Hey guys!

[bitbomb]

It's just distaste for people who join a forum and post before reading anything. Who goes to anyone's community and does that? I've never once happened upon a new scene and immediately started blabbing, asking questions. I figure 'there's a forum. I bet any question I have, since I just got here, has already been asked. I will spend a few days reading up so I know what's going on.' That's what the rage is about. It's lazy, rude, and disrespecful to just barge in and ask stuff with the assumption that 'Gee, I must be the first and only person ever to want to know what's going on.' A 'Hey, guys' post usually comes after taking a look around. Seems reasonable, doesn't it?

Otherwise, what is the point of a forum? A question is asked once, and it stays searchable forever. It's neat!

Generally, it's the people who came and got less than helpful responses because they were the billionth person to start a redundant thread asking a very basic question that's been answered countless times (hint: search) that like to think this community is full of big meanies. It's not. It's a great community full of cool people.

The people that got REALLY raged on were almost always asking questions that are answered on THE FRONT PAGE of http://www.mxoemu.info. I'm sure you can understand that a few years of 'please read the front page/FAQ before posting' gets old. The FAQ is at the top of pretty much every section of the forum, in 'important threads.' It's marked 'READ HERE FIRST' in capital letters. 'First,' as in, before posting.

Welcome to the emu project. It's got a ways to go but it's going.