Hi
This is not a rant, but more of a way to prevent the flames and general noise level in these forums. If people here want to be flamed and answer in a rude manner, it's their problem. The thing is, there's nice hard-working, very knowledgeable people here that are posting and participating less and I have a gut feeling the problem is the noise, swearing, ranting, etc.
These are not easy forums. FPSC targets many for ease of use, others for the fun. The ease of use brings a lot of younger people and those who invest sometime for fun have and use FPSC more as a hobbyst tool and have other matters to attend. This is a clear clash and problems appear.
How to get help then? Quite easy.
0. I owe this one to Merranvo, here's one mate! More important than anything else: write properly. Most people that are older and that have a higher degree of knowledge and patience to learn and help, often don't read threads that are written badly for lazyness or bad habits. Why should people help guys (and gals) that are lazy?
If you don't believe me, check around and see which threads and/or posts have more attention: the ones written with the posters best effort.
1. Don't write "i wunt gazilion modles free plz cuz my game rulz and i cant modl" because those who model take their work very seriously usually. And it takes them hours to put up something good. It's lack of respect towards them and artists need appreciation.
It's a personality thing.
Try a different approach: "Looking for (insert theme here) models" and then explain what you want in the post and say you want it for free. People will understand and you will probably get help.
2. If someone disagrees with you, read it, think about it and don't react immediatelly. If you react you loose your reasoning and even the ability to understand that maybe you are wrong and the person that disagrees with you is right. If that happens, it's your loss and the more it happens less people will want to answer you, unless of course, you are making their day as they read your non-sense posts and laugh until they get a heart condition.
3. Don't swear... you know... the ******** thing that people are using now? I remember a time where this didn't happen in these forums. It's really bad and the more * you use the less help you'll get.
4. Never say you know more, you are bigger or more experienced. Usually those who say it know less, are smaller and have less experience. Internet forums have been around for sometime now, so almost everyone can pinpoint this behaviour from distance. Moreover, if you are that good, why should we lowlifes help you out? See the point?
5. Don't answer back, don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal, don't make threats, or it will get back to you. People will slowly (or not so slowly) loose patience for your nonsense and stop helping you out.
6. More important: you can't know what the person on the other side is thinking. Maybe it was just a joke... maybe they really are trying to help you out in a weird way, but they are. Why start a fight for nothing? A joke maybe seen as a rude answer when it's not. Don't react! Take your time and more important, have fun!
Hope this helps the oldies to settle and the news to join in.
Although the writer of this post agrees with the general idea behind the 7 rules of the ANJL, this post is not affiliated with ANJL or any of it's members.
I'm pretty sure I know everything. Doubts are something rare in me and I am never wrong, as this signature can prove.
