spendius wrote:Setanta wrote-
Quote:Italgato/Massagato/Chiczaria/Mortkat/
Any chance of a brief explanation of what these images, I presume they are images, are supposed to conjure up in the readers minds. I think I can guess they are negative but I can't guage just how far they are meant to take us.
Whether or not they are negative is for each person familiar with these screen names to decide. At Abuzz, the web site which, in a way, spawned this one (CdK likely would have done something like this anyway, but recruiting from disillusioned Abuzz members jump started the site), there was a member Massagato, who was know for hysterical and hateful posts, frequently attacking other members in the most scurrilous manner. This same individual was known at another site as Chiczaria.
After this site began, a new member registered, as Italgato. That member was eventually identified as the former Massagato, as well as being identified with the member Chiczaria at the other site. Italgato got banned. Then a new member showed up, Massagato. Massagato got banned. Then a new member showed up, Chiczaria. Chiczaria got banned, and pretty damned quick (i didn't even know he was here until after he got the boot). Then another member showed up, Mortkat--who got banned.
Now we have Bernard. The writing style (complete with all caps shouting and hysteria demonstrating both incoherence and the inability it followed a rational exchange of posts--the member often accuses someone of having said something when in fact they've simply quoted someone else--it happened to me today) is that same, and the MO is the same. Many here now consider Bernard to be Italgato/Massagato/Chiczaria/Mortkat. Bernard has never denied it, and responds (often with the trademark hysteria) when comments are made about any one of those names which don't mention Bernard.
The general sense of long-term, frequently-posting members is that Bernard is also Italgato/Massagato/Chiczaria/Mortkat.
