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[Monica Lewinsky]

For all the new captains and C.O.'s reporting in on the Silent Hunter IV forum, you may want to review this before starting a post, because you are driving me NUTS. Meet little Billy:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

It is starting to get real hard to read or find usefull "stuff" now that Patch 1.2 is out without reading posts someone else started already. I/We are wasting time that is already there or duplicated. The princlple remains the same on all forum boards.

OK, little Billy? All in good fun!

[p.s. In love with the 1.2 patch]

Moderators:
Hope you get a chuckle out of this.

[mookiemookie]

Brilliant! :rotfl:

[FIREWALL]

Hi Monica:)

Hillarious but very instructional. Neal may use it for neewbie tutorial lessions or make a brig canidate watch it 100 times:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Good find.:up:

[Bum]

lol, that should be required reading.

[DirtyHarry3033]

That is choice stuff! I've seen it before on another board, only thing I'd want to change for this board is to make it look like a '40's vintage sepia-toned newsreel.

You ask me, Neal should run that whenever a new member signs up, as part of the signup process. Does get kinda "cluttered" around here seeing the same subject pop up in a dozen threads...

[Monica Lewinsky]

You ask me, Neal should run that whenever a new member signs up, as part of the signup process. Does get kinda "cluttered" around here seeing the same subject pop up in a dozen threads...You are reading my mind. Rather have you say that than me out of respect of how long you have been here over me.

[DirtyHarry3033]

You are reading my mind. Rather have you say that than me out of respect of how long you have been here over me.
"Length of service" don't have anything to do with it! If you've got a good idea, say it, even if you only signed up yesterday! Last weekend a swabbie like yourself posted a "fix" to get all the outer doors open at once and it worked! Was his 1st post too. I'm glad he didn't wait for a more "senior" member to think it up!

I think it would be a good idea for newbies to check out Billy, if even only 1/2 of them listen it would help keep things more managable around here. I freely admit to having asked questions that have already been answered, but I do the best I can to search the forum (for hours if necessary) before I ask. The "clutter" could be reduced greatly if most of the new guys did that.

DH

[SteamWake]

Used to have that in my sig till I realized it was futile.

Just give it a few days the noise level will calm down.

In the meantime the search function works pretty good as opposed to some other forums.

[sqk7744]

For all the new captains and C.O.'s reporting in on the Silent Hunter IV forum, you may want to review this before starting a post, because you are driving me NUTS. Meet little Billy:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

It is starting to get real hard to read or find usefull "stuff" now that Patch 1.2 is out without reading posts someone else started already. I/We are wasting time that is already there or duplicated. The princlple remains the same on all forum boards.

OK, little Billy? All in good fun!

[p.s. In love with the 1.2 patch]

Moderators:
Hope you get a chuckle out of this.
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...very patiently, but If I stand over there, can/will another line form just for me? :D

Thanks for saying what we all wanted too.

* Big question, how many had to hit Again? more than twice? he he

Cheers

[Fat Bhoy Tim]

I was considering starting a "1.2 thread", "Another 1.2 thread", "And Another 1.2 thread", just because some idiot will use it.

[sqk7744]

I was considering starting a "1.2 thread", "Another 1.2 thread", "And Another 1.2 thread", just because some idiot will use it.

He he... Oh, and I have this question about FSAA.....

[TDK1044]

Great stuff. :D People will be people though. We all learned the Driving code in order to pass the test and get a license...how many of us use it correctly as we drive around though?

:D

[NefariousKoel]

Great stuff. :D People will be people though. We all learned the Driving code in order to pass the test and get a license...how many of us use it correctly as we drive around though?

:D
There's rules to driving? Insanity!

I generally pick my nose, put on makeup in the rearview mirror, talk on the cell phone, drink whiskey and fire a shotgun out the window all while driving.

[AVGWarhawk]

Great stuff. :D People will be people though. We all learned the Driving code in order to pass the test and get a license...how many of us use it correctly as we drive around though?

:D
There's rules to driving? Insanity!

I generally pick my nose, put on makeup in the rearview mirror, talk on the cell phone, drink whiskey and fire a shotgun out the window all while driving.

Where do you live? Hazard county?

[Fat Bhoy Tim]

Is that you Uncle Jesse?

