Ping curmudgeons

[John Travolta]

Please post here.

[Atocep]

After seeing the success of Ronald Reagan and Arnold S., I've decided to do what is best for America in these hard times. I would like to announce that I am running for the President of these United States of America...

Will Tom Cruise be 1st lady? Ya know, for the church and all...

[terpkristin]

Go away, please.
You're really not funny.

/tk

[Schmidty]

Go away, please.
You're really not funny.

/tk

I like you tk.

[John Travolta]

Go away, please.
You're really not funny.

/tk

Don't make me become a regular.

[st.cronin]

I'm pretty sure this is somebody with a duplicate account, which could be a bannable offense. I put him in a class with mel kiper's hair, a really unfunny gimmick that I wouldn't mind never seeing again.

[John Travolta]

I blame poor writing.

[Schmidty]

Don't make me become a regular.

I don't mind, because then Antmeister can make a hilarious song and video ripping apart your unfunny attention-whoring.

Post away!!!!!!

[John Travolta]

I don't mind, because then Antmeister can make a hilarious song and video ripping apart your unfunny attention-whoring.

Post away!!!!!!

I hope he does it to the tune of "My Sharona".

[JeeberD]

somebody with a duplicate account, which could be a bannable offense.

Wrong. It's a bannable offense to have an alt for trolling with...

[Schmidty]

Wrong. It's a bannable offense to have an alt for trolling with...

Stop defending your students Mr. Kotter. How will they ever learn the value of being a winner without first being a loser?

[Schmidty]

I blame poor writing.

I want to make love to your body thetans.

There. I made a lame joke, so you and your writer don't have to feel so silly.

[John Travolta]

I want to make love to your body thetans.

There. I made a lame joke, so you and your writer don't have to feel so silly.

See? It's guys like you setting the humor bar so very high that I can't possibly get over it.

Anyhow, I will grant you folks your wish. Old JT will retire to make room for the laugh-a-minute Schmidty and friends. You can go to bed tonight knowing you've made FOFC just a little bit better.

I feel like Rocky on Survivor. Voted off before his time...

- John Travolta

[Schmidty]

See? It's guys like you setting the humor bar so very high that I can't possibly get over it.

Anyhow, I will grant you folks your wish. Old JT will retire to make room for the laugh-a-minute Schmidty and friends. You can go to bed tonight knowing you've made FOFC just a little bit better.

I feel like Rocky on Survivor. Voted off before his time...

- John Travolta

Damn. You actually made me feel guilty.

[Toddzilla]

See? It's guys like you setting the humor bar so very high that I can't possibly get over it.

Anyhow, I will grant you folks your wish. Old JT will retire to make room for the laugh-a-minute Schmidty and friends. You can go to bed tonight knowing you've made FOFC just a little bit better.

I feel like Rocky on Survivor. Voted off before his time...

- John TravoltaHalle-fucking-luja

[Tigercat]

Could this work on the real Travolta? Schmidty, I think you owe it to the world to try.

[rkmsuf]

Free Travolta!

[st.cronin]

Wrong. It's a bannable offense to have an alt for trolling with...

The conclusion I draw is that the mods know who this guy is.

[Ksyrup]

I'm not the most active mod (or member with mod powers, I should say), but I don't recall having a discussion about this guy, and I certainly have no clue who he is.

I also thought the offense was in simply having an alias, not just a trolling alias. But I could be wrong.

[st.cronin]

I also thought the offense was in simply having an alias, not just a trolling alias. But I could be wrong.

That's the way it was explained to me, but its also not like there's a Constitution around here. The rules are what the people in charge say the rules are.

[Coffee Warlord]

I've always understood it that you can have other accounts so long as you're not using them to be a dick.

Or, more correctly...noone gives a shit that you have other accounts so long as you're not using them to be a dick.

[Ksyrup]

I could swear SD came down hard on alias accounts - at least those where he wasn't told in advance whose it was and why they had it - but maybe I'm wrong or he has since changed his stance. I guess not since JT has been allowed to exist. I don't really care if he's here or not.

[st.cronin]

I could swear SD came down hard on alias accounts - at least those where he wasn't told in advance whose it was and why they had it - but maybe I'm wrong or he has since changed his stance. I guess not since JT has been allowed to exist. I don't really care if he's here or not.

That's exactly the way I remember it - you have to have permission.

[Kodos]

FWIW, I don't believe it is a bannable offense to simply have an alias account. I think the rule is that it can't be used for trolling. SkyDog came down on a guy who was put in the box and came back using a different account while he was still in the box.

