Why did Pike promote Kirk...

[JarodRussell]

in a place where the majority of posters finished puberty at least a few years ago.

What place would that be?

 

[Vance]

I'm not one going into other threads attacking people for random BS that happened in another thread. You want to debate with me? Then bring something worthwhile to table and make it meaningful to the conversation. Got something personal against me? Take it to PM.

I don't know you. I'm not a NuTrek fan so I don't have a personal axe to grind here. I do know some of the people that you're debasing here (T'Girl, for God's sake?!).

So, to put it bluntly, the problem isn't that you're arguing or supporting your argument. The problem is that you're being a dick, which is par for the course on 4chan but not acceptable here. That's why I said the problem was with the attitude. Constant baiting, trolling, and personal attacks aren't going to change anyone's mind here. They are going to make people not like you and get your tail banned faster than a Warsie at the Ren Fair.

You have passion for Star Trek, and I do think you could be a great contributor here if you knock this off. So I'm asking you as no more than a regular poster to reign it in, show some maturity, and give some respect to your fellow posters.

 

[Vance]

What place would that be?

I was going to say Vulcan, but the bastards blew it up!

 

[Merky]

So, to put it bluntly, the problem isn't that you're arguing or supporting your argument. The problem is that you're being a dick, which is par for the course on 4chan but not acceptable here. That's why I said the problem was with the attitude. Constant baiting, trolling, and personal attacks aren't going to change anyone's mind here. They are going to make people not like you and get your tail banned faster than a Warsie at the Ren Fair.

I'm trying to think of something here but instead of rolling this into a flame war, I'll just say nothing and wait for a mod to either lock this thread or warn us... again. You have something against me, take it to PM not in this thread.

 

[M'Sharak]

Closing temporarily while I wade through the last couple of pages...

I wonder if these cadets are wearing a cadet uniforms, I mean, we don't really know.

Really.

So you're trying to pointing out that only the Starfleet people in the front row are cadets? Seem a little old, but okay.

Are you trolling?

This is clearly debunked when Kirk assumes the position of " First Officer " and he's currently a cadet on academic probation.

So obviously all Starfleet first officer's wear a black undershirt with a white arrowhead... because the only one we see identified in the film is wearing one?

Your attempts at trolling fail.

Your attempts at trolling fail.

You call it trolling because you obviously can't answer the question presented.

Yeah, no. Stop trying to failtroll.

Merky, I'm not mod or anything, but just a friendly poster-to-poster caution, accusing someone of trolling in an open thread is a warnable offense around here.

If you think someone is trolling, hit the "report post" button and save yourself getting hassled by the Greentitles.

(emphasis mine)

As Chaos Descending quite correctly points out, Merky, in-thread accusations of trolling are considered very poor form; you'll want to take care to avoid this sort of thing altogether in the future.

To continue:

Are you trolling?

Trolling? No Merky, what I'm doing is throwing you own "evidence" back in your face. <snip>

Incidentally sweetness, I don't troll. Perhaps if you'd been here for longer than a thirty-two days you'd know that.

Oh, you were serious about that. I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that you couldn't look beyond the colors of the uniform and the context of the post to figure out the message I was trying to convey.

Next time I'll post this instead:

http://www.japanblogger.com/image-files/gakuran.jpg

But wait, maybe someone will just think I'm talking about the color of the uniform and not the scenario. Maybe I should have taken more time out to photoshop all of their uniforms red so it'd be more obvious.

I've got a better idea. Instead of posting so many images as substitute for smart-assed reply or as part of snarky slap back, why not settle down and compose a measured response which actually advances your position? (And in any case, you definitely should not have been hotlinking that image from web space which does not belong to you - that, too, is considered poor form here.)

Now, as T'Girl observed, you're still new here. With this, you're being presented with an opportunity to learn the way things are done on this board and to apply them to your own posting style. Do make an effort along those lines, please; you may find that what you referred to above as "4chan terminology" isn't necessarily a very good fit in these forums. I'd been hoping you'd pick up on that on your own, but enough is enough.



Lastly, this:

Okay, going to put my neck out here.

<snip>

Vance, next time you're tempted to "put your neck out" ... just pull it back in, instead.

And especially don't put your neck out to have stuff like this come out of it:

...

... The problem is that you're being a dick...

That's just about as diplomatic as a brick to the head, and you're supposed to know better.


This thread is going to remain closed for the time being; I haven't decided yet whether I think it's salvageable, so stay tuned.