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Tournament has begun!! You Know You've Been on the Forums Too Long When. . . *~- Indigo Region -~*
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TrulyGhent
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Tournament has begun!! You Know You've Been on the Forums Too Long When. . . *~- Indigo Region -~*
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 Just to warn teh n00bs not to get sucked in:
You almost title your essay "Teh Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt"
You try to work "[face_tongue]" into a RL conversation. 
You post non-stop for four hours and don't even realize you haven't had breakfast.
And the game is on!
There's a tournament inside. You can find all information on page 7 (25ppp). 
Here you can see the list of all 162 entries and the regions for the tournament:
Lightblue Region
...when you almost title your essay "Teh Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt"
...when you try to work " " into a RL conversation.
...when you post non-stop for four hours and don't even realize you haven't had breakfast.
...when you've only been here for four days yet spend more time here than is healthy.
...when you know most of the people on the WNU boards by their avatar and siggie.
...when you try to use a jedi mindtrick in real life.
...when every other sentence you say is about your 'internet friends'.
...when you know the entire acronym of Trika's Super Sweet Empire of Cool Doughnuts and Camels/Pillow-Fighting Evil Empire of Cool Doughnuts and Camels, But Don't Tell Anyone That - otherwise known as SSEoCDaC/PFEEoCDaC,BDTAT
Purple Region
...when every time you type a bracket it's always followed by face_...
...when you know at least one other thread about a very similar topic without thinking twice.
...when you miss the golden age, although you signed up after it.
...when visiting the boards belongs to your daily routine.
...when you use JC markup codes for faces in IM
...when you don't consider it strange for someone to have a Padawan/Master ( s Ghent)
...when you check your PMs more often than your email
...when you feel like an oldbie even though you're a newbie
Lightgreen Region
...when you edit your post in this thread nine times because you keep coming up with new things to add.
...when you consider it normal for there to be camels & guns in a pillow fight.
...when you like to *whack* people.
...when a "pillow fight" between people can easily become a "pillow war" between governments.
...when it occupies most of your free time.
...when you're supposed to be doing CAD/CNC work but you find another more interesting way to entertain yourself!
...when real life things happen and the first thing you think about is how you can start a thread about it in the JCC.
...when you have the kids complaining in the back ground that they are hungry and you keep saying I will make something in a Minute.
Lightgrey Region
...when your real life friends are starting to feel threatened by your online friends.
...when you feel that any issue in real life should be solved by way of a virtual pillow fight.
...when you talk about the JC when asked what you did that day.
...when the JC is always open in a browser in the background while you do your regular school work.
...when ninety percent of the images on your hard drive come from the JC.
...when you have multiple folders on your hard drive to organize images from the JC.
...when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and you can answer every single question without flinching.
...when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and you can return a thread about the topic without flinching.
Red Region
...when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and all of those threads are bookmarked in your browser.
...when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and you've personally posted in the majority of those bookmarked threads.
...when the date under your username causes jaws to drop & people to pass out
...when the particular username of note is not your first username.
...when your sockpuppets are celebrating their eight-year anniversaries on the JC.
...when the date under your username is in the 90s.
...when you log onto the computer "just to look at my email" and find youself on here.
...when say "Asterisk, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk." in RL.
Yellow Region
...when you find yourself explaining what a sock is to your older brother.
...when you use the [face... codes even in your mails and such.
...when your birthday is celebreate online more than in rl.
...when you believe that emoticons are a normal way to stop each sentence.
...when you spurn all other emoticions that do not look like the ones here.
...when you start to call the users you know in rl by the usernames instead of their real names.
...when you answer your kids with short answers to have them leave you alone while on the boards
...when you use MUCs when you're writing notes to yourself.
Black Region
...when you start thinking about what everyone is saying on the boards while you are driving to work.
...when you start talking about somthing your master had said and have people look at you like you're crazy.
...when you refer to yourself as a padawan/master/sith/jedi/sock.
...when you spend your time thinking up reasons why you've been on the forums to long.
...when you start thinking about who the Teh Mole might be in math class.
...when you're watching the movies while being on here and making random connections to the movie and to posts on the boards.
