Wow

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And people do take offense when someone *dares* correct their mistakes.

Of course. Even the Internet doesn't have that many people with the energy to get truly angry when someone else's mistake is corrected.

Basically, most of the time -- I won't disagree that there are gibbering baboons online who are so incoherent that it truly impedes comprehension -- a correction is meant as a barb by someone who is already annoyed at the person they're correcting, for whatever reason. It's a cheap shot, and when it results in a flame (or more), it's hardly surprising, since that was the intent, even if the poster pretends it wasn't.

 

[der_kluge]

Hmm. I feel so... deficient. :\

Jeez, you should be! 44 posts, that's not even 1 post per month. Slacker. Sheesh.

 

[BSF]

Jeez, you should be! 44 posts, that's not even 1 post per month. Slacker. Sheesh.

I attribute it to Crothian. He has figured out how to steal post energy from other members.

 

[KaosDevice]

Although I'm not entirely sure I know what that means, I think it's nice.

It means go where you need to go and say what you need to say.

 

[KaosDevice]

Yeah it bugs me because I didn't weant to come across as needy or any thing, just kind of disappointed. I've followed some really great and interesting threads on this board and I wanted to hop in and toss out my ideas and they largely seemed to be written off and ignored. That bothered me because, well i've been part of the RPG community hither and yon in this or that aspect for quite some time and felt I had something to add.

THAT was really the alpha and omega of all of it. So anyway, thanks for welcoming me back in and I promise to quit kvetching.



At least about this topic.

 

[wingsandsword]

Welcome back KaosDevice, make yourself at home. At least now people have heard of you!

It reminds me of an old Dilbert comic, which went like this:

Dilbert: I greatly increased my visibility at work today, yesterday I was a complete unknown but today I am known by all!
Dogbert: Screwed up?
Dilbert: Oh yeah, big time.

 

[Crothian]

Don't worry, everyone gets ignored in certain threads, especially the long when when someone's first post is on like page 6. Least that seems to happen to me a bunch.

 

[diaglo]

Although I'm not entirely sure I know what that means, I think it's nice.

largess or largesse: 1. liberal giving to : also something given 2. GENEROSITY


at large: free of restraint or confinement <the escaped prisoner is still at large.

large: with the wind abaft the beam

larghetto: slower than andante but not so slow as largo

 

[Plane Sailing]

I've followed some really great and interesting threads on this board and I wanted to hop in and toss out my ideas and they largely seemed to be written off and ignored.

I'm tempted to say "welcome to my life!"

One truth is that insightful comments can get swamped by arguments that flare up now and then.

Anyhow, I take consolation in the fact that the number of people who read the threads is much higher than the number that post in them, and if what I've written is worth reading there are a great number of lurkers who probably have benefited from my ramblings.

Finally, I'm glad you've decided to stick around. The way you've comported yourself in this thread puts you among the 'good guys' IMO.

Cheers

 

[Seule]

A high post count usually only means one thing - the fact that we've been here since January 2002, or thereabouts. That's really about it.

While I agree with the sentiment, I have to disagree with the specifics. I've been here since before there was a here to be (I used to hit Eric Noah's page religiously for hints on this newfangled 3rd Edition we were hearing so much about) and I don't have a high postcount.
A high postcount means you've posted a lot. This is more likely if you've been around longer, but it certainly doesn't guarantee it.
Now I'll go back to lurking.

--Seule