hillbilly hetman | 28 Apr 2015 10:51 a.m. PST |
I'm kinda new to this, but a quick glimpse at TMP talk has left me wondering… |
skipper John | 28 Apr 2015 10:56 a.m. PST |
I have no idea. Nor do I wish to know. You might do well to do the same. |
Tango01 | 28 Apr 2015 10:58 a.m. PST |
Oh! Oh!…No please!… (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Yesthatphil | 28 Apr 2015 11:01 a.m. PST |
The Frothers are the Bogeymen … and if you don't behave nicely they'll come after you. I'd send you a link to their lair – but if you joined them it would then have been my fault. Phil |
Streitax | 28 Apr 2015 11:05 a.m. PST |
Well, son, let me tell you about the Great Internet War. I was just a newbie and I saw many of my fellow TMPers were sporting great scars and some were missing limbs. And when I asked them how they came to such a state, I would get that thousand yard stare and they would mumble 'I went to the Frothers site to see what all the fuss was about.' And then they would shuffle up to the bar and DWW would pour them a glass of mind bleach and then they were as right as rain again. It's a very loosely moderated site where folks take an unnatural interest in our goings on here at the ranch and, quite literally, froth at the mouth while spewing invective and accusations our way. Or so I've heard, as I've never bothered to log on and get my 'dueling scars.' |
hillbilly hetman | 28 Apr 2015 11:05 a.m. PST |
So its a site? I got the impression it was a cadre of random trolls. |
Streitax | 28 Apr 2015 11:06 a.m. PST |
These days is there much difference? |
Weasel | 28 Apr 2015 11:07 a.m. PST |
It's a forum that has very liberal rules on moderation. There's a bit of rivalry between them and TMP. |
hillbilly hetman | 28 Apr 2015 11:13 a.m. PST |
Ok, I'll bite: what's their beef with TMP, or vice versa? |
JimDuncanUK | 28 Apr 2015 11:23 a.m. PST |
You really don't want to know. Stick to the hobby, that's why you're here, aren't you? |
ColCampbell | 28 Apr 2015 11:24 a.m. PST |
Ok, I'll bite: what's their beef with TMP, or vice versa? You don't want to go there. It will only get you and others dawghoused by Bill. Jim |
Weasel | 28 Apr 2015 11:30 a.m. PST |
Easier to go there and find out. Discussing it here tends to get your account locked or suspected of being an infiltrator. |
hillbilly hetman | 28 Apr 2015 11:36 a.m. PST |
Ok, thanks, I'll let it drop. But too be honest all that makes ot sound even crazier than it did before. |
Dynaman8789 | 28 Apr 2015 11:36 a.m. PST |
For the longest time I thought it had something to do with naughty movies… |
Allen57 | 28 Apr 2015 12:03 p.m. PST |
HH, Frothers is a war game site which permits vulgarity and a greater amount of interpersonal friction than TMP. I have read it for years. The bunch here are IMHO not much different than the Frothers, only TMP is more closely monitored. If you want to know about it read it frothersunite.com/phpBB3 and form your own opinion. |
The Gray Ghost | 28 Apr 2015 12:07 p.m. PST |
it's the wargaming version of Valhalla it's very hard to get to though largely because it's hard to find a female wargamer willing to carry you there on a horse |
sjwalker38 | 28 Apr 2015 12:10 p.m. PST |
More akin to Sodom and Gomorrah, maybe :-) |
sjwalker38 | 28 Apr 2015 12:12 p.m. PST |
GG, especially since most (all?) female gamers have vacated these shores for pastures new. |
The Gray Ghost | 28 Apr 2015 12:12 p.m. PST |
but you still need a horse to get there |
hillbilly hetman | 28 Apr 2015 12:26 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys. I get that it's a looser environment but I still don't get the friction between the sites, and definitely don't understand why merely discussing it would have your account closed or whatever. Anyway thanks for the heads up. |
15th Hussar | 28 Apr 2015 12:34 p.m. PST |
Frother's is Bill Armintrout's Moby Dick, his Kryptonite, his windmill…his bete noir. Be careful you do not peer into its dark soul or it will take you too! |
David Manley | 28 Apr 2015 12:38 p.m. PST |
Its just another wargames site, bit one where things run differently to the way they do here. Despite the "them and us" view rhat is often brought up there are a large number of TMP regulars who are also "Frothers". And a number of TMP "exiles". The "friction" such as it is, is fairly well confined (there at least) to one of the boards (and mainly to a single rather large thread therein). It generally dies down until someone brings p mention of Frothers here :) |
javelin98 | 28 Apr 2015 1:16 p.m. PST |
I'd call it a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but that wouldn't be fair to Mos Eisley. |
raylev3 | 28 Apr 2015 1:19 p.m. PST |
sorry, Hilbilly…but are you trolling? |
zippyfusenet | 28 Apr 2015 1:28 p.m. PST |
It is a very silly place. |
Legion 4 | 28 Apr 2015 1:30 p.m. PST |
Very well put Streitax and javelin98 too. It's a very loosely moderated site where folks take an unnatural interest in our goings on here at the ranch and, quite literally, froth at the mouth while spewing invective and accusations our way. Which still seems odd to me … This site, TMP is based on playing with toy soldiers … But yet some there seems to be some from that other site that relish "spewing invectives and accusations, [etc., etc.] our way" … If you go to that site now, I'm sure they are saying mean-spirited, divisive, etc., comments. About what some of us have posted here, etc. … The reasons still generally escape me ? As I don't see that sort of thing as mature adult behavior … |
