QT3 addiction

[Nelson]

I discovered the QT3 forum about six months ago, and my life has changed. Back then, I kept up with the news of the world, did my work with droning efficiency, and came home to watch a bit of television or do some computer gaming. Now I am a broken man. I have tried to read the more than 7,000 posts of Bill Dungsroman. I laugh at K0NY's transparent attempts at viral marketing. I dream of Tom Chick. And, at some dark depth of my soul, I, too, vote to stake fire.

I tried to quit once, but in my withdrawal I saw Flowers crawling on the ceiling. Now I spend more time in a day reading your posts than I do actually playing games. This forum is worse than any MMO.

So I've come to terms with my problem. I am Nelson, and I am a QT3-holic. Do you have the same problem? Maybe we can talk.

Nelson

[Flowers]

You weren't hallucinating.

[RepoMan]

Problem? I don't have any problem. I can quit whenever I want.

Right after I finish refereeing the second Thing game, harassing people in the Tokyo Games Show thread, posting my crap celebrity encounters, looking at pretty pictures, scrutinizing all the Company of Heroes strategy tips, posting bad gossip about the PS3 launch, and relishing my new 1,500-post "Neo Acoustic" title.

[deccan]

Haha, I've been checking QT3 quite a bit of late, but really only during slow days at work. If I find an interesting article on Wikipedia I usually read that instead. At home, I do prefer to play games or do other stuff than check QT3, but I'm ok, I think.

[RedTide]

More so now that I'm playing the Thing game.

[Rimbo]

• I met QT3'ers in person
• I played a vampire game
• I was blacklisted from my other favorite board.

I am now officially obsessed. Climb, post count, climb!

[RichVR]

• I was blacklisted from my other favorite board.



Details?

[Rimbo]

I may or may not have inadvertently and not on purpose told a paying sponsor of that site to suck my cock.

[RichVR]

I seem to have inadvertently told a paid sponsor of that site to suck my cock.

Tease!

Details?

[Rimbo]

I thought he was a spammer.

[RichVR]

I thought he was a spammer.

Damn. It's like pulling teeth.

Forget it... ::sigh::

[fire]

in my withdrawal I saw Flowers crawling on the ceiling
I saw an art exhibit a couple years ago in a museum in Israel called Preservation of Beauty. It was 900 flowers pressed behind a sheet of clear acrylic covering a plaster wall. The flowers were moldy and the mold was running down the wall in these green and fuscia mucusy stripes.

[Moggraider]

I can spend hours every day at this place during the summer, but when I'm at school I tone it down. With LSATs and apps coming I haven't been able to post as much as I like. So, I put 30 minutes to an hour, but it's probably closer to 20-40 minutes.

[Funkman]

I don't post as much as I probably could (which is probably for the best). But yeah, I find myself just wandering back here far to frequently to see if any funny or interesting stuff has popped up since the last time I checked the site.

[extarbags]

Did you know I have the second most posts on this forum? Doesn't seem right, does it?

[Erik J.]

I discovered the QT3 forum about six months ago, and my life has changed. Back then, I kept up with the news of the world, did my work with droning efficiency, and came home to watch a bit of television or do some computer gaming. Now I am a broken man. I have tried to read the more than 7,000 posts of Bill Dungsroman. I laugh at K0NY's transparent attempts at viral marketing. I dream of Tom Chick. And, at some dark depth of my soul, I, too, vote to stake fire.

I tried to quit once, but in my withdrawal I saw Flowers crawling on the ceiling. Now I spend more time in a day reading your posts than I do actually playing games. This forum is worse than any MMO.

So I've come to terms with my problem. I am Nelson, and I am a QT3-holic. Do you have the same problem? Maybe we can talk.

Nelson

We always need more Marylanders at QT3. Everyone knows we're the most level-headed inmates at the asylum.

Erik J.

[Nelson]

Who is No. 1?

Rimbo: Pull up a chair, grab some moonshine and tell the whole story.

fire: Not bad for modern art.

Nelson

[Raife]

Who is No. 1?

Jason McP&R.

Poor Tyler.

[Nelson]

We always need more Marylanders at QT3.

QFT. Free Staters represent! What county are you from? I think Troy is from Bethesda.

And P&R is the only place I avoid here. I get enough ranting at work.

Nelson

[charmtrap]

I have to say I've been reading this board for three years semi-regularly. Not because it's a particularly good place for gaming news (thought it's alright), and not because it's particularly full of insightful opinion (thought it's alright occasionally there too), but because it's full of the crankiest fucking nerds this side of John Dvorak. So, it's a pretty entertaining read.

