Somethingawful agrees: The Empire could crush the Federation

[Stark]

Well he works a helpdesk job and responds to events on the internet within hours. He reveals nothing about himself, so it's easy to accept the idea that he spends all his time at work scouring the internet for his name.

[Batman]

Scooter, having absolutely nothing else in his life, has allowed this hobby to become an all-consuming passion, which is really sad.

I'm actually curious, has it really been confirmed this guy does nothing else but this particular hobby as you assert? I presume he at least works to pay bills and shit, but does he really spend the majority of his free time with this subject? If so, what was the source of this knowledge?

This is a trick question, right? Have you taken a look at the amount of time and effort he spends on proving Trek would win after having been told by BOTH Trek And Wars officials that his interpretations of the canon leading to that conclusion being false were FLAT OUT WRONG?

[Singular Intellect]

This is a trick question, right? Have you taken a look at the amount of time and effort he spends on proving Trek would win after having been told by BOTH Trek And Wars officials that his interpretations of the canon leading to that conclusion being false were FLAT OUT WRONG?

What does this have to do with his personal lifestyle? I was merely asking if it was known fact he spends the majority of his time with this hobby, or if it's just a common insult I've seen hurled his way.

Well he works a helpdesk job and responds to events on the internet within hours. He reveals nothing about himself, so it's easy to accept the idea that he spends all his time at work scouring the internet for his name.

Ah, so it's not really known, it's just assumed. That's all I was wondering, it almost sounded like someone had actually met him and actually confirmed he makes the subject his life.

[Ghost Rider]

Well he works a helpdesk job and responds to events on the internet within hours. He reveals nothing about himself, so it's easy to accept the idea that he spends all his time at work scouring the internet for his name.

Ah, so it's not really known, it's just assumed. That's all I was wondering, it almost sounded like someone had actually met him and actually confirmed he makes the subject his life.

Read his rants.

Any man who claims that SD.net produces murderers and asks a person in the Katrina Area to help him find his missing Starlog, takes this little debate beyond hobby.

[Batman]

This is a trick question, right? Have you taken a look at the amount of time and effort he spends on proving Trek would win after having been told by BOTH Trek And Wars officials that his interpretations of the canon leading to that conclusion being false were FLAT OUT WRONG?

What does this have to do with his personal lifestyle? I was merely asking if it was known fact he spends the majority of his time with this hobby, or if it's just a common insult I've seen hurled his way.

You are aware that is a complete non-argument.

[Stark]

Read his rants.

Any man who claims that SD.net produces murderers and asks a person in the Katrina Area to help him find his missing Starlog, takes this little debate beyond hobby.

Not to mention his forays against the publishers of SW and ST material: it seems clear that whatever emotion and passion normal people put into human relationships he spends on stupid internet debates.

[Ghost Rider]

Read his rants.

Any man who claims that SD.net produces murderers and asks a person in the Katrina Area to help him find his missing Starlog, takes this little debate beyond hobby.

Not to mention his forays against the publishers of SW and ST material: it seems clear that whatever emotion and passion normal people put into human relationships he spends on stupid internet debates.

I don't deny those insane ramblings but the Starlog magazine and the murderer accusations both demonstrated that he has literally no empathy for his common man and he tied both into ST vs SW on some level. His comprehension of society makes Data the next Casanova.

And really let's not forget old ASVS material wherein he claimed that Poe plotted to murder him, he "Dealt With" a angry boyfriend of a woman he was enamored with as well.

The boy is truly beyond anything I believe this particular hobby has and will have seen.

[Darth Wong]

Scooter, having absolutely nothing else in his life, has allowed this hobby to become an all-consuming passion, which is really sad.

I'm actually curious, has it really been confirmed this guy does nothing else but this particular hobby as you assert?

Everywhere he goes on the Internet, he only talks about one thing: Star Wars vs Star Trek. Seriously, it is the only thing he ever talks about. Ever. Go to any forum where he has ever participated and try to find examples of him talking about anything else.

I presume he at least works to pay bills and shit, but does he really spend the majority of his free time with this subject? If so, what was the source of this knowledge?

The rapidity with which he responds to anything said about him anywhere on the Internet certainly suggests this interpretation rather strongly, as does his total lack of interest in any other subject.

[Darth Wong]

I think this ALoD is hilarious. Honestly, I get a feeling Lowtax rather likes us

Maybe he just likes the fact that I spend more time watching porn than Star Wars. This makes me normal

[Eleas]

Everywhere he goes on the Internet, he only talks about one thing: Star Wars vs Star Trek. Seriously, it is the only thing he ever talks about. Ever. Go to any forum where he has ever participated and try to find examples of him talking about anything else.

He once talked about his car. It's noteworthy because that's the single instance I've seen of RSA not being pathologically obsessed with the VS debate to the exclusion of everything else. Also, improbable though it may be, I'd say it proves that he must have some vestigial sense of humor in him.

[Master_Baerne]

Quit sucking up, November 2006 newbie.

I am not sucking up, I am stating my opinion. The fact that many of my opinions agree with the members of this board is why I came here in the first place.

[Ghost Rider]

Quit sucking up, November 2006 newbie.

I am not sucking up, I am stating my opinion. The fact that many of my opinions agree with the members of this board is why I came here in the first place.

You claim Mike will crush him and that RSA will mock people for calling him obsessive.

1. The SA bit had nothing about RSA in this one.

2. RSA hasn't issued a challenge.

Really, next time read what you post before contradicting yourself.

