Unlike an unfortunate few of my fellow Escapists, I am going to take this chance to welcome you to the forums, and say hello in a happy, friendly manner. Hello! (waves at OP). And here's a little advice to help you out, since yopu're new and all, and it would be nice to see you contribute to the community without incurring the wrath of the less well-meaning Escapists here like those you have encountered in this thread. At least, they should know better than to expect a brand new user to straight away think you should know all the rules of posting right from the off (though most of it should be there already because it's just common sense, but that's no reason for people to get so mad...
). Anyway, here goes. When posting a thread, you need to try and include at least a short paragraph in the OP (original post/poster) detailing the poijnt of the thread. Same applies to any post you make, unless there is good reason not to do so, you should always post more than just a sentence, and never a picture or quote on their own without your own contribution. There are also certain types of thread that are frowned on here, but those will reveal themselves with experience and guieline-reading anyway, so I won't go into detail here. Finally, try and learn BB code, it will help a lot when posting. It's not essential, but it does make things easier if you need to post, say, a picture or a video or create spoilers like I have here.
Other than that, welcome once more to the forums, stay out of the Basement (as always!), and I hope you enjoy your time with the Escapist community!