[Athryn]

You're not truly obsessive unless you hang out in #qt3 and talk about the boards there also.

[Marcus]

You're not truly obsessive unless you hang out in #qt3 and talk about the boards there also.

I agree with the above statement.

[Erik J.]

QFT. Free Staters represent! What county are you from? I think Troy is from Bethesda.

And P&R is the only place I avoid here. I get enough ranting at work.

Nelson

I'm in Anne Arundel. Right past Annapolis, before the Bay Bridge.

Erik J.

[Nelson]

Ah, Anne Arundel. I lived in Annapolis for seven years. I'm moving to Prince George's County pretty soon, which should be quite the culture shock.

And yeah, charmtrap, this place is like a convention of Comic Book Guys.

Nelson

[Erik J.]

Ah, Anne Arundel. I lived in Annapolis for seven years. I'm moving to Prince George's County pretty soon, which should be quite the culture shock.

And yeah, charmtrap, this place is like a convention of Comic Book Guys.

Nelson

I grew up in PG County, and I much prefer it over AA. AA is just too damn white, sometimes. Moving to Annapolis was culture shock for me. I haven't entirely enjoyed the scenery change.

Erik J.

[Nelson]

Annapolis is best enjoyed by people with boats. I went to college there and spent a lot of time on the Severn with the rowing team, and loved it. But you're right, the place is very white. Even though the city's population is 30 percent black, it's creepy how they're hidden away. Some tourist maps don't even show the Clay Street area, and two parking garages basically block access to downtown from that neighborhood.

I'm still looking for a place to live in PG. Probably Hyattsville or Bowie.

Nelson

[Aszurom]

I've refreshed the page every 5 minutes since 1998.

[Raife]

I've refreshed the page every 5 minutes since 1998.

Oh yeah? I've been reading these boards since 1976.

[RichVR]

Oh yeah? I've been reading these boards since 1976.

Bah! I was reading these boards since they were carved on boards. Back in the 1700's.

[Raife]

Bah! I was reading these boards since they were carved on boards. Back in the 1700's.

But you waited to register until six months ago?

[Bill Dungsroman]

I've been into Qt3 since I saw Tom Chick posting to himself in a bar parking lot at 2 in the morning.

[Erik J.]

Annapolis is best enjoyed by people with boats. I went to college there and spent a lot of time on the Severn with the rowing team, and loved it. But you're right, the place is very white. Even though the city's population is 30 percent black, it's creepy how they're hidden away. Some tourist maps don't even show the Clay Street area, and two parking garages basically block access to downtown from that neighborhood.

I'm still looking for a place to live in PG. Probably Hyattsville or Bowie.

Nelson

We have a boat. Yes. But it's docked on KI. Yes, Clay Street is amazingly hidden, and a source for hushed tones and fear. I grew up in Bowie, and enjoyed it. My childhood house is for sale, totally check it out. Heh.

Erik J.

[RichVR]

But you waited to register until six months ago?

Hey, I lurked. What kind of bandwidth did we have until they invented computers? Really?

[quatoria]

So I've come to terms with my problem. I am Nelson, and I am a QT3-holic. Do you have the same problem? Maybe we can talk.

Nelson

The only way for you is cold turkey. I suggest you start now.

[Troy S Goodfellow]

Annapolis is best enjoyed by people with boats. I went to college there and spent a lot of time on the Severn with the rowing team, and loved it. But you're right, the place is very white. Even though the city's population is 30 percent black, it's creepy how they're hidden away. Some tourist maps don't even show the Clay Street area, and two parking garages basically block access to downtown from that neighborhood.

I'm still looking for a place to live in PG. Probably Hyattsville or Bowie.

Nelson

I live in Hyattsville. It's turning into a nice town bit by bit.

Troy

[shift6]

... it's full of the crankiest fucking nerds this side of John Dvorak.
Tagline for the QT3 movie. Step up, Whitta.

[Nelson]

Originally Posted by Troy S Goodfellow:
I live in Hyattsville. It's turning into a nice town bit by bit.

I wonder if the town will be able to stand two strategy gamers who are into ancient history.

Nelson

[Morkilus]

I'm drunk and watching the boards at WORK at midnight. What is more fucked up?. Yes, period intentional.

[Morkilus]

PS White and Nerdy thread made my day. 7 Samurai was OK.

[nutsak]

I tried to follow this advise once...
http://www.deadbored.net/PCPP/CLOSE_IT.gif

...but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

[Troy S Goodfellow]

I wonder if the town will be able to stand two strategy gamers who are into ancient history.

