Where are the trolls?

[Saint Marcus]

Stew and you are flame trolls

those are the real trolls, the originals

trolling is really an art. It shouldn't be too obvious, or too joke-ish. It also shouldn't be too serious, you have got to leave room for others to manuever. Posting semi-facts or hear say usually helps, since it may confuse the untrained poster. A troll also shouldn't be too offensive, like the crap Civnation used to pose, nor too mild. If your troll seems to head to much to one direction, try to adjust it. If it's too mild, and you find most people agreeing with you, make it a touch harsher. And tone it down when the mods are starting to complain, or when you really have nobody on your side at all. Be selective in what you reply too, to avoid being cornered. This can also be done deliberatly to piss a poster off.

anyway, there's of course a lot more to it than what I wrote here. like I said, it's an art, and it takes a lot of training. Maybe I'll post a newbie guide to trolling someday.

[Saint Marcus]

Am I one of those exceptions?

I think you are.

[SlowwHand]

Rumor and propaganda. That's the ticket.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus


I think you are.

Excellent.

[Ecthy]

well, paiktis does it in a humourous way, sometimes... and yes, KH, I actually put that line in there because I wasn't sure when you registered

[Saint Marcus]

Rumor and propaganda. That's the ticket.

yeah, it sure helps a lot.

[Ecthy]

nope, that's only plain annoying

I bet paiktis will come here and even troll on this one

[Triped]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus


those are the real trolls, the originals

trolling is really an art. It shouldn't be too obvious, or too joke-ish. It also shouldn't be too serious, you have got to leave room for others to manuever. Posting semi-facts or hear say usually helps, since it may confuse the untrained poster. A troll also shouldn't be too offensive, like the crap Civnation used to pose, nor too mild. If your troll seems to head to much to one direction, try to adjust it. If it's too mild, and you find most people agreeing with you, make it a touch harsher. And tone it down when the mods are starting to complain, or when you really have nobody on your side at all. Be selective in what you reply too, to avoid being cornered. This can also be done deliberatly to piss a poster off.

anyway, there's of course a lot more to it than what I wrote here. like I said, it's an art, and it takes a lot of training. Maybe I'll post a newbie guide to trolling someday.

It's not nearly as much as you make it out to be.

All you need to do is understand the "motivations", so to speak, of the posters, and you can run with it.

Honestly, though, the rise one gets out of trolling this forum is nothing like trolling a good RTS clan forum.

[Alexander's Horse]

[Ecthy]

an anticipated reply

truly Horse, you're getting predictable.. ordered a retirement dorm already?

[Alexander's Horse]

So, like, why didn't you anticipate it

[Lonestar]

According to Imran, I am now a "pro-Israeli troll"

Geez, start one thread with a picture of a 5 year old girl killed by a bunch of Palestinian gunmen, and you're labeled troll.

[Alexander's Horse]

Shut up ya bloody troll.

[Saint Marcus]

I bet paiktis will come here and even troll on this one

stop sucking up to paiktis. Geez.

Geez, start one thread with a picture of a 5 year old girl killed by a bunch of Palestinian gunmen, and you're labeled troll.

And rightly so.

So, like, why didn't you anticipate it

cause, like, whatever.

It's not nearly as much as you make it out to be.

oh hush

[Fidel]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Chris posts mostly on CounterGlow now.

you mean chris62?