The Most Noob-ish Thing You've Ever Done

[Zacian]

Since the old topic died, I see no reason why I shouldn't create a new one.

 

What is the most noob-ish thing you've ever done here on BZPower?

 

For me, I guess it would be the time I pretty much spammed this one particular person's PM box back in my old newbie days (specifically, 2013). That person blocked me later on so I never got the chance to apologize (I still feel pretty bad though). Back then, I also kept posting random comments on other people's status updates which I try to delete if I were to somehow stumble upon them. Man, those were embarrassing.

 

So, what is the noobiest thing you've ever done?

Edited November 5, 2016 by Koala Kranan

[Underscore]

Oh boy, where to begin

 

About a day after I made a new account after my old one got wiped, I was reading through the Lesovikk Hiatus contest and thought to myself, "hey, I should do something like that", and made a ~paragraph long topic of my own contest about some little known character in the story. Thankfully, I think it was wiped from existence in one of the dataclysms. There were the countless blog posts I made from the premier perks several summers ago, which I've mostly deleted out of sheer embarrassment. There was that time I tried to run a game in G&T without doing hardly any planning. There were the many news reports I sent to the news email once I figured out you could send news in. About one sixteenth of them made their way to the front page, iirc. I tried to tone it down some since.

 

There are probably a million others I'm not remembering. I guess that's what happens if you join a forum at 11 years old

[emily]

Back when I first registered I didn't know the first thing about how forums worked. I pasted the banner I wanted (remember banners?) at the bottom of my first post instead of setting it as my signature. How very silly!

[Pohatu: Uniter of Stone]

I made a spam thread in COT on April Fool's Day intended to be a place for spam.

[Valendale]

I revived more than one topic back in my days on the old forums.

[Taka Nuvia]

Apart from the things I mentioned in the other topic - I think I wrote a comedy at some point? (3 chapters. At most.)And it was really terrible? As well as the, like, 3 sprite comics I made. With amazing characters (not really, the best character was the one my sis came up with back when...), super-detailed backgrounds (green block at bottom, blue/cyan at top. Bucket fill is my friend!) and unique humor (at least one revolved around a cookie being eaten).

 

Revived a bunch of topics, sometimes thought I handled a situation maturely, only to return to it a few weeks later to be horrified by my own way of expressing my thoughts,... live and learn.
 

There are probably a million others I'm not remembering. I guess that's what happens if you join a forum at 11 years old

 

Sadly, joining at 13 is pretty much the same. ^^"

Edited November 2, 2016 by Taka Nuvia

[Eiji Hino]

Definitely spamming "Artakha" in the BIONICLE Last Letter Game with the Collector.  We managed to fill an entire two pages with nothing but "Artakha."  Eventually, we got yelled at and stopped posting "Artakha" in the game.  Though whenever somebody else posts "Artakha," I feel a strange urge to continue what the Collector and I started...

[Kovsorr the Collectinator]

Definitely spamming "Artakha" in the BIONICLE Last Letter Game with the Collector.  We managed to fill an entire two pages with nothing but "Artakha."  Eventually, we got yelled at and stopped posting "Artakha" in the game.  Though whenever somebody else posts "Artakha," I feel a strange urge to continue what the Collector and I started...

 

I remember that. That was fun. 

 

Anyway, I would say most of my early posts are the noobiest things I have ever done. Also I couldn't RP good back then and I still can't.

Edited November 2, 2016 by Kovsorr the Collector

[Ta-metru_defender]

I wanted to find a different piece of art to comment on, so I figured "Oh! I'll check the last page of Bionicle Artwork! There'll be good stuff there to post about!"

 

...yeah.

[Taria Pakari]

I don't know, probably revived a thread or something. Can't quite remember.

 

Over a year later, still can't remember.

Edited November 3, 2016 by Tertmas Tree

[25K Now!]

My entire experience as an RPer in City of Steam.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in Darkspace.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in War of Elementum-nui.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in the Aensetr Derrum era BZPRPG.

 

My comedies.

 

Crashing Clad in Iron with no survivors in a fit of pique.

 

I've done a lot of stuff that makes the me of today feel pretty awkward. It's hard to find the superlative example.

[Zacian]

My entire experience as an RPer in City of Steam.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in Darkspace.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in War of Elementum-nui.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in the Aensetr Derrum era BZPRPG.

Now that you mentioned stuff about RPGs, I just remembered something.

