Dear NOOB's

posted on August 3rd, 2011, 9:15 am

Feel free to translate it into German. To be honest, this is the internet. If you don't want to read english, then don't use it. Nowadays it should be common to read, write and speak english.

Or use google translate

posted on August 3rd, 2011, 5:54 pm

Heh whatever.

@Marian - I say old chap! What you be saying about our spiffing langauge? If one cannot understand one other's language, then one should visit one other's country and learn the tongue

@redman.

In the title, it is supposed to be 'Dear noobs' not 'Dear NOOB's'

The main mistake there is the 's when it should only be s 

HEIL SPELLCHECK!

posted on August 3rd, 2011, 6:10 pm

well i created the thread because a lot of noob's do skip the guide and i realised other than the guide it is hard to find anywhere that easily provides any information, instead you have to go through loads of threads on various topics concerning balance to get an idea of what is countering what (without the guide)...

I think more people skip the guide because it's not really easily accessible from the main page.  In all seriousness, if I want to go to the guide, I just go to Dom's sig and click on it.  I only know its here because I've been around awhile.  Maybe if Optec or Doca or whoever manages the website would put a link to it on the main page, more "noobs" would know about it.  There's a lot of real estate that maybe a big flashy button could be put on.

posted on August 3rd, 2011, 6:12 pm

HEIL SPELLCHECK!

LOL  Will spellcheck even pick up errors like that?  I thought it was just a matter of intelligence.

posted on August 3rd, 2011, 6:16 pm

I think more people skip the guide because it's not really easily accessible from the main page.  In all seriousness, if I want to go to the guide, I just go to Dom's sig and click on it.  I only know its here because I've been around awhile.  Maybe if Optec or Doca or whoever manages the website would put a link to it on the main page, more "noobs" would know about it.  There's a lot of real estate that maybe a big flashy button could be put on.

there is a link on the main page. its called game guide in the left navigation bar.

posted on August 3rd, 2011, 6:26 pm

LOL  Will spellcheck even pick up errors like that?  I thought it was just a matter of intelligence.

Don't know, but it is from this:



The infamous grammar nazis

posted on August 5th, 2011, 3:09 am

thanks Redman Mark and the other players on that day for being patient and kind while showing me and the other newbies the ropes. Looking forward to many future games! Thanks Again.. Michael

posted on August 5th, 2011, 4:19 am

thanks Redman Mark and the other players on that day for being patient and kind while showing me and the other newbies the ropes. Looking forward to many future games! Thanks Again.. Michael

Hey Michael, welcome to the fourms, and glad we could help, you were a little rogh to start but being an oobserver was a good thing IMO, and has been said, you learned a lot,

I look forward to more games with you..............

posted on August 5th, 2011, 7:27 am

Feel free to translate it into German. To be honest, this is the internet. If you don't want to read english, then don't use it. Nowadays it should be common to read, write and speak english.

Well, obviously it is not that easy. I'm seriously thinking about translating some of the basic stuff, the whole guide would be pretty time consuming though. It has nothing to do with "not wanting" to read English  . I know at least 3players in the community who have a hard time in understanding English, either because of their age or because of their bad education.

posted on August 5th, 2011, 7:52 am

And what prevents these people to learn english better? Its not that hard...but even not trying is 

posted on August 5th, 2011, 8:07 am

there is always google translate, sure it makes mistakes but with a bit of common sense you can easily tell what somebody is trying to get at

posted on August 5th, 2011, 12:23 pm

And what prevents these people to learn english better? Its not that hard...but even not trying is 

That's a pretty rude and arrogant thing to say and shows just how little thought has gone into that comment. English is actually one of the hardest languages to learn, heck most people that have it as their first language can't use it properly.

I understand where you coming from about how hard language barriers can be, but just because you speak English, doesn't mean that everyone else has to. English isn't even the most widely spoken language depending on what form of measurement you use. And I wonder how many languages you speak fluently.

posted on August 5th, 2011, 12:44 pm

im sure he was joking but this is an advice topic for noobs so lets not stray of topic like the way in the Bortas one please 

posted on August 5th, 2011, 1:14 pm

im sure he was joking but this is an advice topic for noobs so lets not stray of topic like the way in the Bortas one please 

Fair point and call. Apologies for straying off the topic. Had a big week in the labs and now have a ton of vibration data to deal with.

I do agree with your initial post of somehow getting new players to understand the rules and etiquette

posted on August 5th, 2011, 1:25 pm

for me this works both ways to be honest, i have been in games over the last week with noob's where experienced players have rushed noobs or bullied them when they are being taught a build order or counter, ruining the game for everyone to be honest :/

i laughed a little at the vibration data, im sorry my mind is dirty