Quote: (08-12-2015 02:46 PM)Tuthmosis Wrote:
Don't Start (Excessive) Personal or Weird Threads Early On
Another mistake newbies make are to come in and have 6 of their first 11 posts be new threads about their desperate personal problems, their "views" on pedestrian matters, or their convoluted mental-masturbatory theories. Don't use the forum as your personal journal or blog. Don't start entire threads to ask simple factual information you could find with a tiny bit of effort, or to tell us about a "great game book" you discovered that's a decade old. Look around (use the search feature). Chances are your topic has been covered ad naseum. If you have a question about a particular girl, start a thread in the newbie forum. In fact, any basic question should go there.
This is the #1 newbie mistake. If a zero rep member posts a useless post like Tuthmosis describes, everyone's first impression will be based on your post, "oh he's the guy with oneitis for a 40-year-old cat lady."
Even more - these posts generally don't solve any problems either. They usually fall into two categories -
1. "What should I do with my life! I am interested in xxx and do xyz yada yada yada. "
These are impossible for us to answer because we do not know enough about you to make a decision. Easy as that.
2. "So here's a situation with this HB7!"
If you post a 1000 word thread about one girl, you've already lost the battle. In 99% of situations it is best to dump her or move on with standard game/life.
**If you feel that you NEED to post a long thread, write it, save it as a draft, and revise three days later. You'll find most problems solve themselves. Or - you will read it and realize what an idiot you sound like.