[sqk7744]

for the "LITTLE BILLY AWARD"

http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/littlebilly.jpg

[Monica Lewinsky]

for the "LITTLE BILLY AWARD"

http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/littlebilly.jpg

He's my hero - THANK YOU!. All these new captains reporting into the forums are driving me NUTS! Research time time has doubled when Little Billy arrived here. :rotfl:

Here he is again:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

[fullmetaledges]

so classic

[richoahu]

yeah, i felt bad after i made a new damage from the new patch post, however, the other one was buried 4-5 pages back and i didn't see it.

/shrug

[sunvalleyslim]

Outstanding way to get the newbee's indoctrinated to the forum. let's hope they watch it...........:up:

[fullmetaledges]

yeah, i felt bad after i made a new damage from the new patch post, however, the other one was buried 4-5 pages back and i didn't see it.

/shrug
it happens to everyone dude

[sqk7744]

for the "LITTLE BILLY AWARD"

http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/littlebilly.jpg
He's my hero - THANK YOU!. All these new captains reporting into the forums are driving me NUTS! Research time time has doubled when Little Billy arrived here. :rotfl:

Here he is again:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php
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Couldn’t help it - the pods must be hatching, but on the flip side it's nice to see an active (and growing) community. :arrgh!:

I was Sooooooooooo tempted to start a Little Billy award thread too, but everyone would have nominated me first.

Cheers!

[Syxx_Killer]

I've seen that before on many occasions, but I still gotta see it everytime it's posted. I love it.

Btw, I think this thread should become a sticky! :rotfl:

[skullman86]

OMFG steam r0x0rz teh big one111!:rotfl:


excellent video :up:

[sqk7744]

We have a nominee!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=112768

[Monica Lewinsky]

a bump

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

[sqk7744]

a bump

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

I was wondering when this thread would surface again. In need of a fix ;)

[GTHammer]

That voice....the one that tells you its better to post in an existing thread than start a new one...it scares me...

[LukeFF]

That video is both hilarious and pure gospel. It really is frustrating trying to find useful threads in this forum when there are 50 ones devoted to the same subject. :nope:

USE THE SEARCH BUTTON FFS!

[TwistedFemur]

For all the new captains and C.O.'s reporting in on the Silent Hunter IV forum, you may want to review this before starting a post, because you are driving me NUTS. Meet little Billy:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

It is starting to get real hard to read or find usefull "stuff" now that Patch 1.2 is out without reading posts someone else started already. I/We are wasting time that is already there or duplicated. The princlple remains the same on all forum boards.

OK, little Billy? All in good fun!

[p.s. In love with the 1.2 patch]

Moderators:
Hope you get a chuckle out of this.


lol............OMFG subsim roxors the big one111

[Iron Budokan]

That was really funny.

[SteamWake]

Oh this forum is not all that noisy compared to others I participate in.

In the long run probably the best way to deal with repeat "noob" questions is to answer it in brief, or point them to an existing topic then let it (the topic) sink to the bottom.

[badb0y]

For all the new captains and C.O.'s reporting in on the Silent Hunter IV forum, you may want to review this before starting a post, because you are driving me NUTS. Meet little Billy:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

It is starting to get real hard to read or find usefull "stuff" now that Patch 1.2 is out without reading posts someone else started already. I/We are wasting time that is already there or duplicated. The princlple remains the same on all forum boards.

OK, little Billy? All in good fun!

[p.s. In love with the 1.2 patch]

Moderators:
Hope you get a chuckle out of this.

I'd just like to say that i've used the search on this forum before and i've found it to be next to useless.

sorry sorry sorry for dissing something here but i work in IT, google a lot, use the internet a lot, forums etc and really find the search utility here not to work very well at all.

Is it me....? :huh:

[Takeda Shingen]

Nearly everyone is a newbie from my perspective.

[John Channing]

Oh this forum is not all that noisy compared to others I participate in.

In the long run probably the best way to deal with repeat "noob" questions is to answer it in brief, or point them to an existing topic then let it (the topic) sink to the bottom.

Allow me to expand on that a bit.

The best way to answer any noob question (repeat or otherwise) is to welcome them to Subsim.com, welcome them to Sub Sims in general and then to answer their question as best you can. Either that, or go on to another thread.

New people are the lifeblood and future of our hobby. If I ever see anyone acting like some of the Jackasses that play Falcon 4.0 and treating people they way they do the brig is going fill up real quick.

And I'm talkin' serious brig time.... not Paris Hilton time!

JCC