Toribash
I've seen this cycle numerous times before on many forums, new members get hazed until someone with a lower post count or earlier join date strolls in.
IRC is even more brutal, I remember my first month on IRC was hell. It's a shame that +respect is earned just by your join date or forum ranking.
People shouldn't rest on their laurels and achievements like that, let your personality and actions in the present speak for themselves, not what you've done in the past.

Originally Posted by Murray
I'm just gonna list some old schoolers who are really decent poeple:

steve

SlipAnc
CMon
hanz0
Delaid
Gman
avwave
Hamster
Blam

<3
Originally Posted by Murray
To be honest, when I was first starting I was alot nicer, I'm still pretty nice. Substantially nicer than alot of other people I know. But I'm not so much any more in public. I've adapted to the ways to start gaining popularity from the people who matter, and disregarding what the decent and nice people think of me. Although not intentional, it has happened.

If you acknowledge that you've become less nice then you should start to change that. I managed to gain a decent reputation and forum status by gaining respect and friendship, changing your attitude to suit the stereotype is just another easy way around it.

Originally Posted by RagdollMaster
On a serious note, I think hate towards 'newbs' or new people is justified in some cases; when Toribash suddenly sprang into relative popularity around 3.0, when it became free, there was a flood of new users coming in. Sadly, most of them seemed to irk everyone else, and it seems like a lot of people who joined after them followed their example.

It's my opinion that you guys didn't get a chance to see nicer, new members then because you did not give them a chance. I was not around then but I believe that just the fact that the game became free got a lot of people at least irritated, this means they immediately took up a pessimistic attitude and felt above the others just because they had paid for the game. This doesn't mean that they were below average, maybe people before then were just above average?

But yeah, I agree with the majority of this one, especially the part about two faced people, I really hate that. It's even worse when I see someone sucking up to me (because of my forum status (oh god that doesn't sound modest)) then I see them acting like a jerk to their friends and pretending they don't know them, just because they deem them to be a hindrance to their suckupery.
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Thanks for being fucking sarcastic guys, I bother to say that my life fucking sucks and you just go and try to make a witty comment on it.
Originally Posted by Corey View Post
After reading this I felt like a cock. I can be a real asshat to people I don't know on the forum, and just a cunt in general. I guess it's cause I feel bigger for being around a tad longer. I hope my sins are forgiven, as I gave a less fortunate member a Vampire Relax just before...

Nice thread, Cmon. I hope it changes some peoples views as it did mine.

I forgive you
Im a squirrel and I'm so awesome that my friend bought me Toriprime.
Originally Posted by Phail
If you acknowledge that you've become less nice then you should start to change that. I managed to gain a decent reputation and forum status by gaining respect and friendship, changing your attitude to suit the stereotype is just another easy way around it.

You bet I will. ^_^
T1cux: clan have eggs.
Originally Posted by Megadoomer View Post
Thanks for being fucking sarcastic guys, I bother to say that my life fucking sucks and you just go and try to make a witty comment on it.

:/ Never been a dick to me. In fact you are one of me favorites.


Good Rant CMon, needed to be said. I rarely see it, but I can only imagine...lol, after seeing Ritalin O's I learned this forum could be mean as hell if it wanted to.

Also, for anyone being picked on, just ignore the people and do your own thing. some people wont like you, but you come here to have fun, not impress

Aaaand, yeah, anyone doing the picking on, try not to say anything you wouldn't say in real life. There are times and places for trolling (I do it, most people do) but in a community like this you have to be careful. Not only because this isnt a chan site, but also because you are kind of representing Nabi. For every kid that gets chased off, Nabi loses out in the long run.
Last edited by deady; Jan 23, 2010 at 06:52 AM.
Organisation of Awesome: Member.
The deal about join date elitism is that the most of the newcomers are or spammers or trolls or complete idiots.There are of course exceptions, artists, nice people, helpful people.

Fags, trolls, or idiots as you may call them. They are here, mostly only in wibbles because in the other boards they may get banned for their insults.

:| That's pretty much the whole deal.


And yes, I'm a bit of date elitist sometimes, but I try to be a nice guy.
Last edited by dbuhos; Jan 23, 2010 at 07:52 AM.
Centuries Of Damn
Originally Posted by dbuhos View Post
And yes, I'm a bit of date elitist sometimes, but I try to be a nice guy.

When we started we were balled noobs. I still consider myself a new person because other people have been here for years longer. The date thing was actually worse when we joined I think, people were dicks about it xD I honestly didnt know it still happened a lot.
Organisation of Awesome: Member.
Hm, when I joined I never really got disrespected. Maybe it was because I used proper grammar, followed the rules and treated everyone properly. I don't think respect is something to be portioned out to a select few people, or that we should go around trying to earn it.

Now that I think of it, even if people are hostile to me I just apologize and stay friendly to them. Maybe that's why I don't make enemies.
Last edited by SmileyJones; Jan 23, 2010 at 09:09 AM.
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If you want true respect here, swallow your pride and be attentively humble. Treat others with respect, and you will find things start to give back in ways you never thought possible.

It's so easy to see past the 'bullying' personalities and into the act that they really are, and I guarantee you the perpetrators will never see a hint of power in their overstayed visit here.