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Geek Culture / A Thanks to the Community.

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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 03:17
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I was looking through some of my old posts earlier and i realized how much of a jerk i was when i first joined these forums. I now am humiliated by my behavior and hateful attitude towards other forum members. I now apologize to whomever i may have offended then.

My actions were unexcuseably Childish and i have now Matured and now i realize the mistakes of my actions. I just hope now that any severed bonds between any forum members that may be joined once more and any unpleasant events may be left in the past where it belongs.

Now i thank you for all of the Moderators and Members that have put up with me in the past. It is because of you great people that i know everything i know about computers. I would have never have found out near as much as i know now, i am now concidered one of the most talented technology experts of my community (however small).

I also thank the community as a whole for accepting me as family and helping me through my times of need and answering any question i've ever had with the best of your best ability.
It would take alot to make up for what TGC has done for me over the time i've spent here.

This is not a 'Goodbye' topic, just a topic to let out my emotions towards this community and i feel much better for this.

In closing. this is a great community and i feel that i should Thank You for the pleasure of my time here.

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crispex
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 04:05
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It happens to most of us. I have a theory that anytime someone is new to a forum, or anything in general, they must try to be the most arrogant annoying person they can be in order to try to gain respect. Unfortunately, this isn't the case. Most people are annoyed. While some come along, ask a few questions, and leave, most have an arrogance that doesn't last long. I have, so have many other people. It's all about learning your lesson. While some of the older members haven't really changed in the last 4 years, many have. Unfortunately very few people from 2007 into early 2008 don't come around much, and only a few from before then show up, mostly now it's people from 2009 and upward. A lot of good friends have left, but most of us are learning to adjust and learning to respect many of the newer members.

So when I say this, I mean it, don't sweat it. Most of us acted dumb when we first got here.

I just now realized I've had a typo in my signature for the past 3 years.
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 04:07
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Thanks Crispex, though that wasn't the case though, unfortunately, that is how i acted in real life, not just these forums.

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crispex
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 04:14
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Well, I had my arrogance around me. Then I noticed people generally were annoyed with the way I acted, especially being that I had a very bad attitude and outlook on things. I felt that since I had everything I could want, and anything I wanted I got, and how people pretty much did whatever I told them, I gained an arrogance. So during the summer of 1997, I took a trip down to the poorer parts of Mexico, during a mission trip. Initially I didn't want to go, but it's a VERY humbling experience that changed my life on things. You realize to be grateful, and that some people don't have things so good, so you realize that you need to step back and loose your arrogance, because it's sad that people get to walk around bragging about what they've got, and whatnot. So for me, materialism played a major role in the way I acted. Now, money doesn't really mean much to me other than for paying bills. I don't hold on to money because you can be doing a lot better things with it.

Anyway, again, don't worry. We all act stupid, we all grow up (for the most part), and we all try to learn from our faults and mistakes. I had my first job when I was about 13, and another thing that knocked me back into place, was that I told the boss they needed me, and I didn't need them. Bad mistake. Turns out they didn't need me, I did in fact need them. That's yet another thing that helps me realize that the world doesn't think I'm the greatest person. Sure, I still get a bit cocky at times, especially in gaming, but all it takes is a few bullets to the head to smack me back into reality.

I just now realized I've had a typo in my signature for the past 3 years.
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 04:19
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Quote: "few bullets to the head to smack me back into reality."

Boy, then i must be past reality, i've had too many headshots to count in MW2 lol

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Thraxas
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 10:59 Edited at: 7th Mar 2011 11:04
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Quote: "So during the summer of 1997"


When you were 4?

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This is a serious question as from your photo in the photo thread you can't be much older than 18... which leaves me really confused because even if you're slightly older 19, 20.. that still makes you 5 or 6... and I find it hard to believe that at that age you (or most people) would find something humbling

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RedneckRambo
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 11:05
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Quote: "o during the summer of 1997, I took a trip down to the poorer parts of Mexico"

When I was 7, I played with Legos... I didn't learn life lessons in third world countries.

Signature's are stupid.
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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2011 14:50
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Quote: "I played with Legos"

I had no legos, I had Megablocks

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PrimalBeans
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Posted: 8th Mar 2011 10:05
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I think i know better what ailed mr. gatlin... other forums. It seems to me that its the common place for the noob to be shut down and shunned... its a common reaction to be degrading defensive against people who would soon as ever tell you that you suck and beat you out of a community because your a noob. People are more concerned about showing off then helping out...

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 8th Mar 2011 13:18
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Quote: "I had no legos, I had Megablocks"

megablocks is the first thing i had, after that i had legos

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TheComet
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Posted: 8th Mar 2011 17:03
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I never liked legos... Bionicle, K'nex and Mechano were the things I played with

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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 03:20
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Quote: " People are more concerned about showing off then helping out..."

