Well.. My history is VERY LONG and problematic,, and more problems after that..
U see, I dont get labeled a geek, or a loser, or anything for that matter. I dont get picked on. Girls talked to me first day of school, I am not that polite, females are attracted to me most of the time, I get good first impressions, but becuz my said earlier many problems its kinda hard for me to open up..
I have pretty much no friends, I get okay with most ppl in sk00l, I dont get picked on, Im left alone. And lately friends of this really hot girl told me she thinks im hot, i said i think she is pretty, and um.. thinks look kinda boring now, but im gonna find a way to hook up with her <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
=P..
p.s: best thing of the internet, is the fact that i wont meet u guys ever <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--xioutlawix+Mar 5 2003, 10:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ Mar 5 2003, 10:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Heh, last time I made one of these types of posts I was reaaaaally wasted off XTC, speaking of which...
are you rolling!?
vix is great for that sorta thing, just a tip <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> ....
EDIT: in case my point doesnt get across...no i have not, and will not ever take any illegal drug. I do not want my brain to swell up to twice the size and kill me thank you very much.
Oh, and i dont smoke either...cant stand the smoke...gah!
<!--QuoteBegin--Sifo25+Mar 5 2003, 03:39 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sifo25 @ Mar 5 2003, 03:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I feel the same way, Super. While I'm not in school, I'm not all that 'popular' in real life either. I have my family and my close friends, and they are great... but I dont really need a large group of friends, it seems it would detract too much from the close ones I have.
Its nice now to have a community, and to have the internet/highspeed/gaming to bring me and others like me together. I know, not all of you are like me, but some of you are... there are qualities we share, and we defintely share gaming interests. And thats cool.
And thats it. I'm happy for you, and for myself. And we owe it all to Flayra and Co. Thanks you guys. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
S <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm in a similar boat, though I'm out of school. My co-workers are fairly nice people, but not the type I'd like to spend after-hours time with. After 8 hours of being around them, I'd much rather head home and play some NS <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
Every community has its flaws, but this one has less than most. There are some great people here <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Agkelos+Mar 5 2003, 06:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Agkelos @ Mar 5 2003, 06:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well.. My history is VERY LONG and problematic,, and more problems after that..
U see, I dont get labeled a geek, or a loser, or anything for that matter. I dont get picked on. Girls talked to me first day of school, I am not that polite, females are attracted to me most of the time, I get good first impressions, but becuz my said earlier many problems its kinda hard for me to open up..
I have pretty much no friends, I get okay with most ppl in sk00l, I dont get picked on, Im left alone. And lately friends of this really hot girl told me she thinks im hot, i said i think she is pretty, and um.. thinks look kinda boring now, but im gonna find a way to hook up with her <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
=P..
p.s: best thing of the internet, is the fact that i wont meet u guys ever <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> If only you understood the murderious rage that envelopes my every thought... if given the option, based solely on what I just read, I <i>would</i> kill you.
edit: suggestion to author of quote: please, PLEASE GO BACK TO COUNTER-STRIKE.
BadKarmaThe Advanced Literature monsters burned my house and gave me a 7Join Date: 2002-11-12Member: 8260Members
Quote, School Blows, End quote
HA I say and HA says I. You think it blows? I live here. 24/7. I go home twice a year, Christmas and summer. Boarding school is insane. Right out of it. We have sports till 5:00 and then we got nothing to do till 10:30. So this is what i do. Most of the chuckleheads on my flat think NS is retarded but they play CS sooo... Anyway think about me, cry, and feel better about your situation. Although it's not all bad, freinds you make here are rock solid cause if their not you'll evetually kill eachother.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:yellow'>SCHOOL POPULARITY, IN CROWD, OUT CROWD, BEING PICKED ON, DOESN'T MATTER after you leave! remember that when the jocks or whoever picks on you. they'll be pumping gas or some other manual labour while you do something (hopefully) better. BELIEVE me on this one. it also can be, IMHO, THE MOST PAINFUL time. it gets better after highschool, if you're hurting now. it gets better. </span> </span>
Yeah, i go to a school where everyone is really close too. Just 200 boys in the entire high school. It's one of the best private schools in the country... it's just that there are no girls. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
the ns community feels just like the school community, only slightly bigger.
