Quote Originally Posted by OhBollocks
Quote Originally Posted by Robb
Get to work noobs - trust me
You aint no professor here

Great topic again. Where do you pull these threads from?
I've posted about this before. I just use the FTR search engine. There are a couple of shortcuts I'll share, however.

1. Click on someone's SN, say fnord. You see their profile. There are two "custom search" options: (1) view all fnord's posts and (2) view all fnord topics. Use either option, but for this type of thread search, I've used option 2 and gone through fnord, gmml, mcatdog, spenda and others (I have a backlog right now, so expect weekly Rethreads through the end of March).

2. Click on the old BC numbers. Right now there 191 pages of BC threads. See the top right of each forum home page. In a few minutes, you can scan forward to 2006 or early 2007 and see what topics were discussed. I use number of posts and OP to "guess" what might be good. Wash, rinse, repeat with any strategy forum that interests you: FR, Shorthanded, SNG, MTT, etc. You can find a TON of great stuff.

3. I've only focused on old Beginner's Circle posts, generally because I intend for today's noobies to read them and because they tend to be discussed at a more "noobie-ish" level.

But here's the hard part of research. I read each thread and make notes about it: who responded, why it's good, a particularly poignant post deep in the thread, etc. I try to add value to these threads by digging out ones that actually have helpful and coherent discussions and not just discussions of who's dick is biggest.

The research process helps me really digest ideas and concepts: review the parts that I haven't thought deeply about in a while and learn new things. I wouldn't do it without that selfish motive: the process helps me more than anyone else.

And I know whose dicks are most-discussed on FTR :P