How 2 forum (the idiot's guide)

[floj 393]

1. Search before posting a new topic. 100's of KOS, Why is my vision blurry/greyscale, combat logging, server hopping, spawn killing threads all bury the interesting, novel ideas and stories people have onto page 99.

 

2. If it's a bug, search the bug reports and report it as a bug.

 

3. Try reading a thread before posting exactly the same opinion that was discussed on the first page. Even reading the whole OP instead of just the title is a start - Admittedly there have been some looong loooong threads (think it took me the best part of 2 hours to read one of them), usually that's because people are ignorant of this issue and the problem exacerbates itself as more and more people add the same ignorant points that were discussed and rubbished on pages 1-5.

 

4. There is no rule 4

 

5. Discuss points, not people. As stupid as someone's idea might sound, it's the idea that's dumb, not *necessarily* the person that wrote it. Picking apart someone's arguments with logic and reasoning is better than just calling them names. Take time to discuss the pros and cons of an idea, consider arguments from both sides.

 

6. If someone does call you names, it's an anonymous person on the internet. Get over it and/or use the report function, mods don't read *every* post so need their attention drawn to the offensive ones.

 

7. Lrn2paragraph. Wall of text is wall of text is too much effort for people to read and so they won't. (Leads to rule 3)

 

8. Although it's an English forum, not everyone here is a native English speaker and Americans mispell words with missing 'u's and replacing 's' with 'z' because of Obama. If you can understand the point raised then pointing out the grammatical errors isn't adding anything.

 

9. Providing links to hack sites is dumb.

 

10. We're all here to enjoy and improve the game.

 

 

[OrLoK 16185]

Hello there

 

A lovely thought, but will it work?

 

I doubt it.

 

Ive been hanging large neon signs of the rules round new member's necks and they still wont read them.

 

Nice try though!

 

Rdgs

 

LoK

[Combine (DayZ) 247]

Hope dies last, eh?

[floj 393]

It's mostly a controlled vent to avoid me breaking my own rule 5 :)

[Korsbaek 1778]

There is already a set of forum rules. Search function, right? :D

[DropBearChick 1217]

There is NO rule 4. Full stop no questions asked.

EDIT- that post seems fairly appropriate seeing as it is my 444th post :)

Edited January 9, 2014 by spartan54820

[TedZ 424]

The point is.

No one will read this especially beginners 

Edited January 9, 2014 by Ted_Youtube

[Karmaterror 982]

Uh oh ....think i inspired this thread...

 

*hangs head in shame*

Edited January 9, 2014 by Karmaterror

[floj 393]

There is already a set of forum rules. Search function, right? :D

TBH, I did just (after reading this) search for rules and didn't find the official rules. Then I noticed them on Orlok's sig and the only thread is in the DayZ mod subforum... mebbe sticky the official rules at the top of a subforum in the SA section?

 

 

EDIT: It's a dumb search function that only checks your current subforum? Cuz now I see the SA forum rules in the announcements section when I search from the forum homepage :/

Edited January 9, 2014 by phlOgistOn

[Atom Quark 437]

Maybe it would help if this book was put in the standalone.

 

 

 

[ImageCtrl 719]

Search before posting a new topic.

It already exist... :P

[Karmaterror 982]

Search before posting a new topic.

It already exist... :P

 

lol now thats irony for ya :)

[floj 393]

There is already a set of forum rules. Search function, right? :D

 

 

Search before posting a new topic.

It already exist... :P

Read a thread before posting the same thing :P :D

Edited January 9, 2014 by phlOgistOn