What's wrong with noobies? [Food for thought]

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Postby fyrtenheimer » Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:30 pm

You gave me my first op

and my only


fuck me arse
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Postby R-A-N-M-A » Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:59 pm

Killed and ate n00bs, what a carrer that was, to bad its long dead now.

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Postby BishounenStalker » Fri Jun 06, 2003 7:47 pm

Ok, I'll admit I only read the first page of this thread. But that aside....

I don't know about anyone else, but I make a distinct difference between "n00b" and "newbie."

A "newbie" is someone who is simply new to the forum, actually bothers to look around and read posts, and reads all available information on forum rules and such (including the main-page guides and the sticky posts at the top of each forum). So when they do make their first posts, they are sound, intelligent questions. And when they accidentally post in the wrong forum (which can happen if you're half-asleep at the comp -- I've done it), they apologize for it, as well as obeying the forum rules on sig banner size (clearly stated on the sign up page).

A "n00b" is someone who does the complete opposite. They don't read anything before posting, ask stupid, repetitive questions, and when someone corrects them (even in a non-flaming way), they either get pissy about it or they ask an even DUMBER question pertaining to the response. Such idiotic questions include (but aren't limited to) "How do I make an AMV?" (there's a g-damn sticky post with that very subject at the top of the General Anime forum for Chrissakes! Not to mention a very clear guide on the homepage), "Where do I download AMVs?", "How do I put my AMV in the database?", and my personal favorite (especially now after the Carrot's in business), "Where can I get free hosting?" N00bs also have a tendency to blatantly post questions in the wrong forum, then complain they didn't know which forum was the right one when there are perfectly clear descriptions of EACH AND EVERY FORUM right under its title.

I have no issues at all with newbies. My problem are the n00bs plugging up the forums with absolute idiotic crap because they're too fucking lazy to browse this place. If you have ANY decent web searching skills, it should not take weeks to find an answer to your question using the forum's convenient search tool (or Google for that matter). But no, these idiots want us to hold them by the hand and teach them how to tie their shoes all over again. And you know what? We don't have the time or patience to do so.

Not to mention that most n00bs don't even understand the clear-cut answers they're given, and in some cases, they actually try to contest the veteran's advice (especially in the area of video compression). It's beyond my comprehension how anyone can claim they know more than the vets on a subject they're fucking asking questions (usually STUPID questions; i.e. stuff that can be found in the guides or even in the instruction manual of whatever editing package they're using) about.

But I suppose that's my rant on the subject. It's not the newbies we non-n00bs have a problem with. It's the idiots. Heck, even some so-called "non-n00bs" have garnered flames here for being absolute morons ::coughTHEBLACKMONARCHcough::

But that's my $.02....
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