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nimysa
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States383 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 04:39:06
December 22 2009 04:36 GMT
#1
Why can't we all just be friends? This is a rhetorical question I ask. I see people helping complete strangers on the internet, why can't people do that in real life? I noticed that places like Tl.net have this distinct small town feel; Where like everyone knows each other or at least pretends to, but in real life there are all these unnecessary boundaries between people. What's the point of living in tribes these days anyway? I mean the world is too big and our lifespans are too short, so we might as well try to establish as many relationships as we can and share experiences and wisdom with each other. In this day and age, people are more interlocked then ever.

**
Freyr
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States500 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 04:39:35
December 22 2009 04:38 GMT
#2
Because in real life people smurf you in starcraft and crush your pride.

Oh they also do that online..hm

I think there's a lot of crap that goes on on the internet as well - real life just doesn't have effective moderators for a wide variety of reasons.
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
December 22 2009 04:43 GMT
#3
Some people can be total jerks on the internet, other people actually want to be nice and helpful. Overall, I would say there are more good natured people on TL, but that's because most of the mods ban the assholes right away.
druj
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
137 Posts
December 22 2009 04:45 GMT
#4

Once you play starcraft, everything else in life seems alot easier.
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
December 22 2009 04:46 GMT
#5
i like it when people put links to other blogs.

maybe irl, people dont have as much in common as people do on TL
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
December 22 2009 04:46 GMT
#6
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
December 22 2009 04:47 GMT
#7
You know those people that you've tried to talk to, but nothing worthy of conversation ever comes up? You simply can't always talk to people, thus not always being able to befriend them. Different people, different views, different friends.
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
December 22 2009 04:47 GMT
#8
On December 22 2009 13:45 druj wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkhzHQO7jY&feature=related


First time I've respected someone with less than 100 posts!
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
December 22 2009 04:48 GMT
#9
It also stems from some people refusing to admit they are wrong or learn anything from any experience ever, because they are right 100% of the time.
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
December 22 2009 04:51 GMT
#10
conflicting interests
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 05:01:49
December 22 2009 04:55 GMT
#11
Please fuck off and stop being gay.



+ Show Spoiler +
But yeah. I really love how TL is, but I mostly see the contrast between here and the rest of the internet. It's a crazy place out there and we somehow manage, even with our fair share of 14 year old idiot kids, to have a really cozy community. I try to help people and I have received some really great help from other members and mods. It feels like family.

EDIT: And I try to be nice to strangers in real life too. I talk to folks at the bus stop and I give change to panhandlers. I like being part of a community in real life.
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
December 22 2009 05:03 GMT
#12
TL is definitely one of the best forums I've been to.
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
December 22 2009 05:04 GMT
#13
On December 22 2009 13:55 thopol wrote:
Please fuck off and stop being gay.



+ Show Spoiler +
But yeah. I really love how TL is, but I mostly see the contrast between here and the rest of the internet. It's a crazy place out there and we somehow manage, even with our fair share of 14 year old idiot kids, to have a really cozy community. I try to help people and I have received some really great help from other members and mods. It feels like family.

EDIT: And I try to be nice to strangers in real life too. I talk to folks at the bus stop and I give change to panhandlers. I like being part of a community in real life.

i take slight offense to the 14 year old kids comment
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
December 22 2009 05:05 GMT
#14
On December 22 2009 14:03 RoieTRS wrote:
TL is definitely one of the best forums I've been to.

If people are smart enough to like starcraft, their IQ would be at least above 160+
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
December 22 2009 05:10 GMT
#15
On December 22 2009 14:04 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2009 13:55 thopol wrote:
Please fuck off and stop being gay.



+ Show Spoiler +
But yeah. I really love how TL is, but I mostly see the contrast between here and the rest of the internet. It's a crazy place out there and we somehow manage, even with our fair share of 14 year old idiot kids, to have a really cozy community. I try to help people and I have received some really great help from other members and mods. It feels like family.

