I wont name names right off the bat out of curiosity to see if others immediately know who and what Im taking about, but has Amigaworld.net recently become "Clash Of The Autism Titans?", with 3 titans battling all over and making a mess of any attempts to have a discussion about anything, but their inane ramblings ? Concurrently in the background a "special" site mascot pops up periodically to repeat the things, and remind everyone of the things that make him so special in the 1st place.

More Amiga related stuff happening than in a long time, and while its not all of interest to everyone it's a bit of a shame to have such extreme levels of ..... err... autism? OCD? Narcissism? insecurity? I honestly cant say what's going on there,.. bit of all the above maybe? making it a pain to just chill out with the hobby.

To each their own I guess. Just curious if others have been thinking the same?

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Friend fishy_fis,

as I wandered sleepless through the tenebrous winding corridors of my sprawling estate in the neverending summer nights, just barely palely lit by the vacuous moonlight,

I pondered over that same mystery oh so many times.
Do not despair, fishy_fis, do not despair.

In particular, it's the length, the verbosity, and the minute detail of such ramblings that has never failed to puzzle me through the years.

The digits and digits, the dates, the CPU models, the microseconds.
Such granularity, such fastidiousness.

And from who?

A grunt, a failed coder, and... whatever Hammer is, god forbid I performed the most basic google search and promptly be accused of the gen-z-ish crime of "doxxing".

MY WONDER IS YOUR SAME WONDER, brother fishy,
my rumination are your same ruminations.

/megy_meg

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Most Mega-est of RJ_MICAL's,

Good to see you back. I hope your recent travels served you well?

For me the biggest of mysteries is what the prize is at the end?
If someone "wins" this (and it's clearly become a thing about "winning" by now even if it did begin as just a healthy supply of OCD), what is the payoff?
Its like its transcended that and become about the dopamine hit in the same way teenagers are susceptible to becoming "dopamine junkies" with social media.

Sidebar, but your response took me there, but its also curious how these tendencies have always been with these people (genuinely not a criticism, Ive definitely had my own atypical behaviors over the years), but seem to have heightened significantly at similar times just a few years ago.

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@fishy_fis

Friend Fishy,

I am not entirely sure of your age but given you interested in the Amiga, I can't imagine you not bearing at least one white hair.

So, with this being said: USENET.
Have you really never brushed with usenet and its wonderous threads?

The dynamics between those three muppets are exactly the same.
It's mental masturbation to its purest: venting is the end, not the mean to some "winning" end.

The re-reading of their own banter, the occasional perceived upper hands,
those are the ejaculations.


/m!!!!

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@Thread

The best strategy would be to ignore their posts but even knowing this, I made the error answering them - giving them reasons to continue the OT babbling.

It wouldn't be a problem if they wouldn't bury other comments in a flood of text, leading far away from the original topic.

@MEGA_RJ_MICAL

Ah, okay. I never really used usenet. Have been familiar with it since before the grey hairs started showing themselves, just never used it,
Thinking about it, I guess the increase in frequency Im seeing here more recently is simply because they can (ie. nigh on zero moderation anymore).

@fishy_fis

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fishy_fis wrote: To each their own I guess. Just curious if others have been thinking the same?

Yep, same.

Even when I or others try to get the thread back on topic, they may write a single line in response to that post, and another 50 lines continuing to die on a proverbial hill which does not ask for such a sacrifice.

I don't mind a debate, if it is a straightforward rebuttal to the crux of the other person's argument. It's the line by line dissection of one's statements which adds so much scrolling length, and zero substance, to any given thread.

Verily, it would appear we are united about this one thing.

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@agami

It's time to join the forces!!!!!

We need to demand a 68000 days ban for cdimauro, hammer and matthey.

/m!

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@fishy_fis

Not too difficult to guess. They seem to hijack every thread. I don't know where they find the time to write so much shite but I certainly don't have the time to read it, life is too short. The only problem is you have to do a lot of scrolling to skip them as they tend to copy and paste in full including any images used when they reply to a fellow titan. Ban em that's what I say.

cdimauro, hammer and matthey just in case they don't know who you are talking about.

@MEGA_RJ_MICAL

Welcome back friend MEGA.

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BillE wrote: The only problem is you have to do a lot of scrolling to skip them

Friend BillE!!!
Your wish is my... wasted few minutes of hammering (NO PUN INTENDED) keys on the javascript console.

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function Nimrod_Purge(userid) { userid = "https://amigaworld.net/userinfo.php?uid=" + userid; while(true) { var profile = false; var elements = document.querySelectorAll("*"); for(var element of elements) { if(element.href == userid) { var profile = element; break; } } if(profile) { var footer = profile.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement; var index = [...footer.parentNode.children].indexOf(footer); var message = footer.parentNode.children[index-1]; var header = footer.parentNode.children[index-2]; header.remove(); message.remove(); footer.remove(); } if(!profile) break; } } Nimrod_Purge(379); // Hammer Nimrod_Purge(12021); // bmw goblin Nimrod_Purge(6139); // kansas grunt

This spell will purge a page of any message from our neurotic companions.

