N00b bashing ends NOW.

that Anil plagiarized your post, and just changed names.

Jeez, take a hint...

G'Day Bruce!

Ok.. on topic post:

The Raddish, I think you are 100% wrong saying that we bashed noobs. Sure we called them "bruce", but every single post I have seen is a to the Lounge.

For example, I posted on my little brother's SD name for a few posts. I was an asshole of a noob. But what did the loungers do? They created a thread titled "Hey Yougumpy", and said welcome, and asked me to introduce myself and tried to get to know me.

KTMay also started a "Bruce of the week", which is just a little thing recognizing new posters in the Lounge. That was pretty nice of her.

Let me give you some examples of Loungers being welcoming to noobs:

IKNow is Great
....PunkieRasta....
WElcoming ohkelly
afusinatto is bruce of the week

there are many more examples you can find.

Maybe you are mad that we refer to them as a "bruce". But, that sure as hell sounds a lot more welcoming than, as you write yourself, "n00b".

Hello Bruce, and to The Lounge!

completely, and I don't think noob bashing has gotten any worse since I first joined maybe if you think "Bruce" is noob bashing, but most posts look like this:

This is a good move I guess, but if the mods are gonna crack down on the noob bashing then maybe they should also crack the whip right away on the noobs when they first come in and start getting out of hand. That is what started the recent phase of noob bashing in the first place and it snowballed from there. Someone new comes in and starts pushing the limits a little--maybe without even knowing it--and when nothing is done we take it into our own hands.

I know, I know, that's what the mod alert button is for, but I don't get much time here now, partly by choice, and I don't want to spend it policing innapropriate posts. If the mods can't handle it get more mods.

This will eliminate some of the crap around here but it won't be enough to make me want to spend a lot of time here any more.

That is not true....many of them are cutesy where as many of them were outright rude...


e.g. n00bs coming in and creating 20 threads/polls in a day....or other farking n00bs who come in and keep asking Wot is this?? Wot is that??? until they annoy the heck out of everybody

I was a noob when 28.8bps was considered "high speed".

e.g. n00bs coming in and creating 20 threads/polls in a day....or other farking n00bs who come in and keep asking Wot is this?? Wot is that??? until they annoy the heck out of everybody

As someone who is relatively new here, I was really happy to read the announcement when I peaked into The Lounge tonight. I pop in now and again with the intention of getting to know others and getting known, as I spend more and more time on this site mostly in The Deals section and really enjoy it...I probably spend more time on this site daily than any other at this point! I think people on here seem nice for the most part, but I always felt everyone already knew each other and had their inside jokes; I felt as though I'd be intruding as a "noob" or as whatever the term du jour was for "new member". I think it's a really kind and welcoming announcement to make...thank you very much for that.

As someone who is relatively new here, I was really happy to read the announcement when I peaked into The Lounge tonight. I pop in now and again with the intention of getting to know others and getting known, as I spend more and more time on this site mostly in The Deals section and really enjoy it...I probably spend more time on this site daily than any other at this point! I think people on here seem nice for the most part, but I always felt everyone already knew each other and had their inside jokes; I felt as though I'd be intruding as a "noob" or as whatever the term du jour was for "new member". I think it's a really kind and welcoming announcement to make...thank you very much for that.