The new pre-spammer's guide to the SYM Forum-By Brink

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat May 12, 2001 7:47 am

I can never blame someone as lovely as you are,T'lainya

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Sat May 12, 2001 7:47 am

Spam does a body good.

"Mmmmm, spam."

(Due to board health and sanity regulations the Spam Dragon has been replaced with the new Spam Peon.)

[ 05-12-2001: Message edited by: Kayless ]

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Sat May 12, 2001 7:53 am

Brink thank you

*blushes*

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:19 am

T'lainya-It's the truth and nothing but the truth,o fair and lovely one

cheesemage · Post by **cheesemage** » Sun May 13, 2001 5:29 pm

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon May 14, 2001 6:16 am

*Sigh* Cheesemage you bump more then a blind person in a crowded room. Can you at least attempt to post something more then simply bump? Masters of Spam must do more then simply bump topics.

[ 05-14-2001: Message edited by: Kayless ]

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Tue May 22, 2001 4:37 am

Bump for everyone to give any comments on my test thread.Thanks for all of your co-operation

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue May 22, 2001 5:01 am

Try something insulting like you bump more than a woman driver

I know they are safe but you don't have to brake for every corner.

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Tue May 22, 2001 7:31 am

LMAO Brink

Good job with the test thread

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Sat May 26, 2001 10:11 am

Good job Brink, But...this is going to take some time isn't it? Every person that posted in SYM. Thats about 1500 people, but some of those people don't exist anymore, but stil is alot of people.

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Sat May 26, 2001 10:41 am

Good job as always Brink.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Fri Jun 08, 2001 4:12 pm

Back by popular demand (okay,it's just Gwalchmai,but at least I know that somebody still reads it

).This will be the guide until I have the time(in about 5 months

) to post the new guide

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jun 30, 2001 7:25 pm

Hmm...slightly outdated (who am I kidding??

), but overall still gives you a good outlook on how things work in here

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Sun Jul 01, 2001 12:03 am

i just read it all the way through, about 2 weeks ago. i think it is very apt at informing you about the board.

good job Brink and T and Flagg and all the members for making it possible for them to flame us in their little book here!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Sun Jul 01, 2001 5:38 am

Originally posted by leedogg:
<STRONG>i just read it all the way through, about 2 weeks ago. i think it is very apt at informing you about the board.

good job Brink and T and Flagg and all the members for making it possible for them to flame us in their little book here!

</STRONG>

You're welcome Lee

Anything else I can help you with?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed Jul 25, 2001 7:19 pm

Bump for the newcomers. Read this from page 1, it's both entertaining and educative

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Wed Jul 25, 2001 7:25 pm

Certainly one of the greater topics on this forum.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Wed Jul 25, 2001 11:31 pm

It was both a pleasure and an honour to write some of the worthless stuff found in this thread

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Jul 28, 2001 5:02 pm

Special update: Title undecided

It’s been a long while since I’ve last updated the guide, my sincerest apologies to everyone who’s a fan of it. I guess I’m now a major spammer in here (either that or I really need to get a life

) with my 7000+ posts. I’m pleased to say that I’ve learned many things since my fence-sitting days; both from my own experience and from observing the other spammers in action. This update is for me to share what I’ve learned with everyone, pre-spammer or spammer, hoping that you all will not make the same mistakes that I did. Here goes nothing:

-Never flame anyone unless you’re prepared to take a flaming from him or her in return. So for all of you who are planning to flame someone, ask yourself first; are you willing to get flamed? (of course, there are exceptions to this rule; Darkpoet almost never flames back, and you will get flamed anyway by Waverly no matter how hard you try not to flame him )

-Always respect the board rules (yes, I’m sure that nearly everyone knows this, but there are still some who don’t). Don’t think that breaking the rules will make you a popular person; you’ll most likely be the butt of every other member’s jokes (just ask baasie(sp?) )

-Being a fence-sitter is fun.Sorry, can’t help it

. Seriously, it is pretty good, since it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be attacked by any sides which are at war with each other (then again, there is a chance that they’ll forget about their war and instead, join forces against you; may God bless you then )

-Treat others the way you want them to treat you .I believe this speaks for itself

-Smileys are one of the most useful tools to have around . They can be the deciding factor as to how the others would react to your post. You should use more of them if your post was intended as a joke (yes, there have been cases where a joke was taken seriously because of a lack of smileys)

- Don’t overdo something .For instance, being depressed once in a while is generally acceptable, but people will usually get fed up with you if you do it constantly. I should know (once again, I apologize for bringing my depression to the forums)

- Sending multiple private messages(PM) to someone isn’t nice.Again, you’re just going to upset that person if you do this(to the person that I’ve done this to, I’m sorry ).You’re better off waiting for a reply before you send another PM to him or her(unless you’re really desperate, then I’d suggest you limit the amount of PM that you’re going to send)

I guess that's all I could think off right now.Perhaps I'll do another update later

.I know that most of it is all common sense, but I included it anyway for the benefit of the uninitiated.Hope you all liked it

.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Sat Aug 11, 2001 8:20 am

Hello all

I have returned one last time to post my retirement from being the author of the pre-spammer's guide.I find that I no longer have the time or the ability to keep up with the things that are happening around here anymore.So, if anyone is interested in contributing to this guide, please, by all means, do so

.Your contributions will be greatly appreciated; even if no one else does, I will appreciate

To the regulars: please keep this thread within the first page of the forum (consider this as my final request from you

).

To the pre-spammers: I apologize for I have not been actively updating the guide as of late.I do hope that you'll learn some tricks to prepare you for the wonderful world of spam (and have fun at the same time ) within this guide

Sorry, but I can't stay for long (I'm at my friend's house).I thank you all for the wonderful times we had together; I hope that the good memories will overshadow the bad ones

.Goodbye and good luck in all of your lives