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0 pointsjohnday2y ago0 comments

It's a term of art from the community, that also draws in the intellectually curious with a "wtf is half an A press?" - it's an excellent title.

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DeRockProject2y ago

"the intellectually curious"

God I wish, but our discord keeps getting kids, who can't possibly help or contribute to TASing, keep asking us questions answered in the video they just watched before joining...

We sometimes get smart af people joining and even making accomplishments though. College students or otherwise.

Pannen's a really patient guy for tolerating his fans all the time

jrajav2y ago

Sucking at something is the first step to being amazing at something, and it's a step everyone goes through, no exceptions. Being kind and tolerant of others sucking (missing what seem like obvious bits of core knowledge, not knowing what details are important, taking way too long on tasks) is absolutely essential to the health and growth of any size or kind of creative community.

OatmealDome2y ago

> Sucking at something is the first step to being amazing at something, and it's a step everyone goes through, no exceptions.

The thing that gets me about OP's remark is that pannenkoek2012 himself made a YouTube comment in 2013 asking how to make Mario kick in the air without pressing the A button to jump. [0]

Everyone has to start somewhere.

[0] https://youtu.be/xlQ0psr7Th4?t=808

htag2y ago

Being able to find answers to commonly asked questions instead of making demands on people's time by asking is a huge part of maturity. It's very common for Discord servers to have a self-serve faq/resources channel. It's rude to ask questions that can be answered there.

In this situation I find the best thing to do is to link to the resource that answers the question. A 'teach how to fish' approach. If a question is often asked that isn't answered in documentation then I enhance the documentation.

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