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As some of you know by now, the Anti-ED Club has been Exclamation Marked. You could almost expect a firestorm caused by all the pent up emotions caused by the actions inspired by what some call Wikipedia's Evil Twin, the Encyclopedia Dramatica. While I had dealt with previous troll sites before, none of the previous sites; Portal of Evil, Something Awful, Save/Smash the Dave, et al; doesn't contain the same vitriol, viciousness, and destructive nature as ED. Not only that, they enjoy what they're doing. They're "In it for the luls" and little much else, regardless of who they hurt in the process.
What few post I have put into that now-defunct group show what I saw in the group. I didn't want the Anti-ED Group to be an hate group against the site, but as a support group for those who were attacked by that site. I wanted to do to these victims the one thing I wanted happened to myself when I had their problems a decade ago, when I was mass flamed no matter what I did. I wanted to put a virtual arm around them, tell them things won't be what they are now forever, and help them put up a barrier between themselves and the Lul Monkeys.
The matter of the fact is that there is not a single thing you can do to keep the lul'ers to stop. You could even stop posting your artwork and stories and even remove your entire presence and they won't stop lul'ing at you. In fact they'll lul even more about how much of a coward you are. (True story: I had a friend pull his site because of the Portal of Evil linking to it. They claimed that I was more of a man than him. That's saying a lot.) So you can't do a single thing to change the lulers, but what can you do? What do you have control over? You can control your little corner of the Internet. You can control the company you associate with. You can control the security of your site and keep it from getting hacked. And you can control the effect on your dignity and personal life. The Encyclopedia Dramatica can be a bunch of bleep holes, but they can't strip you of your online life if you don't let them.
It's because I need to say this to the general public is what I'm changing my plans. I know I'm going to get mass flamed over it by the Lul Monkeys, I fully much understand it. I'm going to move the writing of Blood and Metal down to the fourth slot in my list and make my next book a non-fiction book titled "So Not the Draema" This will not be an anti-ED hate book. But it will discuss how we got to this point in time, put a spotlight on the ED's origins and activities, and provide my support for ED victims and how they can move on with their lives in spite of ED. I know this means that I'm setting myself up as a target, but if everyone starts worrying about what the ED or any upcoming troll site would do to them before they as much as log on, we won't have an internet left.
I haven't set up a web site or anything yet, but I did put up an E-Mail address ( sonotthedraema at foxfirestudios dot net ) for anyone to write their horror stories about their experience, offer me links to research over their activities, give me support over what I'm doing, or just get your damned luls out of the way so I can delete it. I don't have a web site for it yet--it might not be part of my main web site for obvious reasons--or know whatever or not I'll be posting passages of the book here in DA, but it will be something I will be working on between "Mim Su Sa" and "B&M"
Oh, and in case you're wondering, the AE in Draema is supposed to be one character, like the ED site's Logo.


Just so you know, "Daveykins", ED itself never actively organizes "attacks", as you call them. In fact, contrary to what you think, ED isn't a troll site. It exists for one reason: to document all the drama on the internets, not to cause it.
It's not like the people on ED say, "hey, let's all go troll this guy and then make an article on him."
If you managed to attract the attention of ED, it simply means your antics and the reactions to them were sufficiently dramatic and/or lulzy to be worth an article in ED. Think of it as, I don't know, being worthy of a dubious honour.
And instead of ranting, raving and BAWWWWing, or even writing a book (!), a much better tactic to "deal with ED" is to actually see the humour in the situation and take it like a man. The more you kick and scream, the worse it'll get. If in doubt, ask the member in the shoutbox of this journal, called LittleCloud ([link]), who's a long-time ED favourite as well.
Again, do whatever you want, but the more you throw tantrums, the more ED will have to document. Just a friendly pointer.
To say that I am disappointed in you would be an understatement of the year.
Check the second paragraph.