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This totally deserves its own thread.

Are videogame nerds really that sad and desperate?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 2 100.0%
  • No.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    2

Wyrmlord

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http://rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php ... start=1375

(11:57:31 PM) icur_mmm: who is this?
(6/19/2008 6:06:01 AM) April (Yahoo): Heya, this is April with the Beta Testers on TSLRP
(6:06:16 AM) icur_mmm: oh hey April
(6:06:38 AM) April (Yahoo): I have a bit of a problem and I was wondering if you could help me out
(6:06:48 AM) icur_mmm: whats that?
(6:07:41 AM) April (Yahoo): Well its been awhile since I last logged in
(6:07:54 AM) April (Yahoo): And apparently the forums have been upgraded since then
(6:08:01 AM) April (Yahoo): So my old password doesnt work
(6:08:20 AM) April (Yahoo): however I can't get a reset email as I have no access to the email I originally registered the account with
(6:08:36 AM) April (Yahoo): http://forums.team-gizka.org/memberlist ... file&u=666
(6:08:58 AM) April (Yahoo): I sent bob an email but you know how that is
(6:09:09 AM) icur_mmm: yah
(6:09:23 AM) April (Yahoo): how are you doing anyway?
(6:09:47 AM) icur_mmm: yeah im not too bad, cold though aside from losing your password, you?
(6:09:56 AM) April (Yahoo): good good
(6:10:00 AM) April (Yahoo): well I didn't loose it
(6:10:18 AM) April (Yahoo): when I try to login, the system says that it couldn't be converted during the upgrade and I must create a new one
(6:10:25 AM) April (Yahoo): and that I need access to my original email account to do it
(6:10:27 AM) April (Yahoo): which I dont have
(6:10:38 AM) April (Yahoo): so until Bob gets back to me, I cant actually start beta testing
(6:10:44 AM) April (Yahoo): because I dont have the download instructions
(6:11:02 AM) April (Yahoo): which apprently have changed over from pulling from CVS since I was heavily involved
(6:11:27 AM) April (Yahoo): Your profile says your in Australia... is it that cold there?
(6:11:47 AM) icur_mmm: yeah it is at the moment - its probably about 10-12 celcius at the moment
(6:11:59 AM) April (Yahoo): Wow poor guy
(6:12:07 AM) April (Yahoo): You ought to find a nice girl to keep you warmed up
(6:12:10 AM) icur_mmm: haha ill live
(6:12:18 AM) icur_mmm: lol love to, you offering? :p
(6:12:36 AM) April (Yahoo): Well I'm a bit of a distance away
(6:12:47 AM) icur_mmm: excuses excuses haha
(6:12:50 AM) April (Yahoo): but I have always wanted to see how you Aussies do things
(6:13:07 AM) icur_mmm:
(6:13:50 AM) April (Yahoo): So anyway I was going through the contact information I had for people who are beta testers
(6:13:56 AM) April (Yahoo): and I figured I would ask you for a favor
(6:14:12 AM) April (Yahoo): since bob is dragging when it comes to fixing my account
(6:14:36 AM) April (Yahoo): can you can me the download instructions for the latest build? I have the rest of this week and next week off
(6:14:46 AM) April (Yahoo): and I figure I ought to be able to play through once in that time at least
(6:15:07 AM) April (Yahoo): but waiting on Bob is cutting into it, ya know?
(6:15:07 AM) icur_mmm: well its a good time to do it
(6:15:54 AM) April (Yahoo): so can you help a girl out?
(6:16:45 AM) icur_mmm: well id love to, unfortunately the team has been targetted a few times now by people trying to get their hands on the beta. Unless you can prove conclusively that you are April, there's really nothing i can do sorry
(6:16:54 AM) April (Yahoo): well what can I do?
(6:17:23 AM) icur_mmm: honestly, nothing really comes to mind. Talking to dash might help
(6:17:36 AM) April (Yahoo): I mean I wouldn't have your private contact information unless I was on the team, right?
(6:18:13 AM) April (Yahoo): I so like a man that makes it a challenge Adam
(6:18:26 AM) icur_mmm: lol
(6:18:41 AM) icur_mmm: what can i say, ive been told im challenging once or twice
(6:18:48 AM) April (Yahoo): ummmmmmm
(6:18:58 AM) April (Yahoo): maybe we can up the counter on that one day
(6:19:06 AM) April (Yahoo): I've seen your pic and I like what I see
(6:19:19 AM) icur_mmm: lol
(6:19:21 AM) icur_mmm: oh really?
(6:19:30 AM) April (Yahoo): I'
(6:19:49 AM) April (Yahoo): ve also read your Star Wars Space Combat doc... and that was interesting as well
(6:20:01 AM) icur_mmm: which one was that?
(6:20:04 AM) April (Yahoo): You have some great ideas, you know?
(6:20:20 AM) icur_mmm: i always have great ideas
(6:20:47 AM) April (Yahoo): The one i found here
(6:20:54 AM) April (Yahoo): http://www.geocities.com/icur_mmm/SWSC.doc
(6:21:02 AM) April (Yahoo): Really good stuff honey
(6:21:03 AM) icur_mmm: ah that one
(6:21:11 AM) April (Yahoo): I wish the team had more men like you on it
(6:21:23 AM) icur_mmm: lol
(6:21:37 AM) April (Yahoo): So have I proved that I'm April yet?
(6:22:06 AM) icur_mmm:not really but id like to help. you wouldnt have my info if you were not legit.
(6:22:22 AM) icur_mmm: http://www.team-gizka.org/tslrp_download2.php
(6:22:28 AM) icur_mmm: go here
(6:22:30 AM) icur_mmm: and enter
(6:22:34 AM) icur_mmm: these two code lines
(6:22:38 AM) icur_mmm: exactly
(6:22:40 AM) icur_mmm: 1e57108e-b230-470e-a447-a635695acfcf
(6:22:43 AM) icur_mmm: and
(6:22:45 AM) icur_mmm: b6382567-dce9-41c8-8b1f-873cce7cfdd2
(6:22:47 AM) icur_mmm: and don't leak the build to the internet or anything
(6:26:12 AM) April (Yahoo): No problem baby. Email me at fuck@yourselfuptheass.com
(6:26:20 AM) icur_mmm: you fucking bitch - please dont tell them it was me

