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All Hail Banjo the Clown, God of Puppets!

Daggermaw wrote:Bunker I do have to say that if I squint my eyes when looking at your avatar it does kind of look like a sock puppet.

When I squint and look at my avatar I can't see a damned thing.

Daggermaw wrote:Here's a picture of Green Blow Fly, now you have even more power over him!

OMG BLOODCRUSHER CHEESE!

Is the elusive HMBC a socjk puppet of the much more accessible H.B.M.C.?

No, HMBC is the anti-H.B.M.C. Which means, it must be a socket pup of JohnHwangDD.

Green Blow Fly wrote:I like Chris' suggestion a lot.

And now a show of hands for all here that have sock puppets.

G

I can't, they're inside some mismatched socks.

Frazzled wrote:

Chris Gohlinghorst wrote:It's a shame more forums don't require users to use their real names when posting. Especially in small communities like our gaming communities, it keeps conversation civil, and makes people think before they post since they know they can't fade anonymously away.

We use this naming convention for our Kommando forums and it has resulted in two years of fantastic, thought-provoking conversations with no signal to noise ratio to speak of.

It does, however, but a lot of burden on the mods to track down and confirm registrations. I wonder if the trade off is worth it?

Seriously thats just stupid. In the age of identity theft thats, as MDG might say, is daft.

EDIT: the idea is stupid, not the poster. You're clearly not paranoid enough. if Malf comes along and asks for your socks DON'T DO IT!

I'd agree IF I wasn't more concerned about X government entity or X corporation already leaving laptops with full social security info laying about or neglecting to keep their servers updated and secured or social network sites like Facebook where one's info is already displayed for the taking, or ridiculous password reset conventions weren't already in place (put in the name of your high school to update your password questions anyone? Geeeeez).

From my perspective, the identity cat is out of the bag and had a few litters of kittens. Having one's name on a set of forums pales in comparison to the resources that are already floating on the Internets.

**edit as a regular listener to the Security Now! podcast I get my measured doses of security paranoia

Asmodeus wrote:

namegoeshere wrote:While we're having a thread on it. IMO people who imply all muslims/ arabs are terrorists are essentially being racist - it's exactly as bad as saying all black people are rapists. But people doing it aren't warned or anything.

What about all Americans are fat and rich? That one always cracks me up.

I remember the first time I spoke with some friends of mine from Sweden in RL. They were amazed that I didn't sound like I was from Texas like they imagined everyone from the U.S. did. Truth is, I'm from about as far in the north of the continental U.S. as you can get in this country and most people mistake my accent for Canadian.
This reminds me of the whole hate/defend the WC that goes on here. I know people in Florida that tell me the 'Ard Boyz winner has a bad rep as a cheater/manipulater in the central Florida area, I've never met him so I don't know. Another friend of mine had the good fortune of playing against Marc Parker in the Baltimore 'Ard Boyz and described him as a really fun and laid back opponent. My bud got that one in a million well timed dice roll that turned the game in his favor, and Marc just took it in stride and joked about it.
Which picture is correct here? Are all WC win at any cost dinks or fun guys to run in a game against? The logic being used by some people paints it as an either or picture. For myself, I wouldn't mind sitting down to a game with some of these guys and pick up some tips.

dietrich wrote:No, HMBC is the anti-H.B.M.C. Which means, it must be a socket pup of JohnHwangDD.

Evil twins from the anti-universe always have a goatee beard...

OMG -- Look at this thread!!111!!ONE http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/230545.page

Just to prove I'm not a sock puppet, per GBF rules, I'd best post my real name:

Jervis Johnson


No really, my real name's on my profile if you want to find it.

Relapse wrote:Which picture is correct here? Are all WC win at any cost dinks or fun guys to run in a game against? The logic being used by some people paints it as an either or picture. For myself, I wouldn't mind sitting down to a game with some of these guys and pick up some tips.

Both. I've said before, I played against Team WC at Adepticon two or three years ago. I couldn't tell you who though (I don't think it was GBF, but my team's other pair may have played against him). Of the two guys that I played, one was a lot of fun, and the other was a bit of a jerk (and maybe he was just having a bad day, and maybe he's always like that - I don't know). I don't think the other half of my team had any issues with the other half of their team. So, I think, like most groups and even most people, they're both dinks and fun. Probably a little more on the 'fun' than the 'dink'.

HMBC isn't a sockpuppet, he's like the Carbon Rod from the Simpsons - never does anything, but always gets the credit (or the blame sometimes).

BYE

I am not a sockpuppet. To prove it I will post my picture. My name is Sandy Johnson.

Well I have to remove Kevin from my list.

G

Damn Olympia you are certainly feeling very hostile. I guess you don't have any problems with anyone getting to close to your side of the table.

G

I just have a quick question,
Why, when I try to go to the WC website do I get a message from firefox telling me that the website will harm my computer?

Go to this one:

moodhoney.freeforums.org

Now I want my own sock puppet.

I will always have at least one person agreeing with me!

Sockasaurus Rex!!

BYE

Sorry....THIS is the KING of all sock puppets



Here's an example of effective use of a sock puppet

Frazzled wrote:

Green Blow Fly wrote:Okay here is the list:

Bunker
Danny Internets
Caffran9

There are a couple others but they have been silent for awhile.

G

GBF, after all we've been through, I'm not on the list?

Hey? I'm not on the list, either? Huh?

WC SUX!

Now?

Green Blow Fly wrote:Go to this one:

moodhoney.freeforums.org

Activate me, I gotta see this.

Green Blow Fly wrote:Well I have to remove Kevin from my list.

G

Apology accepted.

Orkeosaurus wrote:Now I want my own sock puppet.

I will always have at least one person agreeing with me!

lOl! I should quote that one! It's classic.

You know there are some people so dumb that they argue with their own sock puppets.

* rolls eyes *

G

Le Grognard wrote:

Green Blow Fly wrote:Go to this one:

moodhoney.freeforums.org

Activate me, I gotta see this.

Done.

Hold on everyone!

*runs to get popcorn*

Ok, continue.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Ozymandias wrote:Hold on everyone!

*runs to get popcorn*

Ok, continue.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

In for the late screening

I was a little afraid I was going to make the sock list from GBF.

I backed Stelek up on more than one occasion, it seems sock-ish I know

Stirring the drama pot!!!!

stirring stirring....

Honestly, you guys are all way too worried about this "sock puppet" thing.

How desperate would someone have to be to make a user just to agree with them? I don't see it happening.