Usenet Legends Hall of Fame Induction — Lamey / Skeeter

> Lamey, The Lame Troll, Wild Bill, and Skeeter: More Than 30 Years of Refusing > to Walk Away > > Today, rb.alt.usenet.legends inducts one of Usenet?s most durable and > recognizable characters: Lamey?also known through the years as The Lame Troll, > Lamey the Cable Guy, Wild Bill, and, today, Skeeter. > > Lamey himself dates his start to around 1995. In his telling, those first > months were not an instant triumph: he ?got [his] ass beat for a few months? > while learning how Usenet worked. The quality that came to define him was > already there, though: ?I refused to walk away.? Surviving archives > independently place the Lamey persona on Usenet by at least 2000, documenting > more than a quarter-century of the story and supporting a posting career that > he recalls as spanning

> He remembers an old adversary in Canada who, in Lamey?s words, ?outer filthed > me many times? before finally declaring that Lamey ?couldn?t be removed from > Usenet with a bull dozer.? Instead of remaining enemies, they became friends. > He recalls a similar months-long war with a poster he identified as ?,%?: > neither would give up, so they eventually teamed up and have remained friends > ever since. > > That is classic Usenet: fight tooth and nail, discover that neither person can > be driven off, and come out of the flame war with a lasting friendship. > > Then there was the catchphrase: > > GIT-R-DONE! > > The names changed, but the character carried on. RootBadger preserves the > direct link between the identities: the account formerly presented as ?Lamey > AKA Wild Bill? later announced, ?I?m going to switch to my present nym > Skeeter.? The old signature, humor, taunts, and competitive thread style > followed into the Skeeter era. > > Skeeter remains an active old-school Usenet participant. His familiar > style?deep quote chains, brief challenges, proof demands, one-line reversals, > and win-or-lose framing?still keeps threads moving. Agree with him, argue with > him, killfile him, or answer him one more time: he has mastered one essential > Usenet tradition?keeping the thread alive. > > A Usenet legend does not have to be universally loved, universally hated, or > universally believed. A legend is remembered. A legend develops a mythology. A > legend leaves behind phrases, feuds, dedicated groups, archived signatures, > and stories that survive long after the original thread should have died. > > Lamey has done all of that?and he is still posting. > > For longevity, persistence, a distinctive persona, and more than 30 years > connecting classic alt.* flame culture to today?s Usenet, > rb.alt.usenet.legends proudly inducts: > > LAMEY THE LAME TROLL LAMEY THE CABLE GUY WILD BILL SKEETER > > Welcome to the Usenet Legends Hall of Fame. > > GIT-R-DONE!

> In article 497d10c1-548a-47de-bde0-986e96e589f7@rootbadger.com, > yodabytz@holonet.sith says... >>> Lamey, The Lame Troll, Wild Bill, and Skeeter: More Than 30 Years of >>> Refusing to Walk Away > Today, rb.alt.usenet.legends inducts one of Usenet?s >>> most durable and recognizable characters: Lamey?also known through the years >>> as The Lame Troll, Lamey the Cable Guy, Wild Bill, and, today, Skeeter. > >>> Lamey himself dates his start to around 1995. In his telling, those first >>> months were not an instant triumph: he ?got [his] ass beat for a few months? >>> while learning how Usenet worked. The quality that came to define him was >>> already there, though: ?I refused to walk away.? Surviving archives >>> independently place the Lamey persona on Usenet by at least 2000, documenting >>> more than a quarter-century of the story and supporting a posting career that >>> he recalls as spanning > > more than 30 years. >>> He remembers an old adversary in Canada who, in Lamey?s words, ?outer >>> filthed me many times? before finally declaring that Lamey ?couldn?t be >>> removed from Usenet with a bull dozer.? Instead of remaining enemies, they >>> became friends. He recalls a similar months-long war with a poster he >>> identified as ?,%?: neither would give up, so they eventually teamed up and >>> have remained friends ever since. > That is classic Usenet: fight tooth and >>> nail, discover that neither person can be driven off, and come out of the >>> flame war with a lasting friendship. > > Then there was the catchphrase: > >>> GIT-R-DONE! > The names changed, but the character carried on. RootBadger >>> preserves the direct link between the identities: the account formerly >>> presented as ?Lamey AKA Wild Bill? later announced, ?I?m going to switch to >>> my present nym Skeeter.? The old signature, humor, taunts, and competitive >>> thread