Troll
A troll is a person who posts inflammatory comments to try and start a fight on the internet.
They are to be given a rating on a scale of 10, based on how subtle they are in their trolling, if it's an amusing troll, and general quality of their post. This type of contentless post can also be a troll.
e.g.
"Hey gaiz, 4e lolololol" merits 0/10
There are no examples of a 10/10 at this time, as trolls are usually children who aren't intelligent enough to post quality material.
As most species of troll can only be totally defeated through the use of fire or acid, many internet users assume this will be true of the Internet troll. However the Internet troll is a Min-Maxing Powergaming Wanker, and always has some combination of templates and one-level PrC dips to make it immune to Flaming attacks, or worse still is able to feed off them and increase its Trolling ability. This is the reason 3 trolls seem to pop back up and start three more worthless RAGE thread for every one that is defeated by logic or sage, neither of which are listed as doing fire or acid damage in the DMG or PHB.
An alternative rating system has suggested for /tg/, where one adds or subtracts points based on the success of the troll. While trolling is mostly a subjective experience, users are encouraged to try to objectively rate based on cleverness and creativity of the particular troll post. A loose guide to things to look for is as follows: Zero points are to be awarded for common and obvious things that fail to induce responses or anger. It usually indicates laziness, and lack of cunning. Most troll posts should probably be rated a zero. Examples would be:
- Using or not using a tripcode or name.
- Posting copypasta designed to induce rage. We've all seen it.
- Posting an image of text instead of an actual relevant image.
Points should be deducted for things that make the troll more obvious, or are completely clueless about what they're supposed to be doing. Deductions are for particularly uncreative or stupid people attempting to troll. Indicators of this are things like:
- Using a name or tripcode.
- Using an avatar in combination with a name or tripcode, forcing a personality.
- Bad grammar or spelling. Especially common grammatical errors like misuse of "your" and "you're," or phrases like "should of."
- Obvious lack of knowledge on the subject he is trolling.
- Anything indicating the poster is under the age of majority.
- Spamming the same thing over and over again.
Points are awarded on the rare occasion that a post elicits a true emotional response from not only the judge but most of the board as well. Some things that are awarded points are posted repeatedly, but as long as they continue to make fa/tg/uys sputter and froth through rolls of quiverfat, they should still warrant at least a point. The material is either generating rage on its own or the troll is a creative and well though out one. Trolls warranting any points are exceedingly rare, and can sometimes can go undetected for long periods of time. Examples of this are:
- Posting furry art. As often as it's done, it should be worth no points, but it never fails to create a thread that always reaches maximum post count.
- Posting furry art that you drew for /tg/ containing /tg/ characters. This can sometimes even make a mod rage and warrant a ban. Always guaranteed to reach autosage if it doesn't get deleted first.
- Making a long seemingly knowledgeable and well written post with a few factual or fluff errors slipped in. Most people won't notice them but a few fa/tg/uys are guaranteed to see it and write long rage filled posts on how the poster is WRONG WRONG WRONG. Bonus points if other people repeat it first, believing it to be true.
Judges are encouraged to briefly write up a report on why the troll received the score it did.
Gallery
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4chan is the favorite environment of a troll
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Now, you can be a troll too!
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That is how trolls were supposed to look
