subpar spatula

Refuses to Wash his Ass
Member
Oct 26, 2017
22,249
Plenty. However, you still gotta keep the crazies at bay so it's easier to just go to any bar, put out a smile, and reel 'em in.
 

HStallion

Member
Oct 25, 2017
63,154
Well, there's one guy I'm interested in that's a member of both forums, but I'm not sure if approaching someone through here would be wise lol.

Also... I think someone back in the old site flirted with me through PMs (this was years ago, memory's hazy).

I feel my PM's are mostly people I've never spoken to telling me to go fuck myself.
 

staedtler

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
1,659
Honestly, I don't even understand how friendships work on a forum. When The Incident occurred and people were scrambling to communicate with people through backchannels like Discord and Twitter DMs, I was just confused. I don't know anyone's Twitter handle. Heck, I tend not to even see you all as people: this forum to me is just a series of posts. If all your screennames and avatars were redacted my user experience would change very little.

There's a difference between people who live vicariously through forums and normal people that don't. You seem like one of the normals.
 

GamerJM

Member
Nov 8, 2017
15,848
No but I'm pretty certain someone on a gaming forum tried to catfish me once. It was actually really convincing, they even had an Instagram. The only reason I immediately dismissed it at the time was because I was kind of a shitposter on the site so there wouldn't really be a reason for someone to be attracted to me based off my posts. But at one point they left, and then someone around the same time created an account where they had similar opinions on games and posted a bit similarly. They would occasionally referred to themselves with male pronouns. I guess that person could just be pretending to be a guy to draw attention away from their gender too.
 

passepied joe

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,703
Oh god no. Who would want to date a ResetEra poster?
Especially since they'd probably only like to go on dates to rehashed superhero flicks
 

RiOrius

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,095
There's a difference between people who live vicariously through forums and normal people that don't. You seem like one of the normals.
Eh, I dunno. I feel like my detachment doesn't come from a place of normalcy. It's not like I have an active social life IRL. Living vicariously through forums would be a step up from my current situation, frankly.
 

Toa Axis

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
843
Virginia
I can't say that I've ever had such experiences (though my IRL romantic life is also fleeting), but I do have a friend who had a relationship with a girl he met through Team Fortress 2. It's not really a gaming forum, of course, but it's the closest analogue that I have to offer.

It would certainly be an interesting experience, I think. I'm not sure if I would be down for such a thing (though you can never say never!), but it's certainly curious to ponder.
 

HStallion

Member
Oct 25, 2017
63,154
Slaying Era tang left right and centre.
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Pancracio17

▲ Legend ▲
Avenger
Oct 29, 2017
19,191
You know who's cute?

The girl reading this

I havent and I doubt I ever will
 

ascii42

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,837
I've never known how to make a move without it just being creepy.

Granted, that's also true outside of forums.
 

Piston

Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,343
I never gathered that meeting through a forum was the best way to do it. Hard to make a personal connection and fully know someone's situation.
 

mas8705

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,497
It would be nice if gaming forums were like dating sites...

Don't know if it would be safe either to try and pick up dates on gaming forums...
 

HStallion

Member
Oct 25, 2017
63,154
I just play it safe and ship posters together for my own enjoyment. Right now Slayven and BronsonLee are a thing where they bicker as much as they flirt.
 

atomsk eater

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,868
Tried it 3 times. First two didn't work out, the third one we're living together and it's going well.
Edit: Actually, 4 times. First time I was in high school, I don't think we ever exchanged pictures or anything so that was doomed to fizzle out regardless. Next two times I met them IRL. Then the last time is as I said.
 

SweetNicole

The Old Guard
Member
Oct 24, 2017
6,544
My SO and I met via the old place. We didn't directly message each other on the website, but we had been in mutual Discord communities for some time. I messaged her, we hit things off, and we've been together for seven incredible months with no signs of slowing down. I'll say the community here is a very special place to both of us, and it is one of the reasons I'm so passionate about the community here.

Funny story, I was actually visiting my SO the week that the whole great migration happened. Met up with her Friday night, woke up Saturday to find out what was going on with the community, messaged Cerium out of the blue about joining the project to start ResetEra, and before the end of the day, I was an administrator. Suffice to say, we spent that whole week basically engrossed in the creation of ResetEra with many long hours and nights.

e: and yes, I would consider us both attractive
 

NameUser

Member
Oct 25, 2017
14,281
Kinda hard to flirt when you can't tell who's male or female most of the time. Who am I kidding? Why would I let that stop me! Feel free to slide into my PMs.

Please don't lol