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notfaded1
04-07-2014, 03:22 PM
The "Troll"(MMO's) There are many myths and rumors about trolls, including the possibly true facts that they can regenerate their health through flaming and the use of Linux operating systems. They share a symbiotic relationship with Flamers. Their main purpose is to feed off the flames of dispassionate and somewhat stupid forumers so they can become more powerful.

Troll (internet): An internet term for a person who, through willful action, attempts to disrupt a community or garner attention and controversy through provocative messages.


Trolls are a cannibalistic and omnivorous bunch, they’ll troll you just as soon as the guy standing next to you or the dude standing next to them. Is it bad? Not really, they’re just building a sort of counterculture that doesn’t tend to mix well with the traditional community and are constantly persecuted for it- leading to a vicious cycle of hate between the Troll and various other forum groups.


I am not condoning trolling in anyway, just a funny thing I found on the internet about trolls .



Failtrolls:


* HATEtroll •
A less than intelligent cousin of the RAGEtroll, the HATEtroll lacks the finesse in presentation that defines their cousin. A lone HATEtroll rarely lasts long, as they are another prime target of Moderator action.


• ASCII-Troll •
Closely related to the Memetroll, this troll tends to focus specifically on posting large and obnoxious ASCII art (mostly stolen). The ASCII-Troll has been bordering extinction since their first appearances on the forums, as their posts are largely classed as spam and are very easy to detect.


• Walltroll •
An imitator of the Wallnub, they can often be difficult to distinguish between and for that reason are rarely actioned against by Moderators. As neither Moderators nor players want to decipher their dense wall of text. However they do tend to attract the other various Failtroll species, who are often more than anxious to post unactioned on such threads.


• Memetroll •
One of the most ancient subspecies of Troll. This variety spouts a constant stream of internet memes; and, while some can be witty in their use or adaptation of the meme, they normally post them with a limited understanding or purpose. They are extremely common and are often found posting on other threads, though rarely make their own.


• Pseudo-Intellectual Troll •
These are the primary prey of the various Anti-Troll subspecies. They are characterized as having a tenacious and withstanding belief in the defense of a wrong idea, and often resort to using bombast & pompous rhetoric to dissuade counterarguments- then feed off of whatever weak victory they achieve. More often than not they freely roam and maintain their own threads in the forums as Moderators have no recourse to lock a thread whose discussion is not a blatant lie. These Trolls draw most of their power from whatever online thesaurus they've got bookmarked.

Epictrolls:
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• Wiseacre Troll •
One of the stronger subspecies of Troll, while it seems to possess a fairly high level of intelligence though they are often undone by a lack of experience and understanding of their target. While the cleverness that defines them is often transitory, if you allow one to catch you in a subject with which they are well versed then they can be very deadly. They do not seem to be averse to treading the line when it comes to rulebreaking, but are rarely caught doing anything outright illegal.


• Erudite Troll •
This is by far the rarest and most powerful type of Troll. They know just about everything, how to use it, and aren’t bluffing. Their primary tools are logic, misdirection, and strong language skills; along with a very flexible sense of morality and a strong passion for winning. They’re known for tenaciously defending whatever side of an argument suites their taste and will often resort to outlasting their target by posting increasingly long arguments if they’re unable to reasonably defeat them. While unlikely to be caught, they are more than willing to bend the rules and have a thorough knowledge of how to abuse the system to their advantage. They are extremely deadly and never push any questionable behavior past the legal limit. They're normally 20+ with a job and the delusion of having a "life".


• Critictroll •
Rarely found making legal threads, these Trolls are most often spotted posting on any other existing threads. They are known for picking apart target’s posts to criticize on minor details such as spelling and punctuation, insulting the intelligence of their targets either blatantly or through inference, and often rely heavily on Straw Man arguments. These Trolls thrive on their ability to cover up their flaming with wit and a demonstration of a higher level of intelligence than many other Troll and Forumer species, so- unless provoked to flaming- there is little to be done against them.

Anti-Trolls:
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• Modtroll •
Although the blatant Modtroll is rare, they can often be found in an attempted state of self-containment. This seems to be a transitory stage for Forum Moderators, after which they are either decrowned or reformed. However, due to a lack of supervision this has manifested as a seemingly permanent and chronically relapsing disorder in certain Moderators. While their tolerance for humor is often increased during these relapses, you must still be wary- their lulz often come from your pain, their "cookies" are baked from your blood and suffering.


• RAGEtroll •
This is a subspecies of Anti-Troll whom are noted for their use of RAGEformat in their posts. These trolls are most often found preying on various other trolls’ threads and/or posts rather than creating their own thread. Although they are capable of maintaining their own threads for brief periods of time, it is rare for this form of Troll to have the wit necessary to sustain an unactioned thread for long. Be warned though, the rare intelligent RAGEtroll is often deadly unless countered with overwhelming numbers.


• "Lazy Troll" Does not have a high enough IQ to post anything except 'Nerd;Noob'. (Relative to Meme trolls.)


• "Random Troll" Completely derails a thread through their comment.


• "Blunt-Head Troll" Will blatantly ignore anything you say to him in favor of pressing the same point again and again. These can be dangerous, especially in packs, because they cannot be reasoned with.


• "WBMtroll" Posts using the WBM format frequently, to annoy targets to death.


• "The Singing Troll" Posts song lyrics.


• "Bumptroll" When just saying 'bump' isn't enough. A funny way to add a bit of helpful randomness to someone's day.


• "Wannabecool Trolls" Players who call everyone else a 'Kid' simply because it makes them feel shhuper popular.


• "Profiled-stalking troll" A troll that follows people around the forums, posting everywhere the person they are following have posted. Very rare. Avoid at all costs, can get very annoying at times.


• Ponzi Troll "bait and switch" This troll creates a thread with a certain caption to draw the attention of others with the full intention to immediately guide the thread conversation into a completely different direction.


• Sympathy Swamping Troll These trolls create real tear jerking-threads about how they were scammed, how their life is terrible, or how they have worked so hard to loose it to a scammer.


• "Intelitroll" One who uses information from the past or present to compare it to the extreme present in order to start a debate, regardless of whether the victim has a legit topic or not.

• "Superiority/god complex troll" They think they are a Erudite Troll and are smarter than everyone else. They live under the delusion that they are "owning" their opponents and refuse to accept anyone else's arguments. They can be incredibly persistent, and thus very dangerous if not dealt with immediately.


• "Vulgar Troll" These, the crudest of all trolls, make no attempt to hide their species. Often, they make racist comments,and post other prejudice spam. Vulgars usually confine their comments merely to primitive, profane, off-topic observations.


• "Reserve-Breaking Troll" Trolls who like to break the reserves long threads in the making. Usually make some commment along the lines of "omg, u done with reserves bro" or, "what's res". They ignore posts explicitly saying do not post yet. They are fierce rivals to the Reserve trolls, and enjoy tearing them apart. Usually, reserve-breaking trolls are scarce and work individually, but when they cooperate, then they are a big threat. They appear to be part of the "Failtroll" subspecies.


• "Profanitroll" This troll normally uses a curse or swear word in the place of every noun, verb and adjective, with the occasional ordinary word placed in the midst to give an impression they are talking about something. though they're rare around places like Pocket Legends


• "L33t Troll" 4 tr011 t#4t ty93s 1n num83rz @nd sym801s.


• "FemTroll" This species of troll uses its feminine traits and general girlyness to say things that men would not get away with.

Faithfully lifted from Pharcyde in PL forum.

DocDoBig
04-07-2014, 03:23 PM
Lol, "thanks to Doc for showing me this epiiiiic thread" ;)

Candylicks
04-07-2014, 03:31 PM
FemTroll right here.

notfaded1
04-07-2014, 03:52 PM
FemTroll right here.

and we luv her...

Crowsfoot
04-07-2014, 04:04 PM
You missed one.

The Crow-troll: defined by drinking large quantities of grape based beverage while trying to tank elite. This results in progressively worse tanking as the night progresses. The Crow-troll is usually oblivious to his actions. Common signs of being a Crow-troll include excessively chatting in /g mid run, asking random questions, and cracking jokes whenever possible.

Bless
04-07-2014, 05:02 PM
I would be an Intellitroll or a memetroll.

Ps. I'd expect this material to be written by MysticalDream or Dudetus.

conradev
04-07-2014, 05:49 PM
Thanks for good post.

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KingChronic
04-07-2014, 06:12 PM
Im an erudite troll cuz I is so much smarter than others ;)

Fyrce
04-07-2014, 06:27 PM
Pharcyde. Lol.

Sheener
04-07-2014, 06:45 PM
Lol too long to read

Temarichan
04-07-2014, 06:59 PM
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O_O! I-Interesting xD

Zylx
04-07-2014, 07:05 PM
I used to be a troll. I would just post random (sometimes disturbing) questions or insignificant answers to some questions on Yahoo! Answers. I did it for a few months before i got banned :D. Now i've grown up and i actually like these forums :D. I remember playing some kind of lord of the rings mmo (they had world chat), and i only lasted 15 minutes xD. That was so long ago. Im a nasty troll xD

Kellhus
04-07-2014, 07:25 PM
Lolol omg i had no idea so many species of troll!
Ty this made my day!
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ClumsyCactus
04-07-2014, 07:29 PM
And then the last trollclass...
The jinatroll: is a combination of atleast 90% of the trolls. Usually found when walking around peacfully in forums,kraag,or pier.
You can easily classify this troll on Reading the chat. The more spam, the bigger are the chances a jinatroll will spawn into your area.

Crowsfoot
04-07-2014, 09:31 PM
I used to be a troll. I would just post random (sometimes disturbing) questions or insignificant answers to some questions on Yahoo! Answers. I did it for a few months before i got banned :D. Now i've grown up and i actually like these forums :D. I remember playing some kind of lord of the rings mmo (they had world chat), and i only lasted 15 minutes xD. That was so long ago. Im a nasty troll xD
"I finally got my long awaited left handed screwdriver I bought off amazon delivered today. (insert link to photoshoped image) However, I am unable to find left handed screws anywhere :(. Does ANYONE know where I can buy left handed screws? I am not right handed and the right handed screws work up my arthritis."

I regret nothing

Anarchist
04-07-2014, 09:59 PM
Basically everyone is a troll.
I have seen each and everyone of these species on nearly every post in the forum specially among highly quoted members. XD

Kellhus
04-07-2014, 10:16 PM
Buy them from australia, everything screws in backwards :-P

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Crowsfoot
04-07-2014, 10:23 PM
Buy them from australia, everything screws in backwards :-P

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Top comment was actually "seems like your screwed"

utpal
04-07-2014, 10:25 PM
i m a troll and i find this offensive

Madnex
04-07-2014, 10:31 PM
• Sympathy Swamping Troll These trolls create real tear jerking-threads about how they were scammed, how their life is terrible, or how they have worked so hard to loose it to a scammer.

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Zeus
04-07-2014, 10:35 PM
Oh, how I missed Pharcyde! He was a genuinely funny dude & used to be extremely helpful until STG's decisions as a business angered him.

Zeus
04-07-2014, 10:37 PM
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A hybrid has been spotted!

I see a mix of an erudite, meme, and critic troll!

Crowsfoot
04-07-2014, 10:45 PM
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Loosen up ;)

Madnex
04-07-2014, 10:50 PM
I'm out of thanks for both ahahaha. xD

Crowsfoot
04-07-2014, 10:54 PM
I'm out of thanks for both ahahaha. xD
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Milan Lame Man
04-08-2014, 12:33 AM
LOL I think I found the thread that inspired Faded to start this one.
That's some trolling going on there.

DocDoBig
04-08-2014, 03:13 PM
Lol, never realized - I noticed many Wannabecool Trolls lately, especially in the super constructive thread yesterday which has been deleted!

Bless
04-08-2014, 04:22 PM
LOL I think I found the thread that inspired Faded to start this one.
That's some trolling going on there. Lol, no, faded gave credits at the very end. Hmm...TL;DR???

butterspar
04-09-2014, 01:10 PM
You missed one.

The Crow-troll: defined by drinking large quantities of grape based beverage while trying to tank elite. This results in progressively worse tanking as the night progresses. The Crow-troll is usually oblivious to his actions. Common signs of being a Crow-troll include excessively chatting in /g mid run, asking random questions, and cracking jokes whenever possible.

This is me

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greandeath
04-09-2014, 01:38 PM
so question? what would happen if say there was a troll that was an Erudite, but acted like the other types of trolls, and hid behind a mask shadow. and waited till just the right moment to show their true power?

Solid
04-09-2014, 02:13 PM
I thought he was gonna make a family tree of like trulle and krunch lol.

afrobug
04-09-2014, 06:24 PM
I think there are some who can be considered LOLtroll as you would always read their troll posts with a lol either at the beginning, middle, or end of their posts.

afrobug
04-09-2014, 06:29 PM
Ps.


Lol

Zylx
04-10-2014, 12:55 AM
"Ego-Troll": A troll that constantly demeans themself for means of exciting public attention. These trolls often publicize inappropriate remarks about their own bodies/body functions. They often ignore other's demands for silence, or rebute with another bodily or sexual reference.

asimauara
04-11-2014, 03:29 PM
Asima-troll: I'm not a troll i'm an ogre!