What does the fact that I was modded down as a troll for no reason have to do with social skills? What does calling out abusive moderators for their bullshit have to do with social skills? And how exactly am I pissing people off? Also, how am I "escaping" anything by having both accounts use the same name and by making it plainly obvious that both accounts belong to me? You talk a lot, but you aren't actually saying anything, or making any sense.
Show me even one instance where I was justifiably modded down as a troll.
Well gee, given how ignorant you've acted just in this article, I'd say another week.
Yes, how "ignorant" of me to not like certain music!
Let's see if we can figure today's word of the day, shall we?
Can you say "Metamoderate"? No? I knew you couldn't.
Metamoderation is worthless. We need a quick and direct solution: a report button. Also, moderators should not be anonymous. It would be even better if the current comment system was eliminated entirely and replaced with something that doesn't use voting.
P.S. people don't like sockpuppets or people who create disposable accounts just to shit on other people with.
I am the one who is being shit on by anonymous moderators who abuse their mod points and decrease my karma for no valid reason. I have no choice but to have multiple accounts.
Slashdot's moderating system needs to be either scrapped entirely or massively overhauled. Almost every single negative moderation that occurs is illegitimate and based on nothing, and the moderators remain 100% anonymous and never have to explain anything. At the very least it should be possible to quickly report moderators who abuse their power, and have them banned from the site or permanently stripped of moderating powers. There's no reason whatsoever why stupid kids like the one(s) who modded me "troll" should be allowed to continue.
And now my other account's karma has dropped to bad for absolutely no reason, and I had to switch to this one. How long until I have to make a third one?
You really didn't have to ask me the purpose of that point. If you'd finished reading the sentence you quoted it would have been obvious.
I don't see anything obvious about it. Again: so?
And naught but 10 inches across the screen we find: "People who do nothing but sit in their mom's basement and play WoW and masturbate to Night Elf/dance animations all day long aren't going to put up with that shit, no sir."
And?
Your only argument on this point has been 'no it's not'.
It's all the argumentation I need, since chatting in WoW obviously isn't even remotely similiar to real life social interaction.
Listen, the entire game is based around math. Probability, statistics, game theory, local minima/maxima, etc.; if you played it for years without doing a single calculation, you were undoubtedly a horrible player.
I never had to calculate anything. If you can't play WoW without constantly whipping out a calculator, you're the one who sucks at the game.
Don't say that the game can't improve math skills when you never made the effort to understand the term "DPS". WoW requires math like playing soccer requires exercise.
Please quote the post where I said that I never made the effort to understand the term DPS. Look, just stop making shit up and pretending like WoW is anything but a fucking video game. It's not going to make you the life of the party and it's not going to improve your mathematical ability. You're obviously trying to justify the amount of time you waste playing WoW. It's like me defending the amount of time I spent playing Left 4 Dead by claiming that I'm just preparing for the zombie apocalypse.
What the hell is that even supposed to mean? "Substitute for a real life"? Who was promoting it as such?
You.
Has anyone ever said "You should quit your job to farm WoW gold"?
No, but I expect you'll say it at some point.
"Real life" is an idiotic term anyways. I'm going to call up my bank right now and tell them to shut down all their internet banking systems, 'cause that's not "real life".
I never said or even remotely implied that the Internet is not a part of real life.
Is it only me, or does this fit the definition of terrorism?
It's just you. Fear of punishment has always been used to deter crime.
Oh - someone will point out the word "crimes". But, wait. Who, exactly, determines what a crime is? In some countries, a disparaging remark against the ruling family is a crime.
The authorities determine what a crime is. Some countries may have stupid laws like being arrested for disparaging the ruling family, but what does that have to do with the US? It's not like an eye in the sky can catch people making disparaging remarks anyway.
I don't see how deploying this technology will "criminalize" 20% of the population, unless of course you mean that there will be a 20% increase in capturing criminals, which would only be a good thing.
Your posting history is hilarious. You have like 20 comments debating the differences between various types of single-player RPGs
So?
and several posts mocking people for playing video games that actually involve social contact with other people.
What posts would those be?
