I think that maybe people got the wrong impression from hogie's post. Whining and asking for help are not the same. Yes, many people here do them at the same time, but don't let those people discourage us from helping the people that know how to ask for help. Someone who asks why this and that and the other thing don't work, and the same answer has been given 50 times don't deserve help. On the other hand, someone who is struggling with setting up a server may not know everything there is to know about EQEmu and computers. This doesn't mean they don't deserve help. I think that many people who frequent the forums tend to get tired of seeing the same thing over and over, but the all the negative posts make it that much harder to use the search tool.
My point is, sometimes you need to step back and take a look at the situation from a broader perspective. We all want more people to populate the servers. And believe it or not, there's a limited number of "techno-philes" out there that can pick up a program and know how to use it. It's up to the people who answer questions and who reply to these posts to set the tone for the people who are new.
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