style followed into the Skeeter era. > Skeeter remains an active >>> old-school Usenet participant. His familiar style?deep quote chains, brief >>> challenges, proof demands, one-line reversals, and win-or-lose framing?still >>> keeps threads moving. Agree with him, argue with him, killfile him, or answer >>> him one more time: he has mastered one essential Usenet tradition?keeping the >>> thread alive. > A Usenet legend does not have to be universally loved, >>> universally hated, or universally believed. A legend is remembered. A legend >>> develops a mythology. A legend leaves behind phrases, feuds, dedicated >>> groups, archived signatures, and stories that survive long after the original >>> thread should have died. > Lamey has done all of that?and he is still >>> posting. > For longevity, persistence, a distinctive persona, and more than >>> 30 years connecting classic alt.* flame culture to today?s Usenet, >>> rb.alt.usenet.legends proudly inducts: > LAMEY THE LAME TROLL LAMEY THE CABLE >>> GUY WILD BILL SKEETER > Welcome to the Usenet Legends Hall of Fame. > >>> GIT-R-DONE! > > Well I'm all twitter-pated and shit. What an honor. I remember once when I > misspelled honor as honer and caught hell for it. But it was the only ammo > they had and they never let me live it down.

> In article 756c6c3f-189c-4c80-9be7-66e8a81f8b6d@rootbadger.com, Skeeter > wrote: >> In article 497d10c1-548a-47de-bde0-986e96e589f7@rootbadger.com, > >> yodabytz@holonet.sith says... >> > Lamey, The Lame Troll, Wild Bill, and >> Skeeter: More Than 30 Years of >> Refusing to Walk Away > Today, >> rb.alt.usenet.legends inducts one of Usenet?s >> most durable and recognizable >> characters: Lamey?also known through the years >> as The Lame Troll, Lamey the >> Cable Guy, Wild Bill, and, today, Skeeter. > >> Lamey himself dates his start >> to around 1995. In his telling, those first >> months were not an instant >> triumph: he ?got [his] ass beat for a few months? >> while learning how Usenet >> worked. The quality that came to define him was >> already there, though: ?I >> refused to walk away.? Surviving archives >> independently place the Lamey >> persona on Usenet by at least 2000, documenting >> more than a quarter-century >> of the story and supporting a posting career that >> he recalls as spanning > >> more than 30 years. >> > He remembers an old adversary in Canada who, in >> Lamey?s words, ?outer >> filthed me many times? before finally declaring that >> Lamey ?couldn?t be >> removed from Usenet with a bull dozer.? Instead of >> remaining enemies, they >> became friends. He recalls a similar months-long >> war with a poster he >> identified as ?,%?: neither would give up, so they >> eventually teamed up and >> have remained friends ever since. > That is >> classic Usenet: fight tooth and >> nail, discover that neither person can be >> driven off, and come out of the >> flame war with a lasting friendship. > > >> Then there was the catchphrase: > >> GIT-R-DONE! > The names changed, but the >> character carried on. RootBadger >> preserves the direct link between the >> identities: the account formerly >> presented as ?Lamey AKA Wild Bill? later >> announced, ?I?m going to switch to >> my present nym Skeeter.? The old >> signature, humor, taunts, and competitive >> thread style followed into the >> Skeeter era. > Skeeter remains an active >> old-school Usenet participant. His >> familiar style?deep quote chains, brief >> challenges, proof demands, one-line >> reversals, and win-or-lose framing?still >> keeps threads moving. Agree with >> him, argue with him, killfile him, or answer >> him one more time: he has >> mastered one essential Usenet tradition?keeping the >> thread alive. > A >> Usenet legend does not have to be universally loved, >> universally hated, or >> universally believed. A legend is remembered. A legend >> develops a >> mythology. A legend leaves behind phrases, feuds, dedicated >> groups, >> archived signatures, and stories that survive long after the original >> >> thread should have died. > Lamey has done all of that?and he is still >> >> posting. > For longevity, persistence, a distinctive persona, and more than >> >> 30 years connecting classic alt.* flame culture to today?s Usenet, >> >> rb.alt.usenet.legends proudly inducts: > LAMEY THE LAME TROLL LAMEY THE CABLE >>> GUY WILD BILL SKEETER > Welcome to the Usenet Legends Hall of Fame. > >> >>> GIT-R-DONE! > > Well I'm all twitter-pated and shit. What an honor. I remember >>> once when I > misspelled honor as honer and caught hell for it. But it was the >>> only ammo > they had and they never let me live it down. > > Congratulations. > > We have tons early snow right now. fuck this.

