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alatar · 05-22-2007, 10:32 AM

Nice idea, The Sixth Wizard, as now that you mention it, I too am interested in some of the heavy-hitters' first posts. Were they always thus, or did they too grow in their manner of posting?

My first post, read here, was nothing groundbreaking. In retrospect, and to rewrite history a little, alatar's first post was that newbie's attempt to sneak in where he'd never ventured before, namely an internet forum. It would take a few posts for him to unleash his real venom - and show his real reason for joining - which was to carp about Peter Jackson's mishandling of Gandalf in RotK:EE. Luckily for all, said carpiness and sniveling was an attitude reserved only for that one scene from that one movie, and so never appeared in any of the milk and honey posts about all other topics.

Odd, looking back at the first few posts...clearly that's not me. Did I actually write like that, and think that way? Must have been the other me... And I do remember, or at least think that I remember, or saw a really good TV show with the same information that I've subconsciously included into my life in lieu of more mundane events, that I was a bit disconcerted that no one "answered" my first few. I felt like I was invisible and talking to myself, which is at least one thing that's consistent over these years as, while I type, I'm having this conversation in my head.

But then I got answered, and I was like, "Oh my gosh!" I went from invisible to scorned. Ouch. Luckily, with advice (received and inferred) I learned to love this Big Barrow.

I could describe what it felt like when I took my first hit of rep, and when I first got repdrunk, but think that that's a thread asking to be closed.

05-22-2007, 10:32 AM	#12
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Nice idea, The Sixth Wizard, as now that you mention it, I too am interested in some of the heavy-hitters' first posts. Were they always thus, or did they too grow in their manner of posting? My first post, read here, was nothing groundbreaking. In retrospect, and to rewrite history a little, alatar's first post was that newbie's attempt to sneak in where he'd never ventured before, namely an internet forum. It would take a few posts for him to unleash his real venom - and show his real reason for joining - which was to carp about Peter Jackson's mishandling of Gandalf in RotK:EE. Luckily for all, said carpiness and sniveling was an attitude reserved only for that one scene from that one movie, and so never appeared in any of the milk and honey posts about all other topics. Odd, looking back at the first few posts...clearly that's not me. Did I actually write like that, and think that way? Must have been the other me... And I do remember, or at least think that I remember, or saw a really good TV show with the same information that I've subconsciously included into my life in lieu of more mundane events, that I was a bit disconcerted that no one "answered" my first few. I felt like I was invisible and talking to myself, which is at least one thing that's consistent over these years as, while I type, I'm having this conversation in my head. But then I got answered, and I was like, "Oh my gosh!" I went from invisible to scorned. Ouch. Luckily, with advice (received and inferred) I learned to love this Big Barrow. I could describe what it felt like when I took my first hit of rep, and when I first got repdrunk, but think that that's a thread asking to be closed. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.