REPLAY STEALERS STRIKE AGAIN

Did you know that few days ago Replayers "stole" a replay from trollarena? Can you imagine that site which distributes replays as their main material is "stealing" some other people "work" in order to satisfy the community's needs? Unacceptable. For trolls of course.

Few days ago I took a short survey on Replayers. Short because it still gets hacked several times a day and it is impossible to stay longer than 15 minutes on a website without being dragged into some broken page caused by that evil script that trolls implemented in it's database long time ago.

Anyway, I somehow managed to download last top replay that was approved and to watch it. I was attracted because of the game duration rather than the players that took part in that clash. Watching it on 8x speed I wasted only 5.5 minutes because the game duration was something around 44 minutes. Yea, I didn't like the game much. Check out the replay link

Still I hoped that I will get some sort of fun caused by that game. So I went back on Replayers, which was surprisingly online, and forwarded to comments below the game. I really hoped to see some troll-at-work stuff or never ending argue between users and approvers in which both sides are giving their best to prove that certain replay does or does not deserve to be in top replay category.

I did not find trace of some argues but I found something much better. Troll user called RoCK made an interesting troll comment on this replay in which he described Replayers staff as thieves who are stealing replays from other websites. Check it on this screenshot I took few days ago. Screenshots were taken before these comments got deleted due to unknown reason and by some person/ troll.

As you can see in his opening comment, troll accused Replayers staff of stealing replays from trollarena. The fact that some no name wannabe is trying to get attention is nothing new and will never be a reason to ring the alarm. What is disturbing is that we are living the era in which trolls counter is so high and so active that they are creating their own twisted logic which clears the path for potential trolls.

The tone was like "So now you are so low and so poor that you don't have any replays of yours to put in top replay category so you are forced to steal other website's replays?" Totally troll-like, take a look.

TROLL AT WORK

Then staff member Rocafella, who treats all website members with respect and is also known by his great understanding of all troll types kindly asked the troll RoCK if he has any knowledge about who has uploaded this replay. Before the troll had a chance to answer to this question, current head administrator of Replayers, DeathWing, wrote that replay was uploaded by one of the players who took part in this game, RapiNg, and that everyone has rights to upload their games wherever they want.


Led by his twisted logic and need to troll around, this dumb wannabe didn't understand that he is using a replays website and continues to write nonsense now referring to trollarena and the same game that is uploaded there. Suddenly, uploading replay on site that distributes replays became an issue. As you can see from troll's comment it became "this".

TROLL WORKS LATE NIGHT

As you can see, in this comment, troll brings another breath in this discussion. He points Replayers head administrator on link on trollarena where this replay is also posted and writes that the owner of trolls lair, hb.thespecial, knew nothing about Replayers "stealing" their replay and posting is at top.

At first point I thought that this troll acts alone and that it is impossible that someone else is supporting him. Mostly because nobody who runs a website, no matter how bad it is, can't have a politics to treat replays as his own property. You have to be mentally ill to believe that replay that is uploaded on your website belongs to you and not to the players who played it. There are numerous websites in the expansion who freely take replays from one site and upload on other because that is the whole point, right? Sharing experiences and interacting with others. Then the users are free to chose where from are they going to download replay material same as the players who played the game are free to chose where they are going to upload their replay. That is what we are fighting for. Freedom. And that is why the internet should look like a place where democracy and the power of free will should have supremacy over the ego and trolls absolution.

Not believing what troll RoCK is writing, I copy/ pasted the link he provided on Replayers. And damn it! It took me on trollarena and eyes start to hurt again. I almost broke down in front of my PC when I took a look at that monster. Somehow I managed to stay "online" and to see what is going on in their wanna-look-like-replayers website.

So I headed up to their so called "top replay category" to find this replay that troll RoCK was talking about. Here is the link. And again, same as on Replayers, troll RoCK made an introduction comment with which he "notified" hb.thespecial of Replayers "actions".

TROLL NOTIFYING OTHER TROLL

Now I seriously expected from hb.thespecial to take a non-troll attitude mostly because most of his dirty work has been revealed and the rest of the community has been disgusted by it. But seems like he hasn't learned anything yet. He replied to his minion RoCK in his troll fashion. Check it out.

TROLL REPLYING IN TROLL FASHION

Can you believe it? Will this stupidity meet its limits? Writing that site that distributes replays and which invented top and rotw replay categories is "stealing" something can come out only from trolls mouth. For ten years Replays is doing this practice and if anyone "stole" the way it has been done it is trollarena. As mentioned earlier and can be confirmed by checking the replay uploader, this replay was uploaded by player who took part in this game, RapiNg, who obviously wanted to share this game with the rest of the community. So the "magic way" that hb.thespecial is referring to does not exist. Like million times before, when players who thought that their game has something that other games don't, uploaded replay on their favorite website and checked the "top replay" box in order to get his game reviewed by approvers who then decided that they want to put it in special category. No "stealing" involved. And certainly no magic. Just logic.

