I'm a very online person. Once I discovered the concept of the chat forum, I just couldn't stop. I believe it all started with Blizzard Entertainment and Starcraft 2. The traffic there is crazy because your thread could be 1/2 way down the page in 30 minutes or less. That happens to be a movie title about a pizza guy who is forced to rob a bank by the way. This is all from personal experience. I should really listen to myself more often too.
The best way to spot a troll is their refusal to yield to logic. Even if hard facts are placed in front of them, they refuse to admit how foolish they are acting. Another way to spot a troll is by their past history. Many trolls only appear in waves and then crawl back under their bridges while the heat from the 5-o wears off. Another way is how obvious it is they are trying to annoy you.
Here are a few ways you can make yourself troll resistant.
Do research ahead of time. Don't ask a question unless you really have to. This is a classic example of a troll's haven for bothering you. They could intentionally give you the wrong answer or say something like "your stupid for not knowing that." Or probably more like, "What the f you little noob why the h don't you know what?!?"
If you post something, put it in the right place. The most helpful people are going to be where your post should be posted. For example, this thread belongs in off topic because it does not relate specifically to Starcraft 2.
Don't ask if you know the answer. Unless you have a good reason to double check what you think is true, you probably already have the right answer if you just answer it for yourself.
Are you really going to let them bother you? It is your internet life after all. Don't let someone else ruin it for you because they like to bother people. If they give you a hard time, go somewhere else. Which brings me to my next tip.
If at first you don't succeed, go to your clan If you aren't having any luck around here, why not try where your clanmates hang out? Whether it be a Teamspeak chat room or a bulletin board on another website, try there. In fact, you might get friendly people who know who you are more than around here.
Meet real-life friends on the internet, not the other way around. Seriously, meet them in person before seeing them online. Don't make a real life friend through the internet. You really don't know what your going to get. If you really know what your doing, then just use your judgement. I hope for your sakes it's good judgement. A simple troll can become a real-life threat if you don't handle it well. There are people who will hack your accounts, steal money from you, even find where you live. It sounds crazy, but it's true.
Anyway have a great night and I'll try to get some sleep. I shouldn't even be awake now. I'm sneaking using my laptop in my room at 11:40, lol. I'm shutting off for today right now. Have a good night folks.
Edit: aww the bold doesn't work I did just copy and paste it from another website. O well go figure.
i know how ya feel i was trolled by someone named Galgerahn on sc1 they pretended to do something very horrible to me... in fact they pretended to be my gf for like 9 months and boy did that hurt. they had me in such after they faked an internet death. i won't bore you with too much of the details but the troll's brother told me who they realty were... aka not a girl but a male who was pretending to be a girl. my point? well i have two... one i understand what message your giving... but im not sure if anyone will bother to look and read. and no im not trolling... THAT REALLY HAPPENED... too much to get into though... but i did thankfully get over it thanks to good ol anger... which i still regret having but in that case i was glad i had it. anyways night reaper... good luck with your maps...
Meet real-life friends on the internet, not the other way around. Seriously, meet them in person before seeing them online. Don't make a real life friend through the internet. You really don't know what your going to get. If you really know what your doing, then just use your judgement. I hope for your sakes it's good judgement. A simple troll can become a real-life threat if you don't handle it well. There are people who will hack your accounts, steal money from you, even find where you live. It sounds crazy, but it's true.
I'd strongly disagree with this part. It's true that people are more likely to be blatant jerks online than IRL.
However, when it comes to RL harm, you're every bit as likely to meet a thief/stalker/whatever offline as you are online.
I've actually met many of my best RL friends and even my fiancee online. If you meet someone and you become really good friends, there's no good reason why that can't translate into the real world.
+1 for all the other stuff :)
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I'm a very online person. Once I discovered the concept of the chat forum, I just couldn't stop. I believe it all started with Blizzard Entertainment and Starcraft 2. The traffic there is crazy because your thread could be 1/2 way down the page in 30 minutes or less. That happens to be a movie title about a pizza guy who is forced to rob a bank by the way. This is all from personal experience. I should really listen to myself more often too.
The best way to spot a troll is their refusal to yield to logic. Even if hard facts are placed in front of them, they refuse to admit how foolish they are acting. Another way to spot a troll is by their past history. Many trolls only appear in waves and then crawl back under their bridges while the heat from the 5-o wears off. Another way is how obvious it is they are trying to annoy you.
Here are a few ways you can make yourself troll resistant.
Do research ahead of time. Don't ask a question unless you really have to. This is a classic example of a troll's haven for bothering you. They could intentionally give you the wrong answer or say something like "your stupid for not knowing that." Or probably more like, "What the f you little noob why the h don't you know what?!?"
If you post something, put it in the right place. The most helpful people are going to be where your post should be posted. For example, this thread belongs in off topic because it does not relate specifically to Starcraft 2.
Don't ask if you know the answer. Unless you have a good reason to double check what you think is true, you probably already have the right answer if you just answer it for yourself.
Are you really going to let them bother you? It is your internet life after all. Don't let someone else ruin it for you because they like to bother people. If they give you a hard time, go somewhere else. Which brings me to my next tip.
If at first you don't succeed, go to your clan If you aren't having any luck around here, why not try where your clanmates hang out? Whether it be a Teamspeak chat room or a bulletin board on another website, try there. In fact, you might get friendly people who know who you are more than around here.
Meet real-life friends on the internet, not the other way around. Seriously, meet them in person before seeing them online. Don't make a real life friend through the internet. You really don't know what your going to get. If you really know what your doing, then just use your judgement. I hope for your sakes it's good judgement. A simple troll can become a real-life threat if you don't handle it well. There are people who will hack your accounts, steal money from you, even find where you live. It sounds crazy, but it's true.
Anyway have a great night and I'll try to get some sleep. I shouldn't even be awake now. I'm sneaking using my laptop in my room at 11:40, lol. I'm shutting off for today right now. Have a good night folks.
Edit: aww the bold doesn't work I did just copy and paste it from another website. O well go figure.
TacoManStan: and now it does :D
@Reaper872: Go
i know how ya feel i was trolled by someone named Galgerahn on sc1 they pretended to do something very horrible to me... in fact they pretended to be my gf for like 9 months and boy did that hurt. they had me in such after they faked an internet death. i won't bore you with too much of the details but the troll's brother told me who they realty were... aka not a girl but a male who was pretending to be a girl. my point? well i have two... one i understand what message your giving... but im not sure if anyone will bother to look and read. and no im not trolling... THAT REALLY HAPPENED... too much to get into though... but i did thankfully get over it thanks to good ol anger... which i still regret having but in that case i was glad i had it. anyways night reaper... good luck with your maps...
I'd strongly disagree with this part. It's true that people are more likely to be blatant jerks online than IRL.
However, when it comes to RL harm, you're every bit as likely to meet a thief/stalker/whatever offline as you are online.
I've actually met many of my best RL friends and even my fiancee online. If you meet someone and you become really good friends, there's no good reason why that can't translate into the real world.
+1 for all the other stuff :)