[The Great Fence Builder Speaks]
Ramnza and I were on vacation last week, and it gave me some time to meditate on this situation. Here’s the deal:
Then lets get back on topic. You are trolling worse than anyone else, who are really just responding to your banal expulsions. It is the epitome of trolling to enter into a community and attempt to fundamentally change it. If you go to a blatantly pro-republican forum and ask them advice on how they would run the country and then spend the rest of the time explaining why you think their ideas are stupid, than your trolling.. (You might be right in that example; YOU are not here)
No single discussion you have been an active in has gone anywhere other than moronic circles. This was not an endemic problem prior to your presence. There were never 20 pages arguments before you came here. You and your dumb opinions have been choking up this board.
So seriously go back to sucking your dad's cock and fuck off.
To the rest of the Den: Stop feeding Elenssar.
Seriously guys, I know some of you feel like maybe, just maybe he might come around and in a blast or revelation (or gas) have his head removed from his ass, but it should be blantantly obvious by now that it would require divine intervention to achieve and worthwhile results.
Some might argue that it hones our debating skills but seriously he's Eliza. Perhaps you gain some satisfaction from laying waste to his feeble assertions but how much satisfaction can be derived? It's like beating up 5 year olds.
The problem here is that (and I hate to play armchair psychologist) he's deriving some perverse pleasure out of our beration of his folly. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd stick around even if we all to him to go fuck him self after every single post he made (we're essentially doing that already after all). As long as we indulge him he will stay around.
The only way he will go away is if we don't respond to him at all, no matter how tempting the retort or even when he makes the occasionally makes a valid point that would deserve a response we he was a reasonable person.
He's not a reasonable person, so stop treating him like he is
Emphasis mine.
The parts I have highlighted are what mucks up the situation. I’ve gotten quite a number of “E is a troll”-esque post reports, but I’ve also gotten an equal if not greater number of reports from E saying “I’m being flamed / personally attacked…and he’s right. Even by TGDMB’s (ADMITEDLY LAX) STANDARDS™, y’all are spewing a heaping helping of vitriol at the lad, which makes it hard from Ramnza and I, the All Seeing Eyes of Justice, to side against him.
E, you’ve said it would be nice to be able to post on this site and take advantage of what it can do, by which I assume you mean “take advantage of the crack team of rules lawyers and game reviewers TGDMB seems to keep on retainer.” I agree they are handy to have around. I won’t deny it’s a large part of the reason I started The Den.
Here’s the deal, though: They don’t want to review/dissect/offer constructive feedback/PEACH/whatever the type of game you want to make and/or play. If they did, they would have done it by now, and I while I will do my best to keep them from venting hatred towards you, I can not and will not make them agree with you game design wise.
That’s what I meant by my playground analogy: I try to separate you from the students who are hurling attitude at you, but the instant I turn my back you head straight back over to that side of the school yard and then start asking them to play this kewl new game you just made up which they do not give the first fuck about.
To the Community: Having said that (and I know what I’m about to say goes against Denizen nature) take the moral high road when it comes to dealing with Elennsar. It makes it a lot easier to take your side when you’re not screaming at him that he needs to fellate his patriarchal ancestors. Use the Report Post Function, for Christ’s sake use the IGNORE function, but whatever you resist the urge to get in a parting shot regarding his ancestry or whatever. It is a blatant violation of the CoC and will NO LONGER be tolerated.
To Elennsar: This is your official notice that, judging by the number of PMs and Report Posts I have received on the subject, NOBODY ON THIS BOARD WANTS TO WORK WITH YOU AND/OR REVIEW YOUR GAME DESIGN WORK and/or philosophies. I am sorry. Furthermore, (again judging by the influx of hate mail I’ve been pretty steadily receiving for 50-60 days now) NOBODY ON THIS BOARD VALUES YOUR OPINION ON THEIR GAME DESIGN WORK and/or PHILOSOPHIES. From the bottom of my heart, you are more than welcome to hang around and even contribute to the boards, but trying to fundamentally change the game design philosophies and principles of the Denizens when you know they are not interested is trolling, and will no longer be tolerated.
[/The Great Fence Builder Speaks]