The Kzinti can help with the disposal of the bodies.    They need to be fresh...

Sentient species taste better...

To start, i vote that we execute freeman43!

-Dave

The Metaverse Republic Senate votes that we execute you!

you're the only one! look at the thread!

-Dave

Hilarious, I figured this out  

I second sethpengiun's vote and back it up with the Grand Fleet of the Galactic Empire

You cant vote! I decided that I will rule this for 3 weeks. I am a dictator, and unless you want Rosie Clones sent to you TGE (Yes they know where you are hiding) you will do as I bid.
Listen all to your great and powerful leader, and UMMM.... watch Family Guy.

Well I chose to disobey.
Thereby provoking a Civil War!!
Wuahahaha!!!

My 3 votes to that.

I wish to commemorate yesterday as an official forum holiday. It shall be known as Troll Day and represent all trolls in our community both past and present.

sooo...I've decided generally not to participate in any of these lil councils/senates/federations/alliances et al. for many reasons; they don't really do anything for me to enhance my game, but if other people find them fun, so be it.

that being said...the GalCiv forums have mostly been known to be friendly, inviting, and above the trolling (generally, we've definitely have had our share too...I can think of one particularly lovely individual that just loved nitpicking Frogboy).

Now I am not defending the actions of an individual that posted, again, that he's leaving these forums; we all make conscious decisions about our words and actions, but there are people in these council/senate threads that I am...disappointed in...that should know better.

A Troll is someone that thrives on the attention of others; whether its to get a rise out of them by inflaming them OR a person that loves to whine as loudly as possible when things don't get the way they think they should.

In either case, its not the Troll but those that respond that be responsible for the future actions of that person. Only way to deal with a troll is to ignore them, not stoop to their level.

Now, I am not trying to paint this individual solely as a troll...they were young and immature, and threads like "They Dissed Us, Let's Diss Them!" don't follow the 'culture' that we have established here on the GalCiv forums but the angst of teenagers today who are used to the taunting and mean-spirited attacks common in MMORPGs and the such, really isn't so surprising.

I think that its important, and especially certain veteran players in particular, that we kindly, but firmly, let new or younger or even veteran players that decide to troll/spam/"get uppity", that kind of behavior is immature and inappropriate. Also, we need to remember ourselves not to be immature either. A joke is one thing, but over two week's worth of joking on the same person/empire over a multitude of threads gets old to read over and over again.

anyhow, thats it

Thanks guys
-Silver-

Well said Silver...I think we would do well to keep these things in mind too.

Sentient species taste better...

Hasn't PlayJeff run this Senate into the ground yet! I am REALLY disappointed in your leadership abilities!   

And about SP quitting the forums again! I must say that I was kinda surprised. Maybe I was missing all the posts, but I didn't see alot of taunting pointed at him (except maybe for one individual, but it looked like a two way street to me). What I thought was odd was that he told Neilo to shut his mouth and I can't recall Neilo directing anything specifically at him. Oh well, maybe I'm wrong and the entire world was against him. Either way the choice is his to do as he pleases. I personally was glad to see him return the first time and to see him apologize for taking things to serious. Maybe he will return again, but hopefully he will concentrate more on his games and let the make believe stories written in the forums stay just that - stories that don't ACTUALLY mean anything.


Haven't you been to the ToE forums. I could swear I've seen you there. If you had then you would know exactly what audience you were speaking too.   

Well we did put "Geckos are delicious" as one our main agenda points, but I didn't even think that it was offensive. Actually I didn't even know whats going on, because for a while I thought most people did like Seth, but I guess that was wrong.

Still trolling has been minimal in this community, but I believe that one such things happen it is best to take a morel light hearted stance on the issue and just move on.