I don’t think it’s humanly possible to comprehend how much this means to me. (I’m not quite sure how I’m doing it, myself.) Suffice to say, thank you. =’)
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Right, more explanation time. The plan was that I was going to explain things about the Lurkers when everyone was at the Lurker base, make it a ‘telling the non-forum members about the Lurkers’ scene, when really it’s for everyone, instead of some OOC thing. That was back when I expected this scene to take about five posts. Instead, I’ll get to it now.
Lurker is a group term for beings that lurk on forums. It is commonly used in a derogatory manner, though it is used between people who consider themselves Lurkers as a sign of respect (sort of like ‘homie’, I suppose). The Lurkers who attacked the first ULMF forum were a group that ‘officially’ branded themselves The Lurkers after being brought together by Supermeme. Supermeme had a symbol that he used for his Lurkers, though I haven’t bothered thinking of it (its not currently relevant).
Anyway he lost, and the Lurkers were reduced to nothing but a small resistance movement. As Adom was then leading them, they changed their symbol to something Adom made (the one I’ve been posting when talking about the Lurker’s symbol). Anyone from the first forum only won’t recognise the new insignia, anyone who was on the second forum however will know what it is. Also, this group calling itself the Lurkers was so short lived and localised that just about no-one outside the forum would know about it.
The Lurkers have been presumed completely wiped out after the second forum, where they were vital in helping the members escape the doom that had threatened them, and no one knew they still existed till Burrito met them in the hive (though some may have had their suspicions). Still, despite helping back then, most forumers still hold prejudice against the Lurkers, if not outright hatred. Admittedly, the Lurkers actually hate the members right back, if not more so. So, getting to the point, the question is – which forums has Pale be on, if any?
(Now, if some forum oldbie wants to take up the role of Lurker hater, before there’s no one left…? That ought to make things interesting, especially if it’s Siphon. Really difficult for me to not get everybody killed, but interesting.)
As to why the Lurkers hate the members, it's actually practically individual for each Lurker. But that's not really important to the current state of things, that's more exposition stuff for later.
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