Welcome to the Newbs in Da House!

J-Cat

Shared on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 12:27

Good Morning to all the the 2old2play newbs!  The GoW community playdate has made our little corner of the interwebs fairly popular; I just wanted to take a few minutes to give the newcomers a few pointers.

Blogging.  Double blogging (blogging a second time while your first blog is still in the top row) is an unwritten no-no.  You will get a thumbs down pretty quick. Dont take it personally. Blogs are just how people meet new people and by bumping off someone else you deny the rest of us that opportunity. Use the edit button if you want to edit your blog, or even just post in your own comments section.

What to blog about? Whatever you want to. Just keep in mind that while we are all old, we are still a diverse crowd. Anything controversial will get you a thumbs down by some people: this includes politics and nudie pics.  Again: thumbs down is only a big deal if you let it get to you. So don't.  Blog about whatever tickles your fancy. Doesn't have to be about gamng: my first few blogs were about my attempt at the 50 book challenge (50 books: one year). It was a failure, but by blogging I met lotsa cool people.

Clans: Join one. they are teh awesome.  Like I said we are a diverse crew and being a member of a clan allows you to associate with people that are more in your social scene.

Or you can just read a better explanation of pointers to help make your stay at 2old2play drama-llama free.

In short: welcome to all  the new folks in town. Enjoy.

Comments

Guardian's picture
Submitted by Guardian on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 12:33
I think Doodi should put you in charge of public relations.
J-Cat's picture
Submitted by J-Cat on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 12:35
nah: TDrag is the real author around here. She's the one who did the unwritten rules of 2o2p... forgot to give her a mention.
ekattan's picture
Submitted by ekattan on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 12:35
great pointers
KittenMag's picture
Submitted by KittenMag on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 13:06
Thanks J-Cat. oops I think I blogged twice in one day this week =( I don't even know what the blog rating means. Someone doesn't like something I said? I got a lot of negatives for complaining about my mouse getting broken. lol Maybe too boring for people, haha
LtBlarg's picture
Submitted by LtBlarg on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 13:11
You weren't kidding. I just checked. 170 new members in the last 2 days. WOW !! Welcome to all the new people.
pearly_54's picture
Submitted by pearly_54 on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 13:38
Nice, J. I am still getting new clannies in MTGO. And a warm welcome to all!
char's picture
Submitted by char on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 15:41
jcat...(my caps key is not working at this time...sorry) i'm glad you posted this. I did the double blog thing when I was new and more than once. I didn't know, and no one told me. when new members do this they're not trying to be bad, or knock someone else off the front page. they really don't know they shouldn't blog more than once. so, when a new member double blogs, as the more seasoned members here at 2o2p, we should not give them thumbs down, but tell them in a nice pm why it's frowned upon. let's show new members a nice warm welcome and help them learn how to manuver the ends and outs of the site. welcome all new members.
char's picture
Submitted by char on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 15:45
Oh, and Jcat, nice job. my caps key is working again...no, there goes again..= [
Kwazy's picture
Submitted by Kwazy on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 20:34
But if you don't give them the thumbs down, how will they learn?

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