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Nigel Sheldon
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:38:00 -
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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
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:40:00 -
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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."
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Kharadran Sullath
Caldari Digital Fury Corporation Digital Renegades
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:41:00 -
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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?
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Commander Prishe
Caldari The LoneStar Corp Edge Of Sanity
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:41:00 -
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Originally by: Tortun Nahme N00b
This is an example of a troll 
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:42:00 -
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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."
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Talkietoaster
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:42:00 -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29
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Scott Ryder
Infestation. The Cosa Nostra
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:44:00 -
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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
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Belce
Caldari ADAMA Corps Intrepid Crossing
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:44:00 -
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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
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:44:00 -
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ahhh thanks, now i understand, was confusing me that. thanks for the clear up.

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Apocryphai
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:46:00 -
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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.
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.02 15:51:00 -
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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."
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Lurtz
Caldari Gunrunners and Gamblers
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Posted - 2007.12.02 16:12:00 -
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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)
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.02 16:14:00 -
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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."
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fire 59
Destructive Influence Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.12.02 16:29:00 -
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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
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Zaqar
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Posted - 2007.12.02 16:52:00 -
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Originally by: Nigel Sheldon Maybe it is because i don'tunderstand txtspk maybe.
^ This is trolling, for example.
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Sabre Falentic
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Posted - 2007.12.02 16:56:00 -
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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
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Crumplecorn
Gallente Eve Cluster Explorations
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Posted - 2007.12.02 17:02:00 -
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Originally by: Zaqar
Originally by: Nigel Sheldon Maybe it is because i don'tunderstand txtspk maybe.
^ This is trolling, for example.
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Error404
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Posted - 2007.12.02 17:03:00 -
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This is a troll: http://www.eve-online.com/races/amarr.asp
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Bimjo
Caldari SKULLDOGS
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Posted - 2007.12.02 17:10:00 -
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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
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Dafuzz
Gallente Evolution Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.12.02 17:14:00 -
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Originally by: fire 59
Originally by: nigel sheldon "Waaa Waaa Waaa"
Not aimed at you, just testing something
^^^^^ Off topic troll ITT ^^^^^
Good example
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Lurtz
Caldari Gunrunners and Gamblers
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Posted - 2007.12.02 17:35:00 -
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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.
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Kyra Felann
Gallente Red Eye .Inc.
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Posted - 2007.12.02 17:51:00 -
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Google is your friend.
Linkage
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:24:00 -
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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!
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:30:00 -
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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."
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Shiner BockBeer
Go Go Gadget ForumPostingAlt
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:40:00 -
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I am a troll.
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:43:00 -
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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."
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance The Last Stand
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:49:00 -
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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
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:51:00 -
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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."
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ChimeraRouge
Caldari Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:52:00 -
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trolls = goons
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance The Last Stand
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:55:00 -
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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 |
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.02 18:57:00 -
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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."
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Silam Ryder
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Posted - 2007.12.03 00:28:00 -
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Originally by: ChimeraRouge trolls = goons
/me reaches out and touches the genuine troll
flamebait ftl.
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NereSky
Gallente Trinity Nova
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Posted - 2007.12.03 01:00:00 -
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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 :(
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Fatty McFatpants
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Posted - 2007.12.03 01:47:00 -
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Oh god OP is a master troll... so confident in his trolling that he makes his troll about trolling.
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Xtro 2
Caldari Pre-nerfed Tactics SOUL CARTEL
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Posted - 2007.12.03 03:04:00 -
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A Troll
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Sicil Fioet
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.12.03 03:14:00 -
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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 ...
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SoftRevolution
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Posted - 2007.12.03 05:03:00 -
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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
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Posted - 2007.12.03 05:26:00 -
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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?
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flaming phantom
Minmatar Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION
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Posted - 2007.12.03 06:01:00 -
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troll
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