Anti Newbie Mentality

[Island Epicurean]

Hey All;

There has been some talk of an anti-newbie mentality going around..... I joined about half a year ago and I found everyone helpful and polite to new guys/gals. Lets take a vote and see if you think there is really an anti-newbie mentality around here.......

[prophetic_joe]

definitely not, still a newbie myself and everyone here has treated me great.

[CoventryCat86]

Hey All;

There has been some talk of an anti-newbie mentality going around..... I joined about half a year ago and I found everyone helpful and polite to new guys/gals. Lets take a vote and see if you think there is really an anti-newbie mentality around here.......

WHERE is this "some talk" of which you speak?

Gezuz, yer startin' to piss me off with these stupid polls.........

[Island Epicurean]

Hey,

I actually like the polls because they are a great way to judge the community opinion...... The numbers are a pretty good representation of how the community feels.....

[Island Epicurean]

The Doc actually spoke of the anti-newbie feeling..... I don't agree with him and I wanted to make sure I wasn't alone.......

[Bkcloud114]

There is not an "Anti-Newbie" mentality on this BB.... and you joined in June 2005...... that is 6 months, not a year.

Newbies have to learn that no matter how long they have been smoking cigars, they are still a newbie on the BB..... If a newbie comes in here with a "know it all attitude", then they will be schooled on the proper way to handle themselves...... if they continue with the "know it all attitude" then usually they will have their ass handed to them. This BB and other BB run on trust. If a new guy comes on the BB and expects to have as much "trust" as another guy who has been here for 6 months he is sadly mistaken.

Now stop with the stupid polls.......

[FPDoc77]

There is not an "Anti-Newbie" mentality on this BB.... and you joined in June 2005...... that is 6 months, not a year.

Newbies have to learn that no matter how long they have been smoking cigars, they are still a newbie on the BB..... If a newbie comes in here with a "know it all attitude", then they will be schooled on the proper way to handle themselves...... if they continue with the "know it all attitude" then usually they will have their ass handed to them. This BB and other BB run on trust. If a new guy comes on the BB and expects to have as much "trust" as another guy who has been here for 6 months he is sadly mistaken.

Now stop with the stupid polls.......

I actually agree...dont expect the same trust just the same respect.

[godfather]

Enough of these ridiculous polls. You're spamming the board with nonsense and NOT doing anyone a favor.

Stop trying to dig yourself out of the hole you got yourself in with that 'grammar' poll. You're only making things worse.

[Island Epicurean]

There is not an "Anti-Newbie" mentality on this BB.... and you joined in June 2005...... that is 6 months, not a year.

Newbies have to learn that no matter how long they have been smoking cigars, they are still a newbie on the BB..... If a newbie comes in here with a "know it all attitude", then they will be schooled on the proper way to handle themselves...... if they continue with the "know it all attitude" then usually they will have their ass handed to them. This BB and other BB run on trust. If a new guy comes on the BB and expects to have as much "trust" as another guy who has been here for 6 months he is sadly mistaken.

Now stop with the stupid polls.......

It actually says half a year........ But it has definitly been an informative half a year.....

[CoventryCat86]

The Doc actually spoke of the anti-newbie feeling..... I don't agree with him and I wanted to make sure I wasn't alone.......

There's a huge difference between "some talk" and one lone asshole shooting his ignorant mouth off.

[Island Epicurean]

A little over one hour later it seems we have a consensus. There seems to be little/no harsh attitudes towards new members......

[Mavido]

As quiet possably the newest of the newbies, I will say that No there is no Anti-noobism... and i know about Anti-noobism... I mod on a board with 9000+ members and well people just dont like new people.

Here its been wonderful, I had lurked around for a few weeks, then when i had a question I just joined up and started a thread. Felt very welcomed, even welcome enough to make a wise crack on the first day. But yall are a pretty nice crew, keep in mind that someone will come along and think everyone hates them because they;re new, when they just hate them because they are a tool. Its ineveitable.

And that is all I have to say.

[runs back to the n00b corner to color in his coloring book]

[basil]

And that is all I have to say.

[runs back to the n00b corner to color in his coloring book]

LMAO!

