AtariAge and Negativity

[Jess Ragan]

 

6. Three or four people CONTINUALLY show their arrogance and ignorance towards new people and/or people not as internet savvy as themselves. Kepone' date=' you're one for sure. And i've called you on it before. Enjoy your little site when NO ONE wants to be a new member......... Other sites give prizes for posters and new members...You just belittle and beleauger them.

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What does it tell you about a site that has to bribe members with shiny trinkets to keep them coming back? I want to post on message boards where the conversations are interesting, and not the ones where a desperate moderator parks his prize van outside my house in the hopes of keeping me around. This is an internet forum, not the friggin' Publisher's Clearing House.

 

JR

[Brad2600]

And you think you're justified to pull out all the stops because of something that happened in the past?

 

So be it then.

 

It applied to your answer in the thread at hand.

 

Well then I will re-think my attitude towards others then. I can't guarantee anything but it's worth looking at.

 

In the meantime, I apologize for anything rude I said in the past to you. I don't know it will mean anything, but I do owe you an apology regardless.

[devils advocate]

And you think you're justified to pull out all the stops because of something that happened in the past?

 

So be it then.

 

It applied to your answer in the thread at hand.

 

Well then I will re-think my attitude towards others then. I can't guarantee anything but it's worth looking at.

 

In the meantime, I apologize for anything rude I said in the past to you. I don't know it will mean anything, but I do owe you an apology regardless.

 

 

And I won't bother you about it again. Cheers.

[video game addict]

We don't need no stinking prize patrol we gotz HUGGGGGSSSS!!!!!11!!!1!!1!

[CPUWIZ]

Spiel has a double meaning.  The literal translation of the German word is best left to someone like CPU, but one of the English meanings is to talk at length in an attempt to persuade.

 

Spiel means both game and play in German, it depends on how you use it.

 

E.G.

 

Echt Klasse Spiel. = Really good game.

Mit sku_u spiel Ich nicht. = I don't play with sku_u.

 

@Breakpack, Mock and SS: Zip it! (Just in case)

 

Now what is this thread all about? People teasing newbies? Maybe you guys need to think about that sort of comment before making it, I'd say 20% of "newbies" are people hiding behind other names or banned members that returned with a different handle. Black Atarian anyone?

 

You guys have no idea how much time Albert and myself spend on what you call "newbies".

[devils advocate]

Spiel has a double meaning.  The literal translation of the German word is best left to someone like CPU, but one of the English meanings is to talk at length in an attempt to persuade.

 

Spiel means both game and play in German, it depends on how you use it.

 

E.G.

 

Echt Klasse Spiel. = Really good game.

Mit sku_u spiel Ich nicht. = I don't play with sku_u.

 

@Breakpack, Mock and SS: Zip it! (Just in case)

 

Now what is this thread all about? People teasing newbies? Maybe you guys need to think about that sort of comment before making it, I'd say 20% of "newbies" are people hiding behind other names or banned members that returned with a different handle. Black Atarian anyone?

 

You guys have no idea how much time Albert and myself spend on what you call "newbies".

 

 

That would make 80% legit. Those are the ones people are concerned about.

 

It is sad about that 20%, or even if it's 40. But, it shouldn't jade or add disdain towards the ones who are honest.

[video game addict]

 

 That would make 80% legit. Those are the ones people are concerned about.  

 

   It is sad about that 20%, or even if it's 40. But, it shouldn't jade or add disdain towards the ones who are honest.

 

But we need to scare off the other 80% to keep out of hobby, otherwise the costs of my Atari tapes might rise.

 

I agree, maybe some are hard on them at times, or maybe some are just over sensitive at same time, and think(in their opinion) that others are too hard. FAQs can't be a bad thing. And I think this thread is a good thing. Maybe some of us will practice these good behavoirs now after being called out on it. If one changes...

