What is Rochambeau?

[King]

Yeah, the maps feature is very easy to use and learn. And there's a button for generating code instantly to post the maps.

The only other one of those that strikes me as suspicious is #3, though it's not hard to browse the archives here. #2 isn't something most people would instantly realize who are used to message boards, #4 isn't shocking at all, do even a majority of 10-year olds know who Karl Marx is? The poll in #5 also seems like a typical 10-year old stupid question. Nothing odd about #6 at all really.

Do even a majority of Americans know who Karl Marx is?  I doubt it.

As for the first point, I know I did an awful lot of lurking before I signed up here, and a lot of archive-binging after I joined.  I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I think a majority of Americans know who Karl Marx is.  Even the worst high schools in America name drop him a few times in history/economics classes.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yeah, the maps feature is very easy to use and learn. And there's a button for generating code instantly to post the maps.

The only other one of those that strikes me as suspicious is #3, though it's not hard to browse the archives here. #2 isn't something most people would instantly realize who are used to message boards, #4 isn't shocking at all, do even a majority of 10-year olds know who Karl Marx is? The poll in #5 also seems like a typical 10-year old stupid question. Nothing odd about #6 at all really.

Do even a majority of Americans know who Karl Marx is?  I doubt it.

As for the first point, I know I did an awful lot of lurking before I signed up here, and a lot of archive-binging after I joined.  I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I think a majority of Americans know who Karl Marx is.  Even the worst high schools in America name drop him a few times in history/economics classes.

But not 4th and 5th grade classes.

[k-onmmunist]

I still hold to my original suspicions of him being a Byzantine logothete.

[The Mikado]

I still hold to my original suspicions of him being a Byzantine logothete.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SesquipedalianLoquaciousness

That said, I disagree.  For someone as prolific as Rochambeau is, he's surprisingly not verbose at all.  His posts are one to two sentences each.  I don't recall ever seeing a Bono-or-CARLHAYDEN-esque rant from Roch.  A logothete would write 77 posts a day that you'd have to scroll down through.

[King]

Yeah, the maps feature is very easy to use and learn. And there's a button for generating code instantly to post the maps.

The only other one of those that strikes me as suspicious is #3, though it's not hard to browse the archives here. #2 isn't something most people would instantly realize who are used to message boards, #4 isn't shocking at all, do even a majority of 10-year olds know who Karl Marx is? The poll in #5 also seems like a typical 10-year old stupid question. Nothing odd about #6 at all really.

Do even a majority of Americans know who Karl Marx is?  I doubt it.

As for the first point, I know I did an awful lot of lurking before I signed up here, and a lot of archive-binging after I joined.  I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I think a majority of Americans know who Karl Marx is.  Even the worst high schools in America name drop him a few times in history/economics classes.

But not 4th and 5th grade classes.

Exactly.  This leads me to believe Catmusic was, at best, in Junior High.

As for the rest of these red flags:

1) With fewer than twenty posts, Catmusic could make and post his own maps, but two months later didn't know how to put a picture in his signature
2) He didn't know what YaBB god means
3) He knew about Yates, Ben Meyers*, and Straha
4) He had never heard of Karl Marx
5) He started a thread asking why it is cloudy at 4 AM
6) The aforementioned comment about being Jewish

1) Point's been covered by Xahar and BRTD.  Maps are easy to make and well advertised.  Signature changes require a bit of search on the settings.

2) YaBB hasn't been a popular message board software for years. Our board is technically SMF but uses YaBB titles as part of the import Dave made when he upgraded.  I wouldn't expect even a 16 year old to know what that means. BUT I would expect a 10 year old to be curious enough about it to start a thread.

3) Somewhat alarming.  But can easily be debunked:

• He wasn't referring to Ben Meyers in that thread.  He was talking to PIT, who I think went on vacation or some meaningless, small departure that a child would find the need to say "welcome back!!!"
• If you look at the rest of the Ben Meyers, you'll see Yates is mentioned heavily.  That thread was posted 5 days before his Yates reference.  He obviously read it and searched for Yates on the forum search and got all the threads about his cancer and the sad story.
• Straha is infamous and is always around in one form or another. It wouldn't surprise me if he heard about him in one way

5) That was a really poor attempt a joke.  Arizona is so hot and sunny during the day, but cloudy at night! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

6) Intriguing, but I don't know how it shows he's not 10.  And the wink kind of tips me off to another bad joke thing.

