That I had to make the third thread in this list and set this up

Icalasari

Just... You disappoint me, IJAM

inkblot

IJAM is mature enough to not find threadstacking funny. How dissapointing.

[Deleted User]

^That totally sounded like him.

Man, we gotta get Nornagest over here. He's fun, in a unfun way.

Icalasari

Gah, they didn't even comment on the threadstack! >.>

Also, I really suck at memorizing most tropers. Who's Nornagest again?

Anonus

Guy who is serious most of the time. Has an avatar of a guy with a sword.

Also, as stated (sort-of), IJBM was full of five-year-olds (myself included) who thought that threadstacking and snowcloning were funny. Those people have probably either shaped up or moved to Yack Fest.

[Deleted User]

"Who's Nornagest again?"

Have you ever seen The Grinch?

Gelzo

Nornagest pisses me off sometimes.

He's like one of those haughty elves.

Central Avenue

I dislike Nornagest. Though I try not to let this show, as he's apparently one of those tropers everyone's supposed to like.

Khwarizmi

He's smart.  He became popular because he was smart.  Also he insinuated that other tropers were idiots, which is always a surefire way to become popular there (no, really).

Lately he's seemed grumpier and less informative than he used to be.

Central Avenue

I don't mind him when he's, you know, just conversing or debating. But he had this habit of going into threads that had always been shitposting/silliness to express annoyance at them, instead of just ignoring threads he doesn't like. Which, personally, I've always found a bit hypocritical, as he hates it when people shitpost in serious threads, but the opposite is somehow better.

But he's been doing that less and less lately, so whatever.

Khwarizmi

He's far from the only one who does that.  I agree, it does seem hypocritical.

Central Avenue

He's far from the only one who does that.

This is true. It annoys me when anyone does it, really.

Stormtroper

I don't mind him when he's, you know, just conversing or debating. But he had this habit of going into threads that had always been shitposting/silliness to express annoyance at them, instead of just ignoring threads he doesn't like. Which, personally, I've always found a bit hypocritical, as he hates it when people shitpost in serious threads, but the opposite is somehow better.

Agreed, except I think his informativeness more than makes up for it.

No way in hell he'll come here (non-forcibly).

Central Avenue

That's my problem, I think. I tend not to hang out in the threads where he shows his informativeness, so most of what I see of him is the part that annoys me.

I know it's not really fair to judge based on that, but it still sorta bothers me.

[Deleted User]

"Also he insinuated that other tropers were idiots, which is always a surefire way to become popular there (no, really)."

Really? I've got to give that a try if I ever go back to TVTropes.

Also, yeah, Nornagest is incredibly smart and knowledgeable, and demonstrates that every time he deigns to do intellectual battle in the discussion threads. The only other tropers who I think are in his league are Tibetan Fox and maybe Desertopa. Unless we count Eliezer Yudkowsky as a troper, in which case he's up there too. That's like, the god tier or something.

glennmagusharvey

I'm not sure Nornagest is actually knowledgeable or smart; it seems to be an informed ability from what I've seen.  Last I saw of him, he'd simply wade into threads where people were posting very non-seriously and tell people they were being idiots, or facepalm in some way, or something.

Tibetan Fox is loud and often knowledgeable, but not the kind to take corrections easily.

Stormtroper

Yeah, seemingly our views of tropers is tainted by the kind of threads we visit, as I can't picture Tibetan Fox being in Norn's level (no offense meant to the fox). I haven't seen him recently, though.

I'd consider Bon Sequitur comparable.

glennmagusharvey

Bon I know mostly as someone who doesn't talk much unless the topic is politics or political philosophy, in which he's an intense leftist with an often acrid tongue.

[Deleted User]

"I'm not sure Nornagest is actually knowledgeable or smart; it seems to be an informed ability from what I've seen.  Last I saw of him, he'd simply wade into threads where people were posting very non-seriously and tell people they were being idiots, or facepalm in some way, or something."

Yeah, he's been doing more of that lately, but it isn't hard to find examples of him being knowledgeable and smart as well. Case in point.

As for Tibetan Fox, he used to show off a bit more before the name change, but he still demonstrates his formidable understanding of economics and human behavior from time to time.

Bon, I didn't see much of, and he's banned now, so...

Gelzo

Of course, you can be smart and knowledgeable and still fuck up sometimes.

Cases where you can tell someone like this makes a lapse of judgement are oddly comforting to me.

Longfellow

Who was Tibetan Fox before? I'm almost as bad with names as I am with faces.

This almost makes me want to post in OTC more, but I'm too slothful.

Anonus

He used to use a different name, it started with a K, but he dropped it because he was apparently being cyber-stalked by some weirdos who wanted to harm him or something.

glennmagusharvey

Longfellow, get on IRC and I'll tell you.

[Deleted User]

^^ His crazy psycho family, yeah.

snowbull

What, are we no longer allowed to say it? This sounds saucy.

Longfellow

Oh, now I remember. K, o, r....right? I never saw him much, but I gather he posts on Yack Fest and OTC a lot.

glennmagusharvey

I think he was a master of corgis.  A German master, specifically.  Or maybe just of Korg synthesizers.