Age isn't an excuse for newbism!

[Actingman00]

Jesus, stop using it as an excuse for being a newb!

I've seen people older than me try to use their age as an excuse for crappy grammar and a horribly thought out game thread. 


Bleh, it was pissing me off.

 

[iceplosion]

Someone please sticky this topic.

PLEASE.

Also would it be wrong for me to the link to the topic that most likely prompted this?

 

[Actingman00]

Someone please sticky this topic.

PLEASE.

Also would it be wrong for me to the link to the topic that most likely prompted this?

Nope, go ahead and link it

 

[Calibre]

A good excuse for being a newb is like... being new.

 

[khmp]

I've never seen anyone use age as an excuse for shoddy grammar. Usually it's someone attempting to write in a foreign tongue and you can't blame them for trying. Could you provide a quote if only for amusement?

 

[iceplosion]

Someone please sticky this topic.

PLEASE.

Also would it be wrong for me to the link to the topic that most likely prompted this?

Nope, go ahead and link it

:straightthumb:

I've never seen anyone use age as an excuse for shoddy grammar. Usually it's someone attempting to write in a foreign tongue and you can't blame them for trying. Could you provide a quote if only for amusement?

I'll do even better, I'll link to not one but TWO topics  :wink:

Number one:
http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=38201.0

Number two:
http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=38205.0


It's really not a surprise this guy got banned so quickly.  :grin:

 

[Sonata]

The first one really isn't an example. He never tries to pass off his age as an excuse in that thread.

 

[khmp]

In greenninja89's, Actingman00's, iamarealboy99's defense. I'm sure they have some relevance or significance to the two numbers. Birth date perhaps? Actingman00 was born in 1900 to a shoemaker, and a nitpicker. He aspired to become a famous actor. When he was old enough he went to Hollywood land and changed his name to Fargus Minger. The name even crossed the Atlantic. Some people still use it to this day. iamarealboy99 was born in 1982 and prowls teen chatrooms with that name. The authorities would very much appreciate any leads. greenninja89, well actually there were 88 other green ninjas registered here and I think his name is acceptable.

 

[Despain]

If there is seriously a member here that was born in 1999 I am really tempted to just ban him. Not that I would but I would REALLY want to (people that young often get themselves banned anyway).

 

[Red Dawn]

Actually, there's a difference between newb and noob. Newbie simply means, new. Noob means someone who is stupid and annoying.

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

Why did we have to link to that again?  That was completely pointless.
And the average member who could come across this might not realize the huge chunk of the story involving a certain someone, that occurred seemingly for a third of the day.

This thread is honestly pointless.  It looks like we're pointing fingers and laughing, which is something I'm sure we don't want to be doing.  My only real comment is that age can be an excuse in some points, but not to the severity it's been used.  So can inexperience, which is something that we attempted to help with, in another post of the same person.  And no, we didn't ban because of posts like that alone.

Perhaps to make this thread look like a valid thread someone should add in some actual details as to why this is such a big annoyance or such a big problem.  Because as it is, as stated, it's just a circle jerk of "look at the n00b".

 

[bulls84]

Someone please sticky this topic.

PLEASE.

Also would it be wrong for me to the link to the topic that most likely prompted this?

Nope, go ahead and link it

:straightthumb:

I've never seen anyone use age as an excuse for shoddy grammar. Usually it's someone attempting to write in a foreign tongue and you can't blame them for trying. Could you provide a quote if only for amusement?

I'll do even better, I'll link to not one but TWO topics  :wink:

Number one:
http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=38201.0

Number two:
http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=38205.0


It's really not a surprise this guy got banned so quickly.  :grin:

Those are actually hilarious. Some of the funniest threads I've ever seen. I have not ever used age as an excuse even though I started RPG  Making at the age of twelve. (I used Game Maker even before at the age of around 11)

 

[Calibre]

I don't use the fact I'm 21 as an excuse, so nor should others full stop

 

[Venetia]

Newbs are okay. They may make a mistake once in a while, but it's okay, because they're new.

n00bs are not okay. They flagrantly make errors and may/may not pass it off as an age thing, or a 'sry i din read teh rulez' thing, or a language barrier.

1.) It's okay to write something in less-than-perfect English, esp. when you're speaking it as a second language. Just as long as the content is there, then you have nothing to worry about outside of the random grammar nitpicker.

2.) It's okay to accidentally make a dumb post every so often ... We all fall prey to idiotism at one point or another.

3.) It's okay to make a small rule-breaking mistake once in a long while, as long as you don't do it again.

I don't care what age these people are. If I know they're 12, I'll assume they're going to make a few juvenile posts, so w/e, no big whoop. I was 12 once. Kids are dumb, even if they try to believe they're not. Not a big deal. But I WILL assume that they have atleast a tenuous grasp on the English language and can make a point. So yeah ... Age is not an excuse.

sry

 

[The Cry of Fallen Angels]

First off:

Spoiler

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Secondly, though age does affect behaviour, this is like saying:

"Stop being such a show-off"
"But I'm a man, I'm supposed to be a macho. kthxbaigtfomahinterwebz"

Thirdly, on a side-note, is it me or is the first post made by someone of the staff is sixty's?

 

[Jstreet]

To spam "lock" reports or not to spam "lock" reports? That, is the question.

 

[Ninjitsu]

Mods have already posted here, so I doubt this will get locked right now.
On that note: Isnt Elias really young?
He/she isnt a "noob" or "newb" or whatever you want to call it.

And I used to have a 500 at the end of my name. Some sites required alpha and numeric characters, so i added a really generic number. Hence, 500.

 

[iceplosion]

noobo is thirteen as well and I believe we have someone younger than that (dreamland or something?) who manages to keep a pretty high standard when it comes to posting.

 

[Despain]

Yeah I'm pretty sure Elias is like 11.

 

[Venetia]

*snort*