Why do you make fun of new players?

Not everyone makes fun of new players.

I welcome ALL new players and welcome to the forum.

New players get made fun of if they do something ridiculous or stupid on the field like pull a mask off (very dangerous) or if they team kill or shoot a ref (very hilarious)

Anyways. Yes we were all new and most of us embrace newbies except stupidity.

Lightningbolt wrote: Not everyone makes fun of new players. I welcome ALL new players and welcome to the forum.

Yep!

Notorious Bob,

      Yes, absolutely.  That and the useless posts that just say to “search”, and then provide nothing else.  Anyone who has read the threads in this forum know that they have to wade through miles of schlock, shoveled out by individuals who believe that it’s their duty to have to respond.  Newbies joining the forum see this and are hesitant to ask questions as a result of it. 

Now, I do agree that some degree of searching is in order but again, you can go through hundreds of posts on a subject and not read a darn thing that is anywhere near useful or even relevant to the title of the thread.  Most start out OK, but then degenerate into spam of one kind or another.

So, given this, is there any question as to why a lot of people just start new threads?

Bass,

       I have seen this as well.  The best thing you can do is to approach this person after the fact and say something to the effect of  “I saw what happened, can I offer you some additional strategies and tactics you might like to use”?

Many people don’t like to hear advice, it may even be embarrassing for them to take it, even if they would really like to do so.  So again, I’d put it in the form of the above question.  If they decline, then so be it.  You can sit back and rest well with the knowledge that you tried to assist.  Not everyone is going to be receptive to such a thing, especially from a stranger.  The fact that you tried to help, puts you above most.

For myself, I would welcome such a thing.  Despite having played for 10 straight years, I consider myself a newbie as I have recently started playing again this year after several years out of the game.

For helping, or at least trying to help – salute to you!

S\/\/4T-L()G4N,

                            Actually, it still is the same topic.  It still has to do with the original question and how newcomers to the forum perceive the ability to get any sort of answers to their questions.  One of the problems again, is that who would want to search when they know they would have to crawl through a seemingly endless barrage of pointless postings.

     I have done research in the threads and while I can understand the point of it, the reality is that it’s way too much of a pain to be considered an effective method for gathering information.  Sad, but true.

     Now, to answer CoolHand’s question, too many newcomers are incorrectly labeled as being lazy for posting their questions just because it was already posted before.  Too often they are flamed just because some ignorant fool thinks that just because they have more postings, that this gives them the right to be insulting and to make stupid decisions based on a complete lack of understanding of the big picture.

     These types of individuals already know who they are, I don’t need to start posting names here. They will also typically be the same ones who find it acceptable to spam with one-word, or no-word quotes or responses.

Notorious Bob wrote: Woo-hoo!  Somebody also is annoyed by the people who use quote-spam!

cough yomount cough j/k

whiteknight457 wrote: before i bought my gun i was researching paintball for 3 years (not jokin) and now i am the smartest out of all my friends even when i was newb. u newbs get knocked aroud mainly because most of you have very little common sense (no offense) and knowledge of the sport. thats exactly y i studied paintball 3 YEARS be4 i got ma gun.

Whiteknight457,

                            I don’t agree with you on this.  I agree that some research has to be done but if it was that easy, why did it take you 3 years to complete yours?  I would imagine that it was a result of having to filter through so much erroneous information and outright garbage.

     This is the problem that many newcomers face.  Perhaps common sense plays a part, but I think that many newcomers get slammed because they just don’t know stuff yet.  Supposed “veterans” and the like get annoyed and frustrated when asked the most menial of questions, forgetting that they themselves had to ask the very same questions at one point.

     Again, arrogance plays a big part in that, there’s certainly no shortage of that here.  Between that, and the completely useless spamming, usually typified here by the quoting of the same thing over and over again or some equally useless, inane acronym like “ROFL”, it’s a wonder that any real information actually gets through.

     Kudos to you for doing the research!  You can pay homage to the individuals who helped you by helping others here without assuming they are lacking in common sense.  There’s a big difference between no common sense and having no operational knowledge regarding a certain subject.  It all depends on someone’s frame of reference.