Expressing My Newb-Ness

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

I want to post a lot, but I'm way too hesitant. So I started this thread, I hope I didn't do anything wrong...

Anyway, how do you guys get hundreds of posts, let alone THOUSANDS!? That's crazy!

Anyway...

Anyone else read 8-Bit Theater? This one is really funny:

www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=030911

They're all funny, really.

My favorite character is Red Mage.

I'm surprised at how spazzy I'm being. (Is spazzy a word...?)

But I guess that's how most newbs feel. In my opinion, anyway.

Again, sorry if I did anything wrong while posting this.

[Twobagger]

First and foremost:
There are two ways to go "wrong" in Taco Island. The first way is to be disrespectful.
The only other way to go wrong, is to not post. (= We love active members, and we really love new members. So don't be shy, just post.
I'll let you guess as to how I got my post count, but it involved a lot of 15-minute stretches spent posting in every single current thread.

I really like 8-bit Theater, personally. I enjoy any comic that prominently features Black Mage; between murdering everything in sight and trying to get with White Mage, he's my kind of guy.

And don't worry, I used to be nervous and a bit spastic myself, until I met a few people. Then I posted 800 times in a month and got this job, but that's beside the point.

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

Cool. So, more stuff to post for this...

My favorite webcomics (in no particular order):
8-Bit Theater
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Dueling Analogs (not so much anymore)
I liked Radioactive by Jarrod Sievert, but then it disappeared...

My favorite songs (also in no particular order):
1. Dragostea din Tei (aka Numa Numa) by O-Zone
2. Ma Ya Hi (English Version of Dragostea din Tei)
3. All 100+ versions of Dragostea din Tei EXCEPT:
Dragostea din Tei by Haiducii
Pluma Gay
4. Whap-pa by Radu
5. Vu Dieu Boom Boom by Dan Truong
6. Despre Tine by O-Zone
7. Titkos SMS by Minisztar

Ain't it weird how most of my favorite songs are in other languages, and I don't speak a lick of anything but English?

I'll put more stuff in later...

[Boltor]

I went to see the comic, it's pretty funny, I think I'll read some more of them.

All my posts (really 99%) were obtained through spamming taco island! So keep posting!

[0scar Wilde/ATT]

The Way of All Flesh.

[Bletheropolis: the cat sleeps]

hey! is'nt ^ s'posed to refer to me? *grin*

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

Man, I ran out of Newb ideas to write about...Hmm...

Anyone else watched a comet? I saw Comet Holmes in November. A fun fact I learned about it was that its dust coma at one point grew bigger than the sun, briefly making it the largest object in our solar system!

Outer space is cool. Me and my brother devised a perpetual motion device that could solve any energy crisis. I also thought up a Theory of Universal Events, but I guess it's been done before...

On a slightly more on-topic note, NationStates is turning out to be a pretty good game. I guess you need to choose the right region. 10000 Islands is awesome, because NationStates wouldn't be as cool otherwise. Just issues and watching your nation grow. I'm hoping NationStates 2 will be free. I hate paying monthly fees.

That's about it for my newb-ranting, I suppose. See ya!

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

Don't have much to say.

But what are the rules about double-posting? Am I breaking them?

Hey, can anyone tell me what the Shop is? I can never get into it and I'm extremely curious.

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

I gained the highest post count in the region by spamming non-stop for the first year and a half here.

[0scar Wilde/ATT]

Apparently.

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

So, double-posting is OK, I take it? Do I need to wait a certain time period?

[Twobagger]

vasylonia said:

Don't have much to say.

But what are the rules about double-posting? Am I breaking them?

Yes. (=
Please don't double-post in taco island. It's more of a courtesy thing; besides, there are more than enough threads to need to double-post to make tacos.

So, double-posting is OK, I take it? Do I need to wait a certain time period?

It really depends on what you've got to say. Generally, though, it's a bad idea; if you just want to make some tacos, you can do so in a new thread; if you want to add information to your post (which is the last in the thread), you can edit your own post; if you want everyone to see your post, you can ask a mod (any member of Co9, myself included) to sticky it and put it at the top of the thread lists.

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

Thanks. I wasn't sure exactly what 10000 Islands' rules on double-posting were. I know that most forums hate 'em, but I've seen a few, so I wasn't exactly sure...

I thought up a great idea for a new thread! I saw this on another forum, where you carry on an entire conversation in pictures! I might start one up...

[0scar Wilde/ATT]

Apeman.

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

vasylonia said:

Anyway, how do you guys get hundreds of posts, let alone THOUSANDS!? That's crazy!

Heh, I say that 20 days ago and now I have over 1100 posts.

[Le Crochet]

Yeah...strange eh?

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

Yeah, I'll say.

[Le Crochet]

Funny what marathon posting does.

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

Yep.

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

As long as I have this thread 'round, can I ask something:

What is the "Shop" button at the top of the page for? The one next to "Chat". What does it do? I can never get in.

[Twobagger]

vasylonia said:

As long as I have this thread 'round, can I ask something:

What is the "Shop" button at the top of the page for? The one next to "Chat". What does it do? I can never get in.

It allows you to purchase parts for your country's space shuttle (with tacos).
Details can be found in the map section of these forums.

[Ubeki beki beki beki stan stan]

Oh, OK, cool.

[Le Crochet]

But that doesn't answer about the "chat" button.

[Twobagger]

Chat is an online, live chat that uses Java.
It's sort of like an instant messenger, but for a group.
I'm signed in to it right now.

[Le Crochet]

Cool! That's a great Idea.

[Twobagger]

crochet said:

Cool! That's a great Idea.

I thought so. Sometimes TITO uses it to organize, but not often.

[Le Crochet]

By the way. I have a Newbish question for you. How did you become a Tactical Officer?

[Twobagger]

crochet said:

By the way. I have a Newbish question for you. How did you become a Tactical Officer?

Every now and then, TITO needs another Tactical Officer for whatever reason. Sometimes existing TOs resign or become somewhat less active, or sometimes TITO just gets really big and needs another leader to help command it.
When this happens, Grub looks to the ranks of active TITO members and picks out the ones he feels are most active/best able to lead a group.

Moral of the story: if you want my job, stay active and it's all but yours. (=

[Le Crochet]

I'm just curious.

[Noyzistan]

You've already joined TITO and that's an excellent start. Coastwatching helps your promotion too.