[Magic 8-Ball]

You guys are probably right.  Chalk it up to early morning sleeplessness and paranoia, I guess.  I've grown to think that just about any unorthodox poster is some kind of sock.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Venture Brothers deals with the problem....

Jefferson Twilight: On three we give him the old Rochambeau.
The Alchemist: Rock-paper-scissors?
Dr. Orpheus: What does a general from the American Revolution have to do with this?
Jefferson Twilight: American Revolution? Rochambeau sounds…sounds French to me.
Dr. Orpheus: Yes, the Franco-American forces.
Jefferson Twilight: They fought with spaghetti-o’s and meatballs?
The Alchemist: Why would a company called Franco-American make Italian food?


The Order of the Triad rules.

How could Rochambeau be the French version of rock-paper-scissors?  There's no option to surrender in RPS.

[useful idiot]

Probably an extremely overweight or very ugly female. Either way whatever it is, it's going to wind up dying a virgin with it's attitude and obnoxious personality...

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Look, the kid posts too much, and he probably isn't 17, but I'm sure some of these comments are really hurtful to him.

[useful idiot]

Look, the kid posts too much, and he probably isn't 17, but I'm sure some of these comments are really hurtful to him.

If this was just an issue with posting too much or lying about its age, then I'd agree. It goes out of its way to annoy people by over-posting, pretending not to get any humor whatsoever, empty quoting when its been told not to, and spamming the boards with pointless garbage. This isn't just innocent stuff, it's being done on purpose. It's either a poster with a new account that's getting their jollies, or someone who just decided out of the blue to be a total jackass on a political forum.

[Countess Anya of the North Parish]

Look, the kid posts too much, and he probably isn't 17, but I'm sure some of these comments are really hurtful to him.

If this was just an issue with posting too much or lying about its age, then I'd agree. It goes out of its way to annoy people by over-posting, pretending not to get any humor whatsoever, empty quoting when its been told not to, and spamming the boards with pointless garbage. This isn't just innocent stuff, it's being done on purpose. It's either a poster with a new account that's getting their jollies, or someone who just decided out of the blue to be a total jackass on a political forum.

be careful you might be talking about one of the republican senators.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Look, the kid posts too much, and he probably isn't 17, but I'm sure some of these comments are really hurtful to him.

If this was just an issue with posting too much or lying about its age, then I'd agree. It goes out of its way to annoy people by over-posting, pretending not to get any humor whatsoever, empty quoting when its been told not to, and spamming the boards with pointless garbage. This isn't just innocent stuff, it's being done on purpose. It's either a poster with a new account that's getting their jollies, or someone who just decided out of the blue to be a total jackass on a political forum.

be careful you might be talking about one of the republican senators.

@ useful_idiot

I don't know, I feel like he could just be really naive, and I wouldn't want to run the risk of hurting the kid's feelings, especially if he's a young'in .

@Whacky Hack

[Countess Anya of the North Parish]

Look, the kid posts too much, and he probably isn't 17, but I'm sure some of these comments are really hurtful to him.

If this was just an issue with posting too much or lying about its age, then I'd agree. It goes out of its way to annoy people by over-posting, pretending not to get any humor whatsoever, empty quoting when its been told not to, and spamming the boards with pointless garbage. This isn't just innocent stuff, it's being done on purpose. It's either a poster with a new account that's getting their jollies, or someone who just decided out of the blue to be a total jackass on a political forum.

be careful you might be talking about one of the republican senators.

@Whacky Hack

I was referring to the jackass and the annoying people on purpose.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Look, the kid posts too much, and he probably isn't 17, but I'm sure some of these comments are really hurtful to him.

If this was just an issue with posting too much or lying about its age, then I'd agree. It goes out of its way to annoy people by over-posting, pretending not to get any humor whatsoever, empty quoting when its been told not to, and spamming the boards with pointless garbage. This isn't just innocent stuff, it's being done on purpose. It's either a poster with a new account that's getting their jollies, or someone who just decided out of the blue to be a total jackass on a political forum.

be careful you might be talking about one of the republican senators.

@Whacky Hack

I was referring to the jackass and the annoying people on purpose.

What?

[Bo]

Probably an extremely overweight or very ugly female. Either way whatever it is, it's going to wind up dying a virgin with it's attitude and obnoxious personality...

lol

[milhouse24]

Is that when you get kicked in the nuts?

[Bo]

Is that when you get kicked in the nuts?

lol

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Rochambeau is a troll, but he's probably gay too.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Is that when you get kicked in the nuts?

lol

That's a reference to a South Park episode, Roch.

And yeah, that's what first crossed my mind when you started posting.