How To Avoid Flame Wars and Internet Trolls

[halo342]

1. Identify the Enemy

Trolls behave in sadly similar fashions. They are those who pop up randomly in the midst of normal online conversation simply to drop inflammatory, disruptive, often off-topic messages meant to draw other community members into a violent verbal confrontation. The more attention and anger they draw from others, the nastier they get. Trolls are distinguishable from those who simply have a strong opinion due to their tendency to resort to name-calling, profanity, and childish arguments in order to continue spurring on the negative onslaught from other members.

wish we would've known that before Cmustard came to the BBS

[Bronk]

#2 is of limited praticality here.  People do not just "go away" if they are a fellow addict to the game.  They do "go away" if you shove them hard enough to stick their foot in their mouth and get themselves "Skuzzified". 

Not that they wont just return in da shade. Shining example can be found somewhere in this thread.

[Murdr]

Not that they wont just return in da shade. Shining example can be found somewhere in this thread.

That's just too cryptic.  I can't figure out who you're talking about 

 

[Ghosth]

sssNIFF, SNIFFF, Was there a troll just through here?

[VonMessa]

Don't sniff too hard, the fire will go up your nose!

[NEARY]

how long did it take you to type that 

[EskimoJoe]

 

[bongaroo]

but yet dichtomy we all see you on the cheaters thread in general discussion baiting ROX with banshee. so maybe take your own advice???

Look!  An example wanted to show how it works!  Crap, I broke a rule.