New efforts!

[Harpospoke]

Sorry, but what is a "pedophile site"? Is that like a place where pedophiles post pictures of children they want to molest? This seems kind of made up to me.

I've heard of them...can't recall the name of the place, but it's pretty famous.

[dwturducken]

The woman who lives across the street is separating from her husband because he's "found himself a new girl." This new person is utterly, unquestionably bat-crap insane. She has spray painted foul language on the inside of my neighbor's house, poured sugar all over the floor in just about every room in the house, and keyed some rather ironically crazy things on the side of my neighbor's van, all while pretending not to speak English.

Sometimes, crazy is just crazy.

[Teikiatsu]

I hate to the be the wet blanket guy, but it could be that this Robert guy was full of crap and just trolling for FB Likes.  I'd rather not get my hopes up and feel the ego of some guy looking for attention.

If we don't hear anything by 1200 PST then I'm resigned to keep waiting and not get too worked up.

[Kistulot]

I hate to the be the wet blanket guy, but it could be that this Robert guy was full of crap and just trolling for FB Likes.  I'd rather not get my hopes up and feel the ego of some guy looking for attention.

If we don't hear anything by 1200 PST then I'm resigned to keep waiting and not get too worked up.

IIRC Tony and Ironwolf have both confirmed the veracity of his claims.

[Bitters]

I have ben monitoring fb, Robert came on and said "I've removed myself from this situation 100%. I have received death threats because I was dumb enough to stick my nose in where I shouldn't have.
You will not be getting anything from me on this sorry."

Must be those CoV people. But seriously, threatening people over this is really disgusting.

[pinballdave]

sorry, that quoted the wrong post. Re: pedo sites...

Have you heard of IRC? Predecessor to  AOL?

[Teikiatsu]

I don't speak Klingon, and I am not inclined to find a translator at the moment (though  I probably will later).

However, have some Klingon oldies: http://youtu.be/b0YC3RpvE3M

http://www.bing.com/translator/

Yes, it has a Klingon option

'e' mu'tlheghvam, ghaH yu'

It's not the best though, it can't even translate back to itself

"To be or not to be" translates back to "Amid that he demanded"

[Teikiatsu]

IIRC Tony and Ironwolf have both confirmed the veracity of his claims.

Who is Tony?

[Remidi]

Sorry, but what is a "pedophile site"? Is that like a place where pedophiles post pictures of children they want to molest? This seems kind of made up to me.

Pedophiles have forums where they trade information just like anyone else.  No, the sites are not made up.  You might have missed the part where I was in law enforcement.  I worked ten years in digital evidence recovery (i.e. rummaging through people's hard drives) and I would say 60-75% of my work involved child pornography.  As one of the people who took on the duty of pulling on the hip-waders and slogging through the sewers of humanity, I can tell you that there are a lot more alligators down there than people realize.

[kribbla]

Here's a comment on FB from a couple of minutes ago.

"Robert DiGregorio: I made the mistake of having my phone number on my face book profile... I've been getting fb messages, texts and phone calls. I should have never said anything.
Facebook is taking what action they can, but really what can they do. I guess bottom line e us maybe Tony was not only trying to protect the game, but maybe he was trying to protect me as well. Oh well live and learn.
I stand by anything I've said to anyone here."

[Kistulot]

Who is Tony?

TonyV

[Teikiatsu]

Have you heard of IRC? Predecessor to  AOL?

Sounds older than MUD

[Teikiatsu]

TonyV

Well don't I look n00bish

[Illusionss]

I have ben monitoring fb, Robert came on and said "I've removed myself from this situation 100%. I have received death threats because I was dumb enough to stick my nose in where I shouldn't have. You will not be getting anything from me on this sorry."

Oh, bah humbug. What is he, 12? Everyone who has been online for years has probably had their lives threatened, because talk is extraordinarily cheap out here and children/malcontents/the truly mentally ill are everywhere.

I am not condoning death threats, because I find them both stupid and childish. But real, actual fear..... nyet. This btw is coming from someone who [in the distant past] has been "doxxed," has been the recipient of multiple death-threats and actually at one truly lol-tastic point, was the recipient of a "SATANIC DEATH CURSE!!!!!" It pretty much goes with the territory if you dare to speak your opinion online. Ain't skeered. Robert needs to buck up.

