Advanced Trolling Techniques: A Guide
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Angry_Citizen,
Posted on: 2005-11-15 21:11 in Player Guides
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I am unsuprised to note that Step #4 is missing. Proving, as I expected, that this claim was hyperbole. There is simply no way to troll logical arguments.
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Of course there isn't, Pilcrow. Logical Arguments and Logical-seeming arguments are... not the same thing.
Good point, though!
Although you have a point about the delay, making up a "fake dialog" defining the difference between the two is a pain.
You're, of course, also ignoring the fact that posting an "overly emotional" response works even on "real" logical threads, as I've posted in Step 3, which you read. 
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I am unsuprised to note that Step #4 is missing. Proving, as I expected, that this claim was hyperbole. There is simply no way to troll logical arguments.
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Of course there isn't, Pilcrow. Logical Arguments and Logical-seeming arguments are... not the same thing.
Good point, though!
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Actually, the only difference between the two is the lack of actual logic backing up the language. Since one may place a logical post without actually posting the logic itself, the troller has no way to know whether or not the post is backed by real logic when he trolls the post.
Therefore, the poster must be prepared to manage both the logical sounding post and the truly logical post if he is to be able to succeed in churning up conversation. Without a way to deal with the rare, but very real, possibility that the post is, in fact, logical and backed by fact, the troller is likely to be revealed for what he is...unless his plan of attack on a logical sounding post will somehow also work to some extent on a truly logical post.
And, since you admit that there is no way to battle a truly logical post, there is no way to handle even a logical sounding post without the risk of revealing yourself. Quite the Gordian knot you have ther.
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Although you have a point about the delay, making up a "fake dialog" defining the difference between the two is a pain.
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If you are successfully trolling you ought to have examples waiting at your fingertips. You needn't make up fake dialog, these thread scroll fast enoguh that the real dialog will be anonymous soon enough. Perhaps you'd provide a link to a thread that demonstrates your 1337 7r011:ng $k:11z for logical "sounding" posts.
Or perhaps you'd provide a link to someone who successfully trolled your logical sounding "formula for fun" thread.
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You're, of course, also ignoring the fact that posting an "overly emotional" response works even on "real" logical threads, as I've posted in Step 3, which you read.
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Perhaps in a thread where the logical sounding post is in the minority this technique would work, re-awakening the Emos and churning responses well. But a thread dominated y logical sounding posts will be exceedingly immune to this technique - as your Emos will have been chased out already.
Seems more like a desparation tactic than a real technique.
You could, of course, prove me wrong here by delivering a real technique for such trolling: but I see nothing in this post that demonstrates that there is any way to troll a logical-sounding post short of smoke and mirrors.
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But wait! You completely left out the part about bumping your thread using your second forum account!
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This is actually going to be covered in the addendum entitled "Stupid Forum Tricks".
Actually, I need to register a name for my other account. Thanks for the reminder! 
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Ahh, but how do we know you aren't one of the praisers of this guide?
Doom.
Yep.
This is really doom.
Pilcrow, G.S,
You guys are geniuses. Whooweeee! What awesomely awesome posts! They're better than chocolate pie a mile wide! 
Well, I managed to create a vacuum in this forum.
Sorry.
The guide really is quite clever. You obviously put a great deal of thought and time into its development.
Perhaps I should go back and review the finer points.
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I feel the need to comment on this, but how do you troll a troll guide?
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Typically you point out, in a dry and ineffable style, that this guide serves no purpose whatsoever on the boards except to incite illogical argument, which does noone any good, and solves nothing, and then make calls to the approite devs/mods/pagen deitys to have the thread locked and/or deleted, it also helps to then post a quote from the message that you just suppoadly sent to the devs, as it lends crediablity and rightous-seeming outrage to your statement, also, run on sentances are your friend.
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also, run on sentances are your friend.
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As you proved... and before I forget, so is spelling.
Sentences... with an "e"
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There are people who post using logical-seeming, dry arguments, and there are people who post with feeling, and little else. One or the other type will typically dominate a thread. The rare few people with actual logical arguments don't concern us - such rare beasts are harmless until aggro'd. It's a good idea not to aggro them - they make terrible opponents, in both meanings of the phrase.
Neither style is more effective, although at first glance logical-seeming arguments appear better...until I get to Step 4, and turn you into a rampaging Captain Ahab of logical-seeming arguments.
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I am unsuprised to note that Step #4 is missing. Proving, as I expected, that this claim was hyperbole. There is simply no way to troll logical arguments.