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Spaced Invader:


--- Quote from: APFelon on May 15, 2005, 12:51:16 pm ---http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,36558.0.html

Have a look at this thread, Point. It's UberNewbieBeatdownDay!

[in Darth Vader voice] You have asked a question we have seen too many times. Now it is time to die.

The general rudeness and hostility on this forum has become destressing.

Bah, perhaps it is time I take my leave. When I get messages like this in my mailbox:


--- Quote ---i found it funny reading your comments in the "splitting the EE thread", and how im not the only one thinking your a jackass, such a shame there are people like you on this board.

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...it's a pretty good indication that the board has gone sour.

So you all have fun reveling in newbie bashing. I don't need the bad karma.

Jackass out.

Apf


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If you read all the way to the end of that post you will see the original poster, far from being "chased away", saying he was glad he had made the post and asking another (much better) question...which was answered in the very next post. So, I gotta say...bad example.  ::)

Anyway, I haven't been a reqular poster here in over a year...upon returning I don't find the board has "gone sour" at all. On the contrary, it is still the friendliest, most helpfull board I have ever belonged to.

I do remember the day I first found this board...and I remember spending the next three days reading hundreds of posts BEFORE asking a question (of course I'm not twelve  ;D ). I did have a few slap fights with some members early on (Howard  ;) ) but I learned even from those...and I gained respect for those who were here bofore me.

So, I see nothing wrong with telling someone to RTFM and as long as you tell them where TFM is you ARE helping!

Just my 2 cents--opinions vary!

greven grevs:

i think ray_slup said it best, just don't answer. Ignore the post and go on. Without it we end up in these overly long debates that just break down into "your ugly" and "your dumb" replies.
If you can't control yourself and feel the need to respond with RTFM do as Spaced Invader mentioned and link to it in the post.

Finally , the FAQ's need to be cleaned up and streamlined IMHO. Some of the threads are really long with bickering and contradictions.
This will never be answered fully. No one has the same setup that I have. So me saying "I have X processor w/ Y HDD and Z operating system and I can run all games" doesn't mean that joe bagodonuts can go and get XYZ and expect to run the same. For all we know joe's pc is swamped w/ virii and adware. Which of course will cause joe to come here and say "i looked at this thread and it said XYZ can play everything , but my computer with XYZ wont!"

poop i say!

pointdablame:


--- Quote from: greven grevs on May 15, 2005, 09:58:46 pm ---i think ray_slup said it best, just don't answer. Ignore the post and go on. Without it we end up in these overly long debates that just break down into "your ugly" and "your dumb" replies.
If you can't control yourself and feel the need to respond with RTFM do as Spaced Invader mentioned and link to it in the post.

Finally , the FAQ's need to be cleaned up and streamlined IMHO. Some of the threads are really long with bickering and contradictions.
This will never be answered fully. No one has the same setup that I have. So me saying "I have X processor w/ Y HDD and Z operating system and I can run all games" doesn't mean that joe bagodonuts can go and get XYZ and expect to run the same. For all we know joe's pc is swamped w/ virii and adware. Which of course will cause joe to come here and say "i looked at this thread and it said XYZ can play everything , but my computer with XYZ wont!"

poop i say!

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Shut up ugly.

EDIT:   You're dumb

:)  :P

greven grevs:


--- Quote from: pointdablame on May 16, 2005, 01:11:49 am ---
--- Quote from: greven grevs on May 15, 2005, 09:58:46 pm ---
poop i say!

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Shut up ugly.

EDIT:   You're dumb

:)  :P

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i relayed the message to joe bagodonuts. you made him cry   :-[

Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: SOAPboy on May 14, 2005, 10:51:36 pm ---Or how about people just stop being such ---Deutsche Frankfurters--- about it and point these people in the right direction..

Search, SUCKS, i tried it.. and ive had none of my questions answered by it, ive googled in fear of pissing of the people here because they whine every time someone posts a question thats been asked..

honestly, some of you guys need to just stop being elitests and help the new guys..

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Okay, I started typing this reply and then realized I hadn't read Page 2 of the thread (just as well, as it turns out).

Sorry, Soapboy, but I agree with pointdablame here.

If you try to search on AVG's forum you will get more of an idea of where I am going - (25 threads on any common question- sometimes with answers, most often not).

Search works pretty well.  It would work better if anyone used it.  What I mean is -

Let's say I start a thread on minimum PC requirements for MAME.  Lots of members will post useful info.  It will come up in a search (especially if you remember "Hey Soapboy said something about that so let me look up threads by him.")

Now User B doesn't search and posts the same question.  The other members either answer it or refer him back to my thread.

Still not too bad, but now a search will bring up TWO threads, one of which has no useful info.

Now USER C posts the same question in a new thread.  Members are tired now and just post "Been asked before, search the forum."

Eventually, you do a search and you come up with 40 threads on the same subject, 20 of which just tell you to search the forum (which you just did), and the other 20 that have (mostly) duplicate information.

See where I'm going . . .?

<EDIT - Added>
It would also help if newbies would name the threads better.  Soapboy's "newbie-bashing" post is a pretty good example - it's a thread that I had posted a 8-paragraph reply to about a week before and asked that it be stickied.  Of course, I think the thread I answered was titled "MAME Questions" so might not come up in a search of OK screens.</edit>

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