10-21-2005, 10:39 PM
Concillian,Oct 21 2005, 01:39 PM Wrote:wow... I would have thought most lurkers could look past the textures on a computer character.
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Actually, I would expect nothing but the exact opposite.
I've been hanging around the Lounge for over five years at this point. The Lurkers have always trended towards the folks who were less interested in the power gaming side of things and more towards more experiential gaming.
This is the place where people built D2 Barbarians who used all the wrong weapons because it looked cool and tried to see how far they could go with it. This is the place where people picked and played gimped characters because they just looked really cool. There are a whole stack of Lurkers here who have entire fashion wardrobes because they not only relate heavily to their character - they very much care how they look and present themselves.
Do we have folks around here who are all about the number crunching and figuring out what works best and where's the best place to power level from 35 to 40? Yup. Do we have people who have actually spent the time swimming all the way from the Thandol Span all the way up to Revantusk Village only to jump back in the water and swim all the way around to Scarlet Watch Post just because they were curious what all those mountains looked like? Yup.
You don't have the same requirements to relate to your toon as other people, Conc? Fantastic! But the lounge has ALWAYS been filled with people who care very much about this. And hopefully it always will be. It's that variety that makes it the lounge, after all. B)