Jesus Christ, dude! Since it happens to be Rockman that we're talking about, I invite you to look at his posts:kdm wrote:Re-read my post. I already said I don't answer lazy questions. And I won't spend any more time making this point any clearer other than to say that if a forum just tells people to RTFM, no one will bother posting. As I alluded to earlier, I learned pretty much everything I wanted to know about DP on my own, and almost nothing from this forum. Sorry to be blunt, but it isn't exactly the most receptive, inviting DAW forum. On the contrary, it is probably the least in my many years of experience.MIDI Life Crisis wrote: So if you want to help some lazy bones who can find the answer(s) for themselves but won't, have at it. I will continue to spread the word that there's a damn manual and just f$%^ing read it!
http://www.motunation.com/forum/search. ... r_id=57447
66 posts in 16 days. The majority of them were questions, mostly basic questions. I happily and willingly provided input in the majority of his threads. After 66 posts in 16 days, mostly basic, I finally decided that he's not getting the benefit of learning from the manual — which provides far and away more information than you can glean from asking simple questions in a forum — so I suggest that he reads the manual. In fact, I insist on one or two questions, because you can just learn so much more from it, and because it would take me hours to type up that much info. I even gave him an outline of what to look for.
Is that "a forum [that] just tells people to RTFM?"
I don't think so.
I'd like to see all those other forums you've been to that answer 66 questions from one person in 16 days. Ok, technically I probably only answered 65 of them. The others I provided outlines and told him he'd get much more out of the manual than I could give him. What do these other forums do? Come to your house and bring pizza and beer? Hold your hand and move your mouse for you? How can you be MORE helpful than we've been?it isn't exactly the most receptive, inviting DAW forum. On the contrary, it is probably the least in my many years of experience.
When someone finally says "you really ought to read the manual," after 66 questions in 16 days, you have the nerve to tell us that we're no good? What kind of fresh hell is that? Do you have any idea how much time I've put into helping Rockman get off the ground? No regrets there. I was HAPPY to do that. I love helping people. But on a couple of occasions when I said he would be better off reading the manual, I was telling the freaking truth! He'd get WAY more out of it, for I could not type up all the things that he needed to know, even though it looked like a simple question from the outside. If he doesn't know the answer to that question, there's a ton of stuff he doesn't know, and he needs to read the chapter about it in the manual where he will come away with a ton of new knowledge that will help him way more than I can.
But you interpret that as a lousy forum that only tells people to RTFM?
Man, I'm a person who is VERY, VERY hard to piss off, but you've just done that. Don't let the backdoor hit you on the way out. KDM, if you ever want another answer from me, I expect an apology first.
Rockman, on the other hand, can continue asking questions all he wants, but I DO expect him to read some chapters in the manual. It's just better that way. Really. It makes my efforts go a lot further, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that. I'm not angry with Rockman and never have been. He just needs to know that he's selling himself short when he doesn't start with the basics in the manual. I'm always willing to help someone who is willing to help him/herself.
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