> In article 983fde25-51c1-4bac-a6a7-0ebc1721a013@rootbadger.com, Tom Mix > says... >>> In article 756c6c3f-189c-4c80-9be7-66e8a81f8b6d@rootbadger.com, Skeeter >>> wrote: > >>>> In article 497d10c1-548a-47de-bde0-986e96e589f7@rootbadger.com, > >> >> yodabytz@holonet.sith says... >> > Lamey, The Lame Troll, Wild Bill, and >> Skeeter: More Than 30 Years of >> Refusing to Walk Away > Today, >> rb.alt.usenet.legends inducts one of Usenet?s >> most durable and >> recognizable characters: Lamey?also known through the years >> as The Lame >> Troll, Lamey the Cable Guy, Wild Bill, and, today, Skeeter. > >> Lamey >> himself dates his start to around 1995. In his telling, those first >> months >> were not an instant triumph: he ?got [his] ass beat for a few months? >> >> while learning how Usenet worked. The quality that came to define him was >> >> already there, though: ?I refused to walk away.? Surviving archives >> >> independently place the Lamey persona on Usenet by at least 2000, documenting >>>> more than a quarter-century of the story and supporting a posting career >>>> that >> he recalls as spanning > more than 30 years. >> > He remembers an old >>>> adversary in Canada who, in Lamey?s words, ?outer >> filthed me many times? >>>> before finally declaring that Lamey ?couldn?t be >> removed from Usenet with >>>> a bull dozer.? Instead of remaining enemies, they >> became friends. He >>>> recalls a similar months-long war with a poster he >> identified as ?,%?: >>>> neither would give up, so they eventually teamed up and >> have remained >>>> friends ever since. > That is classic Usenet: fight tooth and >> nail, >>>> discover that neither person can be driven off, and come out of the >> flame >>>> war with a lasting friendship. > > Then there was the catchphrase: > >> >>>> GIT-R-DONE! > The names changed, but the character carried on. RootBadger >> >>>> preserves the direct link between the identities: the account formerly >> >>>> presented as ?Lamey AKA Wild Bill? later announced, ?I?m going to switch to >>>> my present nym Skeeter.? The old signature, humor, taunts, and competitive >>>> thread style followed into the Skeeter era. > Skeeter remains an active >> >>>> old-school Usenet participant. His familiar style?deep quote chains, brief >> >>>> challenges, proof demands, one-line reversals, and win-or-lose framing?still >>>> keeps threads moving. Agree with him, argue with him, killfile him, or >>>> answer >> him one more time: he has mastered one essential Usenet >>>> tradition?keeping the >> thread alive. > A Usenet legend does not have to be >>>> universally loved, >> universally hated, or universally believed. A legend is >>>> remembered. A legend >> develops a mythology. A legend leaves behind phrases, >>>> feuds, dedicated >> groups, archived signatures, and stories that survive >>>> long after the original >> thread should have died. > Lamey has done all of >>>> that?and he is still >> posting. > For longevity, persistence, a distinctive >>>> persona, and more than >> 30 years connecting classic alt.* flame culture to >>>> today?s Usenet, >> rb.alt.usenet.legends proudly inducts: > LAMEY THE LAME >>>> TROLL LAMEY THE CABLE >>>>>> GUY WILD BILL SKEETER > Welcome to the Usenet Legends Hall of Fame. > >> >> >> GIT-R-DONE! > > Well I'm all twitter-pated and shit. What an honor. I >> remember once when I > misspelled honor as honer and caught hell for it. But >> it was the only ammo > they had and they never let me live it down. > >> Congratulations. > > We have tons early snow right now. fuck this. > > Not my business but if ya want where? I'm in Colorado and it's been really > warm. Pikes Peak got a little.

