I knew someone like you would jump on my back. But I think that Blockzilla has my argument.
i'm not jumping on you, i'm giving another view point. saying they're here of all places just to make it known is simply incorrect. you might believe otherwise, and hell some of them might actually be doing it for the attention it can attract (and get themselves banned in the progress for being imbeciles), but it's not the reason at all.
it's no different than people enjoying minecraft have a topic. the "minecrafters" didn't make the topic to make themselves known and be a nuisance, it's so they can discuss minecraft. they might post minecraft content outside of that topic, but it's a central hub for discussion and sharing an interest
but why? If I would be into ponies, I would be afraid of being made fun of. Especially on a forum with a community as hostile as this. I would get my ass over to the official MLP forum. There I could talk to people who have the same interest as me without having to be afraid of being ridiculed by some ignorant teenager from a lego-forum.
it depends on the person.
me, i don't really mind the ridicule others might give about it online. it doesn't bother me in the least. i have other places where i could go if that really mattered to me. i continue to stay on this LEGO-like building game forum because i'm use to it, it's easy to mingle though it if it's actually a problem.
yes, it is likely easier on oneself to go where they wouldn't be bothered about it. although i will point out that the "official" forum is literally for the little kids, and the more older individuals might find that less appealing than the freedoms of the more for-older individual forums