...when you're giving advice you say something that has been said on these boards.
...when making one banner may just not be enough.
Darkblue Region
...when you actually look forward to MSU/ATB threads in Comms.
...when you know that MSU/ATM come out normally on Wednesdays (alternating).
...when you STILL are in the newbie section of the baords after 2 years. [face_n00b]
...when you start thinking of yourself more as <insert username here> more than <insert christian name here>.
...when you create and/or play board games for/at these boards, so you can play with your friends.
...when you can not wait til you can get home so you can share what the kids, animals, boyfriend or what else may have happen during your day with everyone here!
...when you can think of something to post here.
...when you can think of more things to post here than in a similar 'You Know You're A SW-Fan'-Thread.
Darkgreen Region
...when you read through this list nodding and giggling.
...when nothing could overcome your 24/7 addiction to EU... until the JCC.
...when all your friends have stopped asking what the Trika Wars were.
...when all your friends have stopped asking 'Who the hell is Jotun the camel???'.
...when your parents always wonder why you're on the stinkin' computer all the time.
...when your boyfriend just shacks his head at you because you are laughing at the pillow fighting.
...when you have more friends on the Forums than in RL.
...when all you think about while reading a book is what everyone on here is doing.
Darkviolet Region
...when you enjoy your friends here more than your RL ones.
...when someone changes their avatar and sig and you barely recognize them.
...when you skip watching your favorite show because you get a PM that your favorite ongoing fic was updated and you've just got to read it 'now'!
...when your reason for not leaving the Forums is all the friends you made on them.
...when you can't sleep at night for fear that something will happen, and when you wake up it will be too late to post about it.
...when you have dreams about users beating you with pillows.
...when you dream of other users, and they look like their icon, even it that shows somebody completely unrelated to the username.
...when you know how to check if you username of choice is already taken.
Yellowgreen Region
...when you are on when you are supposed be doing homework.
...when you find that you can no longer pull yourself into an upright position from hunching overtop your keyboard in hopes of posting to a particular thread before someone beats you to it.
...when you wake up somewhere around 4 am with little squares embedded into your forehead and the fic you remember reading halfway through at 11pm the night before still on your screen.
...when the dog is begging to go out and you keep putting him off to answer a PM.
...when the only friends you have are the ones here.
...when you kick the boyfriend outside to do lawn work so you can come chat here.
...when you use  's in your school notes.
...when you stop reading a book halfway through because characters in it remind you of people on the Forums you don't like.
Orange Region
...when you read a really good fanfic, can't find it, PM someone for help only to find that they wrote it..
...when you immediately wonder, if you should send the user above you a link to lazykbys wonderful link machine, with which you can search the boards of any fanfic you lost.
...when you smacked yourself on the forehead after reading Etain's post and grinned like a nutter.
...when you can think of something to add to this list.
...when you know what the Moderator Complaint Resolution Process is, and have used it.
...when you know what the Moderator Complaint Resolution Process is, but can't use it on the mod in question, because he's just a regular of your FF, not the mod and you're never on the boards he mods.
...when the above is actually making sense.
...when you close your eyes and the smiley is doing a jig in your head.
White Region
...when you start sleep-posting at 2 or 3 in the morning.
...when you forget everything about Star Wars and have to go watch the movies to refresh your memory.
...when your very first thought after waking up goes to your current fanfiction. That's definately a sign that you've been surfing the boards way too long.
...when you first thought after waking up is about somebody else's fanfiction.
...when you start thinking of what you can eat for breakfast/lunch/dinner and the main criteria is that it can be eaten infront of the computer, so you won't miss any good discussion here.
...when you acknowledge a friend by someone's username, most likely catching them off guard and making them wonder if you had enough sleep last night.
...when you are having weirdness contest with other users.
...when you aren't surprised that other users are having a weirdness contest.
Aqua Region
...when you've read through all of the Comms index threads.
...when you bounce in your seat at church, willing the pastor to hurry up so you can get home and post.
...when the color of the boards starts to annoy you.
...when, instead of working on a report at school, you log in and post, hiding behind a neutral screen when your teacher comes around behind you.
