An Ode to the Forum

[m10bob]

I'd like to give a special thanks to the following individuals for inspiring this song...

BulletMagnet (aka EnemyMagnet), azraelck, Ruin T, Orzel Bialy, Swamprat, m10bob, Einar Fridgeirs, IBTirade, omegaall... and my deepest apologies for those I can't recall at the moment.

I like to inspire..............AMF

[Riun T]

Sorry I made a slightly foremention position in the list than u m10bob, and I've gone over all this from start, just to be sure and from my, puke/putz/schoolkid/ cynical type comments, say again here SORRY.[&:]

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: Riun T

Sorry I made a slightly foremention position in the list than u m10bob, and I've gone over all this from start, just to be sure and from my, puke/putz/schoolkid/ cynical type comments, say again here SORRY.[&:]

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: TokyoBoyTensai

Turn on the song "Signs signs everywhere a sign" by the Five Man Electrical Band to fully enjoy this song based on it.

Rants

V1
And the sign said high IQ creative people need not apply
So I tucked my ideas up under my hat and I went in to ask them why
They said you look like a fine upstanding young man, you should f*ck off
So I spoke of my new ideas and I said imagine that, huh, me talking to you

woah!

Chorus:

Rant rant everywhere a rant
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the rant

V2
And the rant said anybody caught with fresh ideas would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the forum grumps, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep your boredom in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner

Repeat Chorus:

Bridge:

Now, hey you Mister! can't you read, you got to have a hate problem to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat, you ain't suppose to be here
Rant said you got to have a low IQ to get inside Uh!

V3
And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and rant
But when they passed around the mike at the end of it all,
I didn't have a rage to rant, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine

Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus

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I'd like to give a special thanks to the following individuals for inspiring this song...

BulletMagnet (aka EnemyMagnet), azraelck, Ruin T, Orzel Bialy, Swamprat, m10bob, Einar Fridgeirs, IBTirade, omegaall... and my deepest apologies for those I can't recall at the moment.

And lets give it up for Korpraali V for needing to cheat on the very first PBEM game I ever played. Woohoo!!

Sayonara a$$holes

[:D]

What's that smell?
Turn the lights off when ya' leave.

[Riun T]

Since a few of u other members that where distingguished enough to make this list are on right now, do any of u think I've portrayed myself or my arguements poorly or in an agressively insulting manner??

[Swamprat]

Here's an interesting quote that I find in War in the Pacific forum:

This reminds me of a guy calling himself Hirohito, who showed up for a few weeks on this forum about 1 year ago, handing out advice while never publishing an AAR proving the substance of his wisdoms. After being challenged he went missing without action.....

TokyoBoyTensai, I eagerly await your AAR's

Seems that TokyoBoy got tired of not being taken seriously on that forum and left to join us here instead. Wonder which forum he'll go to next?

[Puukkoo]

Well, TokyoBoy did write some AAR's. The only one on his first PBEM was that notorious one.

[Swamprat]

What I'm getting at is his modus operendi. On the Pacific War forum he ingratiated himself as a newbie then, within a month or two, was putting himself forward as some sort of knowledgeable player. He didn't insult anyone more directly there because that forum is moderated.

Then he comes on here, ingratiates himself with newbie questions until everyone is keen to help him, then launches his knowledgeable 'theory'. He does an AAR against the computer to prove his genius, somehow always fails to finish a PBEM against any serious challengers (or even fails to take them on at all), gets more insulting because he knows he's getting away with it, to the point where his insults are personally directed, rather than just general, then... well who knows what next. Gets bored and pops up on another forum, telling everyone he's a newbie who really digs the game, whatever game that is, picks up info from reading the threads then launches into another campaign of self-advertised genius?

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: Riun T

Since a few of u other members that where distingguished enough to make this list are on right now, do any of u think I've portrayed myself or my arguements poorly or in an agressively insulting manner??

