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post #1 of 56
3/6/06 at 1:48pm
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If a new poster uses his/her first post to start a thread, they will be trouble.
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post #2 of 56
3/6/06 at 1:52pm
Depends on what that thread is about. A lot of new posters start intro threads. Not all of them are as brazenly "LOOK AT ME!" like Fabfunk's or "I LIKE TO PRETEND!" like TwilightVampire's, but there have been plenty of nice intro threads.
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post #3 of 56
3/6/06 at 1:56pm
Hard to say. Sometimes its easier to start a new conversation rather than jump into an existing conversation with established players. As JGB says, I suppose it depends on the content.
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post #4 of 56
3/6/06 at 1:57pm
They'll either be

a) opinionated, which applies to most of the regulars here, or

b) posting in the Sex forum, or

c) a shill.
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post #5 of 56
3/6/06 at 2:12pm
The amount of trouble is directly proportional to the number of times Devin or Millette post in the initial thread. Get them both in there and the newbie has definitely started something they can't handle.
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post #6 of 56
3/6/06 at 6:39pm
I think it depends on whether your first post is competant (I can't spell this word!) or not. An intro thread is fine if you want to be friendly, but it is still a pointless idea. I first posted in an ongoing thread (which I can't remember) as an alternative.
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post #7 of 56
3/6/06 at 7:05pm
Usually but if they make a shit thread, get shit for it, and learn from that experience, they can become a productive member of the boards.
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post #8 of 56
3/6/06 at 7:09pm
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Well, it's not really intro threads I'm talking about, just starting a thread as your first post. The extreme example of this would be coming on with a manifesto about why mindless action movies are better than art house films, or a rant about how the prequels sucked, or something (usually using a lot of exclamation points and bolded or capitalized phrases), but even if it's just...oh, just for the sake of argument, let's say "list your favorite sleeper films"...I guess it just says to me that this is a person who is interested in being heard, as opposed to participating in a conversation.
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post #9 of 56
3/6/06 at 7:14pm
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Originally Posted by Z-Man
Well, it's not really intro threads I'm talking about, just starting a thread as your first post. The extreme example of this would be coming on with a manifesto about why mindless action movies are better than art house films, or a rant about how the prequels sucked, or something (usually using a lot of exclamation points and bolded or capitalized phrases), but even if it's just...oh, just for the sake of argument, let's say "list your favorite sleeper films"...I guess it just says to me that this is a person who is interested in being heard, as opposed to participating in a conversation.
Wee just for the sake of semantics an intro thread is starting a thread as your first post.

But, onto your point, if someone's first post is a thread revolving around a negatively written, hate-filled diatribe on why, say, Batman Begins is so much better than Doom, then yeah, they're self-indulgent windbags. But like the sleeper movie guy, I think he's just trying to start a conversation. I don't see anything inherently wrong with that.
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post #10 of 56
3/6/06 at 7:34pm
My first post was a dissertation on what I thought the underlying psychological content of Bubba Ho-Tep was. I'm still embarassed by it. I'm with those who think it depends on the content. Again, I'm still embarassed by mine.
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post #11 of 56
3/6/06 at 7:39pm
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Originally Posted by JGButler
Wee just for the sake of semantics an intro thread is starting a thread as your first post.

But, onto your point, if someone's first post is a thread revolving around a negatively written, hate-filled diatribe on why, say, Batman Begins is so much better than Doom, then yeah, they're self-indulgent windbags. But like the sleeper movie guy, I think he's just trying to start a conversation. I don't see anything inherently wrong with that.
I was assuming that by "intro threads," we meant those where someone starts a thread just to introduce themselves in the Chewer forum. "Hi, my name is..."

But yeah, you're right, there's nothing inherently wrong with starting a thread with your first post (and I didn't really want to pick on the sleeper guy), but just as a generalization, I think there's something about doing that, as opposed to coming in to an existing thread, that says "trouble." I'm probably being a dick at this point, but I started it, so I guess I need to follow it through.
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post #12 of 56
3/7/06 at 2:15am
I don't think it really matters what your first post is. If you make an ass out of yourself, you're gonna get ambushed with negativity and cynicism.
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post #13 of 56
3/7/06 at 2:19am
I prefer to call it good clean fun.
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post #14 of 56
3/7/06 at 3:06am
It's fun, no doubt. Clean? That depends if there's bodily fluids and dead flesh involved in the proceedings.
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post #15 of 56
3/7/06 at 3:13am
My first post was in the Episode 3 thread and I promptly got my ass kicked by that Rottenjesus guy. Remember him? I thought he was important, so the fact he flamed me made me feel pretty unwelcome. But I got over it.

Some of the people here can be quite unwelcoming of newbies, especially lately. Quite a bit of bad sentiment gets flung around. I think some of us take this whole thing way too seriously.

