Hi read your trolling guide, made me want to troll
                                    again (i kinda gave up.  You know when you are done
                                    with a trolling a board and end up moving in?  Always
                                    a problem since i only end up trolling in places i'd
                                    usually hang out anyway).
                                    
                                    Was thinking tho, your site only deals with board
                                    users and not actual methods of trolling.  you should
                                    have a list of ways of trolling, just incase your
                                    method gets stale, have a few tried and tested
                                    techniques to fall back on.
                                    
                                    IMO you have to have a gimmick, and stick to it.  its
                                    easier to come up with material if ou're playing a character.
                                    
                                    

Hi Eddy, 
                                    
                                    Heres my review:
                                    
                                    'This is magnificent piece of anthropological work by Lionheart, his 
                                    time in the field has yielded great insight into the sport and his 
                                    enthusiasm for the subject is as impressive as his knowledge.
                                    
                                    I'd perhaps disagree with the dismissal of 'the flunky' as tag-team 
                                    trolling or a trolling-krew has proven to be an effective strategy in my 
                                    extensive experience. I'll be emailing Lionheart with my thoughts on 
                                    this at a later stage. Obviously this guide will grow and expand with time 
                                    as new forms of trolling emerge. I think this has the scope of Origin 
                                    of species.'
                                    
                                    From:  
                                    http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=2&topic=13454636
                                    
                                    I'd be honoured if you'd include my comments on the site.  I'm 
                                    currently about 100 gfaqs accounts in, as is my colleague, trolling-partner and 
                                    RL best friend Crunt.  I was KoSed about a year ago, but allowed to 
                                    have accounts as long as I don't refer to myself as jamesp.  I'm surprised 
                                    I got it, because I never made death threats, post really offensive 
                                    messages or try to hack anyone.  Guess I just got under the right skins.  
                                    As you've observed, trolling is an art, and when on a roll, the troll 
                                    is at the top of the MB foodchain.  I've burnt out a bit due to 
                                    overtrolling and I'll never regain the flava I had at the peak of my prowess, 
                                    but I regret none of it.
                                    
                                    I'd be interested in your opinion regarding the motives of a troll.  
                                    The whole attention-seeking thing is BS, personally for me it was a form 
                                    of intellectual bullying, showing other people how you can take a 
                                    completely ludicrous position and argue the case no matter what anyone 
                                    throws at you.  I once recall sucessfully arguing why sexual abuse is good 
                                    for world peace.  I never believed it of course, it was all just a game.  
                                    My thoughts on troll motive?  Its the comedy value of it all, seeing 
                                    some jerk suicide their account or smug cunt leave a board they hung on 
                                    for years because you toyed with them, is a delight to witness.  Its 
                                    hard, demanding work and I have the upmost respect for a top-end troll.
                                    
                                    The user-type (not catalogued by you) who I regard with the most 
                                    disdain?  The troll-wannabe.  This is a twat who brags about being a troll 
                                    but who hasn't earned their stripes, someone who has suicided dozens of 
                                    accounts on MBH isn't a troll, they are someone who suicides accounts.  
                                    Trolling is about what you can get away with, not about getting banned.
                                    
                                    Trolling in groups worked for me, I've always sought out fellow trolls 
                                    and you're correct about trolls respecting each other, the most clever 
                                    posters I've met have been utter trolls.
                                    
                                    Anyway best wishes and all that,
                                    
                                    jamesp

It's always an honor to get a response from a troll as good as
                                    JamesP.

James was right on a number of different levels. Its indeed true that I missed

one
                                    of the types of trolls. The troll wannabe. James pretty much

summed up the troll wannabe,
                                    so in that section I'll

 be sure to give him credit. Also, to those of you

who
                                    didn't already know, James P and crump are

in fact actually different people. Mistake
                                    on my part,

and one thats been addressed on the site. Trolling with

alternates
                                    is still a very effective way to troll

however, and one that should not be ignored. As
                                    for why

trolls troll? For me, I troll because I like seeing the way

that
                                    people react. I'm a reactions person and I love

getting people riled up, or seeing how
                                    they react

to controversy. People on the internet are so

touchy
                                    that its an ideal place for me to do so.

