Who's Shos

[benjipwns]

actually my worst posts are in the politics thread

That's the one thread I will never read

agreed

[Raist]

Well, the experiment is finally finished. Allow me to explain.

For ten years now, I've been conducting an experiment of sorts. Consider it a kind of field study in Sociology. The question was, could a relatively unstable troll masquerade successfully on-line as a normie for ten years, and fool all of the people all of the time? The answer, as I suppose is obvious to you now, is yes. The "Great Rumbler" that has been presented to you for the last decade does not exist, save in my head.

In April of 2008 I thought up the idea. At the time I was taking both sociology and psychology in high school. Specifically, in sociology, we were studying differences in gender and race, with "Black Like Me" used as one of our sources for attempting to understand the ideas that fomented at the basis of racism. I started observing how the normies in the class behaved in contrast to both myself and other trolls in the school, and decided that while I couldn't exactly do what John Howard Griffin had done and cross-dress my way through life, I could do something similar on-line. Could I, a 21-year old troll, convince the rest of the world that I was, in fact, a normie?

I told my Sociology teacher about the idea for such an experiment and she was intrigued by the idea. I told her I'd try it out for the remainder of the school year (two months at that point) and report my findings to her at the end of the semester, along with copies of chat logs and other events to show how I had gone about portraying myself in this other persona.

The two months went by much faster than I thought, but at the end of the school year, I collected all my information together and was able to turn in an 8-page report and give a four minute speech to the rest of the class concerning my findings; at this time I also revealed to my classmates that "Great Rumbler" guy whom had been talking to them on-line during that period, was in fact myself. Without fail, I had managed to convince everyone I had come into contact with on-line that I was normies. I received an A+ on both the report and presentation.

After class, my Sociology teacher asked me to stay afterwards. She told me this kind of thing was exactly what people in the real world do when they attempt to learn about another kind of society: they do their best to become those they wish to study; this of course is referred to as ethnography. She couldn't assign it to me, obviously, as I would be graduating from high school, but she asked me to consider continuing the charade. Two months of such a deception is relatively easy to maintain, after all. But what about a full year? Two years? Ten? Was it possible to carry out such an experiment for so long? And if so, what would the result be?

I decided over the course of the summer that I would see how long I could go, and after three years I would look back and correlate all the information I had kept to see what all it was possible to learn from such an undertaking. As it turns out, I kept it going for another two years, simply because I was having too much fun and was learning more and more and more.

Ten years, however, is long enough. So the lie ends tonight.

For those of you who feel I have violated your trust, I realize apologies are in order. You have been lied to, misled, and misinformed every step of the way. I don't expect you to understand why this was done now, but it is my hope that in a few years' time, you will understand why it was necessary for me to proceed. I've learned an amazing amount of information over the last decade, and I hope the academic world will be interested in reading it an analyzing it. Names and faces will be changed to protect the innocent, of course, so don't worry. Your personal lives will always remain yours alone.

In January, I queried such publications as Psychology Today with the question of whether or not they would be interested in reading the results of this personal undertaking. To date, I have received three replies, all from reputable journals, stating that they would be very interested in articles describing this journey I took. I suspect that they will begin to appear no later than June or July; it will take some time to collect my notes and work out just how to approach such an article or series of articles.

I wanted to thank you all for participating (albeit unknowingly) in this study. What I have learned is utterly invaluable and may one day prove as insightful to readers as "Black Like Me" was when it was first published in 1964.

Most of you will have words for me. You might feel hurt and angry. I understand all of it, and in some ways, I deserve every negative emotion you will heap on me. I considered this very, very hard before I came to this choice to end the charade. A lie always hurts worse than the truth the longer the lie is perpetuated. I think ten years is enough, and it is time for the mask to come off. I prayed a lot about this, and I hope you will be willing to forgive me. Until then I would like to go through with the meeting with Cheebs (Jacob) this week, if he still wants to. While some of you may feel "hurt", I would anticipate that most of you will feel that this is nothing more than a joke. Meeting Cheebs this week will be the first step in proving that this is indeed real. Until then I hope we can have a constructive discussion about this situation, and not jump to crude conclusions until I provide the rest of my information.

