Never. I am determined to haunt this place, even if I can no longer stand it here, until my fingers are too arthritic and pained to type....by which time voice-input will be long since perfected. And then I will program my household a.i. to mimic my offensive personality long after my death...

I get along well with some of the older (length on the site) members here and I'd be rather annoyed if they left without informing people. Especially people like Tru Ninja who have helped out the community significantly over the years.

"Never. I am determined to haunt this place, even if I can no longer stand it here, until my fingers are too arthritic and pained to type....by which time voice-input will be long since perfected. And then I will program my household a.i. to mimic my offensive personality long after my death..."

Me too.

You will program your household A.I. to mimic krellin? Why would you do that?

@jmo - I have a few on here that I am in regular communication with -- and to those, I would probably send a PM, perhaps even offering my real contact info.

But in a world of YouTube and instagram and twitter, I should not be surprised at self-centered "Look at me, I'm leaving" posts.

If you have a real relationship with this older member, I'm certain it will continue without his public proclamation. On the other hand, life in general consists mostly of relationships that come and go, as opposed to the childish ideal of static friends that last forever, which are truly rare, and few and fare between.

I don't think I even made an announcement when I stopped playing. There are people making announcements I've never heard of, so they haven't been playing that long... if you are someone who's been big in the community 3+ years, it's a big deal. Otherwise it isn't.

Damn! By that standard, I don't qualify Knoxy!

I still like you though! And I keep a good memory from our game together, though we had trouble getting along. As luck would have it, Tru was also in that game!

ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!! That's some funny-ass shit right there, thanks krellin!! :-)

That said, I do like to hear when "old timers" are moving on, like fortknox says, and 3+ years does seem about right, lol!! ;-)

5 years this December for me.

5 years and six retirements for Draug and counting.

There is a difference between a "look at me" forum post about your departure, and a sincere farewell.

I've seen both on the forum many times.

I'll turn 6 WebDip-years old July 18th...do I get a party or something?

(If I ever leave, I'd probably post something, but it'd probably be unnecessary--after a week or two everyone would notice the severe lack of Shakespeare, treatise-length posts, arguments that go nowhere, and even more Shakespeare.)

No party. Good short post. Me like.

I'm getting the feeling obiwanobiwan is leaving now...

FTR, Tom, I assume this thread is all about krellin giving Cachimbo a good ribbing, and I assume nobody appreciates it more than Cachimbo himself! :-)

Tom....pretty much 90% of the posts in the forums are "look at me" posts, posing and mental masturbation.

And virtually 100% of those from krellin fit that description. :-P

Oh hell yes, I won't dispute that. Which isn't to say that 0% of my posts have no meaning or value. Many do...you can pose, mentaly masturbate, etc and still have meaning....but the bottom line nobody is hear to LISTEN or LEARN....everyone is here to prove a point, put others down, put themselves on an intellectual pedestal, etc.

I just have the balls to be brash and honest enough about what goes on here.

I'm not sure why I'd have a particular appreciation for that... But meh!

Cach....you ARE HERE in the thread are you not, which has been put up specifically to rib you....so...whether or not your have a "particular appreciation"...here you are....and we all know you cracked a smile...or a sneer....well, some sort of facial expression that somehow involves the mouth, and perhaps a bodily sound.

Try a snort of derision. works for the rest of us. :-)

hehehe!

Fair enough! I didn't get the particularity of it all, but I did think the whole thread rather funny.

Please don't leave ..... some of us have just started to like you :-)

You grew on me like fungus under a nail!

I take it that's the sentiment you're trying to convey, right?

Say Krellin...
I beg to differ (let's be clear, I ain't really beggin'... ): some people are actually really interested in learning from the others. I would consider myself one of those. Not always: sometimes I have an opinion on something, and I have the arrogance to think I'm right. But I like that this community is made of a number of intelligent and educated people who can cast a better light on stuff than I can. I also like to hear 'voices from the other side', especially when they present reasonable and well crafted arguments. I've been made to change my mind on a few things here, and I've certainly learned from many, especially where the social and economic history of the States is concerned.

That said... the forum clearly does not harbor a vast number of people with that mind set. Nor do I think it ought to be restricted to those people only.

"You grew on me like fungus under a nail!"
"I take it that's the sentiment you're trying to convey, right?"

Perception is projection, is this how you think people see you?

Perception is Projection

Have there ever been times in your life when you met someone and thought:”God, he/she is really arrogant?” Or maybe, after you talked to someone, you thought: “Damn, he/she is opinionated. I’m glad that I’m not like that!”. I know that I myself have had a couple of situations like that, and only once I started studying Neuro Linguistic Programming did I realize the mistake I had made, the injustice I had inflicted upon all those people. Why? Because perception is projection.

While this sounds a touch cryptic, it actually means that we are fully in charge of what we perceive from other people. Simply put, what when we recognize others as being arrogant or opinionated or any other charming description, we actually recognize a part of ourselves, otherwise how would we be able to know what it was? So, basically, what we see in others is really ourselves!

What others do or how they act is their choice, it is our choice though how we perceive their actions. So, to a certain extent, people in our lives will act the way we unconsciously want them to (akin to a self fulfilling prophecy). That means that we get what we focus on! Hence, we project onto others how we want them to act, and once this projection or judgment comes to our conscious attention, it is our projection.

At the end, this means that you will see in people whatever you want to see, and you will only perceive things that you have in you. So, instead of jumping to judgments, make sure you are giving the person a fair chance. Of course you will still come across certain people you might not like and at least you gave them a fair chance. Furthermore, focus on what you want, and feel free to project on to others the way you want to be yourself!

Sucks that one can't make a simple reply to such a witty question...

I'm totally one of those who thinks of the proper rebuttal hours after having had the lamest retort. After seeing what you can do in game and on the threads, I don't think you suffer from the same predicament.

(previous was a cross-post)

I like that you give credence to the comment I made earlier, about people actually offering interesting views on these forums and it therefore being a place where we can learn something if we feel like it. Cheers for that.

As for my "two-liners" above....

Truth is: I first meant the first line as a description of how you grew on me. But given that this thread was really more about poking fun at me and that I didn't want to come out as aggressive towards anyone, I turned it on me. Maybe I'm a bit dumb for saying it now, but given your second comment, I thought it was interesting to note.

That said, it does not invalidate that longer comment. I'd probably want to nuance it a little, but I think it still touches on something very true.