Grabthar's Hammer
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2013
I'm semi-active in several game show fan communities (hey, don't laugh, it's pretty harmless) and while there is always enjoyable, reasonable discussion going on, they do also tend to attract quite a few whackjobs. Part of it is the nature of the beast--game shows are said to attract people on the Autistic spectrum due to their bright colors and extensive use of letters and numbers--but having a disability is no excuse for how some of these people conduct themselves.
The most recent example of craziness is this poster who fancies himself a "Game Show Writer, Blogger and agent." That's the description of himself from his blog, where he writes really terrible updates on game show news. He basically just takes info from GSN press releases and posts it in his own words, adding very annoying personal commentary and baseless opinions to go with it.
Of course there are plenty of bad blogs out there, but where he crossed the line into lolcow-ery was when he made an entry claiming that a former game show contestant had joined his blog as a "guest commentator." But when another member of the site tweeted the person in question, she said she has never posted any blogs, ever. This guy actually created a fake account based on a real person in an attempt to give his pathetic blog more credibility. (Unfortunately, all the fake posts related to the account have since been deleted, and the forum posts explaining all this are members-only, but you'll have to take my word for it.) This isn't the first time he'd done something like this either; apparently he has a history of sockpuppeting on other members' blogs that make fun of him.
And that's only one member...if I can dig back and find the posts on Google Groups, I can share quite a few cases of people who take game shows--and themselves--wayyyy too damn seriously.
The most recent example of craziness is this poster who fancies himself a "Game Show Writer, Blogger and agent." That's the description of himself from his blog, where he writes really terrible updates on game show news. He basically just takes info from GSN press releases and posts it in his own words, adding very annoying personal commentary and baseless opinions to go with it.
Of course there are plenty of bad blogs out there, but where he crossed the line into lolcow-ery was when he made an entry claiming that a former game show contestant had joined his blog as a "guest commentator." But when another member of the site tweeted the person in question, she said she has never posted any blogs, ever. This guy actually created a fake account based on a real person in an attempt to give his pathetic blog more credibility. (Unfortunately, all the fake posts related to the account have since been deleted, and the forum posts explaining all this are members-only, but you'll have to take my word for it.) This isn't the first time he'd done something like this either; apparently he has a history of sockpuppeting on other members' blogs that make fun of him.
And that's only one member...if I can dig back and find the posts on Google Groups, I can share quite a few cases of people who take game shows--and themselves--wayyyy too damn seriously.