Its Been SOOOO Long! Forum Writing Tips!
Hi guys! Ailuro here! 
I have been so busy lately that I hadn't been able to blog!! Today I am going to write tips on writing forums and using proper details(funny because I don't use details in my forums! 
). I hope this helps anyone who is trying to request a script or asking help because I've seen many forums where people don't often include details. I try answering some forums but they need DETAILS!
1. Know what you want. If you need something you need to know what you want. This means...know what the title of whatever you want so others know what it is. Ex. I've been asking in so many forums on how to do quick time events a.k.a button mashers. You also want to avoid these words in a forum "I don't know" "I'm not sure" and "I don't really know what I need".
2. Include details and information that is complete. In order for the person trying to help you, you need to provide details. Details help someone understand your situation and allows them to provide accurate information. I often see forums where people misunderstand what a person wants and give the wrong help info. This results in the person asking for help saying "that is not what I'm looking for" "that is not quite right" or "I'm looking for something else".
3. Add the words "If you have any questions please private message or post in comments". This lets the person know your welcome to questions asking for more details to what you need.
4. Wait. It often takes a while for someone to reply to your forum.
Example of a good Forum:
Hi I'm Ailuro! I need some help. Does anyone know how to do a quick time event (a.k.a button masher) with only eventing? What I want is for my main protagonist to get touched by a monster and enter quick time event mode. For the quick time event, I don't want a sequence of buttons to be hit but one certain button on the keyboard. If this can be done by scripting it is gladly accepted too. Thanks for your help and if you have any questions about my request, you can private message me or post the question in the comments.
See? A well formatted forum question. BTW this is an actual question I need help on!!!!! So you can help me with this topic too if you want.(I decided to kill two birds with one stone! )
That is it for now! Thanks for reading and sorry for my long break!
If you want to add on to my tips you are welcome in the comments! Meow!
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