bobspruster | 28 Apr 2015 1:42 p.m. PST |
Tempest in a tea cup, methinks. Why be even curious about it with a nice bunch here to commune with? Bob |
John the OFM | 28 Apr 2015 1:50 p.m. PST |
It's a place where they are not TMP and proud of it. The Froth Pot there has one huge thread devoted to slamming TMP. It is fueled by a few banned TMP members who just can't let it go, and dedicate their lives to sneering. Everybody has to have a hobby and theirs is sneering. I will grant them this, that they are good at sneering. What rivalry there is, is because there are those on both sides who cannot let things go. I would guess that one of their eagle eyed exiles has spotted this topic on TMP and have linked to it, but not directly. Probably a screen shot on the Way Back Machine. so as to… I don't remember why. I may go there later tonight and see if my prediction is correct, but now I have things to do. Like try to sell Comcast in a town where one of our techs caused a wide power failure today by doing his impression of squirrels who chew the wrong wires in transformers. |
whill4 | 28 Apr 2015 2:45 p.m. PST |
It is a place of rainbows and sunshine. |
Dave Arrowsmith | 28 Apr 2015 3:06 p.m. PST |
his bete noir. Is that the French version of a song by Ram Jam ? |
GarrisonMiniatures | 28 Apr 2015 3:39 p.m. PST |
Put it this way. Most people or places, call them names and generally insult them and you go in the DH. Do the same with the F word and Bill gives you one of the specially designed campaign medals he had made. Although why injecting steam into coffee should have this effect has not been fully explained in a scientific fashion – lots of comments from people about biased data and downright skullduggery. Whatever skullduggery is. |
53Punisher | 28 Apr 2015 4:32 p.m. PST |
Oh no! He said the "F" word!
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nevinsrip | 28 Apr 2015 8:09 p.m. PST |
It's a place where potty mouthed little men hide behind their keyboards. |
Martin Rapier | 28 Apr 2015 11:18 p.m. PST |
It is a wargaming site, I go there a lot and have yet to be DH'd. There is however one long running thread on one of the non wargaming boards devoted to eye rolling Anglo Saxon observations about TMP. It is not to everyone's taste, and you don't need to read it if you don't wish to. |
Samuel McAdorey | 29 Apr 2015 2:51 a.m. PST |
It is your wettest dream. It is your darkest nightmre. |
ochoin | 29 Apr 2015 3:03 a.m. PST |
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ochoin | 29 Apr 2015 3:06 a.m. PST |
I just rather liked the above graphic & it does have some application to the Frothpotters. More specifically, I think Frothers is just an irrelevancy. |
Flashman14 | 29 Apr 2015 6:08 a.m. PST |
US term for railroad enthusiasts. Trainspotters in the UK. |
Who asked this joker | 29 Apr 2015 7:00 a.m. PST |
@HH I find TMP the better place to be…especially after the last "great migration." Every summer, something brews up and many leave in a huff. New folks join and the temperament becomes even more gentle. If you are just wanting to talk about all things gaming, this is probably your best bet. If you want to avoid all things Frothers, turn off TMP Talk and Poll Talk boards and pretend they don't exist. That will cut most of the drek posts out of your front page feed on TMP and will likely eliminate 90% of all mentions of Frothers. |
Legion 4 | 29 Apr 2015 9:16 a.m. PST |
ochoin … |
John the OFM | 29 Apr 2015 10:09 a.m. PST |
They are now debating whether or not it is OK to like me. That's how far they have strayed from the mission of "that" thread. That used to be an open question, but the biggest blowhards have spoken, and it is now official Frothers policy to not like me. YES! It's all about ME! As I told another TMPer in a PM, they are the kids who were picked on in school, and have now found each other. Like minds. Like the Taliban, they are occasionally right, but so is a stopped clock. |
Legion 4 | 29 Apr 2015 10:17 a.m. PST |
We like you John … |
Winston Smith | 29 Apr 2015 10:24 a.m. PST |
Oh no! Not you! I'm doomed!!! |
Winston Smith | 29 Apr 2015 10:26 a.m. PST |
Watch "Mean Girls" if you want to see what Frothers is like. Sadly, they are not as cute as the cinema villainesses. |
Legion 4 | 29 Apr 2015 10:42 a.m. PST |
I'm sure along with you, we both and others here have targets on our backs. From some on that "other" site … It appears I'm in good company … |
Legion 4 | 29 Apr 2015 10:42 a.m. PST |
Double Post !!!! It's starting !!!! We're All doomed !!!!! |
John the OFM | 29 Apr 2015 11:07 a.m. PST |
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Gwydion | 29 Apr 2015 11:15 a.m. PST |
John the OFM said
As I told another TMPer in a PM, they are the kids who were picked on in school And that makes them bad because…? Or are you saying TMPers are the kids who bullied others at school? |
MHoxie | 29 Apr 2015 12:54 p.m. PST |
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Winston Smith | 29 Apr 2015 1:08 p.m. PST |
Ave atque vale. That's Latin for "Don't let the door smack you in the butt on your way out." |