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Aratzio
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I for one appreciate a good troll, but I must admit I bit this hook as
hard as anyone. Russ and his group of trolls fooled everyone. Creating
a board to manage the Big-8 hierarchy, sending out control messages
for dead groups, pretending to disenfranchise usenetizens from the
process by hiding in a private clubhouse. I guess we all should have
guessed when they started discussing RMGROUPS. Come on, RMGROUPs? How
in the world did we miss that clue?
According to Google these are the last postings by the board in the
news.groups.proposals clubhouse:
Tim Skirvin: 04 Dec 2007
Dave Sill: 24 Jan 2008
Mark Kramer: 11 Jan 2008
Doug McLaren: 13 Jan 2008
Martin X Moleski: 21 Jan 2008
Kathy Morgan: 12 Feb 2008
Helge Nareid: 07 Jan 2008
Jeremy Nixon: 13 Sep 2007
Thomas Lee: 02 Feb 2008
Over a month since they were seen continuing the troll. It is time to
call the troll.
To Russ, a well done sir. How you planned and pulled this off is an
achievement worthy of the greatest trolls in usenet history. This may
actually surpass the 2-belo/Kehoe troll.
To the board , well played <insert applause here>, I do not think
anyone saw it coming, you fooled us all with those votes and the
discussions . The stomping off like spoilt little children to
news.groups proposals was an absolute master stroke. Brilliant, I bow
before thee in homage to your ability to perform in such a whiney,
cry-baby and truculent manner. The whole we support Nazi's thing
right out of the box and the follow-up misogyny is good sub-trolls
could not have set a better tone.
I am particularly impressed with the manner in which you replaced
players in the troll. Just when your troll would start to lose steam
you would hold elections. Bring in fresh blood. Adding Jeremy and
getting people to believe that rationality would return to the
process, suckered all of us. The completely without clue act of the
latest additions is hilarious.
All the bit parts like having Thomas Lee as the hypocrite, Moleski and
Morgan as the morons, Jeremy Nixon as the whiney curmudgeon.
As a final note, Tim Skirvin, the ability to take one of the finest
usenet reputations and dash it on the rocks just for the sake of the
Troll. A HUGE tip of the sombrero to you. That took some guts pal.
In the fading light that is usenet, this will be the final shining
beacon in a long and storied history of usenet trolling.
Seconds:
--
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
hard as anyone. Russ and his group of trolls fooled everyone. Creating
a board to manage the Big-8 hierarchy, sending out control messages
for dead groups, pretending to disenfranchise usenetizens from the
process by hiding in a private clubhouse. I guess we all should have
guessed when they started discussing RMGROUPS. Come on, RMGROUPs? How
in the world did we miss that clue?
According to Google these are the last postings by the board in the
news.groups.proposals clubhouse:
Tim Skirvin: 04 Dec 2007
Dave Sill: 24 Jan 2008
Mark Kramer: 11 Jan 2008
Doug McLaren: 13 Jan 2008
Martin X Moleski: 21 Jan 2008
Kathy Morgan: 12 Feb 2008
Helge Nareid: 07 Jan 2008
Jeremy Nixon: 13 Sep 2007
Thomas Lee: 02 Feb 2008
Over a month since they were seen continuing the troll. It is time to
call the troll.
To Russ, a well done sir. How you planned and pulled this off is an
achievement worthy of the greatest trolls in usenet history. This may
actually surpass the 2-belo/Kehoe troll.
To the board , well played <insert applause here>, I do not think
anyone saw it coming, you fooled us all with those votes and the
discussions . The stomping off like spoilt little children to
news.groups proposals was an absolute master stroke. Brilliant, I bow
before thee in homage to your ability to perform in such a whiney,
cry-baby and truculent manner. The whole we support Nazi's thing
right out of the box and the follow-up misogyny is good sub-trolls
could not have set a better tone.
I am particularly impressed with the manner in which you replaced
players in the troll. Just when your troll would start to lose steam
you would hold elections. Bring in fresh blood. Adding Jeremy and
getting people to believe that rationality would return to the
process, suckered all of us. The completely without clue act of the
latest additions is hilarious.
All the bit parts like having Thomas Lee as the hypocrite, Moleski and
Morgan as the morons, Jeremy Nixon as the whiney curmudgeon.
As a final note, Tim Skirvin, the ability to take one of the finest
usenet reputations and dash it on the rocks just for the sake of the
Troll. A HUGE tip of the sombrero to you. That took some guts pal.
In the fading light that is usenet, this will be the final shining
beacon in a long and storied history of usenet trolling.
Seconds:
--
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
