Man I love you Jaydee, as many will know, your version of "setting someone straight" usually borderlines on fanaticism and outright flaming. As you very well know we don't tolerate that behaviour at OCForums, we are not there for sandbox temper tantrum fits, If a senior was indeed giving false information such as stating there are no corrosion issues with AL and Brass then yes, the record needed to be set straight, but as people seem to have lost all sense of patience when dealing with newcomers most of those who try to set it straight shouldn't post to begin with because most of their posts end up being nothing short of flame baiting. Now Jaydee I know you have a head on your shoulders, I know you've done some great work for the WC'ing community but that doesn't mean you need to approach every situation with out and out attitude. What point do you think gets across to someone truly trying to learn ? I don't have to answer that question because you know the answer as well as I do.
I am not a moderator to be loved, I am a moderator to help a community and to keep it growing. In this time of stagnant computer industries where nothing truly innovative is coming out, it's hard to keep interest in the same old same old. When was the last hot innovation in Extreme cooling? Months ago, maybe even longer, it's been a long time since anyone has truly done anything 'new' and 'exciting'. One would've though that X86-64 would've sparked a lot of interest and learning to be had, but it hasn't really, to me that's the real shame. Now lets' look at another thing:
So you are saying right there that our mods are clueless ? Jaydee I still feel in my heart that you could do so much more if you dropped the superiority complex and maybe remember what it was like back when you were asking for advice on mills, or finding out the differences between two dissimilar metals and their corrosion properties. You want to know the great things about newbs Jaydee ? We've all been there, you weren't born knowing everything there was to know about flow dynamics or metal characteristics, you learned it. What's so wrong with asking you to impart some of that knowledge with those around you who would like to soak it up but get met with "Stop being a newb" or "Read the stickies". Either you want to help people learn more and become bigger contributors or you just want to sit back and watch the downfall of it all.
Overclocking and Watercooling are communities, we give back for the knowledge that we earn because if we don't all we are is thiefs and a thief is no better than being the newb that you criticize. I for one am working to affect a positive change at OCForums, if you don't want to be around for it so be it, I cannot force anyone to do anything they don't want to do. But the next time you want to ridicule me, think about the job it is that I actually do for the community, they are my concern, not the sandbox I'm better than you and I'm king of the hill mentalities.
It's about community, plain and simple
J