...when there's more than one thread you could post your story in, and you can't decide where to post it.
...when you want to answer a mail (not PM) and start to c/p the text of your email like you do with your PM.
...when you use your lunch break to post an update to your fanfic.
...when you feel sad because you get too busy to chat with your friend on the forums.
Gold Region
...when you have a choice to do something that you'll never get to do again or post on the forums, and you choose to post.
...when you know how to put yourself on your WUL.
...when you hear people talking about leaving the forums and you really don't want them to.
...when you immediately think of this thread after seeing any "You know you are .... if ..." list.
...when a Jeff Foxworthy special makes you think of this thread.
...when you start going onto the other forums and saying "I'm new here, can you help me?"
...when you type the codes for our faces into a mail, even though the provider has exactly the same ones to click on.
...when you read E-mail as PM instead.
Burlywood Region
...when you sit moaning for everyone to log on so that you can talk to them.
...when you think that every other forum site should be like this one.
...when you start thinking that the WNU is actually a place for little kids...with the color scheme and all.
...when eveything you write in english class is about Star Wars.
...when you make a thread called:
<<<"You Know You've Been on the Forums Too Long When. . ." Game>>>.
...when someone tells you something important, and you respond with a series of emoticons instead of words.
...when your whole day involves pillow fights.
...when you have more friends on here than in rl.
Silver Region
...when even in your town, you have as many friends from on here as others.
...when you write Send Private Message at the bottom of all your letters.
...when you say 'just one more post' - and it won't stop at one nor at ten posts.
...when a quick login and logoff stretches to an hour or more.
...when you keep bringing a single thread to life over and over again even after its dead.
...when you sign up for an RP, only to realize that you have 10 others to play as well.
...when you tend to forget how difficult it can be to get across that you are joking in a post.
...when you have to make up your own smiley face because the one you want is not there.
Indigo Region
...when you as a German person start writing 'Freunding' instead of 'Freundin'.
(Freundin = female friend, g because of the verbs ending with 'in' and 'g' always)
...when you have a dream that a certain mod is taking over a certain board.
...when you walk around and talk about others users by their usernames, and expect others (especially family members) to know who or what you're talking about.
...when you walk around and talk about other users by their usernames and others (especially family members) do know who or what you're talking about.
...when you walk around and talk about the users using their real names, and everybody knows what you're ranting about.
...when you turn in a SW novel to your school teacher and want credit for doing it over the Summer.
...when you see the Ralph Lauren logo on jeans, the RL, and think of DRL.
...when you recruit family members to join you in JC-land.
Firebrick Region
...when you've tried explaining SSEoCDaC/PFEEoCDaC,BDTAT to people in RL.
...when you're coaching unruly high school girls in volleyball and your first thought is how to most effectively pancake them.
...when you quote the JC randomly on school boards.
...when you find yourself writing out posts for the JC boards during your scheduled work hours.
...when you re-read Rogue1-and-a-half's Recollections and get worked up about a certain memory or two and laugh until you cry at another memory or two.
...when you look at the clouds at sunset and see all the pink and blue and think "That looks like the WNU."
...when you go to meets with friends made on the JCF and say, 'do you remember when (insert name of JCer) said that!' thats what it all about though, fantastic!
...when you drift aimlessly for hours on end, posting here and there.
Olive Region
...when you show random friends fanfics you like.
...when you mess around with system message urls for fun (Example: System Message: You've successfully eaten your icon. Please wait a few moments for the meal to take effect.).
...when the first and last thing you do every day is posting here.
...when you have memorized all of the posts on the Prequel Trilogy food game.
...when over half of your thoughts are about your fanfic(I'm very guilty of that).
...when you have a dream of your character strangling you.
...when you refuse to tell your sister who dies in your fanfic and insist that she read it to find out.
...when instead of 'Practice Markup Codes' you read 'Practice Markup Clones' and actually wonder what would happen to clones if you used Mark-up on them.
...when you wonder why Lanna is obsessed with clones.
...when every thread looks like a good place for random thoughts. RT: I love the i-net.
Newbie Starting Region
...when you refuse to tell your sister who dies in your fanfic and insist that she read it to find out.
