When clicking on topic are you one that reads the first post then replies?  Or are you the kind of person who reads through every post then replies?

I myself  read the first post and then skim through it.  I prefer to  find posts made by certain vgchartz members that I enjoy reading their responses too. 

first page to know what the whole deal is about and then last page to know how the discussion is going

I pick and choose really, some of the shorter posts. I'll definately read everything, on the meatier posts? I'll read a few pages, and decide if I should reply or not. For every reply I make, I read at least 10 topics.

I generally read everything.

Then there's the NPD threads/VGChartz weekly sales threads, where 4 people can go on and have a long discussion, with nobody saying anything of interest. I usually skip those, as I recognize what members are in it, and know that talking to them is a waste of my time.

Then I oftenly enter threads by someone's profile (recent posts), and if they aren't really interesting, I only read Rol's/Noname's/TWRoO's/some other people's posts.

So 3/4 of the time I read it all.

1/8 of the time I skip the people who have quote wars

1/8 of the time I just read Rol's/Noname's/TWRoO's/some other's posts.

i read first page and last page

If I think it's a thread that I will be posting in, I read almost everything unless a post is rambling on and not really saying much. If I'm starting to find a thread boring or not going anywhere and I won't be posting in it, I quit and look at other threads that will interest me.

good method

i'll generaly read eveything unless a thread has alot of pages in which case i'll skip to the end . I look out for certain users posts and try to avoid others as best as I can.

If there are a butt load of pages, I read the first post and reply. If not, then I actually see what people have to say and then post a reply.