: I would like to welcome you, Dietrichias. If you've read
: the site as you say you probably already know who I
: am; I basically built this whole thing out of rubble.
: I want you - and everyone else - to know that for
: whatever authority my word still holds here, I don't
: approve of any of this newbie-bashing. Most of the
: people doing the bashing I still consider newbies
: myself.
But of course: I've been here less than a year, and Seraph has been here even for about half a year, perhaps more (I think). As I've been saying throughout some of my somewhat negative posts, all my negativity can be summed up as thus: I didn't even start looking in the Asylum until after I had checked out most of the rest of the site; I'm not saying everybody has to follow my example (I'm not saying anyone has to follow my example); but as I've mentioned before, it might be convenient to both our new additions and also to Seraph's blood pressure if they might scan around the Delusions section (so graciously provided by our god[or is that Wyrd?]like admins), and, if they need to look up some hard information about anything (from Myth I, II, and GURPS, if not yet TWA), they can simply look at the Encyclopedia (again, provided for usage as such, I believe [though I can't speak for Forrest]). I was but a little irritated at the simplicity of the posts; and I'm sure that even Forrest will agree that we really don't want this forum developing into three factions, of older newbies (myself included), who only discuss amongst themselves; newer newbies, who only discuss amongst themselves; and the golden oldies, who would look at both groups as being absolutely ridiculous. From what I've experienced in this forum, I think it's more fun if everybody contributes to the whole; and if our newer newbies post only things that the older newbies have already seen and posted about and thought over, they'll lose interest in the newer newbies. And nobody wants that.
: Reading everything is certainly not a requirement.
Of course it's not; Seraph was the only newbie I've ever seen who has even come close to doing that, and I thought it was a little strange at the time.
: It would seem that way, but it is a sad state of being.
: All you newbies - the ones making fun of the newer
: newbies - take it from someone who's spent his entire
: life knowing more than nearly everbody else around
: him, in almost every context. It's one thing to know
: you're really damn smart; to know you know more about
: something than someone else, or are more capable; and
: it's OK to feel superior because of it. I certainly
: do, it's where practially any semblance of self-esteem
: I have comes from.
My sarcasm is merely my way of saying that I care enough to try to offer advice... =)
I guess that more or less wraps up the way I see the issue [seraph, its okay, there's no need for apoplexy =)]; I would more or less agree with you on the issue, Forrest, I guess (after all, I still have a sort of admin-fearing personality - I'm certainly not on par with themyet), and the whole theme of what I've really been trying to say, throughout my newbie campaign, has pretty much been: Hi peeps! =)
: But like Spiderman said,
Wasn't that his uncle Ben...?
: Huh... you know, that's a brilliant idea. I wonder why
: nobody's ever thought of it before. [glares around the
: Forum]
Don't look at me... I don't even have Myth III yet...
=)
That's our big-time admin for you!
doom 0^)