...when instead of 'Practice Markup Codes' you read 'Practice Markup Clones' and actually wonder what would happen to clones if you used Mark-up on them.
...when you wonder why Lanna is obsessed with clones.
...when every thread looks like a good place for random thoughts. RT: I love the i-net.
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monkeykelci
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When you've only been here for four days yet spend more time here than is healthy.
When you know most of the people on the WNU boards by their avatar and siggie.
When you try to use a jedi mindtrick in real life.
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When every other sentence you say is about your 'internet friends'.
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TrulyGhent
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5/1 11:50am
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Oddball_62 posted:
When every other sentence you say is about your 'internet friends'.
Yay! I'm not the only one!
You know the entire acronym of Trika's Super Sweet Empire of Cool Doughnuts and Camels/Pillow-Fighting Evil Empire of Cool Doughnuts and Camels, But Don't Tell Anyone That - otherwise known as SSEoCDaC/PFEEoCDaC,BDTAT 
Every time you type a bracket it's always followed by face_. . .
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Skiara
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5/1 11:55am
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Oddball_62 posted:
When every other sentence you say is about your 'internet friends'.
I would say, then you're in high danger. The next step is to have only internet friends, so you don't need to say my 'internet friends' to anyone.
...when you know at least one other thread about a very similar topic without thinking twice.
...when you miss the golden age, although you signed up after it.
...when visiting the boards belongs to your daily routine.
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Ceillean
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Oddball posted:
When every other sentence you say is about your 'internet friends'.
Oh, thank God, I'm not the only one!
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Alasse_Earfalas
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When you use JC markup codes for faces in IM 
When you don't consider it strange for someone to have a Padawan/Master ( s Ghent)
When you check your PMs more often than your email 
When you feel like an oldbie even though you're a newbie 
When you edit your post in this thread nine times because you keep coming up with new things to add...
When pillow fights suddenly take on a whole new meaning:
- When you consider it normal for there to be camels & guns in a pillow fight
- When you like to *whack* people (*whacks Ghent* )
- When a "pillow fight" between people can easily become a "pillow war" between governments
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JediMasterAmanda
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when it occupies most of your free time
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monkeykelci
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When you're supposed to be doing CAD/CNC work but you find another more interesting way to entertain yourself!
Hello, Master! =]
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Darth_Deception
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5/1 5:41pm
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Skiara posted:
...when you miss the golden age, although you signed up after it.
QFT
...when real life things happen and the first thing you think about is how you can start a thread about it in the JCC
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Kams_Kitten
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..When you have the kids complaining in the back ground that they are hungry and you keep saying I will make something in a Minute...
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Trika_Kenobi
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5/1 7:37pm
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Awesome Nerdy Statements Pertaining to the Use of the JC
... when your real life friends are starting to feel threatened by your online friends.
... when you feel that any issue in real life should be solved by way of a virtual pillow fight.
... when you talk about the JC when asked what you did that day.
... when the JC is always open in a browser in the background while you do your regular school work.
... when ninety percent of the images on your hard drive come from the JC.
... when you have multiple folders on your hard drive to organize images from the JC.
Awesome Nerdy Statements Pertaining to the Length of the Use of the JC
... when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and you can answer every single question without flinching.
... when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and you can return a thread about the topic without flinching.
... when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and all of those threads are bookmarked in your browser.
... when your online WNU friends PM you about forum history and you've personally posted in the majority of those bookmarked threads.
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Trika_Kenobi posted:
... when you feel that any issue in real life should be solved by way of a virtual pillow fight.
When the date under your username causes jaws to drop & people to pass out 
When the date under your username is in the 90s 
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Alasse_Earfalas posted:
When the date under your username is in the 90s
Well, to add to that...
... when the particular username of note is not your first username.
... when your sockpuppets are celebrating their eight-year anniversaries on the JC.
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Trika_Kenobi posted:
... when your sockpuppets are celebrating their eight-year anniversaries on the JC.
Oh my stars, I'm going to be seeing Trika in ever shadow now! Where are they? 
... When you log onto the computer "just to look at my email" and find youself on here.
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You say "Asterisk, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk." in RL.
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