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Article #82266

Re: PC games won't survive the year 2005 !!!

#82266
From: Cryofax
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 
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> 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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