On the subject of Trolls

[Soty]

Is not baiting a flamebaiting troll itself an act of trolldom?

I mean, unless the ends justify the means, of course.

[PrBlahBlahtson]

Originally Posted by Soty

Is not baiting a flamebaiting troll itself an act of trolldom?

I mean, unless the ends justify the means, of course.

No, it's giving the troll what they want. So while this entire drama-fest over thejakeman is playing directly into his hands, personally I think it was necessary to finally leave him with the "shape up or ship out" ultimatum. It's definitely relieved just a little bit of tension I had in seeing his antics hurting others without reprisal.

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But hey, we could always adopt this method.

[thejakeman]

Originally Posted by PrBlahBlahtson

No, it's giving the troll what they want. So while this entire drama-fest over thejakeman is playing directly into his hands, personally I think it was necessary to finally leave him with the "shape up or ship out" ultimatum. It's definitely relieved just a little bit of tension I had in seeing his antics hurting others without reprisal.

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But hey, we could always adopt this method.

i love it when people say it's "playing into my hands" it makes me sound so much smarter and crafty than i really am. this drama fest was created by soylent oragne, not me. i didn't viciously attack anyone. i even quit before it went too far but soy just kept on coming.

and really, it's hardly an ultimatum.

[FireStorm]

Trolling is like art, in that it involves some use of feeling. However unlike art, it doesn't produce anything, its never worth any money, and its only enjoyable in a very stupid way.
Its sort of like those action movies that are a bunch of cliches strung together, but even more stupid, and theirs no good guy to root for (and no one EVER gets the girl).
To troll you need to be smart enough to play people around, stupid enough not to find something better to do, and dysfunctional enough that you won't have any friends you can hang out with (thus allowing you to devote your energy to the grand pursuit).
If you make some friends, you risk evolving into a normal human, which will seriously throw off the amount of effort you can put into your game.

[thejakeman]

Originally Posted by FireStorm

Trolling is like art, in that it involves some use of feeling. However unlike art, it doesn't produce anything, its never worth any money, and its only enjoyable in a very stupid way.

this is untrue, trolling quite often makes loads of money and produces quite a bit. see every major corporation ever. and, unless you're stupid or very easily offended, trolling is quite enjoyable.

Its sort of like those action movies that are a bunch of cliches strung together, but even more stupid, and there's no good guy to root for (and no one EVER gets the girl).

that's a terrible analogy

To troll you need to be smart enough to play people around, stupid enough not to find something better to do, and dysfunctional enough that you won't have any friends you can hang out with (thus allowing you to devote your energy to the grand pursuit). If you make some friends, you risk evolving into a normal human, which will seriously throw off the amount of effort you can put into your game.


this sounds like something that a passive aggressive person would say to assuage their hurt feelings "hey, my feeinlgs are hurt, he must not have any friends. i have three friends so i am superior in some way! yay!"
you haven't the slightest idea what trolls do day to day so any comments on it are purely.... insulting trollish comments.

another douche, another day.

[FireStorm]

Originally Posted by thejakeman

another douche, another day.

Trolling itself is a passive agressive way of attention whoring, so I feel no qualms when I troll a troll back. Btw, nice custom title.
Oh and didn't you say you WERN'T a troll? So why would you get annoyed by what I typed?

[Taruby]

Originally Posted by FireStorm

Trolling is like art, in that it involves some use of feeling. However unlike art, it doesn't produce anything, its never worth any money, and its only enjoyable in a very stupid way.
Its sort of like those action movies that are a bunch of cliches strung together, but even more stupid, and theirs no good guy to root for (and no one EVER gets the girl).
To troll you need to be smart enough to play people around, stupid enough not to find something better to do, and dysfunctional enough that you won't have any friends you can hang out with (thus allowing you to devote your energy to the grand pursuit).
If you make some friends, you risk evolving into a normal human, which will seriously throw off the amount of effort you can put into your game.

http://www.amazon.com/Prank-Monkey-Z...7786246&sr=1-1

Your lack of imagination regarding the implementation of trolling saddens me immensely.

EDIT: John Hargrave is happily married and has two beautiful children.