Ruin T...You worry too much..You had nothing to do with this weasels' problems..
I was a lifer brat, except my dad refused to spoil my brother or I because, well, he just did not have the bucks to do so..
This guy, does however remind me a LOT of the breed of overseas lifer brats who have come to everything easily, and have never had to (yet) work for a dime. They hate their parents, their neighbors, and everybody they encounter in general as a bunch of dumbasses.
These kids usually opt for alcoholism or drug abuse early on, and eventually go to suicide when the world cannot "see their way".
Tragic....
Can't say this guy is one of them for sure, but his "social patterns" sure meet the criteria.
I do believe he is smart, but he has no common sense and certainly neither social graces nor a quantum for patience.
Truly a stereotypical self-appointed expert in a forum where at least half of us here are still alive because we practiced what he is playing, except for us, it has been in real-life, in another time.
I will not pretend anything smacking of respect for his behavior, nor do I wish his return.
AMF...XIN LOI......
I agree with SwampRat....
BTW..TiredBoyTinsel...Don't despair ...The world needs ditch diggers too son!

[Puukkoo]

I was both amazed and amused by his impetus. I did not agree completely on his views but I wouldn't outright regard him as a troll. That would be too harsh. He actually did some good posts before he lost his bolt (and made several poor ones after that).

You guys should realize that he died like a samurai. That last post was a real Kamikaze.

[Swamprat]

Puukoo, you're just too nice. [:D]


I'm sure he was a troll, which is a pity, because his dribbling about Haig tactics should really have been about the issues surrounding Second Generation warfare. And had he been serious (or even understood what he was talking about) rather than just wanting to yank everybody's chain, we might have ended up with an interesting debate about Second Generation vs Third Generation, and how this would be played out on a SPWAW battlefield.

[Swamprat]

For those who are interested, here's a link to the theory of the different 'generations' of warfare:- http://www.lewrockwell.com/lind/lind3b.html

[FlashfyreSP]

I agree with you, Swamprat.
His use of things from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" movie as factual rebuttals told me all I needed to know about his military history expertise.

[Orzel Bialy]

Gentlemen,

I suggest we move on from the nightmare that was TBT, put it all to rest and go back to the way things should be.

Newbies are always welcomed in the SPWAW community...always have been. And the old sea dogs are still ready to lend a helping hand whenever and where ever it is needed...as they always have been.

For the record I personally don't think anyone here was overly rude or aggressive to TBT without due cause. When he was polite...he received it in return. When he decided to start acting like a pompus @ss and began insulting people...he eventually got that in return and rightfully so.

To me he showed his true colors when he hid behind the coat tails of the few kind hearts that went out of their way to try and defend him (more so simply for the sake of calm within the community I believe) and he decided to reward their good will gestures with more of his childish banter.

Therefore I would have to agree that he was nothing more than a troll...and I say Sayonara to that sort of ilk.

[Korpraali V]

ORIGINAL: Puukkoo

You guys should realize that he died like a samurai. That last post was a real Kamikaze.

Perhaps, but striking the knife on one's back is faaaaaar from Samurai-tradition AFAIK.

And if he'd had some other nationality, would there even be the question was he samurai or not? Having the desire of revenge when everything is gone doesn't make you samurai. No, I'm not keeping the bitter, but I just can't see him among the men of honor.




Flasfyre: Being the 'other' is not actually a bad position 'cause the 'others' made him to ask apologies for the first time.

[Korpraali V]

ORIGINAL: Orzel Bialy

Newbies are always welcomed in the SPWAW community...always have been. And the old sea dogs are still ready to lend a helping hand whenever and where ever it is needed...as they always have been.

Now thas is something worth to remember also in the future!

[Orzel Bialy]

I agree with Korpraali...comparing TBT to a Samurai is insulting to them. [X(]

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: Korpraali V

ORIGINAL: Orzel Bialy

Newbies are always welcomed in the SPWAW community...always have been. And the old sea dogs are still ready to lend a helping hand whenever and where ever it is needed...as they always have been.

Now thas is something worth to remember also in the future!

I believe Napoleon called them "The Old Guard"?

[Orzel Bialy]

ORIGINAL: m10bob
I believe Napoleon called them "The Old Guard"?

Yes, we used that term around here before and believe it or not it eventually got sidetracked into a debate over who could be considered Very Old Guard, Old Guard and New Guard. lol [:D]

[FlashfyreSP]

I'm with the Right Guard....[:'(]