The great Arnold wrote:

> Welcome to the ML, Andrea!!  I'm Arnold, one of the regulars here.  As =
for
> advice, well, normally I'd tell people not to double post or quote whol=
e
> posts, but you seem to be okay with that.  when you quote from someone
> else's posts, quote sparingly, only using what directly relates to what
> you are responding to.  Don't complain too much about SPAM, either,
> becuase there is a _lot_ of it on this ML, and llittle that anyone coul=
d
> do about it.  Not that they;d want to, because through this spam I made
> some great friendships.  (Spam, by the way, means anything here that
> doesn't relate to Ranma 1/2).  If you want to get yourself established
> here, have a favorite character and defend him/her to the death.  Almos=
t
> every character has at least one follower here (even Azusa!) so you'll
> pick up allies pretty quickly.  another good way to estabish yourself h=
ere
> is by joining one or more of the groups here, like the KTF (Knights of =
the
> True Fiancee (Akane)), WoS (Worshippers of Shampoo), or UGMA and OLA,
> among many others.

Arnold, don't scare her away, we just got her.  Even "I" don't get the
groups yet.

> And one more thing-I notice that your only exposure to Ranma is the ani=
me
> series, not the original manga by Rumiko Takahashi.  Note that here, th=
e
> anime doesn't relly have much signifigance when you are talking about
> conversations that revolve around characterization or storyline, since =
the
> anime can be quite different from the original at times.  But for those=
 of
> us that have limited manga exposure (or in your case, no manga exposure=
),
> anime examples are okay, provided that you can acknowlege that you migh=
t
> be wrong.

To what he said, if you get in an arguement with someone about a
character or whatnot.  Make sure that you can back up your alligations.=20
And hopefully you will learn a little about the Manga too.  This Mailing
List is just a giant learning experiance.
=20
> Ran-chan, Ranma
> Saotome, Lyn, Lori, Alain, Karmin, Tony...did I miss anyone? I hope
> not...)

Yeah, you remembered me!

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