 

I remember when I first joined the BZPRPG I controlled Akiri Kongu for some weird reason, and I got yelled at. (I can't remember if I got a strike or not)

 

There was also the time when no one interacted with me so I made my own characters interact with themselves like I'm some kind of a weird loner.

 

I also tend to embarrass myself in the rpg.

 

Welp, live and learn, I guess.

 

Who knows, I might get the hang of it someday.

Edited November 5, 2016 by Koala Kranan

[25K Now!]

 

My entire experience as an RPer in City of Steam.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in Darkspace.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in War of Elementum-nui.

 

My entire experience as an RPer in the Aensetr Derrum era BZPRPG.

Now that you mentioned stuff about RPGs, I just remembered something.

 

I remember when I first joined the BZPRPG I controlled Akiri Kongu for some weird reason, and I got yelled at. (I can't remember if I got a strike or not)

 

There was also the time when no one interacted with me so I made my own characters interact with themselves like I'm some kind of a weird loner.

 

I also tend to embarrass myself in the rpg.

 

Welp, live and learn, I guess.

 

Who knows, I might get the hang of it someday.

 

You'd know if you'd had gotten a strike.

 

Mostly because the GMs would've suspended you for like, a week from the RPG as part of the punishment. Strikes are pretty heavy things, and I'm pretty sure the current GM team hasn't given a single strike yet in their career. Excluding Nooj, that is, in his post-semi-retirement position on board.

[Voltex]

three name changes from november 2011 - june 2012

 

i like to pretend they never happened

[Toa Smoke Monster]

Back when I first joined the site, I attempted to use my comment section in my member profile like a Twitter Account. Not my proudest moment on BZP.

[Erasmus Graves]

Reviving an old topic because I forgot to read when it'd last been posted on.

 

Not my proudest moment.

[ToaTImeLord]

Hosting a MAFIA game on mobile, with the flu.

 

 

Never again.

[Sir Kohran]

Starting a whole load of epics then never finishing any of them.

[Kessen]

90% of my experience has been doing stupid things, DP'ing, and all around being an unintentional thorn in the Staff's side.  I don't really have much time to hang around here anymore, but thankfully I've largely gotten past my noob stage.  Still do stupid stuff, but I try not to.

 

Also, to the staff who's had to deal with my stupidity over the years, I really apologize.  For all the flak you get, you still do one heck of a lot of work around here cleaning up messes and keeping the place nice.

Edited November 18, 2016 by Kessen

[PutYaGunsOn]

When I was starting out back in '03, this was my first forum and I was 8, so I didn't know how to edit posts.  So if I needed to add a PS, I'd double post like "Sorry to DP but I also need to add...".

 

Back in the days when Bionicle Coffee Shop was the hottest comedy on BZP, I saw that they had guest writers.  I didn't know that you needed permission to write for it, so I thought it was some kind of open source comedy.  I posted my own chapter in the thread, and I think the comment got deleted later.

 

Oh, and I never bothered to check post dates when I started out so I revived threads left and right.

[CHTrilogy]

All of my first year here comes instantly to mind. At one point I tried correcting the BBCode on one of the comedies I read. Another time I actually shut down a comedy simply because I misinterpreted something.

[Noxryn]

I wanted to find a different piece of art to comment on, so I figured "Oh! I'll check the last page of Bionicle Artwork! There'll be good stuff there to post about!"

 

...yeah.

 

it's ok ur not the only one

 

90% sure i did it in the library way back lol

[Pohaturon]

I constantly keep repeating mine. I'm moderately active in COT, usually in the "describe the x of the user before you" games. Sometimes I don't get the chance to hop on for a few days, and when I come back, I frequently fall into the trap of not realising that a new page has begun, and I end up describing the sig/avatar/whatever of someone who hasn't even commented on that page yet.

 

Worst part is when I don't realise and get called out on it. I'm like the well-meaning pensioner who wants in on the fun but doesn't understand the game.

 

But I do.

 

Honest.

 

[Bonkle]

Setting a strict schedule for my epics.

 

One is finished but it sucks. The second got one chapter and no feedback. The third gained a few readers but I lost the motivation to keep up with the weekly schedule and now it's just... there with five chapters.

 

Also, there's my first name.

[Tarn]

Also, there's my first name.

i like your first name, mine sucked which is one of the reasons why i prefer to be called by an old name change

 

other than that, getting into lots of dumb arguments for no reason i guess

Edited November 29, 2016 by Claudio Kilgannon

[Tahu3.0]

The most noobish thing i have ever done in this whole site was trying to post my first and only moc here and why?????????????????

