Hi Charles, I would agree that would be the ideal lister but the world isn't perfect nor are people. One very common flaw is a lot of people are just too lazy to look things up. I often get questions on how do I do this or that in MOTA. I ask have they read the manual where the answer is and they reply they haven't. As a developer I find that kind of question both lazy and a tad bit insulting as I spent a good handful of days writing that manual, and the person didn't even bother looking at it before posting a question. That kind of question just pushes my buttons, and frankly makes me angry. Which is why Michael's post set me off earlier because I went, looked around, and found out the information just by spending a little time looking for the answer rather than taking the lazy way out and sending a post.
On 4/14/11, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I don't think you ripped his head off at all. You, as so many > other list members have tried and tried again to tell him, that he should do > a little of the work himself rather than send so many questions about games > being available, where he can get this or that game, whether a game is blind > friendly, what the cost of a given game is, how a given game is played, and > other similar questions that can easily be answered by downloading a game > and reading the user's guide that comes with it, trying a game before asking > how to play it, and browsing the sites that contain lists of games and where > to get them. One extremely annoying type of post I have seen is one that > asks for cheats or how to solve a puzzle in a game that someone doesn't even > have yet. There is no sense in that. > > If I remember right, this list was created for gamers to discuss games that, > whether by design or not, are playable by blind people. If, and that is the > key word, if, you get stuck at a particular point in a game, and if?, you > have tried to get beyond that point and just can't seem to figure it out, > and if?, you have looked through the user's guide to no avail, then you > should ask list members for hints or help, but not before you have > previously taken such steps on! your! own! > > --- > Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to > heart. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