I've heard people say they troll for lots of

reasons
                                    though, and thats just one of mine. 

Anyway, that might make a fun conversation one day.

My
                                    aims lionheartindeed. E-mail me about it maybe.

Dear friend Lionheart,

People on MBH are saying you have been KOSed?  Say it isn't so!  I've picked up the trolling of the SFA and it seems to be working.  Your guide to trolling is a big help!  I'm waiting for your return patiently... 

<3 Kate

To clear that one up, yeah I'm KOS'ed, but I'll be back so ^_^

You really need to learn how to 
                                    use
                                    there and their.  You're an idiot...

I would ordinarily do something
                                    incredibly immature like

send this guy w32/sober.f@MM or some random

ass Trojan virus just for fun, but he makes
                                    a valid point.

I do continuously misuse "there" and "their"
                                    throughout this

site, and my other site. In fact, in addition
                                    to that

you'll find numerous other spelling and grammar

errors throughout my site. Guess what: Don't give a fuck. ^_^ If you

are this guy, or someone else who has sent me one of

the
                                    50 or so emails regarding grammar mistakes on my site,

chances
                                    are you spend too much time talking about Zelda and

Dungeons
                                    and dragons. That's okay though, someone will help

you soon.
                                    ^_^

http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=2000243&topic=13100337
                                    
                                    I made this topic a while ago and totally forgot about it. BTW, I am 
                                    the troll who emailed you and you put my email up on your site. I wrote 
                                    the longer one that you posted. I change my email addresses almost 
                                    weekly in case you don't recognize the address.
                                    
                                    Anyway, your guide does really work! And I even included a link to it 
                                    for everyone to see in that topic I wrote. How stupid are people, 
                                    really? It is up to 70+ posts already and they could have realized I was a 
                                    troll from post 1. I don't think anyone got moderated, but I managed to 
                                    dodge the TOS and waste a lot of people's time during the process. That 
                                    account I used is suspended now for flaming someone 23 times in my 
                                    signature as well as trolling, invading, and disrupting in a few other 
                                    misc. posts. I even got moderated for OTHER one time! And I am still not 
                                    banned! I FUCKING ROCK! And its all thanx to your wonderful guide!
                                    
                                    Keep updating the site because it gets more fucking hilarious every 
                                    single time I read it! I even got my friend to do it. He is trolling a 
                                    board filled with people who think they are cat woman and live in a 
                                    garden...
                                    
                                    I told everyone that your guide was my bible and that trolling was an 
                                    underrated art form. Those fags didn't get it, but fuck them! Who cares 
                                    about those queers? They are the losers talking about video games, 
                                    martial arts, anime, wrestling, TV, and music on message boards! That is so 
                                    lame! I bet they don't even spend time actually doing those things 
                                    since they waste their lives all day trying to brag to others about how 
                                    cool they think they are. What a bunch of nerds.
                                    
                                    You are god.

Well thanks. I'm glad to know that my site is helping

people
                                    get better at trolling. I posted this e mail

because this guy is indeed a damn good troll, and

provided
                                    its not gone by the time you read this,

anyone reading this should indeed check out this

awesome
                                    display of trolling.

I made up an art style called FRAG FU! HOW FUCKING FUNNY IS THAT? Some 
                                    people took it seriously and some people ignored it. The point is, I 
                                    didn't get moderated for making up a martial arts style. I also issued a 
                                    challenge to people, a FRAGFEST! I said the government allowed me to 
                                    blow up people with my bare hands as long as they signed a form.
                                    
                                    I made a topic called Korn's One is better than Metallica's One on the 
                                    heavy metal board. This doesn't even need an explanation, although I 
                                    will tell you that people flipped out AND the topic never got moderated.