Rants and Raves
Pokemon Message Boards
Anyone who knows me knows very well that I am a member of such forums as Azure Heights and... well, some loser boards that I really only go to for the sake of scoping out how stupid some people can actually be and then mock them for it (I have lots of spare time ^_^). Anyhoo, this people are completely cluess. Not all of them, just the ones known as Newbies. This word strikes fear into the heart of any man. Their shear lack of understanding rocks the very fountation these great forums were erected on. Now, as most of you should know, Azure Heights is a research website, containing within itself a stronghold of knowledge to how everthing in the Pokemon Games works. Formulas, calculations, etc. But, for some reason, any Newbies to the forum act as if the rest of the site doesn't exist! An area clearly marked 'Attacks' with a well working link sites on the front page, but if the Newbie wants to know the damage of Dizzy Punch, does he click on the link to the Attack Data Page? NO! Instead, they go to the forum, make a new post, and ask the stupid question. Why? Its more work making the post then it is to look it up! Now, of course, at AH, it isn't so bad. This kind of thing happens very rarely. But The PokéMasters on the other hand if ripe with it. It scares me. Someone will make a stupid post like 'Where do you find Heracross?', even though at the top of the forum, its clearly states, 'If you have a question, check the Walkthrough or rest of the site before making a post'. While the place doesn't provide the most detailed information, it still will suffice for the average newbie. Now, this stupid on-going is pretty bad, but it wasn't even worse when two days later, someone else did the exact same bloody thing. No, what was worse was when for a month straight, every two days someone else would ask this same question! MORONS! Ugh, does this really count as anything? Probably not. I just like yelling at people.
Written - 11/12/00
