Elitist Jerks Forum Rules

I’m back, hi!

I’ve always been amused by these, and I sometimes imagine how online communities would look like if these were consistently enforced :^).

Link to the archived Elitist Jerks forums

logo

  1. All posters are to make an effort to communicate clearly. In particular, all posts should be made in a reasonable approximation of proper English. We realize that a significant number of you are not native speakers, and we do not expect perfection: merely effort. Please obey basic rules of capitalization and punctuation, avoid chatroom abbreviations (“lol”, “imo”, “u”, and the like), and pay at least minimal attention to sentence and paragraph structure. This includes not starting a new paragraph for each sentence.
  2. All opinions should be stated as succinctly as possible. Do not make multiple consecutive posts; rather, multi-quote and include all your ideas in a single post. Do not quote huge blocks of text to add a short reply; instead, quote only what you need to to make your point. Do not break a single quoted reply into multiple blocks; doing so needlessly lengthens your post without aiding its readability. And don’t provide unnecessary backstory: if it isn’t relevant to the question you’re asking or the point you’re making, we don’t need to know about it.
  3. All discussion should be both polite and civil. Trolling or flaming in any form is forbidden. Just because someone disagrees with you does not mean they are stupid or on drugs and their personal hygiene isn’t really relevant to the discussion. Regardless of the merit (or lack thereof) of your argument, it should be made in a way that is neither insulting nor condescending.
  4. Whining in any form is forbidden. Blizzard is not incompetent or stupid and they are not intentionally screwing you over and neither is anyone else. If all you’re going to do is complain, don’t bother posting.
  5. Threads should be started if and only if there is some reasonable topic to discuss. If the issue you wish to discuss is covered in an existing thread, use it rather than creating a new one. If you are asking a simple question that you expect to have a simple answer, ask it in one of the “Simple Questions/Simple Answers” threads. But if you feel there is a topic of discussion not well-covered by existing threads, feel free to start a new thread to discuss it.
  6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say. Do not bump, quote for truth, cross-post, or post only to say thanks. We don’t want to hear your funny story about something that happened in your raid last night, your baseless speculation is unproductive, and your idea for a new ability really isn’t that interesting. We don’t care what gear you are hoping to get or just received. If you have an idea you’d like to share with the community, support it with analysis, testing, or both that indicates you’ve put some thought into it. (Note: Posting of a new untested spec falls under this rule, unless you have done the grunt work and have information to support your amazing new spec don’t even bother posting it here.)
  7. Do not beg for hand-holding. These are forums for discussion and analysis, not for answering any question that you might happen to dream up. Search and read before posting–do not post a question unless you are fairly confident that the answer isn’t widely known or easily attainable. In particular, we do not want to take a look at your armory or WWS to tell you what you’re doing wrong and we’re not interested in making your tough gear or spec decisions for you. We expect you to use the search function and also to read the first post as well as the last 5 pages of the thread you are posting in. Chances are your question has already been answered. Additionally, do not post asking for confirmation of a simulation result. If you think there is a problem with the Sim you are welcome to PM the author.
  8. All accounts must have a valid WoW profile. If you no longer play and have deleted all characters you used to have, you may select the “No WoW Account” option; otherwise, this information must be filled out for your main character. If you fail to observe this rule you’ll be permanently banned from our forums. We do not permit anonymous posting.
  9. Do not sign your posts. People can see who you are from the profile printed to the left of each post, so signing your posts is redundant and simply takes up space. Similarly, you do not need to link your armory in your post, as if people wish to see it they can get it from your profile.
  10. Do not respond to terrible posts. Do not respond to a blatantly awful post (a post that is in clear violation of the rules) either in an attempt to moderate them or to answer a question they posed. Your post will just be warned/infracted and removed with the post you are replying to. If you feel that a post is in violation of these rules, please report it and the moderators will deal with it as we feel is appropriate.

No New Post This Week

EDIT: See the most recent post.

In case you’ve stopped by this Sunday, expecting a new post: hey, thank you so much for coming, but I’m afraid I don’t have a post to share with you this week.

Life atop of Teldrassil has been dynamic lately.

Young night elves are getting in trouble exploring the local caves, hoping to find hidden treasures but usually running into angry furbolgs instead.

The local population of haripes came up with a peace offering and now insists on providing us with flying lessons and teaching elemental magic.

Imps should know what happens when they misbehave, but they’re bothering deer, rabbits, and other lovely animas again.

dryad

Above all, my new job in Darnassus leaves me with little to no time to deal with all these issues. I’ve been wandering the lands of Kalimdor free, without any formal obligation, for so long that I’ve forgotten that when you work, your typical day is reduced to 4 hours of free time — or less.

Because of all this, I couldn’t find the time (and the energy) to fly to Amberpine Lodge and hang out with you. I’m sorry!

Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started