Welcoming or not, I believe it's up to the newbie to do research 1st even before starting the hobby. Seeing threads of problems with their impatient-ness and refusal to listen or co-operate really puts me off sticking my head in the newbie section. Don't want to do the research, go into the hobby with blindfold and when problem occurs, join the forum. Sometimes when I surf around, I encounter similar threads on different forum. The worst part is they tried to skim funds on their set up, believing that they could achieve success than what others had done but usually they always crash. 'You got to pay to play' is the motto of this hobby.