Maybe more could be done to let new folk know the 'rules' so to speak. Stuff like using the search function, posting threads in the right forum, etc. Maybe we could start a thread with tips for newbies?
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post #16 of 56
3/7/06 at 6:51am
You know who is the best poster on these boards?
Andrew Clarke, thats what i think.
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post #17 of 56
3/7/06 at 7:35am
Well, you are a stupid fucking cunt, Matt OCallaghan.
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post #18 of 56
3/7/06 at 8:47am
I am not able to disagree with that.
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post #19 of 56
3/7/06 at 8:55am
Awwww. You need a hug. I'm sending Fabfunk.
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post #20 of 56
3/7/06 at 8:57am
Hey...my heart is still beating
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post #21 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:01am
But you are in porn.
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post #22 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:04am
You don't scare me, that could be anyone's ass.
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post #23 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:06am
But it's your cock in it.
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post #24 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:14am
I'll give you 100 bucks if you don't tell my mom.
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post #25 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:22am
She gave me 100 bucks not to tell you it was her ass.
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post #26 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:34am
Pudding is awesome.
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post #27 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:37am
My first ever post was about the Matrix sequels.
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post #28 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:39am
Mine was about how Bryan Singer is not a hack.



I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry.
I was young, and foolish.
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post #29 of 56
3/7/06 at 9:42am
You should have "Saddened that my first fucking post was about The Matrix" in your sig. Cause that would be hilarious. Really.

I can't remember what my first post was about. Either TPM or FOTR, I'd imagine.
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post #30 of 56
3/7/06 at 10:33am
Nice editing there, stupid fucking cunt.
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post #31 of 56
3/7/06 at 11:59am
My first post was a thread. Yes, I was a "thread-starter." On top of that, it was to get help figuring out a movie that I saw as a child and forgotten about. So it was a double whammy, a first-post thread and a "help me find this movie" thread. This was three years ago, however, so everyone was kind and helpful and we all had some fun. Can't imagine what would happen if I started a thread like that now. I was stumping them for a while, but we figured it out.

Oh, and what was the movie? Sky Bandits. I think I'm one of three people who has seen it, and survived.
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post #32 of 56
3/7/06 at 11:59am
double post
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post #33 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:00pm
And now you're a damn dirty double poster. Geez man, will you never learn?
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post #34 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:12pm
I swear all this high-falutin' technology has been fucking with me profoundly lately.
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post #35 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:23pm
My first post may have been yelling at Matt Carroll, or something. I can't really recall.
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post #36 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:43pm
My first post was a thread starter wherein I introduced myself (complete with a "So um, hi."), complained about the banner ads, and posted news. In the wrong forum. Oh, and it also included a photo of me drowning a bag of kittens in the river.
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post #37 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:46pm
But did you fuck the dead pussies?
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post #38 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:47pm
You're thinking of Fabfunk's first post.
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post #39 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:50pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Millette
My first post may have been yelling at Matt Carroll, or something. I can't really recall.
This thread is where you either posted first, or one of your first posts. Post #27.

http://chud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55221
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post #40 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:53pm
I'll take that as a no, you fucking amatuer.
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post #41 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:56pm
I don't know if that's really one of my first posts or not. I didn't start really actively posting until 2004, but I actually registered in late 2002. After a software change, I lost the 500 some-odd posts I'd made, and my join date was reset (as were several other people's) to January of 2004.

Still, "Koosh, Darkman, Koosh".
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post #42 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:56pm
Sometimes I just don't get British humor.
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post #43 of 56
3/7/06 at 12:58pm
Humour.
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post #44 of 56
3/7/06 at 1:09pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Millette
I don't know if that's really one of my first posts or not. I didn't start really actively posting until 2004, but I actually registered in late 2002.
I figured it captured your flavour of posting and was close enough. Not much has changed, eh?
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post #45 of 56
3/7/06 at 1:12pm
Flavor.
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post #46 of 56
3/7/06 at 1:20pm
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Trying to remember my first post. Um...I think I used it to start a thread about Waking Life.
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post #47 of 56
3/7/06 at 1:23pm
My first post (also a new thread) questioned the reason that the original Child's Play was not included in the boxed set. I like to think I put just a tad more thought into my posts now.
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post #48 of 56
3/7/06 at 1:25pm
I remember Devin flaming me in a thread about Buffy toys pretty early on.
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post #49 of 56
3/7/06 at 2:30pm
Took a while, but I found it: My first post was a long-winded defense of Matrix Reloaded, after Nick's DVD review, and before Matrix arguments became an exercise in redundancy.
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post #50 of 56
3/7/06 at 2:36pm
My original username was 'Trinity'sGusset' and, beacuse poeple thought i was a girl, i wasn't flamed too much. I think someone tried to cyber me by pm.
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