> In article 9e49d647-9ec3-44ef-9863-12a9532033c9@rootbadger.com, Skeeter > wrote: >> In article 983fde25-51c1-4bac-a6a7-0ebc1721a013@rootbadger.com, Tom Mix >> says... >>>> In article 756c6c3f-189c-4c80-9be7-66e8a81f8b6d@rootbadger.com, Skeeter >>>> wrote: > >>>>> In article 497d10c1-548a-47de-bde0-986e96e589f7@rootbadger.com, > >>> >>> yodabytz@holonet.sith says... >> > Lamey, The Lame Troll, Wild Bill, and >>> Skeeter: More Than 30 Years of >> Refusing to Walk Away > Today, >>> rb.alt.usenet.legends inducts one of Usenet?s >> most durable and >>> recognizable characters: Lamey?also known through the years >> as The Lame >>> Troll, Lamey the Cable Guy, Wild Bill, and, today, Skeeter. > >> Lamey >>> himself dates his start to around 1995. In his telling, those first >> >>> months were not an instant triumph: he ?got [his] ass beat for a few months? >>>>> while learning how Usenet worked. The quality that came to define him was >>>>> already there, though: ?I refused to walk away.? Surviving archives >> >>>>> independently place the Lamey persona on Usenet by at least 2000, >>>>> documenting >> more than a quarter-century of the story and supporting a >>>>> posting career that >> he recalls as spanning > more than 30 years. >> > He >>>>> remembers an old adversary in Canada who, in Lamey?s words, ?outer >> >>>>> filthed me many times? before finally declaring that Lamey ?couldn?t be >> >>>>> removed from Usenet with a bull dozer.? Instead of remaining enemies, they >>>>> became friends. He recalls a similar months-long war with a poster he >> >>>>> identified as ?,%?: neither would give up, so they eventually teamed up and >>>>> have remained friends ever since. > That is classic Usenet: fight tooth >>>>> and >> nail, discover that neither person can be driven off, and come out of >>>>> the >> flame war with a lasting friendship. > > Then there was the >>>>> catchphrase: > >> GIT-R-DONE! > The names changed, but the character carried >>>>> on. RootBadger >> preserves the direct link between the identities: the >>>>> account formerly >> presented as ?Lamey AKA Wild Bill? later announced, ?I?m >>>>> going to switch to >> my present nym Skeeter.? The old signature, humor, >>>>> taunts, and competitive >> thread style followed into the Skeeter era. > >>>>> Skeeter remains an active >> old-school Usenet participant. His familiar >>>>> style?deep quote chains, brief >> challenges, proof demands, one-line >>>>> reversals, and win-or-lose framing?still >> keeps threads moving. Agree with >>>>> him, argue with him, killfile him, or answer >> him one more time: he has >>>>> mastered one essential Usenet tradition?keeping the >> thread alive. > A >>>>> Usenet legend does not have to be universally loved, >> universally hated, >>>>> or universally believed. A legend is remembered. A legend >> develops a >>>>> mythology. A legend leaves behind phrases, feuds, dedicated >> groups, >>>>> archived signatures, and stories that survive long after the original >> >>>>> thread should have died. > Lamey has done all of that?and he is still >> >>>>> posting. > For longevity, persistence, a distinctive persona, and more than >>>>> 30 years connecting classic alt.* flame culture to today?s Usenet, >> >>>>> rb.alt.usenet.legends proudly inducts: > LAMEY THE LAME TROLL LAMEY THE >>>>> CABLE >>>>>>> GUY WILD BILL SKEETER > Welcome to the Usenet Legends Hall of Fame. > >>> >>> GIT-R-DONE! > > Well I'm all twitter-pated and shit. What an honor. I >>> remember once when I > misspelled honor as honer and caught hell for it. But >>> it was the only ammo > they had and they never let me live it down. > >>> Congratulations. > > We have tons early snow right now. fuck this. >> >> Not my business but if ya want where? I'm in Colorado and it's been really >> warm. Pikes Peak got a little. > > https://rootbadger.com/shortened/bkwticw0x