Thanks for this wonderful insight. I had been confused, you see. I was under the impression that the characters that were talking back to me in WoW were people. Now that I know they're robots I guess I'll stop talking to them. It's weird though, 'cause I talk to a lot of them over Ventrilo. I guess speech synth has advanced a lot over the past few years.
The Internet is not a substitute for social interaction in real life. You're delusional.
Ummm, so? I don't want to be freakin' president, I just want to play fun games while chatting with friends. I'd say that chatting online with friends while playing games is pretty damn good practice for that.
Why are you pretending as if you're the original poster?
Ok, so you're bad at the game. Grats? You need to HAVE math skills in order to apply them to the game.
WoW does not require any mathematics. I played it for years and cannot remember ever performing a single calculation.
Neither are any of the video games YOU play. I'm sure you've quit playing them all since the aforementioned in-depth posts you've made about them, right?
If you try to promote WoW as a substitute for real life, then I would expect it to be a useful and productive game.
The fact that WoW is not "useful" is beside the point. It's meant to be a leisure activity.
Exactly, so why try to promote it as some kind of subsitute for real life?
And how useful is bootcamp, btw, for someone who has no interest in joining the army? How will having "Drill sergeants shout orders" at them improve their social skills for real life? How much opportunity will there be to practice their mathematics, when they're getting woken up at 6.20am to dress up in uniforms and march around, and learn how to fight?
Did I say anything about the bootcamp?
Shooting things in a game is bad, but learning to kill people for real is acceptable?
Did I say shooting things in a game is bad? And yes, learning to kill people is 100% acceptable. Why wouldn't it be?
Boo-fucking-hoo. If you're such a prude that you can't even deal with swearing, I suggest you unplug your router, throw away your TV and never leave the house again. And by the way, my first post did not contain any swearing.
don't reply to your posts to complain about the moderation
What if I do? Are you going to come here and stop me?
quit patronizing the people you post to with strawman sarcasm
Oh noes, I used strawman sarcasm against a person who thinks WoW is a substitute for real life!
stop calling the moderators names
They are calling me a troll, and they have not posted any evidence to support their accusation. If they don't like being called names, they shouldn't attack people.
and try to post like an adult
Where have I not posted like an adult?
You aren't being modded troll because people disagree with you
That is exactly why I am modded a troll, and 99,9% of the time that is the only reason anyone gets modded down on Slashdot.
you're being moderated troll because your posts are such utter garbage.
Hell yeah bro, how dare someone claim that WoW is not a substitute for real life. Chatting on the trade channel is totally the same thing as talking to people in real life.
It's not "moderator groupthink", it's "promoting civility", by keeping the trolls and flamers below the +1 mark.
You don't know the first fucking thing about civility. All you care about is appearances.
And sure enough, now I'm a troll for questioning why some dipshit anonymous fucking coward is calling me a troll without providing any evidence.
And even more surely enough, my karma dropped to bad and I became unable to post, so I made a new account. This is how cowardly, fascist moderators silence people: mod them down until they can't post, and with the added bonus of many people not being able to see their messages because the score is too low.
Well hey, we can't tolerate people disrespecting World of Warcraft by making the astounding claim that it is a mere video game. People who do nothing but sit in their mom's basement and play WoW and masturbate to Night Elf/dance animations all day long aren't going to put up with that shit, no sir.
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There are many things worth dying for. Sounds like you're just a selfish pussy.
There are also many reasons to kill yourself.
I can't believe you were modded insightful.
What an original comeback. Maybe you should go argue with children, because you're clearly out of your depth here.
No, my attack against Slashdot's discussion system is completely justified.
I didn't start this. Blame the genius who modded me troll for no reason.
A troll? Based on what? Do you even know what the word means?
What social ineptitude?
You're obviously shifting blame. I did not start this.
What does the fact that I was modded down as a troll for no reason have to do with social skills? What does calling out abusive moderators for their bullshit have to do with social skills? And how exactly am I pissing people off? Also, how am I "escaping" anything by having both accounts use the same name and by making it plainly obvious that both accounts belong to me? You talk a lot, but you aren't actually saying anything, or making any sense.
