Guide to HQ and LQ posts!

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Wolf

Hello, is it tea you're looking for?
The thread pretty much gives the subject away so lets get straight to the point shall we.


Table of Contents -

- Difference between HQ and LQ [HQ = High Quality] [ LQ = Low Quality ]
- When to post and when not to post on a thread
- Coloring letters / words and the side effects


** Difference between HQ and LQ **


Many people get confused on what High quality is, So i'm going to show an example.


Example:
Thread topic - Just obtained mega sword from the cave of awesome!

- Post number 1 -
Woah nice = Pretty terrible post, eh?


- Post number 2 -
Woah man , Congratulations on getting the sword! I got it too, was pretty hard for me. Did you find it difficult as well? = This is much better! Actually creating a discussion RELEVANT to the topic.

The difference is to make it more than 2 or 3 words but making it make sense, Get it ?
People will comment on your post and sometimes tell you that you're a low quality poster and it will affect your Rep and sometimes make you feel bad. So just remember to maintain HQ.




** When not to post on a thread **

You ever get that feeling when you previously posted on a thread and maybe minutes or hours later someone replies and you have nothing to reply ? Well thats when you DON'T reply back ..Cause you'll end up posting LQ stuff.
The best thing to do is just wait until you can reply something back with a good suggestion, Idea, thought or something informative to the OP. [ Original Poster ]

** Coloring letters / Words and the side effects **

Well, There will be some people that will type like this;

" Will Type like this."

Believe me , I have seen it and they do it just to make it seem colorful and think that it is HQ and cool , NO it isn't its just foolish and silly. Try to maintain basic colors and only change colors for important names. Making the starting words bigger and then the following words smaller , with or without same/different color; I.E

[ How to Keep it HQ ] (Title in red, larger font)

- This is an example , on how to keep it HQ. (paragraphs in default colour)



Instead of it looking like this;

[ This is a bad thread topic ] (TOO MANY COLOURS)

- This is an example of a bad example (Odd colour to use, can't really see it :p)

It just doesn't look right, So i hope you guys keep this in mind :D


Also, you don't always have to use red and the default colour, but I would stick to around 2 colours to use if making a topic with headings and titles. It does look awfully strange if you're constantly switching between colours and sizes throughout your post.


Edit: Oh and also you can use smileys to spice up your thread as well... just don't go overboard! :p :D :D :D :) :) :oops:


NOTE: I DID NOT, REPEAT, DID NOT MAKE THIS GUIDE. I SIMPLY JUST ADDED A FEW EXTRA PARTS.
 
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