EVE and the troll

Considering how close the post is to the paper that is due in class, here is a small (edited) excerpt from that paper. It talks about a character that goes by the name WuSE. He is a bit of an eccentric character. However, he is still well liked within the channel (especially by those of us with a more cynical and dark sense of humor).

WuSE is a very adamant hater of trolls. EVE Online is rampant with trolls. Given the complex nature of the game though, many are legitimate questions by newbie’s. In EVE the difference between a troll and a newbie is whether or not they take the advice and don’t repeatedly ask the same question. If some one does troll, WuSE has no qualms about blocking them from chat. He also emphatically shouts “BLOCKED!” in chat. Donath (1998) again gives good descriptions of trolls, and also that it is best to not encourage them. However, he also mentions that people who expect trolls everywhere can unintentionally hurt legitimate questioners (p. 14-17). The shouting of “BLOCKED!” is also similar to Donath’s “Plonk!” to killfiling. The point of shouting it is to announce to the troll that you’re done with them (p. 21).