Horatio Humboldt Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) Sorry... who the f*ck are you? Read first, think next, post later... grunt? ... grunt! Edited June 20, 2008 by Horatio Humboldt Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058270661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Sorry... who the f*ck are you? Well unlike SOME stupid f*cking pricks, I'm a GTAF member. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058270678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Humboldt Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) Oh, I take it all back, sorry. Erm what does that mean exactly? I feel a strange mixture of intimidation and farce and that is never good. Edited June 20, 2008 by Horatio Humboldt Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058270688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Oh, I take it all back, sorry. Erm what does that mean exactly? I feel a strange mixture of intimidation and farce and that is never good. I don't know, I am just saying that people that have 90% or more (or less, whatever) post in some forum section should not be labeled as trolls. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058270810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyman88 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Gtaaddictedforevere or something is someone I hate, so i agree on that. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058270977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaJones Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) You know, I've only been around these forums for about a month and in general I really like it. There are some intellegent people like Ronin and Slamman some really witty people like Bowjaws and Tony Mozzarelli and some dickheads like GTAaddictforever and JohhnyK. Just like 'real life' when you think about it. But the one thing that pisses the majority of us of is this Troll/Fanboy theme that has ran for far too long. Now, I've got a little moral highground because I have never posted a Troll or Fanboy thread but I have to admit I've responded to almost all of them because, and please forgive me... I tend to support the fanboy side of the argument. Now I was recently flamed by a hater and decided to have a little check of his profile, what I saw actually surprised me. This guy spent 92% of his time on the GTA4 forums, 92%!!!!!! Share out the other 8% between the other games and you discover that he spent less than 1% on each! So this guy has a huge TROLL tattoo writen all over him. My solution to the constant Troll posts... ignore them, now that's really hard so all you have to do is check the OPs profile, if any more than 80% of their posts are in the GTA4 section. Just type that little fact as a response then leave it, anyone else who is a lover of the game, that is your clue to not respond. They hate it when they are ignored... they only do it for the attention. So we can have a little smile at the stat and move on. If they are less than 80% than by all means answer the thread, it means they have been around the block a bit. Just a thought. You compleatly misunderstand what a troll is. Insulting term for a general idiot in a forum or other online meeting place. Literally, the term comes from "trolling" a type of fishing that involves dragging bait along and hoping a fish will take it, and was initially used to describe a forum poster or IRC chatter who made intentionally outrageous comments in an effort to get outraged responses. It has come to be both a noun and a verb, and often is used in humorous mentions of the mythical creature that lives under bridges, eats goats, etc. If some troll is trolling in a forum, and someone takes the bait, others will comment, "Bad goat! Don't feed the troll!", or "Hide the goats, a troll has arrived." If you make logical, intelligent, or useful posts only in a single forum that doesn't make you a troll. Being a troll means that you post something obviously wrong or offensive just trying to make people react (starting an arguement). edit: YOU'RE a troll... Edited June 20, 2008 by fishing4monkeys Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058270998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzknuckles Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 76% of my posts are on the IV boards, does that make me almost a troll? I've been using GTAF for over 4 years, and in that time, I spent a good year or two on the IV boards when they were the GTA NEXT boards, discussing what I would like to see in the game in future - turns out a couple of my ideas seem to have been adapted by R* - the idea of "Like" and "Respect" in particular, were something I wrote pages and pages on, about 3 years ago. So, if that WAS my idea that they stole, and I contributed something good to the game, but my stats fit your profiling... am I a troll? I think this theory is flawed. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nod Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I would say im a troll and i like it. I joined this forum to get information about GTA IV and to help if people are stuck but it's so fun bating everyone who takes the game too serious. e.g. fingerless gloves, i mean come on what a loada bollocks. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldage Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 i'm a troll then i mean , i have most of my posts in the GTA IV section , but i f*cking love the game. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzknuckles Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 i'm a troll then *high five* This is a very silly thread. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldage Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 This is a very silly thread. i just had the same thoughts about this. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nod Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 This is a very silly thread. i just had the same thoughts about this. The majority of threads are silly. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzknuckles Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 This is a very silly thread. i just had the same thoughts about this. The majority of threads are silly. It's more the people in them, than the threads themselves Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 When I made the mistake of bumping some rather old threads, I noted A LOT of "Busted" posters in them, that means for whatever infraction, they were banned or, rebanned in SOME cases... So if they are a true Troll, the moderators should catch on and warn them, then ban them... It wasn't as strict due to some like you pointed out being so ardent, they'd sign on with a new name. They are so bored to find another game for their amusement, they decide just to make trouble on the boards... That seems to me where you have to wonder, why do you need to persuade someone who likes something, not to???? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryuclan Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 When I made the mistake of bumping some rather old threads, I noted A LOT of "Busted" posters in them, that means for whatever infraction, they were banned or, rebanned in SOME cases... So if they are a true Troll, the moderators should catch on and warn them, then ban them... It wasn't as strict due to some like you pointed out being so ardent, they'd sign on with a new name. They are so bored to find another game for their amusement, they decide just to make trouble on the boards... That seems to me where you have to wonder, why do you need to persuade someone who likes something, not to???? Because people can't stand the fact that something they don't like is being enjoyed in the majority by others. "Haters" as they say. The fact that they will use multiple email accounts and take the time to sign up numerous times to the same site simply explains their life's meaning....or lack thereof. These people, are trolls. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitoryu12 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Hell, by his logic, almost the entire board is composed of nothing but trolls and fanboys. Which makes me wonder why the hell he even posts in a place like this. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggdydog Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 i'm sorry but your sorta wrong I joined a while ago to hear about news in gta IV and Things that would be included I even went throught the hard winter of rick rolling but I'm not a troll it's just i wasn't really intrested in other games not because I'd completed them but I did encourage people with their mods and stuff but i'm just more intrested in GTA IV so unlucky but your solution is not a good one Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT1987 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I think nobody gets what the OP was trying to say. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Up&Coming. Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I spent a good deal of time on the IV forums as well. It's probably because I was always here looking for news about the game before it was released. Oh..It's only 61% of my posts. I spend a lot of time on the gang forums...multiplayer, sometimes Gen Chat. The IV forum was the best source of some very true, and some pathetically fake news. Very entertaining. I spent a bit of time on San Andreas before that. Yeah, I was basically really excited for GTA IV. Edit: Anyway. I forgot my point. I always naturally ignore trolls. Sometimes it's entertaining...but, who cares..? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058271878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Humboldt Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 I think nobody gets what the OP was trying to say. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! At least one person does..... I'm not saying if you post mostly in GTA4 that you are a troll. I'm saying that if you are a hater and spend a huge percentage of your time in the GTA4 forums that I think thats weird. It doesnt matter if you like the game or not. It doesnt matter how many posts you make on which GTA game. If you hate the game, then by all means make your point but seriously... 92% ? OK Im over it now. Sorry for being a troll Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayninja Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I think nobody gets what the OP was trying to say. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! At least one person does..... I'm not saying if you post mostly in GTA4 that you are a troll. I'm saying that if you are a hater and spend a huge percentage of your time in the GTA4 forums that I think thats weird. It doesnt matter if you like the game or not. It doesnt matter how many posts you make on which GTA game. If you hate the game, then by all means make your point but seriously... 92% ? OK Im over it now. Sorry for being a troll I think no one knows what you are trying to say because you are not making any sense. First you say that it's weird if you are a hater and spend a huge percentage of your time here and then you say it doesn't matter if you like the game or not. WTF does that mean? How can a hater like the game? How can that not matter? Seriously... there just ARE NOT many people, if any, who HATE the game and are regulars here, so who exactly are you addressing? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Humboldt Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 First you say that it's weird if you are a hater and spend a huge percentage of your time here and then you say it doesn't matter if you like the game or not. It makes perfect sense, it does not matter if you like the game or not but if you HATE the game AND spend 90%+ of your time in the GTA4 forum THEN I think there is something fishy going on. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking Bohan Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 This thread is more baffling than filing my tax returns! Is there a point somewhere in sight? Is there going to be a fight between "fans" and "trolls"?? What the hell is this - help the rest of us understand - please! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiagoDomingo Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 . . . mmm, you shouldn't talk like that, you's just a boy, mmm hmm . . . I reckon . . . Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayninja Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 First you say that it's weird if you are a hater and spend a huge percentage of your time here and then you say it doesn't matter if you like the game or not. It makes perfect sense, it does not matter if you like the game or not but if you HATE the game AND spend 90%+ of your time in the GTA4 forum THEN I think there is something fishy going on. Ah yes, it makes perfect sense. I hate the game, but I also like it. So I guess I'm not a troll. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawjaws Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) You know, I've only been around these forums for about a month and in general I really like it. There are some intellegent people like Ronin and Slamman some really witty people like Bowjaws and Tony Mozzarelli and some dickheads like GTAaddictforever and JohhnyK. Just like 'real life' when you think about it. But the one thing that pisses the majority of us of is this Troll/Fanboy theme that has ran for far too long. Now, I've got a little moral highground because I have never posted a Troll or Fanboy thread but I have to admit I've responded to almost all of them because, and please forgive me... I tend to support the fanboy side of the argument. Now I was recently flamed by a hater and decided to have a little check of his profile, what I saw actually surprised me. This guy spent 92% of his time on the GTA4 forums, 92%!!!!!! Share out the other 8% between the other games and you discover that he spent less than 1% on each! So this guy has a huge TROLL tattoo writen all over him. My solution to the constant Troll posts... ignore them, now that's really hard so all you have to do is check the OPs profile, if any more than 80% of their posts are in the GTA4 section. Just type that little fact as a response then leave it, anyone else who is a lover of the game, that is your clue to not respond. They hate it when they are ignored... they only do it for the attention. So we can have a little smile at the stat and move on. If they are less than 80% than by all means answer the thread, it means they have been around the block a bit. Just a thought. Bugger!.... I was hoping to be on the intelligent list. I came to these forums a month ago too, that was my first indroduction to the word, 'fanboy'. I still have no idea what 'troll' means and to be honest i realy dont want to know. I couldnt care less. Im just here to talk about 'IV' and if someone can argue their point without use of calling me internet slargon i dont understand, well all the better. If someone uses those words it completely breaks down their own argument...... f*cking trolls! Edited June 20, 2008 by Bawjaws Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Humboldt Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 . . . mmm, you shouldn't talk like that, you's just a boy, mmm hmm . . . I reckon . . . Wish I was Rasta. Anyway, enough of this stupid thread, I'm bored of it myself now. Who the f*ck does the OP think he is anywa.... oh bugger. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Mozzarelli 80 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Is it just me.... or does anyone think that patch of grass over there looks rather inviting? All we need to do is cross that bridge...... couldn't do any harm right? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/358027-trolls-vs-fanboys/?do=findComment&comment=1058272488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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