Short summary of this entire thread.
Seriously folks... This is a rather pointless discussion, and I see about 10 different people trying to step up and decide how this entire situation is handled. I've been on several forums, message boards, and the like in the past, and those decisions usually fall into the hands of two people.
Administrators and Moderators. It's their say in how someone is handled, and they're the only ones who can dish out any form of consequence. So everyone else needs to just stay the fuck away from it.
Everyone who's been posting replies chastizing Shadow's one word replies are IMHO overstepping their bounds in trying to supervise him, and cluttering this forum with unnessesary bickering (Like this entire thread).
As for Shadow, I have nothing against you man. I just got here, and you seem enthusiastic and active in this community, which is always a good thing on a forum. If anything you just need to put a little more into your posts, and avoid the facepalm macro a bit. I know Picard sums up the thoughts we have on 90% of the internet's contents, but he needs a break.