No comment...
 
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The only way that this thread should be retardoed would be if we were living in some cross-over b/w the retardo and bizarro universes. It is exactly the opposite of retardo - seriously, I had honestly thought the 'net-nerd does anything for someone pretending to be some girl pretending to like him' days were over. Not that net-nerds are any less desperate (pre-about-20 that is - after that the guy-nerds and girl-nerds actually start realise that nerds of the opposite sex can be pretty hot. From about 25 on, I genuinely think nerds of both sexes get more action than non-nerds - less hang-ups, girls more likely to be into kinky net-porn, haven't had their ability to function in a relationship destroyed by high-school-ego-inflation, but instead overestimate the extent to which they have to be nice/funny/good-at-felatio/cunninlingus to pick up due to their low success rate at high school, etc). But I really thought people had become too cynical for this to happen anymore.

Seriously, someone should (a) tell Darth Windu and the TG fanbase and laugh loudly at them, (b) email the guy in question, say you're disgusted that someone would do that, and that as a girl, if a guy did that to you then you'd be devastated, that you feel really sorry for him, that he is actually kind of cute and you can see why he fell for it cause he must get lots of girls hitting on him all the time, and btw can he send your WoW character just a tiny amount of gold to help get restarted, (c) sticky it, both as a warning, and for historical archiving purposes, so that if it never happens again we can have hard proof that humans had not yet evolved beyond falling for these shenanigans as of that date.
 

Apathy

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I can't be bothered reading mega threads, does anybody have the link to when this came out on the TG forums?
 

kris

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The poll options are not complete enough. As always the answer is somewhere in between as there sure is people that is desperate like that. Check out anti-scam.org for instant entertainment on how people are prepared to send huge sums of money to someone writing them a few e-mails with attached sexy photos. It seems to be so easy that I am sure I could make a living on it considering how horribly written many of those are.

In this example even his ego was stroken. Of course the name "april" makes me think of "april fools"...
 

