What makes you come back?

[Bijo]

Not being certain why, I keep returning to the Org when I'm online. From all the forums I've ever registered myself to this is the only one that just... that's just right? There exists something making me feel at ease whenever I visit this board and I cannot specifically pinpoint what it is.

Perhaps I... I "love" the Org? No! Impossible! I do not love. Disregard it and just tell me: what is it that makes you visit this board?

[71-hour Ahmed]

I've not actively posted for about 2 years now, only just came back (I'd have posted earlier, but I forgot the password. then I came back from a drinking/ curry night and suddenly remembered it). The reason I came back is its just a lot nicer and more interesting here than most places on the internet.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

I return for the laughs, the babe thread, the discussions, the orgahs, the family! Yes the ORG is a family that backstabs each other over and over and over again, covers you with oil, burns you, and dances the macarena around you til you pass out. That's why I come back; the experience.

[Husar]

Wow Bijo, I've had similar thoughts lately, when I visit here, I usually feel good, I don't know why, but that's the way it is.
It's certainly the best community I know on the web and there is no other forum where I have more than 500 posts I think.:laugh4:
I'd even say I spend too much time here since I read here every morning when I should rather prepare for uni.:sweatdrop:
Oh, and in the evening, when I should sleep(just joined the chat:wall: )...

[KukriKhan]

What makes you come back?

Teh peeps.

Despite the arguments and drama (or actually, in addition to that), this has accidentally become the finest assemblage of minds I've found on the 'net.

Folks from all over the world come here to find some info on a strategy game, and stick around for the free food, drinks, and conversation.

Still waiting the free food and drinks. Meanwhile, the conversation stimulates, every day.

Yeah, the family, as God's Grace said. :bow:

[Motep]

I come to the org when i have nothing better to do. Thus, I come here quite frequently.

[Reverend Joe]

Usually, sans social life (basically, during the summer) I come here, since I know the people well, and they are genuinely intellectually stimulating.

[Csargo]

The mafia, the frontroom, etc. etc.

[Togakure]

I enjoy the variety of perspectives from patrons all over the globe, ranging in age from very young to rather old (like me). I no longer enter the Backroom, but even in the relatively mundane Front Room I find interesting topics and responses from time to time.

The Org is also a resource. I can ask a question and people will respond, or connect me with information, or with other people who might know about a thing that interests me. I return this service when I can.

Occasionally, I'll vent. It's interesting to see if others share my pain, tell me to "buck up," offer an alternative way of viewing the source of my stress, or just say "meh, whatever." Nowadays, it's a place to come and read lightweight stuff for a few minutes while I enjoy some tea and de-workify in the evening, and perhaps respond if a topic or statement inspires me to participate for whatever reason. Every once in a while a topic from the Heart appears, and reading the responses can sometimes restore a bit of my dwindling faith in humanity.

Heh, I also stick around because there are a few here who would like to see me leave, and I enjoy annoying them, however slightly. :beam: ~:flirt:

As far as making friends go ... hmm. I've made a handful of very good friends which have lasted years now. But in all fairness, it has not been just through the Org. Most are people I met in the greater community of which the Org is a part: in the clans/non-clans, in the foyers, and on the battlefields. The number of personalities that intrigue me here has diminished over the last couple of years, but there are still a few.

Because I have not allowed the massed opinions of influencial patrons and staff to control my behavior in some instances where they felt I was out of line, it seems I've "lost some respect." This doesn't really matter. Oftentimes the like-minded attempt to use the giving or withholding of "respect" as a reward or weapon. It gives me satisfaction to deny them their intent, and to continue to think and act on my own convictions, despite their petty consequences.

Finally, I've gained bits of ... wisdom that have proven useful in my journey, from both older and younger patrons here. I like to think that maybe my perspective has proven useful to others from time to time. I think this is the primary reason why I stay, or return after a needed respite.

[Strike For The South]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=4321

[Csargo]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=4321

hehe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4L4Uv5rf0)

[Decker]

It's cleaner and the humor around here is very good. And you know you're with mature people who seem to have excellent temperaments. But I haven't been around long enough but this is my reason.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Took a break, but I'm back! :2thumbsup:

Guess the .Org calls to you!

[Duke Malcolm]

I have developed a reflex that when opening Internet Explorer to type "for..." and the appropriate webpage will come up below and I just click on it absent-mindedly.

