Trolls, shills, the magical fruit...(Long)

[BreakEvenPlayer]

I had this vision the other day, it was kind of scary.

The setting: a trashed apartment in some random city. The kind of city that’s near things, but in the middle of nowhere. The kind of city where there’s one state college that any idiot can get into. We have the usual decorum… pizza boxes, empty cans of Milwaukee’s Best, I think you are starting to see what I am getting at. Gabyyyyyy is in her/his/its underwear flipping the channels on a rundown 16” television. All the sudden he/she/it gets a really goofy look on his/her/its face. Something just clicked in that two cylinder brain. Gabyyyyy sits up straight, grabs a pen and a notebook, then in a fit throws these things to the floor. Gabyyyyyy is up now, running, running, Gabyyyyy hasn’t run like this in days. Finally he/she/it makes it to the school library, where she/it/he hijacks the nearest computer.

Why the rush? What could be so important? Gabyyyyyy was in a hurry so that she/it/he could log on to twoplustwo.com, where it/she/he could click on the Internet forum sidebar, and make the following post:

Heading: I’ll use my miles card, I’ll use my miles card

Body: All these years and you never got a Capital One card?

Gabyyyyy closes Internet Explorer and smiles to itself/herself/himself with satisfaction. Another job well done.

End vision.

Begin rant.

“The Zoo” pretty much sucks right now. The troll level is at an all-time high, true entertainers like Granny Mae and Lorinda are all but gone. Syntax is the shilliest shill-shill shillshill I have ever seen and his one man barrage of zerorake posts is a cluster bomb of vomit that is being cleaned off the floor and spoon-fed into our throats.

Now without fairly aggressive moderation, you cannot stop a troll or a shill. A troll is an enigma of sorts. A troll, like most people, needs attention. However, a troll lacks the ability to be smart, funny, or helpful, therefore they resort to being annoying, ignorant, and/or racist. Without booting them one by one from the forum, and then continuing to boot all of their aliases, they can’t be stopped. I believe that twoplustwo needs to do some sort of IP level banning. I can’t stand dealing with Ryan_21’s racist bull[censored] every time his sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, ass gets drunk and wants to be noticed. I do not think that Gabyyyy should be banned. Gabyyyyy should be limited to one thread per day. In it she/it/he can post whatever he/she/it wants, and we can be saved some of the clutter. Gregorio should be banned. Eugeneel should be banned. There are others, the list is unnecessary.

Posters like Syntax should be booted with a flash. His neo-shill tactics set a dangerous precedent for a message board that doesn’t allow spam. Every new site that sees him getting away with this kind of trash now knows that they can try a similar campaign. If the zerorake stuff is allowed to continue, the future of the internet forum is similar to the fate of RGP.

The bottom line: This forum needs a moderator. Mat, if you’re up to it, you have some work to do.

[Synergistic Explosions]

Personally, I disagree with you on your evaluation of Syntax. From what I see, he isn't a shill for any site. Like me, he just got excited about a site finally opening that wasn't charging a rake. I think this also is big news, and of course it will be posted quite a bit on a poker forum board.

I don't get why you people are so closed minded about new posters, and what they choose to post. I've been called a shill, a troll, an idiot, and many other names I don't care to list. So as far as I'm concerned, you people who can't accept others probably should leave. From what I see, you tend to think of this place as your own and not open for all. Things tend to change with time. Accept it for what it is. There's no evil on these boards. There's nothing to moan and groan about.

[Alobar]

lol, I think we should start a bounty and award it to the first person who can prove gabbyyys true sexual indentity.

anyway, I disagree that syntax is a shill, if you actually read his posts its clear he doesnt work for any online casino. Also I've noticed that in the last couple days, there have been more posts from people complaining about whats wrong with the zoo than there are posts on the topics about what they are complaining about.

I'm relatively new here, been posting for maybe 10 months, so I dunno what it was like back in the "good ole" days. But for the entire time I've been coming to these message boards the zoo has been pretty much the same. 50% crap, 25% people complaining about the crap, 10% the same questions over and over and maybe 15% actual useful info/discussion. I imagine thats why it got the nickname "the zoo". Anyway, thats just my .02 cents

[Terry99]

Why do you care? Get a life.

