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At 11/1/08 10:52 PM, HeartbreakHoldout wrote: But, alas, onto the point of me making this topic. Every year, I hear about how awful that year's users are, and how awesome the previous year's turned out to be. Well fuck off.

Every year good users leave and make way for immature homosexuals

Sadly, you stayed.

At 11/1/08 11:04 PM, InnerChild548 wrote: Yes, I checked my first posts. I was an idiot!

But the way for NG to completely "evolve" is by more mature people to stay against n00bs coming in.

Hey I just realized, the CS3 icons in your sig are ordered in the pH indicator!

I'm a Noob :)

At 12/15/08 02:05 PM, rewindmindE wrote: I'm a Noob :)

No, you're just a straight down retard.

I too was once a noob...at times i still am. But mostly my balls itch.

Been there done that.

At 11/1/08 11:00 PM, HeartbreakHoldout wrote: It's hard not to become bitter. I don't know how you keep your sanity with the very small percentage of the userbase who actually contribute something positive to the BBS. Maybe it's the 6 months or so I have on you.

I went through the whole bitter insanity bit for about a year before I took a break. Taking a break usually helps a lot because I find a lot of the stuff that aggrivates me is the repetitiveness and if I back off for a while I can deal with it a lot better. I can say that being able to step back off of something and say it doesn't matter is the best way to deal with it here, but its also the most difficult. Even as a moderator there's a certain amount of that that you have to do.

That said, there's also a certain amount of will power you have to have to stay on the bright

At 11/1/08 11:08 PM, NEVR wrote: Being made a mod helped, because now I can actually do something if I see a user being an idiot. Other than that, you just have to block it out I suppose. Maybe post in forums like C&C, where you're more likely to encounter like-minded people.

Yeah, those are good suggestions, although the novelty of moderating wears off in about a week. Its "great" being able to fix problems, but there's a whole host of other things that come along with it. The key is learning what to tolerate and what to ignore. Being a moderator is great, but maybe now that the stigma of being a mod is gone, I find being a regular user almost more enjoyable. I moderate because I was asked to do it. I've given it up and would do it again if I needed to or was asked to by the administration. Its not that I don't enjoy it, but I don't come to newgrounds to moderate. You know? I moderate while being a part of the community, or at least trying to be. A lot of users can make that difficult.

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Lol I made an account when I was 11. CHECK MY SPELLING IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME!

At 11/1/08 10:52 PM, Straight-Edge wrote: I still think '07 users are worse than '08 users.

now we have 09ers

At 11/1/08 10:53 PM, ArykSB wrote:

At 11/1/08 10:52 PM, speeling wrote: WE all were noobs.

And I still am.

So am I... just look at my posts.

I may LOOK like an 08'er but in reality I'm an 06'er
I decided to change my account after they got rid of the change username thing. I didn't even think to ask wade or tom if I could change my username, so instead I made a new account
FUCK I was a noob when I started.
but I'm pretty much what every hardened newgrounder is. pesimistic, full of cock jokes, and sarcastic.

It's all about 05'ers.

:D Umm im 04' but date means nothing

I honestly thin this tad was completely unnecessary. Honestly, it might have been relevant last year but I have yet to see a thread about how much 09ers are going to suck yet. While I understand that complaining used to happen, it really isn't a problem anymore, so get over it.

But on the topic of your thread, I actually think that the BBS is improving. I honestly can admit that 07 was shit compared to this year. As a whole, their has been a decline in spam on the BBS. I haven't seen a parody thread in a month. I haven't seen someone reply with "Rape her" or "You should've grabbed his cock" since 07. Anyone who thinks that 08 is actually worse than that probably wasn't paying much attention.

To noob or not to noob, that is the question.

-_^

Your first posts were funny.

At 11/1/08 10:52 PM, HeartbreakHoldout wrote: You could go into my posts, and check the fact, but it's unnecessary. When I first signed up, I was the most oblivious, naive fool you could get, and now I'm as jaded and pessimistic as the rest of you.
But, alas, onto the point of me making this topic. Every year, I hear about how awful that year's users are, and how awesome the previous year's turned out to be. Well fuck off.
People grow up, they move on, that is the nature of this site. If they didn't, they'd be trapped here in perpetual puberty, until they died and left their account to a relative in their will. But as most people here mature, they don't use their new found maturity to improve the quality of their posts, they complain. They complain so much it makes them even worse than the naive fuck they evolved from. They become jaded and bitter, attacking the thing they used to be, apparently oblivious to the how detrimental they, themselves, are to this community.

As is the nature of Newgrounds, whether I try and put any logic or stamina into proving a point. Sooner or later, you're going to learn to just not even care and avoid the BBS, that's what I started doing and my life took a surprising turn for the better, although, its rather ironic to compare myself and Real Life to anything on this forum. Though, congrats for actually getting a relevant first poster.

And I can't think of any witty phrase to end this with.

I've not been an active member of the BBS forum for long and in my opinion it's pretty lame to be honest, but I suppose it always will be. Kills the time though. :)

We ALL used to be noobs

I am a noob

I started last month

At 11/1/08 10:52 PM, speeling wrote: WE all were noobs.

Yes we are, that is correct. On the inside. This is a major breakthrough here, just work with me. How does that make you feel?

We all ARE noobs

I'm fairly sure I haven't been through that, it's seems contradictory anyway to complain about a site you still regularly visit out of your own free will.

At 11/1/08 11:47 PM, Raguel wrote:

At 11/1/08 11:41 PM, hammerhed wrote: your a nub for starting this forum

Well done. Awesome contribution.

I think you should be a mod.

Yep!
And thats what I feel about my glory days.. on other forums..

At 11/1/08 10:57 PM, NEVR wrote: All I can say is, it's a shame that those who do stick around get bitter about the nature of the site. For the most part, those who have been here for a while know how the place runs and could actually do a lot of good around these parts if they weren't so jaded or apathetic.

i'm not jaded or apathetic!Damn i'm even trying help people!

I think my first posts are the worst.