Yeah the amount of GOOD info (in all the forums actually) is huge.
I see players everyday in game saying "I don't read forums, it's just a bunch of trolls" or "Entropia life? I never look at that" etc...and I just laugh to my self.
Sure there are hundreds of pointless posts that we have all been guilty of, but hell, half the fun is digging through those and finding those posts with informative gems, those things where I say, "Wow! I didn't know that".
For example, in looking at a guys rare item screenie the other day, a few of us noticed that there was a Big Bulk global in his chat. I had no idea BB were still spawnable, as I was never on Caly when the occasional BB global had hit. But now I know it, and it was only because I clicked on some rare loot thread to congratulate someone, and because other users were kind enough to share a little info in the guys thread.
That's what makes these resources so important to me. Sure there is bad or useless info, but does anyone think their textbooks at school are 100% accurate either? Hell no. But at least it gives you something to think about.
I love reading and posting when I am at work. I learn probably 5-10 new things every day about EU simply by killing a few minutes here and there reading up on the forums, and do it every day.
Truthfully, in these forums you see another side of my personality than the one you see in game....when I am at work, my life is complicated, aggravated, dramatic and mostly argumentative day in and day out. I am therefore an over-dramatic poster, and very argumentative while posting at work and I love it, I love my job, but that is my mindset during the day...But when I get home and log in, I want my game to be as drama free as possible, the game is my drug that soothes me, calms me down, and gives me peace after the stress I had at work during the day.
So, you can see, the forums are my drug when I am at work, and the game is a different type of drug when I get home
I think in game, I have only ignored 3 people ever, and they were only ignored because after asking countless stupid questions, they said this: "Entropedia? I don't read that." Really? See ya laters, buddy.
So, anyone who plays, should read these, and those that say they don't have time are lying. If you can bring your phone into the shitter with you, you have time
There is just to much good info to ignore, and there certainly are some funny fucking posts AND people. I still laugh about the Compets photoshop orgy any time I think about it. Out loud.