Don't you hate receiving a flame? Well some idiot sent me this e-mail relating to this.

[I have decided to remove this. I feel that it is my own business and that I should be the one responsible for any consequences.

I have decided to post it on my own forums instead.

You can find it here.]

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Sounds to me like they had a bad day and felt the need to take it out on someone, and you copped it.

It reminds me of a couple of people I have met who spend a significant amount of time and energy trying to make themselves feel "better" by constantly finding fault in others and talking about it loudly and forcefully to anyone they can pin down.

But as you pointed out, they didn't even have the sense to write why they didn't like your review so it really does just sound like sour grapes!

I have to laugh at the English teacher reference... My sister and I often joke about the shocking English used by teachers in OZ. My sister is very good with language and picks up things that most people miss.

One of her favourites was when her step daughter came home with a report which included grades for an "incursion" at the school...

Apparently "incursion" has been adopted over here in the last few years by teachers as a term for "excursion" type events which are held internally at the school. We had to laugh though, because according to the report the students participated in "a raid into a terrotory with hostile intention" and received good marks!

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http://www.gamehideout.co.uk/full_news.php?story=16

Hehehehe.

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Very Cool. Hey splinter, what is a flame? Is that like a hate-mail?

Sounds like the guy who wrote to you needs a brain review. What is this English Teacher/Food Critic doing reading reviews of online games. Everyone has the right to be an online "gamer", but his criticism of your review made no sense. And his grammar..."Just because you play online games doesn't mean you are a good reviewer.", Hmmm... a line I'd be proud of. I think this person should be well ignored.

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Ah say, ah say.....I mean - ah say this,"why don't my coleegs go write back from they came from, theyr give us a bad name, exspecial proffesses. Like I"


Haha. Not just teachers, but the spelling and grammer of professional writers like journalists and copy writers of all ilk leave big questions like - "How the hell did this person make it through school, let alone get a job using language?!?"



BTW, sonnie, a flame is what comes with fires.They are hot.
A flamer - you don't want to know about - suffice to say they think your butt is hot.
(I think a flame is a critical review - a put down, insult...)
:o)

Thanks mikmik, a yank needs to know this stuff once in awhile.

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Live Free and Die what?

More the latter than the former...

The term "flame" is generally used to refer to a post in a forum or newsgroup that involves a personal attack. "Flaming" is therefore posting messages that are intended to put down, insult, or otherwise disparage or offend another member. A "flame war" is a series of posts between two people flaming each other, or two groups of people (e.g., Windows versus Linux enthusiasts) flaming each other, or a whole bunch of people ganging up on one person and flaming him or her.

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He sent a reply but I'll post it later. I'm still at school :P

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As my father taught me...

"Wy downt ewe speek propa english like wot I duz"

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[See above]

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LOL! :o)

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I've got something planned for the next one (OK, so it's ripped off of stickdeath.com but it'll be funny anyway :P)

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LOL!!!!

As a 16-year-old, you are awesome; you will be formidable in another decade. Keep up the good work.

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Why thank you :D

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Right on splinter. We'll back you up, well at least I will (won't speak for other members, but I'm sure they would).

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Sometimes I can't understand some people... I will back you(splinter) up on anything you do. Sometimes a good lesson or two are the onlu possible solution to cure the seakness.

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Hi, everybody - this isn't easy, but as a friend, I have to say something.

First, far be it from me to appear sanctimonious, for far more often do I need the 'gentle' reminders to settle down a bit, or to think about what I'm saying - I am usually far to sensitive, and overreactive.
An, I too, started to get into this "I'll show you" thinking, it is, after all, one of my strongest impulses and often gets me into trouble.

So I have to says here that encouraging this 'retaliatory' behavior is not adault, and not prudent.

We all know better, that by picking up a battle of "I'll show you" - first and foremost shows that
WE are weak and that the other person got to us, and wounded our pride.

I am strong when I can laugh, and not6 think abouty it after a quick rebutall, moving along then, with life.

This is a public forum, as well, and by publishing and ridiculing a persons e-mail *(This is how it has always been spelled!, you see?) it may begin to have legal repercussions. Opinion is one thing, but slander is sue-able!

As well, we take great risk when we try to 'show someone up' that we may bite off more than we can chew.
For instance, I could run rampant over your grammatical errors, splinter, but then I open myself up to ridicule for my errors, in return.
(* You are too young to know that "e-mail" is really the correct way to spell it, and when you critisize someone for spelling it that way, you make youirself look unknowledgeable - and you use "your/you're" incorrectly at times - etc)

AND, I might add, for example, this :

I have a friend here in Kelowna, he is 30 years old, and he owns his own networking business. He is a computer genious, and he is that type of person that can take advantage of all the vulnerabilities in windows without batting an eye.
If I was so disposed, and he so gullible, if I wanted to get at someone, he could easily help wreak PHYSICAL destruction - spoofed IP anonymity and all - on someone for me. The scary thing is, that there are people that HE stands in awe their computer prowess.

So, just like picking a street corner fight and discovering that the 'little wise-ass that needs to be taught a lesson' turns out to have a black belt in jui-jitsu, the person at the other end of the e-mail connection might not be as simple as they appear to be at first glance.

Well I have to agree with Mik here.

While it is fine to let off steam and air your head and hear from others that you are not "mad" and there is a reason for you to feel annoyed, what you do with that feeling is something else.

I am going to sound all "parental" here (I am a mum of two boys, so it is pretty hard to avoid at times!) but while it is OK to feel angry and annoyed, you still shouldn't let those feeling decide your actions...

The first email you sent as a reply... fine IMO. Letting of steam here... also fine (tho I wouldn't have included his name). Putting up the two emails on your site... not wise, and definately not really good to use his name. PLANNING FURTHER ACTION (prior to even getting a response)... foolhardy and frankly getting into vengeful...

It may seem petty but big fights start over little things and generally arguements only stop when at least one side is big enough to "live and let live". You have the choice now to be the "bigger" of the two.

Also, try look at the world from your respondants point of view. Maybe his post was a reaction to built up frustration, and not really aimed specifically at you. His email (yes I always spell it wrong and I am a dyslexic typist as well!) hinted as much... It doesn't justify it, but if you try respond with consideration and balance they are more likely to hear your side of the arguement. If you bite back and add more angst to the situation it merely inflames both of you.

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