<!--QuoteBegin--Corporal Cyn+Mar 5 2003, 05:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Corporal Cyn @ Mar 5 2003, 05:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you want an example of a great community surrounding a videogame, visit www.sierra.com, and see the Starsiege or Tribes 2 forums. Those guys have been hanging around one another for years, and they're a tight-knit group beyond reproach. Starsiege hasn't received any support from Sierra in close to.. four years now? Yet the people remain, and play the game. As well with the folks of Tribes 2, but hey.. that's just a cool game, too. You think jetpacks are overused -here-, well, lemme tell ya..
Although it'd be fun to pit a lerk against a hoplite with his fabled disc launcher. That'd be a sight. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> <--- t2er
no lerk would ever stand up to a good chaingunner or someone who can MA with the disc launcher <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
SIERRA botched tribes 2 so bad its not even funny. They were so desperate they had to hire back the old development team just to make a patch for it. A game with so much potential....wasted, just because SIERRA.
<!--QuoteBegin--Niteowl+Mar 6 2003, 01:10 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Niteowl @ Mar 6 2003, 01:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> remember that when the jocks or whoever picks on you. they'll be pumping gas or some other manual labour while you do something (hopefully) better. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You're going to be really disappointed when you actually grow up to know. Half of materialistic success is awarded to people who aren't bitter, vengeful, and condemning of others. The fact that you generalize people into categories like "jock" says something about you. Physical activity has nothing to do with what you'll do in the future.
On another note, people don't get alienated because they're "too polite." That's just a self justification to deny whatever's actually flawed about you. There's no way you can convince me that in a public school of roughly 1000, not one person welcomes you because you're "too polite." Go on, bust out that flamethrower.
I beg to disagree with Amavrin, who was probably a fairly popular guy (or still is) in school. If you are, even if you have a few good friends and no more, trust me, you have no room to talk. When you have people seeming to hate your very existence just because of something stupid, like you're overweight or wearing glasses, THEN you have some room to correct people. I went through elementary school with one best friend, which made it easier, but still had to endure 10 other people sneering at me or making jokes simply because I walked by and they didn't like the way I looked. Everyone else was indifferent, so no help there. It finally changed in high school, though I still had a bunch of idiots.. jocks, druggies, or ultra-popular types.. who didn't like me simply because of how I looked.
So can it, obviously you've never had this kind of experience. School is a harsh place, and the majority of 'jocks' think they're better than non-jocks simply because they have a six pack, a sports jersey, and a team of similar-minded jerks (who also don't like you) and the next guy (you) does not. Same goes for the other cliques.
It's hard to go through 10 or so years of being treated like crap to not be a little bitter later on.
I had a very mixed time in school, on one hand I was never without a handful of good friends, but on the other hand when I started school I was 4' nothing and weighed about 5 stone...try and not get picked on by people when your that size ^-^.
Never fear I did actually grow..a bit...later on in my school life, but on top of the tinyness factor I was always the complete nerd in school for the first three years (90% or higher in all tests, glowing reports, never got in trouble) but for various reasons which I won't go into now I went through a major, major change in attitude and lifestyle, and in my last 2 years of school and my 2 years of college I had a much better time, was generally well liked and respected by most of my peers and made some of the best friends a person could ever have. Now i'm not saying that being a nerd or a geek is a bad thing, look at me I still spend half my life sitting at this hunk of machinery communicating with your eejits, but it never hurts to actaully try and make the first steps into making friends. (I'm also not saying "sell out and become another clone in the masses of the great unwashed" be yourself and find the people that respect you for that - those are the people that you want to be able to call friends)
Gaming communities have been a part of my life for..far too long now, and I can't imagine not being a part of one...in fact the thought brings me out in a cold sweat...
I've been a social outcast since my first day of school, and I continue to be a social outcast to this day. I've been labelled an eccentric, a communist, a loser, a geek, a nerd, an {Insert Racist Slur Here}, ugly. I've been bashed in public, degraded demoralised and even depantsed. I work a **** job and despite doing well in school, writing what I've been told have been excellent stories and thinking about deeper issues (read the discussion "Human Evolution" in discussions) and despite all of this, I only feel at home in one place...
