Open season on noobs - 50 posts my ass

[P3nT4gR4m]

Lotta noobs come to forums.

Lotta noob hating going on.

Lotta noobs complaining about this.

Well fuck you noobs it aint your place to complain but, for your benefit and (more importantly) for the benefit of anyone who, like I have, has found themselves wondering why this noob is drawing their flaming bile like a great big flaming bile vacuum-suction apparatus.

I wondered why and, as is usually the case when I find myself wondering about something I'm doing, I went exploring. Here's what I turned up.

Firstly I tried to put what was going on in some kinda context. What was the situation? Did I have a frame of reference from somewhere else in my field of experience?

It's the internets, by definition a fairly recent development. Essentially its a form of communication between humans. Like talking or sending letters or smoke signals. Discussion forums seemed to me to be like a kind of conversation but handled in some weird kinda timelapse, where you're having any number of conversations, with any number of people at the same time.

Basically a noob is akin to someone coming up to a group of you and your friends, in a bar or public place and suddenly butting in on the conversation. We all know this fucker. We've all seen him and his desperate, shrink wrapped expression, craving acceptance and admission to your group because he doesn't have one of his own. Why? Usually it's because he's a twat and no one will hang out with him and entertain his bullshit, which is exactly what your group does when they tell him to fuck off.

Yes, noob, god gave you the right to cut in on our conversation. He also gave us the right to pile abuse on you, email you browser bombs or just plain ignore you.

There's a 50 post suggestion round here. Personally I don't buy it. If some fuckhead comes up to me and my mates in the pub and starts talking shit and butting in on our chat I don't wait til he's said 50 stupid things til I kick him in the nads. No different here. You want to join in? Fine, introduce yourself why dont ya?

If you turn out to be an asshole then don't come whining to me when I flame your ass. Remember this shit is virtual. You might be a strapping lad IRL and not used to taking abuse but round here you're just another noob pipsqueak and I aint got the patience to be polite so get used to it.

If you're cool then you'll get away with it but if you aint then do us all a favour and fuck off!

[guest7654]

do something constructive...I know u can, I've seen it.

[hunter s.durden]

Fuck that.
This shit is hilarious.

[Ambassador KAOS]

meh.

people who can't deal with the abuse will fall by the wayside like the screaming emo kids they are.  Those who can hang will do so.

Innitiation rights exist for a reason, anyone who doesn't know that is a tard.

Try and keep in mind though, everyone is a noob at some point and thus needs to lobby for loyalties when approaching a new institutions.  With out n00bs there would be no growth in the network, things would stagnate and entropy would set in.

Besides, I think the 50 post rule is a bit assanine, might as well let people know who you arefrom the get go.  Besides it makes it seem like 50 posts = the bogey man 

"you just wait till you get to 50 noob!"

The truth is this is already a harrassing statement which won't really get any worse once 50 posts is made, it will just be more straight foreward.

Still, there is tradition to be spoken of.  I would do what I could to tell someone to get fucked or just ignore them if I thought they were useless.  Have faith that the higher council put these recomendations down for a reason and if you still it sucks, make it your mission to infiltrate the infrastructure and change things to your liking...

Or just break the rules.  I don't think you can even have shinanigans called on you here, let alone be penalized in any relavent way.

Pretentious Noobzor 5000

Fuck that.
This shit is hilarious.

agreed.

[Cramulus]

people who can't deal with the abuse will fall by the wayside like the screaming emo kids they are.  Those who can hang will do so.

couldn't resist

[The Good Reverend Roger]

do something constructive...I know u can, I've seen it.

Spell the word "you"...I know you can.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

people who can't deal with the abuse will fall by the wayside like the screaming emo kids they are.  Those who can hang will do so.

couldn't resist

Stop hating America,Ñ¢.

[That One Guy]

As has been obvious in the recent influx, it's barely a "suggestion", a flag to be waved to ease up on someone who might not have paid any attention to the board before spewing forth their own brand of shit that they think is original and unique. At least that's what I've observed.

I lurk, don't post too much (since I can't stand making lots of "what <poster whoever> said!" posts) and when I DO post I try to edit it a few times to not be an incoherent fuckwit. I still might BE an incoherent fuckwit, but at least I tried to make whatever point I was getting at in a way that might be understood by someone other than myself.

If my arbitrary post count is <50 and I'm spewing like a total fuckwit, I expect to be called out on it by at least one or two people. This seems to happen pretty well, and the 50 post thing keeps this to a minimum, since it keeps it from being EVERYONE piling on the n00b poster and limits it to just a few people that need to call out stupidity and fuckwiticisms as a gut-level automatic response.

All in all, it's a rule that can be (and is) broken when needed as an outlet. Seems to be serving its purpose (limiting the n00b flaming but keeping it as an option if it's obvious/semi-warranted) in that regard.

[LMNO]

It's also a nice way of saying "hey, watch itm noob.  You might not know it, but you're coming off like a total asshole."

[Idem]

As has been obvious in the recent influx, it's barely a "suggestion", a flag to be waved to ease up on someone who might not have paid any attention to the board before spewing forth their own brand of shit that they think is original and unique. At least that's what I've observed.

I lurk, don't post too much (since I can't stand making lots of "what <poster whoever> said!" posts) and when I DO post I try to edit it a few times to not be an incoherent fuckwit. I still might BE an incoherent fuckwit, but at least I tried to make whatever point I was getting at in a way that might be understood by someone other than myself.

If my arbitrary post count is <50 and I'm spewing like a total fuckwit, I expect to be called out on it by at least one or two people. This seems to happen pretty well, and the 50 post thing keeps this to a minimum, since it keeps it from being EVERYONE piling on the n00b poster and limits it to just a few people that need to call out stupidity and fuckwiticisms as a gut-level automatic response.

All in all, it's a rule that can be (and is) broken when needed as an outlet. Seems to be serving its purpose (limiting the n00b flaming but keeping it as an option if it's obvious/semi-warranted) in that regard.

Dont you have like 20 alts?

[That One Guy]

Nope - I'm one of the AI's 

[LHX]

50 post rule is fun


lol @ 'rule'

[The Littlest Ubermensch]

meh.

people who can't deal with the abuse will fall by the wayside like the screaming emo kids they are.  Those who can hang will do so.

Innitiation rights exist for a reason, anyone who doesn't know that is a tard.

Who the fuck are you?

I've really got to not take breaks from this board for more than 10 minutes.

[Ambassador KAOS]

meh.

people who can't deal with the abuse will fall by the wayside like the screaming emo kids they are.  Those who can hang will do so.

Innitiation rights exist for a reason, anyone who doesn't know that is a tard.

Who the fuck are you?

I've really got to not take breaks from this board for more than 10 minutes.

Ambassador KLOK KAOS,
pleased to meet you.
thanks for the warm reception.

[B_M_W]

meh.

people who can't deal with the abuse will fall by the wayside like the screaming emo kids they are.  Those who can hang will do so.

Innitiation rights exist for a reason, anyone who doesn't know that is a tard.

Who the fuck are you?

I've really got to not take breaks from this board for more than 10 minutes.

Yeah, its funny when the newbies try to act like they are old fogies.