I'm always up for helping new members. But what do you have that puts you on the same level as posters like Killjoy, JWG, Dragon Saga, and Paperghost? I had to screen all of them coming in. What do you have that sets you apart?
I don't think I could claim to be better than any of the posters you just listed - and no offense meant to the others, but especially not Killjoy. But I think with a bit of training I could at least be on par with them. I post in almost every section, and I do my best to offer quality over quantity when I do so. I leave a lot of threads untouched because I honestly have nothing but a generic response to offer. Nobody wants to hear "I respect John Cena for his work ethic, but..." for the 2,000th time this month. And sometimes I will go in and leave a provocative response or create a thread that may be "against the grain" just to promote discussion.
I also have been around for long enough to know the forums, to know who is a good poster and who to avoid, and to have a general understanding for the way things work. I don't receive infractions hardly ever (and if I do it's because I over-looked something small, and it's only happened 4 times for different things, all by different mods). I've been working on hanging out in the spam sections, because I think most of the intelligent conversation and relationship are being fostered there. Overall I see myself as a competent poster that puts out good work when I try, and that has a lot of room for improvement that you can offer.
D-Man Tip #1: To make the best threads that draw the most traffic, make sure you don't choose a topic that's been done before.
At least part of the assignment was to create a thread that could appeal to any and all posters. As fans we've all had that emotion response to a moment in wrestling history before. To that extent, I met the requirements. Looking back, I'm sure it is a topic that has been done before at some point. I guess I thought it was more original that it actually ended up being...
Personally, I was more interested in people's responses to this than "the IC title and US title both deserve to be defended at Mania". No knock against Killjoy, because the topic is definitely sound and somewhat interesting. I just don't think you're going to end up with a medley of responses that merits actual discussion for longer than a day. If anybody disagrees, and I don't think many will, it'll likely be because of the MITB match and wanting somebody like Rhodes or another decent midcard star to be in it. Maybe I'm wrong, I just don't see much discussion generated from it.
I was just trying to put something out there that everyone could potentially have a unique response to. Also, I linked it with an adorable puppy... The Andy's mints are still on the table as well. I also have Swedish Fish, but I only use them for extreme cases.
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