Heart broken.
Oh no! Just found out she’s gone!
So my last post was really really uncalled for!
I’m devastated! [pops open a cold one]
Personally, I think there are 2 types of posters only.
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a student. He or she will post valid questions in training, apps, real life or ring events etc. He or she wants feedback or more inputs as much as possible.
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a teacher. He or she will read all the posts. At critical juncture, he or she will post some relevant answers.
If you are neither, ask yourself this.
What are you doing here anyway?
Post to learn.
Post to inform.
or post to what?
Read the post to learn.
Read the post to interact.
Read the post to answer.
or read the post for what?
I disagree for two reasons.
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Some people come here for entertainment or to chill out. Some of those people (I suppose that’s one of the reasons I come here) hope to pick something up on the way and maybe occasionally think they can answer something to help somebody sometimes.
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A lot of people are students in one field, teachers in another, and nothing in several others.
Of ocurse this kind of list is based on stereotypes. So making such a list into only two stereotypes is far too black and white, although a useful exercise in thinking.
Originally posted by Mat
[B]Let’s not forget
- The Pointed Noob.
Comes on, posts lots of pointed questions without revealing anything about himself, then disappears in puff of smoke up his own ass when he decides he’s too elite/mature/knowledgeable/pwnd to stay here.
Er hi Palmer, welcome to the board!
( [/B]
Er Hey Mat nice to meet you too? Not!
Revealing nothing about myself? Look at my profile what I train is listed what else do you want to know? Want to know my favorite color?I didnt see a long list of credentials on any other post or when people start threads? Are we not allowed to ask questions fool?
- The fairy tale ma poster
Thinks that martial arts forums are really there own little worlds where people exist and do not have lives outside of them. So they judge/labels others as such not realizing those people are actually living in the real world its only the fairy tale poster that is not.
Oh nice to meet you too Mat!
Hehehe.
Well that told me.
My apologies.
Do you have humour in your part of the world?! 
Agreed that some are here to chill out and post fairy tale styles.
22nd; post to support the forum.
To disseminate info about TCMA history, legends, training, apps, who is who, current events, current trends in TCMA in China and abroad.
To share links, personal skills, knowhow, tips etc.
Sorry cannot find any category above.
Originally posted by Mat
[B]Hehehe.
Well that told me.
My apologies.
Do you have humour in your part of the world?! [/B]
No problem Mat
The influx of noobs in this thread is suspect.
Originally posted by SPJ
[B]Personally, I think there are 2 types of posters only.
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a student. He or she will post valid questions in training, apps, real life or ring events etc. He or she wants feedback or more inputs as much as possible.
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a teacher. He or she will read all the posts. At critical juncture, he or she will post some relevant answers.
Matt just summed it up.
If the subject is life in China, circle walking or Baji I … as far as message boards are concerned…am a teacher.
When groundwork, especially various submissions and counters comes up I am an eager student.
I have to qualify both of those though because I am NOT a Baji or bagua teacher in reality or a true expert on China. It just kind of depends on who’s posting. Same for grappling too. I’m not a total noob at it. I recognize it’s not my forte and defer to the experts but sometimes it does look like I am the most knowledgable one posting AT THE TIME.
But the biggest problem with those 2 categories, except as temporary pigeon holes for specific topics, is that living in China, I don’t watch TV, I don’t have a night life, I don’t have local friends interested in MA and more sifnifigantly I don’t have ANYONE around here who speaks English and these boards are about the only place I can express myself in my mother toungue. lol So the social aspect is signifigant.
Well said.
Understood.
Points taken.
Cheers.
Ironfist,
What would you call those that really have to post as a theraputic means to divert their hands away from the insides of their pants?
mickey
Nevermind Ironfist,
I found the answer all by myself…
The Mickies
Re: Types of people on a MA forum
Originally posted by IronFist
Notice how threads by someone whose username includes “chick,” “girl,” “grrl,” or something of the sort will quickly be filled up by replies from the leg humpers.
Yeah, thats a good point IF, but I think more then enough people on this board could tell you that I am in fact a girl…;)…Stacey on the other hand…
~Wen~
20ish)
The Know-It-All. Think they know everything about everyone and everything. If you attack anything they state as “fact” they become argumentative. They will argue to the cows come home about minutiae until the discussion becomes generally meaningless and useless. The phrase “approximately”, “generally” and “good enough” aren’t in their vocabulary. Everything is up for debate and only can be “proven” by the “scientific method” which is applied (albeit incorrectly) to everything from science to history and beyond. (note: the know-it-all usually has zero formal scientific training.)
And I’d say that the know-it-all describes about %50 of the regular posters on this forum. And also is why this forum sucks most of the time.