In any case, I am the comedic mastermind behind John Travolta. I had no idea he annoyed people to the extent that he apparently did with just 41 posts, since I rarely ever used the account except when some kind of Travolta news appeared. I'll freely admit it wasn't a particularly funny gimmick, but I certainly meant no harm. When it became apparent that people seemed annoyed by his existence, I decided to retire him last night.

Sorry for whatever distress this caused.

Edit: In the interest of full disclosure, I also have an account under the name Kang. Also, sometimes I exceed the speed limit when I'm out driving.

[rkmsuf]

I find it hilarious people were bent out of shape by John Travola here.

[st.cronin]

FWIW, I don't believe it is a bannable offense to simply have an alias account. I think the rule is that it can't be used for trolling. SkyDog came down on a guy who was put in the box and came back using a different account while he was still in the box.

In any case, I am the comedic mastermind behind John Travolta. I had no idea he annoyed people to the extent that he apparently did with just 41 posts, since I rarely ever used the account except when some kind of Travolta news appeared. I'll freely admit it wasn't a particularly funny gimmick, but I certainly meant no harm. When it became apparent that people seemed annoyed by his existence, I decided to retire him last night.

Sorry for whatever distress this caused.

It would have been funnier (to me) if I had known who was making the posts. An obviously fake account comes off (to me) as just somebody being a tool. But if it was obvious who was behind the fake account, then the context is better understood, and that it is meant to be humor is more obvious. There's a couple of other obviously fake accounts used for humor, and I see them the same way. Tell us who you are, or else its not funny.

Other people will have different opinions. *shrug*

[Coffee Warlord]

Erik Flamebeard of the Neither Here Nor There still rules you all.

[rkmsuf]

And I swear mizzou b ball fan better actually be a fan of mizzou b ball or shit's gonna hit the fan.

[Kodos]

In any case, JT wasn't all that funny. I was honestly surprised by the strong negative reaction. I wouldn't think a very sporadic poster like JT could draw the amount of dislike that JT seemed to. Hell, even Terpkristin took a shot at him.

[KWhit]

I thought JT was funny.

*shurg*

[Kodos]

But if it was obvious who was behind the fake account, then the context is better understood, and that it is meant to be humor is more obvious.

Maybe Travolta should have posted a few polls.

[st.cronin]

Maybe Travolta should have posted a few polls.

Yes, THAT would have been funny. :D

[wade moore]

FWIW, I don't believe it is a bannable offense to simply have an alias account. I think the rule is that it can't be used for trolling. SkyDog came down on a guy who was put in the box and came back using a different account while he was still in the box.

Yes and yes.

[JeeberD]

FWIW, I don't believe it is a bannable offense to simply have an alias account. I think the rule is that it can't be used for trolling. SkyDog came down on a guy who was put in the box and came back using a different account while he was still in the box.


Kodos has it right. It's a boxable offense to troll using an Alt, and it's an automatic permaban to post under an Alt if you've been boxed. That's what happened to Suicane...

Simply posting under an alt is perfectly fine. No permission is needed. If it were so, there would be several folks who would have been banned long ago...

[Kodos]

If it were so, there would be several folks who would have been banned long ago...

This means YOU, Kang.

[Kang]

This means YOU, Kang.

Nobody thinks you're funny, Kodos. Except maybe John Travolta.

[path12]

He mostly made just Schmidty mad it seemed. Hell, ANYBODY can do that....... :)

[QuikSand]

Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Rigel IV
Posts: 2

Dusted one off from the way-back-machine, eh?

[Kodos]

Yep. At one point, I was going to incorporate him in my Bill Gates Challenge dynasty.

[EagleFan]

It would have been funnier (to me) if I had known who was making the posts. An obviously fake account comes off (to me) as just somebody being a tool. But if it was obvious who was behind the fake account, then the context is better understood, and that it is meant to be humor is more obvious. There's a couple of other obviously fake accounts used for humor, and I see them the same way. Tell us who you are, or else its not funny.

Other people will have different opinions. *shrug*

I agree with Saint Cronin. The only exception may be if a person switches completely to a new account for some odd reason but using an alt for humor rarely works as it usually comes off as someone just attempting to cause trouble.

Just my opinion though...

[Ksyrup]

So in the spirit of openness, who is (are) the posters behind Dennis Green and all of the variants of his name?

And who was Mel Kiper's Hair?

[EagleFan]

So in the spirit of openness, who is (are) the posters behind Dennis Green and all of the variants of his name?

And who was Mel Kiper's Hair?

I thought that Mel Kiper's hair was an entity oif it's own.

[JeeberD]

So in the spirit of openness, who is (are) the posters behind Dennis Green and all of the variants of his name?

