Comments on: First!

First!

Del Far — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:36:53 -0800

"Wow, a new user... That's Great! We'd be happy to show you the ropes!" a PSA on conversation starters in forums and comment threads online that have never been heard or used before. Brought to you by Red Vs. Blue.

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:46:49 -0800

This thread will end awfully well!

By: DU

DU — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:02:00 -0800

As a white, male, technically-inclined user between the ages of 25 and 40, I think I can bring unique perspective to this discussion. No wait, that's a pretty common one.

By: honest knave

honest knave — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:03:25 -0800

You know, I remember when nobody knew about Red V. Blue. Now they can be heard all over the internets...

By: honest knave

honest knave — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:07:48 -0800

isn't that wonderful? Now everyone can experience just what I felt when they were a small startup group!

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:08:32 -0800

Well, I'm happy to see that none of this applies to MeFi. Not really, thanks. I don't really like that show... and I don't think I'd have anything good to say about it. I figure, you know... why bring you guys down? Well almost nothing. That was excellent. Thanks.

By: trueluk

trueluk — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:00:24 -0800

honest knave: You know, I remember when nobody knew about Red V. Blue. Now they can be heard all over the internets... Yeah, I remember watching "Why Are We Here?" and "Red Gets a Delivery" with a few friends while we took a break from playing Halo on XBConnect back in 2003 when the clips first came out. That seems so long ago now. I was mildly entertained, it being April 20th and all, but nobody seemed to enjoy it as much as my friend Zack. He laughed at everything, and against are wishes continued to call the Warthog a Puma from then on. The thing is, Zack was terrible at Halo, compared to us anyways, and he couldn't keep up. He would get pissed off and throw his control at the ground when we three shot him, or used the reload trick. I felt bad each time I sneaked up behind him and assassinated him. I knew he was likely to flip out over any death so I tried to make sure he got the first shot, but that usually made things worse(him still dying, screaming "WTF, I shot you first!"). I think that's why he liked Red vs. Blue so much. It allowed him to enjoy Halo in a way that skilled gamers never needed. Pwnd.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:04:54 -0800

"Just be sure to include the copyright statement at the end of this video." "Well, that's a given, you know how much we all value copyright."

By: Debaser626

Debaser626 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:04:56 -0800

Why? Oh, bollocks.... FRIST!

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:10:39 -0800

"Wow, a new user... That's Great! We'd be happy to show you the ropes!" I know I'm as guilty of GNE nostalgia as anyone but one interesting thing about it is that in fact newbies to the game were all warmly embraced - and it was built into the system. One of the game's key metrics was something called Social Index and one of the richest sources of pumping up your Social Index was to befriend newbies - essentially because each player had a finite number of "Friend" points to give away and friendless newbies were thus "cash-rich". Looked at one way, it is a bit cynical. But one of the results is that newbies to the game would be greeted by all these older, richer players showering them with gifts. I thought the idea of new players all being given something finite and valuable, which must be given away, to be an innovative way of solving the old newbie-hate problem.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:22:26 -0800

newbies to the game would be greeted by all these older, richer players showering them with gifts. I thought the idea of new players all being given something finite and valuable, which must be given away, to be an innovative way of solving the old newbie-hate problem. Well, it works for "To Catch A Predator"!

By: psmealey

psmealey — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:07:11 -0800

I think, actually, all of those have been used before. Sarcastically.

By: metrocake

metrocake — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:09:31 -0800

Awwwww...I miss GNE. :D I remember getting my little house...media shire...making paper... : sigh : Bring it back!!!

By: yeti

yeti — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:16:29 -0800

Hey look! It's a video of something that'll be posted in a million other outlets by the end of the day. I'm so glad it was posted here on Metafilter because I really appreciate everyone's opinion in the comments. Everyone is so awesome. *hugs*

By: nosila

nosila — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:53:20 -0800

This made me laugh kind of hard a couple of times. If I were drinking milk, I would totally have snorted some out my nose. I love the main bippie's Texas-sounding voice. "And the smoke monster! Dooon't git me started on the smoke monster!" Thanks!

By: Parannoyed

Parannoyed — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:33:45 -0800

I miss GNE more and more every day. Still kinda pissed that I paid for the full game and never got anything for it.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:26 -0800

Remember the "new economy"? And if you activated it you more or less lost everything? Good times.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:51:48 -0800

I already saw this, I think it was on the AOL homepage... And it was great!

By: Arturus

Arturus — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:15:43 -0800

I have used the one about watching all of someone's youtube videos in the past.