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Title: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Hard Bot on August 12, 2012, 04:12:49 PM
What to do when if you doing a long post:

1. Think about what you will post.
2. Type some of it on Note Pad.
3. Save your text.
4. Come back later then and resume your progress. Repeat this step until your text is done.
5. Copy, then Paste your text on to the Reply box.

Other things to know:

Avoid 'Leet Speak', 'All Caps', 'All Lows', and avoid excessive exclamation points and ones at the end of a sentence.
Stay on topic. For example: post about cats in the Feline Thread, and post about Hotel Mario in the CD I Thread.
Stay on topic: threads edition. For example: Start a thread about Tacos in the Chatter Box, and start a thread of your account being hacked in the Forum Feed Back section.
Avoid posting pejoratively if you are mentally angry at the moment. Take your In Real Life time to coool down.
In a Show Case, post constructive criticism that has nobody has not yet.
Use proper grammar, but you are excused if you are Chinese or Japanese:
Proper:
'My bot can defeat Emergency in 22 seconds.'.
Improper:
'That of me bot defeat Emergency in than less 30 seconds.'.
Check for mis spelled words. Use this as a reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/ (http://en.wiktionary.org/)
Use punctuation correctly.
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: freeziez on August 12, 2012, 04:13:29 PM
why is this in forum news
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Hard Bot on August 12, 2012, 04:14:59 PM
It's not Robot Arena 2 related, but it has something to do with Game Tech Mods.
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Conraaa on August 12, 2012, 04:16:54 PM
Also not posting captain obvious/useless things in forum news is a good start.
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Naryar on August 12, 2012, 04:17:29 PM
I appreciate the intent, hard bot, but :

-What the heck is this doing in forum news ?
-This is... a bit short for a "posting technique", and very incomplete for now, but you might want to make it longer.
-You may want to use another title such as "Things to keep in mind while posting".

Also, the first guy who trolls this thread under the flimsy pretext that it's a thread by Hard Bot will be brutally schooled.
This is a promising thread, actually i've noticed a clear improvement in constructive content by Hard Bot. If not for posting quality.
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Team 9 on August 12, 2012, 04:18:23 PM
This should be in playground
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: System32 on August 12, 2012, 04:18:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4wVGU-C8sQ#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4wVGU-C8sQ#ws)
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Naryar on August 12, 2012, 04:20:25 PM
This should be in playground

You're not helping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4wVGU-C8sQ#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4wVGU-C8sQ#ws)

Neither are you. You're smart, you should see that hard bot is TRYING to be constructive.

No more sh**posting from now on !
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Hard Bot on August 12, 2012, 05:02:41 PM
I appreciate the intent, hard bot, but :

-What the heck is this doing in forum news ?
-This is... a bit short for a "posting technique", and very incomplete for now, but you might want to make it longer.
-You may want to use another title such as "Things to keep in mind while posting".

Also, the first guy who trolls this thread under the flimsy pretext that it's a thread by Hard Bot will be brutally schooled.
This is a promising thread, actually i've noticed a clear improvement in constructive content by Hard Bot. If not for posting quality.
Not Robot Arena 2 related, but to do with Game Tech Mods. If this was in Play Ground, it would be a Troll fest.

Edit in first post.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: smashysmashy on August 12, 2012, 05:06:17 PM
I know he's trying to be constructive and all, but what does this actually accomplish? Since we all already know about this and all new members would follow our lead or get smitten/trolled (playground)/or get kindly shown the error of their ways.
Title: Re: Posting techinque (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: System32 on August 12, 2012, 05:12:05 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4wVGU-C8sQ#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4wVGU-C8sQ#ws)

Neither are you. You're smart, you should see that hard bot is TRYING to be constructive.

No more sh**posting from now on !

Son I was posting that whoever made the thread. "Posting technique" is an achievement in on itself. it made two words sound stupid without trying.
 
The thread is better now, and I approve.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: That Robot is a Spy! on August 12, 2012, 05:16:46 PM
I got a better idea. Only requires 3 steps.
1. Write up
2. Think
3. Post
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: smashysmashy on August 12, 2012, 05:18:16 PM
I got a better idea. Only requires 3 steps.
1. Write up
2. Think
3. Post
^this^

...although I tend to forget step 2 often.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Hard Bot on August 12, 2012, 05:20:29 PM
That Robot Is A Spy at least made the abridged version.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Jack Daniels on August 12, 2012, 05:31:59 PM
What to do when if you doing a long post:

1. Think about what you will post.
2. Type some of it on Note Pad.
3. Save your text.
4. Come back later then and resume your progress. Repeat this step until your text is done.
5. Copy, then Paste your text on to the Reply box.

