Old 09-25-2006, 03:52 PM   #41
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As for the actual topic: Giving morons a hard time is better for them in the long run. THIS IS A FACT.
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Old 09-25-2006, 04:26 PM   #42
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Fuck you Eva nobody cares what you think.

But seriously, when I first started posting here, I wasn't anywhere as bad as some of the idiots I see these days. Like that thread for War Rock in GVG, there's one guy with a few hundred posts that is being a total douche, not spelling, being so wrong grammatically wrong it makes him incoherant (and you guys oughta know how un-picky I am about grammar), and most importantly, being a total douche (calling people noobs for not liking the game he's posting about). On the other hand, there's some guy with <100 posts making well thought-out and coherant posts with good spelling and all that. People tried telling the douchebag newbie to use good grammar and he's like JEEZ GUYS ITS JUST A FORUMS LOL NOOBS and people tried to explain that yes, it's a forum and not a chat, but he won't change. I gave him a final explaination, and told him that I'm basically just skimming over his posts now cuz they're incoherant, but that the other newbie's posts I actually read.

After this I'm just ignore him unless he at least tries to make his posts look readable. I think that's the best thing. Give them some warnings, then just ignore them when they post. Like that kid who keeps posting pictures with all their posts. Who cares? It's just like a unique sig for each post. Do you guys freak out when you see my sig at the end of my posts? No. Just treat it as such and ignore it. If somebody is typing horribly and being stupid and incoherant, give them warning and then COMPLETELY IGNORE THEM. They come here seeking people and interaction and, quite likely, acceptance into this little group. If we completely ignore them, they will be deprived of all of that, and they'll only see us having a jolly good time. Then they'll remember that we warned them at first, they'll change their ways, and come back better than ever.

I only advocate this as opposed to ripping into them because some of these new people are stubborn and because most people don't respond well to direct criticism. More indirect methods are what REALLY get to people, so give them the cold shoulder.

That said, I think a lot of the regulars here have a lot of growing up to do. Many of you repeat the same mistakes that other people make and are very hypocritical. I'm talking about things like posting in a topic just to tell somebody that they are off topic. Or, and this really pisses me off, posting in threads other people make about games and saying they suck but then getting pissed off and fussing whenever somebody comes into the Maplestory thread and says the game is retarded. The thread isn't OMG THIS GAME IS GOOD LET US ONLY PRAISE IT, it's about the game, and if what that person wants to say about the game is negative, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SAY IT. Also, the 50-post picture-posting rule gets broken 24-7 and then people spend 5 pages discussing how they shouldn't post pictures. Personally, I think being off-topic by fussing at the person is worse than the person posting pictures, because when I look at PYP I want to see 1) pictures, and 2) funny comments about those pictures.

My main point is, a lot of you are stupidly hypocritical much of the time. I try to always be on topic, ALWAYS. If I feel like making a rant or a comment on something somebody said, I always say something on-topic in my post too, and THEN diverge to whatever (semi-)off-topic discussion I may wanna jump into. I see so many of you posting wayyyyyy off-topic, and half the time it's to tell somebody that they're breaking some sort of rules. I find it hypocritical and I shake my head every time I see it. I swear, if I was a mod, I would edit so many posts pointing out the hypocrisy, because as a regular forum user, I'm not just gonna go around posting to tell people they're being dumbasses, because it's be hypocritical in itself. I'll sometimes point it out after posts, but damn, guys, you are wrong A LOT and I just can't keep up.

PS: Sorry if I came off as kind of an ass. Everybody has their thing that they're picky about. Example: Squeek freaks out about grammar. I freak out about people being on topic, mainly because I hate going into a topic expecting one thing and finding all sorts of crap about how some newb shouldn't be posting pictures because they only have 4 posts or how some newb isn't allowed to say a game sucks in his opinion.
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Old 09-25-2006, 04:33 PM   #43
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PS I don't freak out about grammar.

I freak out about obvious mistakes that make anyone sound retarded.
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Old 09-25-2006, 04:42 PM   #44
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PS I don't freak out about grammar.

I freak out about obvious mistakes that make anyone sound retarded.
I could of guessed.
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Old 09-25-2006, 04:46 PM   #45
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Die in a fire, etc.

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Old 09-25-2006, 05:12 PM   #46
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If your going to be a dumbass, post in the garbage bin, that's it.
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Old 09-25-2006, 05:20 PM   #47
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If your going to be a dumbass, post in the garbage bin, that's it.
No.

If you're going to be smart and witty post in the garbage bin.

If you want to be dumb go to forum games or something.
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Old 09-25-2006, 05:57 PM   #48
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If you want to be dumb go to CT. Now that's good entertainment.

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Watch more anime.
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Old 09-25-2006, 06:08 PM   #49
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This thread is a joke no one cares what Laharl has to say go back to church thread over bye
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