Foreground Eclipse wrote...
Hello.
Just a few things that you should know...
Do not post in Incoherent Babbling unless you have thick skin. That is the forum where we do not restrain ourselves. Occasionally people go there and get very very very very butthurt. Never take anything seriously in there. Most of the time users call each other faggots and if they really like you, "faggog." (I actually haven't seen that in awhile however.) The other forums are also very nice.
Try to keep your spelling and grammar good as well. Many users actually do care about them.
Avoid double posting, triple posting etc.
Be sure to use the spoiler tag (spoil) (/spoil). Use [ ] instead of ( ). There are hotkeys in the post bar that allow for quick code like spoil, url, image, youtube, font, bold etc.
Use the spoil tag for story spoilers, large / multiple images, long conversations, multiple youtube videos and more.
When posting images, use Sadpanda.us or Minus.com. Those two work best. You can also just right click on photos and click view image for a direct link to the images, copy the url, then use that. Be careful from what website you get it from as some sites have things to block that. Zerochan is a good example. Instead of directly hot-linking, they have their own set of links like thumbnails and direct links to the photo.
Do not be a try-hard.
Some common abbreviations:
IB: Incoherent Babbling
CTFG: Chat Topics and Forum Games (also known as ChatFagLand by some users)
SD: Serious Discussion.
OT: On-topic
You get the idea. The same system for abbreviations go for the other forums Video Games for example; VG
Do not forget the two golden rules:
Think before you post.
Use the search function
The search function can be found by clicking on Forums. It should be easy enough to notice.
Anyways, now that that is out of the way, welcome to the forums. It sucks that you lost your family, but that's life. All we can do is move on. Browse the forums for a bit and you should find a particular forum you will like hopefully.
Is there a particular anime or manga you like? Or maybe a hobby such as sports or reading possibly?
Thanks for the info, i'll be sure to not forget, haven't really checking the post bar actually but i keep an eye for such convenient features.
Don't worry about my family, they're old history. My other hobbies are possibly, winter sports such as ice skating and snowboarding, the other are reading novel like my gramps used to, with a pair of glasses and a cup of tea