Thanks for Combining the SE Forums

Arkcon · #1 May 17th, 2005, 03:21 PM

I just noticed yesterday, and wondered how long its been that way.

I think its a good idea as well. Consider, after SE5 comes out, there will possibly still be some people with SE4 questions, they should be made to feel welcome.

Gandalf Parker · #2 May 17th, 2005, 03:35 PM

You feel that combining the groups will insure that SE4 people with questions will be made to feel welcome by the SEV players?

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 May 17th, 2005, 04:30 PM

Relax, guys. The forum ain't blown up yet.

tesco samoa · #4 May 17th, 2005, 04:31 PM

yep gand. i would answer a seiv question any time... as would the others... we weeded out the go look it up people a few years ago by attacking them every time they posted go seek your own help...

Suicide Junkie · #5 May 17th, 2005, 05:05 PM

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tesco samoa said:
yep gand. i would answer a seiv question any time... as would the others... we weeded out the go look it up people a few years ago by attacking them every time they posted go seek your own help...

As I recall, we simply buried them with the avalanche of answers.

The good old days of racing to try post a solution with the same timestamp as the question post, and succeeding a number of times.

Gandalf Parker · #6 May 18th, 2005, 10:59 AM

But were SE3 and non-gold questions answered? Or was it a bare response with a "you should upgrade" tacked on the end? It wasnt the answers I was wondering about, it was the "feel welcome in the SEV forum" part.
Gandalf Parker

Fyron · #7 May 18th, 2005, 11:33 AM

Every single one of them was answered just as eagerly as questions aboute SEIV Gold were. This is about the farthest from an arrogant, elitist community that you will find on the Internet.

Suicide Junkie · #8 May 18th, 2005, 01:37 PM

GP:
You're still stuck on thinking this forum is anything like the mass of losers out there on most forums.

We don't have that many people, but I am being completely literal when I say that us forumers would race to post the fastest and most complete answers.
90% of them would be answered within 30 minutes, 24/7. There were a handful of memorable ones that were posted at 11:46, and answered at 11:46, 11:47, 11:49 and 11:50. With the latter posts being edited to say "Argh, I type too slow".
The thread would then fill up with posts about minor related details and corrections.
Then the posts would turn to strategies and tactics that were related to the subject, before finally fading out.

All because somebody asked "What does armor do?", there would be a deluge of info about all the types of armor, their side effect bonuses, the weapons used to defeat them, when it is worth researching them, and which combat strategy is best used with them.

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Given your posts lately, you apparently have a very low opinion of us. While we did have issues between you and the forumers on that one unforgettable weekend, it is time to get over it. That was not personal; we would have responded the same to anybody who tried to do the same thing.

Since you can't really take our word for it, in this one case unfortunately, the only option in this case is to "look it up" yourself. Sorry

Compared to something like the counterstrike forums, you will see orders of magnitude fewer people, orders of magnitude faster and infinitely more useful answers.

Slynky · #9 May 20th, 2005, 12:45 PM

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tesco samoa said:
yep gand. i would answer a seiv question any time... as would the others... we weeded out the go look it up people a few years ago by attacking them every time they posted go seek your own help...

Coming in late (but what the heck!). Of all the forums I frequent, this one is hands down nicest and requires the least amount of warnings and barrings.

Gandalf Parker · #10 May 21st, 2005, 10:21 AM

Yep its way sweet. And it IS the community here. Shrap has already upgraded 3 times for us. Software, forum server, backup server.