: 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.
We actually had a schism like that back on alt.games.marathon, way back when it started to die (and was briefy resussitated by Halo chatter): the Old Guard, the Mid Guard, and the New Guard. (I was early Mid Guard myself, and pseudo-Old-Guard since I had been around another Marathon forum, the official Bungie Boards on AOL, since M1 days). It was basically, in the end, broken down into people who've been around since M1's release (or before), people who had been around since M2's release, or people who had been around since Infinity's release. The same sort of thing applies here, with a few folks who remember Myth before it had that nifty font or the Fallen Lords subtitle (like myself) being, well... the Elder Gods, if you will. :-)
: 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.
Personally, I think that if someone makes an inane or obvious post, someone should just tell them yeah they're right, or no they're wrong and here's all the stuff we already went over to prove it (politely!), or if you don't have the time just ignore them. Just don't tell them they're stupid for not researching everything first.
(For anybody who cares, this also applies to child rearing; you don't get mad at or make fun of a little kid for pointing out the obvious, you congratulate him on noticing it; and an even more common mistake, you shouldn't just tell a kid they're wrong without informing them politely and matter-of-factly why, and listening to any new countearguments they might bring up).
(I work for a child therapist, if anybody wonders why I know about raising kids - I don't have any of my own yet, and don't plan to for quite a while. Which is also another good child rearing tip - like fixing computers or performing brain surgery, you shouldn't even try if you're not properly trained and prepared first).
(Sorry, getting off topic...)
: 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.
: Wasn't that his uncle Ben...?
I meant Spiderman the story/movie/comic/saga, etc, as a title for the whole thing. Like, "As Lord of the Rings taught us..." that kind of thing. Not the character himself.