Gaia bless.

Shostakovich

OK.

2 things:

1) Did you end up banging your teacher then?

2) Mods pls

[chronovore]

I judge everyone, and then I pillage, and steal their women.

[bork]

Alright, I'm sick and tired of this.

But this isn't for you, not any of the gossipy muckety muck gutterfucking cock jockeys who can't mind their own business and thrive on people's controversies when they've done nothing to deserve them.

Whoever brought this out, I'll let you have your satisfaction: whatever you tried to do, you succeeded royally at messing up my real life. Go ahead and smile or whatever it is inhuman jackasses like you do. It won't change the fact that I know exactly who I am and I don't really care if anyone else doubts it. It matters not one bit when nothing changes for the reality of me: one Japanese guy living in Japan.

That's the last thing I have to say the Bore.

-----

But this.

This is for you.

I know you're reading this. I also know you can understand this. I still don't know how you got all this information, but I'll find out. I admit I don't know how someone could be so damn screwy in the head to go through all the effort you've gone through, especially over me.

But that doesn't change the fact that on top of that, I know who you are now. Yeah, go ahead and shake your head like I'm bluffing. You know in the depths of your nasty, mean little heart that I'm telling the truth.

You'll find out soon enough what the consequences are for doing what you've done to me over the past year and a half.

There's going to be no more fear, and no more harassment, at least not on my side. I'm going to live normally again no matter what you do.

I'd just like to let you know that's nothing changed in the last ten years. Oh yes. I've grown up and gone to live in the US and come back here and all that, but I'm still just as violent and cruel as you remember. If anything, I've only gotten stronger.

If you do one more thing to me...know this: no one will be able to hear you scream. And I won't make it quick.

And if you think you can use this for evidence, well you know now that what used to be your strength is now your weakness: no one will be able to track it to the real me.

-Shostakovich

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/gaf-history-and-quote-backstory.79822/#post-2559998

[Momo]

can i be a navy seal?

[Valkyrie]

can i be a navy seal?

300 confirmed shitposts

[kingv]

Dos Los Tacos post is far too long.

[desert punk]

Do I get a sensible chuckle out of these long ass posts? If so maybe I'll read them...

[bork]

Dos Los Tacos post is far too long.

                                                           

[Joe Molotov]

lyte, pls

[Momo]

Dosukebe gonna get mad guys

[bork]

[Tasty]

Linking GAF posts from fucking 12 years ago

[Mandark]

I think this is where we're headed.

[etiolate]

Can someone tell me what his posts are like in the other thread? I remember thinking etiolate was alright, until I learned of the shit he said in that thread.

What posts or are you just following along?

[Tasty]

I think this is where we're headed.

[bork]

Linking GAF posts from fucking 12 years ago

The classics
 

[bork]

so did we figure out who shos is yet or are the only people who know just going to be sphagnum and huelen10

some doofus from REEEEE who was a mod for like a few weeks or whatever and still can't get over it

[team filler]

annihilated

[etiolate]

I Was An Underage Reeee Mod...

[Raist]

so did we figure out who shos is yet

Your mom.

[Great Rumbler]

Well, the experiment is finally finished. Allow me to explain.

For ten years now, I've been condu—

Well, the experiment is finally finished. Allow me to explain.

For ten years now, I've been conducting an experiment of sorts. Consider it a kind of field study in Sociology. The question was, could a relatively unstable troll masquerade successfully on-line as a normie for ten years, and fool all of the people all of the time? The answer, as I suppose is obvious to you now, is yes. The "Great Rumbler" that has been presented to you for the last decade does not exist, save in my head.

In April of 2008 I thought up the idea. At the time I was taking both sociology and psychology in high school. Specifically, in sociology, we were studying differences in gender and race, with "Black Like Me" used as one of our sources for attempting to understand the ideas that fomented at the basis of racism. I started observing how the normies in the class behaved in contrast to both myself and other trolls in the school, and decided that while I couldn't exactly do what John Howard Griffin had done and cross-dress my way through life, I could do something similar on-line. Could I, a 21-year old troll, convince the rest of the world that I was, in fact, a normie?

