AdverseCity
Rock Crawler
Everyday there's new threads popping up here asking a question that has been answered dozens of times. Usually if someone nice reads it first they will do a quick search, find a thread with the requested information and post it up. If someone not-so-nice reads it first, let the flaming begin. I've personally answered these kinds of threads in both ways depending on my mood or the severity of laziness/noobness involved. I've decided to make a "How to use the search button" thread in the hopes it'll get stickied and remain at the top of the Newbie General section for all to see. Here goes nothing.....
Search Tips
Don't just click the search button and start typing, use the advanced search feature. The ONLY time to not use it is when you're searching for a thread that is easily distinguishable from others. Examples being if you know the name of a custom build and just want to find the thread again. There won't be many threads with Tumbler or Fat Girl in them. For the extra couple seconds it takes to advanced search I'd still recommend doing that, it's just so much easier.
Be specific but also brief, you don't want to type "how to get rid of torque twist on an axial AX10". This will get you a ton of results, most of which won't help and you'll get discouraged after reading the first ½ dozen and give up. Instead try searching "torque twist" and select the "Axial AX10 Scorpion" section, you'll get much fewer results that will be 10 times as useful to you.
Search in the thread titles instead of the message body, this way the results you get will be threads specifically about what you're looking for, instead of a thread with your search term halfway down in a random post that has nothing to do with your question. This will also minimize the amount of useless results you'll have to look through, always a good thing.
If you put quotation marks around the words you're searching for, it will only show results with those words in that specific order. Example, if you type "losi crawler shocks" you won't get a thread that has My losi buggy is faster than my crawler, it must be the aftermarket shocks.
If you'd like to omit results with a certain word put a minus sign in front of that word. Example, type in hardbody -jeep and you'll get results with the word hardbody but not the ones with the word jeep. Useful if you want to see some hardbody rigs but you hate jeeps.
If you want results with only 1 of 2 (or more) words you can separate them by OR (must be capitalized). Example, you can type berg OR enroute and get results with either word, they won't need both words to be shown.
This should get you well on your way to becoming a search expert. In no time at all you'll be searching for newbies and posting up the results, along with "Use the search button". You'll soon see why it's annoying for people to ask questions that can be answered easily with a little time and effort. Cheers and happy searching......
"thumbsup"
Search Tips
Don't just click the search button and start typing, use the advanced search feature. The ONLY time to not use it is when you're searching for a thread that is easily distinguishable from others. Examples being if you know the name of a custom build and just want to find the thread again. There won't be many threads with Tumbler or Fat Girl in them. For the extra couple seconds it takes to advanced search I'd still recommend doing that, it's just so much easier.
Be specific but also brief, you don't want to type "how to get rid of torque twist on an axial AX10". This will get you a ton of results, most of which won't help and you'll get discouraged after reading the first ½ dozen and give up. Instead try searching "torque twist" and select the "Axial AX10 Scorpion" section, you'll get much fewer results that will be 10 times as useful to you.
Search in the thread titles instead of the message body, this way the results you get will be threads specifically about what you're looking for, instead of a thread with your search term halfway down in a random post that has nothing to do with your question. This will also minimize the amount of useless results you'll have to look through, always a good thing.
If you put quotation marks around the words you're searching for, it will only show results with those words in that specific order. Example, if you type "losi crawler shocks" you won't get a thread that has My losi buggy is faster than my crawler, it must be the aftermarket shocks.
If you'd like to omit results with a certain word put a minus sign in front of that word. Example, type in hardbody -jeep and you'll get results with the word hardbody but not the ones with the word jeep. Useful if you want to see some hardbody rigs but you hate jeeps.
If you want results with only 1 of 2 (or more) words you can separate them by OR (must be capitalized). Example, you can type berg OR enroute and get results with either word, they won't need both words to be shown.
This should get you well on your way to becoming a search expert. In no time at all you'll be searching for newbies and posting up the results, along with "Use the search button". You'll soon see why it's annoying for people to ask questions that can be answered easily with a little time and effort. Cheers and happy searching......
"thumbsup"
..its great to ask questions but on alot of them the answer is right there it just takes a bit of looking...it gets pretty funny/silly/entertaining at times and have seen it get ugly both ways when someone feels the need to bitch slap a noob for asking a question..dumb/lazy or not ..if you think its a dumb/lazy question why bother posting let someone else answer it, seems kinda bullyish.. and ive seen some jerk noobs as well..in any case a little effort goes some way.
