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Keganator

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This isn't really about inf, but about the discussion on INF. What is needed is a redirect page that when newbies click on the forum link, it comes up with the link to the FAQ, the link to the Search engine, and links to several important threads, including:


The optimization thread
Installation threads (for the different operationg systems)
A link to the grab key help thread,
A mention of 'breathing'
The manditary, "new weapon suggestions are generally disregared"
and, with McMuffin's approval (please?) most of his newbie template.
and a message stating to do a search before posting any new ideas.


This way, the forums will be less flooded with asked again and again questions, and newbies will get the answers they need, without being attacked for asking the same questions asked 1000 times before.
 

Keganator

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Originally posted by rgreene
Yay! noobs! Now I can pretend I'm good at INF again.

:lol: Me too! Me too!

And with 6-9 servers full of them, we'll all get that warm, fuzzy feeling of 5-7 servers worth of them, posting their crap about "Wh3rzx my cr0ssha9rz" and "whY do3szn't it hAv3 t3h st3r AUG like CS?" ... *shudder*

With this idea, then we'll at least weed some of them out ;)
 

McMuffin

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go ahead...

And here's v1.2: :D

:) Official Newbie Welcome Boilerplate v1.2 :)

Welcome to the fascinating world of Infiltration, _INFPlayer_

When in doubt RTFM

Read these:
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?threadid=87734
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?threadid=88561
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?threadid=92673
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?threadid=87944

Good for laughs:
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?threadid=68634

This can help your aim:
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?threadid=89009

If you plan on hanging around the forum much:
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?threadid=84459

Tip of the day is:
Don't suggest WW2 era weaponry and you probably won't be flamed.

Have fun.
 

JaFO

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Originally posted by Cogo
We also need a new manual... Lets just hope 287 covers all things in the game so all ****ing newbies don't ask it here.
The people that should RTFM ... don't.

That's life, get used to it ;)

Altough the more info and useful facts we can gather in a single place ... the more likely it is that those who do read need to ask less :)

btw :
The OpenGl-thread should be summarized and added to the 'FAQ' too
 

DamienW

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Frankly, if you add tons and tons of info that a new member has to read when he comes, there will be less and less new members ... Think about it, it's not a very warm welcome when you see : "To post it, you first must read and understand this and this plus this and also this"..... Kinda hostile, if you ask me

edit : anyways, that just won't change things : ppl who care will just have more and more things to read (and it might scare away some of these 'good' guys), and those who don't care won't read it anyways :hmm:
 

TitanBlue

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Originally posted by STW Max Sterling
ppl who care will just have more and more things to read (and it might scare away some of these 'good' guys), and those who don't care won't read it anyways :hmm:

Thats it, exactly!


TitanBlue :con: