Who Is The Hype's Smartest Poster?

[Matt]

True. We need a contest to name Hype's All Around Member Award. That means that they participate in multiple forums, debate with logic and reason, participate in art or fan writing, etc...Not just people that hang out in here or only talk about how great Spider-Man 3 was That would be the all around 'smart poster'.

But that will degrade into exactly what you said, a popularity contest. But Hunter Rider definitely meets the criteria in my book. He frequents numerous sections of the Hype ranging from Community to Superman. Misc movies to fan fiction. He writes several impressive short stories and is the premiere moderator on the Hype.

 

[Kritish]

Oh, yes, Kritish. How could I forget the lovely and talented Bastard known as Krittish.

Forgive me.

It's OK, we can make fun of fran's new smilie together.

Aw, you're a huge brainiac too, ya big lug. *noogies*

 

[Hunter Rider]

The ladies are getting overlooked a bit

Babs Gordon is fantastically smart in a number of areas, shame she doesn't post here now.

Pickles isn't as aggressive as some of the other smart posters but she is always insightful and articulate with her views on a variety of subjects.

danyose is not a big community poster but every debate ive had with her and be it on movies or a social issue has been highly enjoyable and she always brings interesting points.

Squeek is so nice i think people sometimes forget she is a wise lady, i don't know if she is politically active here but she makes a lot of sense when she posts.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

You ain't too bad yourself.

Thanks

I tried to avoid adding people I only agree with, though the Hype does have a very liberal leaning, so I do tend to agree with a lot of the posters here.

Yes, I mean reading the thread title I knew it was going to be a lot of Wihelm, Sparkle and many other High Profile posters. While I agree most of them have mastered, in a lot of ways, some sort of 'posting style' and become very vocal and noticed I don't see that as necessarily being smart. Verbose maybe, clever, but not smart.

[Incidentally, if you want to know whether or not (I think) I am losing an argument, look at how many words I am posting. When I am brief, that means I am on my A game. When I am not, I am faultering.]

The unfortunate problem with this thread is I really have no way of knowing who is smart without some outside basis. Maybe Wilhelm built a flux capacitor out of mustach shavings and pixie sticks...if that's the case (and I'm sure in response to this post he'll say it is), then yeah...I'd have to say he is pretty smart.

There is one poster though who was a psychology student. I forgot his name. Basically, due to his passion for studying humans, he used to lurk forums and then take on the guise of a troll, adopt an entire outlandish argument, then record the result. He'd love playing mind games with the posters and say he could figure out incredible things about them by their responses. I eventually reported him to mods though, as his "trolling" got to be a bother on a forum. I'd have to say though, that he was pretty brillant.

My first run in with him was actually here, after weeks of Kainedamo and Ghostrider87 he came in with some sob story about how he loved this girl for 3 years and never told her...her boyfriend was a *****ebag...she should be with him...blah blah blah. He got Jag, Erz and Wilhelm among others wrapped up in the conversation so much it carried on the whole afternoon/evening. Eventually he told me the whole thing was a con when I discovered some inconsistency in his story.

LS is brilliant.

He certainly seems it.

He is smart, but to have intelligence and to use it are two very different things. He had it, but he focused it on all the wrong places.

Blind_Fury is another who wastes his intelligence.

 

[Cmill216]

and is the premiere moderator on the Hype.

Whoa now! I'm not too sure about that one, slick. How dare you forget Sir Danger Mouse?

 

[jaguarr]

Perhaps, but really think about how subjective the term "smart" is.

Go to the people in the fan art section. I could never draw like that. I can't even do stick figures. They amaze me. So in a manner of speaking, I could argue that they are smarter than Jag. It is just a very subjective term.

That's creativity and artistic ability, not intelligence. Two different things, Matt. You'd be on my list but you are a mod and therefore verboten by the rules for inclusion. I'll definitely add Lightning_Strykez! to the list since he's not a mod anymore, though.

jag

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Squeek is so nice i think people sometimes forget she is a wise lady, i don't know if she is politically active here but she makes a lot of sense when she posts.

Squeek was on fire in the last Christianity thread

 

[Master Chief]

Wilhelm is smartest coz when I read anything he posts he doesn't come across as pretentious. Ever. lol.

 

[chaseter]

But that will degrade into exactly what you said, a popularity contest. But Hunter Rider definitely meets the criteria in my book. He frequents numerous sections of the Hype ranging from Community to Superman. Misc movies to fan fiction. He writes several impressive short stories and is the premiere moderator on the Hype.

It will always be a popularity contest but at least now it's more rounded and more people could voice their opinions.