It isnt here I'm afraid, it's elsewhere, but in a style befitting of my outcast behaviour, I manage to survive with as few friends as possible.
I have to this day, only one true friend in this world, and to both our merits we have stuck with each other like an ionic compound through thick and thin, and I am superior to those that degrade me because I do no such thing to them, and nor do I have any wish to.
So far as I'm concerned, society can go off and die, I dont need it and it's never done me any favours...
On a completely unrelated note, I must really drop my hatred for all mankind...
lol jk i'm not anybetter..but hey At least I go out...i took a girlfriend i know out tonight..going to work on getting the hook up with her..i also go raving and snowboarding :X
but then yet..damn Ultima Online sucks me in! grr hehe (finds life again) lol
wow... i find i share very similiar oppinions.. i was also picked on 2 years ago, 7 - 8th grade last sk00l, now on 9th grade (now), im quite okay, dont get picked on, SURE dont look like a nerd, im just myself heh...
and yeah cronos, i really dont care about society, or most ppl in general, i just wanna have fun, entertaiment, always lookin for entertainemnt,, thats all i gots now <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
and who t the hell is thnat guy who threatened to kill me after i posted? geez, 10 year old kids sure like to threaten, so funny is seeing ppl saying they willm murder u over the internet *turns on sarcasm*
geez dude, u think u can scare me? very few things scare me, u could basically beat my **** or put a gun to my face,i would prolly not care *sighs*
man its 6am as i posted this, i been playing NS all day, like 15 hours straight..
vacations sure r0x0rz j00r b0x0rz
btw, its HUMANS who need social interaction, so do dogs, bees, and other animals, just touch ur arms, feel ur abs, ull see ur only human, only a creature who can think higher, but deep down, u are just another mammal... <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
i'm glad there is a community like this, i am not popular on school deu to the fact i often make mistakes and sound dumb altough i am pretty smart for my age, and the fact that my class is made up of a bunch of morons who can't game at all(one of them even uses hacks). In other words: i am an outcast and if they were nazis i would be the first to be thrown in a detention camp. altough i am active in other communitys, the NS community is my favorite and i'm glad i found this place.
I'm one of them people that, However hard they try to keep away from un-wanted luck, gets hit sqaure in the face with it...or from behind. When walking home from school, i believe i have adapted to be able to hear running footsteps from a long distance...also have gained the ability to count down the exact moment when something bad is about to occur, and have lost faith in the evolution of Human Kind, bitter and angry at those better off than me. I know its bad, but its their fault i'm in this state...I also have a strange belief that the world is against me...I have also developed the reaction skills of Neo.. I can dodge just about anything thrown at me, experienced numerous "near misses" from overhead Sea-gulls...and become quite afraid when squirells throw nuts at me in the park.....Yes...and this is all true.....
<!--QuoteBegin--Son of Loki+Mar 5 2003, 10:13 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Son of Loki @ Mar 5 2003, 10:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The same reason you're here. I'm an outcast..banned...from the DC forums...from just about every BF1942 forum....from a MOHAA forum.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Your nickname is most appropriate then <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--supernorn2000+Mar 5 2003, 02:19 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (supernorn2000 @ Mar 5 2003, 02:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm not very popular at school, something to do with me being polite, and not speaking a made up language, and so i have trouble 'belonging' there.....But here i feel right at home, and i feel like i belong at last...The NS Community completes me.. so thanks dev team..Anyone else shares this thought?...or will you cast this away to off-topic? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> so so much to learn.
If you havent figured it out yet, school means absolutetly "." - Mark Twain said never let your schooling interfer with your education. School doesnt teach you anything useful about life. And it has limits when it comes to contiued study. The difference between school and university is huge, and i cant recall anything from school that helped that transition. -And as far as being popular or accepted or not bullied. I have kept two friends from school since i left 2 and a bit years ago. And being popular is just a blanket for adolescent insecurity. I was popular, its not hard, you just bullsht. School is full of morons, you must remember that school is compulsory so you get to see the full cross-section of society in all its darkness.
