This is a guide for people who are about to post a thread like "how can i get XXXX to be fast as humanly possible" or "is xxxx better then xxxx"

I have been posting off and on here for years, and one thing that i can say is a must:

USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!
it is your friend and probably has the answer to your questions.











The forums can be very informative, but not when its cluttered by things that are posted almost daily, i cannot tell you how many repeated threads are here..

Posting Questions
If you have a question that is not answered by searching the forums please include a detailed explanation of your problem/questions, be sure to include a detailed summary of your vehicles setup. Things like your motor turn/kv, gearing, tires, settings on your esc, any mods that you have done that might have affected performance.

Example:
Traxxas emaxx, Mamba monster, 2200kv CC/neu. 2x 2s 5200mah 28/50c lipos, geared 13/52, Proline Holeshots.
the settings on the esc are Punch control- ____ Timing-_____ Start Power-______ Cutoff voltage-_____


Practical Posting tips
-Dont name threads with "HELPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!", it doesn't let the viewer know what the thread is about, and frankly makes the poster look like a pathetic nuub.
-Using all caps during a post or tons of exclamation points doesn't get any more responses on your thread.
-Dont bump threads every other minute- if no one can help you with your problem, then you need to look elsewhere for information about it.
-Use your common sense guys, don't post worthless stuff or spam other people's threads.

-Ben

right on +1 right there, tht is all i ever see is wht is better then wht. it feels like i answer the same question twice everyday!

Sticky material. I agree, the "this car vs. this car" threads that have the same "car vs. car" over and over are getting pretty old....

Nicely stated "brushlessboy16". You said it better and nicer then I would have.....................LOL

ya, think i would get in trouble for calling people stupid noobs?

Thanks tho

I can relate with the purpose of the OP but realistically, in this society of instant gratification, no one wants to take the time. Even if someone asks a question that's already been asked 1000 times, someone will answer it. Most of the guys that ask the really noob questions haven't even taken the time to search this forum, or even check their manuals. It's just easier to ask here.

For instance... someone asked a little while ago about what the VXL motor was rated for. I looked on Traxxas website, downloaded the VXL motor manual and had the answer in 10 seconds. Was this hard? No... it was the natural place to look but it was still easier to ask here than to look it up for himself.

I think you should also add that when asking or answering a question, please use paragraphs, correct grammer and correct spelling. The paragraphs especially. If you write 500 words into one block with no puntuation then it's VERY difficult to try and figure out.

Added

Oh wow thank you! How many times have I read threads like (which truck to get) when there has already been 15 threads comapring them!

I also agree, writing a huge post with no paragraphs is annoying. I just end up highlighting them on my computer to indicate where they are. [:'(]

Well, you are assuming that 'noobs' know how to search for things, or know what the heck it is they are reading in the manual. If they knew all this stuff they wouldn't be noobs now would they.

Its a shame about all the mods - the ones that died and left you in charge of what people can post.

Im not telling people what to post, im suggesting that they search the forums before they post another of the same thread... and what else are you supposed to do with the manual- eat it? and the search bar is right at the top of the page...
Im not knocking all noobs, im knocking the people who post the same thing over and over again... I have no problems answering genuin questions, but ones that have been repeated dont need re-answering.

Get real man, pull what ever is in your backside out..

I 2nd that 100%. When people post the same thing, OVER AND OVER, it gets very old. Not only is it annoying, but it clutters the forum with useless crap and displaces all of the good information. He is just suggesting that newbies search before they post, try a bit of research, instead of being idiotic useless blobs behind a computer screen.

And if they don't know what they are looking at/reading in the manual then they need to ask legitimate questions or search first. Because with as big as the RCU forums are, there is bound to be an answer to their question somewhere.

And if they have no luck when they search and look through a couple pages of search results with nothing that answers their question, then post a new thread. And I think alot of newbies have the idea that since the thread is old, if they post in it no one is going to reply because it is an old thread, but its quite opposite, no one is going to bag on you for bringing up an old thread, who knows, could have alot of decent info in that would help people out who are in fact too lazy to search and see it there on the front page.

But newbies need to not be that person who is too lazy to search, if they want to learn they need to be outgoing and try to learn, not make others hand them the information on a silver platter.



And I can almost guarantee that someone is going to post saying "Well you were a newbie once!" Yeah, I know I was a newbie once, but I wasn't a lazy idiotic blob behind a computer screen and I did some research. With a bit of will power and research, you can become an "RC guru" of sorts within several months to a year and be able to figure most problems out on your own, as well as document them on the forums to benefit others who will one day use the search function and find your thread useful!

