Who was Coolout?
Trolls should be banned from chess.com
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In the end I finally gained a little respect from Coolout and we had a relatively friendly relationship, despite our past feuds.
I think in the end I just discovered that he was a passionate guy and just accepted him for who he was.
Optimissed wrote:
Learn to play positionally then, and to outplay them.
I do it at the end usually when they are dead lost. I don't want instant karma happening. I did struggle a lot against 1.d4 Sidelines so I read a GM Repertoire book on how to deal with them and I've been having a positive win streak against them.
Even though the offical rule is "No-Naming-And-Shaming", nevertheless I've actually noticed a LOT of that here lately in the Forums, without the usual Moderator intervention-----you know, when a post has the green ink reading "edited by mod.", followed by the harangue about not doing any naming/shaming. So I wonder if this rule had now become a "blue law"...(meaning a law is still technically on the books, but one which is no longer actually enforced)...
It's all a bit silly now,whatever the original meaning of the word was, it has now become amongst other things, an insult.
So if someone does not like you, what you say, or some of your viewpoints, you are simply called a troll.
If you veer off the main topic, even for good reasons , likewise.
There are many on here who simply prefer to make harmless funny comments, no intent other than that, and yet they get called "trolls" also.
It is also seen in the main as a negative activity, trolling that is, but what if it amuses people and is devoid of any unpleasantness, is that a bad thing ?
The word is now rather meaningless and unhelpful, but that will not stop some using it as above will it ?
Jul 29, 2022
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It's all a bit silly now,whatever the original meaning of the word was, it has now become amongst other things, an insult.
Troll simply means a joker who has fun provoking clash and posting stupid messages to be fed (because he is addicted to social networks and it is more easy to answer to stupid messages)
Now the problem of this term is the amalgam very often made with cybercriminal and besides as character of fiction which is given for a troll it is the Joker. The Joker is not just a joker, he commits and causes to be committed criminal acts, he is first and foremost a criminal.
When a person called troll or not commits malicious acts such as cyber-harassment leading to suicides, death threats, uses the deepfake to humiliate or harm a person etc. he is above all a cybercriminal.
Soon all fun will be banned.
Woollensock2 hat geschrieben:
And Rick Astley sufferers from worms 🐛 🙀
no u
Alchessblitz wrote:
It's all a bit silly now,whatever the original meaning of the word was, it has now become amongst other things, an insult.
Troll simply means a joker who has fun provoking clash and posting stupid messages to be fed (because he is addicted to social networks and it is more easy to answer to stupid messages)
Now the problem of this term is the amalgam very often made with cybercriminal and besides as character of fiction which is given for a troll it is the Joker. The Joker is not just a joker, he commits and causes to be committed criminal acts, he is first and foremost a criminal.
When a person called troll or not commits malicious acts such as cyber-harassment leading to suicides, death threats, uses the deepfake to humiliate or harm a person etc. he is above all a cybercriminal.
To you maybe, mean that to everyone else then does it ?
mandala100 wrote:
#78 ...
Well, if that's what's "fun" to you ...
You could, of course, look for enjoyment in an activity that is not taken part in solely for the mischief of bothering other individuals ...
And who says it is " taken part in solely for the mischief of bothering other individuals ..." ?
Only you methinks
HiramHolliday wrote:
Keek.🤡
Noo then lad, ya needs to up your game a bit here 
Just follow my lead !
And get some mushy peas down thee !
That's them on the left, the fish and chips are all mine
Looks like prison food.
What are mushy peas made of ?
Pulpofeira wrote:
Looks like prison food.
Been there then have you pulpy
Mattew wrote:
What are mushy peas made of ?
Peas ,water and sodium bicarbonate, ususally
Coolout was ok...just very longwinded and overly-verbose; his many arguments went around in circles. If Chess.com was the U.S. Congress, and the Forums were the legislature trying to pass a law/bill/regulation, etc., then essentially Coolout would be a "filibusterer"; a filibuster being a situation where a congressman literally talks to death a legislative action. This is a metaphor describing how Coolout so very often "talked to death" any point of debate in a given Forum topic, such as the infamous "Luck in Chess" posts...