Show me even one instance where I was justifiably modded down as a troll.
Yes, how "ignorant" of me to not like certain music!
Metamoderation is worthless. We need a quick and direct solution: a report button. Also, moderators should not be anonymous. It would be even better if the current comment system was eliminated entirely and replaced with something that doesn't use voting.
I am the one who is being shit on by anonymous moderators who abuse their mod points and decrease my karma for no valid reason. I have no choice but to have multiple accounts.
Slashdot's moderating system needs to be either scrapped entirely or massively overhauled. Almost every single negative moderation that occurs is illegitimate and based on nothing, and the moderators remain 100% anonymous and never have to explain anything. At the very least it should be possible to quickly report moderators who abuse their power, and have them banned from the site or permanently stripped of moderating powers. There's no reason whatsoever why stupid kids like the one(s) who modded me "troll" should be allowed to continue.
And now my other account's karma has dropped to bad for absolutely no reason, and I had to switch to this one. How long until I have to make a third one?
Oh snap, looks like someone got owned.
I don't see anything obvious about it. Again: so?
And?
It's all the argumentation I need, since chatting in WoW obviously isn't even remotely similiar to real life social interaction.
I never had to calculate anything. If you can't play WoW without constantly whipping out a calculator, you're the one who sucks at the game.
Please quote the post where I said that I never made the effort to understand the term DPS. Look, just stop making shit up and pretending like WoW is anything but a fucking video game. It's not going to make you the life of the party and it's not going to improve your mathematical ability. You're obviously trying to justify the amount of time you waste playing WoW. It's like me defending the amount of time I spent playing Left 4 Dead by claiming that I'm just preparing for the zombie apocalypse.
You.
No, but I expect you'll say it at some point.
I never said or even remotely implied that the Internet is not a part of real life.
It's just you. Fear of punishment has always been used to deter crime.
The authorities determine what a crime is. Some countries may have stupid laws like being arrested for disparaging the ruling family, but what does that have to do with the US? It's not like an eye in the sky can catch people making disparaging remarks anyway.
I don't see how deploying this technology will "criminalize" 20% of the population, unless of course you mean that there will be a 20% increase in capturing criminals, which would only be a good thing.
Do you seriously think this is what people mean when they talk about immersion?
So?
What posts would those be?
The Internet is not a substitute for social interaction in real life. You're delusional.
Why are you pretending as if you're the original poster?
WoW does not require any mathematics. I played it for years and cannot remember ever performing a single calculation.
If you try to promote WoW as a substitute for real life, then I would expect it to be a useful and productive game.
Exactly, so why try to promote it as some kind of subsitute for real life?
Did I say anything about the bootcamp?
Did I say shooting things in a game is bad? And yes, learning to kill people is 100% acceptable. Why wouldn't it be?
Boo-fucking-hoo. If you're such a prude that you can't even deal with swearing, I suggest you unplug your router, throw away your TV and never leave the house again. And by the way, my first post did not contain any swearing.
What if I do? Are you going to come here and stop me?
Oh noes, I used strawman sarcasm against a person who thinks WoW is a substitute for real life!
They are calling me a troll, and they have not posted any evidence to support their accusation. If they don't like being called names, they shouldn't attack people.
Where have I not posted like an adult?
That is exactly why I am modded a troll, and 99,9% of the time that is the only reason anyone gets modded down on Slashdot.
Hell yeah bro, how dare someone claim that WoW is not a substitute for real life. Chatting on the trade channel is totally the same thing as talking to people in real life.
You don't know the first fucking thing about civility. All you care about is appearances.
And sure enough, now I'm a troll for questioning why some dipshit anonymous fucking coward is calling me a troll without providing any evidence.
And even more surely enough, my karma dropped to bad and I became unable to post, so I made a new account. This is how cowardly, fascist moderators silence people: mod them down until they can't post, and with the added bonus of many people not being able to see their messages because the score is too low.
Well hey, we can't tolerate people disrespecting World of Warcraft by making the astounding claim that it is a mere video game. People who do nothing but sit in their mom's basement and play WoW and masturbate to Night Elf /dance animations all day long aren't going to put up with that shit, no sir.