Lol, everyone's freaking out. From what I understand, the FAIL rank is a warning/mini punishment for overposting. 15+ a day outside of certain places (like RP I guess) is pretty ridiculous. (Then again, I could never post that much because of my posting style in most cases)
As for the issue, it's not just an issue Shadow has, it's an issue anyone could have. (I'm not counting the constant picture/facepalm phase he had at the end)
It is just being overly reactionary and not keeping small thoughts to oneself. Example:
Person 1: "Hey guys sorry I started a new thread, and maybe this has been asked before but what is
this?!?!?"
Person 2: "Oh
this?? Easy, it's
that. So and so had a whole thread about it the other week."
Person 1: "Ah okay, yea my bad thanks dude.
^^ this is about where things should end but they are feelin' chatty
Person 2: "No problem man, if you need help with anything else just ask"
Person 1: "Will do, yea it's hard sometimes for me to find stuff on the Compendium that hasn't been discussed because I'm new."
Person 2: "I hear ya. I remember when I was trying to find info about the Pre-release and man, I was getting yelled at for asking 'repetitive' questions lol."
Person 1: "
Seriously people need to chill out and just answer the question lol"
Person 2: "The worse part was that they could have just said 'check the Encyclopedia' but it was more like 'Did you see the Encyclopedia?? God, try browsing the sight next time!!' I can't find the quote now but I'll show ya when I do. Man its cold here right now, I can barely type - is it cold where you are right now?"
Person 1: "I'm in Chicago, it's nice here but I prefer to live in the suburbs like I did two years ago. Do you live in an urban area or suburb?"
Person 2: "Suburbs, outside Philadelphia. Yea I haven't lived in the city for more than 6 months so I can't say much about it"
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There. What should have been 3 posts turned into 10. And until a mod comes, this convo will probably continue. This problem seems to mostly stem from treating the forums like a slower IM or something.