No matter where you are, or how you choose to communicate with others, your chances of encountering a troll are pretty high.
But this pesky modern day gaming practice has an interesting history, and you might be surprised to learn that it actually goes back thousands of years.
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41 comments
okay, I'm pretty sure that we have all enjoyed trolling in game at some point. Tell me some of your favorite tactics and I'll share some of mine ?
ok, you people are quite clearly *ok hand symbol * good at detecting what a troll is. As victims of ok trolling yourselves, you have learnt from your mistakes and are trying to teach others what is and isnt ok trolling. good on you, I kinda get.
Is that 1G on KKTV?
Ok but it’s just being as sarcastic as possible it’s not complicated
I feel like its not psychopathy for the most part. Just fucking around.
I'm proud I'm a troll ????
0:05 I em med scientist ! Superr Caool! Sonovabitch!
My grandma calls it diabeetus, i think its a boomer thing
00:06 is Steins Gate
Pretty sure im the first type of troll, i usually have no idea what the hell im doing when playing… ;P
People are now sooo sensitive, that's why it is so much fun trolling them.
Trolling comes from "Patrolling" 4chan boards from way back when the site was young.
If you're Trolling the boards, you are PAtrolling the boards. Like much internet culture (Such as Memes) the terminology we use today often stems from early 4chan and /b.
5:51 autistic screeching engage
Trolling is EZ. Just reply to a comment with swears and ignore whatever is said, but reply as if you disagree completely.
That philosopher with the chicken deadset lived in a barrel on the street lmao
I've always had a penchant for winding people up in life, and online is no different lol.
LMAO MICHAEL REEVES HAHAH. THe guys the best you guys should watch his channel
Movie at 1:40?????
I have to finally ask: I know that some people at the score are into anime, but are people actually watching anime in the office or has this been just a recurring gag for the video content?
hahahah i luv trolling ;D i don care if u r triggered xd
Me
Bro im not gonna lie i couldn't stop laughing when he was like "sue me? how? she doesnt have any money" then kicks her . jesus what a savage hahaha
Can you explain the csgo league and tournament system? For example esl season nine and season 10 were hold within the same half year. I don't get it. And what are the "regular" esl matches for? Are they some sort of qualifier? Is cologne a qualifier for the majors? There's is just too much and can't view through
Savage. Brutale. Rekt
Did you confuse "trawling" with "trolling" or are you trolling?
3:12 I doubt if this actually happened ??
Trolltrace (dot) com anyone?
Steins;Gate for elites <3
Jay and Silent Bob handled trolling the best. Let's be honest.
When you say ez at the end of game when you win by1 point for some dumb lucky thing happened and your the bottom of the team. You deserve to be slapped and have your ass kicked.
The deadliest troll was involved on the Christchurch massacre.
psy-cop-athy, interesting pronunciation of that word
8:38 thiccc poki!!!!
Da KING Iconic made it big time baby ahaha
"You might be surprised to learn that [trolling] goes back thousands of years"
No, Miles, we are not surprised in the slightest xD
i like the jersey @ 0:05
Dnsl is a god
8:01 who is that? have seen him before
The only legends troll is Leeroy Jenkins
csgo silvers when they lose the 1st round: "showtime"
The original word has been around as long as the internet and is not "Trolling" but Trawling from the fishing technique as a trawler (not a troller) is someone who enter a chat, stating an inflammatory statement with no other puspose than to rile people up for no reason (the "Jobs owns a PC" is a pretty good example)
>The trawler is the fisherman
>The Statement is the bait and net
>All the people getting pissed and cough up in a heated debate are the fish.
There is however no such thing as an accidental troll.
To be a genuine trawler a few criteria needs to be met.
1) you don't have skin in the game you're targeting.
2) you have no other purpose than causing a shit storm.
In the early days some people wouldn't even considered a genuine trawler unless you managed to unnoticed sneak yourself out of the conversation after pitting all the people in the chat against each other. Being able to do that was the mark of skilled trawler.
The very second you have a reason for what you're doing, a political agenda, a side in an argument etc, you're not a trawler.
The whole "Troll" business is a misconception due to the similarities between the words and once someone came up with the "Don't feed the troll" idea (which isn't a bad idea despite misunderstanding the word) it was cemented in people's minds as "Troll"
A "troll" is indeed an asshole but the vaaast majority of assholes are not "trolls" … They're just assholes.
I was in those chat rooms in the early 90s when the internet was pretty much brand new (for the public anyway) and the usage started to occur… "Troll" were WAAAAY later.