Charles2222
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Joined: 3/12/2001 Status: offline
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Since you volunteered this information, and not I, although I had pretty much forgotten who it was, it's likely you are the one whom I encountered in said manner (though I seem to recall someone else joining in, such that the majority of the discussion may have been with you, but the "put up or shut up" may have been from the other). Whomever I encountered did not take kindly to my rejecting joining the team, and the idea was that unless I put up by joining, then my comments would be ignored. We've seen plenty of ignorance regarding the posts so I do wonder if this isn't some sort of elitist mentality about 'those doing the work' who shouldn't have to listen to the 'whiners'. Even if I joined I wouldn't want to think of myself as some elite who was one of the only ones brave enough to put some effort in; the dirty work. Even so, as I mentioned in the prior post, it's not like those spotting these things require no effort at all and the team members are gallant live-savers. The idea seeme to be the team has not as much time to respond to posts and so on. Remember, the opposite is true. If the OOB team isn't responding, then who is that that responds to newbie questions and so on? Isn't doing that sort of thing important, or is it non-important just because they don't organize as a team? I, for one used to do that quite a bit, but after the OOB team treatment, and other factors I'm sure (not having an V.8 doesn't help) there's been a decline, but, effort nonetheless. If answering newbie questions was so much fun everybody would be doing it, and to further back that statement there are plenty, helpful nonetheless, who will just say for people to read the n=manual as though their asking is some intrusion. It's good to know that the manual has good information, no doubt, but it's also important that the question is answered with the most direct outer-manual experience that can be given in many instances as well. Even, the horrid unforgiveable mode of merely having a small conversation can about the same, can in some cases do a lot more for the game than a mere 'check your manual'. Want hard facts? Sorry this all fits into a more philospohical point, perhaps one which may be considered irrelevant.
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