  Oh well....

/me goes back to the Blitzers where he is sort of respected....

[Kiern]

You know, it reminds of all the alignment discussions

Maybe there should be a list with clear definitions to be used for Planeshift use could also change the actual \"words\" used so we don\'t have stupid sounding ones that are taken differently by new people (such as newbie some people see as degrading if it\'s used that way in the community they were at before)

[Draklar]

do not listen ^_^
after some time there will come days when people will start to call you an oldbie. And I don\'t mean those here that in one year will be telling oldbie is someone who was around for 3 years
I mean the community as a whole, with newbies and people that joined together with you as well. When people will see you as someone that has been around for a very long time, then you might consider yourself as an oldbie. Again - don\'t listen to those definitions

[Levski]

Good advice Drak, thanx .

But actually, I dont care what I am as long as I still get to interact with everyone here.  Ok, well that sounded really cliche....

In a year or so, we will look back at this thread and say to ourselves...... \"How come we didnt realize that those were the good old days too?\"

[Kixie]

bah whatever. Im a \"newb\" still in comparison, but thats ok. Cus all you oldies are los3rs anyways. i mean this thread is only 3 hours old and it already has 3 pages, you all respond to fast...

[Monketh]

Raa!  Do not disrepect the oldbies!
Bow!
*Draws his longsword+4*

Seriously, I actually do think we should make new words for planeshift.

[Levski]

How about varying degrees from slave to master? The Devs being Gods of course..... So that all the \'masters\' could order all the \'slaves\' around?  And then the \'Gods\' making sure the \'Masters\' arent being too rough on the \'slaves\' .

Ahh im just joking....... but having our own mythology and hierarchys  (bah spelled it wrong probably) is a good idea.  This thread is waaay off topic now........  But I think threads should be allowed to evolve and to grow.

[Davis]

Originally posted by Gronomist
Actually, I\'ve just figured out why us oldbies had so much fun compared to the people who joined up later.

It\'s so simple that I\'ve overlooked the answer so many times. The oldbies (us) joined to have fun. We joined because of the roleplaying aspect of a game that had to be in development for about a year before it even had the looks of a game. The newbies (you) join to play a free game, kill mobs and make money. You get disappointed when you find that the free game isn\'t a game, merely a demo, whereas we oldbies have been waiting with great expectations for years, you come and demand a full game after waiting a week.

Anyone see the difference...?

I forgot the point... :rolleyes:

A newbie therefor turns into an oldbie when he or she gets the passion for the game, and enables him-/herself to wait several years to play a game, which in his/her mind will be great, not because it\'s free or because there will be uber-swords, but because it\'s so similar to the real life, yet it doesn\'t take as much effort to become successful. It\'s the understanding of the game which makes an oldbie, not the amount amount of time spent asking when the next version is released.

What the hell?

You know, that would make me an oldbie. I am not an oldbie. Therefore, you are wrong.

An oldbie is someone who is widely known and respected, partly for his/her age. Your system contains what it takes to be widely respected. But it\'s incomplete.

So... yeah.

[Kixie]

FLAME WARRRRRRR!!!! *gathers everyone like school children around gromonist and davis* lol

[AendarCallenlasse]

You see Whemy is a perfect example of the difference between an oldie and a newbie.  :]

We were having a perfectly relevant conversation and he starts insulting people.  Tsk tsk...you know in my day we would never have disrespected our elders.

An oldbie is someone who is widely known and respected, partly for his/her age

Hmm not quite...I\'m widely known but not very respected....heh.  They be\'s disrespectin meh.[/COLOR]

[Levski]

Davis, you cannot mix the two definitions together.  You have one idea what an oldie is, and Gronomist has another.  Just because Gronomist states his opinion, it does not mean that it will agree with yours, even partway.

Edit: Gah!  Aendar is back!  You post really really fast!  And wait, what would that make me?  Since I was part of the relevant discussion?

[Davis]

Yes, I can, yes, I do, no, Grono is not male, and her opinion does agree with mine partway, just not all the way.

[AendarCallenlasse]

Just because Gronomist states his opinion

Her.

Edit: Gah! Aendar is back! You post really really fast! And wait, what would that make me? Since I was part of the relevant discussion?

I\'m a very shneaky.
Had to eat ya know.
But it\'s quite simple, those who are oldies know who the other oldies are.[/COLOR]

[Levski]

Oh ok.  And sry Gronomist, my mistake.  Hope your meal was tasty Aendar .

Anyways, there is no way that I would say that im still a total newbie. I mean, I hardly know all the newbies these days, I feel awkward around them, since they keep asking questions...  

This is a very hard topic to debate...

[AendarCallenlasse]

It is a hard topic to define.  You see being an oldie isn\'t simply about how lon you\'ve been here.  It\'s also about how relevnat you are to the community.  anyone can post every now and then for two years, but that doesn\'t make them an oldie.  It\'s about maturity.  although tha always isn\'t a fctor alone.  Case in point:  Al....a little mature.  Meket very very immature.  But they were relevant.  They contributed to the communities growth.

If you and Davis stuck around for another year or two, you\'d both be oldies.  Because you\'re not flaming people or spamming.  You\'re contributing to the community and you\'re mature.