 

I see the DP mods locking like every 5th topic & linking to older threads whenever a similar thread pops up. Maybe another idea, although at same time I wonder about that, as some of the old thread I'm finding linked over there were going in different direction than what the new thread was asking of. So it's kind of the same but not. I say let the 2-3 year old threads die & start fresh. But agree some threads probably don't need to be posted to begin with if maybe people would take time to read a FAQ, numbers might drop.

[CPUWIZ]

That would make 80% legit. Those are the ones people are concerned about.  

 

   It is sad about that 20%, or even if it's 40. But, it shouldn't jade or add disdain towards the ones who are honest.

 

I believe that not all newbies are treated equally for a reason, some of the guys/girls/things coming in here are just plain out of line, especially for being a newbie. They get what they asked for. Want some recent examples?

 

I help almost everyone, all the time, regardless of wether or not they are new here.

[SS]

I help almost everyone, all the time, regardless of wether or not they are new here.

 

This is so true.

[sigma]

"I demand respect even though I have done nothing to earn it."

If it wasn't for that I'd have no problem with a lot of "noobs"

[+RangerG]

I help almost everyone, all the time, regardless of wether or not they are new here.

 

This is so true.

 

I second that - CPUWIZ must have links memorized he can respond with them so fast.

[CPUWIZ]

I help almost everyone, all the time, regardless of wether or not they are new here.

 

This is so true.

 

I second that - CPUWIZ must have links memorized he can respond with them so fast.

 

LOL, thanks guys. Actually, I just know how to use the search function properly. In some cases it only takes me a few unique words to find stuff, other times it's usernames.

[MegaManFan]

What? Oh yeah. I hereby declare "be nice to n00bs" week.

[NE146]

But I've always been nice to b00bs!

 

 

 

Oh wait...

[+Random Terrain]

When I used to help people at Homestead, I had a Notepad file full of my best replies so that I could just copy and paste answers. Saved a lot of time. I hope in this new FAQ, you'll also have posting tips. Here's one I made for Homestead forum users, but most of it won't apply at AtariAge:

 

http://www.randomterrain.com/webdesign/forum.html

[Brad2600]

What?  Oh yeah.  I hereby declare "be nice to n00bs" week.  

 

 

I will gladly trade my nasty attitude for a helpful attitude instead.

[AtariDude]

You mean Atariage has a search function? How come no one ever tells me these things?

 

Actually I am usually guilty of forgetting to use the search function so I can understand why a nOOb would forget or not even notice that it exists.

[Happy_Dude]

Actually I am usually guilty of forgetting to use the search function so I can understand why a nOOb would forget or not even notice that it exists.

There are pleanty of threads about how to use the search function ........ you just have to find them somehow

[joeybastard]

That's me in a nutshell.

 

No, this is you in a nutshell.

 

I know, I'm an ass

[Adrian M]

If there's one thing that I've always enjoyed about AA, it's the drama!

LOL! Gotta love the endless bickering involving certain members about seemingly nothing that brings a smile to my face each and every time.

[xenomorpher]

lol It is rather amusing. and most of us has done it one time or another.

[christianscott27]

I want to post on message boards where the conversations are interesting, and not the ones where a desperate moderator parks his prize van outside my house in the hopes of keeping me around.

 

you do know he's actually just saying that to make light of being late with some contest prizes? its not like he's really gonna pull up some posters driveway, just heading to the post office.

 

you could call joe whatever but desperate isnt really where he's at, you hung around there long enough to know that.

[Lord Helmet]

Pssst ...

Hey, Lord Helmet...

 

Welcome to Atari Age.

 

Ha! Thats damn funny!

[Brad2600]

If there's one thing that I've always enjoyed about AA, it's the drama!  

LOL!  Gotta love the endless bickering involving certain members about seemingly nothing that brings a smile to my face each and every time.    

 

Especially when you start it!

 

[candiru]

Sometimes I kind of like the newbie questions. I can usually answer those and then it makes me feel important, like a big man!

 

Actually though, the repeats don't bother me but I think a little more emphasis on the FAQs and search features could be quite useful to people new to the site.