I mean honestly, RC isn't that hard, I think newbies make it out to be harder than it really is because they get frustrated, which is why they come on RCU, don't search, post a new thread that has been posted a thousand times, and want instant gratification. Yes, I know some people are more mechanically oriented than others, but learn the basics and it's still not that hard.

For an example, let's say a lazy newbie has an E-Maxx. He just bought it, and it's his first RC, he gets it running well, but suddenly a gear strips and he doesn't know where. But he is a lazy newbie, and rather than first trying to identify the cause of the problem and the location of the problem (the problem being the stripped gear) this lazy newbie heads straight to his computer and goes to RCUniverse and makes a thread titled "HALP!!!! MY NEW MAXX WONT GO!!!!" Well in this thread he says he just ran the truck and then it stopped and made a funny noise, but when no one responds to his thread, he bumps the thread constantly with posts like "HALP PLEEEEEEASE!!!" Well when someone responds after many, many hours, trying to be helpful, lazy newbie is already very discouraged because no one would help him when he wanted AND his E-Maxx doesn't work. Lazy newbie could have read his manual and discovered that his E-Maxx has gears that can strip and/or tried to take certain areas of the truck apart that common sense should say has gears and tried to figure out which gear was stripped and/or could have searched RCU to figure out what parts are usually the first to break on the E-Maxx. However lazy newbie did none of this, all he did was post on RCU and want someone to give him the perfect answer, and since no one did and his E-Maxx is still out of commission, he is very discouraged and sells his RC and gets out of the hobby.

This is a typical example of your average tween/teen who gets into RC.


Now to make this so it isn't ridiculously long, lets do another similar but shorter example.

Non-Lazy Newbie gets and E-Maxx, he first reads the manual, gets a general understanding of the truck, runs it, then a gear strips. Since he has a general understanding of the truck and first did research on RCU (But he searched for information on the E-Maxx, he didn't make an E-Maxx Vs. XXXXXX thread) he knows that it is most likely a gear inside of the transmission. He tries his hand at taking the transmission in his E-Maxx out and apart, and finds the stripped gear, promptly does some research on what part will be better in his E-Maxx so it wont strip another gear. Since he can't seem to find what he needs to know through searching, he posts a thread titled "Better Gears For E-Maxx Transmission." He gets many replies from people who have had the same experience and gets enough information from all of the posts to decide which new and better part he needs. He then orders the part, takes pictures of the install of the part and documents it on RCU to help future newbies out. His thread dies off and falls back into the pages of RCU. Along comes another Non-Lazy newbie who searches because he had the same problem, finds the 1st Non-Lazy newbie's thread, and realizes what part he needs, posts with a thank you for the information and for documenting the install, and continues to have fun with his E-Maxx.

This is a typical example of your older more mature RC enthusiast or smarter/more mechanically oriented tween/teen RC'er.


More people need to be like the last example, but the sad truth is, that is very unlikely, which is why brushlessboy16 posted this thread about searching to encourage newbies to search and be more like the last example.




If they don't know how to search for something in an online forum where the search feature is right there in the bottom corner and totally in plain site, then they probably shouldn't even be using a computer, let alone a RC car/truck. And they don't have to know all of this stuff, that is the point of the manual, so they can learn all about their RC.

theres a vid out about posting on forums, anyone ot a link for it?

I know of one, but it's a bit harsh. I don't know if I should post a link or not. It teaches "little Billy" about forum posting.

How about just posting this instead.

I agree with this post in general but when you tell people to use proper grammer and spelling you should probably make sure to do so yourself. I have never heard of "puntuation" A search showed this to be "Punctuation".

Typos and accidental misspellings are one thing, but I would venture a guess that Druss is more likely refering to posts like "omg my battery is jacked and teh car hardly moovz what should i do teh charger wont work n the wires are hot help me plz!!!".

this should be a sticky

Thanks, thats two votes for sticky




Love that^^^^

i think a sticky would be great, here is another animation i just made. the typing isn't that straight

If your not going to, I will!

[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5-GOG8SXo[/link]

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3 votes for sticky, Lol

Save that to fotobucket Stampede killer, ill be happy to add it to the original post

i dont think i have to, sorry if it doesn't work, kinda big

+1 on the sticky good info right here.

4 votes and the original post is added

woo im famous lol jk