The Top 10 Symptoms of Addiction to the GL

[Neo]

140. Somebody posts convention pics, and you immediatly know who's who, despite never meeting anybody face-to-face.

[Dragon Phoenix]

Heh - that is so true....

[Neo]

[Macros]

141.you'r actually sad enough to go to wx3.com to see if the GL is listed
142.you feel insanely proud to be part of the gl when you read

Originally posted by on wx3:

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With over 10,000 page views per day, The Grey Labyrinth is one of the most popular sites on the web to run completely autonomously; all content creation and publishing is done by site members using Wx3's content management software.

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(i mean the most popular to run autonomously, and later, it tells how we have needed no webmaster since december 2000

[Porro]

But joy is mingled with disappointment that we're listed behind 'US Flag Manufacturing' :/

143. You suffer from extensor tenosynovitis, see doctors, specialists, and physios, and all because you spend too much time on t'internet, the main cause by far being the lure of the GL.

[HyToFry]

144. You're annoyed whenever RSA posts.
because every post he has looks like it has invisible text in it.

[UnheardVoice]

145. You have talked about your participation in the Grey Labyrinth in an admissions essay for a college. I didn't get in, but hey, worth a shot.

[edit: So your resume was for a college and not a job, Courk?

How about:
145a. You tried to associate yourself to the GL, despite being subpar at puzzles (no intelligence), having no moderator status (no leadership), was then lurking (not an interesting person) while his last 50 posts in the "complete waste of time" thread (major slacker), having a bizarre screenname (too modest), and almost never entering GL Central (not social), - while hoping that Stanford will see through whatever BS you typed onto that admissions paper.]

[This message has been edited by UnheardVoice (edited 08-07-2003 09:34 PM).]

[Courk]

Unheard Voice - see #39

146. You have thoroughly explored the Wx3 site and know that it markets a (product?) called GLOC so many people can update a main page. You then feel even more insanely proud when you realize that GLOC stands for Grey Labyrinth Open Content. Indeed so, folks. They named a product after us.

[This message has been edited by Courk (edited 08-07-2003 09:18 PM).]

[Beartalon]

147. Your years-old pre-GL online nickname is capitalized differently, and you've posted here so often that you can't remember to type it the way it's supposed to look: (eg. BearTalon) when you're not posting here.

148. You've forgotten where the other sites were that you used to post to before you started to post here, and some of them now give a 404 error.

[Samadhi]

149. You didn't miss the humor in my 6" knife comment.
150. You've listed someone from the GL as a reference.
151. You get arrested and you use your phone call to ask someone to post your absence on the GL.

[Courk]

I like 151

e: I decided that was worth a LMAO, too

[This message has been edited by Courk (edited 08-07-2003 11:31 PM).]

[Courk]

152. You look forward to your 20th GL anniversary.

153. Just so you can REALLY mock those with 3 year anniversaries.

[The Ktulu]

154. The day a situation such as in Armageddon or Deep Impact really comes about, you use your Final Day to make a post about it in the GL.

[Courk]

155. Your second post of that day then urges players to hurry up in a mafia game.

[Ghost Post]

156. You start putting invisible text in all your posts
because your title creates a spot people aren't likely to check

[Mackay]

157. Upon reading that, you went and checked all RSA's posts for invisible text, just to make sure you didn't miss anything.

[Lepton]

158. You have, at some point, used one of those ridiculously slow internet access booths (like at an airport), to check up on the boards.

[casinopete]

159. You have, at any point, been the last poster in 7 or more forums.

[pikachamp]

160. You have, at any point, been the last poster in every thread on the first page of a forum.

[Coyote]

ehhh...actually, I think that one belongs in the "Top 10 Symptoms of Addiction to pikachamp's Ego" thread.

[HyToFry]

161. You feel a burst of excitement when the last post by column has "Coyote" in it.

[luminous]

A burst?

[Porro]

*snigger*

[Buzzsaw]

162. You know the names of Courk's manatees.

163. You're actually proud of this.

[Kd]

164. Going/planning to go to a convention all alone to meet a group of people at least 10 years older than you doesn't seem strange to you, because your logic is that you "know" them (and you get pissy when your parents have concerns about you going). (I put this one in on purpose

[Lepton]

166. You're not bored, and you hit "refresh" on the Today's Active Topics page.
(that's my modus operandi, yeah)

[Neo]

165. You're bored, so you hit refresh at the main forums page.

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_{Halo 2 is a lot like Halo 1, only it's Halo 1 on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas, and the ninjas are all on fire, too.}

[Neo]

167. You post in a futile attempt to extend your lead on said page

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_{Halo 2 is a lot like Halo 1, only it's Halo 1 on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas, and the ninjas are all on fire, too.}

[Lepton]

You're talking about the Today's Active Users page, not the Today's Active Topics page. Close enough, though.

[Neo]

169. You're so caught up in the competition you make stupid mistakes like that.

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_{Halo 2 is a lot like Halo 1, only it's Halo 1 on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas, and the ninjas are all on fire, too.}

[Lepton]

I'm not sure why you think that there's a competition to make more posts today. Maybe you're making up for something?

[mudbuck]

170. you kill people when they think that GLer means "Goodlucker"
171. you've made a icon of yourself.


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By highlighting this message, you claim yourself a complete idiot

[Dragon Phoenix]

172. You gobble virgin rats in the evening.

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[MatthewV]

173. The first two field on some form were Name and zipcode...Name: MatthewV...tab...<and then I typed my password>

[Courk]

174. "." is an acceptable sentence.

[Neo]

175. You know how both Mike and Pablo should be pronounced.
176. You fear my computer.
177. You scare your parents when they talk about going somewhere by saying "You know, I happen to know somebody in that area....."

[Lepton]

You get drunk in front of your computer.

(this is something to be ashamed of, btw...)

[Dread Pirate Westley]

179. You read this in the Sunday Paper as a "Create-a-High-School" reader challenge inspired by the opening of the NYC HS for gay, lesbian, & transgendered students

[Lucky Wizard]

180. You have a compulsion to check for invisitext anywhere there's a suspicious blank spot -- even in print material.

[Huey]

181. You consider getting drunk in front of a computer with Lepton.
182. You consider purchasing the underwear with the RSA smiley covering your crotch because damit it's kind of cute.
183. You consider naming your unborn children the name of several GL members.
184. You hear your brother snickering behind you and ask him what was so funny, he IM you the link to a thread.
185. You're trying to finish a project, needs your brother's help, but when you turn to ask him he's posting something on the GL. Later on you ask him a question and he mumbles something and you realize he's reading something on the GL. You get mad and tell him that a function he wrote is breaking he need to fix it right away, but realize he wasn't listening because he's posting something else on the GL. Goddamnit Vinny are you here to work or read the GL!?

186. You go back to edit a post because it's the start of a new page and it's a long time tradition to announce it and you're not one to break an age-old tradition. Uh... page 5?



[This message has been edited by Huey (edited 08-19-2003 01:02 PM).]