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Aramis
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Not where I was tomorrow, nor will be yesterday.
Dec 2002
time: 23:26
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I don't pay much attention to who's a king or warlord or settler. Don't care.
I pay no attention to my pc. Don't care.
I cruise through Apolyton on invisible mode and post when I feel like it.
Sometimes my post may be a paragraph or two, or just one word.
Recently I watched what happened at the Civ IV Bug thread at CivIII/PtW. Lots o' PCRs. That got me paying attention. But it's got me worried. And why am I worried? It's like an enforced paranoia where none should exist. Recently, again, I wanted to thank someone in a post for posting some help I needed. I don't wanna pm folks, because I don't much care for getting pms myself, and there may be other people like me. So I had to think 2wice about thinking 2wice about posting. Did it anyway.
Tonight I wanted to explain an earlier post and, again, I had to think 2wice about thinking 2wice. Did it anyway.
The points:
#1 Why are the numbers of posts so d**n important? I want to post when I feel like it's appropriate ( an even a "thanks" is sometimes appropriate, despite marginally OT).
#2 Why are the titles so d**n important to anybody? One has to be an elitist snob of a very low degree to care.
I know, it ain't my website.
Peace.
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vovan
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I agree. Mods are people, too, you know. They won't punish you for thanking someone for help. (Unless that is, you post a thankyou after every word someone says.) They have common sense, and will not punish people that use common sense when posting.
I've been here for a while now, and never had a pcr, ban, or anything like that, not even a warning - even though I used to spend lots of time in Civ3 forums. Thus, you too don't have to worry as long as you don't spam. I don't see a reason for "paranoya" as you said.
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Aramis
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Not where I was tomorrow, nor will be yesterday.
Dec 2002
time: 23:26
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Several posts here have eased my worried little brain. I won't be complaining again, nor am I afraid to post when I feel that I want to.
To explain the apparent contradiction in my not caring about pc, yet not wanting a pcr, let me try a metaphor:
I go into a bakery. I want pie. I don't much care what kind of pie I get. I just don't wanna get it in the face.
Bye, now--Rob
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Gramphos
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ACS Civ III Files Manager, Prince of Development
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Chalmers, Sweden
Apr 2001
time: 06:26
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You shall not be afraid of posting. As long as you follow the rules. A simple thanks is nothing rulebreaking.
Of cource it's best if a post contributes to the thread, but you shall not have to think if a post is sometinh that you might get a PCR of if you don't seem to jump into some spaming activity or flame war, or even worse start it yourself.
I somtimes makes misstakes posting, and don't want to edit my post for one or another reson (it might for instance already be read if some time has past). In that case I'll not edit the post to change sometinh I was wrong about or add anything I forgot, but instead post a new message. There is nothing wrong with it. However, you shall not develop a posting pattern where you post five posts in a row without anyone else posting inbetwenn, and only one of the posts is long.
Also quoting myself is something that I might do when I figure out an answer myself and no one else has answered, or when I figure that something I said was wrong, or if I want to build on somthing I said for a longer time ago.
No matter what I think before starting to write a reply that I can add something to this thread; or this person has helped me in significans before I even start writing a reply. Now I'm not saying that I never have stopped mystel from posting something just before pushing the submit button, because that would be lying. However if I stop a reply it's for a very good reasson which I figure out while writing the reply. I've sometimes had hold myself while speaking of what I'm currently working on in my tool, as I know that any sush post would just put more pressure on me in fininshing that part soon, and if I know it will take too long I'll not post it. Also sometimes it's these posts that are to simple, and mostly looking is if I'm immitating another poster in the thread.
But I advice you to post with your heart, and not with your brain. If you feel that it is right to post a reply trhen post it. Don't think of every possible thing that post can break the rules with. Of course you must know the rules, and have some etics to follow your heart, but for most people that is no problem, and also if you dont know one paragraph in the rules you'll probably just get a warning by a mod if you break a small rule for the first time.
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14-03-2003 08:56
ACK!
(or whatever word for such a challenge is...
However, in most of the cases where I reply without seeing the end of a thread I've found something which I realy realy want to answer to, (as your first post in this thread). Thinking back at It I read your post and the one by Skanky and then just needed to reply myself. Now that I see that you have decided to post more often my last post can probably be seen as totally unneeded. But it felt right to write it whern I did, and I hope someone still finds it useful.
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