I have noticed a lot of people have been negging new people for silly reasons. We need to understand that the community is the sum of its parts and the only way to maintain and grow it is to bring in more people, but if we act like jerks and scare them off, the community shrivels and suffers. It may annoy you that someone doesn't know how to link cards, or doesn't know where their thread should go, but they are new, just as you were once and giving them negative karma doesn't make any sense. Does karma really matter in the end? No, but if you join a community and get negative karma, you feel unwelcome. TL;DR: Don't neg people because they are new and did something wrong, instead help them to fix it (in a constructive way!).
To quote a funny post I saw earlier, "Why are you all throwing insults around like he spit in your fries or something...Instead of giving off such a negative vibe which makes magic players leave how bout you just keep it to yourself and keep these 12 year old insults in call of duty"
That is all, thank you for reading.
I second this. Don't be mean. :P
+1 for writing this.
I was one of those new people not too long ago and still am. It is very unwelcoming to keep getting neg karma for absolutely nothing. We should make the new people feel welcome and not make them hate magic. Magic has been enjoyed for 21 years and i dont think wotc would like to see their stuff off the shelves because no one wants to play because of the jerks that are around. Keep this game alive, dont be ignorant aces
That little quote made me laugh. But in all seriousness, thanks for pointing this out. Give newer people a little leniency, they don't have a feel for the forum yet, so they can make some missteps without knowing it. Just give them a gentle push in the right direction, and they can be thriving members.
However don't hit them with a freight train that is going in the right direction, they become quite dead, so they can't really be members at all.
You have a very awesome point flicker +1
I agree.
Over a year ago, I joined this community and felt like it was an awesome place. But I was just starting non-Casual Magic and had a few posts about "What's the difference between Standard and Modern and such?" And "Why are shock-lands so good?" I was a n00b and I understand some anger, but I got negged a ton and stayed that way for at least three months. I was put off about how people were snide in their comments and karma. I have learned so much from this community that actually took time to teach me and I have loved the time I've spent here.
So basically, be nice, because people like it when others are understanding.
When I joined here I had gotten used to playing with home brews, was completely new to modern and EDH, and had been playing for 5 years. You guys brought me into the eternal formats. I thank you. Special thanks to Arzair on EDH who really helped me out there
I agree with Agrus. Remember, we were all new to the forums in the beginning. To wrap up, here is a quote from Malcolm X:
Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.
But you guys are too awesome to be jerks to.. who am I supposed to be a jerk to!? 😫
Quote from: gtfotis on May 27, 2014, 09:48:26 AM
But you guys are too awesome to be jerks to.. who am I supposed to be a jerk to!? 😫
Yu-gi-oh players!
At my lgs yugioh is huge.....it's very interesting the difference in player bases. The way they look, dress, and think tends to be a bit different.
Quote from: Walkhard on May 27, 2014, 06:58:45 PM
At my lgs yugioh is huge.....it's very interesting the difference in player bases. The way they look, dress, and think tends to be a bit different.
What I find fascinating is that in my area (DC) the yu-gi-oh players are almost entirely African American. Really interesting! Not sure how widespread that is.
Im undecided how I feel about this. As a new user myself I can understand the OPs point, but at the same time I dont want ppl to feel like they cant disagree with me and one more way they can let me know that is through a neg. if theres no reason to have a neg why not just disable them and allow reps only? Or just discontinue the system?
Quote from: Taysby on May 27, 2014, 07:38:27 PM
The yugioh players at my lgs are either 10-12 or 28 with a mental age of 10-12. It's kinda freaky. One guy almost had a come apart because he couldn't return a thing of $2 sleeves. He bought the wrong one and opened them. Seriously, he was on the verge of tears.
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We card nerds are some of the most tempermental/dramatic ppl. Some more so than others lol
Quote from: PrEZchoICE1 on May 27, 2014, 07:37:17 PM
Im undecided how I feel about this. As a new user myself I can understand the OPs point, but at the same time I dont want ppl to feel like they cant disagree with me and one more way they can let me know that is through a neg.
I asked people to stop negging people for stupid reasons (new person posted in the wrong area, can't tag cards, ect...), by all means neg people for good reasons.
Quote from: Xaol on May 27, 2014, 07:02:24 PM
Quote from: Walkhard on May 27, 2014, 06:58:45 PM
At my lgs yugioh is huge.....it's very interesting the difference in player bases. The way they look, dress, and think tends to be a bit different.
What I find fascinating is that in my area (DC) the yu-gi-oh players are almost entirely African American. Really interesting! Not sure how widespread that is.
That's the same for my area! Quite peculiar.
Figure yugioh is more common with kids due to cartoons