that's so nerdy it hurts.
so a bunch of nerds got tired of "newbs" coming to "their" forum, so they made a bunch of rules up about it. nice.
so this is what nerds do when we're out riding bikes? now i get it.
edit: some proof of how dorky this note is:
We're (largely) volunteers. We take time out of busy lives to answer questions, and at times we're overwhelmed with them. So we filter ruthlessly. In particular, we throw away questions from people who appear to be losers in order to spend our question-answering time more efficiently, on winners.
put another way, but modded for BF: (remember this was for hackers originally)
We're (large) volunteers. We take time out of sad lives to answer questions, and at times we're overwhelmed with them. So we tease ruthlessly. In particular, we throw away questions from people who appear to be losers (aka they aren't popular on this board) in order to spend our (oh so valuable!) question-answering time (away from WoW no less) more efficiently, on winners.
winners. really? do you think a "winner" wrote this? because i don't.
in fact, i bet their out there on teh internetz right now, still losing, in their mom's basement.
anyway, have fun trying to herd cats!