Forums

AvA, as they say, is won on the forums, and due to the vast political element on this game, combined with the vast intellect on display, this makes the forums a very good place for intelligent discussion.

Just kidding. Global Agenda's forums serve 3 purposes - to cause drama, to bitch and moan about tiny issues or player driven stuff - and then to collect attention. Attention is a currency on the forums - look how many "Checking out" threads some people have.

There are many types of people who inhabit the forums, and their Forum personalities are entirely different to their ingame personalities in most cases, making the Forums a great area to research schizo.

People of the Forums
Alter Ego:

Typically highly egotistical - and often involving vindicators, the Alter Ego will attempt to exploit the Moral Highground for all it's worth. Except, that's not how things happened. They bidlock - and the response is "We didn't ask them to.", you bidlock, and it's on. It's Forum time. When they use 3 Vindicators, nobody hears about it. When you use 1, it's time to go to conflict resolution because it's another @TECHSPAM THREAD BABY.

Checking Out:
Want attention and want it fast? Say you're leaving. Say this is the last time, you can't go on, you've given so much to this game but now it's going in a direction you don't like and you HAVE to leave. Return in a week, and people will be none the wiser. Give yourself a pat on the back. You deserve it.

The Checking Out section is for players to voice their grievances with the game, and then, in theory, to leave - unfortunately, the Checking Out section has evolved a metagame to see how many times a single player can "LEAVE FOREVER" - and is a source of respect to those who can leave forever several times and still continue to play.

Conflict Resolution:
This is where Gentlemen and Gentlewomenne resolve their differences in an elegant manner, by insulting and bitching. This forum is rife with Moral Highground, especially in threads regarding RSquadron and Ferocia, though sadly - not so much these days.