Ive never posted here before..

i must admit ... the Noob bashing may be daunting to some ..
A lot of people just dont have the constitution or self confidence to deal..especial some younger folks who may be having a bit of a shit-life crisis and came to horror who love the genre thinking it would be a fun 'safe' place to hang with kindred spirits.

I know a lot is in good fun but some folks show far more zeal and energy doing that than in any other forum - and 'dont take things seriously' wont cut it with a lot of people.

So we might be losing the odd person who may develop into a respected contributer ..

Personally i never got bashed (until Shanks reads this :) )

And even if things get beyond the welcoming stage .. small mistakes are handed with a sledgehammer - which i'm sure drives off a bunch more.

I know its a major souce of kicks for a lot of people and no doubt there is a percentage of people that warrent every grain of shit we get - but I'd hate to think we were driving out fresh meat with potential since the gene pool here is getting pretty thin.
- which shows by the low participation in the movie, etc, threads.

The General forums are fun ...but I really enjoy the film talk too .. love to see more of it !

Can agree with some of what you say, but In all fairness to the regulars who flame, If the n00bs cant hack it, and are affected that much, that they fail to see the funny side of it, then how the heck can they handle proper horror films. ... we want to hear about decent horror, not kid crap like chucky etc, so the flames are in 'tune' with the genre of the Films that gets talked about.

Also, if a good majority of the ones who dont post again, are young then they probably aint really old enough, to be viewing most of the content that gets posted and talked about on these forums.

yeah, i realized these points going into my post ... i was most probably speaking for a small minority.
I agree that more knowledgable members make for a more interesting read ..

But one thing .. there is a massive difference between hacking watching a horror film in the safety of your own film - and being rediculed by your peers ...
Its far easier to watch the films ...

again - i'm not talking about the good natured kicks in the balls .. but the ones that drip venom ... there is a lot of malice present at times ... I try to save that for special occasions my self !

I think it would be far more disturbing to not get flamed......I think I got flamed when I first started here, but hey, it comes with the territory...Noobs Get flamed...Get over it....I found it rather funny....How can people you don't know talking shit about you bother you to the point of hiding in a virtual hole?

i think a lot of those members just joined to read the freddy fan thing. but i dont see why theyd join, u didnt need to join just to read..

i havent posted much, but i enjoyed the warm noob welcome...i think if anyone gets that turned away by harmless bashing, they have serious emotional insecurity issues.

i, for one, do not sit up and cry all night because the people on hdc don't think im cool... well, except for that one time... :p :cool:

That's not what I heard......Inside sources told me that you cry every time someone says ANYTHING about you.....:D

i killed myself because of you guys thanms alot now im dead

Newbs that get bashed usually bring it upon themselves... The best way to avoid it is to steer clear of the stupid 'Hi! I'm new here!' threads. That's just asking to get flamed. Another good measure a newb could take to avoid flammage would be to not make any retarded posts in their first week.

That is all the advice I have for the newbs. If they can't follow it... Well, I guess they'll probably get flamed.