I can understand him being mad, but suggesting that the 'noob's' should be required to go to the TA before coming to the MA is rediculous. Do you think that if they go to the TA for a while that they will have all of a sudden have a moment of clarity, and decide not to vulch people. There's guys that's been on here for years and that is one of their Grade-A manuvers.
IMHO, the TA cannot teach a person class.
I'm with Coogn on this one! LCCajun, plain and simple, you got caught with your pants down -- and YOU are the one who dropped 'em!
And you never answered Coog's question -- how much time did you spend in the TA or offline before you
dared enter the MA? I spent a month in the off-line practice because I was afraid of being embarrassed. It helped a little. And the only thing a noob will learn in the TA is that they need to figure out how to HO since they were told not to!
If I was afflicted with an attack of stupidity severe enough to get me vulched by someone with a ZERO rank, I sure as hell wouldn't admit it --
let alone publicize it!