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#1 Jan 09 2009 at 10:52 AM Rating: Excellent
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Someone mentioned to a certain dark elven community manager that replacing "Beastlord" with "Rick Astley" on the official forums would be funny...

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=437757

OMG, I spit perfectly good coffee!
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#2 Jan 09 2009 at 1:02 PM Rating: Decent
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that was hilarious. I loved it. especially when someone actually made a Rick Astley class joke (unresistable taunt, complete heal, perma root or evac. all based off the lyrics). That was great. thanks for sharing, Cal.
#3 Jan 11 2009 at 7:31 PM Rating: Excellent
Agreed! And I found it especially funny that 4 of the warnings I received on the official forums were responded to by me as "But, it was a joke!". XD

It was funny.. I loved it... but, at the same time, if I had access to the profanity filter and had pulled the same "joke", I would have been banned for trolling the community.. not just a thread. ;)

I do like it. And, I hope it sticks. But, I think it was bad taste for the Mods/Admins/CM not to hold to the same standards that they warn and ban people for daily.

I've been told in one of my warnings, and I paraphrase "Posting anything that intentionally incites anger is considered trolling regardless if you're right or wrong".

Not trying to be a bummer here... but, shouldn't the CM's & Mods hold the same standards as the posters? There is no "Report" link in their posts.

Edited, Jan 11th 2009 10:39pm by SpyderBite
#4 Jan 11 2009 at 9:48 PM Rating: Excellent
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I'm gonna side with SOE on this one, Spyder. The forum mods making a forum joke is not trolling. Forum games and other amusements are part of their job. Posting something you think is funny at someone else's expense can be trolling.

They're two completely different things.
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