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<blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 633564" data-attributes="member: 537"><p>Looks like it's time to pull out the definitive word on this topic, from the man himself:</p><p></p><p></p><p>[code][color=white]</p><p>From: James "Kibo" Parry (kibo@world.std.com)</p><p>Subject: Trolling for dollars (was: Year 2000 urgency not needed?) </p><p>Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology</p><p>Date: 1997/06/15 </p><p> </p><p></p><p>In alt.religion.kibology, [email]jaffo@onramp.net[/email] wrote:</p><p>></p><p>> Michael Straight wanted to share:</p><p>> :</p><p>> : High marks for humor, but multiplied by a fairly low difficulty rating,</p><p>> :your total score is still well above average in a slow week for ARK.</p><p>> </p><p>> I'm sorry, I have to give Maelstrom much higher marks than you do.</p><p>> </p><p>> The quality of the responses makes all the difference for me.</p><p>> </p><p>> Every time I read one of these and think, "Naw. Too obvious! He's overplayed</p><p>> his hand." He gets three more fish.</p><p>> </p><p>> FLAWLESS VICTORY!</p><p></p><p>That, indeed, is what makes a good troll. My strategy is to see how</p><p>ludicrous I can make the trollery and still have someone fall for it.</p><p></p><p>For instance, "William Shatner owns six pairs of green socks." isn't a good</p><p>troll if he owns seven pairs.</p><p></p><p>"Isn't William Shatner a pair of green socks?" is a good troll, but ONLY if</p><p>it works, and generates one of the four desired responses:</p><p></p><p>LEVEL 1 TROLLAGE (GULLIBOZO, 100 points): "He is? Oh no! Now I'd better</p><p>tell everyone else I know who used to like him!!!" Believes everything he</p><p>or she reads in actual print, which includes Usenet.</p><p></p><p>LEVEL 2 TROLLAGE (CYCLOPEDANT, 10 points): "No he isn't. I know because he</p><p>was on Star Trek last night and spent six hours enlarging every frame on my</p><p>computer to look for green socks and you're wrong, you must be stupid or</p><p>something!" Lacks a bullsh_t detector.</p><p></p><p>LEVEL 3 TROLLAGE (IMPEDANT, 3.14159 points): "I know this must be an</p><p>attempt to troll me, but I'll answer it anyway: No, he isn't. He is a human</p><p>being." Bullsh_t detector malfunctioning, allowing pedantal lobe to</p><p>override.</p><p></p><p>LEVEL 4 TROLLAGE (OTHER, 1/2 point): "I don't know." Doesn't know but seems</p><p>too interested for own good.</p><p></p><p>The desired response to an attempt at trolling is *not* a flame. Flame-bait</p><p>is not trolling, and trolling is not flame-bait, although it sometimes</p><p>generates flames from those whose bullsh_t detector is connected directly</p><p>to the bullsh_t generator. Flames generated by attempts to troll people do</p><p>not affect your score.</p><p></p><p>I should mention also the concept of a META-TROLL, which consists of</p><p>posting a COMPLETELY ACCURATE, TRUE, SANE statement and having trollage</p><p>ensue.</p><p></p><p>(true statement) "Nichelle Nichols on 'Star Trek' was dating the producer,</p><p>Gene Roddenberry!"</p><p>(level 2 response) "No, that was Majel Barrett!"</p><p>(explanation, not promulgated) Gene Roddenberry really was dating Nichelle</p><p>"Lt. Uhura" Nichols *and* Majel "Nurse Chapel" Barrett at the same time.</p><p></p><p>Meta-trolls generate BONUS POINTS, doubling your score.</p><p></p><p>There's also the COUNTER-TROLL, which is the concept of parrying a troll</p><p>with another troll, often done by people whose bullsh_t detector is</p><p>connected to the trollerizer:</p><p></p><p>(obvious troll) "Major Barrett wrote every episode of 'Star Trek' with his</p><p>wife, Jean Roddenberry."</p><p>(troll detected and parried) "Actually, you're thinking of 'Deep Babylon</p><p>Nine', starring George Lucas's pet rabbit Binky."</p><p></p><p>If the counter-troll generates trollage, the counter-troller receives</p><p>double points, and they are deducted from YOUR score, you LOSER!</p><p></p><p>The first person on the Internet to receive 10,000,000 points will be</p><p>declared the winner and will receive "hitsies".