hmm, let's see, a direct discussion without trolling and useless threads or sifting through tons of useless threads with loads of trolling?
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Oh come on! Everyone knows search functions on internet forums are horrible. They can only search for specific phrases, not determine the relevance of a paragraph to a conversation, or determine if something is a repeat of something else, or if it is a troll.
A troll is an absolutely USELESS post with NO usable information. There's very FEW of those around.
You may see this as a troll:
"OMG! I don't know how its physically possible, but evony both sux and blows! How could 100k archers possibley fire on 1 stupid ballista? Evony devs are retards!"
However, any person with the ability to turn off their emotional circuits can read that this person thinks the targeting in evony needs some tweaking. Its not a troll, its a constructive piece of information. Just because its framed in negativity doesn't make it a troll.
Example of a true troll posts:
"First!"
"you're an idiot"
"facepalm"
and posting any of those "motivational" style pictures or "i can has cheezburgerz" style pictures.
Incorrect.
"In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[2]"
A troll is not limited to only useless posts. It is any post which seeks to make an inflammatory response, including disrupting on-topic discussion. Your definition of a troll is nonstandard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29
UGH there's already been a thread about this, I'll sum it up for ya: It hinges on the "slang" portion:
slang1 /sl?ŋ/ Show Spelled[slang] Show IPA
?noun
1.very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road. (this is not the definition you're using)
2.(in English and some other languages) speech and writing characterized by the use of vulgar and socially taboo vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. (this is not the definition you're using)
3.the jargon of a particular class, profession, etc. (this IS the definition you're using)
The jargon of a particular class: in this case the uneducated. The word troll stands on its own with its own classical definition and operates perfectly when used in regards to certain behaviors on a forum. The definition of troll that fits is this: To run an "active" lure by trailing behind a boat or some other means of actively moving the lure. Trollers are not simly being negative, that's just BUNGHOLES. Trollers by definition are trying to "bait" people into arguements fights flames etc.
Just because the certain class of people: the uneducated get together and define a slang term from their contextual definitions of the word doesn't make them grammatically correct. You may have a different defintion for the word "faggot" however the real word means:
fagg?ot /ˈf?gət/ Show Spelled[fag-uht] Show IPA
?noun
1.a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
Slang is a sign of LACK of education, you can't claim it as a sign that you are somehow more educated for incorrect word usage.
Using slang from definition Number 3 makes you sound almost as bad as those who continually use slang from definition number 2 (those who cuss)
Last edited by zowza; 03-19-2010 at 04:34 PM.
Not to intrude or anything, but to clarify this point further, let's just say that this new forum, from my total information (compacted into this post), is chiefly meant to provide very organized feedback on ideas the Evony Team might come up with for future implementation into the game.
By joining this posting group, we are adding our opinions to those of the Evony Team concerning the game's developments.
The closest term I can come up with is the "Coming Soon" sub-forum, crossed with the "Game Suggestions" thread.
Remember, this is going to be a Modded Forum, as Foxy said. Which means, if we want to throw our opinions out there, we must guard our words, because this is a formal area of discussion, not the OT...
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DISCLAIMER: I only know as much as you do; I just went through the posts, and posted a crude summary here.
Also, what I say can and might change. Some of what I said is projected, which means that although this is what the new forum is going to be, it is not directly stated in posts...
sounds like a really good idea
If you like my post please click on the scales to add to my reputation and i will do the same back
Just to answer the accusation that the only people in there will be "fanbois", I'd like to point out that the second application received (and accepted) was for Revoltion. I double-dog dare you to call him a fanboi. ROFL!
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