Donovan
beer, I want beer
In responding to something on another thread, it occured to me that our resident retards like Charles, or Luci, or Jillian, are not only important to this board's survival, they are KEY figures in our history and as such deserve an accolade created just for them. I call it the Galvanized Internet Mental Patient of the Year award, or GIMPY for short.
See, a good message board community isn't just about its most prolific and prominent posters, especially in the case of a troll style board. It's also about the whipping boys: those thickheaded bastards who exist only to take beating after beating, gamely getting up and coming back for more no matter how bad the punishment gets. These are our redheaded stepchildren; they are our cannon fodder; our practice dummies on which we hone our skills.
The gimp is not just a regular idiot who posts stupid shit and runs away. The gimp is a gamer, making post after post in the face of overwhelming defeat. The gimp galvanizes the whole board into lengthy discussions; the gimp creeps his way into every topic; the gimp is a solid steel splinter in the fingernail of the whole community. We feed gimp to our young and watch as they bat him around; we deliberately poke him to stir up trouble when things get boring.
We need our gimp, and we must honor him.
So I would like to propose a vote for Troll Kingdom's first ever Galvanized Internet Mental Patient of the Year award. The winner will receive the venerated imaginary trophy cup, recognition as an upper echelon retard, and a lifetime supply of verbal beatdowns. Further, the winner will receive automatic consideration to the GIMP hall of fame, where we honor those punching bags who gave their all for the good of the TK community.
So vote! Who is most deserving? Place yer bets! ps multiple votes are available. Long ago GIMPs will be eligible for Gimp hall of fame status, but for this award candidate must be an active GIMP within the last 12 months.
See, a good message board community isn't just about its most prolific and prominent posters, especially in the case of a troll style board. It's also about the whipping boys: those thickheaded bastards who exist only to take beating after beating, gamely getting up and coming back for more no matter how bad the punishment gets. These are our redheaded stepchildren; they are our cannon fodder; our practice dummies on which we hone our skills.
The gimp is not just a regular idiot who posts stupid shit and runs away. The gimp is a gamer, making post after post in the face of overwhelming defeat. The gimp galvanizes the whole board into lengthy discussions; the gimp creeps his way into every topic; the gimp is a solid steel splinter in the fingernail of the whole community. We feed gimp to our young and watch as they bat him around; we deliberately poke him to stir up trouble when things get boring.
We need our gimp, and we must honor him.
So I would like to propose a vote for Troll Kingdom's first ever Galvanized Internet Mental Patient of the Year award. The winner will receive the venerated imaginary trophy cup, recognition as an upper echelon retard, and a lifetime supply of verbal beatdowns. Further, the winner will receive automatic consideration to the GIMP hall of fame, where we honor those punching bags who gave their all for the good of the TK community.
So vote! Who is most deserving? Place yer bets! ps multiple votes are available. Long ago GIMPs will be eligible for Gimp hall of fame status, but for this award candidate must be an active GIMP within the last 12 months.
