There are so many unique, interesting people around here, people who take the stage and make it theirs, people who get attention, people who have interesting talents and abilities...

Have you ever felt like you were just part of the background? Ever felt like you never really made much of an impact?

I'm sitting here, trying to sleep, thinking how I don't think there's any specific way that I've left my mark on EC, nothing in particular that I'm remembered or known for. No 'Schtick' as people would put it...

Eh, sorry if I sound whiny or angsty. Late-night insomniatic thinking sessions can make me this way.

edit-I seem to have been doing that a lot lately. Bad Jokes and Terrible comedy, my doom. Your not the only insomniac here.

[ 04-06-2003: Message edited by: vertue ]

I keep thinking that it has something to do with me, but I can never keep people's attention long enough to ask anymore. They're always wandering off to do something else. It's horribly aggravating.

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Veruca Salt had this to say about Robocop:
Always. Not so much on EC most of the time. I do feel like I am invisible 99% of the time in real life. Hardly anybody ever hears me speak the first time. I have trouble getting people's attention. Thursday night at the One-Acts, we were having a major crisis because my co-star was very late coming back from a band competition. I guess we heard from him somehow. I kept trying to get people's attention before we went on, trying to figure out WTF was going on and if he was on the way, and nobody would tell me or even look at me or acknowledge my presence. I didn't find out until the curtain opened and he walked onstage. Then Friday night, I brought a copy of Alternative Press with me to show Ashley because it had the Ataris on the cover and I knew that she'd be a nervous wreck and it'd make her feel better. She said maybe three sentences to me, spent the rest of the time ignoring me.

I keep thinking that it has something to do with me, but I can never keep people's attention long enough to ask anymore. They're always wandering off to do something else. It's horribly aggravating.

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I feel the same in real life, but only when I'm in a group of my friends.

Since most of my friends aren't local, that isn't often.

And Khyron, if you're wondering about your presence on the board, just know that you probably stick out more than I do.

[ 04-06-2003: Message edited by: Tarquinn ]

But then, I don't do a lot to draw attention to myself that often.

It doesn't bother me though. I don't like to attract attention to myself anyway.

In real life, I don't really have a problem getting people's attention.

Things I associate you with: Tiger, Computer techy, FTP, Freelancer, Planetside

I tend to feel as part of the background, but not in a bad way. I'm a recognized poster. People may not know many details of my life or consider me a friend, but they at least don't say to themselves "who is this guy?" every time I post.

In real life... well, that's what planning's for.

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Everyone wondered WTF when Ka'Lourin D'thBlayde wrote:
of course we do, Mr. Wick.

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lol

As tech support, I can't stress how much I'd like to be able to hit certain people in the crotch with a sock full of change.

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Khyron painfully thought these words up:
I'm sitting here, trying to sleep, thinking how I don't think there's any specific way that I've left my mark on EC

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I feel you've left a good mark on EC, in two ways that I can remember right now:

Freelancer server
Your FTP server

Congratulations.

would you rather have MY stchick?

Plus he fixed my keyboard so I don't type like a weirdo anymore

PLUS HE'S A BIG SCARY TIGER!

..but in person he is a wonderful guy, a fantastic conversationalist, without any claws or fur, and he gives GREAT HUGS!!

For instance...Remember when Fennar/Tristan did the "Heads" comic? He'd post them here, and people would enjoy them, and then they'd want more. In other threads, they'd pester him about doing more Heads. That's the comic artist schtick. Upside is you get the happy happy joy joys from people who think your comic was funny or clever. Downside is...buddy you better produce.

Artists got a similar but slightly different schtick. Draw a picture of someone or something, and buddy, expect people who've never talked to you otherwise to scurry out of the woodwork and want you to draw their pictures. Upside is that generally people around here are very supportive of prospective artists, and having people wanting you to do their characters in pencil and ink is a pretty big ego rush...downside is that sometimes people don't know when to back off...or they don't understand the artist muse.

Comedy writers? Got it worse than artists, I think. Artists just have to know what someone looks like; they get to broadly define someone in their own style. Writers have to know what makes X person funny, and then fit them into either their own story, or fit them to roles in someone else's story. And that's just the start...upside to story writing is that there's quite possibly the biggest payoff in ego-stroking for the writer. Downside is that if you write too much, no matter how much effort you put into something, people will eventually come to take it for granted (EC vs MM I think may have fallen to that), and if you do it not often enough, then you risk getting out of touch with the audience. PLUS there's all the woes of the Artist Schtick.

