Comments on: The RPS Electronic Wireless Show Episode 18

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:02:24 +0000

I still find that NYT article cringeworthy. They might as well start deconstructing the mentality of a lolcat writer.

By: mister k

mister k — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:42:38 +0000

I got annoyed at exactly the same point in Braid and never got the full game because of it. Then again, I still haven’t got round to getting world of goo, which makes me a horrible person.

By: MetalCircus

MetalCircus — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:23:12 +0000

Tbe New York Times article is so fucking hyperbolic it’s untrue. A large slab of internet trolls are just 12 year olds stirring up pointless arguments, not global terrorists capable of ruining your life. There are “serious” trolls out there but you shouldn’t let yourself be ruled by them.

As for why they do it, well, psychology can tell us that.

By: A:\Big.bat

A:\Big.bat — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:16:51 +0000

Wow, I don’t recall actually asking a question but apparently I did! And using my real name? How bizarre.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:46:02 +0000

“I got into trolling because trolls can seemingly enjoy any humor.”

Doesn’t mean they’re right. After all, presumably some people found Meet the Spartans funny.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:16:26 +0000

I just can’t relate to the people who are going out of their way to ruin somebody else’s gaming experience. There’s doing stuff you think is a hilarious prank and wrongly thinking others will too, that’s a bit different.

I dunno… I’ve read about this before and people claiming they’re trying to push boundaries, play outside the game, and generally back-pedal and try to justify the fact that they get kicks out of ensuring others don’t get theirs.

So is there a reason I’ve missed that griefing is the topic of the week? Because it’s this week’s theme on The Escapist too.

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:36:42 +0000

Yes but the other 6 billion people in the world have all moved on.
[I'm being dismissive; I apologise cs'ers!]
My point still standing is that trolling and talking about trolling as if it’s some dark magic of the internet has gotten so clichéd it’s boring.
It’s like talking about 9/11 conspiracies or making Bill Clinton jokes.

By: Dorian Cornelius Jasper

Dorian Cornelius Jasper — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:16:34 +0000

@Radiant: Apparently a lot of people. A lot.

There are kids half my age who live by it.

EDIT: Oh, hey, Zyrxil beat me to it.

By: Zyrxil

Zyrxil — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:06:01 +0000

counterstrike [who still plays that?]

If you’re not being sarcastic, only 150,000 people a day, easily trumping Left4Dead and Team Fortress 2 combined:
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Peak Today Game
90,252 Counter-Strike: Source
69,092 Counter-Strike

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:35:36 +0000

Just so we’re clear; reminiscing about griefing in counterstrike [who still plays that?] is a sure indicator that trolling is so fucking passé.

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:32:18 +0000

Intellectualising trolling…
On the one hand I’m happy my time machine works but on the other it really couldn’t pick a date other then 2002?

By: Zyrusticae

Zyrusticae — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:21:40 +0000

@Klaus

Ah, so you mean “holier-than-thou”-ists. That’s a different fish altogether, I think.

Even then, however, I don’t think doing those sorts of things and doing good work are mutually exclusive. Perhaps hard to imagine someone doing good and participating in such things, sure, but certainly not out of the realm of possibility.

That said, I extend no sympathy to those who proclaim themselves to be “good people”. That’s… kind of up to society, isn’t it?