How the hell do i put a message under my avatar??

MattGriff said:1: Play on peoples insecurities
2: Upset the general mood
3: Point out mods doing what they accuse you of doing
4: Dare to suggest that when people are consistently not placing well they review their methodology or actually adapt some of the techniques their peers use to supplement their strengths and minimise their weakness.

There are many options for this, my personal fav is numero three, nothing like conformation that you have bothered a mod enough for them to have to do that for their pride I assume, more so when they can't actually answer what you post (or they could but will not in public, and they probably agree but prefer sitting on fences and taking cheap shots from the admin position) or demonstrate what they accuse you of time and again - it is the best one for amusement by far.

EDCLARKE said:
just out of interest why would you want to do numbers 1 and 2?

MattGriff said:
It is a method I use to work out how people function primarily; I have studied psychology and have an interest in the subject.
Simply put the internet is not the best tool for ‘knowing’ someone, but it can have its uses. If it is suspected that someone has an insecurity about something – and these can be vast and varied from people just doing work on what they are good at in the gym, trying to aggressive in advice giving to others and so on (there are many options here) – a simple subtle question or statement will quickly expose the said weakness to me giving me a better understanding of that person and how they work and ultimately will perform in a competition.
You can see it quite clearly in some people that there are worries about upsetting a few, even if they may agree with something I say for example. The courage to not back up what you actually know to be fact will expose certain psychological traits about that person.
It is also good to spot the pack mentality of many, a simple one I used in the past was questioning the PL numbers given the rule states no hitched deadlifts – not one of the admins actually had the bo***cks to say ‘Well yes it does actually state no hitched deadlifts, you were banned for ‘misuse’ that wasn’t in the rules but those blatant rule breakers we will do nothing about. And we are wrong to do that’ because when I suggested that people were putting up bulls**t numbers it upset many, who quickly jumped and supported each other in attacking me. Now the issue I don’t actually care about, but what it did show was who can identify the truth and what is actually right above conforming to the ‘mob mentality’.
It was a simple one, the rule is there in black and white and anyone with half a brain can see what I was saying was factually correct – yet so many were so quick to jump together in defiance of someone they saw as a common foe.
As suspected the said individuals are always extremely nice and pleasant to me in person often even asking advice, but with the mob mentality you can see how much their balls grow.
It suggests a lot about someone’s character if they on an internet forum cannot stand against the tide, even if they know the target many are against is actually right. This in turn tells me how they will react to personal pressure in such situations as, oh, I don’t know – Competition
It is no great surprise that the said people who jump quickly on this bandwagon do not do so well in competitions be they PL or strongman (interestingly the WL never bite, must be the Lemon fresh attitude of knowing they out sexy everyone). It will often be the case they will have a weakness etc, but rather than really focusing on it as they should they will follow the mob in training and do what others are doing – an while training with a few is great, this is a solo sport and they do not demonstrate indavidual mental strength to deal with it, as such from simple interactions I can pretty much know who will not be any kind of threat, not nessisarily due to lack of strength (althouth again this can tend to be the case with this group, expeptions are present though) but due to thier head dropping under pressure when they become out on thier own. This methodology is by no means conclusive and there must be a level of crossover with strnegth - fo e.g if Tel was to bite, well he is going to own me anyway due to the current strength difference - this is where common sense is applied really.
Then you get the flip side, those that do no expose Psychological weakness - such people as Col Austin, Littler and Clegg – again you can tell this when you speak to them in person as well. Those with a sharper wit will notice that if one or t’other of the above group adding myself to the mix will never rise to each other across the forum.
There you go, I have given you more than I ususally would. Not that it matters on here anymore, I have everyones ticket I need to be aware of now anyway
Thanks for your help

There are many options for this, my personal fav is numero three, nothing like conformation that you have bothered a mod enough for them to have to do that for their pride I assume, more so when they can't actually answer what you post (or they could but will not in public, and they probably agree but prefer sitting on fences and taking cheap shots from the admin position) or demonstrate what they accuse you of time and again - it is the best one for amusement by far.