His Eminence Lord Poppington II
proverb:the fish who eats most dies still too
what do you think?
what do you think?what do you think?
Strong rhetoricwhether you post a lil b gif or dont post a lil b gif you are still affirming the title
You have a bunch of awkward kids who in some cases have very little social interaction, of course they're going to pick up shit they think is cool.
To this day though, I never have and probably never will understand the point of all this lil b based god bullshit that is going around smogon.
Character development and its relevance within subcommunities: An extensive exploration of Smogonite tendenciesWhat's with the title of this thread? Are you writing a college thesis about Smogon or something?
Agreed it's really bad that this happens, but from my experiences on the internet I know this isn't something that's confined to forums like Smogon based on competition, in fact, I think it's probably better on Smogon than on some other gaming forums I've been an active part of. I was on one forum a couple of years back for general Nintendo based stuff, there was a clique of users from the off topic forum who basically ran the show on account of one or two of them being moderators. The only way to get accepted into the sections of the forum that they frequented would be to basically kiss ass and agree with their opinions on things. The reason I think it's better on Smogon is because there's another way in to the community not based on your opinions or posting habits at all. If you can back your shit up with your battling, you can earn some respect and find yourself being accepted without even having to make many posts. There's some real bottom feeders here who only accepted because of their battling abilities, we're talking the kind of genetic accidents that don't last five minutes in a social setting without leaking some bodily fluid down their pants. But they're accepted here regardless of their posting ability. That kind of makes you proud, doesn't it?eta: I think the worst is when someone in the community publicly calls out another user or just decides they don't like them, and suddenly that user is completely ostracised by everyone else and even users who are equally as unpopular as that user (I mean of course they can have their own prejudices, but I'm just saying people quite blatantly do this when you'd expect them to be a bit more sympathetic or not engage in it, I'm not blameless either) bully said user to try to elevate their own standing... that's nothing new though, that's just human nature. It's worse here though because Smogon has a lot of people who are competitive and confrontational and there's more leeway on that than, say, the Neopets boards. (poorly written sentence)