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Originally posted by Ziroc:
Why? It's simple, SOME people think they are 'hot shit' just because they are 'regulars' or have tons of posts, and this seems to be the ONLY thing in their life they have, so they must strut around acting like they are cool and know -EVERYTHING- . In most cases, this is very wrong.
We don't have that here, all of our regulars and even NON-regulars are extremely nice to new users, and go the extra mile to help them. That is why I think we get so many new users--word spreads around that 'you can ask a question without feeling you're going to be attacked'.. Now I HAVE caught a few people since the forum was founded, but those people were either warned HARSHLY or banned. We just won't tolerate that sadistic attitude here.
So if any New users are reading this, JOIN in on discussions!! We'd love to hear from you!! The more the better!
Just had to say that.. [img]smile.gif[/img]
EXACTLY!!! I remember lurking for a while and seeing that people did help if a question was asked and I jumped in with both feet. Something I later found that a lot of new members don't do, they lurk but don't post or only a little. One day it hit me, INVITE THEM to post! Tell 'em we're waiting to be nice to them! And the Welcome Wagon was born. Ironworks has always welcomed it's new members, we just got very outgoing about it on this new board.
The friendly way all the members, new and old, are treated is one of our hallmarks here at IW and I'm proud to be a member here! New members may need help navigating or may be 'new' to the games they need help with but as far as being part of our community, they are as much so as any of us 'old timers' are! [img]smile.gif[/img]
Now that's not to say some people don't breeze in with chips on their shoulders from bad experiences elsewhere but they learn quickly that nobody will bite their heads off if the ask questions and are polite! [img]smile.gif[/img]
Cloudy