I mean take the jocks (sporting types whatever your slang is), after they finish year 12 they have peaked. The moment of glory and 12minutes of fame was winning the cup as captain of the team. Thats the highh point of there life. They dont go any further. How can respect such losers? You arent obliged to.
- Stick at school, learn as much as you can, and learn beyond school. And remember that most people beside you are not worth the oxygen they breath. And that beyond school they are meaningless.
Where ever your happy is ok.
But for christs sake its a big world, we can all do alittle better than the ns forums.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->But for christs sake its a big world, we can all do alittle better than the ns forums. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, some people are not out of high school yet. It is so much easier to find like minded people in a university. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->- Mark Twain said never let your schooling interfer with your education. School doesnt teach you anything useful about life. And it has limits when it comes to contiued study. The difference between school and university is huge, and i cant recall anything from school that helped that transition. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How true!
Has anyone seen the movie "Ghost World"? A really great one, one of the best in recent years! I think it shows very well that there are mainly 'jerks, retards and ****-ups' all over the place.
In Germany, you have to go to school for 13 (!!!!) years, so now I am 19 and I am still in the 13th grade with so many idiots and, what is even more frustrating, with so many debile teachers... ARGH I could freak out... but in 4 months I will be out of that loony-bin, FOREVER!
It's hardly fair to label me as "popular" because I cannot see how someone can justify associating physical activity to academic failure. And considering the people who do label others as "jocks" probably have never even tried talking to them, it's rather difficult to believe you guys have any expertise on knowing what happens to football players after high school. If anything, it's complete ignorance, something the "intellectuals" try to pride themselves in not committing. Maybe if the labellers actually were friends with the physical sports types, then they'd at least be able to make a valid judgement.
And then someone tries to justify their social problems by complementing themselves with "too polite." I'm sorry, I can't believe anyone, popular or not, would buy this odorous pile. For the record, my popularity only extends to being a photographer for the school newspaper and the president of the school's anime club; both are stereotyped as geeky positions. And the one thing I cannot stand in my club is the people who associate anime fans as mouth-foaming, unhygienec, nerds, for two reasons. One, because I too dislike people who are absentminded (read: obsessive) anime fanboy/girls, and two, because the people who associate anime with nerd are no better than people who associate sports with "jock" with academic failure. I'll be damned if I can't play football because of I've liked anime.
The whole point of Ghost World was that the girl who Thora Birch played was also a nutcase just like the rest of the world. She was able to manipulate the fact that all the world was eccentric and come to terms with everyone else. It wasn't that she was the outcast who was mistreated by society because of her appearance - that was the fundamental message of the entire movie. I remind you that she was far more judgemental about a person's dress than anyone else, and made snide remarks about their fashion. That was the whole reason why it was so amusing to see her go about her daily life. Hell, if I remember clearly, the original comic book started off with her making a big fuss of how her friend looked.
Personally, I could probably go out, and have a "social life". I have some close friends, some good friends, and then a lot of "friends from school you don't talk to except there". Which is the whole purpose of why you have close friends, people to actually hang out with, that AREN'T going to judge you.
I guess you have to look at it in the manner of who actually is "popular". Who deemed them this? Was it a self proclomation? I myself have friends who would be considered "popular", and then I have friends who are really quite to everyone, and people don't even know their names. I guess it is my personality that draws people from both "classes", since I'm one of those loud, attention getting people, because i'm supposedly "fun and intresting to listen to, and are very deep and thoughtful, while still letting the small things slide off" (this quote was taken from a person I don't know very well, i'm sure the people who know me more would say otherwise <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> ).
Anyway, the fact of the matter, is that your going to become what you think you are, if you constantly tell yourself that. Some people at school call me a player, since rumors swing around that I cheat on my girlfriends, but, I can honestly say that I never have, and never will. It's things like that, the image that others give to you, that you have to ignor. People in general can be just plain ignorant (FACT: The common adjective give to an american from any other nation), so, you have to find people who won't judge you. For instance, I believe in abstinance until marriage. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I'm a law abiding citizen, and i'm WAY too old fashioned for my own good, BUT, I found people I can trust and care about who aren't judgmental, and respect my beliefs, and who I am in general.