[BreakEvenPlayer]

The Zoo is different.

[BreakEvenPlayer]

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Why do you care? Get a life.

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Why don't you post under your real name?

[Terry99]

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Why do you care? Get a life.

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Why don't you post under your real name?

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Why don't you post under your real name?

[gabyyyyy]

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I had this vision the other day, it was kind of scary.

The setting: a trashed apartment in some random city. The kind of city that’s near things, but in the middle of nowhere. The kind of city where there’s one state college that any idiot can get into. We have the usual decorum… pizza boxes, empty cans of Milwaukee’s Best, I think you are starting to see what I am getting at. Gabyyyyyy is in her/his/its underwear flipping the channels on a rundown 16” television. All the sudden he/she/it gets a really goofy look on his/her/its face. Something just clicked in that two cylinder brain. Gabyyyyy sits up straight, grabs a pen and a notebook, then in a fit throws these things to the floor. Gabyyyyyy is up now, running, running, Gabyyyyy hasn’t run like this in days. Finally he/she/it makes it to the school library, where she/it/he hijacks the nearest computer.

Why the rush? What could be so important? Gabyyyyyy was in a hurry so that she/it/he could log on to twoplustwo.com, where it/she/he could click on the Internet forum sidebar, and make the following post:

Heading: I’ll use my miles card, I’ll use my miles card

Body: All these years and you never got a Capital One card?

Gabyyyyy closes Internet Explorer and smiles to itself/herself/himself with satisfaction. Another job well done.

End vision.

Begin rant.

“The Zoo” pretty much sucks right now. The troll level is at an all-time high, true entertainers like Granny Mae and Lorinda are all but gone. Syntax is the shilliest shill-shill shillshill I have ever seen and his one man barrage of zerorake posts is a cluster bomb of vomit that is being cleaned off the floor and spoon-fed into our throats.

Now without fairly aggressive moderation, you cannot stop a troll or a shill. A troll is an enigma of sorts. A troll, like most people, needs attention. However, a troll lacks the ability to be smart, funny, or helpful, therefore they resort to being annoying, ignorant, and/or racist. Without booting them one by one from the forum, and then continuing to boot all of their aliases, they can’t be stopped. I believe that twoplustwo needs to do some sort of IP level banning. I can’t stand dealing with Ryan_21’s racist bull[censored] every time his sad, sad, sad, sad, sad, ass gets drunk and wants to be noticed. I do not think that Gabyyyy should be banned. Gabyyyyy should be limited to one thread per day. In it she/it/he can post whatever he/she/it wants, and we can be saved some of the clutter. Gregorio should be banned. Eugeneel should be banned. There are others, the list is unnecessary.

Posters like Syntax should be booted with a flash. His neo-shill tactics set a dangerous precedent for a message board that doesn’t allow spam. Every new site that sees him getting away with this kind of trash now knows that they can try a similar campaign. If the zerorake stuff is allowed to continue, the future of the internet forum is similar to the fate of RGP.

The bottom line: This forum needs a moderator. Mat, if you’re up to it, you have some work to do.

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I am going to be blunt.

If you don't like the zoo, then leave! No one is forcing you to stay here. There is a new feature that allows you, to "ignore this user", I suggest you use it.

Censorship is not the answer. What you find boring, dull and downright rude may be entertainment to others.

So in closing, I suggest you take a deep breath, relax and get a sense of humor.

Life is too short!

[Oski]

Yawn.

[tyfromm]

BreakEvenPlayer is a troll. Why are you guys taking his rant seriously?

Here is the content of his last 5 posts (immediately before he started this thread):

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Yeah, the Zoo sucks right now, but I'll stick it out. We're in a high-troll-volume period right now but as Cubswin said it comes and goes.

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Or Ted Forrest.

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Gabbbyyyyyy,

I know you are lonely. I hope this can keep you occupied on this Saturday night.

http://www.subserviantchicken.com/

My favorites so far are "tango" and "masturbate."

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Moonwalk, hell yeah!

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Must be some variant of the "shake the finger no."

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Material of no value to the forum, including an effort to egg gabbyyyyy on.

BreakEvenPlayer, you are the very definition of a troll. GO AWAY!!