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First of all, before I could venture on the topic about the presence of trolls, the Nintendo group dedicated to the locals here via Facebook popped out - whenever someone tend to contribute something to it - on my newsfeed. No, I left the group because I couldn't stand it but that does not mean I'm totally "not aware" of it or do I even bother to check it out. But in this case, I actually did. So I just scroll down to see what "interesting things" they have to say. All I could do is to just rub my temples and sigh. As much as I want to actually retort and counter their statements and bring them to the correct path, I'm just smiling at their ignorance of such topics. I'm not saying that I hate anyone in that group, I just can't tolerate some of them for spouting out bullshit. Okay, maybe perhaps I am complaining but okay, I can tell who have actually done their research and who doesn't. But please oh please, don't try to pretend as if you know and can predict what's this and that.
Anyway, back on topic. I'm sure most of you have encountered trolls anywhere around the internet, or ANYTHING that involves using the internet. Heck, even trolls would sometime appear in an online gaming community. But the thing is, you can't distinguish the acting of being a troll or just being plain stupid to get people on their nerves. Well, some trolls are quite cunning too; but mostly they're just annoying assfucks. So, in my case, when I was playing my game, I encounter several trolls playing Mario Kart online. I would call some of them "cocky trolls." Here's the thing: They don't really care if they actually win or loses the race, as long as they can accomplish in infuriating other people. I've seen several occassions of this when I was either playing or spectating the race. Once they actually neared the finishing line, they would brake and reverse so as to face the incoming racers. They know that the other player(s) was/were left quite far behind and there, they would actually wait. Once the remaining players were actually about to get closer to the finishing line, then these cocky trolls would then reverse and thus win the race. I am not sure if I should find this insulting or sweet, because they tend to wait for you and would not let you suffer the race for being last and couldn't keep up. But I'd still call them as the cocky trolls just cause they tend to rub on your face that you can't beat him to the finishing line.
I had a situation when I chose to drive using Koopa, and there's another Koopa user from Japan as well. So the track was at Neo Bowser City and there's eight players altogether. The other Koopa and I are actually one of those people who always wins and can easily catch up to the others. Apparently, we have this some sort of "bond" with each other, just cause I didn't shoot him when I had the three red shells in my possession from the previous tracks. So anyway, apparently, the other players are sick of the winners (which includes us as well) and they get to sabotage us at the end. The both of us got shot, got hit by a passing Bullet Bill and - by this time the other Koopa regained his footing and went to wait for me at the finishing line WITHOUT the reversing crap - and I got slammed in the face by a darn Bowser using a star. I'm actually touched that he actually waited for me. I also had other people like this too (but this time they're Shy Guys and Toad) and sometimes I get to encounter them randomly and fate decided to let us play with each other again. I actually remembered some of the people whom I've raced with before -- which is good, whether I like them or not; or whether they're worth to get my revenge and etcetera.
Another situation is that, there's this one guy who actually ended being last on purpose, so that when the other players (usually people who're 1st, 2nd and 3rd) caught up with him, he tends to slow us down by using stars and whatnot to throw our karts aside, and sometimes I would get confused too because, when you're busy trying to catch up with the person who're in the first position, I tend to make the mistake of actually thinking him as the first person when he's actually not. The red shells wouldn't be hitting him but continue on chasing the guy on the first position. This happened at the SNES Rainbow Road, what with no rails and fucking invincible thwomps threatening to flat out our karts: HELL. I was in a total confusion at that time and I didn't pay attention to the map on the touch screen (when I should be), when the next thing I know I ended up being first and got a blue shell right behind me. What the actual fuck, you guys.
I had a situation when I chose to drive using Koopa, and there's another Koopa user from Japan as well. So the track was at Neo Bowser City and there's eight players altogether. The other Koopa and I are actually one of those people who always wins and can easily catch up to the others. Apparently, we have this some sort of "bond" with each other, just cause I didn't shoot him when I had the three red shells in my possession from the previous tracks. So anyway, apparently, the other players are sick of the winners (which includes us as well) and they get to sabotage us at the end. The both of us got shot, got hit by a passing Bullet Bill and - by this time the other Koopa regained his footing and went to wait for me at the finishing line WITHOUT the reversing crap - and I got slammed in the face by a darn Bowser using a star. I'm actually touched that he actually waited for me. I also had other people like this too (but this time they're Shy Guys and Toad) and sometimes I get to encounter them randomly and fate decided to let us play with each other again. I actually remembered some of the people whom I've raced with before -- which is good, whether I like them or not; or whether they're worth to get my revenge and etcetera.
Another situation is that, there's this one guy who actually ended being last on purpose, so that when the other players (usually people who're 1st, 2nd and 3rd) caught up with him, he tends to slow us down by using stars and whatnot to throw our karts aside, and sometimes I would get confused too because, when you're busy trying to catch up with the person who're in the first position, I tend to make the mistake of actually thinking him as the first person when he's actually not. The red shells wouldn't be hitting him but continue on chasing the guy on the first position. This happened at the SNES Rainbow Road, what with no rails and fucking invincible thwomps threatening to flat out our karts: HELL. I was in a total confusion at that time and I didn't pay attention to the map on the touch screen (when I should be), when the next thing I know I ended up being first and got a blue shell right behind me. What the actual fuck, you guys.
Then another situation that happened to me as well is that, I was a newcomer in the room and we were on Kalimari Desert. I didn't go to the other short cut because I don't even have a mushroom to boost up myself. So I actually have to wait for the train to pass by. While I was waiting, this one Japanese guy actually got a frickin' Tanooki tail, use it against several of us while waiting for the train to pass by, and he actually stopped, reversed - eventhough the path was clear and safe to proceed - and hit me again and again. OH MY GOD, my blood was actually boiling! I have to admit that he's a fast racer, he usually wins eventhough he deliberately lags behind to sabotage the others to his delight! I also noticed when our race was held at Daisy Hills, I was probably around the 2nd or 4th position and I saw on my map that the same Japanese guy who was sabotaging me earlier, was actually ramming two Metal Marios using a star. I actually watched in horror and pity those guys; and once again, this dude emerged in victory (not necessarily to be 1st though). I don't know what kind of a devil possessed him. And again, there are several people who did this to me on purpose, like hitting me with green shell, reversed, and hit me with it again. Geez! Cut me some slack already!
But then again, anyone can be a troll, except that I just don't like doing it. Now that I am done with the "raging due to the presence of trolls" I shall move on to the theories I came up with for the Legend of Zelda series! (Non-fans are not encouraged to read it if you find it boring and don't even know one exact shit what I'm trying to say; unless you have the time to do some video research about the Zelda games and watch few of the gameplays here and there, trying to get a gist of it.)