HOWEVER! Given the last century nature of this forum, to make it work continuously, one should use such magic in conjunction with, say, TamperMonkey in order to cast it at any page reload.

GODSPEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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@MEGA_RJ_MICAL

Why? I don’t see any of them posting with the deliberate intention of trolling. Each has their own views and reasons for them. They’re not going around just to stir things up…

You guys seem so opinionated you can’t just ignore their posts? Honestly, some of these are among the more technical posts I’ve seen here. I mean, this is an AmigaWorld site—if you go berserk because someone justifies why 68k still makes sense and backs it up in a way you can actually learn something off, maybe you’re in the wrong place. I am talking about matthey here, but cdimauro have also made some insightful articles, and hammer... He has his own mind set, but in any case I don't understand why people would aim at those three specifically

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@pixie

The problem is it's an an ego battle pretending to be a technical discussion. I think the real objection is it goes over many different unrelated threads.

If it was a proper discussion that stuck to one thread, that might actually be interesting.

It is an interesting topic, but you can find better information elsewhere.

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The dynamics between those three muppets are exactly the same. It's mental masturbation to its purest: venting is the end, not the mean to some "winning" end. The re-reading of their own banter, the occasional perceived upper hands, those are the ejaculations.

If there is a better explanation for anything, anywhere, then I've never heard it.

If there are awards going anywhere for quote of the century, this has got to be a contender.

Cheers.

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I thought the 3 Titans were MEGA_RJ_MICAL, ppcamiga1 and Hammer competing to troll, doxx and derail threads. That maybe forum members have grown tired of their antics and call for moderation at last. The Doxxing has escalated to MEGA_RJ_MICAL insinuating pedophilia combined with doxxing practically daring anyone to stop him. This website is practically abandoned without moderation and taken over by trolls and worse. This was not the original goal.

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THE PAST The site originally began back in 1999 when David Doyle (aka DaveyD) and 10 people formed an IRC Channel on Undernet called #Amigaworld (now on its own server irc.amigaworld.net) to escape from the insults and immature behaviour often found in other Amiga-related channels, the purpose of channel is to be the most friendly and helpful channel on the Internet. Today the channel does really well with 30 to 50 people on the channel at the same time. In early 2000 we launched an associated web site, initially the site was primarily to profile users of channel, but as features were added like a forum and regular news updates predominantly provided by Steve, the interest in the web site grew, and we started to gain a group of regular web visitors. Initially the forum was slow to kick off, then just as we were getting regular posts every day and sponsorship from cloanto, our web site host went bankrupt and pulled the plug. Having lost so much of the recent data for the site, by the time a new host had been found, it was decided by the remaining staff to create a new site from scratch, using one of the content management systems (XOOPS in our case), and so David Doyle began to mock up site ideas. After several different looks were discussed, he finally launched the new site in October 2002. At first again, things were a little slow to kick off, and only a few members started posting, but after a few weeks, more and more people had begun to join the member list. We gained the sponsorship of Kicksoft, and as interest grew, the word began to spread of a fresh new Amiga web site, with the growing number of wars growing on other news sites/forums, lots of people came to see if we were the place they were looking for. As we grew, so the number of Staff grew with it, and the number of features offered increased. Extra php developers, moderators and even radio hosts were brought on-board to help develop the site to the point it is now. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE Amigaworld.net is currently one of the most popular Amiga sites on the internet Today and regularly receives well over 3/4 million page-views per month, services offered by Amigaworld.net include Amiga news, Discussion forums, Regular Q&A sessions with Amiga Inc's CTO Fleecy Moss, Internet Radio, Buy & Sell Classifieds and much more. Recently we gained the status of hosting the Official AmigaOne forums and news, and in conjunction with a sponsorship deal from Eyetech, we gaining a dedicated server to further improve the site. We were featured in several popular computer magazines such as Micro Mart Magazine who said "One of the newer portals for the community, the site is a breath of fresh air.... a great online home for those of us who like to find out the latest Amiga news...." and Total Amiga Magazine who said "All in all it's an engaging site worth adding to your hot-list". Our intentions is to continue to provide exclusive interviews, news, reviews, show reports, tutorials and in-time we will expand the site with exciting new services.

All the commitments to maintain Amigaworld.net and Amiga.org for the good of the Amiga community and with neutrality when A-Eon took them over was just lip service. The same for commitments to release ASDG software that was donated to them to be open sourced. Tight fists tightly grip the Amiga as it sinks with them. Amiga innovation killed as well. The remaining niche of the niche elitist cult community that supports them runs off the retro 68k Amiga masses. Amigaworld.net and Amiga.org are now as dead as niche of niche outrageously priced PPC AmigaNOne hardware sold by con men. I get that I am wasting my time here and I know where I am not wanted. Enjoy your ghost town of a website run by trolls and con men.

