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Helping Spanky*; Heh, why not?
Topic Started: Jan 7 2006, 07:59 PM (446 Views)
BR


Hi, Spanky*! I made this thread to help you out!

I totally know what it's like to be new to forum-ing. I started out last February.

Let's give you some direction! Anybody have any forum basics to teach him? ^_^

Well, I do! For one, be afraid. Be very afraid. Be nervous about doing things and posting places you don't know if you're supposed to be posting in. Until you know the ropes, the more careful you are, the better.

Expect to wait for responses. They won't come right away, but you won't be waiting days either.

Stay on topic. Each "Section" such as "Sonic Games" or "Misc" contains "Topics" which are made to talk about a specific thing. To talk about the classic games, go to "Sonic Games" and find a topic where people would talk about classic games.

Never double post. And NEVER post in the RP section before you understand what they are.

READ THE RULES. Please. :)

And have fun! ^_^


EDIT: Yes it is. *smacks self*
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I believe it is Spanky not Sparky. What a coniky dink. I was gonna start a forum like this after Teen Titans. Looks like Br beat me to it.

Ok. Mojo Cojo's Chao Guide!

Hello and welcome to the Sonic Rapid board. I am Mojo Cojo(just Cojo) Ususally I am an evil ninja apprentice to a dark lord, but today I am here to help you learn the basics.

If your new you should first go to the Welcome new members topic in the Off topic zone. Introduce yourself, say hello, and tell us a little about yourself. Than go to Chatty Chat and post there. You can talk about anything in Chatty Chat and this is that is the place to tell us about your day, or how your girlfriend (or boyfriend for the ladies) kissed you for the first time or whatnot.

First off Rules are important. Without rules the board would be chaotic and there would be no order. So rules are very important.Follow them to the core, if you find that you made a mistake in the rules, edit your post to change it, or pm a mod to help you out.

Secondly listen to Admins and mods. These guys know their stuff. They wouldn't have been chosen to run this board if they weren't qualified. Our mods here are very nice and can be very flexable Three of my best friends here are mods and one is the admin. These guys will help you out. Whether you have a problem with the board, you dont know how to use a feature, or your just confused. But the problem is that the mods can only handle so much. If you continue to do something they told you not to do their patience levels will drp down rapidly.

Thirdly Don't be afraid to ask for help. Everybody needs help sometimes and everybody at one point was new. Everyone here will be able to help you out, give you advice, or turn you over to someone who can help. Never be afraid to ask, but do not push it. Don't ask someone a bamillion questions at once or ask them the same thing over and over. If a mod is not available ask one of the top members.

Fourth Please dont spam. Spaming is bad. Spamming can either be a useless post to increase your post count, a one worded post, or something completely useless that does not matter. If someone says I like Sally and Sonic because......blah blah blah dont respond by saying yes, or no, or word. Give a reason to why you said this not just a simple aggreement.

Fifth Please use correct grammer and spelling. So you made a spelling mistake here or there, so your grammer was off and you say me and him went to blah, doesn't matter. Everyone will sometime or other accidently add like an extra letter in a tyyping(see) or misspell a word like simpel (simple.) This is fine, but do not make a habit of it. When your done typing everything read over what you wrote. Does it make sense to you? Does it sound normal like your talking to someone? Also dont totally freak out all the time and be like LOLROLAMO THAT WAS TOTALLY FREAKEN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok we get it, your excited its ok to be excited but not to constanly be talking like that. Another thing in your posts is smileys. Everyone has a favorite character and everyone likes to use the cool smilies, but a single post with this :mellow: :huh: ^_^ :o ;) :P -sonic- -shadow- -supersonic- -tails- /nite/ :cry: :hs: :party: doesnt cut it. No one has any idea what that means. But yes the smilies are cool so it's ok to use them just not to overuse them.

Sixth No hating a person or couple in public. I am a Sonic/Sally shipper. Since Amy is second on the sonic relationships, I dont like her ver much since she takes away from Sonic/Sally shippers. But I dont come out bluntly and say I HATE AMY I WISH SHE WOULD DIE!! SHE SUCKS! Nope. I still like Amy cause shes a cool person and in the rps is played by an even cooler person.Bottom line don't make fun of or totally dis and try to kill off a character just because you dont like them.

Seventh Posting in topics.If theres something you REALLY want to talk about but dont know where to ask in Chatty Chat, otherwise STAY ON TOPIC!!!!!!! You must stay on topic or else it will get other people off task and distract people from the original topic. If someone starts talking about how they found the Ultimate Mega cheat code to Sonic adventure 2 dont suddenly say, I like fish tacos. What does that have to with anything??For those that don't know you might see a term called gravedigging. This is where a topic hasn't been replied in for over a month and all of a sudden you post. The exception to this rule is an rp,fan fic or fan art, you really need to say something, or a speacial reason. Here is another important rule DONT DOUBLE POST EVER! NEVER EVER EVER! This is bad, you might wonder why it's bad but just trust us it is.

Please please Please dont cuss. I never cuss even at home so I wont type them out, but some words are ok check to the rules to see which are ok and which aren't, even if you find a cuss word you can use, dont over use it. Dont make it so every post you makes has a bad word in it. This a forum for all people, not a sailor convention. No one likes it when you come out and cuss all the time or to the extremes make fun of someone with one of these words. You may not know it but these words hurt. They words hurt feelings and can destroy someone from the inside out. Cussing frequently just makes you look worse and makes it look like you have bad character. Dont Bleep out cuss words either. Dont post and say. MY FRIEND IS A ******* MORON! It would have been the same to leave the Bleep out of it.

If there is a mondo cool Rp you want to join,like Secret Wars 2, dont just barge in and post. Go to the sign-ups thread and see if you can still join.

I have lots more faqs about other things but this is the basics.

`Cojo -shadow-
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Short but sweet help/advice to all people new to posting on any messageboard (including this one):

1.) Proper english is good. Misspelling some larger words that you may not know how to spell correctly is OK, as long as you give a good effort. Misspelling basic words like "have" or "you" or other extremely common words that you learn how to spell in 1st grade, is NOT OK. Constantly misspelling those words means you just rushed to type the post, like you are talking on an instant messaging service, which you aren't.

2.) Take your time. Posting on a messageboard is not and never will be a race.

3.) Your Post Count doesn't matter. That's right, Post Counts don't matter, just like street signs to a cab driver.

4.) The rules are your friends, and should be followed. If you don't follow them, you will get in a lot of trouble, and possibly be banned.

5.) I can't think of a #5 right now, other than "Read and understand what the above people said"...
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