TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
So, ever since Evilore opened up the floodgates and accepted like 23,500 new users or whatever, it's crossed my attention and mind that old school forums are a zebra in a room full of horses. Given the shifting demographics of gaming and tech in general, you start to see younger and younger people posting, and One would logically conclude that, for A LOT of these new catches will have never operated on an old school discussion forum. Less instant gratification via Hearts and emojicons (new word) and updootzles and retwats or whatever.
So me, a child of the dial up and hamburger telephones, shall instill the more supremely important and heart achingly ignored rule of forum etiquette. What do you guys think it is? Getting spoiler text right? Learning how to multi-quote? How To make a proper account suicide thread? I shall answer all of these possibilities with a resounding and hearty "Fucking no, kek,"
The real answer is this: allow me a demonstration, patient audience.
In example A., let's take a look at PwnsGreenRatz69. A new user, he approaches the natural habitat of the GAFfer. Gaming section. There he sees a thread about the new Zelda and whether it will be as revolutionary as BotW was for the franchise. Topic promoting discussion about a new or yet to be released product. He posts. He gets responses. Reactions. Replies.
Now, let's look at Example B. New user EyeRailNoobs does much the same. He goes to gaming, interested to engage with the community. He has to make a relevant good first impression, so he goes directly to page 800 and posts in a thread that last had a reply in 2015, titled "Bayonetta won't have a third game," and he makes his proud introduction to the forums with a simple post: "Looks like it did, reeeee,"
Now, one of these behaviors is appropriate. One is not. I've led the horses to water, they have to drink now.
So me, a child of the dial up and hamburger telephones, shall instill the more supremely important and heart achingly ignored rule of forum etiquette. What do you guys think it is? Getting spoiler text right? Learning how to multi-quote? How To make a proper account suicide thread? I shall answer all of these possibilities with a resounding and hearty "Fucking no, kek,"
The real answer is this: allow me a demonstration, patient audience.
In example A., let's take a look at PwnsGreenRatz69. A new user, he approaches the natural habitat of the GAFfer. Gaming section. There he sees a thread about the new Zelda and whether it will be as revolutionary as BotW was for the franchise. Topic promoting discussion about a new or yet to be released product. He posts. He gets responses. Reactions. Replies.
Now, let's look at Example B. New user EyeRailNoobs does much the same. He goes to gaming, interested to engage with the community. He has to make a relevant good first impression, so he goes directly to page 800 and posts in a thread that last had a reply in 2015, titled "Bayonetta won't have a third game," and he makes his proud introduction to the forums with a simple post: "Looks like it did, reeeee,"
Now, one of these behaviors is appropriate. One is not. I've led the horses to water, they have to drink now.
