Can I ask why people do this?

[hong]

Roll on 4E.

 

[Teflon Billy]

If a new poster comes here and begins a thread like "Rangers are underpowered" or "The Magic system needs overhauling" they should be allowed to without being made to feel like they've broken some cardinal rule.

I totally agree with you man.You'll notice I didn't post to that thread because three times is my limit. I figure--unless the topic is near and dear to my heart--After three times I just let the new blood decide for themselves whether a "Paladin can kill a baby orc" or whatever.

It might be this person's first post or first time they ever began a thread. And even tho most of us might have participated or viewed a similar discussion 5, 10, or 100 times, don't we owe it to the person who may never have?

In my opinion, yes we do.

They could be brand-new to RPGs and somehow located this site and their first real taste of ENWorld is a bunch of people saying "Oh no. not this again."

So big deal - your gold star is in the mail.

Whoa! free gold star!

Honestly, I'm not trying to start a problem. Just trying to show that we all can be more forgiving of new members... Am I off base in feeling this way???

Nope, sounds like you have your head screwed on allright to me.

 

[Album Cover X]

Nope, sounds like you have your head screwed on allright to me.

Thanks Billy and everyone else... I figured I wasn't the only one... but this is probably my limit for making sense for awhile...

I've met my quota

 

[BSF]

This is one that bugs me as well. If you are tired of seeing the thread topic, don't read and don't post. No big deal. You don't need to try to belittle the person for asking.

Hey Russ, maybe it would be a good reminder of etiquette in the Rules?

 

[monkeygrrl]

Am I off base in feeling this way???

nah, you're not off base, and to be honest this kind of 'tude is one of the reasons I mostly lurk around here instead of posting much.

 

[HellHound]

Your statement is 100% on-target.

I left an on-line community that was VERY near and dear to me because of rude behaviour being launched towards anyone who dared to ask a simple question that had been asked before.

rec.arts.bodyart became a refuge for old r.a.b.bits and curmudgeons who would rather flame newbies than be helpful.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

I've found that because I'm not interested in going over the same topics again and again, my rate of posting has decreased somewhat. But then, that's to be expected.

As hong says, when 4e gets released (whenever that may be, and I hope it's a good long way away) then we'll all have a new bunch of things to argue over.

I'm glad to see that "Monks are rubbish" threads seemed to have died off somewhat.

 

[mroberon1972]

These points are made especially true since newcommers don't have a search tool for us to direct them to.

How could they even have a chance of knowing?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

In the thread I've referred to, a poster asked how you pronounce "Drow". Big deal. So the topic has come up a few times.

I agree, totally, but in the defense of ENworlders everywhere this type of replies happens very rarely compared to other boards. Honestly, I’ve been a member on one board where mention certain topics, from a game, where not open for debate and the moderators would close the thread.

If you want to see how this works I’ll drop a link and the subject line and you can watch the “fun” begin.

This board is one of the friendliest you will honestly ever find.

 

[Wrath of the Swarm]

If a question has been asked and answered many, many times, it's generally possible to learn this through a search.

Obviously this principle doesn't apply as well to EN World, where searches are restricted to members, but on many boards people will show up and ask questions they could easily have answered with a quick scan. Complaining that the question has shown up before makes the person aware of this and rebukes them for not checking first.