On November 1st, 2015, I joined GBAtemp with hopes of being that "change" that everybody always wanted to be in the world. I came in, trying to learn as much as I can, but I couldn't. Nobody would ever "waste" their time trying to explain to me things that I previously didn't understand. In fact, I can probably list the amount of people I can rely on to help me now on one hand.
This is my first post.
Now, @VinsCool is one of the few that I can count on to assist me and others without being biting. Back then, I had just gotten into homebrew on the 3DS. I had access to the homebrew launcher by some miraculous YouTube exploit I still don't even understand, and life was good. Then I started researching Custom Firmware. I am sure that what interested me in CFW (piracy) interested many others. I came in with the knowledge of an extreme noob, yet Vinny was still willing to accept me. If I didn't get a response, I can't be sure I would still be on the forums, with such great friends now.
I look at the forums today, and I am just extremely disappointed. Everywhere I look, people are complaining about the lack of knowledge these new users have, yet nobody is doing anything. They are merely tolerating them, if you can even say that. I mean, the most recent thing to complain about hasn't even happened yet: the ban threads from Pokemon USUM. Instead of creating a FAQ thread that covers everything about the ban waves (which I happen to be working on in another tab because I don't want to see the responses to those threads), people are preparing their mindset to be negative. This bothers me, because people just don't care, nor do they want to care.
The next thing I notice isn't just in GBAtemp, but society as a whole. Hardly anybody will accept others opinions. If you disagree with somebody, then that other person will do everything in their power to argue with you instead of just walking away. This is my problem with "discussions". More often than not, they turn to a contest to see who can insult the other to the point where they don't even cover the original topic anymore.
Nobody cares, and they live their life acting as if these "nuisances" don't even exist, or if they do then they don't affect them.
"Tolerance and apathy are the virtues of a dying society." - Aristotle
This is my first post.
Now, @VinsCool is one of the few that I can count on to assist me and others without being biting. Back then, I had just gotten into homebrew on the 3DS. I had access to the homebrew launcher by some miraculous YouTube exploit I still don't even understand, and life was good. Then I started researching Custom Firmware. I am sure that what interested me in CFW (piracy) interested many others. I came in with the knowledge of an extreme noob, yet Vinny was still willing to accept me. If I didn't get a response, I can't be sure I would still be on the forums, with such great friends now.
I look at the forums today, and I am just extremely disappointed. Everywhere I look, people are complaining about the lack of knowledge these new users have, yet nobody is doing anything. They are merely tolerating them, if you can even say that. I mean, the most recent thing to complain about hasn't even happened yet: the ban threads from Pokemon USUM. Instead of creating a FAQ thread that covers everything about the ban waves (which I happen to be working on in another tab because I don't want to see the responses to those threads), people are preparing their mindset to be negative. This bothers me, because people just don't care, nor do they want to care.
The next thing I notice isn't just in GBAtemp, but society as a whole. Hardly anybody will accept others opinions. If you disagree with somebody, then that other person will do everything in their power to argue with you instead of just walking away. This is my problem with "discussions". More often than not, they turn to a contest to see who can insult the other to the point where they don't even cover the original topic anymore.
Nobody cares, and they live their life acting as if these "nuisances" don't even exist, or if they do then they don't affect them.
"Tolerance and apathy are the virtues of a dying society." - Aristotle
