It would take a long time for a complete novice to learn the basics that can be applied to other modifications, without being "spoon feed" how to modify their first Nerf blasters. I think that it varies on how long a person should rely on guides; personally, I spent a year just following tutorials down to the t before I tried tinkering without guidance, because I felt confident I knew what I was doing.
This would be very extravagant spamming. Not only do they have a website, but they have an active fundraising page where people have already donated money, so it obviously has some appeal (to four people at least).
My house had power until after the storm; woke up Monday morning and everything was dead. Just got power and Internet back on today though, so that's a relief. All the schools in my are closed until Thursday, now till Friday
I'm guessing that the only reason why this thread hasn't been obliterated is because the admins take perverse pleasure in watching simpletons get bedeviled.