</p><p></p><p>Also you must take a drink whenever someone mentions Star Trek, ever.</p><p></p><p></p><p> -- K.</p><p> I invented trolling the year</p><p> after I invented the smilie.</p><p> Also I didn't say if he _gets_ hitsies</p><p> or _GETS_ hitsies.</p><p>[/color][/code]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Hong "on -1,000,000 points" Ooi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hong, post: 633564, member: 537"] Looks like it's time to pull out the definitive word on this topic, from the man himself: [code][color=white] From: James "Kibo" Parry (kibo@world.std.com) Subject: Trolling for dollars (was: Year 2000 urgency not needed?) Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology Date: 1997/06/15 In alt.religion.kibology, [email]jaffo@onramp.net[/email] wrote: > > Michael Straight wanted to share: > : > : High marks for humor, but multiplied by a fairly low difficulty rating, > :your total score is still well above average in a slow week for ARK. > > I'm sorry, I have to give Maelstrom much higher marks than you do. > > The quality of the responses makes all the difference for me. > > Every time I read one of these and think, "Naw. Too obvious! He's overplayed > his hand." He gets three more fish. > > FLAWLESS VICTORY! That, indeed, is what makes a good troll. My strategy is to see how ludicrous I can make the trollery and still have someone fall for it. For instance, "William Shatner owns six pairs of green socks." isn't a good troll if he owns seven pairs. "Isn't William Shatner a pair of green socks?" is a good troll, but ONLY if it works, and generates one of the four desired responses: LEVEL 1 TROLLAGE (GULLIBOZO, 100 points): "He is? Oh no! Now I'd better tell everyone else I know who used to like him!!!" Believes everything he or she reads in actual print, which includes Usenet. LEVEL 2 TROLLAGE (CYCLOPEDANT, 10 points): "No he isn't. I know because he was on Star Trek last night and spent six hours enlarging every frame on my computer to look for green socks and you're wrong, you must be stupid or something!" Lacks a bullsh_t detector. LEVEL 3 TROLLAGE (IMPEDANT, 3.14159 points): "I know this must be an attempt to troll me, but I'll answer it anyway: No, he isn't. He is a human being." Bullsh_t detector malfunctioning, allowing pedantal lobe to override. LEVEL 4 TROLLAGE (OTHER, 1/2 point): "I don't know." Doesn't know but seems too interested for own good. The desired response to an attempt at trolling is *not* a flame. Flame-bait is not trolling, and trolling is not flame-bait, although it sometimes generates flames from those whose bullsh_t detector is connected directly to the bullsh_t generator. Flames generated by attempts to troll people do not affect your score. I should mention also the concept of a META-TROLL, which consists of posting a COMPLETELY ACCURATE, TRUE, SANE statement and having trollage ensue. (true statement) "Nichelle Nichols on 'Star Trek' was dating the producer, Gene Roddenberry!" (level 2 response) "No, that was Majel Barrett!" (explanation, not promulgated) Gene Roddenberry really was dating Nichelle "Lt. Uhura" Nichols *and* Majel "Nurse Chapel" Barrett at the same time. Meta-trolls generate BONUS POINTS, doubling your score. There's also the COUNTER-TROLL, which is the concept of parrying a troll with another troll, often done by people whose bullsh_t detector is connected to the trollerizer: (obvious troll) "Major Barrett wrote every episode of 'Star Trek' with his wife, Jean Roddenberry." (troll detected and parried) "Actually, you're thinking of 'Deep Babylon Nine', starring George Lucas's pet rabbit Binky." If the counter-troll generates trollage, the counter-troller receives double points, and they are deducted from YOUR score, you LOSER! The first person on the Internet to receive 10,000,000 points will be declared the winner and will receive "hitsies". Also you must take a drink whenever someone mentions Star Trek, ever. -- K. I invented trolling the year after I invented the smilie. Also I didn't say if he _gets_ hitsies or _GETS_ hitsies. [/color][/code] Hong "on -1,000,000 points" Ooi [/QUOTE]
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