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TiredOfLife wrote If there is a better explanation for anything, anywhere, then I've never heard it. If there are awards going anywhere for quote of the century, this has got to be a contender. Cheers.

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pixie wrote Why? I don’t see any of them posting with the deliberate intention of trolling. Each has their own views and reasons for them. They’re not going around just to stir things up…

And THAT is the greatest wonder, friend pixie!!
Their intent is not deliberate! And they are not exactly trolling either!

It's not even the content! It's the FORM!!
The length, the pointless granularity, the endless streams of real-life-irrelevant benchmarks.

A topic is discussing Hyperion's fraudulent antics? Soon enough thanks to the three muppets, it goes to:

"In 1987, SCO ported Xenix to the 386 processor, a 32-bit chip, after securing knowledge from Microsoft insiders that Microsoft was no longer developing Xenix.[42] Xenix System V Release 2.3.1 introduced support for i386, SCSI and TCP/IP. SCO's Xenix System V/386 was the first 32-bit operating system available on the market for the x86 CPU architecture."


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matthey wrote I thought the 3 Titans were MEGA_RJ_MICAL, ppcamiga1 and Hammer

Hammer? HAMMER?
Are you really dissing Hammer, of all people?

YOU EXIST BECAUSE OF HAMMER!!!!!
Who, sane of mind, would engage with you other than him (it?), hence enabling your ramblings for a temporary relief from that metal press?

HAMMER IS THE TYLER DURDEN TO YOUR JACK.



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the diva matthey also wrote, dramatically throwing his scarf over his shoulder and turning away: I get that I am wasting my time here and I know where I am not wanted. Enjoy your ghost town of a website run by trolls and con men.

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please do not leave us!!!!!!

We sincerely apologize for hurting your feelings, which we had mistakenly assumed to be more rugged, given your masculine chronicles such as - quote:

"I showed a football player how to use the punch and when he failed after several attempts he turned to me and asked, "How do you do this?" Working in the back, it was not unusual to lift several tons of steel a day while working in a non-temperature controlled environment.

STAY AND LET'S FOREVER DEBATE ON THE 6TH DECIMAL POINT OF THE AMOUNT OF MICROSECONDS A CHIP FROM 30 YEARS AGO TOOK TO PERFORM A FORGOTTEN INSTRUCTION!!!!!!!!!!!!





/m

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It is clear that the thread was created and is supported by other users who:
- are unable to understand the technical content of certain discussions;
- are generally unable to understand discussions that are too long/elaborate;
- have no idea why the quote was created;
- suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome and similar conditions resulting from mouse use, but do not realize it and/or do not want to seek treatment;
- cannot stand to have their totems touched by infidels;
- have a preconceived aversion to certain users;
and they come up with absurd theories complete with references to mental problems and the like, and of course invoking the inevitable censorship with requests for permanent bans, in order to "solve" the problem at its root, as in the good old days of Nazism and Fascism (those who are “different� must be eliminated).

You don't miss a thing!

But you haven't lifted a finger against the troll par excellence in the forum, who has just returned after a 1200-day ban, who constantly insults anyone and everyone, doxxing at will, and even accusing other users of pedophilia. In fact, you even gave him a warm welcome!

You know what? You disgust me, and your squalid behavior makes me sick!

The only sensible thing that has emerged is the intolerance towards the pollution/derailment of threads with different content. This happens many times and is done by OTHERS as well, but “strangely� it only bothers you when CERTAIN users do it.

You have no idea what consistency is!

However, this is a criticism that makes sense to accept, but ONLY IF EVERYONE DOES THE SAME.

For this reason, I have decided to create separate threads for the latest replies I have written. I hope you will appreciate this, while those who do not appreciate my posts are free to IGNORE them (and get treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, if that is the case).

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cdimauro wrote: those who do not appreciate my posts are free to IGNORE them (and get treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, if that is the case).

The one with 29 chromosomes giving advice on syndromes!!!!!!!!!!!!

HA!









/MEGA!!!!!!!!!!!

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matthey wrote: Amigaworld.net and Amiga.org are now as dead as niche of niche outrageously priced PPC AmigaNOne hardware sold by con men. I get that I am wasting my time here and I know where I am not wanted. Enjoy your ghost town of a website run by trolls and con men.

I don't see why I should leave the site just because of a few intolerant people.

I will continue to write, if and when I feel like it.

They should just accept it, otherwise they can go somewhere else where they will find only what they like to read.

@cdimauro


Invading yet another thread just to prove our point eh!