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Nigel Sheldon	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:38:00 - [1] Well peeps, after reading loads of forum posts and the phrase "Troll" coming up regualry i would like to know what this is aside from the general term of a large beastie living under bridges and demanding a toll to cross. Maybe it is because i don'tunderstand txtspk maybe. please help me, cause i would love to know the ingame meaning of a troll
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:40:00 - [2] N00b Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
Kharadran Sullath Caldari Digital Fury Corporation Digital Renegades	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:41:00 - [3] Edited by: Kharadran Sullath on 02/12/2007 15:41:03 Sarcastic provocation in order to ** someone off and then laugh at their anger. Edit: The above post is a good example. ------ Originally by:** Graveyard Tan I call bull** and troll. If you are deaf**, how are you even able to read this or type replies?
Commander Prishe Caldari The LoneStar Corp Edge Of Sanity	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:41:00 - [4] Originally by: Tortun Nahme N00b This is an example of a troll
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:42:00 - [5] Edited by: Tortun Nahme on 02/12/2007 15:43:30 Edited by: Tortun Nahme on 02/12/2007 15:42:34 joking aside The best description is someone who says something unkind in an effort to illicit a retaltiatory response or incite an argument edit: and I've just been well fed, thanks for breakfast kids and I cant spell this early Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
Talkietoaster	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:42:00 - [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 www.eve-portal.de - Dein Einstieg in die Welt von EVE-Online - www.eve-portal.ch
Scott Ryder Infestation. The Cosa Nostra	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:44:00 - [7] Originally by: Talkietoaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 I made a Link for you. not that hard, and less annoying At least get your facts before you nerf signatures, You just removed the picture of a dead Santa, and not the text where he was told to just pay the ransom, and THEN it was eve related
Belce Caldari ADAMA Corps Intrepid Crossing	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:44:00 - [8] Someone that takes a position in a thread to encourage angst without really caring about the subject one way or another. In Monty Python's Holy Grail the French Knights tell Arthur they already have one and then when the knight is asked he says he doesn't know what it is, "but I told him we already got one." This is an example of a troll trolling. Truth is Truth
Nigel Sheldon	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:44:00 - [9] ahhh thanks, now i understand, was confusing me that. thanks for the clear up.
Apocryphai Caldari	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:46:00 - [10] I think the day might be approaching when the answer to the question "What's a troll?" should be "someone who posts regularly on the EVE forums" with roughly a 95% accuracy ;) Originally by: Victor Valka What the skull-chick said.

Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 15:51:00 - [11] Originally by: Scott Ryder Originally by: Talkietoaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 I made a Link for you. not that hard, and less annoying much better example of a good troll clearly this person has been awake longer than I have Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
Lurtz Caldari Gunrunners and Gamblers	Posted - 2007.12.02 16:12:00 - [12] The term, rather than being from big hairy brutish monsters came from fishing. Trolling is using a slow moving boat (oddly enough using a trolling motor) with numerous lures and bait dragging behind waiting for fish to bite. Hence it's common internet usage: adding inane statements to a conversation to incite (bait) hostile response (bites)
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 16:14:00 - [13] not to nitpick but that is called trawling and while it influenced the definition, it did not infleunce the term Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
fire 59 Destructive Influence Band of Brothers	Posted - 2007.12.02 16:29:00 - [14] Edited by: fire 59 on 02/12/2007 16:29:35 Originally by: fire 59 Originally by: nigel sheldon "Waaa Waaa Waaa" Not aimed at you, just testing something http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdd74kLxgGo
Zaqar	Posted - 2007.12.02 16:52:00 - [15] Originally by: Nigel Sheldon Maybe it is because i don'tunderstand txtspk maybe. ^ This is trolling, for example.
Sabre Falentic	Posted - 2007.12.02 16:56:00 - [16] a troll is a short fat bloke that looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp. Kind of like spiraljunkie from eve tv I DARE NOT POST THAT WITH MY MAIN
Crumplecorn Gallente Eve Cluster Explorations	Posted - 2007.12.02 17:02:00 - [17] Originally by: Zaqar Originally by: Nigel Sheldon Maybe it is because i don'tunderstand txtspk maybe. ^ This is trolling, for example. - I wish I was a three foot female doll with a watering can and heterochromatic eyes.
Error404	Posted - 2007.12.02 17:03:00 - [18] This is a troll: http://www.eve-online.com/races/amarr.asp
Bimjo Caldari SKULLDOGS	Posted - 2007.12.02 17:10:00 - [19] Originally by: Tortun Nahme N00b hey OP, look here for your answer, this chap has to post in every thread on the forums, and most of the time he has nothing constructive to say. I call this type of poster a "Useless Troll" Then there are the trolls that troll but also amuse and help others, they are called "Useful Trolls" like Tarminic 8800 Ultra SLI
Dafuzz Gallente Evolution Band of Brothers	Posted - 2007.12.02 17:14:00 - [20] Originally by: fire 59 Originally by: nigel sheldon "Waaa Waaa Waaa" Not aimed at you, just testing something ^^^^^ Off topic troll ITT ^^^^^ Good example -- -If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, riddle them with bullets..

