Ahh - I had a feeling there was gonna be a thread where a convo about new folks had started.
Hullo Neil. I posted a thingy in the welcome newbies thread related to this last night. Normally I don't get involved in the "we hate / abuse new people" arguement but it's been bugging me a bit of late so i'm sticking my 2 cents in. Personally, one of the reasons that I don't get involved is because i've decided that the show likes promoting the idea that they have a fan site that is full of morons and complete arseholes. That's fair enough, if that's what they want to do.
neilt0 wrote:I just don't understand it when Chris suggests people aren't welcoming on this forum...
As I said above, I think they like the idea that we are a bunch of weirdo internet geeks that act like hardmen on here but in real life would never have the chance of getting a girlfriend.
I don't actually think that's the case though - the majority of folk on here are pretty decent and accommodating and will talk to you whither you spell things right or not. If you have had a run in with one or two members, frankly - thats the way the world works, yer never gonna get on with everyone. That doesn't mean you should tar us all with the same brush.
Yudster wrote:This is how real people talk to each other!
No. Real people pick up the phone or have a conversation face to face. The people on here are all fictitious.
neilt0 wrote:What I find most ridiculous is that feel you have to pick up on a newbie's spelling or grammar or sentence structure but fail to look at the idea of either talking about the thread topic
I've said elsewhere that the spelling isn't overly important if it's a mistake. It is more when ppl tlk lke ths an no1 noez wotz goin on. THAT does me tits in. Correct spelling is important though, although constantly correcting people can get tedious to read.
neilt0 wrote:Give that a few goes and maybe n00bs will stay around.
But maybe don't actually want that, you'd rather keep the forum closed off to newbies?
To play the devils advocate for a moment here, why should someone who has spent time here since 2002 change his habits to accommodate someone else?
neilt0 wrote:It seems like every post that talks about the show eventually gets diverted in to some personal or irrelevant topic or is filled with your own in-jokes. Fine in the off-topic forum, but can you leave it there?
I've been on sites that are stricter about how on topic the thread stays and they aint as much fun (in my opinion). Threads go off and back on topic on here all the time - this one included, if someone wants to discuss the topic title, no-one is gonna complain so they can just bring it back on subject again.
neilt0 wrote:Here's how the forum looks to new people:
n00b: "Hey, I've just joined and I wonder if anyone's noticed interesting fact about X"
regular1: "You twat. We covered this topic in discussion 1,423 page 3"
regular2: "whiff whaff. banana. whumpflip"
regular3: "n00b should be killed"
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n00b: "Blimey."
regular4: "Why are people so SENSITIVE? LIGHTEN UP! whiffle banana wibble fleeb, Oh I'm so clever"
First of all, I would quite like to see a couple of examples of this. I feel like this is maybe everyone being tarred with a brush again.
Secondly, sorry, but if you join up to a site and ask the same question that has been asked repeatedly, they you deserve to be slagged for it. I refer you to
HERE for a better idea of why it gets irritating. It's a bit like walking in to Clintons Cards a week before Christmas and asking if they sell Christmas cards. Of course they do, and if you opened your eyes and had a look, you would find them - no bother.
neilt0 wrote:If you keep having to ask over and over "Why are you n00bs being sensitive?" maybe you could realise it's not actually the n00b's problem.
We have plenty of new folk who have joined recently and seem to be getting on fine. And again, in my opinion, it is the new persons problem to an extent. Why should the existing members change just to accommodate a few new people? People should know what to expect when they join... you wouldn't walk into Clintons Cards a week before Christmas and shout at them for not selling halloween masks!
*takes a deep breath*
All that said - welcome along. You seem to be able to make your point pretty clearly so stick with it and im sure you will fit in just dandy.
neilt0 wrote:I've uploaded all I have of today's live video at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G6BOEJFD
It's 470MB.
06:30 to 07:00ish is missing, but the rest of the 3 hours is all there.
Cheers for doing this. I thought they had been showing the thing live all week, seemingly not. Never saw it on Friday so this will give me a chance to have a look.
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