There's no anti-newbie 'tude here. There is plenty of anti-BS mentality.

[Bkcloud114]

As quiet possably the newest of the newbies, I will say that No there is no Anti-noobism... and i know about Anti-noobism... I mod on a board with 9000+ members and well people just dont like new people.

Here its been wonderful, I had lurked around for a few weeks, then when i had a question I just joined up and started a thread. Felt very welcomed, even welcome enough to make a wise crack on the first day. But yall are a pretty nice crew, keep in mind that someone will come along and think everyone hates them because they;re new, when they just hate them because they are a tool. Its ineveitable.

And that is all I have to say.

[runs back to the n00b corner to color in his coloring book]

That's it in a nutshell ......

[Mavido]

That's it in a nutshell ......

Score one for mavido.

Do I get a free cigar for this or what? Because i put 2 hours into that post..

Who are the 2 people who voted that there is a Newbie mentality

Yeah, i had a seizure. So sorry.

[Bkcloud114]

You should have put a check in the box so we could see who voted for what.

Who are the 2 people who voted that there is a Newbie mentality

[CoventryCat86]

As quiet possably the newest of the newbies, I will say that No there is no Anti-noobism... and i know about Anti-noobism... I mod on a board with 9000+ members and well people just dont like new people.

Here its been wonderful, I had lurked around for a few weeks, then when i had a question I just joined up and started a thread. Felt very welcomed, even welcome enough to make a wise crack on the first day. But yall are a pretty nice crew, keep in mind that someone will come along and think everyone hates them because they;re new, when they just hate them because they are a tool. Its ineveitable.

And that is all I have to say.

[runs back to the n00b corner to color in his coloring book]

OH MAN, you hit the nail right on the head, Mavido

I've seen quite a few other cases where egomaniacs (like Scotty, corona gigante and now fpdoc) come in here and automatically resent the fact that THEY:
1. Don't have a high post count and others do.
2. Don't have senority and others do (even though it means nothing, these jerkoffs have a chip on their shoulder just because they are insecure and jealous or who knows why?)
3. Aren't shown an even level of respect as more established and experienced members. Sorry jerk offs, that's just the nature of the beast, whether it be an on-line cigar BB, an employment situation, a college fraternity, a political party organization or whatever.

So they look for reasons to justify their prejudices, like fpdoc constantly posting that I "brag about not having to work and owning X number of Jaguars" when the reality is I have NEVER posted anything that even resembles that here or on any other on-line internet BB that I'm a member of.

Bottom line is there's no way in the world that an insecure, arrogant, egotistical asshole like fpdoc is EVER going to think there's NOT an anti-newvbie mentality here or anywhere else. People like that are either out to lunch or mentally ill and unfortunately there's nothing much we can do about it other than to send them packing.

[SuperChuck]

I was worried a while back that we had kind of an anti-newbie mentality here. It was around the time the new ban policy went into effect and a few newbies got banned in a row...

However, looking at a few of the newbies that have been on recently, I don't think there's any anti-newbie sentiment. I think there's an anti-come-into-our-house-and-piss-on-the-furniture mentality.

Several newbies have come in with questions, which I hope were well-answered. Certainly everyone made a good attempt at answering them. Several newbies have come in with an "I've been smoking for a long time and I just found out about this place" mentality; we've welcomed them with open arms.

And there are a few newbies who come in and act arrogant. They get beat up. Island Epicurean know what I'm talking about.

[Island Epicurean]

I was worried a while back that we had kind of an anti-newbie mentality here. It was around the time the new ban policy went into effect and a few newbies got banned in a row...

However, looking at a few of the newbies that have been on recently, I don't think there's any anti-newbie sentiment. I think there's an anti-come-into-our-house-and-piss-on-the-furniture mentality.

Several newbies have come in with questions, which I hope were well-answered. Certainly everyone made a good attempt at answering them. Several newbies have come in with an "I've been smoking for a long time and I just found out about this place" mentality; we've welcomed them with open arms.

And there are a few newbies who come in and act arrogant. They get beat up. Island Epicurean know what I'm talking about.

Sometimes a beating can be a positive thing............. It helped put me in line.