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"About N00bs..."

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.

Tribute (c)

Tribute wrote:
> The Eternal Shadow wrote:
> Tribute's below. No
> offence Tribute just that kind of thing makes me laugh, that's all
> :P
>
> What? was that a complement or an Insult?

Neither, you just make me laugh, take it how you wish.

I took exception to Stryke bashing newbies when I first came here. I also took exception to Lord H bashing EVERYBODY, regardless of the colour of their name. I don't like it. It doesn't need to be done. It shouldn't be done.

But then again, spamming and text talk don't need to be done either...

Newbies/regulars/notables. The battle will rage on for many year to come

Cool, it's good to see owners of companys getting invloved like this. It's the way to win customers over I have to say.

The Eternal Shadow wrote:
> Tribute's below. No
> offence Tribute just that kind of thing makes me laugh, that's all
> :P

What? was that a complement or an Insult?

The Eternal Shadow wrote:
> Are you an Admin of the site Tony? There's a lot to do on here I must
> say, quite funny too. Not in the way it's suppose to be but the way
> people suck up and make funny comments such as Tribute's below. No
> offence Tribute just that kind of thing makes me laugh, that's all :P

He's not sucking up. My God we have some awful arguments. Take that Firemen Thread for example.

It's my company by the way.

Tony wrote:
> (I did scan it though)

Well, at least ou gave up a few of your precious seconds to me... Now I've broken down the boss, it is time to start picking off the Staffies... First step - loki

Tribute wrote:
> Tony wrote:
> hee hee
>
> I am truly happy - a Staffie read a post of mine by choice
>
> *Tribute Denies that he paid money to any green people to read this or
> left links on other threads...*

I did read a post of yours, but not the one at the start of this thead, as unfortunately I have to go home before Fate kills me.

(I did scan it though)

Are you an Admin of the site Tony? There's a lot to do on here I must say, quite funny too. Not in the way it's suppose to be but the way people suck up and make funny comments such as Tribute's below. No offence Tribute just that kind of thing makes me laugh, that's all :P

Tony is a spammer! :-P

Tony wrote:
> hee hee

I am truly happy - a Staffie read a post of mine by choice

*Tribute Denies that he paid money to any green people to read this or left links on other threads...*