Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10337166-20160420232210

Hey It's me Jordan, mod, reviewer now to (HA FUCK YOU ALL MY POWER RISES), Professional Aussie, and other various less flattering things. But sadly I'm actually here to talk about something serious today.

Newbies. I know right, that word probably brings about a plethora of feelings. Some good, some bad, some horrible. But Like it or not newbies are a part of this site and are the new injections of blood which keep it going and moving.

I'll be honest, the way we as a site treat newbies, is shit, and it's fucking sad to be perfectly honest. We blast newbies for making simple mistakes, we torment them for their lack of knowledge, we bait them into arguments to prove our own mental superiority, we get so puffed up on ourselves when we tell them to go read the rules after the first mistake.

^This, isn't right, ever wonder why we lose newbies, or why so many people avoid chat, it's the toxic pitchfork shit we pull constantly, and it needs to stop. We get it guys, newbies make mistakes, some of them don't read the rules, some of them post on RP's with no accepted character, some of them come onto chat, and act like morons, we get it. But fuck me it needs to stop, because I'm sick of seeing it happen over and over.

Nothing good comes from this happening, nothing good occurs because you blasted a newbie for a simple mistake. I get it okay, I'm being a hypocrite because I've done the same thing in the past, but I'm actively trying to change here, on the site, and do something for the betterment of it. So before you call me a hypocrite read this, read it and take what it says to heart, we need newbies, we need new characters, we need new site members, it's a fact of life.

What to take away from this? Stop being pricks to newbies when they make mistakes Rather than tearing into them, tell them what they did wrong and how to improve from it Link them the rules, really simple one that solves a ton of issues Don't group tear into someone, one person is all you ever need to deal with something like this, more people just means for shit getting thrown.

I realize this issue won't abate in a few days, or hell people won't probably change all that much, but if a few people take it to heart, if a few people treat newbies worth it, it'll be an improvement. 