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JustSoYouKnow is not online. JustSoYouKnow
Joined: 28 May 2012
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25 Oct 2012 07:06 PM
We have a problem with roblox.

What is it, you may ask?

It's not the catalog. Not the mods. Not the so called "crappy" updates provided by the admins of this website. The problem is the community. Our freaking ignorant players of roblox.

Raise your hand if you have ever been on this website for more of a year.(Don't actually raise your hand). It's fun being a newbie. You get to experience a whole new world. A brand new perspective. It's like all these sounds, sights, senses pour into you all at once. It's awesome.

A year passes. You feel awesome. You're now a "veteran". Your smile fades, however as you've seen how much roblox has changed. "What happened to the friendly world I've come to known and love?" you ask yourself, as you see more and more "unoriginal" places. More unexplained flame wars in forums. More annoying chain mails, and noobs who are out to get you.

Now, what would cause this, you ask? I'll tell you. It's not the newbies. It's the veterans.

As a veteran, you view a world in which you wish roblox was better. One day you come across a newbie.

"Pfft, a newbie." you type.

You pwn the newbie using your expert skills. Now from here, you could do one of 2 things:

Say:"Nice try! See if you could try again.."

Say:" Ha ha, nub!"

By default, I know most of you would choose option 2. Let's say you do. You and other friends laugh at the newbie. The newbie has no idea what's going on. You continue to call him a noob. That newbie decided he has had it. He pwns you by surprise with a rocket. You could do one of 2 things:

Say: "Your skills are pretty good! Wanna join my team?"

Say: "Nub! Grr!"

Again, you choose option 2. The newbie is now very angry for calling him a noob yet again. He asks you nicely to stop calling him a noob.

"Good luck!" You say. You then say some..bad words.

The newbie has had it. He reports you.

Now, let's view the newbie several months later.

The newbie, now a normal player, goes onto roblox regularly. He comes across another newbie, and he pwns him.

"Nub! I pwned you!" The player says.

The newbie, just as clueless as the player once was, asks to stop. The player continues to call him a noob, and the newbie has no luck.

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This is what regulaly happens to newbies every day. The veterans are upset. They view that newbies aren't as knowledged, or superior as them. They ignore them, treat them like crap. And what happens with newbies? The eventually follow, doing the same behavior. Imagine it as having a little sibling. If you were to do something bad in front of them, he/she will most likley mimic you. The same goes for newbies.

Thanks to this, a cycle of noobs is born. I'd like to call this the "Noob cycle." This is how it works:

Newbie enters.→ Meets Noob/Badveteran.→BadVeteran treats newbie badly.→ Newbie reacts.→ Newbie gives up and copies behaviors of other Badveterans/noobs.→Newbie becomes badveteran/noob.→Tells friend about game.→ Repeat.

Yes, all of this can happen in rapid succession. Thanks to the noob cycle, we see more "noobs" who join a part of a bad community. Flaming. Spaming. Place stealing. Hacking. Online Dater. You name it. If they see it, they do it.

Now, how do we stop this? The answer is simple. STOP ACTING LIKE A JACKWAGON.

Do you say bad words in front of a little kid? Do you beat up other kids in front of them? OF COURSE NOT! Because you know that they will do the same. Now, I'm not saying that you should treat newbies like infants. Some are at least old enough to know right from wrong. You have to guide them. Lead them in the right direction.

I call this process "Sponsoring." By choosing to be a newbie's friend, you can show them around roblox, and drive them away from negative parts of roblox.

You don't have to sponsor newbies. Another great way is to simply change your behavior. If you do, people are ALOT less likley to act out on you, or anyone else around you.

But what if you come across a noob? One who doesn't stop? One who annoys you, and possibly everyone else. Simply ignore. If it's too much, ignore the user. If you don't give them attention, they won't have a reason to bother you. Once they see no one wants to accept their crap, they'll stop.

By doing these simple behaviors, you can help quite alot in making roblox a better place. Beleive me. Just look at insperational people in life. Ghandi. Martin Luther King. If they changed the world, heck, we can change one little website.

One MAJOR thing that prevents such a thing on this website from happening is people just accepting this fate. We don't have to accept it. If you step on crap, do you leave it on your shoe? Don't believe that roblox can't be changed. One person can't do much, true. But how about 100 people? Or 1,000? Try 10,000. As one person once said "Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much."

