Nifft
Penguin Herder
I hope you'll agree that "few axe murders" is a better state to be in than "many axe murders"... even if neither state is perfect.
Cheers, -- N
What do you get out of signatures?
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Cheers, -- N
Stormonu
NeoGrognard
That would depend on if you are the axer or the axee.
lol, no joke, having posted on random sites for the last 15 years or so, enworld is surely a (relatively) shining star of civility and mature thought.
Yeah, there are huge .gif sigs and childish avatars, but man, the quantity of that kind of crap on other sights is what always brings me back here. It is like finding a hair in your soup. At home, one hair is fine. If I go out, and it looks like someone dumped the floor of a barbershop in my meal, I'll not be coming back thank you very much.
And Woas. . .Woas has the best sig evar, even though it is a big picture and I should hate it.
Jay
Yeah, there are huge .gif sigs and childish avatars, but man, the quantity of that kind of crap on other sights is what always brings me back here. It is like finding a hair in your soup. At home, one hair is fine. If I go out, and it looks like someone dumped the floor of a barbershop in my meal, I'll not be coming back thank you very much.
And Woas. . .Woas has the best sig evar, even though it is a big picture and I should hate it.
Jay
Henry
Autoexreginated
Your wife's from the American South? Just another example of S'mon's good taste.
--Henry the Sandlapper
Henry
Autoexreginated
And while we're on the subject.... Woas, what game is that from? I've been wondering for a good year now!
blargney the second
blargney the minute's son
For those of you with AdBlock or the like, the broccoli quote in the OP is from D&D Online's advertising campaign since it went free to play. ("In other free MMOs you get to fight broccoli. In DDO you get to fight beholders.")
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Primitive Screwhead
First Post
I see sig-lines as a means to get a better sense of the person posting. Sometimes its a random thing that you can skip past, sometimes its funny, sometimes its informative..
Other users, like Lanefan, I actually look to see how the post ends this time around
My sig is a reminder mostly to myself to check my thoughts on what I am reading... and a bit of a public service announcement for others to do the same. I use it in my work email as well.
Well its not a common thing, there are sig-lines here that have lightened my day and brought laughter to my lips. So I am not against seeing a few random, inside joke sig-lines.
Besides, I need to see Nifft's collection of excellent links and Stalker0's link to his skill challenge system
Other users, like Lanefan, I actually look to see how the post ends this time around
My sig is a reminder mostly to myself to check my thoughts on what I am reading... and a bit of a public service announcement for others to do the same. I use it in my work email as well.
Well its not a common thing, there are sig-lines here that have lightened my day and brought laughter to my lips. So I am not against seeing a few random, inside joke sig-lines.
Besides, I need to see Nifft's collection of excellent links and Stalker0's link to his skill challenge system
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
I browse in .sigs-off mode, but keep a .sig to entertain those who want thoughtful afterthoughts.
Nonei
Explorer
I personally enjoy reading most people's sigs. I also use them to form an initial impression of someone, although my opinion will change based on their posts. But I don't think about it much, I just scroll past the ones I don't like.
The ones that I dislike are those that distract from the conversation - if they abuse color, are Extra Large, or have pictures or borders around text (I really appreciate sblocks though ). For those of you that have sigs like that, before you get defensive, remember it distracts from the points you are trying to make, too.
If it's a quote or reference I don't get, I don't pay much attention.
Mine I chose back just before Dave Arneson died; I'd been searching for a Gygax quote to put in my sig but I couldn't find a good one that I hadn't seen in someone else's sig.
So I figured, what the heck, an Arneson quote is good too. And it's nice to know that new DM/GMs have been thinking that since the beginning - and being proved wrong (in a good way) by uncooperative players LOL.
I think it is important if you're going to put a quote in your sig that you provide a little context if it's not apparent and needed in order to understand the context. Like the broccoli quote - I remember the ads, now that someone's said something, but not just from the quote by itself.
The ones that I dislike are those that distract from the conversation - if they abuse color, are Extra Large, or have pictures or borders around text (I really appreciate sblocks though
). For those of you that have sigs like that, before you get defensive, remember it distracts from the points you are trying to make, too.If it's a quote or reference I don't get, I don't pay much attention.
Mine I chose back just before Dave Arneson died; I'd been searching for a Gygax quote to put in my sig but I couldn't find a good one that I hadn't seen in someone else's sig.
So I figured, what the heck, an Arneson quote is good too. And it's nice to know that new DM/GMs have been thinking that since the beginning - and being proved wrong (in a good way) by uncooperative players LOL.
I think it is important if you're going to put a quote in your sig that you provide a little context if it's not apparent and needed in order to understand the context. Like the broccoli quote - I remember the ads, now that someone's said something, but not just from the quote by itself.
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Tequila Sunrise
Adventurer
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