So, you want to be a Troll?
If you are thinking of trolling on this forum, that is, just saying stuff to aggravate people, you should know a few things first that will help us get the most enjoyment out of banning you back to the stone age.
While trolling is certainly inappropriate behavior, and bannable, it's mostly that way to keep carpal-tunnel cases among moderators down. You see, holding our wrists in a static position for long periods of time is the leading cause of injury on this board, so trolling gives us the opportunity to exercise our mouse arms and provides for some fun, friendly competition. A favorite game among moderators is the ban race; prizes are handed out daily, so we thank you for trolling.
Lately of course, the trolls have been of such low quality that it's hardly any fun, so please, read on and follow these basic rules to make your banning all that more enjoyable.
1. There's no profane language, or overt sexual references allowed on this board. You might think: "Awesome, I am just a few distasteful comments away from a most excellent banning." You'd be wrong, it's just not sportsman-like. We'd like to ban you the way god intended and banning people just because they have a gutter mouth is hollow; you need to play your cards a little closer to your chest, make it sporting. Try to talk like an adult and use subtlety and ambiguous phrasing to get your troll in. If not, you'll be labeled a McTroll.
2. Try to avoid using the word "cult". I know you think it really peeves us off, but it's actually making it too easy to figure out what you are really after (not to mention, who sent you).
3. Try not to be too premature with your outing of yourself. We know it's hard to resist, but the more inane posts you make before flaming somebody the more we have to discuss and the more practice we get dissecting and psychoanalyzing you. Try to think of us as cats, and you, the troll, as our scratching post. If you just go popping off in the first post we hardly get a chance to clean our claws! It's just no fun for us, and no fun for you.
And finally, remember, the main reason to troll a board is fun, not anger. Don't take it personally; we don't. In fact if anything, the only problem we actually have with trolls is their apparent lack of skill and quality these days. If we didn't have trolls, we'd start to wonder if we are doing things right. You only have haters when you are doing something important enough to hate and/or envy. So every time you troll our board, we know we are doing something right. And we like being right.