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evil_conquerer posted 06-18-99 01:09 PM ET
Think about it:
The forums were in danger of falling apart as the rifts between newbies and vets, the game forum and the off-topic forum, and blah and non-blah slowly caused the forum to degenerate into random arguments. So BR created "HARDMAN" with the sole purporse of uniting the forums against a common enemy. Why would you bother donning an itchy asbestos suit to fight with trip when you can just hurl all your flames at somebody who doesn't even flame with correct grammar? Eventually, people would forget about flaming each other and instead focus on HARDMAN. After all, it's a lot safer hitting a punching bag (i.e. someone who doesn't fight back) than hitting a real person. So far, it seems to be working. But will the peace hold? Was Freddz Nostradamus correct in predicting the next forum war? Or will Brian Reynold's alternate alias quickly defuse an unstable situation?
Resource Consumer posted 06-19-99 08:02 AM ET
E_C,
You could be right. Alternatively, I suspect that the h-word is one of the regulars trying to liven the forum up a bit. I mean, he couldn't really exist, could he?
evil_conquerer posted 06-19-99 04:16 PM ET
Yeah, it's scary to think that such people actually exist in the real world. It's almost more comforting to think of them as somebody's alter ego, or even an elaborate cover-up by the CIA to keep us from the real truth, than to try to imagine someone like HARDMAN as a real person
Resource Consumer posted 06-19-99 05:34 PM ET
Absolutely.
I know it sounds a bit like the naff " if you don't laugh you'll cry" sort of thing, but I wonder if I'll have nightmares with strange creatures telling me "It's true - HARDMAN is real".
Am I cracking up or is the world mad?
The Great Sephiroth posted 06-19-99 07:03 PM ET
ha ha ha ha ha lol
umbra1 posted 06-19-99 08:08 PM ET
evil_conquerer: I'm sorry to have to be the one that breaks it to you, Hardman is real.. There are surfers out there that do get a kick out of visiting forums and just randomly flaming.
Resource Consumer posted 06-19-99 08:43 PM ET
I would have called immolation
umbra1 posted 06-19-99 08:48 PM ET
Is that a MTG reference ?
Resource Consumer posted 06-24-99 06:49 AM ET
MTG?
Sorry, don't follow.
Mind the gate?
Mix the gateau?
Make this good? Hey, send it to CtP.
evil_conquerer posted 06-24-99 08:12 AM ET
MikeH the Great?
(it) Matters to G-d
Market the GoodGames!!! (not CtP)
(put a) Match to Games_like_CtP
OK, some of those were a stretch.
MikeH II posted 06-24-99 08:21 AM ET
MikeH The Great sounds good.
Nell_Smith posted 06-27-99 06:30 PM ET
RC:
MTG = Magic: the Gathering... classic card game, also available on PC and online courtesy of MicroProse... one of the red cards is called "Immolation".
It seems that quite a few peeps on this forum also play M:tG, although now that we have MichaelTheGreat in our midst, things have got a little confusing, seeing as he gets shortened to MtG as well... hmmm
Nell... more useless information to add to the post count...
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Author	Topic: HARDMAN is really Brian Reynolds!
evil_conquerer	posted 06-18-99 01:09 PM ET Think about it: The forums were in danger of falling apart as the rifts between newbies and vets, the game forum and the off-topic forum, and blah and non-blah slowly caused the forum to degenerate into random arguments. So BR created "HARDMAN" with the sole purporse of uniting the forums against a common enemy. Why would you bother donning an itchy asbestos suit to fight with trip when you can just hurl all your flames at somebody who doesn't even flame with correct grammar? Eventually, people would forget about flaming each other and instead focus on HARDMAN. After all, it's a lot safer hitting a punching bag (i.e. someone who doesn't fight back) than hitting a real person. So far, it seems to be working. But will the peace hold? Was Freddz Nostradamus correct in predicting the next forum war? Or will Brian Reynold's alternate alias quickly defuse an unstable situation?
Resource Consumer	posted 06-19-99 08:02 AM ET E_C, You could be right. Alternatively, I suspect that the h-word is one of the regulars trying to liven the forum up a bit. I mean, he couldn't really exist, could he?
evil_conquerer	posted 06-19-99 04:16 PM ET Yeah, it's scary to think that such people actually exist in the real world. It's almost more comforting to think of them as somebody's alter ego, or even an elaborate cover-up by the CIA to keep us from the real truth, than to try to imagine someone like HARDMAN as a real person
Resource Consumer	posted 06-19-99 05:34 PM ET Absolutely. I know it sounds a bit like the naff " if you don't laugh you'll cry" sort of thing, but I wonder if I'll have nightmares with strange creatures telling me "It's true - HARDMAN is real". Am I cracking up or is the world mad?
The Great Sephiroth	posted 06-19-99 07:03 PM ET ha ha ha ha ha lol
umbra1	posted 06-19-99 08:08 PM ET evil_conquerer: I'm sorry to have to be the one that breaks it to you, Hardman is real.. There are surfers out there that do get a kick out of visiting forums and just randomly flaming.
Resource Consumer	posted 06-19-99 08:43 PM ET I would have called immolation
umbra1	posted 06-19-99 08:48 PM ET Is that a MTG reference ?
Resource Consumer	posted 06-24-99 06:49 AM ET MTG? Sorry, don't follow. Mind the gate? Mix the gateau? Make this good? Hey, send it to CtP.
evil_conquerer	posted 06-24-99 08:12 AM ET MikeH the Great? (it) Matters to G-d Market the GoodGames!!! (not CtP) (put a) Match to Games_like_CtP OK, some of those were a stretch.
MikeH II	posted 06-24-99 08:21 AM ET MikeH The Great sounds good.
Nell_Smith	posted 06-27-99 06:30 PM ET RC: MTG = Magic: the Gathering... classic card game, also available on PC and online courtesy of MicroProse... one of the red cards is called "Immolation". It seems that quite a few peeps on this forum also play M:tG, although now that we have MichaelTheGreat in our midst, things have got a little confusing, seeing as he gets shortened to MtG as well... hmmm Nell... more useless information to add to the post count...