Take Notes
Everyone seems to have a schtick. The quicker you jot down everyone's schtick, the easier it will be for you to move effortlessly threw the crowd.
Just to get you started, I'll give you a couple of the cooler schticks here at CBR.
Fenris - Loves cake, to get on Fenris' good side just feed him a cake. Also the little goat at the bottom of his post is supposed to be a wolf. We all know it's a goat, but we humor Fenris and tell him it's a wolf.
watchman - He's a good kid, he'll act like a bit of an anarchist and a rebel, but we all know he's just a wimpy conformist. Who'll do anything his girlfriend RaeRaez tells him to do. Also if you're looking for capitalization or paragraph breaks in your posts, don't look to watchy.
Sir Tim Drake - Watchout for this kid. He acts all prim and proper but this kid has a dark side (I should know). You'll be having a nice conversation with him in one instance and the next he'll be cursing like a sailor.
Slick - He just sucks. It's ok to tell him, he knows.
Colors: Use with Moderation
By now I'm sure you know the boards here at CBR are HTML capable. It's a power that we all enjoy, but we must be sure to use the power responsibly.
Though Blue, Red and Green are swell colors, and can make any post into a wonderful reading experience. Colors like Yellow, Orange and Lime can be painful to some of our older posters. You know they're pitifully failing eye sight can't handle the bright colors. So please use them with moderation.
Also, pictures are a no-no, expecially porno. Unless you've gotten the express written consent of Major League Baseball, The National Football League and the NBA. (We don't give a hoot about Hockey, that's for Canuckles).
CBR: We Put the World into the World Wide Web
Though this and other boards here at CBR are largely populated by Americans, there are some posters here who hail from Europe, Asia, Australia and even Canada.
Learn who these people are, and what country the come from. Most are amiable folks who love their country as much as we love ours. Though our country is obviously much better then theirs we still respect their misdirected patriotism, and allow them to speak openly and freely.
To get you started here are some 'foreigners' you might have seen so far.
Parallax - 'Lax is from Down Under. His a calm sort, but just be sure to watch what you say about Hal Jordan being an outdated old fogey character who thankfully went psycho and got whacked.
Conn Seanery - He's Canadian, but a good one. Don't act like a putz and you'll do fine with Conn. If you see Conn going off on someone sit back and watch, it's damn funny.
Papergirl - It's true she's from Florida and technically an American, but since we really don't like Florida we treat her like a foreigner. Be sure not to tell her when you'll be in Florida, she may want to come and visit you.
fly on the wall
Sooner or later you'll run into fly. He's a bit nutso, but generally harmless. One of his main faults is writing insanely long posts that only the most dedicated of CBRians can completely read.
The stories he writes are actually pretty good, it's his rambling and constant going off on irrelevant tangents that make reading his posts the ardous tasks they've become.
A quick tip on surviving a fly on the wall post. Skim through it and look for your name. If you find your name go ahead and read it. If you don't just hit your back button and move along to the next post.
We all do it, so don't feel bad.
Those are some tips to help you survive here at CBR. The following tips will not only help you survive, it will also help you thrive at CBR.
You'll be so popular that when it's time to write the Collabrative stories that pop-up from time to time, you'll have a fat juicy role, and really, that's the main reason we all post here at CBR.
Change Your Post's Title
Whenever you reply to someone's post change the title of the post. Just don't allow the default Re: ********* to stay.
Whomever wrote the post spent qite a bit of brainpower to come up with a catchy title to make you read the post. The least you can do is try to match that poster in creativity.
Get a Tagline / Signature
I don't care if it's a favorite lyric, or line from a movie. Heck, it can even be some Wingding or Webding font you found. Just make sure you've got something at the bottom of your post to signify that your post is complete.
Everyone has one, so why don't you?
Drop Some Names
Everyone loves to see their name in 'print'. So to help get the most replies to your post (signifying your status) drop as many names as you can.
Just be wary not to make it look like you're just dropping names. No one likes a kiss-ass, and if it seems like you're just brown-nosing folks to garner some popularity or heaven forbid a Corrie, CoTM or CoTY vote. Then you'll be shunned, like something that gets shunned alot.
Just Post
If you see something that makes you laugh or brightens your day, write a post and tell us about it. If someone pisses you off and you're stomping mad, tell us about it.
If something stupid pops into your brain, and you ask yourself is this just too stupid to post on the Comm. Board. More than likely the answer is no. I promise you there has been stupider things posted.
So go ahead and post, if it's really dumb, we'll just ignore you and ridicule you behind your back.
Don't Piss Off The Mods
They're a frightful force. It's been rumored that Jonah pays them with the blood of newborn babies. So watch your back when dealing one.
Here's a brief rundown on some of the mods here at CBR.
T'Omm - He mods the Comm Board, and puts up with the most crap day in and day out. He's got a good heart and he's fairly patient, just watch your language and don't say anything and decorative soaps.
Greg Hatcher - He mods the TV / Film Board. Nice cat, likes plaid & tweed. He does a "Guess the Quote" contest everyday, so go check it out. Little tidbit about Hatcher, he always dies whenever we write a collabrative story. Usually rather gory and normally at the beginning of the story.
Mac Danny - Good guy, mods the Survey Board, keeper of the Fluff. MD 20/20 is one of my homies. He's a cool cat, but damn if he doesn't type his post wearing mittens.
If you're reading a Mac Danny post and you can't decipher one of his horribly misspelled words, be sure to refer to your Mac Danny to English guide. You can download it at the front page of this website. Also be sure to download your Boss of the SouffSied: Guide to BigJim-ese, Whale Oil Beef Hooked: Guide to Scottish / Irish Slang and Aussies and Kiwis: What's Really Being Said Down Under
I'm sure there are other tips you can use to help you along the way to becoming a CBR star. But if I told you we couldn't make fun of you when you make the mistakes.
So get your fingers going and get ta posting.
Evil Sneak
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