Other things to know:

Avoid 'Leet Speak', 'All Caps', 'All Lows', and avoid excessive exclamation points and ones at the end of a sentence.
Stay on topic. For example: post about cats in the Feline Thread, and post about Hotel Mario in the CD I Thread.
Stay on topic: threads edition. For example: Start a thread about Tacos in the Chatter Box, and start a thread of your account being hacked in the Forum Feed Back section.
Avoid posting pejoratively if you are mentally angry at the moment. Take your In Real Life time to coool down.
In a Show Case, post constructive criticism that has nobody has not yet. 
Perhaps reword the previous line to: In a Show Case, post constructive criticism. Try to avoid posting critiques that others have already noted.
Use proper grammar, but you are excused if you are Chinese or Japanese:
Ummm... seriously, the previous line is just silly.  Just say this:  Use proper grammar, but you will be given slack if English is not your primary language.
Proper:
'My bot can defeat Emergency in 22 seconds.'.
Improper:
'That of me bot defeat Emergency in than less 30 seconds.'.
Check for mis spelled words. Use this as a reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/ (http://en.wiktionary.org/)
Use punctuation correctly.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Mr. AS on August 12, 2012, 06:18:18 PM
Avoid 'All Lows'
Yes
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: ty4er on August 12, 2012, 08:06:21 PM
Avoid 'All Lows'
never did me any harm
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Naryar on August 13, 2012, 02:23:23 AM
Eh, Hard Bot, you are aware that repeating stuff already said in a showcase actually makes it enter in the builder's mind ?

Excessive repeating is bad, that I'll agree. But some repetition is usually needed.

also no one cares about talking in all lowercase letters
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: 123savethewhales on August 13, 2012, 03:01:00 AM
In a Show Case, post constructive criticism that has nobody has not yet.
Use proper grammar, but you are excused if you are Chinese or Japanese:
So are you Chinese or Japanese?

Or maybe I am Chinese or Japanese, because I literally cannot make sense of that first sentence.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Naryar on August 13, 2012, 03:08:27 AM
In a Show Case, post constructive criticism that has nobody has not yet.
Use proper grammar, but you are excused if you are Chinese or Japanese:
So are you Chinese or Japanese?

Or maybe I am Chinese or Japanese, because I literally cannot make sense of that first sentence.

I think he just forgot to add "posted" at the end of the sentence.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: 123savethewhales on August 13, 2012, 03:52:12 AM
In a Show Case, post constructive criticism that has nobody has not yet.
Use proper grammar, but you are excused if you are Chinese or Japanese:
So are you Chinese or Japanese?

Or maybe I am Chinese or Japanese, because I literally cannot make sense of that first sentence.

I think he just forgot to add "posted" at the end of the sentence.
Even if you add posted at the end, it still have an extra "has" and "not", and even

"In a Show Case, post constructive criticism that has nobody has not yet posted."

is pretty forced.

I think what he meant to say was

"A Show Case post should be original and constructive."
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: JoeBlo on August 13, 2012, 06:01:03 AM
does anyone really care whether i post in all lower caps or not


Mr. AwesumSauce is banned for 2 weeks for not using the shift key.. shame on you, do you know how many people die when you dont push the shift key, kids are starving in 3rd world countries because you didnt push that shift key.. you ruined christmas for everyone now.

[USER WAS MUTED FOR POWER ABUSE

[ERRYBODY WAS MUTED BECAUSE IM BORED]
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: smashysmashy on August 13, 2012, 06:42:17 AM
I lol'd
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: courthousedoc on August 26, 2012, 09:53:10 AM
Make sure your replies are not to someone who is trolling you.
Title: Re: Things to keep in mind about posting (Semi-important, but very useful)
Post by: Badnik96 on August 26, 2012, 11:04:22 AM
Check the post date of a thread before replying.

(note: This isn't a bump whack, I'm contributing to the thread topic :gawe:)