 

Because i thought i could directly post the images from my folders on my PC and so what i did at the time was change the profile that i had to the moc and the copy & paste it here. Thankfully i discovered what i was doing was wrong and i began putting the images on Google+ that was at that point 2014 known and copy & pasting them here.

 

The only other thing i can think that was very noobish with me was not even a year already in the site joining a group and mostly being innactive on the forums making my post count really low to what it should be.

 

And c'mon Drift you're first name wasn't bad I met you with that name and I still call you by that name.

 

-  Oh yea I'm finally posting on my PC.

Edited November 30, 2016 by Tahu3.0

[Great Being Velika]

But have I done it yet?

[ToaTImeLord]

I constantly keep repeating mine. I'm moderately active in COT, usually in the "describe the x of the user before you" games. Sometimes I don't get the chance to hop on for a few days, and when I come back, I frequently fall into the trap of not realising that a new page has begun, and I end up describing the sig/avatar/whatever of someone who hasn't even commented on that page yet.

 

Worst part is when I don't realise and get called out on it. I'm like the well-meaning pensioner who wants in on the fun but doesn't understand the game.

 

But I do.

 

Honest.

 

Sorry

[EmperorWhenua]

I got into a fair share of kerfuffles with prominent staff (Omi, Tufi, etc) over really petty things. I don't even remember what, only that it was really embarrassing in hindsight. 

[Sumiki]

I mixed up the "report" and "add reply" buttons.
 
Everything since has been pretty much uphill.

[Kahu Rider 13]

The very first thing I did when I signed up (back in 2002) was to start a topic called "Let's have a bit of fun!", where the object was to guess which city I lived in. To make matters worse, I posted it in the wrong forum: Bionicle Storyline & Theories. 

 

Thankfully, those days are long since behind me....and the topic disappeared years ago. 

[Sir Kohran]

 

 

Thankfully, those days are long since behind me....and the topic disappeared years ago.

 

The whole board disappeared years ago.

[Master Inika]

 

I wanted to find a different piece of art to comment on, so I figured "Oh! I'll check the last page of Bionicle Artwork! There'll be good stuff there to post about!"

 

...yeah.

 

it's ok ur not the only one

 

90% sure i did it in the library way back lol

 

I did that mostly with MOC pages. I actually did it so much Black Six gave me a proto drain for it, that was luckily undone after the Dataclysm.

 

My most noobish moment, however, has got to be my attempt at posting in an RPG topic without understanding at all how it worked.

[ToaTImeLord]

 

 

I wanted to find a different piece of art to comment on, so I figured "Oh! I'll check the last page of Bionicle Artwork! There'll be good stuff there to post about!"

 

...yeah.

it's ok ur not the only one

 

90% sure i did it in the library way back lol

I did that mostly with MOC pages. I actually did it so much Black Six gave me a proto drain for it, that was luckily undone after the Dataclysm.

 

My most noobish moment, however, has got to be my attempt at posting in an RPG topic without understanding at all how it worked.

I still don't understand a

how to play a RPG game.

The rules are really confusing.

[Manducus]

When I first joined BZP (I might've been 11), I created two consecutive topics about Hero Factory and ranted nonstop about it. Luckily for the dataclysm that occurred some years back, my embarrassments are forever buried. 

[Laughing Man]

basically anything I said and did for the first 5 years I was here.

 

thank the gods for the dataclysm!

[SPIRIT]

After beating a particularly frustrating section of MNOLG2, I created a topic celebrating my accomplishment.  In the back of my mind, I knew it was probably against the rules, but I spent HOURS trying to get past that point.

[FrozenFlash]

Well, I once posted vague, generic posts in random topics to raise my post count.

 

To be fair, at the time, I really wanted to see what the next rank was .

[Sir Kohran]

When I first joined BZP (I might've been 11), I created two consecutive topics about Hero Factory and ranted nonstop about it. Luckily for the dataclysm that occurred some years back, my embarrassments are forever buried. 

 

 

basically anything I said and did for the first 5 years I was here.

 

thank the gods for the dataclysm!

 

Just to be clear, the 'dataclysm' was the loss of stuff from late 2008 to early 2009, not the leaving behind of the old board that happened in 2011.

[Ghidora131]

I friended a bunch of noobs one day and they decided to make a club

 

And boom suddenly I'm the head of that club

 

And boom suddenly I have to hold them in a half-nelson in order to keep things calm

 

 

 

fun