 

[Fran]

Add chaseter to my list.

 

[Memphis Slim]

Of course I vote for:
Lazur
MovieFan24
Supermanbeyond
Jag (Which shows that some of us can disagree with a cat and still give him his propers).

Varient (Fight the Power!

)
Lightning Strikes
Darthsphere
Dread (that cat wrote some mean synopsis)

Not in any order of course....

I herby approve this list!!

 

[Matt]

That's creativity and artistic ability, not intelligence. Two different things, Matt. You'd be on my list but you are a mod and therefore verboten by the rules for inclusion. I'll definitely add Lightning_Strykez! to the list since he's not a mod anymore, though.

jag

Oh, I definitely disagree. I think creativity is another form of intelligence. The difference between scholars and artists are, scholars proclaim themselves to be smart by studying someone else's work. Artists create their own. To deny the intelligence behind that is doing a great disservice to them.

 

[chaseter]

Add chaseter to my list.

Yes! I can die now...

My xbox got the red ring of death by the way, I am so pissed

 

[Badger]

It's OK, we can make fun of fran's new smilie together.

:fran: <~ it is a beaut. t:

 

[chaseter]

Oh, I definitely disagree. I think creativity is another form of intelligence. The difference between scholars and artists are, scholars proclaim themselves to be smart by studying someone else's work. Artists create their own. To deny the intelligence behind that is doing a great disservice to them.

Quit trying to get on people's lists

But sersiously it's true. I also think that people on these so-called 'smart lists' should also type complete, proper, and coherent sentences. No 'coz' 'fo sho' diffrent,' etc...

 

[Kritish]

MovieFan24[/B]

 

[Badger]

Of course I vote for:
Lazur
***MovieFan24***
Supermanbeyond
Jag (Which shows that some of us can disagree with a cat and still give him his propers).

Varient (Fight the Power!

)
Lightning Strikes
Darthsphere
Dread (that cat wrote some mean synopsis)

Not in any order of course....

I herby approve this list!!

Please explain that one, thanks.

 

[Matt]

That's creativity and artistic ability, not intelligence. Two different things, Matt. You'd be on my list but you are a mod and therefore verboten by the rules for inclusion. I'll definitely add Lightning_Strykez! to the list since he's not a mod anymore, though.

jag

Also, I don't understand why moderators were forbidden. Do you remember the good ol' days when C. Lee and Immortalfire used to debate, Jag? They were two of our smartest.

 

[Fran]

Yes! I can die now...

My xbox got the red ring of death by the way, I am so pissed

:fran: <~ it is a beaut. t:

 

[jaguarr]

Oh, I definitely disagree. I think creativity is another form of intelligence. The difference between scholars and artists are, scholars proclaim themselves to be smart by studying someone else's work. Artists create their own. To deny the intelligence behind that is doing a great disservice to them.

Being an artist and a musician myself, Matt, I've got to say that it's a very different sort of intelligence that comprises creativity and artistic ability. It's very innate. It can be nurtured and educated, but either you have it or you do not. I don't really put it in the same category of intelligence as "smart" would be. It's not lesser or better, it's just a different type of thinking.

jag

 

[chaseter]

This is tickling my funny bone to see people automatically start to post intense, thoughtful, and deep posts because of the thread title. Oh if only we could bar the dopes from entering meaningful debate threads.

 

[Matt]

Being an artist and a musician myself, Matt, I've got to say that it's a very different sort of intelligence that comprises creativity and artistic ability. It's very innate. It can be nurtured and educated, but either you have it or you do not. I don't really put it in the same category of intelligence as "smart" would be. It's not lesser or better, it's just a different type of thinking.

jag

Different sort of intelligence, I agree. But intelligence none the less. Afterall, not everyone can be book smart either. Some people, with average IQs and no learning disabilities just can't succeed academically. Does that make them stupid? No. It simply means their intelligence lies in a more hidden form than academia.

 

[chaseter]

Different sort of intelligence, I agree. But intelligence none the less. Afterall, not everyone can be book smart either. Some people, with average IQs and no learning disabilities just can't succeed academically. Does that make them stupid? No. It simply means their intelligence lies in a more hidden form than academia.

Street smarts as you would say.

 

[Matt]

This is tickling my funny bone to see people automatically start to post intense, thoughtful, and deep posts because of the thread title. Oh if only we could bar the dopes from entering meaningful debate threads.

I try to keep all debate threads meaningful and deep.

 

[Memphis Slim]

I can forgive you for being a Bast---Badgers fan.







Who?

Just jokes man...