x360 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Australian Xbox.com Forums

by GrathiusXR

© 2008 Arthur Kotsopoulos

So we have a little something called the Australian Xbox General Forum, and we all frequently scroll up and down the page looking for threads to post our excessive knowledge in them to help other people out, but sometimes there are those that instead of doing good they do bad!.

Over the past few days I have been on the forums searching and looking at different posts to see the different replies that have been left, some good, some bad, some informative and some just plain ….

So I decided to put together my knowledge of the forums, read other FAQs and Guides and put it in my guide basically how to use the General Discussion Forum and what sort of stuff to really post and do in certain situations from your average Joe gamer.

Table of Contents:

• 1. What topics to post about.
• 2. What topics not to post about
• 3. Before posting you topic.
• 4. How to behave in the forum.
• 5. What to post in a topic.
• 6. People have posted offensive comments in your thread.
• 7. People are flaming each other in the thread.
• 8. Politics – Religion ?
• 9. Keep the thread on–topic
• 10. The thread has gone completely hay-wire

1) What topics to post about.

So you have stumbled onto the General Discussion forum but have no idea what to post about in them? Well basically the General Discussion Forum is a place where you can post about;

• Preview of an Upcoming game (Example Here
• Articles regarding features in a certain game (Example Here)
• Special deals of different retail stores on games, accessories and other gaming needs (Example Here)
• Problems regarding your Xbox 360 (Example Here)
• Impressions on a games BETA (Example Here)
• News regarding DLC for a certain game (Example Here)
• Information on cheapest price for a certain game/different store to find it cheap. (Example Here)
• Hosting for a certain game and want to get people to join and build community relation (Example Here)
• Question regarding things in a game (Example Here)

The list goes on and on, as it is a General Discussion Forum for the Xbox 360, posting about games, accessories, questions, information and so on can be posted as it brings out a good discussion and further grows your knowledge not only on the game, but the general gaming scene, and also helps out the community as well. Basically post something that can be a contribution to the community.

Make sure to read the Code of Conduct and Terms of Use before posting in the General Discussion Forum to ensure that you abide by these and stay within the guidelines. Actually, you should read through these before joining up for the forum, as most don’t, and it’s very easy to do things that are a breach of these TOU (Terms Of Use) and COC (Code Of Conduct). So spend a little time reading through them. They can help you out much more than you realize.

Moderator and Gamer Xtramalt has a guide *Read before Posting* which tells the basic use of the forums which outlines the main things to consider before posting. It is a good read and something to read before embarking on your journey on the forum.

Continue your reading here.

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