Well, I guess I missed that part of the FAQ

Chicago Expat · Aug 24, 2011

So I saw that thread asking about how to view rep points.

Rep points? What the hell are those?

A FAQ was nailed to the top of the screen.

Oh, well, I guess I missed that the first time around.

***Reads FAQ about reps***

Hey, that's a nice feature. A way to say thanks to people for helping out.

I went into my SYW Query thread and clicked some rep buttons, then went into a couple other threads where I knew people had made comments I thought were helpful.

All done.

That was earlier today.

This evening, realizing that my visitor messaging wasn't enabled, I went into my edit options to turn it on.

That's when I saw them.

There are a lot of rep messages there for me. And some have been sitting there for months.

So I put up this thread as a soft blanket of Thank You for all the nice comments. I intend to respond to individual messages where appropriate.

But I didn't want anybody to think I wasn't a gentleman. Abrasive? Sure. Vaguely reminiscent of Rizzo the Rat? I think so. Query letter annihilator? Oh hell yes. Irascible, monotonous, repetitive, redundant, repetitive, malaise-y, kincaide-enamored, distractable, intractable, igloo, lego-enthused, culinarily obsessive and poker-challenged? Sure, all of those things.

But I'm a gentleman, dammit.

So thanks for the kind words, all you great people.

Cheers.

Alessandra Kelley · Aug 24, 2011

Um. Um. *wracks brain* You're welcome?

(And thank you for reminding me about enabling Visitor Messaging ...)

Chicago Expat · Aug 24, 2011

Ironically, AK, if I recall, your post was the first on my intro thread reminding me about all the FAQs and what-not. I really did go through them, but apparently everything didn't stick (mild pun intended).

Also, I most certainly do remember First Comics and Eclipse (and Eagle and Epic).

Cheers.

Chicago Expat · Aug 24, 2011

Also, as an addendum, when I went and gave out some reps for people that had helped me out, that was before I saw all the ones in my profile. I didn't realize that they are typically very personable. I thought when I started giving out reps that it was like a small review or something. So when I put in very impersonal statements like...

"Helped me on SYW Query thread."
or
"Made helpful comments. Would make great critter."

...I didn't realize that it was going straight to each of you like that. I mean, I definitely meant what I said, but I didn't mean for it to come off like some awful Yelp review page, lol.

KellyAssauer · Aug 24, 2011

Don't sweat it CE, we've all done it, and besides, now you've talked the Aztec Ace into going back in time to fix it all for ya.

This should be fun.

Lady MacBeth · Aug 24, 2011

Chicago Expat said:
So I saw that thread asking about how to view rep points.

Rep points? What the hell are those?

A FAQ was nailed to the top of the screen.

Oh, well, I guess I missed that the first time around.

***Reads FAQ about reps***

Hey, that's a nice feature. A way to say thanks to people for helping out.

I went into my SYW Query thread and clicked some rep buttons, then went into a couple other threads where I knew people had made comments I thought were helpful.

All done.

That was earlier today.

This evening, realizing that my visitor messaging wasn't enabled, I went into my edit options to turn it on.

That's when I saw them.

There are a lot of rep messages there for me. And some have been sitting there for months.

So I put up this thread as a soft blanket of Thank You for all the nice comments. I intend to respond to individual messages where appropriate.

But I didn't want anybody to think I wasn't a gentleman. Abrasive? Sure. Vaguely reminiscent of Rizzo the Rat? I think so. Query letter annihilator? Oh hell yes. Irascible, monotonous, repetitive, redundant, repetitive, malaise-y, kincaide-enamored, distractable, intractable, igloo, lego-enthused, culinarily obsessive and poker-challenged? Sure, all of those things.

But I'm a gentleman, dammit.

So thanks for the kind words, all you great people.

Cheers.

OMG. I'm guilty of this too. Sorry everyone. I didn't realize I had rep points until I read this thread. So... thank you.

Sage · Aug 24, 2011

Yep, it happens all the time.

Actually, when I saw that same thread about reps today, I thought, "Wow, she only had 17 posts, and she already knows about reps?" Usually it takes a while for people to find them

Chicago Expat · Aug 24, 2011

KellyAssauer said:
now you've talked the Aztec Ace into going back in time to fix it all for ya.

Uh oh. I'm a married man. Don't start talking Eclipse to me. Those are words to swoon by.

I just joined a comics forum (CBR). There's a whole buncha stuff going on in comics currently that I don't have a clue about. I hang out in the Classic Comics section and talk Eclipse, First, etc, (and for those of them who are older than me, comics I've only heard about). The nostalgia is warm as christmas lights on a snowy day. I began a Masked Man (BC Boyer) review and synopsis thread. Sometimes I think I have too much time on my hands.

Cheers.