What you have to look at even more, is not who you are, but who others are. People may say they go out and party, drink, and get laid, but in an ironic twist, I know many who go work at Burger King at 9 oclock at night on a Friday. They act "cool" at school, and people talk to them, but, no one wants to do with them outside of school. So, they find a target to take aggression out on, and so forth.
Now, I agree, the NS community is a wonderful thing. We all have many things in common. 1) we love the game. 2) We all generally hate CS, and that whereis anything related to CS. 3)We all generally agree the aliens series is wonderful. 4)We believe that people who say "1 R |-|/\Ve /\/\Ad Sk1lzz 1 PwN j00 Bizatcho" should be dragged out in the street, shot repedetly in the limbs, and then ran over by a mob of 3 year olds with tricycles. Still, there is the lose of physical interaction that is such a wonderful thing if you know people who you can actually have deep conversations with. Body language can say so much more that "lol". If you believe in evolution, then you'll note that was began to communicate with body language, so, it is an instinctual thing that we have, and use, subconsciously. With typed text, there is only so much you can draw from that, and so, it does somewhat deteriorate from the conversations you have.
BUT, there is also the satisfaction of having people out there that you can depend upon, and put your faith in to them. Sometimes, as was said, people never find a place like that, and end up lost their entire lives. You know who these people are? They are the High-School jock who never got a better accomplishment than winning state. They are the over-makeuped girl who always drank and had 3 kids by the time she COULD drink legally. Those are the people who are "popular", so here's my recommendation to you. DON'T be popular <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Anavrin+Mar 9 2003, 09:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Anavrin @ Mar 9 2003, 09:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The whole point of Ghost World was that the girl who Thora Birch played was also a nutcase just like the rest of the world. She was able to manipulate the fact that all the world was eccentric and come to terms with everyone else. It wasn't that she was the outcast who was mistreated by society because of her appearance - that was the fundamental message of the entire movie. I remind you that she was far more judgemental about a person's dress than anyone else, and made snide remarks about their fashion. That was the whole reason why it was so amusing to see her go about her daily life. Hell, if I remember clearly, the original comic book started off with her making a big fuss of how her friend looked. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> That's exactly the point of Ghost World: Enid is NOT like all the others in there, but she is different and doesn't get along with all of them. Her friend adapts to that world she lives in, but Enid cannot do so, that's why she leaves town and 'disappears forever'. It is a criticism of the world around Enid, not Enid herself!
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U see, I dont get labeled a geek, or a loser, or anything for that matter. I dont get picked on. Girls talked to me first day of school, I am not that polite, females are attracted to me most of the time, I get good first impressions, but becuz my said earlier many problems its kinda hard for me to open up..
I have pretty much no friends, I get okay with most ppl in sk00l, I dont get picked on, Im left alone. And lately friends of this really hot girl told me she thinks im hot, i said i think she is pretty, and um.. thinks look kinda boring now, but im gonna find a way to hook up with her <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
=P..
p.s: best thing of the internet, is the fact that i wont meet u guys ever <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Personally, I have a life in game and out of game, but I really don't care too much about the one out of game...
School blows
are you rolling!?
vix is great for that sorta thing, just a tip <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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EDIT: in case my point doesnt get across...no i have not, and will not ever take any illegal drug. I do not want my brain to swell up to twice the size and kill me thank you very much.
Oh, and i dont smoke either...cant stand the smoke...gah!
Its nice now to have a community, and to have the internet/highspeed/gaming to bring me and others like me together. I know, not all of you are like me, but some of you are... there are qualities we share, and we defintely share gaming interests. And thats cool.
And thats it. I'm happy for you, and for myself. And we owe it all to Flayra and Co. Thanks you guys. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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I'm in a similar boat, though I'm out of school. My co-workers are fairly nice people, but not the type I'd like to spend after-hours time with. After 8 hours of being around them, I'd much rather head home and play some NS <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
Every community has its flaws, but this one has less than most. There are some great people here <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
U see, I dont get labeled a geek, or a loser, or anything for that matter. I dont get picked on. Girls talked to me first day of school, I am not that polite, females are attracted to me most of the time, I get good first impressions, but becuz my said earlier many problems its kinda hard for me to open up..