EDIT: And I try to be nice to strangers in real life too. I talk to folks at the bus stop and I give change to panhandlers. I like being part of a community in real life.

i take slight offense to the 14 year old kids comment

Awww, he's so cute.

Many internet fuckwads I encounter on the web seem like they fall into that category though. I know TL's 14 year olds are the best though.
NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
December 22 2009 05:34 GMT
#16
See, this is one reason why another forum that I visit online regularly I love just as much as here. I can go there and get away from the jerks and have fun with fun nice people ^____^

Why can't we all get along here at TL? D:
I need to protect all your life you can enjoy the vibrant life of your battery
Foreplay
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1154 Posts
December 22 2009 05:39 GMT
#17
On December 22 2009 14:04 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2009 13:55 thopol wrote:
Please fuck off and stop being gay.



+ Show Spoiler +
But yeah. I really love how TL is, but I mostly see the contrast between here and the rest of the internet. It's a crazy place out there and we somehow manage, even with our fair share of 14 year old idiot kids, to have a really cozy community. I try to help people and I have received some really great help from other members and mods. It feels like family.

EDIT: And I try to be nice to strangers in real life too. I talk to folks at the bus stop and I give change to panhandlers. I like being part of a community in real life.

i take slight offense to the 14 year old kids comment

lol i immediatly thought of you when i read that.
Better than Pokebunny
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
December 22 2009 05:49 GMT
#18
because some people are dumb as fuck

there
[iHs]HCO | のヮの | pachi & plexa ownz | RIP _
Wohmfg
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1292 Posts
December 22 2009 06:02 GMT
#19
Because you have so much less to lose when you post online. Because most people can create a better ego when they post on a website. Because if all the people in my life played starcraft then I probably would react differently to them, I'd relate to them more. I can come here and have a common connection with all the people here. You can't do that in real life, you have to create the connections over time and once you have these connections then these people are your friends.

Read about the monkeysphere, pseudo-intellectual evolutionary psychology bullshit, but it all makes sense so it's fine if you want answers.
BW4Life!
Etherone
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1898 Posts
December 22 2009 06:03 GMT
#20
On December 22 2009 14:39 Foreplay wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2009 14:04 Pokebunny wrote:
On December 22 2009 13:55 thopol wrote:
Please fuck off and stop being gay.



+ Show Spoiler +
But yeah. I really love how TL is, but I mostly see the contrast between here and the rest of the internet. It's a crazy place out there and we somehow manage, even with our fair share of 14 year old idiot kids, to have a really cozy community. I try to help people and I have received some really great help from other members and mods. It feels like family.

EDIT: And I try to be nice to strangers in real life too. I talk to folks at the bus stop and I give change to panhandlers. I like being part of a community in real life.

i take slight offense to the 14 year old kids comment

lol i immediatly thought of you when i read that.


i'll be perfectly honest the biggest retards that show their faces on TL are usually 18 or older.

and the reason TL is able to maintain some form of integrity is the heavy moderation. THANK YOU MODS
maneatingshoe
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada484 Posts
December 22 2009 06:14 GMT
#21
On December 22 2009 14:04 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2009 13:55 thopol wrote:
Please fuck off and stop being gay.



+ Show Spoiler +
But yeah. I really love how TL is, but I mostly see the contrast between here and the rest of the internet. It's a crazy place out there and we somehow manage, even with our fair share of 14 year old idiot kids, to have a really cozy community. I try to help people and I have received some really great help from other members and mods. It feels like family.

EDIT: And I try to be nice to strangers in real life too. I talk to folks at the bus stop and I give change to panhandlers. I like being part of a community in real life.

i take slight offense to the 14 year old kids comment


At least you're not rotting you're life away on 4chan or something...shudders
horang3
Profile Joined November 2009
United States261 Posts
December 22 2009 07:14 GMT
#22
On December 22 2009 15:02 Wohmfg wrote:
Because if all the people in my life played starcraft then I probably would react differently to them, I'd relate to them more. I can come here and have a common connection with all the people here. You can't do that in real life, you have to create the connections over time and once you have these connections then these people are your friends.

