'Rookie' status on forum?

With persuasion.. I mean, input from others.

Would be Golden Girl now. I've not been 'a presence' on the forums for years.

wouldn't want a new title now anyway. Happy with what I have.

I miss Postmaster General.

Angel Red
"We're heroes. Fighting injustice is the thing we do." ~Rebel Scum

A simple search for "server merge" will prove that not to be true. Unless you're easily placated by people putting a disclaimer saying their copypaste wall of text isn't meant to insult you right before it proceeds to insult you for a few thousand words.

Fact is, people who post a lot do so because they haven't anything better to do. A rule of thumb that has never failed me on any internet forums is that anyone with 1,000 posts or above shouldn't be trusted too much to be representative of the community or sensible in his posting, and the more posts the more likely is that person to care way too much about his online persona and to bring his own agenda in every topic.

Just watch the answers this very post should get, that will likely twist my words from "rule of thumb" to "hard rule" ; and, yes, I am aware I have more than a thousand posts myself, and I fully fit into this. No denial here.

No OP who suggested server merges has ever done this "simple search", so I don't see why I should need to.

People who post a lot on a game forum do so because they are highly invested in the game and want to make their opinion known. Whether that opinion is based in fact or wishful thinking is another matter entirely, which you can't divine from postcount alone, only though actually reading what they have to say and comparing it to known facts.

A rule of thumb that has never failed me on the Internet is not to expect a lot of sensibility from any poster ever, regardless of any stats. Also, not to take any one poster as representative of any community, ever.

I can't tell if this is a serious post or not. My brain feels splodie.

But Lemur, he said himself that he even falls into the category and he's aware of it. So that must mean that we aren't to take what he said at all seriously and simply discount it based on his post count!

Nothing in the one you mentioned, or any of the others, is designed to be insulting. There's a little tongue in cheek (such as the "We are Spartacus!" "No, you're now generic supergroup #089475927!") meant to help get the points across.

Insulting would be, oh... gohan-whatever-the-number saying "People that have any medical issues with power effects should just GTFO." Or "You don't like the iTrials, you're obviously an antisocial loner who doesn't want to have to work for anything." Or "Sonic bubbles (old ones) don't cause problems, everyone who complains is a whining, lying hypochondriac who just wants attention." All of which have been pointed at people on the forum.

Giving a list of reasons that come up each and every time with a dead horse discussion? That's not insulting. And if you think it is, perhaps you should work on learning how to read and work with criticism. (And just so you don't read that wrong, that is "Learn to read criticism" and "Learn to work with criticism," not "You need to learn to read.") Every single point in there is directed at the ideas, not the poster. The closest thing to ANYTHING getting pointed at the poster is contrasts - IE, "YOU may like playing on Freedom. I don't."

Do you call that insulting?

Here, go ahead and read through it again:
Now. Your turn. Point out the insults. Disagreement is not insulting. We'll wait. (And I invite anyone else who thinks any part of that is insulting to point it out, as well.)

Oh, by the way, if you want insults - look at your own post:
Three insults in one paragraph... against people you know nothing about. You do know the saying about glass houses, yes?

Know why I post so much?
1. I have experience with the game and enjoy helping people out.

Some of my friends end up shaking their heads at me because I finish work (tech support) where I'm helping people out all day. I then log onto the game and help out in the "Help" channel, and/or have the forums open (sometimes while at work - working from home has benefits) and try to answer questions. Do I get into arguments? Yep. Do I also help out? Yep.

2. I enjoy the game.

I've played the game since february 2005, without a break. Sometimes I play more, sometimes I play less. I have nearly 300 alts, I've probably rolled every powerset at least once. I am personally invested in this game, making suggestions, commenting, getting into discussions (sometimes heated) over what would be/is good or not - whether by preference or actually *good* or *bad* for the game. Obviously I have to argue from my POV.

3. I bring up problems.

Just look up the "problems with incarnate power" thread - which has led to a coming fix, thanks to Tunnel Rat seeing it (and which may have wider reaching effects, as really, it touches on customization.) Do the powers affect me? Nope. But because I know full well they hurt others - physically, in this case - I'll bring it up and fight for it.

4. I have fun.

I've got my share of smartalec comments on the boards. I take part in things like the Photoshop Tennis bit that's going on (stalled at the moment,) and share artwork I've commissioned or otherwise recieved, sometimes sharing writing and the like too. It's a part of enjoying the game.

Does any of this mean I think I'm the only one to do that, or the only one with anything to say that's worthwhile, or the only one that the devs should listen to, or any of the other nonsense that gets thrown at me (or others, generally with "because of your high post count!" thrown in?) Nope. But it doesn't mean I'm not going to say it.

And, unlike you, I take post count for exactly what it's worth when looking at how valid (or not) input is. Nothing at all.

Should we not read authors who have put out a lot of books? Should we ignore scientists who have published multiple papers (such as the late R. Feynman) because they - in terms of their specialty - "post a lot?" Should we ignore what the person who's worked at the company 20 years has to say because they've written a lot of email and done a lot?

Sounds silly, doesn't it.

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The only "fact" you have here is one you made up. Let's keep in mind that a noob is someone who THINKS they know a lot and posts accordingly.

Oh, no twisting necessary. Your own words say all that needs to be said.