But if he's resolved to be quiet for a while, that probably would be a good thing. He's jinxing stuff with his pronouncements. 

[Shadowe]

Everyone has their own threshold for "getting grief". I don't think it's for anyone but Robert to set his own limits on what he's prepared to put up with.

Sure, the odd death threat or satanic curse is par for the course on the series of tubes we call the internets, but that doesn't make those behaviours right and I don't hold that it is the responsibility of the recipient to "man up": it is the responsibility of society to reject those who make the threats.

[MM3squints]

Oh, bah humbug. What is he, 12? Everyone who has been online for years has probably had their lives threatened, because talk is extraordinarily cheap out here and children/malcontents/the truly mentally ill are everywhere.

I am not condoning death threats, because I find them both stupid and childish. But real, actual fear..... nyet. This btw is coming from someone who [in the distant past] has been "doxxed," has been the recipient of multiple death-threats and actually at one truly lol-tastic point, was the recipient of a "SATANIC DEATH CURSE!!!!!" It pretty much goes with the territory if you dare to speak your opinion online. Ain't skeered. Robert needs to buck up.

But if he's resolved to be quiet for a while, that probably would be a good thing. He's jinxing stuff with his pronouncements. 

Think the difference is he is actually getting text messages and phone calls. Of course idiots who actually text or called him are idiots for a reason and don't realize they leave a paper trail for the authorities to prosecute them for atleast disturbing the peace.

@Remidi actually I was always curious about this. Is there any legal ramifications for threats on someone lives even if they are shallow if they are sent via phone?

[erich]

Why would anyone waste their precious time to even do those things?

[Risha]

So while we're waiting, I'll push a different thread in the forums: Return of the Alt draft:  http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,10018.0.html

Opening message:

Ok, I'm not normally one for getting ahead of myself, but I figured it'd be ok just this one time. So I came up with an idea for when the game comes back (And it will!). The basic concept is you post an alt for the person above you to roll. Now I don't expect it to be a "first thing" when we get back, but rather something to have fun with when our mainstays are made. The format would be as follows:

AT:
Primary:
Secondary:
Travel Power: (if you choose none, then it is up to the player if they want to pick one or not.)

Once it actually happens, I'd love to make a thread tracking progress of the various alts and our impressions of them.

Let's get this ball rolling!

[Remidi]

@Remidi actually I was always curious about this. Is there any legal ramifications for threats on someone lives even if they are shallow if they are sent via phone?

Yes, threatening to kill someone is a crime.  It doesn't matter if it is face to face, on the phone, in an email or on any sort of message board, Facebook included.  It doesn't matter how much they say they meant it.  There have been cases where someone has threatened someone on FB and were shocked when the cops showed up on their doorstep.  There is an attitude out there that what happens on the internet "doesn't count", but I assure you it does.

It's worth pointing out that many states, mine included, feel a crime is in their jurisdiction if either the victim or the suspect are in their state.  And it's not impossible to have more than one law enforcement agency after you, since certain types of threats come under Federal law.

[Goddangit]

Why would anyone waste their precious time to even do those things?

Because some people are whack jobs.

I've been the recipient of all kinds of accusations and threats via forums, e-mail, telephone and RL.  I had one whack job phone me from Florida.

She: "Oh, [name redacted] I'm so glad you're in my circle!"  Goes on to ramble about ghosts, UFOs, angels, etc.

Me: "I think you have the wrong [name redacted].  I get calls about UFOs for him from time to time."

She: "Well, can you put me in touch with him?"

Me: "No.  I don't have his number and I'm not 411."  Hang up.

This started a series of phone calls on various days badgering me to put her in touch with him.  I finally block her number and she starts calling from a friend's house.  I call them and leave them a message saying shes misusing their phone to harass me and block that number too.  She calls from a third phone and I block every listed area code in Florida.

Then the snail mail started coming.  Envelopes with "protected by angels" written on the outside.  I collect them and and put them in a big envelope marked "evidence" and make sure my sister knows where its kept.  Just in case I get a live visit from a whack job with a gun.

So, yes.  I know exactly what that's like and some people ARE that crazy.