Agreed, people sometime give their life to show off.

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crispex
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 03:43
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Quote: "When you were 4?

EDIT:
This is a serious question as from your photo in the photo thread you can't be much older than 18... which leaves me really confused because even if you're slightly older 19, 20.. that still makes you 5 or 6... and I find it hard to believe that at that age you (or most people) would find something humbling
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I had a good laugh, because I was thumbing through old family photos, and 2 of my childhood pictures were labelled "1997", which we took the trip in 2007. I won't tell my age, but I'm of legal age, and I'm a bit older than I look, as most of my family is relatively young looking considering their age. Regardless, the trip was taken in 2007. You can't find something very humbling when you're younger, as it takes a lot more when you're older to have it.

Quote: "When I was 7, I played with Legos... I didn't learn life lessons in third world countries."


This is seriously one of the funniest things I've read all night!

I just now realized I've had a typo in my signature for the past 3 years.
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Jeku
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 04:06
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Quote: "So when I say this, I mean it, don't sweat it. Most of us acted dumb when we first got here."


That's not true. I'd wager most people here were pretty cool and collected throughout their entire time here. It's a small subset of people that get on everyone's nerves and troll the forums. I disagree that it's "normal" to act childish when you first join a forum.


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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 04:13
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Quote: "I disagree that it's "normal" to act childish when you first join a forum."

I've seen a many of em though, sometimes just the style of the way they post gets on my nerves, Don't know why though.

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 04:35
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I agree with Jeku. The amount of people that act childish is very small compared to the non-childish people that post. We all hate certain kinds of posts like the gimmie-da-codez messages or the newbie that doesn't know the words "thank you". It's just part of life having to deal with crazy people.

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ToastyFresh
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 07:35 Edited at: 9th Mar 2011 07:58
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Yeah a lot of people do make douches of themselves when they join. Hell, look at my first posts, I seriously cannot believe that I wrote that crap.

Then again it was my first treads onto the internet in the form of a forum. Nowadays when I join forums I seem to get along well with others.

EDIT: I just realised that you can't view my old posts from my profile... they're on my old account...

Hooray!

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Dazzag
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 09:39 Edited at: 9th Mar 2011 09:40
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Quote: "That's not true. I'd wager most people here were pretty cool and collected throughout their entire time here"
Yep. When I joined in 2000 pretty much everyone was fine from the get go. Infact there was almost a designated number of "clowns" (remember Smartass?) that were there just to have a laugh. But they did a better job of being funny at the time it seems.

Infact at the time I would split the people between serious programmers (ie. wowing with demos every 2nd week), hobby programmers (dabble a bit and offer/ask for some help), people who liked the scene but were a good chat, and people out for a good laugh. Total tools and trolls were practically zero. Infact I used to post a message and call the author of an exceptionally tooly thread "The One". Essentially because they were the only one at the time. Normally was about one every 2 or 3 months.

Maybe I'm looking at things through rose tinted glasses...

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 11:25
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People are different and we get quite a lot of diversity here, hence politics and religion are a no-no. I think a good number of people who have signed up and still remain have had a positive relationship with the forum - even if there's some negative outbursts, even if their early posts are noobish, but that doesn't make them a negative contribution. I think people are capable of getting off on the wrong foot and even doing something they see in hindsight as completely idiotic, I think it's all a part of being human. Though there are a lot of people who don't change and I think it becomes easier to respect those who are able to learn and grow from their experiences.

I think if you're willing to listen to moderators, then you'll find yourself fitting in nicely, after all they're the people managing the forum, I've seen people try to war with the mods because they feel hard done by and it's rare for them to stick around, but I've been a mod of a large forum before and I've never seen a mod abuse their power because it's difficult for them to get away with it without other mods noticing because there is an admin section where members' negative behaviour is recorded and decisions are made. From a member perspective it looks like a moderator is making a decision by themselves, but it's often supported by many others and at times mods can disagree (I can think of one member in particular on said forum). I suspect this forum operates in a similar way.

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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 10th Mar 2011 01:00
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Quote: "respect those who are able to learn and grow from their experiences. "

Yup, I'm seriously glad i did, i really was sick of being treated like an idiot.

Compare this to my very first thread, if you don't already know then you will when i posted this.
Here

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I think the childish people just make more of a splash ... but that doesn't make them any less worthwhile.

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." That's a bit like saying Hey bullies! So yeah, this words thing isn't working, but I'll tell you what will
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Travis Gatlin
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Lol i stuck around though, i plan to stay for many more years.

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