Newb bashing

[kpropain]

Originally posted by urgeok
well, in the words of our calm sedate friend Kpro.....

Dath Bane should be hunted down like a sick dog and have his motherfucking throat cut then hung on a barbwire fence to bleed to death in the hot sun while buzzards pick at his entrails in sight of his dying eyes.

There's a few choice words i left out that Kpro might have used :)

Us Canadians are known for being more reserved :)

I don't remember saying that.. :p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by kpropain
I don't remember saying that.. :p

yeah ... but you were thinking it :)

[nine9]

Originally posted by urgeok
yeah ... but you were thinking it :)

Of course he was....... :D lol It is in his nature...... :p

[ChEEbA]

I don't really bother with noobs UNTIL they have something good to say...so I don't generally end up "bashing".
Way back when, in my first incarnation here, I never posted in the new members thread. Guess I never said anything stupid enough to get whupped either.

I think the general ball-busting that goes on in the noobs initial thread is quite ok...it's nothing THAT inflammatory, and unless you're an idiot, you'll pretty much see that it's just yknow messin' around to gauge how you take it.
Of course if you react with great offense, start arguing seriously, or complaining about how everyone hates you, the assumption will be that you're an idiot and hence the fire will be fuelled - the members WILL keep at it, and you'll either quit their cryin' or end up leaving.
However, this kind of thing can easily be avoided just by being good natured, OR smart enough to see the initial bashing and knowing how to take a joke.
These are the kind of posters that we WANT, right?

What I DON'T like is the "just past noobs" that don't "get" the whole process, and think that the idea is to attack a noob in any way possible, doing so while still trying to "prove themselves"...these are generally the ones that follow the noobs into their OTHER threads, or where they post, to remind them again and again how much that what they say doesn't matter...etc because they're a stupid fucking noob.
This is not cool.
There's a point where it goes from ball-busting to malicious, and this could potentially lose the members that have had the balls/brains to get through their initial "bashing", because if they think it's gonna go on and on, they're not going to wanna stay.
I won't bother mentioning names, I'll just say that it'd be better to productively post rather than go after noobs in a stalker type fashion.

So yeah...I see no problem with giving the noobs a little shit...like it or not it IS a good way to gauge their personality/demeanor.
There's a point that it stops...some people just need to realise when that is.

Also, I didn't see the battered woman picture, but I'd agree with that kind've thing NOT being posted in here...ever, and along with cock picks, that should be established as a bannable offence.

- B.

[I_Still_Know!]

As a general rule I never pick on\swear at\start trouble with people that have done nothing to me. I don't see a need in it.

So that is why (although I am still relatively a n00b) I have not and would not bash any n00bs.... ever.

[jay o2 waster]

its too much fun

[I_Still_Know!]

Originally posted by jay o2 waster
its too much fun

Not for me. Just never been one to do these things. Wasn't in the tough group at school, and I am not gonna start pretending now.

[pythagoraz]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
I think one of the reasons we don't get too many new members is because they all get scared off.

I mean, if I came in to a forum and got back 20 flames on my first post I don't know if I'd bother posting on the forum if I was looking for some what intelligent conversation.

The well placed flame is great but atleast make it seem like HDC is a decent place to post. We have some really great posters in Bloodrayne, Urgeok, Sam etc. (The rest know who they are) but we don't have a lot of regular posters on here.

Wouldn't it be great if this forum had new replies more often? Some sub-forums don't get replies for weeks, I think getting more people to get involved in posting wouldn't be a bad idea.

I just got totally flamed! and well... I liked it! but then again... Im so so sick! :rolleyes:

[Haphazard]

Originally posted by pythagoraz
I just got totally flamed! and well... I liked it! but then again... Im so so sick! :rolleyes:

Well, you seem cool. Most noobs get bashed then never post again. You're right in the thick of the action.

Good game!

Now get back out there and take your beating, you homo! :D

[pythagoraz]

Originally posted by Haphazard
Well, you seem cool. Most noobs get bashed then never post again. You're right in the thick of the action.

Good game!

Now get back out there and take your beating, you homo! :D

Yeah talk dirty... im so wet!