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Balrog0
11/17/20 9:40:27 PM
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Or alternatively, what's the deal with posters that aren't gimmicks?

Like there's nothing stopping any one of us from being either thing. Especially on game facks dot com.

I've tried to just be a troll and of course we all do it from time to time but 1) not all gimmick posters are trolls and 2) it's really much harder to keep in character than not keep in character in my experience

But does 2 make me weird? Like why should I give a shit but it's hard not to be some character at least close to my real self on here. Idk how you could be duckbear or captain pineapple. Not that I'm complaining, they are just part of this unique message board experience (mbe)

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Naysaspace
11/17/20 9:46:54 PM
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boredom
lack of hobbies
carry around a lot of anger
probably addiction issues, booze/weed/shit food/videogames/pop/etc
getting a reaction from users to make up for lost time as a wallflower nerd all their life is a fulfilling feeling
inherant lack of respect for other board members. Mostly just the vehement trolls

Like when someone brings up your post history or post count as a retort in an argument, you know instantly 2 things: 1) They have a fundamental lack of understanding of how gamefaqs counts, logs, archives, and deletes posts, and 2) they're losers that want you to feel as bad as they feel. See: First 3 points up above

Some gimmicks are lame, see: ReggieBush. Some used to be lame but are now not too bad. See: MrDuckbear.
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Lost_All_Senses
11/17/20 9:47:00 PM
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Sometimes I question if I exist or I'm just one of the gimmicks a more established user made up 4 years ago. They might of just implanted memories to make me believe I had a childhood.

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 9:48:32 PM
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i genuinely think about this a lot. people like ssj3vegeta, cpt pineapple, unfair, sunhawk

it has to take serious will to keep that up for 10, 15, 20 years
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Balrog0
11/17/20 9:49:30 PM
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Neckhomachus posted...
i genuinely think about this a lot.

Me too. But that doesn't that make us just as weird? Serious question

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 9:50:41 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Me too. But that doesn't that make us just as weird? Serious question
maybe. i'm not too concerned with that part. i wanna say that we have the appropriate reaction to what those guys have been doing for half our lives. but who knows
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RedJackson
11/17/20 9:51:23 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Me too. But that doesn't that make us just as weird? Serious question

Not really, just is what it is - I kind of consider it a proprietary component of CE

which is nice cause I can feel free to post whatever crap is on my mind too

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Lost_All_Senses
11/17/20 9:51:43 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Me too. But that doesn't that make us just as weird? Serious question

People without a gimmick? No. We use this place as an outlet. Anonymity to talk about stuff without worrying about it having lasting effects on your real life.

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Smashingpmkns
11/17/20 9:52:56 PM
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Probably boredom. My gimmick is that I have no gimmick and it's pretty tiring but I am also really bored.
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Balrog0
11/17/20 9:53:02 PM
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Naysaspace posted...
boredom
lack of hobbies
carry around a lot of anger
probably addiction issues, booze/weed/shit food/videogames/pop/etc
getting a reaction from users to make up for lost time as a wallflower nerd all their life is a fulfilling feeling
inherant lack of respect for other board members. Mostly just the vehement trolls

Like when someone brings up your post history or post count as a retort in an argument, you know instantly 2 things: 1) They have a fundamental lack of understanding of how gamefaqs counts, logs, archives, and deletes posts, and 2) they're losers that want you to feel as bad as they feel. See: First 3 points up above

Some gimmicks are lame, see: ReggieBush. Some used to be lame but are now not too bad. See: MrDuckbear.

Like I dunno

I feel like this does explain the reasons I get upset and flame/troll/etc

But what kind of specific thing makes you do this one gimmick on game facks dot com?

Like if you're doing it for 15-20 years, what's the thing that keeps you doing it? Like okay I'd say my addiction issues/boredom/lack of other hobbies are why I can't keep cool enough to stay in character

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SamsungGearS2
11/17/20 9:54:31 PM
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Fuck off.

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Balrog0
11/17/20 9:55:21 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
People without a gimmick? No. We use this place as an outlet. Anonymity to talk about stuff without worrying about it having lasting effects on your real life.

I'm friends with like a billion people from here on facebook, they could definitely ruin my life if they wanted

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Politics
11/17/20 9:55:52 PM
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am i a gimmick

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 9:56:35 PM
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bro you added people from here on facebook? is that a common thing people do here that I just somehow missed?
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Balrog0
11/17/20 9:58:11 PM
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Politics posted...
am i a gimmick

I honestly don't know dude, not even in the kinda abstract way where I'm not sure I'm a gimmick, I have specific misgivings about you

Neckhomachus posted...
bro you added people from here on facebook? is that a common thing people do here that I just somehow missed?

Well now that I think about it, almost no one from ce per se but many people from lue, also I really feel the need to stress idk what's normal

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Dark_SilverX
11/17/20 9:59:15 PM
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Gimmick posters are Chads IRL.

