I have a troll problem

[Aphelion]

Stick a football in your locker for lunchtime, grab your mates and play a game of bumps or something! Believe it or not it gets pretty intense 👍

Yeah... This might sound sad, but my school has banned all contact sports. and the only other sport i enjoy is tennis, and they won't allow us to do that either.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Unfortunately, i am 15, and that is not exactly what you call 'possible'.

I have a class of fifteen year-olds who prove otherwise.

 

[Aphelion]

I have a class of fifteen year-olds who prove otherwise.

You must be a very competent teacher.

 

[watermelon punch]

I would definitely suggest the same. Unfortunately, i am 15, and that is not exactly what you call 'possible'. Its a bit of a catch 22.

This is understandable. At 15 your frontal lobe isn't fully connected.
It's why sometimes good judgment is difficult to apply quickly & consistently. And it's why some things seem disproportionately confusing, annoying, or frustrating, when you're a teen.

It's okay. You'll get through it the best you can. With or without a gaming forum.
Just don't stop trying to make considered decisions, the more you try, the more you'll get them right. 👍

 

[wvmgmidget]

I use this site all the time at school all time but I almost always use my phone. I mainly do it during class time because the cafeteria has horrible signal. By the time you're a senior none of your teachers really care.
Anyways like others have said just report them and the staff will take care of it.

 

[DaBomm4]

This may sound horrible, but if there is some free time in school that you are able to use however you want, I would suggest socializing. I don't know what your time outside of school is like, but there is probably more than enough to allow you to roam your favorite forums outside of school. I can understand how boring school can be, having to go through learning things you are not interested in, massive amounts of time that could be used more effectively (at least in our minds). There is some knowledge that you will not need after you finish school, but I have found that I have used a lot more of that knowledge that I thought was useless after graduating.

I agree with Steve Jobs here that technology, although great and useful, can be a dangerous tool for the younger generations. I also feel that somehow we need to teach these generations to appreciate the technology they have and to not abuse it. I want to make it clear that I am not accusing anyone of abusing technology. Instant gratification has become an important part of our lives which I feel is part of what will tear us down.

Sorry for the rambling, on topic, if you feel like you are being trolled, use the features that are built into the site that others have suggested, reporting and ignoring. They can be your best friends in situations like these.

 

[Aphelion]

This may sound horrible, but if there is some free time in school that you are able to use however you want, I would suggest socializing. I don't know what your time outside of school is like, but there is probably more than enough to allow you to roam your favorite forums outside of school. I can understand how boring school can be, having to go through learning things you are not interested in, massive amounts of time that could be used more effectively (at least in our minds). There is some knowledge that you will not need after you finish school, but I have found that I have used a lot more of that knowledge that I thought was useless after graduating.

I agree with Steve Jobs here that technology, although great and useful, can be a dangerous tool for the younger generations. I also feel that somehow we need to teach these generations to appreciate the technology they have and to not abuse it. I want to make it clear that I am not accusing anyone of abusing technology. Instant gratification has become an important part of our lives which I feel is part of what will tear us down.

Sorry for the rambling, on topic, if you feel like you are being trolled, use the features that are built into the site that others have suggested, reporting and ignoring. They can be your best friends in situations like these.

This site is socializing. A: PM's, and B: it doesn't limit me from talking to the guy next to me. I agree with all the points you have made, but i still think this website in particular isn't about to limit my social skills.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Remember when school was about learning subjects, learning respect and discipline, running about, seeing your mates and having a laugh... and all that wholesome stuff...?


Pepperidge Farm remembers.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

I use this website allot at my school

Sign you're not paying attention in class?

Fun story: I was very active on the old GTF (a similar forum to GTP) during my high school years. I never ran into this problem, because I didn't access it during class. If people are joining the site simply to act stupid and get banned, it's either a huge coincidence that they stumbled upon a website another classmate visits regularly, or they've noticed the frequency you're on it.

 

[Aphelion]

Sign you're not paying attention in class?

Fun story: I was very active on the old GTF (a similar forum to GTP) during my high school years. I never ran into this problem, because I didn't access it during class. If people are joining the site simply to act stupid and get banned, it's either a huge coincidence that they stumbled upon a website another classmate visits regularly, or they've noticed the frequency you're on it.

Well, i only gt the problem because i made a joke one time about nearly getting banned for some reason, and then they made a bet that they could get me banned. They have stopped now because it didn't instantly work, and you know the attention spans of us teens. But for now, they seem to have stopped.

