Originally posted by Mr. Wizard:
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Exactly! Because im considered a newbie and when I post topics like this one I get bashed for wanting to learn a little about Neo Geo. Now that stinks. <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
It's pretty clear that someone who is new to neo-geo.com not necessarily is new to the Neo. At least, it *should* be clear.
On the other hand, you can't blame long-term "residents" of neo-geo.com for being a little sick of reading the same stuff over and over again. I know I got mad once because of *four* concurrent threads about the number of bits of the Neo, three of them in the same forum (16Bit). In this case it was very clear (at least for me) that some ppl simply are dead lazy (or too stupid to read), regardless wether they are old or new members.
I'm not referring to this topic you started, but to stuff like "will my US game run on my JPN Neo" or "is the Neo a 24bit system".
Thing is, I can't understand why ppl don't do some research before they post a question. Allright, the search function is broken (not for the Tech forum, tho), but it shouldn't be a big deal to skim through the first three or four pages of posts of a forum to find some answers.
But you said it yourself:
" [...] We newbies are not mind readers and arent all reading every damn post here every day so you cant expect what your wanting to ever happen because frankly no one will ever waste time reading a faq as long as the one needed to cover what you all have already heard and talked about. [...] "
Man... this is neo-geo.com, it's not a help desk. A FAQ can give you insights which a sloppy answer of the next ng.com member simply cannot provide whatsoever (no offense to some of the sloppily answering ng.com members out there !).
Does it really hurt so much to read a couple of lines in a FAQ or other doc of that type? I think not.
Originally posted by Mr. Wizard:
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Exactly! Because im considered a newbie and when I post topics like this one I get bashed for wanting to learn a little about Neo Geo. Now that stinks. <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually I'm the kind of guy who won't call anyone a n00b unless they totally act retarded. There are people I know who don't post here often but I consider them very knowledgeable in the Neo.
I'll tell you what tho. Just to take some of the flack off of you, I'll answer any questions you might have about the Neo that I can and we can go from there.
Originally posted by Mr. Wizard:
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Maybe you guys should suggest to Shawn that there should be a forum set aside for the Neo Geo Elite i.e. those who have been around since the beginning or have proven themselves to have extensive knowledge of the Neo Geo community and SNK itself. That way it would keep the newbies away from you guys and keep you from squashing out new prospects to the Neo Geo community. You could vote new members in and assign them a password which allows access to the Elite forum. You could have all custom avatars, initiations, heck you could have a toga party for all I care. Point being I dont want to interfere with your topics by saying something youve already heard and I dont want you to interfere with my topic by voicing your fustration. We newbies are not mind readers and arent all reading every damn post here every day so you cant expect what your wanting to ever happen because frankly no one will ever waste time reading a faq as long as the one needed to cover what you all have already heard and talked about. If you want a club make a club. End of story.
[ April 24, 2002: Message edited by: Mr. Wizard ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Sounds good to me.
Seriously........
