Well, I think there's some merit to a point having been brought up by Dynamo, still. Not judging people solely based on which subforums they frequent.
Ironic from me, maybe. But the fact is, yes, you shouldn't just judge a player's worth based on which subforum they're in most of the time. That's a silly notion, no matter your perception of the community.
However.
This shouldn't discourage people from doing the 'ol "Facebook screening" method of things. With which I mean, if you know the guy's not used to wherever he winds up at, it's poignant to go through his profile and look at some of his postings in other sections. See how they behave, how they write. Even if every sub has different standards and culture, you can get a good glimpse into a person by analyzing what it is they do in those other subs.
So in that sense, rejecting someone because they come from free, casual, advanced, 1x1, tabletop or arena isn't baseless in the sense that you can see they wouldn't make a good fit just off what they do in said frequented place. GMs hold the right to keep the order, so keeping you out because you write too much fluff in Advanced or don't seem like the organized type from your 15 1x1 checks in different threads isn't exactly what I call a bad thing.
Ironic from me, maybe. But the fact is, yes, you shouldn't just judge a player's worth based on which subforum they're in most of the time. That's a silly notion, no matter your perception of the community.
However.
This shouldn't discourage people from doing the 'ol "Facebook screening" method of things. With which I mean, if you know the guy's not used to wherever he winds up at, it's poignant to go through his profile and look at some of his postings in other sections. See how they behave, how they write. Even if every sub has different standards and culture, you can get a good glimpse into a person by analyzing what it is they do in those other subs.
So in that sense, rejecting someone because they come from free, casual, advanced, 1x1, tabletop or arena isn't baseless in the sense that you can see they wouldn't make a good fit just off what they do in said frequented place. GMs hold the right to keep the order, so keeping you out because you write too much fluff in Advanced or don't seem like the organized type from your 15 1x1 checks in different threads isn't exactly what I call a bad thing.
