Sanderson's First Law

[Spriggan]

Actually Shrain Brandon's forum has it's own rules and he allows thread necromancy.

[Shrain]

Yeah, I know it's allowed...  Honestly, though, even on EUOL's forum, thread necromancy has seemed to irk others besides myself in the past. (shrug)

Anyhow, if our new member wants to participate in other parts of TWG, I thought it would be good to link to the FAQs, as I've seen admins do a number of times for other newbies. That way there won't be any rude awakenings, so to speak. Speaking of which, my post wasn't meant to be rude, just mainly to point out that he may not have realized how old the topic was because the content was so interesting.  From the way he said it, I thought that might be the case: "I just registered on TWG, and that only so I could join what is a pretty great discussion about Brandon's First Law."

[EUOL]

Welcome MatthewM!  Sprig is right, I actually appreciate "thread necromancy" as I use these forums to allow people to post on past articles from my blog.  Checking out the FAQ as Shrain suggests is not a bad idea, though, since TWG can be a pretty crazy place! I've been thinking a lot about this article lately, as I've been meaning to go back and trim it up. Knowing your interpretations and opinions on these ideas is very helpful.

[Shrain]

*nods* Editing is good. 

When are we going to get Sanderson's Second Law though, hmm?

[MatthewM]

Hey, sorry about that guys.  How embarrassing to commit such a major faux pas on my very first post.  Let me be honest with you all, as ashamed as I am to admit it...not only was this my first post on the TWG forums, but it was pretty much my first post ever on any forum or blog of any kind.  I had no idea there were any rules like this to be followed.  As someone who has an unhealthy number of pet peeves, I know how annoying it must be for people to come in and flaunt an established set of rules/traditions that have worked for so long for the older members of TWG.  I did go over and take a look at the FAQ, and it was very helpful.  Thanks for the suggestion.  You would think that someone as old as I (and sadly, as inflated with his own supposed intelligence) would think to check the date on the last post of the thread, but alas, I had a total brain fart.  I blame my excitement over the lure of the topic--soft magic systems have long been one of my own pet peeves.  Anyway, I'll take the advice to look at the most recent threads and post in them in the future.  Until then!!