5 things every newbie needs to know?
 

About the makeup of this place. It's always weird being a total outsider and jumping into the deep end with a bunch of long time e-friends.

I already get the sense that I'm quite a bit older than a lot of members.

There's obviously a few long running inside jokes that make no sense right now.

I'm hoping to hang here for a while cause I really like the vibe so far.

So, 5 things the noobs should know?

I don't want to spoilt the fun, but shouldn't we just direct them here.

Everyone is really nice. Most can be opinionated at times but there is seldom any real animosity towards one another.

Lots of joking and trolling between certain members, always in good fun. Don't take it to heart or get offended (especially if you don't know the context).

I felt the same way a few months back when I first joined but I feel like this is a community where you get out of it whatever you put into it. I still don't know a lot of the inside jokes and stuff but I never feel left out. If your confused just ask.

Plug is an excellent place to get to know certain members and share music. Be prepared to hear a wide variety of music, if that's not your thing than you should probably stick to the music forums of choice.

Visit the journals! Many members put in a lot of time and effort to create them and they are an excellent resource for general music knowledge, history, and finding new albums.

If you want to get to know everyone the lounge is where all the "cool kids" hang out. There are a lot of people here that I hardly know because they aren't active outside of the music section. If your just here for music than the lounge is probably not for you. Lots of shenanigans.

Don't be a dick. :D

Just read DownWithWolves' post and you'll be fine.

Thanks. I should be able to handle that.

I hope. :beer:

(Where's your avatar from? Looks a lot like Krysten Ritter)

We don't give a fuck about your band.

And no we don't know what that song with that girl that goes do dooooo dooo doo daaaa doooo with the video with the guy in it from 2002 is.

F*ck it then, I'm outta here.

(how'd you get the f bomb through the sensors?)

Paypal donations

liar^

shut it

Consider re-sizing your own avatar requests and use a proper image uploader in the process of doing that.

With a name like that, I don't think anybody can.

What's SYG?

Spill Your Guts.

Don't piss puff GuitarBizarre. He might start a debate, which you will lose really hard before dying of embarrassment. He will then follow you into the afterlife, kick your ass, resurrect you, and then steal your cookies.

You sure you didn't really piss him off ?^

As long as you know that e-sports are not actual sports, you'll be ok.

No, he'll just ignore relevant counterarguments and restate his own disproven points in slightly different ways until you just give up.

Edited for clarity.

Any "sport" that you can play in a La-Z-Boy chair, is not a sport. Any "sport" where the players might actually be fatter than the fans, is not a sport. Any "sport" in which you are within arm's reach of a piss jug, is not a sport.

I guess sumo wrestling isn't a sport, then.

This guy won't be okay.

It gets a pass because the fatness is all part of a meticulously maintained physique that is necessary for the sport. As opposed to just some neckbeard whose diet consists mainly of Mountain Dew, Doritos, and shame.

I'm looking for the thread where this debate went down. I'd really like to see the arguments for and against. My opinion on the matter would change depending on how "sport" is defined within the discussion, but the way I see it they are definitely a sport.

Main advice I'd offer is that there's actually not a big tight knit group here, there's a very small one, and the rest of us regulars are just posting random **** that sometimes they get and sometimes they don't. Basically, don't be concerned if some people like you and others do not, because there's plenty of varied personality to go around.

I, for one, find myself most enjoying people who keep it light hearted and hardly ever exhibit emotions. Also music banter.

RULE #1 - You must worship Carpe, or you will die a miserable death.

Yes, GB got it for me. TY. Highly disappointed in the sh*tty counter-arguments. I stand by my edit.

Second piece of advice... Be nice to the youngins, they run the place. Be good to them and they will gather you followers ��

^ This is good advice.

Who exactly are the mods/owners here?

Mods' screen names are blue, owners are a point of great contention and conspiracy.

I suppose you come and go to an extent, but when you're here you're definitely not on the outside looking in. A lot of people seem to feel there's an in crowd around here, and really I think it's just a group of people who post more regularly than others. There are plenty of others who aren't here as much, but when they do drop in, they generally flow right into the fabric of the site. It's only really in the first few weeks that a newb is going to feel out of place, but after that I think a forum is like riding a bike. Even if some of the newer in-jokes go over your head, the basic vibe is still going to be instinctual.

It's been a couple years I guess since I checked that thread out, so I don't remember, but did he define "sport" in such a way that would exclude beer pong?

Agreed. Once you get to know everyone's personalty it's pretty much the same. I'm not particularly friendly with/close with anyone either but I've never felt like an outcast, and if some people have something to say about me I don't give a sh*t. Can't please everyone, enjoy the people you get along with. People naturally form cliques but I wouldn't say the cliques on here create forum outcasts.

I should restate that to say... There's a small close knit group of regulars who are Facebook friends and have each other's numbers and have hung out and stuff, whereas most forum friends don't get that far. Don't feel pressured or intimidated by their friendship.

As usual, Carpe nails it.

Post about music and stuff.

#2 Roxy belongs to Goofle
#3 Vanilla up for grabs ...;)

#4 The Batlord always gets sloppy seconds. Always.

I think Freebase got that on lock :D