Nelson

Dunno. I'm right on the border between Hyattsville and College Park, so I think I'm far enough from the center of gravity to keep the world balanced.

Troy

[ElGuapo]

VIRGINNY FTW!

We are gonna send Webb in there, and he is gonna kick Allen's ass. Then we are gonna have a Democratic governor, at least one Democratic senator, but still be able to pay low taxes, buy unlimited assault rifles and guns with no permits, and marry our cousins, because they are so attractive.

Seriously, I've lived in DC and VA, and I like VA much better. Alexandria, anyway. I'm sure down south it's a bit more rednecky, kinda like living in southern Ohio. Plus sometimes I drink where George Washington drank. God that rocks!

Oh, and I check QT3 OBSESSIVELY on slow days at work.

[Mister Widget]

I spend far more time reading QT3 than I ought to... you people are my kind of stupid.

[Nelson]

My parents and my brother live in northern Va. I'm sure I'd like it there, but my heart is in Md. even though I was raised on the West Coast.

I still get a thrill when on "The Wire" they make in-jokes about places like Dundalk, Howard County and the Eastern Shore. Plus some of the actors have that awesome Baltimore accent.

Whatever happened to the DC-area get-together? It would be cool to meet some gamers around here.

Nelson

[Xaroc]

I'm in Anne Arundel. Right past Annapolis, before the Bay Bridge.

Erik J.

You have to be within a minute or two of where I am. What neighborhood?

[Tyjenks]

Jason McP&R.

Poor Tyler.

I have recovered from my dethronement. The pain, however, is still lodged deep within my soul. Jason has no soul, OTOH. I keed, I keed (unless it is true).

I would like to say I am in a better spot in my life and have gotten past the obsessive posting as a remedy to dissatisfaction at work and therefore my existence on the planet; Work = better, all other facets = nebulous upheaval.

We all take breaks and then slink back, eventually, to find those who will validate our beliefs/yearnings/irritations in all things life related in one way or another.

[Rimbo]

Damn. It's like pulling teeth.

Forget it... ::sigh::


There really ain't that much to it. That board has rules to keep the discussion family-oriented, it's a pay board, and I violated both principles. The sponsor in question was a ticket broker, "I have tickets for bla bla for $x," and I brilliantly decided to respond with, "I have tickets to watch this guy suck my cock for $3."

It was pretty stupid of me, at the level of telling Tom Chick to fuck off after he'd asked to tone down the racist comments.*

But it turns out the blacklisting also prevents me from accessing some of the site's paid content, so the publisher and I came to an agreement that he'll lift the blacklisting if I can keep my mouth shut until October.


*I have now successfully compared myself to Brian Koontz I CAN DIE HAPPY NOW

[Erik J.]

You have to be within a minute or two of where I am. What neighborhood?

Cape St. Claire, right next to Broadneck High.

Erik J.

[Xaroc]

Cape St. Claire, right next to Broadneck High.

Erik J.

I just ate at Broadneck Grill tonight. :) I am over in Woods Landing. Small world.

[Bill Dungsroman]

GET A ROOM FUNBOYS.

[JPR]

I never took you for a Kraftwerk fan, Bill.

[unbongwah]

. . . because it's full of the crankiest fucking nerds this side of John Dvorak. So, it's a pretty entertaining read.
I presume your use of "fucking" is invective, not descriptive. Regardless, that's pretty much what brings me back on slow days.

I've been into Qt3 since I saw Tom Chick posting to himself in a bar parking lot at 2 in the morning.
That is the creepiest mental image I've had in a long time and it's never coming out and it's all your fuckin' fault, Bill.

So I guess what I'm saying is: fait accompli.

Alexandria, anyway. I'm sure down south it's a bit more rednecky, kinda like living in southern Ohio.
I have family down in Roanoke. Sometimes I visit them - y'know, when I can't fake a broken leg fast enough to avoid going. Trust me: Northern VA might as well be Europe by comparison.

P.S. Maryland REPRESENT! MC, y'all!

[Old Man Gravy]

I've been into Qt3 since I saw Tom Chick posting to himself in a bar parking lot at 2 in the morning.

That's a fairly stirring Fight Club analog or metaphor or whatever. Apt and bravo!

[charmtrap]

I presume your use of "fucking" is invective, not descriptive. Regardless, that's pretty much what brings me back on slow days.

Y'know I really hadn't thought of it that way, but mashed up with that thread where people posted pictures of themselves I think I feel slightly ill.

[Supertanker]

If you are truly a denizen of the board, you can only choose the S! B! response, yet there are only two of us as of this post. Bugger off, posers.