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ForWhomTheBellTolls
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Hey all, I'm sort of newer to the forums, I've lurked for a bit but this is my first time posting. Is there anything I should know in advance? Thanks All!
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Those are the typical annoyances I see
Also I dig the username
Seriously, welcome to the talky part of the forums. I would say there's six things all new posters should know:
1. This is the internet. There are all sorts of crazy people on the internet. Try not to take anything here too seriously or personally.
2. Try to read before you post. You want people to read your post. You should in return try to read other people's posts. Especially if the posts are about the very thing you want to talk about. Nothing is more rude than when someone says "I can't be bothered to read this thread, but here's something I'm going to shove in everyone else's face."
3. The forums are not a chat app. People do not read it non-stop, or get alerts when things are posted. Threads are highly asynchronous here. That means you can't expect a reply immediately, and you can't expect people to always extract context when you post something after reading something. In your head, there's a straight line from A to B to C to your post. In other people's heads, that connection won't necessarily exist. Try to be as clear as possible about what you're talking about. Corollary: don't start twelve threads in one day. Makes people think you can't wait to get responses to one idea before you catapult yourself into another idea, which again implies you want to talk more than listen.
4. Giveth thee slack, as ye wisheth slack to be extended to thee.
5. If you see one of my posts, you might want to sit down before starting to read it. Use the bathroom, grab a snack, get comfy. Also, might want to have a calculator within reach.
6. Don't ask who's the best champ. Just: no.
It can be quite an interesting place to discuss the game so don’t be afraid to put yourself out there, although discussions can get quite heated.
You choose a difficult time to start posting as we have 3 type of post circling around quite frequently
1. Compensation Post
2. Compensation Post but with less effort
3. Compensation Post but with no effort
Other than that it’s a great place in my unprofessional opinion!
(also, wonderful username. Good reference.)
Try not to revive a dead thread, people are really scared of deadites and freak out.
@ThatGuyYouSaw235 I think Cliff went for a bus ride. But he'll be right back.
too soon
If you want to know what my academic career was like, once a teacher told my class that homework was worth 30% midterm was worth 40% and final exam was worth 40% so I said great, I didn't have to do any homework and as long as I got 100% on the midterm and 100% on the final I could still get a B. It was the only class I actually studied for that semester. Eliminating 50 hours of homework for three hours of studying? Excellent trade off.