Asshole Schtick...you get to be a jackass. That's the upside. The smart ones know when to stop and back off. The stupid ones get banned. It's not a schtick you want to make your own for the long term.

Then there's the Bookworm Schtick...Bury any discussion in too much information. Upside is that, all bitching and complaining aside, you'd be surprised how often people ask you for information. Plus there's something cool about knowing things other people don't and being able to apply it. Downside is...well people pretty much come to expect it from you all the time.

I guess what I'm saying is that you don't NEED a "schtick" if it means having a negative one. You don't NEED to be a trend-setter, or a great and mighty flame warrior, or the zen master of whatever. Don't need to be a goth, be "the cute one", the "smart one", or any of the other stuff people around here by actions or default fall into. Just try to be likeable. Don't break any of the blaring rules of social interaction. Don't try to run ahead or stand out alone from the pack because it's lonely. Just be someone everyone in the pack likes.

But hey... same goes with most everywere else. =) Is okies.

Speaking of the FTP, though, is it having problems? Was trying to download DC .3 and got the boot, haven't been able to get back on since.

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So quoth Baron Von Mortay:
You're one of the only few hetrosexual furry males in EC.

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Couldn't let that one slip by.

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Rodent King was listening to Cher while typing:
Couldn't let that one slip by.

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what, you're a furry now?

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Someone Else probably says this to all the girls:
We all Khy.

Speaking of the FTP, though, is it having problems? Was trying to download DC .3 and got the boot, haven't been able to get back on since.

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AFAIK, the FTP should be up. (I did take it down one day in a fit of depression, but that was last week)

It's been crappy weather here, though, so if the power went poot, I may have to restart the server.

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This insanity brought to you by Ragabash:
You're one of the first I came to recognize here.

Things I associate you with: Tiger, Computer techy, FTP, Freelancer, Planetside

I tend to feel as part of the background, but not in a bad way. I'm a recognized poster. People may not know many details of my life or consider me a friend, but they at least don't say to themselves "who is this guy?" every time I post.

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Thing is you needn't dwell on it because it'll drive ya nuts thinking about it alot. Just live life the best way you can and continue being a wonderful person and you will come to realize that you have, indeed, left your mark on people's lives. =)

*hugs Khy tight*

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Synjari had this to say about Pirotess:
I always wonder if I will ever leave a mark on the world or do something worthwhile that affects someones life in a positive way.

Thing is you needn't dwell on it because it'll drive ya nuts thinking about it alot. Just live life the best way you can and continue being a wonderful person and you will come to realize that you have, indeed, left your mark on people's lives. =)

*hugs Khy tight*

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At night is a bad time to think about crap. It makes me nuts no matter what

I know I'm just another one of those disposable members. Someone or two might shed a tear or something, but it wouldn't make an impact.

Heck, even my schtick is being a whiny bastard who can't get a date if he had a million bucks. Isn't that depressing, huh?

I sometimes am forced to think the opposite. What if I've made a mark: A bad one? And sometimes, I feel like it has. On EC and RP crest, sometimes I just have the bitter feeling in my mouth that I have basically just acted like a stupid moron. ( And I have sometimes =/)

And the problem is is that stupid moronity gets noticed more than just being yourself. People are more likely to know you as "the guy who slipped and fell in the locker room" than "John Joe". Especially females.

I mean, I don't stand out in crowds (physically, I do ). I'm just not that kind of person. It's a struggle for me, though, to watch popular people. I mean, I'm just a naturally quiet guy. I don't mind. I know that if I ran around to a lot of parties and stuff I'd go crazy and fall over, exhausted. I prefer to have a few good friends

But, especially now, when popularity is basically all that matters in terms of peers, it's tough not to be jealous.

Of course, Terena is right. Not everyone is meant to stand out. It's the supporting cast that makes a president, an actor, a star athelete succeed as much as he does.

I don't really know where I'm going with this. Yeah, I really do feel isolated sometimes. I feel like that I could vanish and people wouldn't notice I'm gone, except maybe for "hey, remember that Lenlalron fellow?" in like 5 months or something.

It's tough not being popular. It's tough BEING popular.

I guess I'm just glad I haven't been thrown away yet.

[ 04-06-2003: Message edited by: Lenlalron Flameblaster ]

But I like that feeling.

here I'm flamed for it.

I dunnah if that's a schtik or not, I'd rather be known for something else.

On EC, and online in particular, I get ignored a lot. Doesn't bother me too much though. And I suppose that enough people pay attention to what I have to say to keep me from leaving out of frustration or something.

So I don't worry about it anymore.

The world needs people to listen to what the outspoken people are saying, too.