One of my friends recently joined the forum, and as a joke, I sent her a PM that basically said:
Then I got to thinking.. there are lots of other things people do. Add themselves to the birthday thread, add their picture to the ATOT gallery, visit the at-wiki at least once...
What else?
Of course, this is all in good fun, but what are some of the things YOU feel people need to do before they are REAL forum members?
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The compiled list:
[*]Know what oldsmoboat's law is.
[*]read best joke ever
[*]Post in OT.
[*]Post somewhere other than OT & L&R.
[*]Be capable of derailing a thread by challenging the scientific merit of someone's B-/scifi movie reference.
[*]Spend at least one week tied up in oldsmoboat's basement
[*]Correctly answering a question posted in the Highly Technical forum.
[*]You have to get banned at least once.
[*]Sell and buy over $100 of gear on the FS/FT forum
[*]bash atleast 1 person's political views in 'Politics and News'.
[*]you have to view the funniest thread on AT, TheSiege's beard thread.
[*]Know the exact size of bulk beef.
[*]Start a parody thread. Extra points if it doesn't get locked.
[*]Throw a torque wrench at your 3007!
[*]Start a religion/atheism thread or drop a god-bomb in another thread so provocative that the thread gets derailed.
[*]Post an improbable account of a person of interest ripping his/her clothes off, locking you in the bedroom, and running pron tapes on three giant screen TVs in L&R followed by "Do you think she/he likes me?"
[*]Use the "word" pron w/o noticing.
[*]"stick out your left hand" - Is this a rule or a comment?
[*]Be familiar with the following keywords: oldsmoboat's law, RossMAN, Alternator sized Bulk beef, Plane & Treadmill, Syringer, Better nate than lever, HomeBrewerDude's cat, and Dug777, Aircooled's cat, Ducknuts, the butter thread, rate in AC, and cheesecake
[*]know how bbzzdd got its name
[*]Understand "pics or ban"
[*]Post (or at least understand) "in before the lock"
[*]You have to have seen the Mod console or know someone who has.
[*]nuclear neds war with the bees
[*]You have to have read LoKe's most epic post ever.
[*]You must know the exact size of beef that is considered "bulk"
[*]You must know the lore behind the troll known as zanejohnson.
[*]You have to have only 242 posts in 7 years...
[*]Hit 30k posts
[*]Be called a "troll" by someone whose ass you've kicked by using facts in the face of their mistaken beliefs.
[*]remove all h's from words
[*]have an old screencap of your desktop in the archives somewhere
[*]don't forget .9r = 1 and have some dusty old grasshopper points
[*]butter! - was this a comment?
[*]Know who CasioTech is
[*]ban stick
[*]make a post that locks a thread and have one of your own threads locked
[*]get a friend to join
[*]make fun of casiotech or whoever the current comparison is
[*]get rickrolled
[*]lose 'the game'
[*]everything you post should feel regretful
[*]grab a hot deal in hot deals and then try to sell for damn near retail in FS/FT.
[*]Have a salary of at least $100k/year AND only date HOT models (and post pics). Posting about these subjects will also help more.
[*]Dennilfloss and MacBaine.
[*]SPIDER!
[*]Know how much a durable raincoat costs.
[*]You need to remember who Russ is and know what "NCNE" means.
[*]Know: DessertCart, Texmaster, the origin of "nef", Monel Funkawitz, the ATOT IRC Channel, Trout Slap, Baffled2, GirlFriday, WombatWoman, Gurk, and Jerboy.
[*]You'll have to know what the Wounded Monitor Children are.
[*]know that dave mcowen can predict the future
[*]say 'ey to arcadio
[*]You're only a real member when you nef hardcore, and then quote your nef in another nef.
[*]get a stickied thread
[*]You have to get at least half of ATOT to hate you and post BS in any and every thread or post you make.
[*]maintain 55 PPD over the course of three years.
[*]Be a grammar nazi.
[*]know the search function doesn't work!
[*]Quote the entire Best Joke Ever thread just to say "lulz"
[*]You must nest quotes from time to time. (not recommended by foghorn67)
[*]post in one of JohnCU's drunken threads
[*]Participate in the block quoting in entirety of R...
[*]You must have read "The Scroll"
[*]you must know the story of how MacBaine left.
[*]Reading up on Bulk Beef is also mandatory.
[*]On the at-wiki, you must memorize the acronyms part, and become well versed on the pwnage of the year nominees. also, the forum member descriptions.
[*]You have to have posted a picture of a body part---injured, strange looking, etc.
[*]post pictures of possibly spoiled items in your fridge. consult the wisdom of ATOT on whether or not you should eat possibly-spoiled food item. Do so only in poll form, or torches and pitchforks await you.
[*]buy at least 3 things in Hot Deals
[*]Take part in at least one epic thread. You'll know one when you see one
[*]Post about this underage girl you're having thoughts about. Ask for and then ignore all advice because you are in love.
[*]you could always post a story about using your computer skills to try and get friendly with girl, get rejected by girl, somehow score an evening with girl, then, then things get toasty after she suggests watching some of your porn, throw in some anime tentacle porn to "turn her on," and proceed to ask ATOT why she would be wierded-out by your classy, top grade taste in "porn."
[*]check out the Forum issues section (personal esp). See who likes to bitch the most about others and go cry to mommy. Add them to your list
[*]include a spoiler in a geekfest thread
[*]One isn't an official member until his/her name has been discussed in Teh Batcave!
