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Originally Posted by Brian McIlmoyle

I agree, but .... this happens all too often..

New kid: hey cool airsoft... I wanna get into this... but like, I know nothing so I'm going to ask all kinds of questions that have already been answered 1000 times.... but I don't know that because I just discovered this... and I'm all excited because I think its so cool.

Community: fuck off stoopid Noob!

New Kid: HuH? what did I do? I show up here and have some questions... Ok ok.. I guess I could have looked around a bit... but hey... I'm young and impatient... I want stuff now...so like, sorry so can you answer some of my questions.

Community: fuck off stoopid Noob!... oh and would you like a side of Ban with that?

New Kid: oh... ok I get it... you don't want me... fine I am now no longer listening to you.. in fact I think I will do exactly the opposite of what you say I should do... well sure thats immature... but heck I'm 17...going on 18...I'm not a boy.... I'm not a man... so I can get away with it... so how bout this..
Fuck all of you!

end rant...

although it is doubtless that there are a lot of people who we do not want to get involved in this community.. there are a lot that we do... I find it unfortunate that we do so little to figure out which is which.. and simply presume that every person who pops up here with questions is an idiot.

This place... fails as a entry point into the airsoft community..

I tell you one thing... If I treated every fresh faced Noob who shows up at TTAC3 the way people treat new people here... there would be a lot fewer new players in the community over the past 2 years..which means a lot fewer guns sold, gear sold, bbs sold, game fees paid.. and new teams formed.

New people make mistakes... new people say things that they should not.. they blunder.. and offend because they don't know the rules... it takes patience to bring them in a socialize them...

take the time to send the new person a PM and help them fit in... we need them.. well most of them.

that sums about EVERYTHING.. thats happened to me so far... there are a few people who right now have been REALLY helpful via PM and on this thread.. and i :salute: you