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A request for some of the regulars
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Post by
kicklucky
I thought now was a good time to make a request of some of the regular posters on these forums. We seem to be deviating away from advising and assisting people towards mockery and debauchery. Yes, I rhymed that on purpose. The Rogue forums are significantly more abusive than others --
myself included
. You may say:
"Well, I am a regular, and I deal with these same threads constantly."
To which I reply:
"Oh a regular, eh, very nice. An' how'd you get that, eh? By exploitin' the nubs -- by 'angin' on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic an' social differences in our society!"
Listen -- strange NPC's hiding in caves distributing poisons is no basis for an elitist perspective. Supreme unabashed knowledge derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical alpha talent calculator. I mean, if I went around sayin' I was Ming just because some moistened bint had lobbed a link to an Armory at me they'd put me away!
Basically, what I am trying to say -- through as many Monty Python references as I can muster -- I think that we need to lighten up just a tad, things have gotten a little out of hand as of late.
P.S. I couldn't figure out where to throw this one in, but:
"Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system."
Post by
kicklucky
Now that thats outta the way, lets lighten the mood shall we?
Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air
In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'
I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suite case and send me on my way
She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket.
I put my walkman on and said, 'I might as well kick it'.
First class, yo this is bad
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass.
Is this what the people of Bel-Air Living like?
Hmmmmm this might be alright.
But wait I hear there're prissy, wine all that
Is Bel-Air the type of place they send this cool cat?
I don't think sow
I'll see when I get there
I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air
Well, the plane landed and when I came out
There was a dude who looked like a cop standing there with my name out
I ain't trying to get arrested
I just got here
I sprang with the quickness like lightening, disappeared
I whistled for a cab and when it came near
The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
If anything I can say this cab is rare
But I thought 'Now forget it' - 'Yo homes to Bel Air'
I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And I yelled to the cabbie 'Yo homes smell ya later'
I looked at my kingdom
I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air
Post by
140590
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Post by
Feanora
Agreed, but I reserve the right to continue with a few things: a) Abusing people in the Friday Flamewar post, and/or starting new ones when necessary. b) Retaliating against
people who have no idea what they're talking about and make up for it by being even more abusive than me
. c) Using
Holy Grail
and FP references at every possible opportunity.
And yes, while the rogue forums are considerably more... different from the others, in all sincerity I would venture that we see a considerably higher percentage of idiots, baddies, and the like 'round these parts than the others, and it shows in the post quality. No, I know that's no excuse, but ffs people, don't expect us to spoon-feed you everything, and don't argue with someone if he or she has plenty of documented evidence backing them up. "But I done seen it!" is not a valid argument without documentation of some sort.
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149861
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Post by
Feanora
I understand your point. But, and I believe you will agree with me on this, there is a rogue compendium and a search button for a reason.
In other subfora, there's so many retarded threads going on about things that are obvious like hell. Personally, I like to think the forum is meant for questions from people who actually did some research on the topic first. Hell, even running it through Yahoo or some other search engine is enough for most questions asked in this and other classfora. "What's the primary stat for rogues?" - Hell, I don't know...let's make a new thread!
Those threads are just begging to be treated the way they are now. If there are less such threads, then there will be less posts of 'mockery and debauchery'. There's cause and there's consequence.
I agree with this, but my solution will simply be to ignore stupid posts from now on. If people like
sys73m
want to run around and hold people's hands, that's their business, but there's no way I'm going to be able to post on stupid threads and not leave a comment that's at least sarcastic in nature. Wowhead ain't EJ, but I'd like to think it's at least more intelligent here than the official forums. And those standards are pretty freaking easy to meet.
Post by
99013
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Post by
Thana
THATS WHAT THE THREADS ARE HERE FOR!
Thats what you got wrong here. The Compendium is to avoid such threads which are already answered. If someone asks if ShS is viable in PvE and the Compendium says no - why ask then?
Post by
140590
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Post by
135224
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Post by
kicklucky
THATS WHAT THE THREADS ARE HERE FOR! They wouldn't exist if not for people to clear up questions they get from the 'search' 'compendium' way of doing things...yes i whole heardtedly agree these forums are quite disgraceful when it comes to answers.
If you disagree with the question DO NOT answer it.
And DO NOT deicde to be a smart a$$ just because you dont agree with it
Point 1:
This is the stuff I'm talking about. These forums are presented as a medium for open discussion, and if someone doesn't agree with a certain statement, it should most definitely be addressed. Posting in all caps that include words which make use of the wide variety for symbols so you don't get banned...is not. Arguement and debate are different, and all I'm pointing out is that within the recent weeks, the scale has tipped in the wrong direction. I am at fault here as well,
and will continue to use myself as an example
, but I would just like to see us come together as a whole and see if we can make better use of our posts.
Point 2:
The Compendium is to avoid such threads which are already answered. If someone asks if ShS is viable in PvE and the Compendium says no - why ask then?
Almost every forum ive visited has had one and every forum ive visted ive witnessed the same thing. "Rouges suck cuz they killz me always what level do i get stunlock?" umm your new here arent you... why dont you read the compendium bud.
The posts that ultimately result in a "read the compendium" are not going to go away, and they are -- I believe -- answered justly. The difference that we need to look out for are the variances in their posts. Someone who asks a questions like
this
, versus a question like
this
, should warrant a different amount of attention.
Post by
135224
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Post by
Feanora
Any guesses on how long this "truce" lasts until someone appears that makes us all drop the pretense and rip him or her to shreds? I give it a week, max.
Post by
KidB
I give it a week, max.
Your optimism is inspiring.
Post by
135224
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Post by
Feanora
Hell yeah, I'm stuck at work 9 hours a day with a maximum of 3 or 4 hours of actual work to do, most days. Trolling forums kills time like no other.
Post by
135224
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Post by
Feanora
Oh, I make proper responses with real actual points, usually. They're just also liberally peppered with insults and occasionally veiled shots at the other person's skill/intelligence/mother. But not anymore, because I love you all!
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Post by
inmediasres
It's good to see that some people are sickier then me... wasting time/effort into making TLDR posts like this one.
PS
Oh, and the fact that you fail at linking is a feature or just plain stupidity?
Post by
Feanora
It's good to see that some people are sickier then me... wasting time/effort into making TLDR posts like this one.
PS
Oh, and the fact that you fail at linking is a feature or just plain stupidity?
no u
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