Through the Jungle very softly flits a shadow and a sigh.

Is anyone else hoping that Blizzard respond to the post with something along the lines of:

“Nessingwary and STV? Yeah, that was Crazy Colin the intern who did that. Worst design ever. What’s that? All our other content is so well thought out that you were sure that STV had to have some hidden high-brow design behind it too? No, no, no. All our other content was so good because we were able to concentrate on it while Crazy Colin dribbled over the design tools in a half-concious stupor; I mean he essentially created STV with his forehead.”

?

It’s unlikely, since Dr Bartle is a clever fellow. Like very many clever fellows though, he has that delightfully eccentric inability to express himself in words without causing massive misunderstanding and gnashing of teeth from everyone who isn’t in the club of twenty people who think that a normal conversation opens with an immediate insult to the intelligence of their fellow conversant.

In the Melmoth Test of Blogger Psychology he would probably fall under Inadvertent Flamebaiter.

5 thoughts on “Through the Jungle very softly flits a shadow and a sigh.”

  1. Melmoth

    Also, I’m not sure if I’m disappointed or pleased that nobody has used “Stranglethorn Fail” in a post title yet.

  4. Stabs

    Richard Bartle is very much a deliberate flamebaiter. I read his comments with interest because they are often calculated to draw people into a debate where he counfounds them by being persuasive and reasonable. He wields the Spiked Glove of Internet Trolling with a Velvet Fist of Reason within.

    Today’s anti-spam word is Olive. Could this be a clue as to which superhero Melmoth will be aspiring to emulate when Champions Online finally gets here?

  5. Melmoth

    Today’s anti-spam word is Olive. Could this be a clue as to which superhero Melmoth will be aspiring to emulate when Champions Online finally gets here?

    Melmothman emulates no hero! With his trusty Melmothizer and Melmothmobile, he delivers Melmothy justice to the evildoers of Kiasa City.

    But who is the man behind the mask? Some say he bears a striking resemblance to mild mannered blogger Melmoth Melmothson, but that’s just crazy talk.

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