If we are who we choose to be, then you actually are a recluse by choice... and it takes lots of courage to stick to your beliefs rather than abandon them for the sake of more pleasant social interactions.

Our little community is recently in defense mode, trying to accommodate the stream of newcomers while maintaining integrity... which results in a really short fuse and a few ambiguously unpleasant words coupled with low rep can easily cause the proverbial excrement to fall into the ventilation system.

Let's face it - you write reasonable posts and eloquent replies - regardless of their actual content, this signifies respect for your interlocutor, since you are willing to devote your time and effort just so a person can get an interesting and descriptive response.

Furthemore - I demand photos of the origami :3.

Well, that is kind of the impression you give. You just sound so negative all the time.
See, this sounds interesting! This I can relate to. This sounds like a creative, geeky person with diverse interests. Someone I could engage in interesting conversations about all manner of things.

See, it's basically a matter of the attitude you display. When the first thing you say is "this forum sucks", I don't really see how it can come as a surprise to you that you receive some negative reactions.

You should try talking about some of all these hobbies of yours. I bet you'd find a bunch of people interested in the same things. The obvious choice is your love of old games. There is nothing but people interested in old games here. So talk about the games, rather than how much everyone suck. I'm sure you'll find it more enjoyable. You may even find that people here aren't as bad as you thought.

I like Origami. o.o

I wasn't exactly being deadly serious there, no. But at the same time I wanted to get across to you the fact that the constant negativity spewing forth from your previous posts (clearly alongside quite a few I haven't seen) haven't helped you become a part of this community.

Nobody wants to hate or ostracise you. Well, at least as far as I'm aware they don't. :P It's just that nobody wants to have to deal with such a torrent of unwarranted negativity. It's the internet. It's really just not worth investing that much emotion in.

Declaring your hatred of someone who has replied to you all of once achieves nothing. It's just impotent rage. As such there can never be an end to it; because there's never a resolution to it.

It's good that you've opened up a little and aren't quite so defensive all the time. Keep it that way and this rough introduction to the site can be put behind you.

Oh and on a final note, it wasn't me who down-voted all your posts. I'm getting a little sick of how much that system is being abused at the moment. It used to be a bit more exploit-resistant. I can't up vote them either without further lowering your rep. Gotta love the bugs...

Fallout was a great game! As was Sacred Gold! Also, I'm 90% sure we know each other! You don't do karate do you?! :P