And who was Mel Kiper's Hair?

You can find out for yourself easily enough if you really want to...

[KWhit]

I agree with Saint Cronin. The only exception may be if a person switches completely to a new account for some odd reason but using an alt for humor rarely works as it usually comes off as someone just attempting to cause trouble.

Just my opinion though...

I disagree. Being an asshat is being an asshat. If JT were trolling, that would be one thing.

But I see nothing wrong with an occasional alt-post for humor's sake every now and then.

[rkmsuf]

I was Joan of Ark in a former life.

[AZSpeechCoach]

I once posted as "Miss Cleo" in a thread back on the Sideline where she was referenced.

[JeeberD]

I have been known to post under the pseudonym "JeeberDMack" from time to time. Talk about deception at its highest level!

[Antmeister]

I used to be Antmeister71 in a former life, but I was living in shadow of a more popular 71 named sachmo71. So I broke off the last two digits of my name to get out of the very powerful 71 mafia and have been living in fear, because one day sachmo71 will discover who I used to be and take out my account with his super modding abilities for leaving his clan. :D

[terpkristin]

Hell, even Terpkristin took a shot at him.
For the record, I tend to do this IRL too. If somebody is being stupid and it annoys me, I let them know they're being stupid. Perhaps this is why I'm single. ;) :p

That said, I just find posts like JT's from an account that's not used often enough for anybody to "know" who it is just a waste. A waste of bandwidth, a waste of space, and frankly asinine. I mean if it were Jeebs or somebody who were more well-known....that's one thing. But somebody who opened that account in 05 and has like 40-odd posts (half of which came yesterday), that's just somebody overcompensating for something...

Eh. I didn't feel particiarly mean about it, but I guess people here are thinking I was. Oh well.

/tk

[Coffee Warlord]

The funny thing is, to this day I don't know who actually registered Erik Flamebeard of the Neither Here Nor There. Someone created the account, made a couple fun posts in the ZFL thread, and PM'd me the account info.

And now he lives in his secret place, waiting for the right time to come forth and wreak havok.

[Poli]

Great, another word to look up.

[Kodos]

That said, I just find posts like JT's from an account that's not used often enough for anybody to "know" who it is just a waste. A waste of bandwidth, a waste of space, and frankly asinine. I mean if it were Jeebs or somebody who were more well-known....that's one thing. But somebody who opened that account in 05 and has like 40-odd posts (half of which came yesterday), that's just somebody overcompensating for something...

/tk

You do realize that the poster in question has over 8,900 posts and is at least somewhat well known in FOFC land, right? ;)

And how did you know that we Rigelians tend to be somewhat poorly endowed?

[Desmond]

The internet is not for frivolity. These tubes are serious buisness.

[Kodos]

Don't you have a boar to be shooting or something?

[Ksyrup]

These tubers are serious buisness.

I think you meant to post this in the tater mitts thread.

[Desmond]

I think you meant to post this in the tater mitts thread.

Great, now i have to go find out what a tater mitt is.

[Poli]

We all have our cross to bear.

[Lorena]

Great, now i have to go find out what a tater mitt is.

Haha, I went and read the thread too.

[terpkristin]

You do realize that the poster in question has over 8,900 posts and is at least somewhat well known in FOFC land, right? ;)

And how did you know that we Rigelians tend to be somewhat poorly endowed?

You're a bum. ;)
If that really is you, then yes, you're still a bum, what a waste. I stand by what I said about it being just stupid though maybe more people knew it was you, I still thought it was someone being bored and un-funny. Of course, I meant nothing to offend the size of your endowment, I just said compensating for SOMETHING. I've been known to tell people excactly when I think they have a small endowment. :D

/tk

[Passacaglia]

I don't get why it's funner if we know who it is.

[wade moore]

I don't get why it's funner if we know who it is.

w0rd.

There sure is a lot of bitchy-assed whining in this thread.

[Poli]

w0rd.

There sure is a lot of bitchy-assed whining in this thread.
Hater.

[Schmidty]

He mostly made just Schmidty mad it seemed. Hell, ANYBODY can do that....... :)

I wasn't mad. I was just being snotty.

[Schmidty]

w0rd.

There sure is a lot of bitchy-assed whining in this thread.

This statement is hilarious to me for various reasons.

[EagleFan]

I don't get why it's funner if we know who it is.

Perception. A statement can be made by someone that you know that would be taken completly differently if it was someone that you didn't. It's the same way in real life. If someone you know jokes with you about something that doesn't mean you would take it the same way if someone that you had no idea who they were said it.

[wade moore]

This statement is hilarious to me for various reasons.


fair points ;).