Your perception of this community

Voltar · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:42

Better when it's term time.

Blue and white :confused:

EdGey · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:49

Funny, straight to the point, often interesting.

Dano · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:00

Just like life really, there are people who are nice, people who aren't and people who need to be locked up, either for their protection or otherwise, the only real difference is the lack of free speech.

Tefal · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:08

When people come with a genuine isue there's plenty of help, when i was asking about advice o na pci extractor fan a member sent me one for free, i've seen people be sent specific parts for things for free, people burning steam gam es to disk and posting them for people who are bandwidth limited (but own the game on steam so they can just copy data from disk and update), and quite a few other things people have been sent to help them out (often without asking for it, they just say "help me find such and such or a solution to X" and somone offers to send it to them)

People are generraly supportive when someone has been scammed etc, and the gaming forums especially have great comunities for finding players/team mates/oponents.

GD is a great laugh but remember most of the problems posted are just ptty things soa few wil lhelp out but there's nothing really anyone can do (any advice given i nany relation ship thread etc will be ignored anyway) so everyone takes the wee a bit

Davies_M said:
Has it's snobs, narrow minded, egocentric, holier than thou attitudes and ill informed little Hitlers.

Then it has it's decent, friendly, highly intelligent, funny and interesting people.

Then there's Tefal.

I don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing

and before you ask i'm using the in game browser on steam so no spell check

Davies_M · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:13

Tefal said:
and before you ask i'm using the in game browser on steam so no spell check

Really? I was going to say it looked like it was getting better

Tefal · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:17

My spelling and typing is truley horrific

TheCenturion · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:18

Tefal said:
My spelling and typing is truley horrific

Yep, you've made a mistake in that sentence too

Tefal · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:23

So did you.

semi-pro waster · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:36

Tefal said:
So did you.

Missing a full stop before a smiley? That one gets to me too.

atpbx · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:38

For the most part polite and friendly members, there are quite a few people however who use the forum to live vicarious lives of hard men/millionairs/babe magnets, when they are in fact no marks/liars/virgins.
Sometimes its funny, other times it just gets on my nips and I have to vent by taking the 575 out for a blast with my supermodel girlfriend.

OriginalJonty · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:44

It's not my number one forum (yes, there are others!) and I'm a relative newbie. The place is a bit conservative, a few bigots here and there but then there are threads that make me laugh. I enjoy spending time in GD, The Football Stadium and Music, Books, Movies.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:47

Every forum will have its peculiarities, but as long as you steer clear of Speakers Corner, oh and Motors, it's a decent enough place.

Will Gill · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:49

motors forum is good, GD is generally petty and immature but usually has some funny threads, the other speciality forums are knowledgeable and I'll pop in there should the need arise

all in all still my fav forums on t'web

Rroff · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:51

As with real life - a small but very vocal minority tend to overshadow the more helpful, good natured members who are the real core of the community here.

Mason- · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:58

Like most communities that lack requirements you get a mix bag of good and bad.

TheCenturion · 31 Aug 2010 at 20:02

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17880640

Bleek · 31 Aug 2010 at 20:07

Pretty much like any other forum; there are cliques, there are morons, there are trolls, frank discussions, limited humour, rare moments of brilliance and there are plenty of disagreements.

jamesblade · 31 Aug 2010 at 20:14

I've been visiting and reading on this site for many years, for me it was the Holy Grail of Overclocking information wether it was for my CPU, Motherboard or Graphics card it has been invaluble in helping me and saving me money..

But my over all impression over the last few years has been "Communist China"

Von Smallhausen · 31 Aug 2010 at 20:23

I get a little narked when OcUK is singled out for race related threads because other forums often head the same way. To brand OcUK racist as a sweeping generalisation is untrue at best. How many race related threads compared to other life, sport, CPU, hardware etc etc threads ? Not many at all.

Every other forum out there has its members known for their opinions. The trollers, the keyboard warriors, the anti-immigrationers etc and we are no different in that respect.

I see a community here that gets help and advice when it wants it courtesy of some very helpful and knowledgeable folks with no thought of reward and with a sprinkling of good humour and madness to boot.

That is why, despite ups and downs aside, I enjoy being here and have done since 2004.

valve90210 · 31 Aug 2010 at 20:41

Gilly said:
Great in response to actual need.

Very, very funny at times.

Better when it isn't school holidays.

This is pretty much spot on for me!!!