Atticus Fynch
Gallente
The Scope
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Posted - 2010.09.25 03:37:00 -
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 Originally by: Kara Mitsui
People who respond with negative put-downs in an attempt to be witty are really just the lowest form of life. There's plenty of reasons why a player might not be completely sure about this, maybe they're in a small corp that's never done anything with a freighter before; perhaps he thinks the seemingly large amount of structure gives you a buffer big enough to tank your way through one or two jumps.
So people who reply with (to pick an example at random) 'you really are just f***ing awful' are so lame it's difficult to believe. The reply is a variation on a theme that has literally been done to death, simply by invoking that particular meme you are lowering yourself to the mental capacity of pond-scum at best.
And the same goes for all the other dumb one-liners, especially the 'x/10' marking type of reply. These guys make pond scum look like Noam Chomsky.
Still, several people offered actual advice so it's not a dead loss, and I'm not a complete nob-end. Simply reading the subject text of this particular post was a good laugh because on the surface it really is a hilarious question to ask. But that's as far as you need to take it. One short *giggle* and then some actual useful facts if you have any to contribute. If you have no useful facts to contribute (a state far more common than you probably realise) then the *giggle* on it's own just isn't worth it. Post nothing instead.
Why have I even bothered with this polite rant? Well, I'm trying to help those who use the '3/10' or 'you are awful' replies. Those posts were funny once, because they were posted by people with some command of a thing known as 'wit'. They, of course, have long since moved onto other put-downs that are still funny due to use of the aforementioned 'wit'. But those of you still rolling out the same tired things do not have this 'wit', have never had it, and never will have it. My advice is simply to try and contribute something useful to the forums - your command of comedic prose is practically non-existent and you'll do everyone, including yourself, a big favour by not trying to be something you're not.
Please note, none of this is an attempt by myself to be funny. I genuinely wanted to point out as clearly as possible what absolute turd-blossoms most of you are.
Thanks.
This is my first freighter and I wasn't sure how well it would stand to attack considering there no open slots for modules and it's as slow as molasses. So I was curious, and yes the question was sincere.
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