I have a question on anyone who was involved in the Watergate Leanan scandal and was aware of it that time...what happened with that anyway? From what Viviturn told me...
1. Leanan comes into existence and makes friends with a ton of tropers, and making Aondeug fall in love with her.
2. Lockonlockon announces Leanan dies, and people go to console him and mourn her.
3. People try to contact her and find out more, looking around and finding unsettling clues to her existence, or for that matter, unexistence.
4. After people interrogate Lockonlockon, he admits that Leanan was fake and has a good laugh at a ton of other people's expense, which throws many people into rage.
5. Later on he admits what he did was wrong in an attempt to make up for what he did wrong.
has a good laugh at a ton of other people's expense, which throws many people into rage.
This part pretty much never happened, and is a later addition by people who know Lock only from that incident.
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He, to paraphrase, was roleplaying and panicked once he realized people were actually becoming attracted to this character. So he got rid of her in the simplest way possible. Upon realizing this made things a lot worse he promptly apologized.
There was no "point and laugh" phase. You can argue that what he did do is just as bad if you want to, but Lockon is not the type to go LOL I TROLL U.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Well, it's good to hear that she has a chance to survive this. I also hope she recovers.
On another note, would you guys say that the TVT forums aren't particularly liked among the people who run the site? I mean, the more screwed up parts are frequently a source of the ridicule the site gets, when the main wiki is rather tame in that respect. And most of the mod's wording when something stupid occurs sometimes has a tone of "Oh, not this shit again."
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On another note, would you guys say that the TVT forums aren't particularly liked among the people who run the site? I mean, the more screwed up parts are frequently a source of the ridicule the site gets, when the main wiki is rather tame in that respect. And most of the mod's wording when something stupid occurs sometimes has a tone of "Oh, not this shit again."
I believe Fast Eddie has said things to the effect of the non-wiki related part of the forums being an unproductive hassle. Dunno about the other mods.
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You need your reading comprehension tested.
I said "Social misfits, some of whom have Aspergers." (so looking down their noses at 'spergs' on lesser sites is asinine) I did not say "They're all misfits with Aspergers."
They're social misfits, many with Aspergers, who pay $10 or $20 to post on an internet forum. I don't think the psychology behind their behavior could be otherwise.
And I said,
How do you know that?
Then you avoided the question by saying:
How do I know they're not successful people who are posting for free, you mean?
Which isn't what I asked, what I asked was "how do you know that [they are all misfits and many of them have AS]
Kay woke up again during my visit today. She smiled a little and squeezed my hand. Very soft, but I could feel it. I asked her if she knew who I was and she nodded. She even said my name. I asked her if she knew where she was and she nodded again. She did not remember anything about her "accident" and talked in a weak whisper, but that hardly matters to me. Her chances for a full recovery are good.
I just came back from visiting Kay. She is mostly doing fine. Her broken bones hurt her a bit and she has to take quite a lot of breaks when she talks. I told her about her "accident", but she did not remember anything. But apart from her "accident" she does not seem to have forgotten anything. I have told her about this thread and her reaction was not just: "Sup. And thanks.". She was a bit sad at first, because she feels bad when other people worry about her. But it quickly turned into happiness. She was genuinely happy that so much people care about her well-being and even cried a little bit. She asked me to tell you that she is really grateful and sends her thanks to all of you. And she will, of course, thank you personally as soon as she can. Oh, and she also made a totally lame joke. I asked her how she felt. And she answered with: "I feel like I have just been hit by a car." and chuckled. Yes, Kay is definitely back.
I think the vague "don't be a dick" rule is really bad now. I think there needs to be an explicit set of rules as to why people are banned and the mod team needs to tell other people why X was banned
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1. Leanan comes into existence and makes friends with a ton of tropers, and making Aondeug fall in love with her.
2. Lockonlockon announces Leanan dies, and people go to console him and mourn her.
3. People try to contact her and find out more, looking around and finding unsettling clues to her existence, or for that matter, unexistence.
4. After people interrogate Lockonlockon, he admits that Leanan was fake and has a good laugh at a ton of other people's expense, which throws many people into rage.
5. Later on he admits what he did was wrong in an attempt to make up for what he did wrong.
This part pretty much never happened, and is a later addition by people who know Lock only from that incident.
edit:
He, to paraphrase, was roleplaying and panicked once he realized people were actually becoming attracted to this character. So he got rid of her in the simplest way possible. Upon realizing this made things a lot worse he promptly apologized.
There was no "point and laugh" phase. You can argue that what he did do is just as bad if you want to, but Lockon is not the type to go LOL I TROLL U.
Well she's apparently still in a coma, but that is comparatively better, I suppose.
I hope she recovers.
I'm just gonna leave that here
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It's more of a "anti-intellectual" kind of thing.
I don't think he's a dick, I think he has a really short fuse.
Not that either is particularly desirable in a webmaster, just saying.
I said "Social misfits, some of whom have Aspergers." (so looking down their noses at 'spergs' on lesser sites is asinine) I did not say "They're all misfits with Aspergers."
I think the vague "don't be a dick" rule is really bad now. I think there needs to be an explicit set of rules as to why people are banned and the mod team needs to tell other people why X was banned
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.