Bring Back Ric! — Page 2

doubleKO said:

I tried! Maybe most people just catch on pretty slow and if I bump it again...

It's funny that more people seem interested in voting for or against Ric Olie 2 than weighing in here. Not that I expected it to be a hot topic :(

 Hey, I did my bit. And my little side election is only intended as a precaution in case Ric doesn't come back. It also gives me an excuse to be extra observant.

That's a good point. Ric doesn't cause trouble or confuse people, he's just an entertainment and a bit of an inside/running joke.

That would be fun...dibs going first! ;)

But actually, I like that idea. Though I typically don't like wearing hand-me-down socks.

Yeah, Gormally seemed like fun, but a sock puppet account being used by different people would be fun. You would have to change the password once in a while though, otherwise multiple people could use him at the same time.

I'm bumping this thread because, being the most important thread in off topic, it deserves to be at the top.

Leonardo said:

I have an idea. Given what you guys have just said about the nature of the Ric Olié account, what if it was shared between people, say user #1 toys with it for a while, then he passes it on to user #2 when he gets bored, and so on. What would that accomplish, you say?

• We wouldn't have an exception to the "no socks" rule per se, in that no single user would be having a sock account, it would be a "shared" sock
• It could be fun if the handover occurred totally behind the scenes (i.e. by PM) and only two people at a time knew who Ric was, and the others would have to guess

Opinions? Thoughts?

 You, sir, are dead to me.

MrBrown said:

I just read a Bit in the ric Observation thread, and I would Bote to bring ric back.

Argument Against True and only ric mightbe the sock puppet rule, but: normaly a sock Account seems to be defined as an account only the person behind it is aware of its sock Status. With Ric it is now sometimes different: (Almost) everybody would know of its humorous Origin, and that it is just an ironic contra Troll account. It won't really fool anyone. So it may be discutable, if the sock Account rule really Apply.

 Is this Googlish?

Treat a sock puppet account like a wife at a swinger's party? I can see why Frink would be insulted.

Reegar said:

Treat a sock puppet account like a wife at a swinger's party? I can see why Frink would be insulted.

 Excellent analogy.  This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.

Johnny Ringo said:

I think he should stay locked in the sock drawer.

The locked sock drawer with him in it should be used as the poster child for "What happens to things allowed to roam too long without discretion."  

Show me where Ric caused a problem.

WRONG RIC!!!

(lol)

@Leonardo, THAT is nasty.  I'm actually offended and I have a fairly good sense of humor.

@Frink .....

Others are not allowed to have them so you should not be allowed to have one, simple enough really.  Unless you approve of Favoritism.  What else is there to understand?

Jetrell Fo said:

@Leonardo, THAT is nasty.  I'm actually offended and I have a fairly good sense of humor.

You haven't shown it here.

Jetrell Fo said:

@Frink .....

Others are not allowed to have them so you should not be allowed to have one, simple enough really.  Unless you approve of Favoritism.  What else is there to understand?

I was specifically allowed to have one for several years.  I never used it to cause trouble.  It was taken away not because of anything I did but because...well, I still don't understand why it was taken away.  It's not like they didn't know about it.

You need to do a little more reading, I think.

Everyone thinks they have a good sense of humor.  The ones who don't are the ones who feel the need to try and convince everyone they do.