The utter lack of good trolls

Bastion

There was also someone who impersonated a wrestler (pretty poorly, though he had a handwave about that--the one everyone could find documentation on was the other one, you see) and then announced that he died.  (Also, one time he claimed to be posting before, during, and after a robbery in which he got shot. Yeah.)

All Nines

^ Interesting. I guess I wasn't there for that one.

^^^ What you did there. I see it. I think.

GLORIOUSLeader

Was said troper named after the wrestler? Because I certainly know who that is. 

Trash_Vortex

His name was Elmer. Lots of people believed him and I think some still do. I didn't want to get involved with him.

Katrika

Wait, Elmer was faked?

snowbull

Can someone clue me in here? Did this happen in YF?

Trash_Vortex

^^ There we go.

^ Yes.

Bastion

GL: He didn't, though he did use an avatar of the wrestler he was trying to impersonate. 

I do have to admit that aside from pretending to be someone famous and faking his death he was an extremely nice guy. The other two "meta-trolls" already mentioned were always stirring up shit on top of the autobiographical lies, but he was always pleasant and encouraging. 

It occurs to me the forum hasn't really had this particular flavor of drama in a while. Maybe it'll start up again come June; summers are always particularly interesting periods for TV Tropes.

Katrika: Sorry, but the person he was pretending to be is still alive.

GLORIOUSLeader

Then I'm thinking of another troll (or maybe he's just an asshole) who posted under the name of a certain famous wrestler. I think he got banned when he made Goatse his avatar in response to being peeved off at something. 

Trash_Vortex

I don't think I can stand any more drama of TV Trope's nature. It seemed like something ridiculous happened every bleeding day on Yack Fest in 2009. I felt trapped.

^ I remember him being mostly funny.

Trash_Vortex

Elmer's IP was double checked while all that crap with his relatives was going on, I think we just didn't want to say anything to the community because it'd just stir more shit up in an already overflowing shitbowl.

Noimporta

Then I'm thinking of another troll (or maybe he's just an asshole) who
posted under the name of a certain famous wrestler. I think he got
banned when he made Goatse his avatar in response to being peeved off at
something.
Hulk Hogan was an entirely different kind of troll, though.

Katrika

Ahhhh...oh well. I guess it makes sense.

glennmagusharvey

Wait, Elmer was also a fake?

I'm only seeing one person here saying that he is.

Noimporta

There is no concrete evidence, but his story and the circumstances surrounding him do not make a lot of sense.

glennmagusharvey

Was there IP confirmation, or did the cover story also address that?

Also,
> A really good troll would completely integrate himself in the community,
act like a character, and always cause drama to happen. He would also
claim not to be a troll, and get upset at the suggestion, thus causing
people to sympathise with him again and continue getting away with it.

The one thing preventing people from trolling frequently and thoroughly is the fact that this takes a lot of time and effort to sustain.  The only people who would have a real interest in this are people engaged in professional-level espionage.

Forzare

The troll is a spy?

glennmagusharvey

You can't troll after you've blown your cover.  This poster blew his/her cover already, and it was damn quick, and that's a sign of a shitty spy.

Stormtroper

That troll is obviously not going to do this, but you can keep trolling even after blowing your cover (provided that you aren't banned, of course), you can mess around with the newcomers and even use them to stir things up among the whole community, old and new.

For example, this one.