Opinion of TheProfessor

[Simfan34]

Speculating on TheProfessor's identity won't help you get girls.

Unless you are speculating while doing bench presses - either 4 rep sets at your maximum weight, or 12 rep sets done very rapidly at your maximum weight for that - to get at that muscle type that gives you that cut look, and which ripple when you flex your arms. What happened to the King of the Bench Press by the way?

I thought that was you.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

KotBP was banned I believe.

[The Mikado]

I went public with my theory about TheProfessor's identity on IRC last night, but I'd like to see whether anyone else arrives at it independently before divulging.

May I ask if you think the account is a sock, which the mods all deny? I have zero skills for some reason when it comes to figuring out stuff like this. Maybe I had a mini stroke or something that killed off that part of my brain.

Yes, I do believe that it's a sock.

Well how about angus (that boy knows how to write), except that the mods said the IP address was on the west coast. Who lives on the west coast?  Doesn't Washington have a rather colorful character up there? 

Colorado, not the West Coast.  We don't want to get more specific than that, because that'd be an invasion of privacy, but he's posting from Colorado from a legitimate-looking IP.

[Lief 🗽]

How can you tell if an IP is legitimate-looking?

[The Mikado]

How can you tell if an IP is legitimate-looking?

Because most of the ones that aren't trace to proxy services.

[Torie]

Speculating on TheProfessor's identity won't help you get girls.

Unless you are speculating while doing bench presses - either 4 rep sets at your maximum weight, or 12 rep sets done very rapidly at your maximum weight for that - to get at that muscle type that gives you that cut look, and which ripple when you flex your arms. What happened to the King of the Bench Press by the way?

I thought that was you.

You think we have the same posting styles or something? 

[Simfan34]

Speculating on TheProfessor's identity won't help you get girls.

Unless you are speculating while doing bench presses - either 4 rep sets at your maximum weight, or 12 rep sets done very rapidly at your maximum weight for that - to get at that muscle type that gives you that cut look, and which ripple when you flex your arms. What happened to the King of the Bench Press by the way?

I thought that was you.

You think we have the same posting styles or something? 

No, I thought you were the king of the bench press. Or is that not an honorific but a username?

[ZuWo]

Neither FF nor HP, just an unnecessarily hyped poster.

[Torie]

Speculating on TheProfessor's identity won't help you get girls.

Unless you are speculating while doing bench presses - either 4 rep sets at your maximum weight, or 12 rep sets done very rapidly at your maximum weight for that - to get at that muscle type that gives you that cut look, and which ripple when you flex your arms. What happened to the King of the Bench Press by the way?

I thought that was you.

You think we have the same posting styles or something? 

No, I thought you were the king of the bench press. Or is that not an honorific but a username?

The latter. As to the former, thank you so much, but that would be well - hyperbole.   But give me some more time, and a reincarnation, where I can drop a couple of decades, and perhaps it will not be.

[Mr. Morden]

This thread risks turning into a "how to" guide for evading detection as a sock.  Suffice it to say, the normal means for telling if an account is a sock don't show anything suspicious about him, but if one is sneaky enough, then one can hide one's sockiness and there's nothing we can do about it.  In this case, The Professor is either legit, or someone who's done a good job of hiding his sockiness.

[minionofmidas]

...or the sock creator is a mod without enemies among the other mods. That would work too.

[Simfan34]

Gather around children because I am about to tell you the tragic tale of how the Atlas Forum Mods came to be.


Once upon a time there was a young boy at the tender age of fourteen
He was madly in love with this girl who had a penchant for caffeine

For months he agonized how to profess his undying love
Suddenly it came to him in the form of a dove

He put a note in this girls locker to meet him at three
Behind the tool-shed right near the old willow tree

At a quarter past three she finally came
It was time to tell her everything without any shame

"Why have you called me here" she said with a stammer
The young boy was in shock, like he'd been hit with a hammer

"For as long as I've known you, I have watched you from afar
Your eyes remind me of the biblical North Star"

They both stood in silence as he awaited her reply
At last she spoke but with a great big sigh

"I'll never date you because you are creepy"
These words hit home and made him very weepy

She continued on into something of a rant
It was very clear she would not recant

"You sit in class and draw gerrymanders for Vermont
I want to date someone who buys me a croissant"

The boy was crushed and his sadness turned to rage
He had enough of society in this day and age

"If you won't love me, then my affection I will retract
And instead I have no choice but to infract!"

