Opinions (was re: Kakutou Shinseiki 3 Updates)

While I haven't been following things closely here during the past 2.5 weeks, in catching up recently I've noticed that you (Akira_PH) have a tendency to rub people the wrong way without realising it. This is not the first time I'm addressing this issue with you either.

I've deleted the whole 'lost cards' banter from the BT tourney thread. For anyone genuinely concerned about ice-9's lost cards -- try PM'ing him? We don't need an investigation carried out in that thread. The cards are gone and there's nothing you can do about it, so just drop it and let ice-9 move on.

One of the worst ways to introduce yourself into a community, especially a small one like ours where most people know eachother very well either online or in real life, is to start dropping your opinions left, right and center. While you're entitled to believe whatever you want, the rest of the community doesn't necessarily want to hear it all the time on almost every issue, especially when it's not invited.

Just off the top of my head, here are some posts of yours that seem to go against the very grain of this community:

- Comments in various media threads. I've already dealt with this in a previous thread so I won't go over it again.

- Expressing your amazement that someone lost their cards. ice-9 has been to Japan a number of times and is very experienced with using cards. Again, this is why dropping advice to someone when you're new to the community isn't a great idea since you know absolutely nothing about them.

- You referred to "nerds" in such a derogatory way, but apparently it's ok if these "nerds" look you up online for a game or two?

- This very post (with replies) which I extracted from the kaku3 updates thread where you talk about Goh like you're an authority on the character. Relies mainly on pokes to set up throws? That's like every character in VF. Again, advice from a newcomer who speaks like an authority isn't going to be well received. This holds true for any community.

- And most recently, asking about command notation in the console board... it's the wrong board, and there's already a sticky thread in the training board that answers your question. Try reading that.

While you may not be new to the internet or message boards, there is still a kind of etiquette you should adhere to when you join a community. I think to date, you've practically broken every rule.

My final message is to kungfusmurf: I know you're suffering from massive shang cock-withdrawal but please stfu from now on whenever someone posts something that bothers you. You make a bad situation 10x worse.