Keep em comin..
Then I got to thinking.. there are lots of other things people do. Add themselves to the birthday thread, add their picture to the ATOT gallery, visit the at-wiki at least once...
What else?
Of course, this is all in good fun, but what are some of the things YOU feel people need to do before they are REAL forum members?
----
The compiled list:
[*]Know what oldsmoboat's law is.
[*]read best joke ever
[*]Post in OT.
[*]Post somewhere other than OT & L&R.
[*]Be capable of derailing a thread by challenging the scientific merit of someone's B-/scifi movie reference.
[*]Spend at least one week tied up in oldsmoboat's basement
[*]Correctly answering a question posted in the Highly Technical forum.
[*]You have to get banned at least once.
[*]Sell and buy over $100 of gear on the FS/FT forum
[*]bash atleast 1 person's political views in 'Politics and News'.
[*]you have to view the funniest thread on AT, TheSiege's beard thread.
[*]Know the exact size of bulk beef.
[*]Start a parody thread. Extra points if it doesn't get locked.
[*]Throw a torque wrench at your 3007!
[*]Start a religion/atheism thread or drop a god-bomb in another thread so provocative that the thread gets derailed.
[*]Post an improbable account of a person of interest ripping his/her clothes off, locking you in the bedroom, and running pron tapes on three giant screen TVs in L&R followed by "Do you think she/he likes me?"
[*]Use the "word" pron w/o noticing.
[*]"stick out your left hand" - Is this a rule or a comment?
[*]Be familiar with the following keywords: oldsmoboat's law, RossMAN, Alternator sized Bulk beef, Plane & Treadmill, Syringer, Better nate than lever, HomeBrewerDude's cat, and Dug777, Aircooled's cat, Ducknuts, the butter thread, rate in AC, and cheesecake
[*]know how bbzzdd got its name
[*]Understand "pics or ban"
[*]Post (or at least understand) "in before the lock"
[*]You have to have seen the Mod console or know someone who has.
[*]nuclear neds war with the bees
[*]You have to have read LoKe's most epic post ever.
[*]You must know the exact size of beef that is considered "bulk"
[*]You must know the lore behind the troll known as zanejohnson.
[*]You have to have only 242 posts in 7 years...
[*]Hit 30k posts
[*]Be called a "troll" by someone whose ass you've kicked by using facts in the face of their mistaken beliefs.
[*]remove all h's from words
[*]have an old screencap of your desktop in the archives somewhere
[*]don't forget .9r = 1 and have some dusty old grasshopper points
[*]butter! - was this a comment?
[*]Know who CasioTech is
[*]ban stick
[*]make a post that locks a thread and have one of your own threads locked
[*]get a friend to join
[*]make fun of casiotech or whoever the current comparison is
[*]get rickrolled
[*]lose 'the game'
[*]everything you post should feel regretful
[*]grab a hot deal in hot deals and then try to sell for damn near retail in FS/FT.
[*]Have a salary of at least $100k/year AND only date HOT models (and post pics). Posting about these subjects will also help more.
[*]Dennilfloss and MacBaine.
[*]SPIDER!
[*]Know how much a durable raincoat costs.
[*]You need to remember who Russ is and know what "NCNE" means.
[*]Know: DessertCart, Texmaster, the origin of "nef", Monel Funkawitz, the ATOT IRC Channel, Trout Slap, Baffled2, GirlFriday, WombatWoman, Gurk, and Jerboy.
[*]You'll have to know what the Wounded Monitor Children are.
[*]know that dave mcowen can predict the future
[*]say 'ey to arcadio
[*]You're only a real member when you nef hardcore, and then quote your nef in another nef.
[*]get a stickied thread
[*]You have to get at least half of ATOT to hate you and post BS in any and every thread or post you make.
[*]maintain 55 PPD over the course of three years.
[*]Be a grammar nazi.
[*]know the search function doesn't work!
[*]Quote the entire Best Joke Ever thread just to say "lulz"
[*]You must nest quotes from time to time. (not recommended by foghorn67)
[*]post in one of JohnCU's drunken threads
[*]Participate in the block quoting in entirety of R...
[*]You must have read "The Scroll"
[*]you must know the story of how MacBaine left.
[*]Reading up on Bulk Beef is also mandatory.
[*]On the at-wiki, you must memorize the acronyms part, and become well versed on the pwnage of the year nominees. also, the forum member descriptions.
[*]You have to have posted a picture of a body part---injured, strange looking, etc.
[*]post pictures of possibly spoiled items in your fridge. consult the wisdom of ATOT on whether or not you should eat possibly-spoiled food item. Do so only in poll form, or torches and pitchforks await you.
[*]buy at least 3 things in Hot Deals
[*]Take part in at least one epic thread. You'll know one when you see one
[*]Post about this underage girl you're having thoughts about. Ask for and then ignore all advice because you are in love.
[*]you could always post a story about using your computer skills to try and get friendly with girl, get rejected by girl, somehow score an evening with girl, then, then things get toasty after she suggests watching some of your porn, throw in some anime tentacle porn to "turn her on," and proceed to ask ATOT why she would be wierded-out by your classy, top grade taste in "porn."
[*]check out the Forum issues section (personal esp). See who likes to bitch the most about others and go cry to mommy. Add them to your list
[*]include a spoiler in a geekfest thread
[*]One isn't an official member until his/her name has been discussed in Teh Batcave!
Keep em comin..