Good / Sensible Guidelines for Using BHW - Help Zen19 :)

zen19 said:

Half the staff, and a lot of the bigger posters hang there and chat while they work. Sometimes its quiet, but other times its noisy. Get mIRC and leave it open always that way you get a nice live update and can jump in at any point.

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I usually run it on my android phone and keep it running 24 x 7

Checks it every 2 - 3 hours

I have a suggestion that noobs can't post in freelance, the lounge and Shit list for period of some time with reasonable amount of post count. I feel doing this will reduce spamming.

zen19 said:

21/ Dont PM members whom you dont know asking them for help. This is not a support forum, people are busy with their own projects, and if they decide to help its because they are nice people. Keep your questions within a thread, so that everyone can benefit

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It seemed like a great idea at the time :/

I see so many mods quote so many rules etc, and I can't help but ask myself have they forgotten what it is like to be new, and truly lost? I figured out a great metaphor for what I mean.

When you are new it is like trying to wade into the surf for the first time ever. The waves roll incessantly and you can be knocked off your feet, battered down constantly and can even drown. Now as someone who hasn't "made it yet" I feel the struggle, I truly do. Where as it seems like the mods are the old surf pros who are sitting back past the break watching the struggle bewildered at our ineptness. I know you remember what it is like to see the overwhelming ocean, in all it's terrifying glory. A little empathy for us poor fools swallowing a bitch load of salt water is all we ask!

If I could have figured out a sweet snowboarding analogy, I would have ^_^ But I think/hope that makes sense!