That's very true. Professional Starcraft is something which people can bond over easily because we all love the game. It's not like soccer (football) where we're fans of a certain team because our father is or because we live in the area. Everyone here has a genuine interest that is divorced from the common social and cultural conception of what is worthwhile and the right thing to do in order to advance your standing. Simply put, people want to contribute to something that is undeniably good not because they are told it is, but because they feel its effects. This is why the community is so great.
Do great work
Toxic
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada233 Posts
December 22 2009 07:27 GMT
#23
On December 22 2009 14:04 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2009 13:55 thopol wrote:
Please fuck off and stop being gay.



+ Show Spoiler +
But yeah. I really love how TL is, but I mostly see the contrast between here and the rest of the internet. It's a crazy place out there and we somehow manage, even with our fair share of 14 year old idiot kids, to have a really cozy community. I try to help people and I have received some really great help from other members and mods. It feels like family.

EDIT: And I try to be nice to strangers in real life too. I talk to folks at the bus stop and I give change to panhandlers. I like being part of a community in real life.

i take slight offense to the 14 year old kids comment



I immediately thought of you for some other reason, nick read that title :p.
Yes.
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
December 22 2009 07:58 GMT
#24
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Catchy song!
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
Always
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States376 Posts
December 22 2009 08:08 GMT
#25
I've seen some really mean people on TL, but I guess compared to other forums, we do pretty well for ourselves.
"Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error." - Linus Pauling
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
December 22 2009 08:11 GMT
#26
On a marginally unrelated note, I fully believe that TL can take over the world if we wanted to ^_^
TranslatorBaa!
DM20
Profile Joined September 2008
Canada544 Posts
December 22 2009 09:15 GMT
#27
On December 22 2009 17:11 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On a marginally unrelated note, I fully believe that TL can take over the world if we wanted to ^_^


No,our geysers are depleted and the US holds all the gas expos.
Kim_Hyun_Han
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
706 Posts
December 22 2009 11:11 GMT
#28
real life mods arent that scary
WheelOfTime
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada331 Posts
December 22 2009 11:33 GMT
#29
Simple: the Moderators.

They're like town guards equipped with AKs that shoot assholes and jerks on sight.

Very few slip through, and thus our town is composed mostly of friendly people.
Neivler
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Norway911 Posts
December 22 2009 14:54 GMT
#30
We cant be friends cuz religion tells us otherwise
I pwn noobs
esla_sol
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States756 Posts
December 22 2009 15:38 GMT
#31
TL is an older community. And a great one.
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1713 Posts
December 22 2009 16:23 GMT
#32
i totally agree with your last statement, we shouldn't burn bridges and we should build healthy relationships with people along the way... i'm dreaming of my eutopia now where people are all friends and there are no wars...

but real life is ok, life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2716 Posts
December 22 2009 16:35 GMT
#33
On December 22 2009 13:45 druj wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkhzHQO7jY&feature=related


Honestly, that was awesome!
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7950 Posts
December 22 2009 18:03 GMT
#34
On December 22 2009 14:49 H wrote:
because some people are dumb as fuck

there

I lol'ed so hard.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
FoBuLouS
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States570 Posts
December 22 2009 18:32 GMT
#35
Gotta thank the mods!
and some 14 year olds actually do help if they are mature lol.
Pokebunny was coaching my friend lol
Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
December 22 2009 21:09 GMT
#36
Just take a look at the shitstorms that are other forums: gaia online, 4chan, any of those are pitifully bad compared to TL, which is why it is actually worth looking at alot. plz dont ban me!

The only other forums I would like to send props to are weed forums and physics forums
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
SkylineSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States564 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 21:47:33
December 22 2009 21:46 GMT
#37
because people in real life have little self-esteem because they are ugly. not to troll but this is true... your ugly, unpopular, so even if your a nice kid, no one pays attention to you. its so sad but its true.

and yes most forums are awful... the BM that goes on is ridiculous. admins usually just add on the BM. TL.net is NOT your normal online forum lol
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