obijonkenobi Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 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.
Pseudonym Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Originally posted by obijonkenobi Why cant people answer the question asked? The ancient Mesopotamians asked questions too.
Raith Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Did Ancient Greeks use math or was is the Romans? Cant be too sure. "Romans Go Home...Now write it out 1000 times"
DarthMark Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 awwwwwww, r we having another rant in a different thread now i was only trying to give u the best i knew of and u guys above r funny!!!
obijonkenobi Posted April 19, 2002 Author Posted April 19, 2002 haha thats cute . I was expecting answers like that but seriously, have you ever asked a question about something and they all reply with answers with no relevance to your question so after 20 replies you still have not had your question answered?
obijonkenobi Posted April 19, 2002 Author Posted April 19, 2002 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.
DarthMark Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 to b fair yes, i asked about how to create botroutes and ppl started tellin me what they thought of the bots and stuff instead of actually answerin the question
obijonkenobi Posted April 19, 2002 Author Posted April 19, 2002 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.
Raith Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 And the answer is... Anyone see Eastenders last night ? She is going down man I swear
obijonkenobi Posted April 19, 2002 Author Posted April 19, 2002 AB_Legion... If all else fails I could take to mass genocide. Wipe out the entire nations of those people who use JK2 forums! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Beefshank Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 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.
obijonkenobi Posted April 19, 2002 Author Posted April 19, 2002 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.
Grets Sirob Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Originally posted by obijonkenobi but seriously, have you ever asked a question about something and they all reply with answers with no relevance to your question so after 20 replies you still have not had your question answered?
Grets Sirob Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Originally posted by obijonkenobi they've been hit in the head with a gonk droid too many times. Heh, no kidding. I like that line though.
SAGOA Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Heh, it's called internet chat rooms/forums. My experience is that they SUCK for any kind of intelligent communication. gay droids will rule the galaxy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
StormHammer Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 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. And this topic belongs in the Swamp.
grandmasterlee Posted April 20, 2002 Posted April 20, 2002 People want attention. People want attention. People want attention.
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