MetalCraze

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This also seems real because knowing TG they will protect their precious buggy piece of crap with two complex passwords.

Anyway Team-Gizka are morons and Codex points and laughs at them yet again.
I hope they won't litigate us for sharing this private info.
 

Zomg

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I'm gonna read the fuck out of this long chatlog someone posted
 

Bubba_Jones

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TL;DR:

Darth Windu was fooled by a unnamed man into giving him the download link, and the passwords to get the TSLRP Beta 1.8b.

How? The dude pretended to be a chick who would fuck him if he would give her the link and passwords.
 
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Wouldn't be complete without these:

o10.jpg

windu.jpg
 

Norfleet

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Luzur said:
that man is weak, easy to exploit by cunning women.
Women? How do you know that the person who exploited him even WAS one? This is the Internet! It was probably some DUDE.
 

WhiskeyWolf

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Norfleet said:
Luzur said:
that man is weak, easy to exploit by cunning women.
Women? How do you know that the person who exploited him even WAS one? This is the Internet! It was probably some DUDE.
MasterOfTheObvious.jpg
 

Liberal

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Just look at this:
(6:22:06 AM) icur_mmm:not really but id like to help. you wouldnt have my info if you were not legit.
(6:22:22 AM) icur_mmm: http://www.team-gizka.org/tslrp_download2.php
(6:22:28 AM) icur_mmm: go here
(6:22:30 AM) icur_mmm: and enter
(6:22:34 AM) icur_mmm: these two code lines
(6:22:38 AM) icur_mmm: exactly
(6:22:40 AM) icur_mmm: 1e57108e-b230-470e-a447-a635695acfcf
(6:22:43 AM) icur_mmm: and
(6:22:45 AM) icur_mmm: b6382567-dce9-41c8-8b1f-873cce7cfdd2
(6:22:47 AM) icur_mmm: and don't leak the build to the internet or anything
(6:26:12 AM) April (Yahoo): No problem baby. Email me at fuck@yourselfuptheass.com
(6:26:20 AM) icur_mmm: you fucking bitch - please dont tell them it was me

Again:
(6:22:06 AM) icur_mmm:not really but id like to help. you wouldnt have my info if you were not legit.
(6:22:22 AM) icur_mmm: http://www.team-gizka.org/tslrp_download2.php
(6:22:28 AM) icur_mmm: go here
(6:22:30 AM) icur_mmm: and enter
(6:22:34 AM) icur_mmm: these two code lines
(6:22:38 AM) icur_mmm: exactly
(6:22:40 AM) icur_mmm: 1e57108e-b230-470e-a447-a635695acfcf
(6:22:43 AM) icur_mmm: and
(6:22:45 AM) icur_mmm: b6382567-dce9-41c8-8b1f-873cce7cfdd2
(6:22:47 AM) icur_mmm: and don't leak the build to the internet or anything
(6:26:12 AM) April (Yahoo): No problem baby. Email me at fuck@yourselfuptheass.com
(6:26:20 AM) icur_mmm: you fucking bitch - please dont tell them it was me

These lines are like a sore in the eyes. What can we conclude from them? There's two possibilities.
1. This whole conversation was made up.
2. The conversation is real, the leaker realised April was fake, but played along and give her the info for some reason.

I think the former is more likely.

Nobody is THAT stupid.

Edit: I missed out the most obvious clue: the word 'EXACTLY'. I mean, it's on the PC, all you gotta do is copy paste the password. Why point out you gotta enter it EXACTLY, unless you're making up a B-movie style conspiracy?
 

Monocause

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(6:14:36 AM) April (Yahoo): can you can me the download instructions for the latest build? I have the rest of this week and next week off
(6:14:46 AM) April (Yahoo): and I figure I ought to be able to play through once in that time at least
(6:15:07 AM) April (Yahoo): but waiting on Bob is cutting into it, ya know?
(6:15:07 AM) icur_mmm: well its a good time to do it

That's not any proof, but look at the timestamps. DW responded to April's previous sentence at the same time she wrote him another.

One thing that it points out is - if this is fake, someone put an inordinate amount of effort into making it look real. Which would be lulzy too.
 

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