Forum no-nos

[Goody1981]

In the spirit of fun, what are some classic forum faux pas that are guaranteed to be commented on/corrected?

1 - daring to spell "Hohmann" like it sounds

2 - asking "is X cheating?"

3 - replying to "is X cheating?" with anything other than some iteration of "you can't cheat in a single player game"

4 - talking about your "gravity" turn but then also mentioning how you a) had SAS hold prograde, or b) went straight up to 10km then turned 45 degrees

5 - suggesting that Realism Overhaul is anything other than amazing when @regex is around  (it is amazing though)

6 - making the grievous error of saying heating during re-entry is due to friction with the atmosphere 

Edited July 6, 2016 by Goody1981

[Corona688]

7 - Not admitting what mods you're using.

8 - Constantly advertising what mods you're using.

 

[Superfluous J]

9 - Asking a question like "How do you land on Mun?" when what you're having trouble with is your Mun lander flipping out during atmospheric ascent on Kerbin. And it takes 3 pages to get that piece of information out of you.

Edited July 6, 2016 by 5thHorseman

[cubinator]

10. Talking about Dres. At all. Ever. You are guaranteed to be yelled at.

Edited July 11, 2016 by cubinator

[Tourist]

11. Saying "I've had enough of X so I'm giving up and not playing KSP anymore"

Edited July 6, 2016 by Tourist

[EliasDanger]

12. Asking when which ever mod will be updated

13. Saying you understand that mod developers have a life, but hey can someone do a fork and get this mod working right now?

Edited July 6, 2016 by EliasDanger

[Guest]

14. Cherry-picking things to complain about the unrealistic aspects thereof.

[EliasDanger]

15. Suggesting career contracts should be more linear when regex is around

[pincushionman]

16. Talking about other forum users without having the good manners to notify thim with the "@" tag.

[Mister Dilsby]

17. Making the subject line of your question "Please help!" rather than something that gives a clue what the thread is about.

18. "I don't understand what the big deal is about role playing. Hey, wanna work for my company? @so-and-so is our sworn enemy!"

19. Poking the authors.

ETA: ninja'd by @pincushionman, renumbering! And,

20. Pinging people in Forum Games without having the good manners to leave off the '@' tag.

Edited July 6, 2016 by Kuzzter

[EliasDanger]

10 minutes ago, pincushionman said:

16. Talking about other forum users without having the good manners to notify thim with the "@" tag.

lol, i was trying, but tagging dont work so well when i am using my phone to forum.

[Kokoro]

21. posting rule 34 Kerbal drawings.

 

Edited July 6, 2016 by Kokoro
number change, 19 to 21

[Goody1981]

19 minutes ago, pincushionman said:

16. Talking about other forum users without having the good manners to notify thim with the "@" tag.

Ha fixed the OP.. Cheers!

[regex]

20. Openly admiring my smug mug.

[Mister Dilsby]

Q. Failing to renumber your entries when you get ninja'd in a 'list' thread.

[Just Jim]

22) Quoting and re-quoting a picture heavy post without snipping out the pictures

[StrandedonEarth]

23: Treating MechJeb autopilot users as second-class citizens

[Tourist]

4 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

23: Treating MechJeb autopilot users as second-class citizens

23:a) treating all console-Kerbalnauts as knuckle dragging, COD dudbros or petulant children. (This isn't so relevant now, but it will be.)    

Edited July 7, 2016 by Tourist

[cantab]

1 hour ago, Goody1981 said:

talking about your "gravity" turn but then also mentioning how you a) had SAS hold prograde

That's how you do a gravity turn...

[quasarrgames]

24: Saying you're "burnt out" and "losing interest" in ksp

25: Posting on the spacecraft exchange without pictures

26: Posting a forum game in general discussions

[nightingale]

27. Attempting to reply to big threads on mobile.

[HoloYolo]

28. Stirring up an already boiling pot.

[TotallyNotHuman]

29. Mentioning any controversial topic in a completely irrelevant post, causing flamewars.

For example (you know who you are, peeps):

User A: Dres exists!

User B: Dres is a lie!

Edited July 7, 2016 by TotallyNotHuman_

[Brownhair2]

30. Asking about aircraft instability without mentioning CoD

[TotallyNotHuman]

31. Complaining that ARHGHAHGH KSP 1.1 SUCKS!!!!1!11!1!!11!!1!!11