Lurtz Caldari Gunrunners and Gamblers	Posted - 2007.12.02 17:35:00 - [21] Originally by: Tortun Nahme not to nitpick but that is called trawling and while it influenced the definition, it did not infleunce the term Trawling refers to dragging nets, often between a pair of boats. Trawling Trolling is still using individual lines and bait Trolling both do refer to catching fish, but I stand by my statements.
Kyra Felann Gallente Red Eye .Inc.	Posted - 2007.12.02 17:51:00 - [22] Google is your friend. Linkage
Wendat Huron Stellar Solutions	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:24:00 - [23] Originally by: Lurtz The term, rather than being from big hairy brutish monsters came from fishing. Trolling is using a slow moving boat (oddly enough using a trolling motor) with numerous lures and bait dragging behind waiting for fish to bite. Hence it's common internet usage: adding inane statements to a conversation to incite (bait) hostile response (bites) But, that's a good thing! These forums are FUBAR, upgrade this decade!
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:30:00 - [24] Originally by: Lurtz Originally by: Tortun Nahme not to nitpick but that is called trawling and while it influenced the definition, it did not infleunce the term Trawling refers to dragging nets, often between a pair of boats. Trawling Trolling is still using individual lines and bait Trolling both do refer to catching fish, but I stand by my statements. actually trawling refers to both, its pages like that that exemplify why wikipedia is useless Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
Shiner BockBeer Go Go Gadget ForumPostingAlt	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:40:00 - [25] I am a troll. Support Pregnant Ambulation!
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:43:00 - [26] Originally by: Bimjo Originally by: Tortun Nahme N00b hey OP, look here for your answer, this chap has to post in every thread on the forums, and most of the time he has nothing constructive to say. I call this type of poster a "Useless Troll" Then there are the trolls that troll but also amuse and help others, they are called "Useful Trolls" like Tarminic someone needs to spend more time on the forums me thinks Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
Tarminic Forsaken Resistance The Last Stand	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:49:00 - [27] Originally by: Bimjo Then there are the trolls that troll but also amuse and help others, they are called "Useful Trolls" like Tarminic I'm not entirely sure if that's a compliment or an insult. ---------------- Tarminic - 29 Million SP in ~~pink~~ Forum Warfare
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:51:00 - [28] definately a compliment Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
ChimeraRouge Caldari Eve University Ivy League	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:52:00 - [29] trolls = goons
Tarminic Forsaken Resistance The Last Stand	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:55:00 - [30] Originally by: ChimeraRouge trolls = goons It's a bit more complex than that...trolls are a subset of goons, but being a goon doesn't instantly make you a troll. It takes a week or so. ---------------- Tarminic - 29 Million SP in ~~pink~~ Forum Warfare

Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.02 18:57:00 - [31] I think thats backwards, to get into the goonswarms forum division you must already be a troll Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
Silam Ryder	Posted - 2007.12.03 00:28:00 - [32] Originally by: ChimeraRouge trolls = goons /me reaches out and touches the genuine troll flamebait ftl.
NereSky Gallente Trinity Nova	Posted - 2007.12.03 01:00:00 - [33] I always thought a Troll was a big hairy oafish creature that lurked under bridges, till the mods told me off one day for being a Troll :(
Fatty McFatpants	Posted - 2007.12.03 01:47:00 - [34] Oh god OP is a master troll... so confident in his trolling that he makes his troll about trolling.
Xtro 2 Caldari Pre-nerfed Tactics SOUL CARTEL	Posted - 2007.12.03 03:04:00 - [35] A Troll Xtro 2 - Tactically Insane Tradesman. Insanity, or madness, is a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder.
Sicil Fioet Minmatar	Posted - 2007.12.03 03:14:00 - [36] Originally by: NereSky I always thought a Troll was a big hairy oafish creature that lurked under bridges, till the mods told me off one day for being a Troll :( when they get heavily into forum trolling that's pretty much what they start looking like in a few months of hard trolling work ...
SoftRevolution	Posted - 2007.12.03 05:03:00 - [37] Edited by: SoftRevolution on 03/12/2007 05:05:03 From what I have seen of the Goons postings of late they don't have the level of science or artistry necessary to count as trolls. Just being offensive isn't enough because a) it doesn't work most of the time b) people on the internets are jaded c) nobody with any sense engages with you. To me the term implies you are engaging and messing with peoples basic perceptions, assumptions and/or ideology in order to get a rise. Just running in and shouting swearwords or making crass jokes about someone's dead friend isn't really doing this. Starting an intentionally stupid thread about any given EVE hotbutton topic (learning skills, say) probably is. When Tarminic starts a "nerf shuttles" thread and gets like four pages of replies without anyone really twigging to the utter ridiculousness of the original post, that is a troll. EVE RELATED CONTENT
Commodore Andrews Golden Goose Inc	Posted - 2007.12.03 05:26:00 - [38] sorry but i kep loling when i see this topic :P LOL "Discussing moderation is a violation of the forum rules." <--- Ummmm I thought forums were BUILT for discussing?
flaming phantom Minmatar Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2007.12.03 06:01:00 - [39] troll


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