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Is it just me, or as of late has there been an increase in the number of forum trolls? Just the past few days, I've seen several of them around.

Just yesterday, there was one who did something so awful, I'm not even going to talk about it, but it was sick, twisted and horrible.

And just a few minutes ago, I found a new one in New Mombasa, cussing everyone out, dodging the -blam!- filter, and he even sent me an ugly PM for no appearent reason.

Is it just me, or is this becoming a growing problem as of late?

Yes or no, we need to do something about it. I'll do my part. I'll continue to PM Shishks, Achronos, or any other mods about those I see doing it. What will you do?

  • 09.24.2006 12:56 PM PDT
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i don't think so but i only go in the underground the halo 3 and the flood and those are full of nijas so what do i no .

  • 09.24.2006 12:59 PM PDT
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More people in the forum = More good members and more bad members.

Bad members stand out more = we think they are incresing alone, when it is still to scale.

HOWEVER I agree. Increase. Not good.

  • 09.24.2006 12:59 PM PDT

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They seem to lurk in Halo 3, New Mombasa and The Flood most often.

  • 09.24.2006 1:00 PM PDT

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I've reported some people. From what I know, people just make more accounts.
The incident from yesterday, the guy went into the Marty Army and did some horrible things.

The IP ban should be used more often. I'm not sure how the system works, but if that IP ban was used more, they could reduce people making more accounts.

People need to learn not to feed the trolls and to report them to a moderator though gmail, the private messaging system, or though im systems like AIM or MSN.

  • 09.24.2006 1:00 PM PDT

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I've reported some people. From what I know, people just make more accounts.
The incident from yesterday, the guy went into the Marty Army and did some horrible things.


That's the guy I referred to. God, that was horrible.

They do seem to make more accounts, after their bans. That guy, when he was in the Marty Army, that was his third account, at least, there could have been more that I didn't see.

And the problem last night was, there were little or no mods on that night. I PMed Shishka several times, but he never got back to me. And that bastard just kept coming back, and with no ninjas on, we kinda had to just deal with it.

Major Suckage.

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  • 09.24.2006 1:02 PM PDT
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What Ciaran has said. Interesting paradigm.

While I've been noticing an increase in trolls, It has also been catching my eye that a large number of good contributing members have been showing up.

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Most of it is from a member who I like to call Pillage Plunder.

He makes all these multiple accounts, and from time to time he takes part in discussion, but then out of nowhere he'll start trolling.

He has at least 30 accounts by now.

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
He has at least 30 accounts by now.

Phfff, Ever heard of Davester?

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Seriously, don't take me seriously.

Underground Pleasure - aren't you a bit curious?

I'm not going to do anything about it.

Why? Because most of the Trolls are intelligent people. Well...at least the ones I know of.

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
He has at least 30 accounts by now.

Phfff, Ever heard of Davester?


Ever heard of Carlos? Oh wait! I'm talking about assassins.

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Posted by: Floating Toad
Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
He has at least 30 accounts by now.

Phfff, Ever heard of Davester?


I have. I hear he was the first of the "Super Spammers."


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I'm not going to do anything about it.

Why? Because most of the Trolls are intelligent people. Well...at least the ones I know of.


You mean like Twitch? Come on Shorty, Twitch wreaked so much havoc that the mere mention of his name wasn't allowed on here.

And if you consider Charizard and Soviet Jackal to be intelligent then............you need to rethink what you call "intelligent," LoL

Just a word of advice: You can tell you're dealing with Pillage by looking at his profile and seeing "Bronx, NY" as his location.

Now I've discussed this with the proper people, and he can't be banned simply for having that location, because there are a couple of people on this site from the Bronx who aren't associated with Pillage Plunder.

He can sometimes be an ok guy, but mostly he posts spam and flames, and even some shock sites on a couple of his accounts that got un-blacklisted last week.

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Posted by: lilshorty6478
I'm not going to do anything about it.

Why? Because most of the Trolls are intelligent people. Well...at least the ones I know of.

Are you kidding, Or do you not know the meaning of the word? Trolls destroy good threads, and good times. Lets say your on Xbox Live and you run into a Moder, do you say to yourself "Hmm, This guys smart I wont report him." Or how about going into a store only to find a drunk screaming randomly and insulting everything that moves, would you just shrug and continue on?