I have pretty much no friends, I get okay with most ppl in sk00l, I dont get picked on, Im left alone. And lately friends of this really hot girl told me she thinks im hot, i said i think she is pretty, and um.. thinks look kinda boring now, but im gonna find a way to hook up with her <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
=P..
p.s: best thing of the internet, is the fact that i wont meet u guys ever <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If only you understood the murderious rage that envelopes my every thought... if given the option, based solely on what I just read, I <i>would</i> kill you.
edit: suggestion to author of quote: please, PLEASE GO BACK TO COUNTER-STRIKE.
*HUG*
HA I say and HA says I. You think it blows? I live here. 24/7. I go home twice a year, Christmas and summer. Boarding school is insane. Right out of it. We have sports till 5:00 and then we got nothing to do till 10:30. So this is what i do. Most of the chuckleheads on my flat think NS is retarded but they play CS sooo...
Anyway think about me, cry, and feel better about your situation. Although it's not all bad, freinds you make here are rock solid cause if their not you'll evetually kill eachother.
It's one of the best private schools in the country... it's just that there are no girls. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
the ns community feels just like the school community, only slightly bigger.
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no lerk would ever stand up to a good chaingunner or someone who can MA with the disc launcher <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
You're going to be really disappointed when you actually grow up to know. Half of materialistic success is awarded to people who aren't bitter, vengeful, and condemning of others. The fact that you generalize people into categories like "jock" says something about you. Physical activity has nothing to do with what you'll do in the future.
On another note, people don't get alienated because they're "too polite." That's just a self justification to deny whatever's actually flawed about you. There's no way you can convince me that in a public school of roughly 1000, not one person welcomes you because you're "too polite." Go on, bust out that flamethrower.
So can it, obviously you've never had this kind of experience. School is a harsh place, and the majority of 'jocks' think they're better than non-jocks simply because they have a six pack, a sports jersey, and a team of similar-minded jerks (who also don't like you) and the next guy (you) does not. Same goes for the other cliques.
It's hard to go through 10 or so years of being treated like crap to not be a little bitter later on.
Never fear I did actually grow..a bit...later on in my school life, but on top of the tinyness factor I was always the complete nerd in school for the first three years (90% or higher in all tests, glowing reports, never got in trouble) but for various reasons which I won't go into now I went through a major, major change in attitude and lifestyle, and in my last 2 years of school and my 2 years of college I had a much better time, was generally well liked and respected by most of my peers and made some of the best friends a person could ever have. Now i'm not saying that being a nerd or a geek is a bad thing, look at me I still spend half my life sitting at this hunk of machinery communicating with your eejits, but it never hurts to actaully try and make the first steps into making friends.
(I'm also not saying "sell out and become another clone in the masses of the great unwashed" be yourself and find the people that respect you for that - those are the people that you want to be able to call friends)
Gaming communities have been a part of my life for..far too long now, and I can't imagine not being a part of one...in fact the thought brings me out in a cold sweat...
*hugs computer*
Never leave me baby
I need coffee
I've been a social outcast since my first day of school, and I continue to be a social outcast to this day. I've been labelled an eccentric, a communist, a loser, a geek, a nerd, an {Insert Racist Slur Here}, ugly. I've been bashed in public, degraded demoralised and even depantsed. I work a **** job and despite doing well in school, writing what I've been told have been excellent stories and thinking about deeper issues (read the discussion "Human Evolution" in discussions) and despite all of this, I only feel at home in one place...
It isnt here I'm afraid, it's elsewhere, but in a style befitting of my outcast behaviour, I manage to survive with as few friends as possible.
I have to this day, only one true friend in this world, and to both our merits we have stuck with each other like an ionic compound through thick and thin, and I am superior to those that degrade me because I do no such thing to them, and nor do I have any wish to.
So far as I'm concerned, society can go off and die, I dont need it and it's never done me any favours...
