To add my totally worthless 2 cents; I felt I had to leave this board a while back because of the attitude of some of the Inn members.... a community I'd actually come to feel a part of, so I totally understand that noobs would (and do) feel isolated by being thrown straight into it.
Some people here (omfg... is he mentioning no names????) can be downright offensive and completely lacking in any ability to understand a different sense of humour or a different world view. Most people can write these sorts' off as trolls and carry on but I can't abide people like that so I just left the site. And there are plenty more people like me around who read that shit and just fuck off.
A way for people to join the site without being subject to anyone else's shit attitude sounds like a grand idea to me. Creating an area for noobs to circulate in before being subjected to the likes of the Inn regulars is a fantastic idea and all credit to Cougar for it.
Wanting to join in is a massive part of reading these books and personally I don't think that anyone capable of getting through GotM and still wanting more could possibly be lacking in intellect. It's so unlike any other novel I've read that 'bloody difficult' doesn't quite cover it so anyone wanting to know more must have some gumption about them and I'd love to be a part of encouraging them into more of SE's or ICE's books. Let's have that area of the new site up asap plox! =D Spoilers up or down, no probs!
I love Cougar's attitude to moderating, I'd be the same myself, faced with the grief those guys have to put up with. And the guys whinging about new members seeing those posts should probably stop posting that kind of crap rather than tell the mods they're wrong. The negativity that comes from it isn't hurting the mods on any personal level and they're not making their decisions on a personal level either, it's the attitude and behaviour of those members taking liberties that hurt the site as a whole.
Some people don't get what this site is because they've gotten so comfortable here. It's not about the current members and never will be. It's about the new breed of SE fans and how to help our favourite author make enough cash, via the new blood, that he wants to carry on this venture.
This website is owned by Malaclypse and Hetan; just in case any of you were wondering - and doing our best by them should be EVERY members' priority. They do it for nothing other than love and personal gratification.
I'm raising a glass to you two right now. Thank you for your continued efforts and to the admins and mods as well... especially Cougar (surprise =P)!
This post has been edited by eekwibble: 04 January 2010 - 04:38 AM
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