[doc_bean]

Well, the backroom mostly. Interesting people who can clearly formulate their opinion, viewpoints on current events from all over the globe, and debating can just be *fun*.

[English assassin]

The fact that calling someone a :daisy: would earn you a ban, rather than the admiration of half a dozen other keyboard warriors posting in their crusty underpants.

Its a simple rule but one that other forums seem to find hard to implement.

All else flows from this.

[Beirut]

It's closer than the bar. And cheaper.

[Lorenzo_H]

The fact that calling someone a :daisy: would earn you a ban, rather than the admiration of half a dozen other keyboard warriors posting in their crusty underpants.

Its a simple rule but one that other forums seem to find hard to implement.

All else flows from this.

You :daisy:!!!

I keep coming back because of the interesting people and I like this forum because it is not too big so everyone knows who everyone is. I like the arguements and stuff. I actually haven't posted in the Total War section for about 5 months.

[Subedei]

I keep coming back b/c one has nowhere in the web a place where so many history freaks got a little place to chat about a very good game series, about history & I also like the style of humour here.

Plus: The big variety of people, the home of EB, the other mods, the AARs [!!!] and lots of other things...

[CountArach]

I came for EB, but stayed for the people... and EB...

[Duke John]

It feels like it's gonna last. TW is what brought me to this forum, but even when you have lost interest in those games you can keep coming back without feeling out of place.

At the moment the Google Map game is my main interest as the Backroom has cycled into the "hate" period again :wink:

[Ianofsmeg16]

What makes you come back?

Beirut <3

:2thumbsup:

[Caerfanan]

I'll say that it has a lot of very good content on the TW games first. then ther is,as other said, an opportunity to have a peek on how people from almost everywhere react (has to be moderated, as we're speaking of internet users), while staying civilized.

[naut]

The knowledge, the humility, the maturity, the good musical tastes (*cough* Floyd *cough*), the jokes, the puns, the advice, the babe thread, the debates, the insights, the discussions, the ideas, the lack of pointless aggression, the intellectualism, the suggestions, oh, and TosaInu.

But I guess all-in-all it's the members who contribute and the mods who hold it all together.

[Caerfanan]

But I guess all-in-all it's the members who contribute and the mods who hold it all together.
That sums it up very neatly.

(I have somehow the same experience with my Taekwondo dojang. What makes me train more and more is the people there, and the "teachers". How interesting...)

[Ronin]

this is set as the "home page" in my browser and I don´t know how to change it! :laugh4:

just kidding......:2thumbsup:


I come here for the discussions in the backroom......it´s a "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" sort of thing :yes:

[Dutch_guy]

The chip in my head which is set to explode if I don't hit my 4.83 ppd average.

Other than that just the friendly people, welcoming atmosphere and interesting threads.

:balloon2:

[Gregoshi]

Lots of good reasons mentioned. I think Rythmic summed it all up best for me.

[Stig]

What makes me come back?


The wonderfull nice MP section
*cough*
And especially the great poster Puzz3D
*bigger cough*

[Caius]

Well, I came back to the org, because I miss the org.
And I have Pms unread, topics to reply, etc.

[Warmaster Horus]

Plenty of stuff, but Rythmic said it already. The folk here are just great. At least, much better than at my school.

[scotchedpommes]

Force of habit is strong with me.

[That said, I think the regulars know, as I do, that there is a community worth
coming back to here. Have experienced that once before, though there are
some good people here, which is perhaps more than could be said with the
former.]

Would also throw in that I felt the need to be the sole representative for my
part of the world; but now I see Ahmed has reappeared that is no longer the
case. :2thumbsup:

[Martok]

Truly, I think Kukri and Rythmic summed it up for me. The interesting conversations (both the serious & light-hearted) and the amazingly cordial atmosphere (Backroom aside ~;p) are second to none, at least in my experience. And that's mostly thanks to the maturity, the knowledge & intelligence, and friendliness of the members here. The Org was the first forum I ever joined, and it's by far the one that I visit the most. So long as this place exists, I will certainly be here. :yes:

[Craterus]

Petitions.
Boredom.

[Andres]

I'm here to convert the evil camel worshippers.

Still have alot of work to do...

[Devastatin Dave]

To keep the mods busy and because Beirut stole my collection of clipped toe nails from around the world.:furious3: