About the Troll posts

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Attalus: Again, I have limited understanding of this, owing mainly from instruction by Barry and others. but "trolls" are, I think, kids who are bored and go to a nice, well regulated forum like this and start posting inflammatory posts, just to get attention. They will insult anything and everything, until the Mods (thanks, Mouse!) lower the hammer and ban them. I am subject to correction on this.

I would say you are "mostly" correct here, Attalus. The only correction I would make is that a troll isn't necessarily a kid.

We have had at least 2 trolls (who were quite possibly one person) that definitely wasn't a child.

Mojo, don't worry friend, these terms take some getting used to. I'm just now becoming "comfortable" with them myself. AFAIK, a troll is ANYBODY that deliberately Posts comments or threads that are designed to make people angry and illicit angry responses. They are also defined as anybody that knowingly breaks the rules and regs of a forum, insults members and/or Mods, and basically makes a general a$$ of themselves.

Once they exhibit this behavior, they are quickly "shot down and shut down" by the Mods and BANNED by Ziroc....never to return.

Friday's infractions could also result in action being taken against them by thier ISP's - which means they could completely lose their access to the entire internet over an afternoon of adolescent antics.