Heh, quite an amusing experiment...

I have to put my support behind Valh for this one... I've always felt that a lot of these kind of communities are a little too hard on newbies. I do sympathise with the people who take a little too much delight in flaming newbies... having been asked what feels like thousands of times whether I can 'hack hotmail' for them (anyone who has sat in IRC hacking channels/ with some kind of hacking reference on ICQ can sympathise), I know the feeling.

However, I'm glad to see that most of the responses appeared to follow my reasoning... if not give the 'newbie' the benefit of the doubt, at least try and be helpful, in a way that solves the problem without giving out any offensive potential. I think this thread more than any other on here has reinforced my original impression of this being an excellent community to join, and I'm glad I've found it.

Ok, enough nauseating goo... Valh, I think you deserve a few greenies for the excellent n00b impression, if nothing else. Well worth a chuckle :P