 

[SVX]

I try to keep the amount of time I spend on my phone to it's minimum. Only if the lesson is incredibly dull or I've finished my work I'll go on it, at this age it just isn't worth the risk to go on it at any different time. I don't know what form you're in Chameleon, but all I can say is that regularly going on your phone and not paying attention is going to absolutely bite you in the ass come 11th grade. Everything you miss out is just more stuff you have to learn by yourself at the end of the year for an exam. It just isn't worth it.

Feel free to disregard my advice - that's the beauty of the internet - but this is coming from someone that is the same age as you, mind, so it may be more worthwhile than you think.

 

[Aphelion]

I try to keep the amount of time I spend on my phone to it's minimum. Only if the lesson is incredibly dull or I've finished my work I'll go on it, at this age it just isn't worth the risk to go on it at any different time. I don't know what form you're in Chameleon, but all I can say is that regularly going on your phone and not paying attention is going to absolutely bite you in the ass come 11th grade. Everything you miss out is just more stuff you have to learn by yourself at the end of the year for an exam. It just isn't worth it.

Feel free to disregard my advice - that's the beauty of the internet - but this is coming from someone that is the same age as you, mind, so it may be more worthwhile than you think.

I am in grade 11. I entirely agree with you on that, which is why GTP is just a thing i use in my free time. Unless its maths, but that's beside the point. But, the point of this thread still stands; if my school IP gets banned, it would be very annoying to me. I made the thread mainly to warn Jordan of the incoming troll accounts (not that any more were created) and to try and say that it wasn't me creating the accounts, so don't ban my account.

 

[SVX]

GTP was banned at our school for awhile. Most sites were, actually. Facebook during class time is banned, as well. The only way that I was able to access it until they miraculously unblocked it for some reason was through cellular data.

 

[Aphelion]

GTP was banned at our school for awhile. Most sites were, actually. Facebook during class time is banned, as well. The only way that I was able to access it until they miraculously unblocked it for some reason was through cellular data.

How many people at your school use the site that you know? i only know two other people.

 

[SVX]

Just me really.

 

[Aphelion]

Well apparently your school has a different blocking filter, because at my school there has to be quite a lot of traffic in order for them to block the site.

 

[R.S]

What is the difference between GTP and talking (whilst using interesting language as punctuation) with your mates about some girl or lame TV show.

My experience at schools is that they had little ability to truly teach anyway, so valuable it is copying 500 page A4 history textbooks out word-for-word whilst the teacher goes outside on her mobile phone with "important business", every period, every day.
So magnificent the teachers who consistently teach the incorrect answers and punish and mock the kids who correct them.
Tell me the value of sports teachers who open the door to the sports gear, say take a basketball and go play whilst they sit with the newspaper, or if they're really conscientious they might be marking your ball skills for your results (nevermind only 1/5 kids has actually ever thrown a basketball).
What is the point of art 'class' where all the teacher does is provide a subject and materials but give no insight into how to actually make anything decent with them.
Funnily enough the only class worth attending was math.

The school environments I've been into and heard about from others is that they do very little to teach meaningful life skills such as respect (true respect for others, not just "do what the teacher says" respect), self discipline, social skills nor skills that set you for the real world or real world employment.

IMO Kids 14-19 would learn much more valuable skills in the real world(ie work/volunteer placements) and learning from tutorials on YouTube about specific subjects than they would at the schools I've been where the only care of the teachers is that you shut-up and pass a test about information you forget next week.


IMO talking with people and reading items on GTP, whose members come from wide ranging cultures, opinions and age groups can teach you a lot more than cussing around a playground trying to be cool.

 

[Monatsende]

Geez, I`m happy that I`m old enough to not had such problems at school. During breaks we talked to each other, played tricks on people or stuff like that. Or we hit the books to be prepared for next class.

But I guess these times are over since ages.

There is a debate in Germany to completely ban mobile phones from school. To be honest I pretty much sympathise with this idea. I`m a bit sick of the sight of "generation head down" - in German "Generation Kopf unten".

Maybe it`s the wrong thread for my comment but I could also say: Stay away from GTP when you`re at school and you won`t have this troll problem.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

Well, i only gt the problem because i made a joke one time about nearly getting banned for some reason, and then they made a bet that they could get me banned. They have stopped now because it didn't instantly work, and you know the attention spans of us teens. But for now, they seem to have stopped.

That right there in my eyes would be where you went wrong. I would have never told my friends about the internet sites I go to for that reason. You opened the door by telling them about nearly being banned on GTP which lead them to troll. And while you think that they stopped for now, what is to say that they are just waiting now to try to catch you off guard? Your friends could be waiting to try to set a trap for all you know. Believe me- I know plenty of things that high-schoolers and young adults do. A whole lot of that has to deal with pointless things like trolling. All you had to do was not say that you was almost banned and this probably wouldn't be an issue for you right now.