I told my Sociology teacher about the idea for such an experiment and she was intrigued by the idea. I told her I'd try it out for the remainder of the school year (two months at that point) and report my findings to her at the end of the semester, along with copies of chat logs and other events to show how I had gone about portraying myself in this other persona.

The two months went by much faster than I thought, but at the end of the school year, I collected all my information together and was able to turn in an 8-page report and give a four minute speech to the rest of the class concerning my findings; at this time I also revealed to my classmates that "Great Rumbler" guy whom had been talking to them on-line during that period, was in fact myself. Without fail, I had managed to convince everyone I had come into contact with on-line that I was normies. I received an A+ on both the report and presentation.

After class, my Sociology teacher asked me to stay afterwards. She told me this kind of thing was exactly what people in the real world do when they attempt to learn about another kind of society: they do their best to become those they wish to study; this of course is referred to as ethnography. She couldn't assign it to me, obviously, as I would be graduating from high school, but she asked me to consider continuing the charade. Two months of such a deception is relatively easy to maintain, after all. But what about a full year? Two years? Ten? Was it possible to carry out such an experiment for so long? And if so, what would the result be?

I decided over the course of the summer that I would see how long I could go, and after three years I would look back and correlate all the information I had kept to see what all it was possible to learn from such an undertaking. As it turns out, I kept it going for another two years, simply because I was having too much fun and was learning more and more and more.

Ten years, however, is long enough. So the lie ends tonight.

For those of you who feel I have violated your trust, I realize apologies are in order. You have been lied to, misled, and misinformed every step of the way. I don't expect you to understand why this was done now, but it is my hope that in a few years' time, you will understand why it was necessary for me to proceed. I've learned an amazing amount of information over the last decade, and I hope the academic world will be interested in reading it an analyzing it. Names and faces will be changed to protect the innocent, of course, so don't worry. Your personal lives will always remain yours alone.

In January, I queried such publications as Psychology Today with the question of whether or not they would be interested in reading the results of this personal undertaking. To date, I have received three replies, all from reputable journals, stating that they would be very interested in articles describing this journey I took. I suspect that they will begin to appear no later than June or July; it will take some time to collect my notes and work out just how to approach such an article or series of articles.

I wanted to thank you all for participating (albeit unknowingly) in this study. What I have learned is utterly invaluable and may one day prove as insightful to readers as "Black Like Me" was when it was first published in 1964.

Most of you will have words for me. You might feel hurt and angry. I understand all of it, and in some ways, I deserve every negative emotion you will heap on me. I considered this very, very hard before I came to this choice to end the charade. A lie always hurts worse than the truth the longer the lie is perpetuated. I think ten years is enough, and it is time for the mask to come off. I prayed a lot about this, and I hope you will be willing to forgive me. Until then I would like to go through with the meeting with Cheebs (Jacob) this week, if he still wants to. While some of you may feel "hurt", I would anticipate that most of you will feel that this is nothing more than a joke. Meeting Cheebs this week will be the first step in proving that this is indeed real. Until then I hope we can have a constructive discussion about this situation, and not jump to crude conclusions until I provide the rest of my information.

Gaia bless.

Shostakovich

you son of a bitch

[bork]

What happened to me was UNJUST and I will NEVER get over it

lol you are the most pathetic person

User was warned: Stealing benji's gimmick

[Raist]

What happened to me was UNJUST and I will NEVER get over it

lol you are the most pathetic person

Got it.





Benji alt.

[jorma]

so did we figure out who shos is yet

Your mom.

No, i am.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Your mom?

[jorma]

Your mom?

your mom

[Syph]

Robby Bobberts

[Valkyrie]

Shos you seemed cool but now all you do is troll, I feel betrayed.

[jorma]

Valk, whenever I experience a ton of chaos in my life I turn into a chaotic troll online for futile stress release, sort of like how TVC posts gore porn. I promise I'll calm down tomorrow when I pay the rent. Not sure how I'll pay April's though...

