Under the Bridge: the Troll Cage

CHEFBOYARDEE RAVIOLIO,

Your history on Talkbass has not been forgotten. If you try to pick up where you left off, you won't last long. Write it down.

 

This thread is being created for the purpose of keeping the DB side of the board as Troll-free as possible. Information on and posts by known and suspected DB trolls will be placed here in a locked thread. The purpose for doing this is so that everyone who is an actual contributing member will be more easily able to identify and avoid said trolls. I'm also counting on everyone to step up to the plate and treat these annoying CLOWNS with the respect they deserve when they try to make return visits.

If anybody catches one of these losers stepping out of bounds AT ALL, let me know and I'll transfer the offending posts here, where they will remain on display so that anyone who takes the time to read the thread will have a short list of known MORONS to refer to when there is any doubt about the legitimacy of a questionable post. If you find yourself dealing with a known troll in an active thread, please feel free to toy with/dismember it until it can be locked up: just do your best to stay within the posting guidelines, and I'll sweep up the mess later. You can do it people...I BELIEVE in you.

 

No one here is blind. Back at the beginning of the year, the DB board recorded a record number of Troll postings right at the end of January, a trend which continued to dribble on over the next few months. Many of these postings were made by a single troll who went by many names. Some of these included: Bassturbator, Bass-to-pus, BassLix66, and god (who has since been eliminated and banned). The username CoNtRaBaSsO_cLaSsIcO showed up at about the same time and exhibited the same characteristics as the postings by the above trolls. In addition, these idiots took to email and PM harassment of certain members (who shall remain nameless) who mentioned the fact to me. I was not a moderator then...if I had been, I would have tried to get all of the above banned. I am a moderator now, and what I wanted you to write down is the following:

As long as I am moderating, this side of the board will have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR TROLLS in effect. You already have two strikes against you in my book. If you revert back to your old ways, I will see to it that you get banned from this site. I will also not hesitate to delete and/or edit your posts if I deem them out of line. The buck stops here. Are you getting all of this, or do I need to slow down and pronounce everything phonetically?

 

Troll(s) # 1a and 1b (both subsidiary personalities of Troll #1)

 

DIAPER DEITY,

What did I tell you about bringing your "B" game into the paint on this end of the floor? If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: Either take it to the rim, or take it home.

Now get back in your cage and be quiet like a good little troll...


Yours truly,

DURRLKEMBE MUTOMBO

 

BABY BUDDHA,

Whatever.

Why do I always act like a bassplayer? You figure it out, Einstein.....

Don't try to snow the snowman. If you want to complain, why don't you email Paul? I'm sure that after he and JT went to the trouble to get "god sr." eliminated, he'll be really receptive to your complaint....but hey, if I'm wrong, you should really pursue this if you feel you are being ill-treated.

Here's what I see: I see the return of COUNTRYFRIED_PORTOBELLO (a known troll, the TROLLITUDE of which I have no doubt whatsoever) a week or so ago..... after a couple of posts, Mr. SPAGHETTIO gets slammed and locked away where he belongs. Then - what was it, a couple of days later? Or maybe even just one day? - I find a "New Member" with a blank profile whose namesake was one of the worst trolls we've ever had, and who seems to be targeting at least one of the folks who was harassed by god/basslix/bassturbator/countryfried_portobello etc... last year at about this time. One word: Duh. It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out, knowwhatahmean?

I have an idea for you - how about you either email Paul and complain about your ill-usage here in DB, or start over with a fresh new username that has no negative connotations. Either is fine with me. If you choose the former option, I'll hear from Paul, and we'll sort the situation out. If you choose the latter, you'll be starting out with a clean slate, and we'll take it from there - but fill in your profile and try to make some serious bass-related posts if you go this route, or you'll end up right back where you started: in the Troll Cage.

Fair enough, Moriarty?


Yours,

DURRLOCK HOLMES

 

Message by DURRL and DONOSAUR...image borrowed from a post by the lovely and talented Dancehallclasher.