Also, why do you even need your phone? I had to sit through some classes in high school that I found boring as well. A phone didn't help me there- I just sucked it up, payed attention to the best of my ability, and moved on. My high school had a no phones policy when I went there. Anyone who used a cell phone and was caught with one would get their phone confiscated. The only way to get it back would be for a parent to pick it up. This wasn't in the 1990s either- this was 2012. I don't see why phones are useful at school since the only reason that people use them at school are for noneducational purposes.

 

[Aphelion]

That right there in my eyes would be where you went wrong. I would have never told my friends about the internet sites I go to for that reason. You opened the door by telling them about nearly being banned on GTP which lead them to troll. And while you think that they stopped for now, what is to say that they are just waiting now to try to catch you off guard? Your friends could be waiting to try to set a trap for all you know. Believe me- I know plenty of things that high-schoolers and young adults do. A whole lot of that has to deal with pointless things like trolling. All you had to do was not say that you was almost banned and this probably wouldn't be an issue for you right now.

Also, why do you even need your phone? I had to sit through some classes in high school that I found boring as well. A phone didn't help me there- I just sucked it up, payed attention to the best of my ability, and moved on. My high school had a no phones policy when I went there. Anyone who used a cell phone and was caught with one would get their phone confiscated. The only way to get it back would be for a parent to pick it up. This wasn't in the 1990s either- this was 2012. I don't see why phones are useful at school since the only reason that people use them at school are for noneducational purposes.

Not phones, computers. Our school has a computer course, and it was integrated a couple years back because of one of our prime ministers. So now, everyone has a computer, and it's really not hard to sneak on things. Plus, we can do whatever we want with them at breaks, which is when I use it most.
. And for the record, I was never nearly banned. I made a joke about it and they decided to try and make it a reality. And most of my freinds aren't bothered enough to try and set a trap or anything. The problem I had is pretty much solved now.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

That right there in my eyes would be where you went wrong. I would have never told my friends about the internet sites I go to for that reason. You opened the door by telling them about nearly being banned on GTP which lead them to troll. And while you think that they stopped for now, what is to say that they are just waiting now to try to catch you off guard? Your friends could be waiting to try to set a trap for all you know. Believe me- I know plenty of things that high-schoolers and young adults do. A whole lot of that has to deal with pointless things like trolling. All you had to do was not say that you was almost banned and this probably wouldn't be an issue for you right now.

Also, why do you even need your phone? I had to sit through some classes in high school that I found boring as well. A phone didn't help me there- I just sucked it up, payed attention to the best of my ability, and moved on. My high school had a no phones policy when I went there. Anyone who used a cell phone and was caught with one would get their phone confiscated. The only way to get it back would be for a parent to pick it up. This wasn't in the 1990s either- this was 2012. I don't see why phones are useful at school since the only reason that people use them at school are for noneducational purposes.

Off-topic: I see you're in Tecumseh I see, right beside me about 15 min. away in Adrian. I know your town well, even lived and worked there back in the day, late '80's. I also know your school, the beautiful new one that was just recently built. Anyways, pm me if you want to talk more, pretty cool to meet someone who plays the game that lives so close. Now if I could only find some in Adrian here.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

Not phones, computers. Our school has a computer course, and it was integrated a couple years back because of one of our prime ministers. So now, everyone has a computer, and it's really not hard to sneak on things. Plus, we can do whatever we want with them at breaks, which is when I use it most.
. And for the record, I was never nearly banned. I made a joke about it and they decided to try and make it a reality. And most of my freinds aren't bothered enough to try and set a trap or anything. The problem I had is pretty much solved now.

Good to hear that that issue is resolved.It doesn't change my opinion that it could have never happened, but that's another issue that has noting to deal with this point.

and @GTP_CargoRatt I tend to frequent Adrian when I'm home. Eat at El Chaps, shop at Meijer, go back to Tecumsh, and repeat.

 

[ImaRobot]

Sign you're not paying attention in class?

Fun story: I was very active on the old GTF (a similar forum to GTP) during my high school years. I never ran into this problem, because I didn't access it during class. If people are joining the site simply to act stupid and get banned, it's either a huge coincidence that they stumbled upon a website another classmate visits regularly, or they've noticed the frequency you're on it.

I'm not sure how old you are, but I would assume you are older then me. When I was in High School we didnt even have the means of having access to the internet, other then from our Computer Class, and even then the teacher's would watch you like a hawk. The Motorola Razr had just came out(and that was already two years in), and that was about as advanced as things where.. a flip phone wasnt very practical to browse the web, it was horrible in fact.

 

[TB]

The problem I had is pretty much solved now.

Then case closed and thread locked.