Not reporting a Troll, makes you just as bad as them, your letting them continue to ruin everything good.

  • 09.24.2006 1:29 PM PDT

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I'm not going to do anything about it.

Why? Because most of the Trolls are intelligent people. Well...at least the ones I know of.


So you think that ALLCAPSMORON, ALLCAPSASSW1PE, and so many others who recreate their accounts, spam, flame and make idle death threats are intelligent?

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The trolls will continue to troll so long as people feed them. If they post, ignore them and report them. I can't stress how often I've seen people feed them to no avail.

  • 09.24.2006 1:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: lilshorty6478
I'm not going to do anything about it.

Why? Because most of the Trolls are intelligent people. Well...at least the ones I know of.


So you think that ALLCAPSMORON, ALLCAPSASSW1PE, and so many others who recreate their accounts, spam, flame and make idle death threats are intelligent?


Posted by: lilshorty6478
Well...at least the ones I know of.

  • 09.24.2006 1:34 PM PDT

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The trolls will continue to troll so long as people feed them. If they post, ignore them and report them. I can't stress how often I've seen people feed them to no avail.


You're missing the point here.

1. What if no mods are on?
2. They go EVERYWHERE. They go to every forum, every thread, and spam it. They'll hunt you down too, if they don't like you. Telling someone to ignore them is like telling someone to ignore the grass.

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It doesn't matter whether you know them or not.

Trolls should be reported. Either PM the boys with white text, or use bnetmods@gmail.com (but we should all know this by know.)

It works wonders.

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Seriously, don't take me seriously.

Underground Pleasure - aren't you a bit curious?

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Posted by: lilshorty6478
I'm not going to do anything about it.

Why? Because most of the Trolls are intelligent people. Well...at least the ones I know of.


You mean like Twitch? Come on Shorty, Twitch wreaked so much havoc that the mere mention of his name wasn't allowed on here.

And if you consider Charizard and Soviet Jackal to be intelligent then............you need to rethink what you call "intelligent," LoL

Just a word of advice: You can tell you're dealing with Pillage by looking at his profile and seeing "Bronx, NY" as his location.

Now I've discussed this with the proper people, and he can't be banned simply for having that location, because there are a couple of people on this site from the Bronx who aren't associated with Pillage Plunder.

He can sometimes be an ok guy, but mostly he posts spam and flames, and even some shock sites on a couple of his accounts that got un-blacklisted last week.

Twitch? No...Twitch was a spammer. And I don't even know who those other 2 are.
I'm not gonna give out any names...but there are intelligent trolls out there. When they troll...they don't POST IN CAPS AND SPAM LIKE AN IDIOT. Stuff that they post actually takes a brain.

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Posted by: lilshorty6478
I'm not going to do anything about it.

Why? Because most of the Trolls are intelligent people. Well...at least the ones I know of.


So you think that ALLCAPSMORON, ALLCAPSASSW1PE, and so many others who recreate their accounts, spam, flame and make idle death threats are intelligent?

See bolded area.

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It works wonders.

IF the mods are on, and IF you now how to use gmail.
Isn't there a site that shows when each mod was last logged in?

  • 09.24.2006 1:45 PM PDT

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I report spammers and trolls to the appropriate people. There's really nothing more we can do. This isn't just a very recent problem this problem has been steadily rising for a long time. I don't understand the mind of a spammer or a troller. There is no personal gain involved aside from agitating people. Which would mean (as it's been said) to ignore them. I just report them and leave bungie.net for awhile (it's not the only site out there everyone) and when I come back the problem has usually been dealt with.

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  • 09.24.2006 1:48 PM PDT

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It works wonders.

IF the mods are on, and IF you now how to use gmail.
Isn't there a site that shows when each mod was last logged in?

Yeah... I forget what it is though.

  • 09.24.2006 1:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: True Underdog
I report spammers and trolls to the appropriate people. There's really nothing more we can do. This isn't just a very recent problem this problem has been steadily rising for a long time. I don't understand the mind of a spammer or a troller. There is no personal gain involved.


Exactly! Why even do it?

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