I find it very helpful and I wouldn't be playing at least 1/3 of the games I currently own or have owned in the past without their help. A couple people come into mind is Quench GRUMPY and more recently zacaj They've been there to help me out step by step. To pay it forward, I try to help with what I can. Sometimes it's real basic things, sometimes it takes more work. But I wouldn't have learned some of those things without the help from my own threads.

There are times where I will start a thread looking for help, but with the intention of breaking it down for myself. It's almost like I'm jinxing myself (in a good way) that if I start a thread, and continue to work and document the problem, that I'll eventually find the answer. The extra help is pudding.

The most recent event was a very simple answer, but the person posing the question didn't want to do any of the work himself, and went on cussing out everyone in that club thread (before and after the question). I found his answer (to prove him wrong) in the manual in about a minute. It's this kind of self-entitled, spoon-fed behavior that really rubs me wrong. Won't be helping that particular person in the future.

For new owners, you have to put in the work! We've all been there at one time. I'm no expert at anything, but I know a lot more than I did 2 years ago, and a good portion of that is due to this forum.