Deleted member 42 · Aug 24, 2011

Chicago Expat said:
So I saw that thread asking about how to view rep points.

Rep points? What the hell are those?

A FAQ was nailed to the top of the screen.

Oh, well, I guess I missed that the first time around.

***Reads FAQ about reps***

OMG OMG

He read an FAQ!

[swoons]

[Reps madly]

Chicago Expat · Aug 24, 2011

Medievalist said:
OMG OMG

He read an FAQ!

[swoons]

[Reps madly]

He read an FAQ!

It was probably wise of you to leave the word "carefully" out of that sentence. We need to be able to celebrate our victories, no matter how small they may be.

Mr Flibble · Aug 25, 2011

Reps are also a great way to make suggestive comments to people.

Man, I miss Quickwit. Though he did email me the other day to fart in my face.

Chicago Expat · Aug 25, 2011

IdiotsRUs said:
Reps are also a great way to make suggestive comments to people.

Hey, awesome. I'm full of suggestions!

Lavern08 · Aug 25, 2011

Chicago Expat said:
...But I didn't want anybody to think I wasn't a gentleman. Abrasive? Sure. Vaguely reminiscent of Rizzo the Rat? I think so.

Irascible, monotonous, repetitive, redundant, repetitive, malaise-y, kincaide-enamored, distractable, intractable, igloo, lego-enthused, culinarily obsessive and poker-challenged? Sure, all of those things.

But I'm a gentleman, dammit.

*Whispers*

I think Chicago is an ideal candidate for the "Old Farts" forum. Just sayin'

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Aug 25, 2011

Medievalist said:
OMG OMG

He read an FAQ!

[swoons]

[Reps madly]

:OFG fans Medi: There... there... you'll be alright! I know it's a shock to your system 'n' all, but just breath deeply - in and out, that's it!

Lavern08 said:
*Whispers*

I think Chicago is an ideal candidate for the "Old Farts" forum. Just sayin'

So... bring 'im on in, Lavern! We need some manly men in that joint!

writerterri · Aug 25, 2011

And you're dorky.

PS. Means I really dig you.

seun · Aug 25, 2011

IdiotsRUs said:
Man, I miss Quickwit. Though he did email me the other day to fart in my face.

Damn it. That's my chat up line.

Chicago Expat · Aug 25, 2011

Lavern08 said:
I think Chicago is an ideal candidate for the "Old Farts" forum.

That's offensive. I prefer to be called retro-gassy.

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:
We need some manly men in that joint!

Where thread?! Chicago SMASH! SMASH THREAD!

writerterri said:
And you're dorky.

Only on my best days.

Lavern08 · Aug 25, 2011

Chicago Expat said:
That's offensive. I prefer to be called retro-gassy.

Oh great.

Gassy and a smarty-pants.

Chicago Expat · Aug 25, 2011

Lavern08 said:
Oh great.

Gassy and a smarty-pants.

Well, they do say that everyone has a twin.

Alessandra Kelley · Aug 25, 2011

Medievalist said:
OMG OMG

He read an FAQ!

[swoons]

[Reps madly]

What? Huh?

Doesn't everybody read FAQs?

Deleted member 42 · Aug 25, 2011

Alessandra Kelley said:
What? Huh?

Doesn't everybody read FAQs?

Alas no, aside from a few mods who mock my age and infirmities, no one seems to read my exquisite genre-defying FAQs, which I spend YEARS writing, up hill, in snow and sleet, against the gravitational forces of the Earth, and with insufficient booze for fuel.

Mr Flibble · Aug 25, 2011

Medievalist said:
Alas no, aside from a few mods who mock my age and infirmities, no one seems to read my exquisite genre-defying FAQs, which I spend YEARS writing, up hill, in snow and sleet, against the gravitational forces of the Earth, and with insufficient booze for fuel.

Did you have to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before you went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to go to work, and when you got home, your Dad would kill you, and dance about on your graves singing "Hallelujah."?

The youth of today, they just don't realise how hard things were, amiright?

Deleted member 42 · Aug 25, 2011

IdiotsRUs said:
The youth of today, they just don't realise how hard things were, amiright?

Yes, yes, exactly that—you know what it's like!

I suffer so.

Mara · Aug 25, 2011

Oops! I just realized I forgot to enable my visitor messages too. *does so*

My apologies to all the millions of adoring fans who were unable to post publically visible random comments to my profile.

Mr Flibble · Aug 25, 2011

There, there, we all suffer for our art, and your FAQs are truly works of art. Under appreciated, like Van Gogh when he was alive.

*hands over hanky*

Please don't cut any bits off!

Well, I guess I missed that part of the FAQ

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Out, damn'd spot! out, I say.

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They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

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It's a dorky day!

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They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

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