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Yup Madals, it seems that noone actually wanna help poor Fin hehe:) Or maybe noone knows how to?
So what do u suggest ?
Cheers
Jez
I will happily send Fin my section of our ebook that will help him with his online game, but for now, that is top secret information
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I don't think it helps that the post was so long tbh I couldn't be assed to read it
Jaybot, what I am about to say isn't directed at you, its just you were unfortunate enough to be the person to post it
THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS WITH THE FORUM AT THE MOMENT! If the post was so long and you couldn't be arsed to read it all (and actually make sure you understood what was being said), why would you reply when it is very likely that what you say may miss out key points in the original question? you shouldn't because it won't be constructive.
In the situation of such a long thread such as Fin's I normally wouldn't read it all (the only reason I did was because it was Fin and I was confused wtf he was on about). Instead, I would leave a reply saying that it would be a lot easier if the poster shortened what he was saying, summarised and generally made it easier to read.
If you have seen the "Ask Living Attractions" thread in the newbie section, you will find this in the very first post:
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There are however a few rules to make this run smooth:
1) Please set out your questions in an organised manner. That means use paragraphs and correct grammar.
2) Summarise your questions at the end of your post. This makes it a lot easier for us to work out exactly what you want to know!
3) Please try to keep posts short and to the point. Avoid copy and pasting a whole IM conversation etc. A short back story is fine as long as its critical to the question but please keep it to the point.
4) Read the thread before posting to check your question hasn’t already been answered.
When post's are written in this way, it makes them much more likely to be read and a lot more likely to get constructive answers.
In regard to replies, how many in this topic abide to the following forum rules?
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2. Be excellent to each other. Party on, dudes.
Give value and don't flame others. Flaming is what happens when you get all emotional and whiny after you read something that you disagree with. Calm down, tiger. Positivity is a lot more awesome than negativity. Trust me.
and to some respect:
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9. This is a forum, be open to constructive criticism.
This is a public forum and as such, when you post anything at all, be prepared to have other people with lesser and greater skill than you criticize and dissect it. Don't get offended or angry when this occurs, that is the entire point of posting here. Also, when you ask for help, be open to it and don't tell experienced and knowledgeable people that they don't know what they are talking about and being jerks; perhaps they misunderstood, so be diplomatic, or perhaps you just need to open yourself to constructive criticism.
Read up on the forum rules people, I know we can all be guilty of breaking them occasionally (I hold my hands up to doing so on a rare occasion) but they are there to make the PUAF the best it can be.
Madals
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