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[zverofaust]

In the spirit of testing boundaries, dear people who sign their posts, why do you do it? Especially people who use their sig for a picture or some stupid battletech quote or something, and then still sign every post. Some of them are ridiculously elaborate too, like this one guy who signs his name "Khan Desu Kawaii" or whatever. Are you actually a Khan? Are you roleplaying? Are forums in the far future incapable of supporting sigs? Is there some sense of accomplishment or self-importance you get from typing out your "signature" every time you post? Please let me know.

Regards,

iKhan Master Sergeant Bobby "Zverofaust" McChicken 1st Class
Pighounds MLG 420 Mercenary Unit
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(532) 555-3955 ext 1337

[Kaemon]

zverofaust, on 29 August 2012 - 12:42 PM, said:

In the spirit of testing boundaries, dear people who sign their posts, why do you do it? Especially people who use their sig for a picture or some stupid battletech quote or something, and then still sign every post. Some of them are ridiculously elaborate too, like this one guy who signs his name "Khan Desu Kawaii" or whatever. Are you actually a Khan? Are you roleplaying? Are forums in the far future incapable of supporting sigs? Is there some sense of accomplishment or self-importance you get from typing out your "signature" every time you post? Please let me know.

Regards,

iKhan Master Sergeant Bobby "Zverofaust" McChicken 1st Class
Pighounds MLG 420 Mercenary Unit
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(532) 555-3955 ext 1337

I don't know why they do it, it is very annoying.

~Kaemon

[Egomane]

Because I can!

Ego

[VinnySlick]

Yeah! Also, what about people who write their name all in lower case... seriously? Do they not understand simple rules of grammar? The first letter in any name is ALWAYS capitalized. This deeply offends me in a way I can't possibly express in written word.

Pvt. VinnySlick aka xFrontlinex aka Vintz420
Lance A1
25th Marik Militia
3rd Free Worlds League Division
Atreus Military District
Free Worlds League Military
House Marik
Video game thing on the Internet
Planet Earth

Edited by VinnySlick, 29 August 2012 - 12:55 PM.

[Mr Everything]

Dude

[Dennis de Koning]

VinnySlick, on 29 August 2012 - 12:54 PM, said:

Yeah! Also, what about people who write their name all in lower case... seriously? Do they not understand simple rules of grammar? The first letter in any name is ALWAYS capitalized. This deeply offends me in a way I can't possibly express in written word. Pvt. VinnySlick aka xFrontlinex aka Vintz420 Lance A1 25th Marik Militia 3rd Free Worlds League Division Atreus Military District Free Worlds League Military House Marik Video game thing on the Internet Planet Earth

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this point.

[Greyrook]

The even worse thing is when somebody goes along and makes a personalized photoshop signature image that displays their unit insignia or house or whatever. It's like, "don't you have anything better to do than chop together a bunch of images from sarna and filter them together?" Seriously, I think people who do that might be getting a LITTLE too much into the game. But also, the OP has a point. This isn't a letter you're writing, it's just a post on a forum.

Love,

Greyrook (see personally photoshopped signature below for details).

PS: House Marik Jargon Whiddleton Extemporary

Edited by Greyrook, 29 August 2012 - 01:04 PM.

[VinnySlick]

On a serious note. I have spent many years as a part of a gaming community that was actually large enough to support a legit military structure based on the canonical BattleTech history. I have had several ranks and responsibilities and have progressed up and down those ranks based on merit. It is exactly like being in the army, except all the soldiers are huge dorks who roleplay their favorite game. So yeah, it's a point of pride and also kinda fun.

25th is recruiting send me a pm if you're interested

[VinnySlick]

Greyrook, on 29 August 2012 - 01:01 PM, said:

I think people who do that might be getting a LITTLE too much into the game.

DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT give this guy the address to Crash's Pub & Grill.

[Greyrook]

VinnySlick, on 29 August 2012 - 01:11 PM, said:

DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT give this guy the address to Crash's Pub & Grill.

It's TOO LATE, I'm already roleplaying my way up there in order in order to MAKE FUN OF EVERYBODY FOR BEING THERE. It's going to be a very meta evening.

[Exilyth]

Dear mister/madam/miss OP,

please be assured that your concerns about multiple signatures are taken very seriously.
Unfortunably, the internet is a series of tubes, which makes it impossible to scroll ahead
without reading the signatures below each users posts. We are sure such scrolling
funcionality will be made available in the near future, once the internet has been
transformed into a cloud of things. Though, until then, we all have to endure the
misuse of the internet for communications in a style analogous to the thing most
normal people refer to as real life, whatever that means in their reality...


Sincerely yours,

Exilyth

discordian pope
head librarian of the Completely Imaginary Memorial Cabal
posted today on Sweetmorn, day 22 in the season of Bureaucracy, 3178 YOLD

[Korin Orrel]

So we enjoy personalizing our posts. We enjoy the game differently than you do. Is that a crime? Has it hurt you in some way?

[zverofaust]

Korin Orrel, on 29 August 2012 - 01:50 PM, said:

So we enjoy personalizing our posts. We enjoy the game differently than you do. Is that a crime? Has it hurt you in some way?

Yes.

1) It's not a game it's a forum.
2) You hurt my sensibilities.

Perhaps you misunderstand. Modern internet forums offer a little space for you to use as a Signature. This space is in fact called, a Signature. I see you have utilized one to put some cool banner with your name and whatever. That's cool. That's your Signature. So why do you also have to sign your name? Especially considering your name is written write there at the header of your post. It's annoying. Stop it.

Zverofaust
Hero of Kamela
Terror of Tararan
Scourge of the Bleak Lands

Edited by zverofaust, 30 August 2012 - 03:05 PM.

[Karyudo ds]

Dennis de Koning, on 29 August 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this point.

I don't know, I think he's actually offended.

Korin Orrel, on 29 August 2012 - 01:50 PM, said:

So we enjoy personalizing our posts. We enjoy the game differently than you do. Is that a crime? Has it hurt you in some way?

I feel hurt... but no, internet forums are not a game. They are serious. Though it is a question I've wondered. If 105% of the forums out there let you automate this why bother typing it in the part of the post that will get quoted? I think from now on when I quote people I'm going to delete the rest of the post that isn't their name and see if it looks odd.

[Dimestore]

I get the mild annoyance at redundant info. I don't care, but I get how someone else could.

But annoyance at people making sig banners is mildly self-referential.
Making a big deal about how annoying you find it when other people on an internet forum make a big deal about the topic of the forum? If it's not a lame attempt at being ironic, it's just kind of amusing to see. It's like a rant about ranting.

In case it's not obvious, I'm focusing on the humour here, not really trying to deride anyone.

[nksharp]

I'm more annoyed at the fact zverofaust is still around on the forums over the people signing their posts.

[FinnMcKool]

What the heck? that phone number dont seem to work????

[SmarmySam]

I agree, people who do this sort of thing should have both arms ripped off their mechs prior to combat.

Peace!

- Raymond Luxury Yacht

[Moodysea]

Sometimes I put *Pete*.

My real name is not Moodysea.

You may have suspected this.

Is that okay?

[Woopass]

TROLL ALERT!!!!


-Woop