[Rick]

Recently, something has come to my attention. Specifically, I took a look at dlgn's post count, and then his posting history to see where he got his posts. I noticed the following things that he has done:

Making threads specifically to post about things people are interested in.
Making a pointless thread which allows people to post something they can't anywhere else.
Double posting.
Triple Posting.
More Triple Posting.
Posting on ban appeals that need help.
Using forum alts to quintrigenuple (35) post.
Copy and pasting stupidly long repetitive chunks of text.
Being awesome.
Generally raising the level of intellectual activity on Minerealm.

Please note that this is merely a very small selection of the favors for Minerealm's forum goers that dlgn has installed upon us.

For all of these reasons, I feel the best course of action we can take is to increase his post count by 2000. This will award him for posting so many posts by affecting his post count, which, it would appear, is how he has become a valuable member of Minerealm.

Pros:
dlgn will have a much higher post count
An important message about the positive outcomes of posting will be delivered
dlgn will achieve the award of highest post count
Much hilarity will be had by the majority of Minerealm.

Cons:
None.

I urge of you, please, consider the good of Minerealm when you make your vote. Take this crucial step for the good of all of us (except tal).

[Skylord_Fox]

Epic trap.

[Tal]

Epic trap.

I'm thinking you need to review the definition of the word "Epic" and the definition of the word "Trap".

I'll cover "Trap". A trap is something you set up to catch another person. In the context of calling me out, the way to make a "trap" is to have a post that manages to force me to do something I don't want to do, such as admit defeat, or reveal my in game name in a way that is impossible for me to get out of.

"Epic" is officially defined as being something that is heroic and broad in scope. Colloquially, it is something that is awesome. An "epic trap” in the colloquial sense that I assume you are using would be a trap that defeats me in some manner, and does so with a high degree of style. Unfortunately, that is not what this post is.

This post is a passable satirical mockery of one of my posts. I would not call it a "good" mockery for several reasons.

Firstly, there is a degree of laziness compared to my original post. Rick does not include hyperlinks for his reasoning, which I did include in mine, but instead just underlines the whole thing.. He could have either included the same links, with his different descriptions of what is going on in them, or he could have included links to other of dlgn's posts to support his contention.

Secondly, he doesn't emulate the style well in the Pros/Cons. I made sure I included both Pros and Cons, as ridiculous as they may have been. You should have included at least one Con, such as "Make Tal cry tears of disappointment", or some such.

Thirdly, we have to examine the impact of your post. It fails to draw in either a large quantity, or high quality of flaming. Indeed, you don't even have a favorable voting ratio.

That is not to say this is all bad. You did a good job of tweaking the content to support the contention opposite of mine, and it is clear what you were trying to mock (though maybe a link to mine would help for people who find it in the future).

Overall, I would rate this effort a C+ or maybe a B-. You have a lot of room for improvement, but you do have potential.

[cobaya18]

Epic trap.

I'm thinking you need to review the definition of the word "Epic" and the definition of the word "Trap".

I'll cover "Trap". A trap is something you set up to catch another person. In the context of calling me out, the way to make a "trap" is to have a post that manages to force me to do something I don't want to do, such as admit defeat, or reveal my in game name in a way that is impossible for me to get out of.

"Epic" is officially defined as being something that is heroic and broad in scope. Colloquially, it is something that is awesome. An "epic trap” in the colloquial sense that I assume you are using would be a trap that defeats me in some manner, and does so with a high degree of style. Unfortunately, that is not what this post is.

This post is a passable satirical mockery of one of my posts. I would not call it a "good" mockery for several reasons.

Firstly, there is a degree of laziness compared to my original post. Rick does not include hyperlinks for his reasoning, which I did include in mine, but instead just underlines the whole thing.. He could have either included the same links, with his different descriptions of what is going on in them, or he could have included links to other of dlgn's posts to support his contention.

Secondly, he doesn't emulate the style well in the Pros/Cons. I made sure I included both Pros and Cons, as ridiculous as they may have been. You should have included at least one Con, such as "Make Tal cry tears of disappointment", or some such.

Thirdly, we have to examine the impact of your post. It fails to draw in either a large quantity, or high quality of flaming. Indeed, you don't even have a favorable voting ratio.

That is not to say this is all bad. You did a good job of tweaking the content to support the contention opposite of mine, and it is clear what you were trying to mock (though maybe a link to mine would help for people who find it in the future).

Overall, I would rate this effort a C+ or maybe a B-. You have a lot of room for improvement, but you do have potential.

GET A FRIGGING LIFE!

[TornadicManiac]

Epic trap.

-snip-

GET A FRIGGING LIFE!

Tal is doing nothing against the rules here. Calm down and don't rage.

[TechnoProdigy]

Epic trap.

-snip-

GET A FRIGGING LIFE!

Oh, Internet. The place where people instantly assume someone has no life simply because they put a good deal of effort into something most would see as unnecessary.

[nickisbestpony]

Naah

http://minerealm.com/community/viewtopi ... 10&t=13521

[dlgn]

Epic trap.

-snip-

GET A FRIGGING LIFE!

Oh, Internet. The place where people instantly assume someone has no life simply because they put a good deal of effort into something most would see as unnecessary.

Oh, the irony...

[TechnoProdigy]

Epic trap.

-snip-

GET A FRIGGING LIFE!

Oh, Internet. The place where people instantly assume someone has no life simply because they put a good deal of effort into something most would see as unnecessary.

Oh, the irony...

I'm not seeing the irony.

[Rick]

Epic trap.

I'm thinking you need to review the definition of the word "Epic" and the definition of the word "Trap".

I'll cover "Trap". A trap is something you set up to catch another person. In the context of calling me out, the way to make a "trap" is to have a post that manages to force me to do something I don't want to do, such as admit defeat, or reveal my in game name in a way that is impossible for me to get out of.

"Epic" is officially defined as being something that is heroic and broad in scope. Colloquially, it is something that is awesome. An "epic trap” in the colloquial sense that I assume you are using would be a trap that defeats me in some manner, and does so with a high degree of style. Unfortunately, that is not what this post is.

Tal, I think he referring to the poll options. ._.

-Rick

P.s. Why do many people hate puppies? .-.