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The Trent
11/17/20 9:59:40 PM
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my gimmick is always doubling down on 11

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 9:59:48 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
also I really feel the need to stress idk what's normal
right right
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Dark_SilverX
11/17/20 10:01:43 PM
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^follow your heart's heart

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COVxy
11/17/20 10:02:28 PM
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Not sure. The only thing I get out of this board is the opportunity to be bluntly honest about my opinions, tbh.

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Lost_All_Senses
11/17/20 10:05:06 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I'm friends with like a billion people from here on facebook, they could definitely ruin my life if they wanted

That's no bueno

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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:07:27 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
That's no bueno

I dunno I like my gamefaqs friends

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 10:09:40 PM
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lol why'd you delete that post bal you don't think duckbears a chad?
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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:09:59 PM
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COVxy posted...
Not sure. The only thing I get out of this board is the opportunity to be bluntly honest about my opinions, tbh.

Cmon that can't honestly be it. You can be honest irl

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nfearurspecimn
11/17/20 10:11:03 PM
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I used to think everyone online was some sort of gimmick or character.

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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:11:15 PM
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Neckhomachus posted...
lol why'd you delete that post bal you don't think duckbears a chad?

I don't even know why I made it in the first place

I dunno why I do anything here or maybe any where dude

i thought it was too aggro and gimmicky

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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:11:30 PM
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nfearurspecimn posted...
I used to think everyone online was some sort of gimmick or character.

I'm not convinced you're wrong

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Lost_All_Senses
11/17/20 10:11:35 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I dunno I like my gamefaqs friends

I'm not against that. Just feeling vunerable to them. Just don't piss off people too much, I guess lol. I feel pretty secure that someone wouldn't grow that deep of hate for me. But who knows....maybe I should strike first.

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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:12:32 PM
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Why would I feel vulnerable to my friendos? That's toxic masculinity I'm pretty sure dude

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samurai bandit
11/17/20 10:13:20 PM
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Some gimmicks might just want to give us a good laugh like @Complete_Idi0t

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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:14:09 PM
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samurai bandit posted...
Some gimmicks might just want to give us a good laugh like @Complete_Idi0t

Yeah but I'm still impressed by the commitment and don't understand it

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 10:14:23 PM
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what i don't get, no, what i desperately need is for one of them to drop gimmick and tell me why they do it. even if it's pm, off-site, whatever. i wouldnt spill the beans. i've been asking for years and i need to know what drives a person to do it
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Middle hope
11/17/20 10:14:43 PM
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samurai bandit posted...
Some gimmicks might just want to give us a good laugh like @Complete_Idi0t
RIP lotsa_karma

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CosmicShadows
11/17/20 10:15:31 PM
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It's really weird and especially when they say they don't have a gimmick.
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Lost_All_Senses
11/17/20 10:16:16 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Why would I feel vulnerable to my friendos? That's toxic masculinity I'm pretty sure dude

You read to deep into it. I just meant cause you're the one who brought up ruining your life >_>. I just run with what people hand me.

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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:16:54 PM
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Oh yeah I'm full of toxic masculinity

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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:18:00 PM
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CosmicShadows posted...
It's really weird and especially when they say they don't have a gimmick.

Captain pineapple is doing performance art in a dying message board and I'm pretty sure it's because he's writing some sorta jane goodall style memoir about his life among the cemen

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Lost_All_Senses
11/17/20 10:19:10 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Oh yeah I'm full of toxic masculinity

That's cool. That's just your gimmick :3

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 10:19:44 PM
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no way man i'll fight you on cpt pineapple til the end of time
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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:20:08 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
That's cool. That's just your gimmick :3

Mother fucker

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TheoryzC
11/17/20 10:24:11 PM
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Does it sometimes leak in to their personal lives?

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 10:26:42 PM
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TheoryzC posted...
Does it sometimes leak in to their personal lives?
i highly, highly doubt it
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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:27:44 PM
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Neckhomachus posted...
i highly, highly doubt it

Same here, I was just joking about p apps

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 10:29:11 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Same here, I was just joking about p apps
ah man you can like him if you want you dont gotta justify yourself to me
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Balrog0
11/17/20 10:30:40 PM
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Oh no I like him but I don't think he's doing this for any reason except whatever reason gimmick posters have

I like duckbear, too. I don't know that I dislike any gimmick poster except broseph stalin who I'm sadly convinced is real

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Neckhomachus
11/17/20 10:32:20 PM
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you're so amiable man i'm jel
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teepan95
11/18/20 12:07:48 AM
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This is a good topic tbh
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HydraSlayer82
11/18/20 8:14:49 AM
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Im definitely myself on here, for better or worse. Im a smart ass. I guess in a sense we are all gimmick posters. Some are just really over the top. Its not a bad thing though. Righties call this place a left wing echo chamber and lefties call it a right wing echo chamber and I get entertainment from the reactionary personality types. It is what it is.

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