Ask your parents, they are legally required to provide for you.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Trolling is something I can respect.

[agrajag]

Actually you can't culturally appropriate from white people.

He's not white he's feline

[Valkyrie]

Can someone change his username to Shotakovich

[I'm a Puppy!]

Can we change his name to Prokofiev instead?

[Momo]

guys, leave duckroll alone, he came here to start over

[agrajag]

Can we change his name to Prokofiev instead?

Rimsky Korsakov bb

[TVC15]

Valk, whenever I experience a ton of chaos in my life I turn into a chaotic troll online for futile stress release, sort of like how TVC posts gore porn. I promise I'll calm down tomorrow when I pay the rent. Not sure how I'll pay April's though...

Things Shostakovich has lied about:

1) Me posting gore porn. At worst, I’ve onl posted neutered descriptions. If you want real gore porn, I’d be happy to provide examples.
2) His age. He’s definitely old enough to be fucked in every hole.
3) Watching a Hellraiser movie with me.

In addition, he’s potentially a duplicitous plant from REE. He knows the name Beseda uses there (and probably others
 GAF mods in hiding) and refuses to share. He won’t even share his own old GAF/REE name even though there isn’t much reason to keep the information secret.

In short, do not engage with him. There’s something up with him.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Valk, whenever I experience a ton of chaos in my life I turn into a chaotic troll online for futile stress release, sort of like how TVC posts gore porn. I promise I'll calm down tomorrow when I pay the rent. Not sure how I'll pay April's though...

2) His age. He’s definitely old enough to be fucked in every hole.

But he is.
 

[CatsCatsCats]

Can we change his name to Prokofiev instead?

Rimsky Korsakov bb

I had a first date in Portland at a place called Rimsky Korsakoffee House

[samfish]

If we're going to change his username it should be something like 'only a cuckold would', that way hilarity ensues whenever he likes a post.

Really guys, do I have to do ALL the higher level thinking around here?

[skullstorm]

But if he's the only one to like a post it would say "only a cuckold would likes this" and that would burn everyone's eyes

[samfish]

So here's what you do. 'like' is always singular. In the event of multiple people liking a post, it would instead read 'Both Skullstorm, samfish and Only A Cuckold Would like this'

 

[toku]

I know who he is.

[skullstorm]

I know who he is.

Well it isn't very hard to figure out tbh

[I'm a Puppy!]

How's about Shostaborodinkofiev-Rachkorsachurian?

[agrajag]

Can we change his name to Prokofiev instead?

Rimsky Korsakov bb

I had a first date in Portland at a place called Rimsky Korsakoffee House

There's a Russian themed restaurant in Portland called Kachka, I am dying to check it out

[team filler]

just fuckin' say who it is already, I've had enough of all this bullshit goddamnit

[agrajag]

no one wants to be the one to pull the trigger first

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I know who he is 

[close]

[benjipwns]

sometimes (and this was more prevalent on NeoGAF.com really) if people's former identities aren't brought up i forget about it and they're just the new account to me, except for like two people who are... impossible to forget?

[agrajag]

I suspect most of the bore knows who he is through a series of PM's and Sho had each member swear to secrecy

[agrajag]

I wish I had a thread dedicated to me. Oh wait, I did, and it was just filler calling me a dumb biaaatch over and over

[team filler]

 

[team filler]

 

[toku]

Shos sent me dick pics. Very respectable and tasteful ones. Good lighting, eye for accentuating contrast. A really artistry to his work. Y'all still don't know who he is?

 

[chronovore]

He's the bastard son of Mupepe, come back for revenge!

[team filler]

 

[Huff]

we've reached the who gives a shit part of the thread

[agrajag]

we've reached the who gives a shit part of the thread

We've been there since post two or so

[Purrp Skirrp]

He likes Peterson, the Red Pill, the hypotheticals of autism, drinking and driving, LSD, and lying about his age and whereabouts - what's not to like?

[naff]

The Business' little brother