The Nerf *what* Community?
#1
Posted 19 September 2008 - 02:08 PM
You can poop in my toilet anytime champ.
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#2
Posted 19 September 2008 - 02:31 PM
#3
Posted 19 September 2008 - 02:57 PM
Yeah.. I agree. And like you said we should start calling our selves the NMC. Just a side note but wouldn't that confuse newer members who like to read through older posts?Ideally, the thing that really sets us apart from other groups of people who nerf, is that we modify the guns way more extensively than anyone else. Why don't we start calling it the Nerf Modification Community?
TNL,
#4
Posted 19 September 2008 - 03:17 PM
#5
Posted 19 September 2008 - 03:42 PM
Still, you could say that the NMC is the overarching community in which there are divisions which have various degrees of separation, including the NIC, HvZ, Assassins, and various other players that don't participate in the NIC.
But even a "modification" community excludes some of our kin...what about HvZ and assassins players who participate in games that do not allow modified blasters/guns (for reasons of safety, fairness, or just because the sponsoring school says so). Just because they don't modify their weapons doesn't mean they don't nerf as hardcore as others, right?
Even young kids are part of the community (though they may not have "found us" yet). Shoot, I probably started playing with Nerf and having wars in my basement only a short while after some of the NIC "legends." I just didn't have a computer and had never even heard of the internet at that time.
In summary, anyone who nerfs is a nerfer...if we want to phase out the phrase NIC, I suggest that we replace it simply with "NC." Because that's what it is: a community of nerfers, no matter what narrow form "nerf" takes.
But by all means, do whatever you guys want. It's not like the name really matters.
Edited by jwasko, 19 September 2008 - 03:45 PM.
-Jwasko, STILL Sole Surviving member of Steel City Nerf and Sober Sister of the Sex Dwarves
We NERF ON all day, and FUCK OFF all night
#6
Posted 19 September 2008 - 03:52 PM
Two terms should be maintained:
NC for the Nerf community in general, and NIC for the two main forums.
Nerf Rocket Air Launcher
#7
Posted 19 September 2008 - 03:57 PM
Yeah, but the fact is that NerfHaven and other nerf forums are still a community on the internet.
Still, you could say that the NMC is the overarching community in which there are divisions which have various degrees of separation, including the NIC, HvZ, Assassins, and various other players that don't participate in the NIC.
But even a "modification" community excludes some of our kin...what about HvZ and assassins players who participate in games that do not allow modified blasters/guns (for reasons of safety, fairness, or just because the sponsoring school says so). Just because they don't modify their weapons doesn't mean they don't nerf as hardcore as others, right?
Well, there still is a Nerf Internet Community, but that includes those who are on the forums but don't nerf, and excludes those who nerf but aren't on the forums. Also, these forums do have plenty of HvZ and Assassins people, but they don't really congregate here because we cater to their subdivision of the hobby. NH and NHQ are first and foremost modification forums.
In summary, anyone who nerfs is a nerfer...if we want to phase out the phrase NIC, I suggest that we replace it simply with "NC." Because that's what it is: a community of nerfers, no matter what narrow form "nerf" takes...
...It's not like the name really matters.
Absolutely true. Although not everyone in the 'Nerf Internet Community' could be called a Nerfer by that definition.
You can poop in my toilet anytime champ.
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#8
Posted 19 September 2008 - 04:10 PM
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#9
Posted 19 September 2008 - 05:05 PM
Church... gotta soak up that Jesus!
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#10
Posted 19 September 2008 - 06:53 PM
Because I'm not your friend in real life, I'm only an internet acquaintance.
#11
Posted 19 September 2008 - 07:44 PM
Langley, I agree. We are'nt the Nerf Internet Community, we get out and nerf. But I think NerfCommunity, NC, would be better than NMC, because if we are the NMC, there would be a controversy about that we don't just mod, we participate in wars. So, NC would be better. But my personal opinion, we should be kind of two communities. The NC, as a general community, but the more active members here and on NHQ, the NFC. NerfForumCommunity. Or NerfInternetCommunity, whatever. But two communities might be just fine. I think the reason we have been the NIC for so long is becasue it just came first, and people just rolled with it.
Okay, Nerf War Community then?
You can poop in my toilet anytime champ.
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#12
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:11 PM
#13
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:13 PM
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#14
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:37 PM
UNC? What do you think?
Venom: Haven't we all?
#15
Posted 19 September 2008 - 11:12 PM
Here's why:
Honestly I highly doubt that this community would exist at even half it's current capacity if it weren't because of the power of the internet. The "Internet" in Nerf internet Community comes from the fact that the bulk of how this "community" becomes one is via the internet. Our focus may be "getting out and playing" but how would we have the means to do that outside an extremely limited capacity without the internet?
we wouldn't.
Now... don't get me wrong, I just as often refer to the NIC as simply the Nerf Community... But we wouldn't be having this debate at all if we didn't have the communicative medium we know as the Internet... so... why is it so odd to Keep it there?
yes there's nerfers who come to wars that aren't on the forums... that doesn't mean they're not part of the NIC... they just are part of it via whoever they know who actually is online... or in some cases they're just not part of the forums... but they're still involved in nerf via the internet... Case in point: there's over a Dozen guys in SCUN who gather information about nerfing through alternate internet sources like E-mail, Myspace Groups and in our case our Private .ning forum... they're not on HQ or Here... but they're still in the NIC as far as I'm concerned. Furthermore there's Nerfers who come to wars who aren't members of one of the Forums...who still READ the forums... that's still using the internet in order to get out and play.
In short.. We are an Internet-Based Community... we may do activities in AFK... some of it as a Community, but we wouldn't know how to do that with more than just our local buds without the intertubes, I know this discussion is serious business and all, but come on... most of what I'm reading in this thread mainly comes off as either "silly" or "a thinly veiled attempt to make nerfing sound cooler"
I'm done.
-Bags
^EDIT: for clarity... easier to read and less Big block of rant
Edited by baghead, 19 September 2008 - 11:32 PM.
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#16
Posted 20 September 2008 - 12:00 AM
So basically my view is that Nerfing involves community, wars/nerfing, modding, internet community, forums, etc...
To borrow from TV, how about NCIS - Nerf Community of Internet Soliders? Yes, rather silly.
And, yeah, I'm new. That doesn't mean I'll write like a ten year-old unless I choose to...
Losers always whine about their best... Winners go home and fcsk the prom queen.
#17
Posted 20 September 2008 - 12:35 AM
#18
Posted 20 September 2008 - 01:16 AM
...on the internet.
Edited by Falcon, 20 September 2008 - 01:21 AM.
#19
Posted 20 September 2008 - 01:17 AM
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After what we had,
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#20
Posted 20 September 2008 - 10:10 AM
#21
Posted 20 September 2008 - 03:10 PM
92% of teens have moved on to the N-Strike line.
If you are part of the 8% who still use real old guns,
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#22
Posted 21 September 2008 - 01:30 PM
Seriously? Who cares. I mean, what possible impact could changing the acronym achieve? This topic is officially useless.
The impact would be nothing more than the ejaculate of this session of mental stimulation. A whole lot of excitement for no real purpose.
It doesn't matter what we call ourselves, NIC is good as anything else you could come up with or better, it's like the old common sense rule; if it ain't broke...
Don't forget to eat your meat based vegetable substitute children.
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