From: "Kenancy Valenwell" <kbagwell@slip.net>
To: <ml@qoole.com>
Reply-To: ml@qoole.com
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 20:21:07 -0800
Subject: Re: Golfish Effect

I agree entirely!  I pledge to mention all email as a Q1 or Q2 subject and
also to help all newbies or apparent newbies by answering the question
directly or pointing them in the right direction.
Ken B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kayin <kayin@infinet.com>
To: ml@qoole.com <ml@qoole.com>
Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 2:52 PM
Subject: Golfish Effect

>Imagine if when a young student first went into Medical School,
>he was called "newbie scum" and told to RTFM? We wouldn't have
>many doctors, would we? I don't mean to sound bitchy, but this
>is an actual problem! I know you may think, "Hell, this guy is
>an idiot! We are always getting new players." But how many do
>you think have been turned off to the Quake community and
>everything it entails and represents, when they're first
>experience in it involved being harassed for asking a simple
>question? People that could have eventually become very
>involved in the community, possibly even contributing to it
>by running a news page, or making a TC, etc... I would have
>to imagine quite a few, as I know several myself.
>
>Remember, the motto of our very own Quake Newbie Guide is
>"Because we are all Newbies with Varying Levels of Experience."
>Save a baby goldfish, because they might one day grow up to be a
>baddass goldfish who can contribute something to the community,
>and help keep the lineage alive.
>
>*****
>
>In other words, be kind to newbies, and newbies, try reading
>documentation and the Quake Map Specs. ;)
>
>------------------------
>Jamis "Kayin" Eichenauer
>kayin@infinet.com
>http://www.infinet.com/~keichena/
>