Try to do your part in making roblox better. Teach other newbies how NOT to be bad. Lead them in the right direction. Change your own behaviors, and learn to avoid bad behavior.However, the most important thing of all: Tell other people! Spread the message to other people. If you tell them, they will tell others, and the news will GROW huge.

And closing this, I say that you hope you've taken all of this in. If you're here to TL;DR, or flame, or whatever, ask yourself this:

"What am I gaining from this?"

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If a mod is about to lock this..

Think what would happen if a thread like this was pinned in the forums. By deleting, or locking this thread, the mods are preventing the other people of roblox know what they're doing wrong. This thread is a WAKE-UP CALL to the robloxians who flame, and troll, and spam. And, to the people who think roblox is going to be noob infested forever.

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That is all.
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dave2011 is not online. dave2011
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25 Oct 2012 07:08 PM
I read half but I have things to do besides reading the whole thing, but good job!
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epikrika8332 is not online. epikrika8332
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25 Oct 2012 07:09 PM
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JustSoYouKnow is not online. JustSoYouKnow
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25 Oct 2012 07:11 PM
@epik

Having fun? I can tell you didn't read a word.

How about, YOU get out. This is important.
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Potato4775 is not online. Potato4775
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25 Oct 2012 07:13 PM
You cant force change onto the attitude of another
The person must make that descision
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vy17 is not online. vy17
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25 Oct 2012 07:16 PM
you haven't been on for a year... (at least on the account you're using). I read it, and while it is interesting, it has always been a problem. Calling someone a "noob" is hardly an insult let alone bullying. it just means they are new and inexperienced. I am actually impressed that you thought about this. Good job!
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FranklinWoods is not online. FranklinWoods
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25 Oct 2012 07:16 PM
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epikrika8332 is not online. epikrika8332
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25 Oct 2012 07:17 PM
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vy17 is not online. vy17
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25 Oct 2012 07:19 PM
Wow. hahaha He's right, shorten it.
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jojods1125 is not online. jojods1125
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25 Oct 2012 07:25 PM
I read half, and skimmed the last half. I agree 100% with this. (and the tl:dr people obviously didn't read the ending)
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monkeymarky is not online. monkeymarky
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25 Oct 2012 07:28 PM
Reported for spam. (All)
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JustSoYouKnow is not online. JustSoYouKnow
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05 Nov 2012 08:28 PM
Epik, you deserve a ban.
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betonit22 is not online. betonit22
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05 Nov 2012 08:29 PM
Tl;dr
Now im going to read it.
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JustSoYouKnow is not online. JustSoYouKnow
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05 Nov 2012 08:31 PM
@all tl;drs

If reading for 3 minutes is too long for you, you need to be in summer school.
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JustSoYouKnow is not online. JustSoYouKnow
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05 Nov 2012 08:32 PM
And, I said, LOTS. OF. TEXT.
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popularfire is not online. popularfire
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05 Nov 2012 08:33 PM
Wut?
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betonit22 is not online. betonit22
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05 Nov 2012 08:34 PM
Wow this is some powerful stuff
I feel bad because a while ago i used to do this.
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JustSoYouKnow is not online. JustSoYouKnow
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05 Nov 2012 08:39 PM
Tell this thread to your friends. Family. Track it. Bump it. Just make sure everyone gets this message. If someone can change the world, like Martin Luther King Jr., then we can change a small little website.
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betonit22 is not online. betonit22
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05 Nov 2012 08:40 PM
I'm Going to track this and bump this once a week.
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FranklinWoods is not online. FranklinWoods
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05 Nov 2012 08:41 PM
Reported betonit.
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JustSoYouKnow is not online. JustSoYouKnow
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05 Nov 2012 08:42 PM
Thank you. We can make a change. I know I can't alone, but if we team up, ROBLOX will be a happier and more fun place for kids to play on. Imagine: no trolls, no flame, no cursing, no exploiting, no mean things. All kids, no bronies, no adults no nothing, just kids having fun. I would love that. Because, I admit, I am a kid that wants to have fun. But if we are keeping all that from happening, roblox will go downhill.
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carl164 is not online. carl164
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05 Nov 2012 08:43 PM
agreed i used to be called a n00b and im still being calleed one and idk why
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UnusualDean14 is not online. UnusualDean14
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05 Nov 2012 08:43 PM
I lol'd at "stop acting like a jack wagon"
still reading though

~ http://www.roblox.com/RT-F5-Bunker-Give-Ideas-for-More-place?id=85466374 ~
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