Originally posted by PunkRock
you know what, you're a funny one. look at yourself before judging the others, Mr. "I'm gonna try to save GTPlanet's forums by giving **** to every new member, or anyone that doesn't agree with me and not make sense whatsoever"
PR - I didn't mean to say
I think you are pretentious. When I was in a conversation with another member (I guess
Robin, I can't quite remember),
he said that I was almost as pretentious as "another member", the implication being you were that other member. My whole point to
Klos was that people who can post coherently are sometimes (often) seen as pretentious, annoying know-it-alls by people who can't. But we shouldn't let that stop us. There's nothing bad between you and me, as far as I'm concerned.
Yes, I guess I am on a crusade to save these forums, even though I've only been here for 6 months. I've seen firsthand what happens when a good forum is overrun by flamers and morons. I don't think I give smeg to
every new member. In fact,
rjensen11 among others will attest that I usually try to give the "Welcome to GTP, there's a lot of great people here, enjoy your stay" speech as soon as I see someone with a very low post count.
I
do give smeg to people (even new members) who are too lazy to look past the end of their own nose before asking questions. We are here to help and be helped. We are
not here to spoon feed every idiot who shows up asking "How do I drift?" or "Where do I win the Nash Rambler LM car?" This kind of information is directly in front of any person who makes even the
smallest attempt to find it. I am glad to explain things that aren't really published - how many times have we all repeated the "save-and-reload-the-series" instructions? - but I see no reason to waste time helping somebody who is not willing to help themselves.
I also have a very low tolerance for people who propogate wrong information ("If you hold the controller upside down and press the X button at exactly the right time, you get the Mini with the Viper engine in it guaranteed, dude, try this it rilly works"). This comes out a little abruptly sometimes, I admit.
I respect people that use logic and reason, whether they agree with me or not. Ask
Pako and
Der Alta and
Gil. I'm friendly toward younger folks and try to offer good advice where I think I can. Ask
youth_cycler,
duo17 and
Rumple (he's not exactly young, but well younger than I). I have no patience with people who are purposely disruptive, who never contribute, or who are arrogant towards the community. Ask
mayorbill11 and
SKILLZ.
Believe me, I don't try to be abrasive. If I did, I'd post like
Klos does. I don't have as much patience as, say,
AO or
GilesGuthrie. But I'm not willing to just stand aside and let a tide of crap flow over a place this good.
and all that good stuff, I'll get off my soap box now...
boy are you wrong.