As you can see, the troll, hb.thespecial, also wrote that Replayers is dying and that it is picking leftovers so it can somehow stay alive. He probably thought of the issue that he caused with his minion ghost.retonto. when they hacked Replayers passwords year ago and implemented script that causes our favorite website to loads slow and give database errors. 

Plus, he obviously ignores the fact that hurts his troll ego even more - player who took part in event he organized wanted to upload replay on his favorite site which isn't trollarena mostly because he is aware of the fact that people download replays on Replayers for numerous reasons. So nobody is picking leftovers in here. Users are just picking what suits them more. It is called power of free will.

And to close his comment, daddy troll says thanks to new minion that recently joined his troll army - RoCK for his notification of "pathetic acts" that are happening in the community. How hilarious! If troll RoCK represents "the community" that hb.thespecial is referring to I can only say - good bye ROC! No can do trolls! 

For me it is surely not pathetic that Replays accepts the replays from their users and takes special care of them by putting them in special categories and by that keeping the community active but the fact that several trolls are trying to divide the community and to destroy it by hacking other websites and forcing people to chose between them and the others. That is pathetic.

TROLL WONT STOP TROLLING

Back to the minion RoCK who wrote that Replayers have said that RapiNg posted a replay. Nobody has to "tell" you that this replay was posted by the user. You can just go and check for upload details, troll. And it is not "dumb" or "pathetic" to add one more replay of 100k in your database and to agree on users desire to have their replays on your site because your site is about replays. You dumb troll!

To sort things out head admin of Replayers, DeathWing, entered this discussion. Check the screenshot below in which he tries to use logic and common sense to calm down the trolls which are on fire, fighting for their troll "rights" and raging like there is no tomorrow. 

COMMON SENSE

Too bad that the fuel that trolls are working on is obviously not the common sense. Perhaps if DeathWing could get some troll water things would have get cooler.

TROLLS FUEL

In the same screenshot you can see that DeathWing tried to talk about this with the troll hb.thespecial and that they came to an agreement that nonsense wont be an issue again. But seems like there is no pacts between men and trolls.

TROLL RAGING

Enough allready troll! Trolls have no opinion. They just troll. Go back under the rock you came from because the Sun hurts you, troll. There is no "Replayers community" there is the community. Too sad that you trolls are taking big part in it but that is the something that we got used to and we are managing with success.

The next screenshot show full trolls logic. Check this out - hb.thespecial asks DeathWing why T2 - RapiNg uploaded his replay as top when he disliked his own gameplay. Perhaps RapiNg is just messing with the troll. Perhaps he just doesn't want to make a bond to trolls and answers with yes/ no whenever they ask him something. Perhaps he disliked the fact that it is uploaded and rated as top by someone else than him on the website he truly dislikes so he wanted to make things right and use the power of free will to do what he wants with his replay. Perhaps he just messes up with trolls like hb.thespecial cause he doesn't like the trolls and wants to hurt their ego. Perhaps RapiNg never said anything like that and trolls is lying again. MMKAY?

TROLLS LOGIC

You can also see that the troll is referring to some "disturbing history". Could it be the history and the present in which he hacked Replayers with his dear minion? Oh noes it is the other history in which Replayers approvers are gathering material for their replays website. Why doesn't this troll just go with his second minion RoCK and makes some company with him under the rock?

Plus and the most troll-like, the troll writes to DeathWing that if the Replayers host tournaments by themselves the will have replay materials. This is the replays site you dumb troll. Any event that comes from it is just a benefit but not a primary product. You can download replays there, troll. Don't expect to play tournaments with weirdo names. 

On the top of that he is complaining that someone is "stealing" his "work". And what work is that? Did the troll play this game or RapiNg and his opponent? I saw that this game was played by two other players and I saw troll only in chat spamming whole game nonsense. Zero observer culture, but more about that in some future articles.

ROFLCOPTERS INC

Now I am asking you, dear community members - who owns your replays? Are you allowed to upload them wherever you want or you have to consult trolls about their feelings before making such action? Who is dividing and painting community in colors in here? It is obviously that troll got his ego hurt by player who wanted to have top replay on the most active replays site in our community. Should he be judged because he did what he is supposed to do with his own game? If you are positive on this question, you can go under the rock with the other trolls. They are running out of space because the counter is bigger with each new gaming day.

I am going to remind you once more and to clarify that there was no "stealing" in this issue caused by trolls. They are just making these kind of situations over and over again. Sometimes is their unsatisfied hunger for trolling, sometimes is their hurt feelings and broken troll ego and so on. They will always make up their own logic, ignoring the common sense. That is because they are trolls and often forget about basic things. Take a look at the Replayers banner below to see what that website is about.

REPLAYERS HAS REPLAYS MMMKAY?

Upload your replays wherever you like. But don't download replays from trollarena because you might be accused of stealing trolls work.