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The Lounge / Re: The most glorious Quotes ever

« on: February 12, 2014, 05:58:10 am »

AbbyTheRat: Okie, I'm going to protect Love's Helix.

I'll have you know she did a wonderful job.  Except the two times I blew up into beautiful shards of flaming cake.

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The Docks / Re: Girls of Icarus Online

« on: January 24, 2014, 07:26:53 pm »

Really glad the ladies are willing to take in those of us transgender ladies into the group.  I've played with some of you already before, looking forward to meeting the rest.  Boy's, please take the silliness elsewhere, this is for recruitment darlin's.

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General Discussion / Re: Is this kind of behavior acceptable in GOIO?

« on: August 09, 2013, 06:03:41 pm »

Does he say it was his first? I just skipped to the part. Not going to sit through his vid. He seemed to have some concept of what to do so didn't seem like a total noob to me. Keep in mind, some of us have had noobs on their ships which literally behave like untrained chimps. Shooting randomly, banging on things randomly, and flinging fecal matter at random crew members .

If you're not willing to take the time to bother to see if it's someones first match, then you really shouldn't pass judgement.  He had done only the tutorials, and then that was the first game he'd ever played.  It irritates me that people are so willing to dismiss someone without bothering to ask simple questions.  Ugh.

Yes, we've all had the people that refuse to or don't want to learn, and it's frustrating.  Best you can do is try to explain what you need and why, and hope that eventually they'll learn (obviously not playing if they try to stay on your ship after the match.)

But if you just dismiss people instantly, you could miss out on teaching gold nuggets that will one day grow into strong community members.

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General Discussion / Re: Is this kind of behavior acceptable in GOIO?

« on: August 09, 2013, 02:42:56 pm »

PBG...noted for block list addition. The other guy goes nuts, but PBG should have some sense to not be a jerk by doing that.

Considering it was Pbg's first game, I don't see why "have some sense" applies.  He didn't know, and it's not like the lunatic screaming at him was explaining what was wrong and why.  You need to be more willing to guide the new players, rather than shut them out and ignore them.