On a completely unrelated note, I must really drop my hatred for all mankind...
lol jk i'm not anybetter..but hey
At least I go out...i took a girlfriend i know out tonight..going to work on getting the hook up with her..i also go raving and snowboarding :X
but then yet..damn Ultima Online sucks me in! grr hehe
(finds life again) lol
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and who t the hell is thnat guy who threatened to kill me after i posted? geez, 10 year old kids sure like to threaten, so funny is seeing ppl saying they willm murder u over the internet *turns on sarcasm*
geez dude, u think u can scare me? very few things scare me, u could basically beat my **** or put a gun to my face,i would prolly not care *sighs*
man its 6am as i posted this, i been playing NS all day, like 15 hours straight..
vacations sure r0x0rz j00r b0x0rz
btw, its HUMANS who need social interaction, so do dogs, bees, and other animals, just touch ur arms, feel ur abs, ull see ur only human, only a creature who can think higher, but deep down, u are just another mammal... <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
Not really, I needed to vent.
When walking home from school, i believe i have adapted to be able to hear running footsteps from a long distance...also have gained the ability to count down the exact moment when something bad is about to occur, and have lost faith in the evolution of Human Kind, bitter and angry at those better off than me. I know its bad, but its their fault i'm in this state...I also have a strange belief that the world is against me...I have also developed the reaction skills of Neo.. I can dodge just about anything thrown at me, experienced numerous "near misses" from overhead Sea-gulls...and become quite afraid when squirells throw nuts at me in the park.....Yes...and this is all true.....
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Your nickname is most appropriate then <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
so so much to learn.
If you havent figured it out yet, school means absolutetly "."
- Mark Twain said never let your schooling interfer with your education. School doesnt teach you anything useful about life. And it has limits when it comes to contiued study. The difference between school and university is huge, and i cant recall anything from school that helped that transition.
-And as far as being popular or accepted or not bullied. I have kept two friends from school since i left 2 and a bit years ago. And being popular is just a blanket for adolescent insecurity. I was popular, its not hard, you just bullsht. School is full of morons, you must remember that school is compulsory so you get to see the full cross-section of society in all its darkness.
I mean take the jocks (sporting types whatever your slang is), after they finish year 12 they have peaked. The moment of glory and 12minutes of fame was winning the cup as captain of the team. Thats the highh point of there life. They dont go any further. How can respect such losers? You arent obliged to.
- Stick at school, learn as much as you can, and learn beyond school. And remember that most people beside you are not worth the oxygen they breath. And that beyond school they are meaningless.
Where ever your happy is ok.
But for christs sake its a big world, we can all do alittle better than the ns forums.
Unless your a dev, this shouldnt be your life.
One day NS will die.
Well, some people are not out of high school yet. It is so much easier to find like minded people in a university. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
NEW COMPUTER GAME BUILDS A HAVEN FOR SOCIAL OUTCASTS!
CNN WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP <b>YOUR</b> CHILDREN SAFE!
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How true!
Has anyone seen the movie "Ghost World"? A really great one, one of the best in recent years! I think it shows very well that there are mainly 'jerks, retards and ****-ups' all over the place.
In Germany, you have to go to school for 13 (!!!!) years, so now I am 19 and I am still in the 13th grade with so many idiots and, what is even more frustrating, with so many debile teachers... ARGH I could freak out... but in 4 months I will be out of that loony-bin, FOREVER!
And then someone tries to justify their social problems by complementing themselves with "too polite." I'm sorry, I can't believe anyone, popular or not, would buy this odorous pile. For the record, my popularity only extends to being a photographer for the school newspaper and the president of the school's anime club; both are stereotyped as geeky positions. And the one thing I cannot stand in my club is the people who associate anime fans as mouth-foaming, unhygienec, nerds, for two reasons. One, because I too dislike people who are absentminded (read: obsessive) anime fanboy/girls, and two, because the people who associate anime with nerd are no better than people who associate sports with "jock" with academic failure. I'll be damned if I can't play football because of I've liked anime.
