Boy, I'd sure tell you to hang out somewhere else until you meet these people on the rest of the board, first. If you meet people in the OT forum, you'll be pretty jaded about who we are here, whereas you're more likely to be impressed with the quality of people in the technical forums.
What was it Old Ben Kenobi said in Star Wars? "Such a hive of villainy, deceipt, and corruption you will never find..."
Good luck, and welcome to Pelican, though.
Dan