05-14-2003, 03:11 PM
My my, but aren't we all getting cantankerous? Overall, the entire forum seems to be rife with conflict lately.
I do hope that patch comes through soon, so we can all have something better to talk about soon. Methinks the anticipation is getting to all of us, in one way or another.
However, while I do think courtesy is owed to all, respect is definitely something to be earned. I may be a wonderfully loved/respected/feared/authority figure in another aspect of my life, but here I will be judged solely on what I post in this forum. Further, the judgment goes with a body of work, over time, not the result of a few posts over a few weeks.
There are all too many who arrive at the doorstep here, stride in and start pontificating without bothering to stop at the entrance hall, read the rules, study the audience, listen to some of the debates, etc. Those folks deserve a reminder at the least, and, should they persist, the written equivalent of a swat to the backside if they fail to live up to Lurker Lounge standards. We all have different styles in how we deliver such messages. Roland delivers one way, Nico another, Occhi another, Brista another, etc. etc.
Unfair as it may seem, newcomers are, in some ways, given short shrift in that regulars are indeed allowed the odd peccadillo, if it is uncharacteristic of their normal style. That is human nature, and you are not going to change it.
Minor comments:
While a whole sentence written in Capital letters qualifies as shouting, a single word written so generally denotes emphasis.
Spell-check is my friend. I seldom leave home without it. There are others here who forgo it. Those who make occasional errors need not be chided. Those who routinely hit the post button when the message is rife with errors will get reminded. (Mostly by me, as I do have more than a bit of the grammar nazi in me. B) )
Lastly: on the original point of this whole thread - Jarulf is around at times. He may be taking a bit of a break from forums following a contretemps over links at another place. However, he and others have commented about how difficult, pointless and unrewarding it would be to try to make a 'Bible' of D2, similar to the one he made for D1. A fellow called Addiction made an amazing attempt at it, and, despite the size and quality of his effort, it was still too much to do. Unless someone with a lot more time on their hands than most of us decides to give it a go, you are unlikely to see any such thing for D2.
I do hope that patch comes through soon, so we can all have something better to talk about soon. Methinks the anticipation is getting to all of us, in one way or another.
However, while I do think courtesy is owed to all, respect is definitely something to be earned. I may be a wonderfully loved/respected/feared/authority figure in another aspect of my life, but here I will be judged solely on what I post in this forum. Further, the judgment goes with a body of work, over time, not the result of a few posts over a few weeks.
There are all too many who arrive at the doorstep here, stride in and start pontificating without bothering to stop at the entrance hall, read the rules, study the audience, listen to some of the debates, etc. Those folks deserve a reminder at the least, and, should they persist, the written equivalent of a swat to the backside if they fail to live up to Lurker Lounge standards. We all have different styles in how we deliver such messages. Roland delivers one way, Nico another, Occhi another, Brista another, etc. etc.
Unfair as it may seem, newcomers are, in some ways, given short shrift in that regulars are indeed allowed the odd peccadillo, if it is uncharacteristic of their normal style. That is human nature, and you are not going to change it.
Minor comments:
While a whole sentence written in Capital letters qualifies as shouting, a single word written so generally denotes emphasis.
Spell-check is my friend. I seldom leave home without it. There are others here who forgo it. Those who make occasional errors need not be chided. Those who routinely hit the post button when the message is rife with errors will get reminded. (Mostly by me, as I do have more than a bit of the grammar nazi in me. B) )
Lastly: on the original point of this whole thread - Jarulf is around at times. He may be taking a bit of a break from forums following a contretemps over links at another place. However, he and others have commented about how difficult, pointless and unrewarding it would be to try to make a 'Bible' of D2, similar to the one he made for D1. A fellow called Addiction made an amazing attempt at it, and, despite the size and quality of his effort, it was still too much to do. Unless someone with a lot more time on their hands than most of us decides to give it a go, you are unlikely to see any such thing for D2.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake