Introductions: The Original Thread

[Berserker Lonewolf]

Because I feel partially responsible for the Introductions thread being derailed by a debate, I'm going to take the time to make one final post before continuing to make more productive ones in other threads to let you get to know me and perhaps those that have ever been in my position.

Almost all web forums, as we are all aware, have either a thread or a sub forum dedicated to newbies introducing themselves. And as far back as I care to remember from past experiences with other forums, I can't remember any that went past that brief snippet of "Hey guys, I'm new! I'm so excited to be here." Every post after those always revealed more of the kind of person that they were. Now of course there are those who pour their life story into the first thing they post. Good for them. Not everyone, however, feels comfortable in the spotlight.

Now to be fair, I agree that an introductory post is a nice gesture. But to demand one be held on cyberspace to the standards of a physical one-on-one introduction and then some is not only the opposite of what internet etiquette should be, but it's undeservingly invasive. The prove-yourself-or-get-out mentality in the guise of online manners only further cements just how shallow and elitist a person can come off even though they're not meaning to. Proving yourself to be an equal shouldn't even be a factor. If you truly hold an online introduction to that real-life level, then nothing is stopping you from dropping your usernames and posting under your real ones instead. But I'm getting off track here. I promised you'd get to know me...

When I signed up the first thing I did was try to post an introduction. But from some snafu, which I'm sure was due to my own stupidity, I accidentally saved it as a draft as opposed to actually posting it for everyone to see. I never noticed so I just continued on posting. I even responded to the automated PM we all get on signing up in regards to it's questions. Answers which I never included in my original post. Why? Because it said it was a survey, and last I checked surveys were confidential. But in time I would have shared it with all of you regardless. In fact, if you've noticed my other posts, most of them are answers to questions posed by the OP of whatever thread they posted to get to know those interested. I even posted a thread asking a question myself to interact with everyone further, as well.

With every post I make, I give all of you another little piece of me and an opportunity to learn more about me because in the end, that's where you're going to get most of your information from anyway. I have no intentions of bringing down the mood of the forums with bad behavior and you shouldn't have to fear it. My future posts will speak for themselves on that. I can definitely see all of you value respect here. That's good. I hope my post has deepened that meaning for you. And I am optimistic we'll benefit from clearing the air on this and get know each other real well from here on out. And because I'm a team player, if you choose to click on my username you will find I have a much more detailed analysis of who I am on it plus a Facebook link for those with one.

So in conclusion, I have a good feeling I'm going to like it here and I respect all of your opinions in regards to this debate. All I ask is you don't judge my character based on something that most people type two sentences about and on average about three people respond to in greetings anyway.