The whole point of Ghost World was that the girl who Thora Birch played was also a nutcase just like the rest of the world. She was able to manipulate the fact that all the world was eccentric and come to terms with everyone else. It wasn't that she was the outcast who was mistreated by society because of her appearance - that was the fundamental message of the entire movie. I remind you that she was far more judgemental about a person's dress than anyone else, and made snide remarks about their fashion. That was the whole reason why it was so amusing to see her go about her daily life. Hell, if I remember clearly, the original comic book started off with her making a big fuss of how her friend looked.
Cool , is me kk?
thx, geze, your all done.
Ego
[FACT] - 100%
Personally, I could probably go out, and have a "social life". I have some close friends, some good friends, and then a lot of "friends from school you don't talk to except there". Which is the whole purpose of why you have close friends, people to actually hang out with, that AREN'T going to judge you.
I guess you have to look at it in the manner of who actually is "popular". Who deemed them this? Was it a self proclomation? I myself have friends who would be considered "popular", and then I have friends who are really quite to everyone, and people don't even know their names. I guess it is my personality that draws people from both "classes", since I'm one of those loud, attention getting people, because i'm supposedly "fun and intresting to listen to, and are very deep and thoughtful, while still letting the small things slide off" (this quote was taken from a person I don't know very well, i'm sure the people who know me more would say otherwise <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> ).
Anyway, the fact of the matter, is that your going to become what you think you are, if you constantly tell yourself that. Some people at school call me a player, since rumors swing around that I cheat on my girlfriends, but, I can honestly say that I never have, and never will. It's things like that, the image that others give to you, that you have to ignor. People in general can be just plain ignorant (FACT: The common adjective give to an american from any other nation), so, you have to find people who won't judge you. For instance, I believe in abstinance until marriage. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I'm a law abiding citizen, and i'm WAY too old fashioned for my own good, BUT, I found people I can trust and care about who aren't judgmental, and respect my beliefs, and who I am in general.
What you have to look at even more, is not who you are, but who others are. People may say they go out and party, drink, and get laid, but in an ironic twist, I know many who go work at Burger King at 9 oclock at night on a Friday. They act "cool" at school, and people talk to them, but, no one wants to do with them outside of school. So, they find a target to take aggression out on, and so forth.
Now, I agree, the NS community is a wonderful thing. We all have many things in common. 1) we love the game. 2) We all generally hate CS, and that whereis anything related to CS. 3)We all generally agree the aliens series is wonderful. 4)We believe that people who say "1 R |-|/\Ve /\/\Ad Sk1lzz 1 PwN j00 Bizatcho" should be dragged out in the street, shot repedetly in the limbs, and then ran over by a mob of 3 year olds with tricycles. Still, there is the lose of physical interaction that is such a wonderful thing if you know people who you can actually have deep conversations with. Body language can say so much more that "lol". If you believe in evolution, then you'll note that was began to communicate with body language, so, it is an instinctual thing that we have, and use, subconsciously. With typed text, there is only so much you can draw from that, and so, it does somewhat deteriorate from the conversations you have.
BUT, there is also the satisfaction of having people out there that you can depend upon, and put your faith in to them. Sometimes, as was said, people never find a place like that, and end up lost their entire lives. You know who these people are? They are the High-School jock who never got a better accomplishment than winning state. They are the over-makeuped girl who always drank and had 3 kids by the time she COULD drink legally. Those are the people who are "popular", so here's my recommendation to you. DON'T be popular <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
The whole point of Ghost World was that the girl who Thora Birch played was also a nutcase just like the rest of the world. She was able to manipulate the fact that all the world was eccentric and come to terms with everyone else. It wasn't that she was the outcast who was mistreated by society because of her appearance - that was the fundamental message of the entire movie. I remind you that she was far more judgemental about a person's dress than anyone else, and made snide remarks about their fashion. That was the whole reason why it was so amusing to see her go about her daily life. Hell, if I remember clearly, the original comic book started off with her making a big fuss of how her friend looked. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's exactly the point of Ghost World:
Enid is NOT like all the others in there, but she is different and doesn't get along with all of them. Her friend adapts to that world she lives in, but Enid cannot do so, that's why she leaves town and 'disappears forever'. It is a criticism of the world around Enid, not Enid herself!