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04-13-2016, 05:50 AM
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What's with all the Guests?

Been wondering this since I joined the forum. Why are there always so many guests online? Are they bots? Are they lurkers?
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04-13-2016, 05:54 AM
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Lurkers.
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04-13-2016, 06:45 AM
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...Do you two plan stuff like that or is it just a spontaneous thing?

Seriously tho, I am curious as to what all those guests are doing. On the Who's Online, they usually seem to be looking at really old topics.
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04-13-2016, 09:34 AM
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04-13-2016, 10:22 AM
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They're really are bots, at least a big part of them.
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04-13-2016, 10:28 AM
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Those who lurk the ARG aren't bots.
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04-13-2016, 10:30 AM
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Funny, I only just noticed there are so many of them (71)!
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04-13-2016, 11:19 AM
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It’s most likely people coming in from search engines. They’ll look up something (probably Oddworld-related) and something in an old thread will turn up in the search results.

I first found my way here by looking up information about Oddworld.
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04-13-2016, 11:22 AM
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04-13-2016, 11:52 AM
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It’s most likely people coming in from search engines. They’ll look up something (probably Oddworld-related) and something in an old thread will turn up in the search results.

I first found my way here by looking up information about Oddworld.
That makes sense. Same way I came here, actually. Someone posted sketch refs of various Oddworld species a while back, and I found them when I first started drawing OW.
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04-13-2016, 01:30 PM
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I never did finish those...
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04-13-2016, 01:43 PM
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O SHIT YOU DID MAKE THAT THREAD DIDN'T YOU

Huh. Small world : P Thanks for doing that, BTW. Was a big help.
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04-13-2016, 08:22 PM
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If it's old threads, it's almost definitely search engines. That's what they do.
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Well I think we have a spike in lurkers right now due to the ARG. Just look at the number of members who joined recently just to help solve the puzzles.

I used to lurk quite a lot on Halo forums when they had the "I love bees" ARG going on.

But yeah, we do have a ton of bots.

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I used to lurk quite a lot on Halo forums when they had the "I love bees" ARG going on.
Wow that brings me back.

ARGs are pretty popular, it seems.
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WTF are these people searching for?

Some snippets of what they are viewing:

SoulStorm ARG - Piece 6
SlapFight!
Awards and Ponies
What kind of geek are you?
Ed Talks Bollocks
~ Side-Effects May Include ~ - For your digestion...
Carnix made another music video!
Main: Rupture Farms: Meat Processing: Overlord:hobo
Venks - 16 year old girls.
Shitty shit
Which Halo 2 Character are you?
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04-17-2016, 10:44 AM
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Typical spiderbot behaviour.
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