Have You Ever Rooted For A Troll?
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Had to do itAylaine said:Vengeance for Zul'jin!Rayne870 said:
Ahh, I see what you did there.
I don't believe I have, now I root for people arguing but trolling can go so many ways in my opinion that rooting for either or isn't a good use of my time. :3
OT: I root for the harmless trolls the ones that get the less informed to blindly follow them, or the ones that obviously derail a conversation in progress but don't generally attack people or throw insults. Actually that pretty much is my definition trolls. Coming into a forum and just taking the opposing argument for the sake of it or simply interjecting that the topic of the thread sucks is just sort of bland and tasteless and not trolling in my opinion.
I have some reservations here. (FalloutJack plus one? Ta'.) First, I'll just say it. No, I have never rooted for a troll. With that out of the way, I'd like to get down to some other things I have to say on the subject, in the spirit of the discussion.
First, trolls aren't what I call the ultimate bad guy. They're goblins in Baldur's Gate, Gremlins in...all media, and more or less Yahtzee's imps (to make a more Escapist-like reference.) I don't see anything powerful or stylish in terms of evil here, and I like to think I know a few things about villainy. Being the guy who dangles a key to your cell just out of reach isn't ultimate anything, except annoying. And annoyances...well...they get munched, fairly quickly. They're a tedious game obstacle, not a boss, unless of course you mean a legitimate fantasy troll with a big clobbermeister. If not, then sorry, I don't agree.
And I don't find them very clever either. For one, to borrow from a meme, obvious troll is obvious. They ain't bright, which is one of the reasons they're even called trolls. A 'clever troll' is just what I call a different flavor of asshole, which is a whole new genus and species, you could say. Why do I say they can't be clever? Well, I've outed so many without being offensive or breaking any rules, myself, which leads them to be hit with a banhammer (true story) and I walk away with the knowledge that the board will be better off by some miniscule fractional amount.
They aren't actually harmful, which is why when trolls go looking to be fed...I, well...eat them instead. It is, however, not a very healthy diet. The act of it certainly does swell the ego in direct proportion to how much of an idiot said troll actually was. So, I've had to be rather careful with it.
I'm sorry, I appear to have been thrown into a rant here. Can someone shout "Exalted!" so I can get back on track?
First, trolls aren't what I call the ultimate bad guy. They're goblins in Baldur's Gate, Gremlins in...all media, and more or less Yahtzee's imps (to make a more Escapist-like reference.) I don't see anything powerful or stylish in terms of evil here, and I like to think I know a few things about villainy. Being the guy who dangles a key to your cell just out of reach isn't ultimate anything, except annoying. And annoyances...well...they get munched, fairly quickly. They're a tedious game obstacle, not a boss, unless of course you mean a legitimate fantasy troll with a big clobbermeister. If not, then sorry, I don't agree.
And I don't find them very clever either. For one, to borrow from a meme, obvious troll is obvious. They ain't bright, which is one of the reasons they're even called trolls. A 'clever troll' is just what I call a different flavor of asshole, which is a whole new genus and species, you could say. Why do I say they can't be clever? Well, I've outed so many without being offensive or breaking any rules, myself, which leads them to be hit with a banhammer (true story) and I walk away with the knowledge that the board will be better off by some miniscule fractional amount.
They aren't actually harmful, which is why when trolls go looking to be fed...I, well...eat them instead. It is, however, not a very healthy diet. The act of it certainly does swell the ego in direct proportion to how much of an idiot said troll actually was. So, I've had to be rather careful with it.
I'm sorry, I appear to have been thrown into a rant here. Can someone shout "Exalted!" so I can get back on track?
Only when they're being genuinely clever and funny, which is like... 1% of the time.
(Trolls that target Twilight/Bieber fans are also instantly forgiven of all sins)
(Trolls that target Twilight/Bieber fans are also instantly forgiven of all sins)
Anytime someone trolls Christian Weston Chandler, they gain a special place in my cold black heart.
Ninja'd.RowdyRodimus said:
I agree though, if anyone deserves to be trolled, it's good ol' Chris Chan.
Yeah I guess that's quite annoying I mean, he is the most evil wizard ever but what on earth do you do with an itch? Do you scratch it or notSlick Samurai said:
Aren't those moments the best though? As you said it doesn't happen often but it's amazing when it does. I remember one time I was playing Reach and it was like... the 2nd week it was out and there was this kid who was on my team. Had to be only 12-14 years old who went NUTS cause we lost by one kill. He started calling us "fags" and talking about our moms and all that fun stuff pre-teens do cause they think they're awesome.One Hit Noob said:
Anywho, some guy, who didn't talk the whole match mind you, turned on his mic and just RIPPED this kid a new asshole. Seriously, the kid cried. It was hilarious.
If we're being completely grammatical here, allow me correct your sentence.Zekksta said:
Will you please learn to write in English before you type? We are on a forum where English is the primary tool for conversing. "Conversive" is not a word and English should be capitalized, but I'm sure you only did that to be ironic.
That is some nice trolling by the way.
Trolls that diss people for a reason not just randomness, e.g Someone trolling a nerd for calling me a noob