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EXAMPLE:

 

I ask: what is 1 + 1

 

The answers come back as : ancient greeks used math too.

 

I mean come on! If someone asks a question for crying out loud please answer the question asked and if you dont know then just dont post or say you dont know or something helpful. some people post the most irrelevant answers i swear they've been hit in the head with a gonk droid too many times.

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darthmark, i wasnt specificly refering to the yavin tril thread, but instead talking about a hellavalot of threads - mostly started by other people - and quite often the answers do not match the question.

 

i guess the yavin trial post was the one which finally made me rant about it.

 

its just rather annoying having all those posts to your question yet none of them are of any help.

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Exactly. It happens to many people so I thought I was rant about it as I wouldnt be the only one who gets annoyed by it.

 

At least when I post, even if the later part of the post is not on topic, the first thing I talk about IS to answer the question as best I can. And if I can't answer it, then I dont post.

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I AM going to answer your question.

 

You know the "comic-book guy" on the Simpsons? He always has a sarcastic comment about everything people say? Well, they didn't just create his persona from nothing. That guy IS these guys!

 

Sometimes it is funny stuff they write (just like Comic-Book Guy), but it's always nice if at least 1 person answers your question.

 

I know how you feel, you just bought a game today, so you ask a newbie question, and some guy who's been playing it for 6 months chimes off with a smart remark. Even though he didn't know how to do it until 3 months in! They can make it hard to believe that there is no such thing as a dumb question.

 

But hang in there, somebody will help you out. Just remember that you are posting in a board that ANYBODY in the whole world COULD choose to answer. So you're gonna get some wise guys.

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thanks beefshank:) im glad more people are out there with the same problems.

 

and yeap, some people eventually started to help me out, 2 people actually.

 

There isnt anything wrong with going off-subject, but as long as part of your post has a relevance to the original question asked.

 

Thats my opinion at least.

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In answer to your question...

 

1. Perhaps some people do not know the specific answer you require, so they post something related.

 

2. Those who may know the answer, and do not consider the question has any real importance choose to spam instead (as above :rolleyess )

 

3. People do not have to answer a specific question, although it is common courtesy to do so if you know the answer.

 

4. Sometimes the question is phrased in such a way as to have an ambiguous meaning, which would lead to multiple answers to cover every eventuality.

 

5. Some people just can't be bothered.

 

On the other hand, these are only possibilities. To actually know the answer would be to crawl inside the head of every member of the forums to analyse their thought processes, and post every response, which would result in a thread the size of which I shudder to contemplate.

 

So, in effect, you have asked an unanswerable question. :D

 

And this topic belongs in the Swamp. :)

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