Well I suppose you want a refund, then? 
I don't see how this makes the tutorials immune to constructive criticism. Sounds like a bit of a logical fallacy on your part. One thing the tutorials did correctly point out, is watch out for people prone to attack you for asking questions. I see I found my first partaker.
you registered on the forum, not to ask any specific questions...
Actually, I specifically asked for better tutorials and if someone could point me in the right direction - something you did not answer. I can't ask specific questions yet if I'm still stuck on "Step 1 - Instruct yourself". I spent the better part of an hour editing the text files, just so I could begin reading them intelligibly. If you want to enter the kindergarten class here and attack the newbs, that's your agenda.
If there is no better substitute, I get it, but just say so. All I'm saying is, the tutorials provided are lacking in a number of ways. They're nearly 20 years old. One tutorial went on to say, and I paraphrase: "use Nesticle that requires MSDOS, so if you're running anything earlier than Windows Vista..." Most of the content I read in the two main tutorials operated on the basis of using very specific and niche programs that are, or are nearly, defunct. On a few occasions, the tutorials even admittedly said they couldn't go into detail.
I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth here (if you want to call them gifts), but as a self-professed newb, I'm merely pointing out the emperor is a wee bit naked and am wondering if there is a better substitute for instruction. Question mark??