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Article #82266Re: PC games won't survive the year 2005 !!!
From: Cryofax
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 16:27
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 16:27
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A troll? I think he was just joking around. A PC vs mobile phone debate would be a stunning achievement in trolldom, but I can't imagine anybody going for that one. - Cryo "The Anti-Troll" <Nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:4g5m211qrt16npf87baq5n59rjs0gsnjkm@4ax.com... > On 5 Mar 2005 23:59:00 -0800, insane_pile@yahoo.co.nz (Paul Eisner) wrote: > >>Yes, they are doomed and will be replace by games on mobile phones ! > > Every month or so, using a fictitious name, this troll floods 5000 > newsgroups (all cross-posted to a single low-traffic but unrelated > newsgroup) with superficially relevant comments. The purpose is to disrupt > with off-topic crosspostings. > > Like all trolls, he means to annoy and disrupt. The tracking newsgroup is > the way he "keeps score" of how much damage he has caused. Don't put > yourself on display in his trophy case. > > If you feel you have to respond to one of his posts, please don't > crosspost > to his tracking newsgroup. In this case it is israel.amix. > > Like all trolls, the way to handle him is to IGNORE him. > > Take a few minutes of your time and check out the following score cards to > see firsthand what this perverted troll is doing. I promise, you'll be > amazed at just how active and perverted he is. You will see firsthand the > troll's work and his trophies. You will see into the sickness and darkness > of the worst troll on the internet today. Read some of his posts and look > at > the headers. You will see than no newsgroup is immune. You will see > flamewars started, some containing over a hundred messages. > > Browse the can.uucp newsgroup, his old score card, for Karl-Hugo Weesberg > > Browse the is.matur newsgroup, his old score card, for Dan Simper. > > Browse the scot.tld newsgroup, his old score card, for Bruno Beam. > > Browse the israel.amix newsgroup, his current score card, for Paul Eisner. > > He is known as the "anagram troll" because his fictitious names are often > discovered to be anagrams (for example "Dan Simper" is an anagram of > "Spiderman", Bruno Beam is an anagram of "Unabomber"). > > This guy is a serious troll with a serious problem. Don't be one of his > trophies. > > Chances are that I don't subscribe to this newsgroup. I am simply > monitoring > the newsgroups the Anagram Troll is using as his score card. Any posts > from > me are a result of that monitoring. I normally only post to the newsgroup > being spammed, not to the score card newsgroup, thus I will not see any > replies directly to this post. > > Above all, please do not allow him to start a flamewar or extensive > discussion in your newsgroup. He thrives on that. If it is too late, don't > crosspost to his score card newsgroup. That trophy count is his motivation > to continue trolling. Please help stop him in his tracks. >
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