Wow.. Shini this is your 13-14th month playing and you finally made it to the forums? Neat! Nothing scary about the people here (in this forum, anyway. Just stay out of the job forums and you'll be fine ^^)
As for the other forums on Alla... They are full of stat *****, lurking trolls, and people who will rate you down for any of the following valid reasons:
1) You say something foolish
2) You mention a subjob that isnt one of the 2 most popular ones for your main job. This one generates a lot of heat, on par with denying the hollocaust ever happened.
3) You say something smart and helpful
4) You complain about getting rated down (This will get you rated down more ^^ )
4) Your name begins with the letters H,S,Y,A,L, or worst of all, T.
5) Some people will rate you down if todays day of the week ends with the letter "y".
Luckily ratings have absolutely nothing to do with anything in real life or in a fictional life. Its the most meaningless "statistic" in the history of all stats. Only forum trolls believe in the power of ratings, and they use it to smite their foes. Then they would go and boast to their real life friends about a Noob they just scorched, but alas, they have none.
Again, thats the other forums on Alla. In this server forum it's a community. Aside from the odd gilseller rant its a pretty supportive crowd.
(FYI I am stranded out of town at a hotel again, and I have plenty of time to rant)
Edited, Thu Jan 20 20:44:00 2005 by Thornn