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We have all been Newbies once in our tiny little SR membership - even the Grand Old Sheepu was once that annoying shade of red - So why do we all hate Newbies so much? Are they a threat to us? Do they plan to come around to your house and steal your children? No (Unless we get a nut case of course, which has every possibility on this site), they simply want to get in on the fun. There are many reasons why we should welcome new members with open arms, and I'm going to address just a few of them in this post.
For one, they are the future of this site. Yes, they may make spelling mistakes and ask stupid questions, but most of us did when we first joined this humdrum, it is all part of a learning process. Most Regulars now seem to think that newbies should acquire all knowledge of GameADay upon registering, which is far off. Yes, the information is all there, ready for anybody interested enough to read them, but think - If you've just been offered the chance to get free games, what are you going to do? Scour the site for ages to try and find out about it or jump straight in hoping to get some of the jackpot?
Secondly, on the Text Talk Subject, all you have to do is look at Sniper for an example of where that language is acceptable. Yes, Snipe may be a notable and all, but he could just well have been a newbie who'd just joined the site and had been put off by the members being too stuck up to attempt to read a shorthand reply. Just think, if we hadn't have been so ignorant, we could have had lots more people around these forums, and a lot more interesting posts. Yes, Text talk may be quite annoying, but if you ignore that scruffy exterior and look at what they are trying to say, then you could just find a gem of a member.
Try and give Newbies help. Instead of just brushing off a new member as 'trash' and leaving it as that, you could try and give them some hints and tips as they take their first tentative steps towards Regularism. Advise them to put effort into their posts, and to not just give snappy one word replys, and they could become your own little protege, as well as gaining you a friend
You see the amount of newbies we've had on the site these past weeks? That is all because of this new competition from SR that is promoting Game A Day. We should have this amount of new members EVERY WEEK! People should be falling over themselves just to join SR, never mind attempt to win a GAD, because the idea of Game A Day is such a fantastic one, and we need to get the word about.
You may think that, if more members join then your chances of winning GAD will fall. I'm not going to lie to you and say this isn't true - of course, if more people enter you chances will drop, but think of all the fun that you'll be getting from these new posts. Yes, it may not compare to a free game, but Meka will probably have beat you to it anyway.
So come on, help N00bs, give something back to the SR community, and hopefully they'll get their friends in, so we have a bigger and better site for everybody.
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For one, they are the future of this site. Yes, they may make spelling mistakes and ask stupid questions, but most of us did when we first joined this humdrum, it is all part of a learning process. Most Regulars now seem to think that newbies should acquire all knowledge of GameADay upon registering, which is far off. Yes, the information is all there, ready for anybody interested enough to read them, but think - If you've just been offered the chance to get free games, what are you going to do? Scour the site for ages to try and find out about it or jump straight in hoping to get some of the jackpot?
Secondly, on the Text Talk Subject, all you have to do is look at Sniper for an example of where that language is acceptable. Yes, Snipe may be a notable and all, but he could just well have been a newbie who'd just joined the site and had been put off by the members being too stuck up to attempt to read a shorthand reply. Just think, if we hadn't have been so ignorant, we could have had lots more people around these forums, and a lot more interesting posts. Yes, Text talk may be quite annoying, but if you ignore that scruffy exterior and look at what they are trying to say, then you could just find a gem of a member.
Try and give Newbies help. Instead of just brushing off a new member as 'trash' and leaving it as that, you could try and give them some hints and tips as they take their first tentative steps towards Regularism. Advise them to put effort into their posts, and to not just give snappy one word replys, and they could become your own little protege, as well as gaining you a friend
You see the amount of newbies we've had on the site these past weeks? That is all because of this new competition from SR that is promoting Game A Day. We should have this amount of new members EVERY WEEK! People should be falling over themselves just to join SR, never mind attempt to win a GAD, because the idea of Game A Day is such a fantastic one, and we need to get the word about.
You may think that, if more members join then your chances of winning GAD will fall. I'm not going to lie to you and say this isn't true - of course, if more people enter you chances will drop, but think of all the fun that you'll be getting from these new posts. Yes, it may not compare to a free game, but Meka will probably have beat you to it anyway.
So come on, help N00bs, give something back to the SR community, and hopefully they'll get their friends in, so we have a bigger and better site for everybody.
Tribute (c)
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Ant wrote:
> Time_Warp wrote:
> Actually.
> If you were around here ages ago (like me and sheepy, etc) we were
> here before the ranking system. Therefore we went straight into
> being
> regulars...(:)
>
> Well actually, I went straight into being a Nota...nah, that would
> just peeve people off. :D
I deserved it too mate!
And I voted for you so....ner
(:)
> Time_Warp wrote:
> Actually.
> If you were around here ages ago (like me and sheepy, etc) we were
> here before the ranking system. Therefore we went straight into
> being
> regulars...(:)
>
> Well actually, I went straight into being a Nota...nah, that would
> just peeve people off. :D
I deserved it too mate!
And I voted for you so....ner
(:)
POP 2 - Just to match up with Kyz's posty
Time_Warp wrote:
> Actually.
> If you were around here ages ago (like me and sheepy, etc) we were
> here before the ranking system. Therefore we went straight into being
> regulars...(:)
Well actually, I went straight into being a Nota...nah, that would just peeve people off. :D
I don't mind newbies, we've had a few on the WWE Forum and they're all okay, and they usually learn pretty quickly about how to use SPAG etc.
> Actually.
> If you were around here ages ago (like me and sheepy, etc) we were
> here before the ranking system. Therefore we went straight into being
> regulars...(:)
Well actually, I went straight into being a Nota...nah, that would just peeve people off. :D
I don't mind newbies, we've had a few on the WWE Forum and they're all okay, and they usually learn pretty quickly about how to use SPAG etc.
lol
Mystique wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>
> It's my company by the way.
> *****
> You're not the boss of me.
(Knows that myst has to dance a merry dance of danciness to Tony for every post she puts on the site)
> Tony wrote:
>
> It's my company by the way.
> *****
> You're not the boss of me.
(Knows that myst has to dance a merry dance of danciness to Tony for every post she puts on the site)
Tony wrote:
> It's my company by the way.
*****
You're not the boss of me.
No seriously, do you see my name all green and snot like? Didn't think so.
Nyer nyer.
> It's my company by the way.
*****
You're not the boss of me.
No seriously, do you see my name all green and snot like? Didn't think so.
Nyer nyer.
BOOYAH! Pop...
The Eternal Shadow wrote:
> Neither, you just make me laugh, take it how you wish.
I aim to entertain...
> Neither, you just make me laugh, take it how you wish.
I aim to entertain...
Tony got robbed.
And no one remembers me as a newbie, because I was invisible. And I could also spell. I don't like Kyz's comment about him eing the onbly newbie who could spell from day 1. For you see *remembers things*
And no one remembers me as a newbie, because I was invisible. And I could also spell. I don't like Kyz's comment about him eing the onbly newbie who could spell from day 1. For you see *remembers things*
I've been carrying aroung this new tagline. I think JAT's should be TUT's instead of JAT's.
See how I look after the Noobs
See how I look after the Noobs
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