Be more friendly to new people

[Darlene159]

Unfortunately, some members of the community are harsh with new members. The thread you speak of is quite tame compared to a lot of threads I have seen.
I do not see anything aggressive in what Sam said.
There is really no excuse for not knowing the rules of a forum before you post.
There have been much worse threads of the community "tearing a member apart".
I have complained about this many times before.

1) The community needs to be a little more understanding and helpful to new members.

2) New (and old) members should familiarize themselves with the rules of the forum befrore they post.

[Darklux]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

Unfortunately, some members of the community are harsh with new members. The thread you speak of is quite tame compared to a lot of threads I have seen.
I do not see anything aggressive in what Sam said.
There is really no excuse for not knowing the rules of a forum before you post.
There have been much worse threads of the community "tearing a member apart".
I have complained about this many times before.

1) The community needs to be a little more understanding and helpful to new members.

2) New (and old) members should familiarize themselves with the rules of the forum befrore they post.

Darlene, you cant expect of a young child to run a marathon too.
Most people don't read rules, thery just open the page once, say "aha fine..." close the browsertab and are happy with it.

Its frustrating for a new member - and graalonline needs new members - if a critic is harsh like this for no reason. Theres a nice way to tell your criticism, without ripping the new person apart.

My example:

"Hello xxx!

Its nice that you are interested in hosting a Server on this nice game, but you have to follow certain rules which are xxx and xxx.
If you follow these rules iam sure that your chances improve to get nice people for your server."

But not:

"Omg follow rules, you criminal! Closed! Never try writing here again!"

Do you really expect a member to stay in the community if you behave like this? I wouldn't expect it.

- Lux

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by Darklux

Most people don't read rules, thery just open the page once, say "aha fine..." close the browsertab and are happy with it.

I know what most people do, and there is no excuse for it.

My example:

"Hello xxx!

Its nice that you are interested in hosting a Server on this nice game, but you have to follow certain rules which are xxx and xxx.
If you follow these rules iam sure that your chances improve to get nice people for your server."

But not:

"Omg follow rules, you criminal! Closed! Never try writing here again!"

Do you really expect a member to stay in the community if you behave like this? I wouldn't expect it.

- Lux

I haven't seen any moderator act like this. I have always seen them closing the thread, and asking them to read the rules. I haven't seen any moderator being rude about it as you have stated there. That example is something I have seen quite frequently from members, not moderators.
I am assuming you are talking about moderators here, since you said "closed", and the only people who can close threads are moderators.