Well the guys at the Shenmue Dojo forum kind of apologized to me for being so harsh about my joke, I mean it was just a joke after all. Here are some of their quotes:
“hw freaking rude… so what if he us a noobie i will say it again like i said it before in that other post… who do ya think ya are better than i mean come on…”
"While I do agree that it was probably a bit too rude, I will quote my earlier post. "
Yukio wrote:
But anyway people get a lot more edgy when there are so many alter ego accounts and spammers registering with the intent of causing trouble.
"I think maybe people jumped on this guys back a bit too much due to all the shit we’ve been inundated with recently due to all the n00bs/bullshitters who’ve posted some seriously crap topics.
Y’know,I wouldn’t be surprised if this member pissed off for good now.I know if I had joined a forum and posted something which I found funny (it was mildly amusing),and had received all the crap that this guy got,I wouldn’t bother coming back.
I do agree with whiteShadow’s idea,but then again it could make the situation worse.New members are going to wonder why they are below people who have been here longer,which isn’t a good thing.
I’m going to quote myself,because I think this point needs to be made.
Alien Dude wrote:
You have to remember that a lot of the new members may be forum virgins,hence not having the general forum etiquette.
I think maybe the answer is to have some kind of email/pm (as already stated) as a kind of welcome and a rough guide to their first post.
I can remember my first post,arguing with someone that it is most likely to come to the Gamecube ( proper n00b),but look at the kind of member I’ve become( )!
Basically,I’m just saying,don’t be harsh on them.Lets just give them a helping hand and a decent welcome,instead of the abuse that has been lashed about recently.After all,n00bs are the members of the future,don’t you want to see this place have more ‘decent’ posters?
And as a final thought,legaiaflame,please don’t take all the posts in this topic personally,it’s just we’ve had a hell of a lot of dumbass topics recently."