[Wyrm]

Maybe he just likes the fact that I spend more time watching porn than Star Wars.

I spend more time writing porn than watching Star Wars (or Star Trek). And I'm not a professional porn author.

[Surlethe]

It helps to be grounded. Let's face it, at the end of the day, Star Wars vs Star Trek doesn't consume my life the way it does Scooter's life. When my kids want me to help them with homework, I don't say "Not now, I need to defeat another Warsie conspiracy of lies."

Scooter, having absolutely nothing else in his life, has allowed this hobby to become an all-consuming passion, which is really sad.

Obsessiveness in anyone is really sad, because it indicates a serious lack of perspective and balance. When someone lets anything become an all-consuming passion, it just feels wrong. It's like it's just not natural.

What makes it even more pathetic is that he's obsessed with the losing side, to the point where he'll resort to pathological dishonesty. I mean, he's not just obsessed with the debate; he's obsessed with Star Trek winning. He's like a Bobby Fischer who never learned how to play chess well.

[brianeyci]

Normally I say what a person spends his own time on is his own business, especially if he manages to eke out a living for himself.

But after the memory-alpha thing and the Pocket Books thing, it was way too freaky.

One of these days me and my seven thousand posts will disappear from this board forever, probably once I graduate and get too busy, or decide to have sex. For some reason I can't imagine Scooter giving up his page. Mike is different--he has a forum so even if he was totally disinterested, he could probably stop posting for years since the forum's taken on a life of its own. But if Mike just had the one page, star trek vs star wars in five minutes, I can imagine him abandoning it (hell it's almost like he already did, no updates in forever.) Mr. Anderson... no, not after memory alpha and Pocket Books.

[Master_Baerne]

Quit sucking up, November 2006 newbie.

You claim Mike will crush him and that RSA will mock people for calling him obsessive.

1. The SA bit had nothing about RSA in this one.

2. RSA hasn't issued a challenge.

Really, next time read what you post before contradicting yourself.

Twas mentioned in non OP posts.

[The Nomad]

Everywhere he goes on the Internet, he only talks about one thing: Star Wars vs Star Trek. Seriously, it is the only thing he ever talks about. Ever. Go to any forum where he has ever participated and try to find examples of him talking about anything else.

As crazy as it may sound, I once saw him take IIRC a pro-evolution or pro-science stance on TrekBBS (IIRC under his G2K alias), but that was like two or three years ago. I can't recall the exact content of his posts (you'll have to take my word on it) but he sounded pretty rational in this instance. That's why I was so dumbfounded then, and still remember it today. I've never seen him like that again, though.

[Lord Poe]

Scooter, having absolutely nothing else in his life, has allowed this hobby to become an all-consuming passion, which is really sad.

You know, I had that exact same feeling about myself circa late 2002. I was spending hours poring through Star Wars and Trek books looking for little tidbits to use in these debates, and spent countless more hours updating my website, and doing little else with my free time.

I really had to step back after that, and wonder why I wasn't putting even a sliver of that dedication toward doing something more important. Now I haven't cured AIDS since then, but I've completed projects that have given me tiny bits of satisfaction (Golden Eyeball special edition, etc.)

While I still have a toe or two in Star Wars vs Trek stuff, it's very much a back-burner thing now. I felt I had to do at least one Wars vs Trek flick though, given that a clip show with the same subject got such a response on Youtube.

[Darth Wong]

I was never that big on poring over sourcebooks, which is one of the reasons my site is heavy on analysis of incidents which can be really easily referenced, like the TNG screenplays (which can easily be downloaded) or events in the Star Wars movies (of which there are only six).

[Ghost Rider]

Quit sucking up, November 2006 newbie.

You claim Mike will crush him and that RSA will mock people for calling him obsessive.

1. The SA bit had nothing about RSA in this one.

2. RSA hasn't issued a challenge.

Really, next time read what you post before contradicting yourself.

Twas mentioned in non OP posts.

Right, sematic whore. Next time read your material and understand that claiming Mike will destroy Scooter in a debate AGAIN is sucking up to Mike.

[Master_Baerne]

You claim Mike will crush him and that RSA will mock people for calling him obsessive.

1. The SA bit had nothing about RSA in this one.

2. RSA hasn't issued a challenge.

Really, next time read what you post before contradicting yourself.

Twas mentioned in non OP posts.

Right, sematic whore. Next time read your material and understand that claiming Mike will destroy Scooter in a debate AGAIN is sucking up to Mike.

A perfectly reasonably request. I shall remember that in future.

[OmegaGuy]

I wonder if any Trekkies are going to email SA and tell them that they're wrong about the Empire winning.

[Teleros]

You mean they haven't already ?

[Darth Wong]

I wonder if any Trekkies are going to email SA and tell them that they're wrong about the Empire winning.

Trekkies sort of speak a different language than everyone else, and I doubt the SA guys speak their language. In TrekkieWorld, it is actually a compelling argument to say something like "we have quantum torpedoes and subspace transporter technology". This honestly sounds like a powerful argument to a Trekkie, whereas it sounds like meaningless bullshit to a normal person.

Of course, you could say that engineers and scientists also have their own lingo, but the lingo of real scientists and engineers actually means something. It's not just made-up jibberish.

[OmegaGuy]

Well if you're familiar with the material, it's not gibberish as those things actually exist in the STU, however their existence hardly guarantees a win or an advantage.