Do you appreciate a good troll? And where have they gone?

Nichololas

aaronjumper wrote: »

I think people are too afraid to troll boards, or just could not be bothered.
It seems that wit is no longer awarded and instead comments like "don't feed the troll" etc. are hurled in their general direction, quickly followed by a ban.

Trying to push peoples buttons without getting an outright ban is a hard trick to pull off these days, add to that the general decline in peoples intelligence, then is it really any wonder there are no witty trolls left?

Afraid of what?

Most of the good trolls got banned ages ago (or stopped bothering), mainly due to overzealous moderators (possibly), and now AH is just an echo chamber of insipid, uninspired and downright stupid repost threads.

aaronjumper

Nichololas wrote: »

Afraid of what?

Most of the good trolls got banned ages ago (or stopped bothering), mainly due to overzealous moderators (possibly), and now AH is just an echo chamber of insipid, uninspired and downright stupid repost threads.

Afraid of being banned. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Tesco Massacre

I'm going to troll the sh*t out of the Home & Garden forum right now.

Sarky

aaronjumper wrote: »

Trying to push peoples buttons without getting an outright ban is a hard trick to pull off these days, add to that the general decline in peoples intelligence, then is it really any wonder there are no witty trolls left?

It's actually appallingly easy. Most people are just really bad at it. I blame kids shows like Barney telling every knuckle dragging windowlicker that, in defiance of all available evidence, they are nevertheless special snowflakes destined for greatness.

Gummy Panda

I always wanted to troll the ladies lounge but I'm afraid of G'em

ben_bernanke

when you consider the kind of priggish old ladies who monitor this joint , trolls are about as welcome as republicans at lizzy windsors recent knees up

Ambient Occlusion

When Rémi Gaillard does it, it's funny.

af_thefragile

But troll ducks are awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q

Jimoslimos

the purple tin wrote: »

There was a certain unionist troll who's gone now I think, he was always good for a giggle.

Nope, he's still around.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=74834356&postcount=51

'Resurrected' so to speak

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79129669&postcount=64

Still lacking in subtly though.

Sindri

Where have they gone?

Well after the council of Marmarath the wise Sages decided something had to be done about the horde of trolls who would descend from the mountains every winter and destroy churches and eat the simple folks sheep and children. They thought for hours and days on this conundrum; how to stop 100s of trolls rampaging forth on to the peasants land? They were unsure and decided the best course of action was to consult Sindri, who was the wisest and most handsomerest of all the Sages. Ever! But to consult the great and magnanimous Sindri they had to venture to the land of Niðavellir which was over the black mountains and into Niðafjöll but that is where the dragon Níðhöggr, who did not take too kindly to strangers in his lands, apart from Sindri, who had travelled those lands aeons ago and ventured upon a young and angry dragon whom he had befriended, as was his way. Angry because he had a thorn in his claw. Níðhöggr attacked Sindri but Sindri, who was and still is a master of the instrument of the Gods, the electric triangle, crooned Níðhöggr to sleep thus delaying the attack on his person. As Níðhöggr slept Sindri took pity on the young dragon and pulled the thorn from his claw with a pair of tongs he kept on his person. When the dragon awoke he was so grateful to be done away with the irritation on his paw he granted Sindri a barony on his lands and made him the keeper of his treasure as well as priveliges with his wife the beautiful and mesmerizing Derisa. But Sindri kindly turned him down as Sindri was celibate and pious in his ways.
The stories of Sindri's life were well known in his day and the Sages knew of his wise ways like always urinating down wind, which Sindri had written a popular and in depth pamphlet on which was mandatory reading in the Kingdom of Majalajar. They sent the young Niggli to consult Sindri; Niggli being the son of Piggli and the grandson of Wiggli who was begot by Giggli, the same Giggli who wrought the powerful blade Jujibur which had long been lost to the evil shadow master shaman and troll king Kyglig (who was a right bollocks if the annals of Nigimuugur were to be believed, which they were, as Sindri had written them and he's perfect (if the annals of Nigimuugur are to be believed, which they are). Niggli was young, and inexperienced in the way of the Sages. He wore yellow robes denoting that he was an apprentice. The Sages had sent Niggli due to their craven disposition of traveling such a treacherous path as well as their fear of Sindri, who could always colour in inside the lines no matter even if the drawing was a vertical single line of black ink, and that was a talent they rightly admired and feared.
Niggli set out on his journey from Udjfaulusi, a port town on the peninsula of Midraterash Island (as well as a centre back for Atletico Madrid), which in fact was not in Midraterash at all, the name being misleading but the name had stuck after it had been misidentified by a cartographer long ago.
Niggli was scared and uncertain. He was an oaf and no where near as talented as me Sindri. He found passage by boat to Fertilar and decided to start his journey from there. A grave mistake...

(Continued in Part II of the Tales of Sindri the Omnipotent...)

mathepac

The King of Moo wrote: »

... Grammar Nazism is normally a fruitful avenue for trolling, but unfortunately it's too soon after a high-profile thread about the subject, and the sticky on the issue means that it's difficult to take large-scale acts of Grammar Nazism seriously, given the awareness of the disapproval against it.

Regular Nazism, on the other hand...

Excellent, you win today's Godwin Award. That makes how many you have now?

The King of Moo

mathepac wrote: »

Excellent, you win today's Godwin Award. That makes how many you have now?

Six.

I'm aiming for eighteen.

Jimoslimos

The King of Moo wrote: »

Six.

I'm aiming for eighteen.

Oooh, nicely done - will give you 1 more for that cryptic reference.

DuPLeX

Haelium wrote: »

These days any dissenting comment is seen as "Trolling".

+1
seems like I cant say anything without trolling .
(I do like to release the odd gnome or two though,, maybe that's why ) :cool:

UnknownSpecies

Trolling is a art

Dangerous Man

dorgasm wrote: »

Trolling is a art

I see what you did their.

Vicxas

*Wild Accusation*

*Making statement as fact*






































*Reference to Hitler*

the purple tin

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Nope, he's still around.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=74834356&postcount=51

'Resurrected' so to speak

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79129669&postcount=64

Still lacking in subtly though.

Subtle as an avalanche but that's why I like him

Spread

mathepac wrote: »

I'm not familiar with the term "the lowest of the lowest" whereas I do know "the lowest of the low". Maybe "the lowest of the lowest" is another O'Reillyism. You're a long-standing Sindo fan yourself I take it?

O'Really

Raiser

As per the below link I used to coach the dark art of trolling on here...... It's a tough job, burnout is inevitable after 12-18 months maximum.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57617227&postcount=37

The King of Moo

Raiser wrote: »

As per the below link I used to coach the dark art of trolling on here...... It's a tough job, burnout is inevitable after 12-18 months maximum.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57617227&postcount=37

Having to click on two links: I think that counts as trolling.

DuPLeX

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I see what you did their.

Being a bit pedantical arent we ?