As 2011 comes to a close, I feel like bringing awareness to the fact that one of the most cherished icons of our community is slowing and quietly passing away without our notice. This is not just an icon of the StarCraft 2 community, but a famous and powerful image through many, many internet communities.
That's right mother fuckers. The real trolls of the internet. They're DYING. Being replaced by a bunch of ignorant kids who are humorless, angrier, have less class, and generally suck.
Back in the good old days (by which I mean as early as about a year ago), to Troll was to be humorous in a slightly annoying or offensive way. Trolls were not:
People you disagree with and want to flamebait
Extremely offensive and unfunny assholes
People you don't like
Here is an example of trolling by one of the most esteemed members of our community:
Had to waste a fucking comsat scan just to find this dude. Now DTs are in my base
Notice how it's kind of funny, kind of subtle, and kind of classy.
Here's an example of what ISN'T trolling, from this thread:
On December 29 2011 00:16 Cubu wrote: Unless ur on the verge of having sex with her, tell her that shes full of shit and god is nonsense and ditch her
Jokes
But srsly this op feels like troll. I mean its just somthing dat u can agree to disagree well if u r srs then just dont worry bout it ots no harm
Sorry for calling you out, but not really. Go suck a bag of dicks.
Notice how the OP of the thread made a perfectly legitimate post with mostly proper grammar. And how this poster here, wailing away at his keyboard like a chimpanzee, calls the OP a troll. I'd call this poster trolling, but he doesn't quite deserve the title of troll due to the sheer idiocy and unfunniness that's just bursting from this post.
So RIP, real trolls. One day you will all be replaced by a bunch of wannabes who aren't as funny, aren't as classy. I hope you won't go quietly without a fight.
HEY LOOK, SOMETHING COOL. LET'S DESTROY IT THEN SHIT ALL OVER ITS CORPSE. Credits to HawaiianPig for the original image
But more likely than not, this battle will not even be fought. The era of trolling ends not with a bang, but with a whimper.
nuh uh... trolling isn't to be funny in a clever way. It's to type stupid shit you don't really mean just to get a reaction out of people. That being said i used to hate people who called anyone joking in anyway a troll, but it's getting so common these days i maybe should just accept the definition has changed.
Kinda like how Riku thinks everything she does is trolling. "i trolled u" "i trolled this" blah blah. Kids these days don't know what trolling really is. I think there was a write up of the diferent styles of trolls a year or 2 ago. I miss the good ol days
I remember having a huge guide on different types of trolls somewhere on TL. Does anyone remember what I mean? Would fit so perfectly to dig that out. =D
The word troll has proliferated into everyday use among the people at my school as well. It's quite annoying to go throughout my day while hearing it being thrown around in every kind of situation, even those that barely make sense.
I agree with you entirely, a new generation of 12 year old wannabees learning the internet and killing the iconic legend that was the troll. The same thing happened in the COD games.
I hate when people say someone is a troll just because they have a laugh/take the piss. The misuse of the word gets to me. Also bad trolls who think they are good trolls.
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