Approved 5 Types of Bad Users You'll See on Showdown

[Electrolyte]

The title basically explains what this article will be about. It'll be great I promise

Note that this is for entertainment purposes, not encouragement for a cause lol


Intro Stuff


1. The Troll
- Don't let your new users near this guy
- LOVES Skill Swap
- What?!?! I have to wait TWO WHOLE DAYS for the server to restart before I can access it again??? I'm calling the police


2. The Spammer
- Vocabulary: consists of words found scribbled in middle school bathroom stalls
- Either has the IQ of a donkey or that of a CIA forensic hacker, but eventually fails either way
- Has no life


3. The Ignorant
- Forgets there are chat rules
- Forgets there are social and behavioral rules
- Forgets he was muted 2 minutes ago and breaks the same rule again
- Is a goldfish


4. The Hipster
- Hates Smogon and every part of it
- Hates tiers and bias towards stronger Pokemon
- Hates legendary Pokemon
...
- Hates everything, why are they even here


5. The Stalker
- You won't remember when you started talking to this guy but all you can remember is that they've been in every single battle you've ever played for the past 2 weeks
- They also manage to slip in without you noticing
- You can't get rid of them!
- They know where you live
- They know the name of your cat


Conclusion stuff

 

[scalarmotion]

Seems very similar to this article which was just released?

 

[Spy]

scalarmotion, that article is much more informative than this one will be. This one seems to take a more satirical approach on it, and honestly, I was laughing even just reading these bullets. We don't need to release it for Issue 5, but it would be a nice candidate for 6, since a reasonable time frame has passed by then.

 

[Darnell]

scalarmotion, that article is much more informative than this one will be. This one seems to take a more satirical approach on it, and honestly, I was laughing even just reading these bullets. We don't need to release it for Issue 5, but it would be a nice candidate for 6, since a reasonable time frame has passed by then.

Even Electrolyte said he didn't see my article and if he did, he wouldn't have suggested it

EDIT;

[16:25:33] @Electrolyte: The 5 types of ____ you meet on PS
would be nice though

 

[antemortem]

if you can come up with things to replace what Darnell has covered in his article, this would be a really funny, interesting article to read. I like the unique parts you've got here, if you can come with more to round it out

 

[Electrolyte]

Thanks for the input / support, guys.

Because I am planning for this to be a miniseries ("5 types of ____ you'll meet on Showdown") I do have other ideas that I can write up for Issue 5, and therefore delay this article until a later issue so the overlap with Darnell's article isn't so fresh / obvious. Something like:

5 types of new users you'll meet on Showdown
5 types of users you'll meet in a battle
5 types of auth you'll meet on Showdown
etc.

Thoughts? Is it necessary to postpone this idea, or do you guys not see it as that big of a problem?

 

[Skitty]

i'd definitely be interested in reading a "5 types of auth you'll meet on Showdown" lol

 

[colours]

Antemortem idk about you but i am hyped for this article; im always looking forward to pieces that are more cracked-esque.

anyway Electrolyte, the idea is completely fine by me, provided start with "5 types of new users", and then go from there.

 

[antemortem]

interested to see what you've got in mind as far as new users go

let's give it a go. approved