OK, so how to respond?

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

Sharing work, regardless of subject matter or skill level, is the essence of a forum.
Some may post their work to showcase it (in a positive sense) but the true value of posting your work if your are an experienced modeler is that you share your knowledge with less skilled builders and help them improve whereas if you are a beginner you should be hoping to receive some constructive criticism which will you to improve next time. I fully agree with the "less "awsome" and more "have you tried"..." sentiement expressed above - there are far too few members who feel confident(?) enough to do this

Give a hungry man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give him a fishing rod and you feed him for the rest of his life.

i.e. Positive reinforcement good, help for the future even gooder

[MidMazar]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

Give a hungry man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give him a fishing rod and you feed him for the rest of his life.

i.e. Positive reinforcement good, help for the future even gooder

Nicely said.

[godfather23]

My deepest concern is the way we comment, but in my eyes, we all share the same problem.

When I post something on the froum, I can hardly wait until I have the first replies or posts regarding the subject. Everybody wants to be noticed, me, you, everybody... So everybody appreciates having a lot of replies in their threads, whether they are negative or positive.

On the other hand, the problem kicks in. When someone really gave my builds a thought and phrased a rather long answer, I do feel that I´m kind of obliged of taking the same time to deal with their work.
That is pretty easy with those eye-teasing builds we have on the board. It is quite hard with the "newbie"-work.
So what happens is that you start commenting on builds just because you feel the other guy deserves the same treatment that he gave you.

A while ago I stopped doing that, because I caught myself in just replying: "awesome, super, etc.". So when I check a thread and recognize about 10 people already having said nice things about a model, I end up not answering, because an eleventh "You are the bomb, man!" seems unnecessary and childish.

So we all should ask ourselves, if every comment, we make, is necessary or could we live another day with not having phrased every thought in our head?

Another thing: I´m starting to get tired of all the "gangsta-I refuse to speak proper english, even though I´m a native english-speaker"-writing style. In my eyes somebody saying, that he likes my build is more reliable with his opinion than somebody phrasing that the build is a "killa" or that the member ist "da bomb". It´s a forum, not "da hood" and - let´s be honest - that way of talking sounds cool, but in written form it´s kind of depressing.

Oh, one more thing, does everybody know about the "edit"-button? There´s always a chance to correct your grammatical misbehaviour!!!

[pirata12]

I have to agree. We all post and 'show off' for advice, comments and criticisms. I'm the first to point out all my mistakes ( I make a lot of them) but try learn from them. I appreciate it when anyone makes a contructive critique. Hell even a so called rookie can teach someone something. Lets just not take things so seriously. If you do then don't post.....