Look to the blue sky! And lift your hands high! And pray for love at your feet! Jesus my saviour! My favourite flavour! I prefer god to my kids! God bless all the universe, universe! Krishna bells are in! Stop! Look down on stolen cars, stolen cars. This is just a sin. Convert now, heathen, and obey Our Lord Jesus!
Douglas is basically the GM version of 'stupid' or such. I am (was?), as my usertitle used to be; 'Douglas farmer par excellence'. It is sometimes overused though, and you shouldn't worry about it.
I would say that the way people are reacting is completely normal. You started out asking for hats, then starting an introduction thread as an afterthought, or you simply missed it somehow. Fair enough, we got off on the wrong foot, you want to reset the scores. You go on to post a new introduction thread, but wait, neither introduction threads contain anything introducing yourself, this could be excused if you were already well known in the community, but such is not the case. The thread then continues with you basically communicating through memegenerator, and how are you expected to be taken seriously after all this?
From the [GM] Specific Meme thread: Douglas Example: "Oh my god, Apex. You are such a Douglas!" Meaning: A person of average intelligence and social grace who errs in a spectacular fashion. Also, a person of lower than average intelligence and diminished social grace who reminds you of their limited abilities. Overall I rate this guy an 8.64/10 on the EWdouglas scale.
Information about myself. I am 22(male) living in a town called Battle, in the south of England. I am an IT support technician working in my local area. I have a girlfriend of five months. My Grandpa died last week of cancer. I am new to forums in general. I seem to be giving off the impression that I crave Douglas'es. I don't.
Ok ok, don't you think I've taken enough. Surely you should know what I would like to be part of this somewhat 'welcoming'community, after all the hate I have received.
Trust me when I say that most never come back after this sort of welcome. And they shall never be missed. That people would not want to be a part any more I could understand but through the way you posted it seemd you did not care and thus people will continue to act as such. NLspeed is indeed our "Douglas" champion yet he is still here and "loved" by most.
Well, you certainly do seem to want to be part of this community, which is a plus. Sure, you signed up for free hats. Which is stupid. Then you decided you wanted to be part of this community. I doubt that's because of an ulterior motive (hats). And if what you're saying is true (never been on fora - which I kind of doubt, but who knows), I suppose I could see why you would communicate with silly .gifs and whatever. You also seem to be trying, which is good I suppose. But, well, I suppose 'a first impression is a lasting one' rings true here (it actually is true, psychologically speaking, but nevermind that ). So, yeah, congratulations (if that's the right word) for trying and being determined. We'll see how it goes, I suppose.