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"I'm a Newbie, but don't hate me or anything"

I bring this topic up in this forum because it seems to attract quite an educated following, so I would like it if you could indulge me with the reason that we have the Newbie/Regular/Notable hierarchy, and what this actually signifies?

I say this because it seems very similar to the old Indian caste system, with the Untouchables, etc. What does a Regular actually do? Why is this arcane class system here? What is the whole *thing* about the SR forums I'm yet to get? Do Newbies win GAD? Are they prejudiced against? What am I misunderstanding?

I'm sure this topic has been brought forward before, but how would I know, I'm only a Newbie. Is discretion used much in this forum to decide GAD, status, banned members, swearing etc? One could get the impression the SR forums are a combination of Stalinist Russia, with a tightly-controlled hierarchy that pass judgement, and McCarthyist America, with reporting being the SR equivalent of calling someone a Commie.

That is all.

unknown kernel wrote:
> Well, I won two GADs as a newbie, but since I became a regular last week I
> haven't won once!

Apologies to all at SR for coming up with such a ludicrous anti-regular conspiracy. Turns out I have won after all...Now if only someone would read the damn thing. ;~)

Nah, I've decided against it.

Oh go on,
Just post something funny,
I need a good laugh.

:D

I'm at two minds to post something rather funny... but it's not quite finished yet. Might let it drag on for a bit.

Grix Thraves wrote:

. They accuse us of
> thinking that we're better than everyone else, which is only a half truth.

Yep, we KNOW it. ;-)

I rule, therefore, I'm a notable. I don't rule because I'm a notable. Simple as that. :0)

But yeah, it's just supposed to keep us around for a bit longer. I think it's not just to keep the existing notables around longer... because as soon as you become one, you couldn't care less, well, I don't give a crap anyway. But it's to give people something to work towards, not to look up to.

Unfortunatly, it's gone the other way. People think they can become notables by turning up in the dying weeks and spamming. They accuse us of thinking that we're better than everyone else, which is only a half truth. We think we're better than people who can't write properly. Which is fair enough, I think.

But it's seemed to have seperated the users, almost. Instead of seeing notable as a "status to work towards", it's been mocked into the "anti-regular", a status that like in a class system, people don't want to be because they believe it doesn't "keep you in touch with the common man".

So, in other words:

People aren't being fueled to stay around to become notables, they're staying around to mock notables.

It's almost hilarious, apart from the fact that it's the spamming idiots that believe we're all involved in a secret dictatorship that forces loads of regulars to "follow" us and reply in our topics instead of theirs.

That's because our topics rule, you idiots. :0)

Well, I won two GADs as a newbie, but since I became a regular last week I haven't won once! It seems to me that newbies get it easy. Free games; no need to use vowels, capital letters or grammar; an eye-catching red name...the list goes on. Huh, I wish I was a newbie.

Hm, hint: find an addiction that doesn't inherently cost money :)

you'll stop when you run outta money... :-)

Cant see how you want helping other than how to post a GAD worthy topic it seems.