Sensei Al & Co. trolled us into getting a free SAMBO seminar. Those bastards!

[TEA]

You aren't actually reading the posts before you use the 'reply' box, are you?

That's so cute.


Hey Phrost, can I keep him? I promise to clean up after him and feed him twice a day.

I have to warn you, I'm getting incontenent in my old age, so you will have to be changing my diapers. If you'd like to fee me, though, I'm game.

[JingMerchant!]

2 things.

I tend to agree with Osiris that as far as investigations go, if the person is not running a verifiable school there's not much reason to investigate. I was thinking about saying this myself and am glad someone with more rep around here said it.
It's definetly something to consider for the future, both as a way to filter out troll-jobs and to refine the site's objectives. (In the same way the James Randi Educational Foundation recently decided to stop chasing the random noname nutjob and focus on the bigger fish of people who had an already established reputation).

That being said I'm hella proud of everyone involved, especially Mikey. Y'all are doing well to represent us. Seriously, the combination of knuckleheadedness and professionalism is crazy. Covered almost every base, maintained general courteousness and worked out the logistics perfectly. Judging by the demeanor and efficiency in which you went about everything, you could almost forget you guys were scheduling a beatdown.

So yeah that's it. It was kinda a funny troll job. Probably would'a been funnier if they reimbursed y'all but it's whatever.

After due consideration of the ACA Faux board, i think this individual has a salutary point.

Their board does make for hilarious reading though!!

[It is Fake]

Kids, make sure you've learned your lessons.

1) If you make unfounded claims, Mikey Triangles will be all up in your shit
2) Challenging people over the internet is silly

No, it is fun. Especially, if you step up.

It is silly if you are trolling for dollars.

[The Question]

Kids, make sure you've learned your lessons.

1) If you make unfounded claims, Mikey Triangles will be all up in your shit
2) Challenging people over the internet is silly

[Natural Fistic]

This whole thing is a lol-fest.

[sambosteve]

We were laughing all through class tonight!

[M-Tri]

Ok, here is a very funny story...small world story.

A new student of mine who joined recently is on the myspace martial arts group (I had no idea about this until tonight). Apparently, he had been searching schools, etc, before joing NYCS and hand posted a blog on myspace asking what to look for in a martial arts school - asking advice from the myspace members. In any event, apparently it was his blog in which Senseai Al (or Mecho?) and Mikey Triangles first got into it with each other. He came into class laughing tonight saying how small a world it is that I ended up refereeing the "fight" that started on his blog post...LOL. My student is "Time is Currency" on Myspace.

that's absolutely hilarious

[LI GUY 1]

Crap that is funny.

[sambosteve]

Ok, here is a very funny story...small world story.

A new student of mine who joined recently is on the myspace martial arts group (I had no idea about this until tonight). Apparently, he had been searching schools, etc, before joing NYCS and hand posted a blog on myspace asking what to look for in a martial arts school - asking advice from the myspace members. In any event, apparently it was his blog in which Senseai Al (or Mecho?) and Mikey Triangles first got into it with each other. He came into class laughing tonight saying how small a world it is that I ended up refereeing the "fight" that started on his blog post...LOL. My student is "Time is Currency" on Myspace.

[h_sh_m]

2 things.

I tend to agree with Osiris that as far as investigations go, if the person is not running a verifiable school there's not much reason to investigate. I was thinking about saying this myself and am glad someone with more rep around here said it.
It's definetly something to consider for the future, both as a way to filter out troll-jobs and to refine the site's objectives. (In the same way the James Randi Educational Foundation recently decided to stop chasing the random noname nutjob and focus on the bigger fish of people who had an already established reputation).

That being said I'm hella proud of everyone involved, especially Mikey. Y'all are doing well to represent us. Seriously, the combination of knuckleheadedness and professionalism is crazy. Covered almost every base, maintained general courteousness and worked out the logistics perfectly. Judging by the demeanor and efficiency in which you went about everything, you could almost forget you guys were scheduling a beatdown.

So yeah that's it. It was kinda a funny troll job. Probably would'a been funnier if they reimbursed y'all but it's whatever.

[M-Tri]

As someone who has been saying since the beginning that this was a massive troll job at worst or a cowardly fraud who would never in a lifetime show up in person at best, I can say I went along with this, and would do so again if given the choice to go back knowing what I do now. Why? Because no matter what the outcome, at least people know that we will show, and not only that, but we will show on short notice and oblige them to any terms deemed necessary. This was supposed to be a BJJ investigation, but if the individual feels he wants to thump his chest and demand MMA sparring/fighting, then so be it.

Just so happened in this case, it turned out to be fake; but better to just get that over with than deal with week after week of forum-wars and hand-wringing by doing it your way and calling shenanigans from the comfort of my computer, all the while they call us cowards for not showing in person.

I agree that ACA basically showed the world that guys like us are not all talk, and we will travel to beat your fake pansy ass given remotely reasonable opportunity. I felt a little stupid at first because I had been warned, and I did ignore my gut feeling at a few instances (like when absolutely NOBODY in the area had ever heard of him), but I honestly don't feel stupid at all anymore. lol, that was like a test run, and this jackass is still trying to milk it on myspace refusing to let it die, and he's making me feel better with every lame ass post.


So whatever I was naive, and that won't happen again. I haven't been an online community member for all that long, so I was an easy sucker.

[Ke?poFist]

I'm being honest. You all just looked pretty damn silly.



About the time when you realized that he had no school and that NO ONE had heard of him outside myspace, you should've called shenanigans.

As someone who has been saying since the beginning that this was a massive troll job at worst or a cowardly fraud who would never in a lifetime show up in person at best, I can say I went along with this, and would do so again if given the choice to go back knowing what I do now. Why? Because no matter what the outcome, at least people know that we will show, and not only that, but we will show on short notice and oblige them to any terms deemed necessary. This was supposed to be a BJJ investigation, but if the individual feels he wants to thump his chest and demand MMA sparring/fighting, then so be it.

Just so happened in this case, it turned out to be fake; but better to just get that over with than deal with week after week of forum-wars and hand-wringing by doing it your way and calling shenanigans from the comfort of my computer, all the while they call us cowards for not showing in person.

[Ke?poFist]

I don't know anything about the "ACA," but is there any possibility that this wasn't really a troll job and these guys thought of a clever way to get out of having to deal with 30+ angry fighters?

I already suggested something similar. ACA has existed before this prank, so no it's doubtful this was an escape by a legitimate individual.

[McMurf]

Where?

According to the user channel, the video was posted "10 hours ago".

Wow im an idiot rofl. I was looking at the "joined" thing.

[Tom Kagan]

I don't know anything about the "ACA," but is there any possibility that this wasn't really a troll job and these guys thought of a clever way to get out of having to deal with 30+ angry fighters?

Oooh, you're so cute, too!

Phrost, this one too.

Pretty please?