A bloodcurdling scream filled the air
She was dead and frankly, he did not care

"You have done well" a voice said from behind
"It is better to be cold and very much unkind"

"My name is Dave Leip and I must say I like to oppress"
Join me and you can take out your frustrations in any way you wish to express"

And that is how the Atlas Forum Mod came to be
It is a very sad tale, as you can plainly see

All right, an FF.

[Mr. Morden]

...or the sock creator is a mod without enemies among the other mods. That would work too.

My theory is that he's a sock of Dave Leip.  But then, that's my working assumption for all suspicious posters.

[minionofmidas]

...or the sock creator is a mod without enemies among the other mods. That would work too.

My theory is that he's a sock of Dave Leip.  But then, that's my working assumption for all suspicious posters.

That would be a subscenario of the above scenario (which is not "my theory", but merely a possibility I would not dismiss.)

[Simfan34]

...or the sock creator is a mod without enemies among the other mods. That would work too.

My theory is that he's a sock of Dave Leip.  But then, that's my working assumption for all suspicious posters.

Hey, that was my theory first.

[minionofmidas]

That theory has existed since long before you registered here, simnoob.

[Mr. Morden]

...or the sock creator is a mod without enemies among the other mods. That would work too.

My theory is that he's a sock of Dave Leip.  But then, that's my working assumption for all suspicious posters.

That would be a subscenario of the above scenario (which is not "my theory", but merely a possibility I would not dismiss.)

With the important distinction that Dave could actually change the software to fool the rest of the mods, whereas "regular" mods would have to depend on the goodwill of their fellow mods not to out any sock accounts.

[Joe Republic]

Perhaps the most overrated member in this forum's existence.

Jeez, you and Gustaf are quite the buzzkills.

this confirms my suspicion.

Which is...?

[Torie]

Perhaps the most overrated member in this forum's existence.

Jeez, you and Gustaf are quite the buzzkills.

this confirms my suspicion.

Which is...?

You just pretend to live in Vegas. You actually live in Colorado Springs, and your avatar is not a joke but actually bears your true color. I think that is what he is saying, don't you Joe?

[Simfan34]

That theory has existed since long before you registered here, simnoob.

And how would that work? TheProfessor registered on March 28, 2011. I registered on June 28, 2011. Three months is not "long before". Unless you know something we don't.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Various moderators are claiming he's legitimate. I believe them.

Even if he's not... look, I don't give a crap whether The Professor is a sock, fake poster, joker etc. etc. He's amusing as hell and that's what matters.

[Napoleon]

Various moderators are claiming he's legitimate. I believe them.

Even if he's not... look, I don't give a crap whether The Professor is a sock, fake poster, joker etc. etc. He's amusing as hell and that's what matters.

It is in the moderators' interest to say that he is legitimate, Kal. I don't see why some random person would come here to talk about posters instead of politics.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Various moderators are claiming he's legitimate. I believe them.

Even if he's not... look, I don't give a crap whether The Professor is a sock, fake poster, joker etc. etc. He's amusing as hell and that's what matters.

It is in the moderators' interest to say that he is legitimate, Kal.

Moderators are very fond is declaring someone an illegimate acount, not otherwise.

[Simfan34]

He made this too? An Atlas legend. Must be a sock.

J.J., I wanted to congratulate you on your assignment "A Typical Day In My Life". I think you did a superb job with it. So good that I think I'll share it with everyone else.

[minionofmidas]

That theory has existed since long before you registered here, simnoob.

And how would that work? TheProfessor registered on March 28, 2011. I registered on June 28, 2011. Three months is not "long before". Unless you know something we don't.

The theory has been applied to other characters before.