> In article 9e49d647-9ec3-44ef-9863-12a9532033c9@rootbadger.com, Skeeter > wrote: >> In article 983fde25-51c1-4bac-a6a7-0ebc1721a013@rootbadger.com, Tom Mix > >> says... >> > In article 756c6c3f-189c-4c80-9be7-66e8a81f8b6d@rootbadger.com, >> Skeeter >> wrote: > >>> > In article >> 497d10c1-548a-47de-bde0-986e96e589f7@rootbadger.com, > >> >> yodabytz@holonet.sith says... >> > Lamey, The Lame Troll, Wild Bill, and >> >> Skeeter: More Than 30 Years of >> Refusing to Walk Away > Today, >> >> rb.alt.usenet.legends inducts one of Usenet?s >> most durable and >> >> recognizable characters: Lamey?also known through the years >> as The Lame >> >> Troll, Lamey the Cable Guy, Wild Bill, and, today, Skeeter. > >> Lamey >> >> himself dates his start to around 1995. In his telling, those first >> months >>> were not an instant triumph: he ?got [his] ass beat for a few months? >> >> >>> while learning how Usenet worked. The quality that came to define him was >> >>> already there, though: ?I refused to walk away.? Surviving archives >> >> >>> independently place the Lamey persona on Usenet by at least 2000, documenting >>>>> more than a quarter-century of the story and supporting a posting career >>>>> that >> he recalls as spanning > more than 30 years. >> > He remembers an >>>>> old >> adversary in Canada who, in Lamey?s words, ?outer >> filthed me many >>>>> times? >> before finally declaring that Lamey ?couldn?t be >> removed from >>>>> Usenet with >> a bull dozer.? Instead of remaining enemies, they >> became >>>>> friends. He >> recalls a similar months-long war with a poster he >> >>>>> identified as ?,%?: >> neither would give up, so they eventually teamed up and >>>>> have remained >> friends ever since. > That is classic Usenet: fight tooth >>>>> and >> nail, >> discover that neither person can be driven off, and come out >>>>> of the >> flame >> war with a lasting friendship. > > Then there was the >>>>> catchphrase: > >> >> GIT-R-DONE! > The names changed, but the character >>>>> carried on. RootBadger >> >> preserves the direct link between the identities: >>>>> the account formerly >> >> presented as ?Lamey AKA Wild Bill? later announced, >>>>> ?I?m going to switch to >> >> my present nym Skeeter.? The old signature, >>>>> humor, taunts, and competitive >> >> thread style followed into the Skeeter >>>>> era. > Skeeter remains an active >> >> old-school Usenet participant. His >>>>> familiar style?deep quote chains, brief >> >> challenges, proof demands, >>>>> one-line reversals, and win-or-lose framing?still >> >> keeps threads moving. >>>>> Agree with him, argue with him, killfile him, or >> answer >> him one more >>>>> time: he has mastered one essential Usenet >> tradition?keeping the >> thread >>>>> alive. > A Usenet legend does not have to be >> universally loved, >> >>>>> universally hated, or universally believed. A legend is >> remembered. A >>>>> legend >> develops a mythology. A legend leaves behind phrases, >> feuds, >>>>> dedicated >> groups, archived signatures, and stories that survive >> long >>>>> after the original >> thread should have died. > Lamey has done all of >> >>>>> that?and he is still >> posting. > For longevity, persistence, a distinctive >>>>> persona, and more than >> 30 years connecting classic alt.* flame culture >>>>> to >> today?s Usenet, >> rb.alt.usenet.legends proudly inducts: > LAMEY THE >>>>> LAME >> TROLL LAMEY THE CABLE >>>> >> GUY WILD BILL SKEETER > Welcome to the >>>>> Usenet Legends Hall of Fame. > >> >> GIT-R-DONE! > > Well I'm all >>>>> twitter-pated and shit. What an honor. I >> remember once when I > misspelled >>>>> honor as honer and caught hell for it. But >> it was the only ammo > they had >>>>> and they never let me live it down. > >> Congratulations. > > We have tons >>>>> early snow right now. fuck this. > > Not my business but if ya want where? I'm >>>>> in Colorado and it's been really > warm. Pikes Peak got a little. > > https://rootbadger.com/shortened/mtqnjfq3y > -winds-threaten-montana

> In article 5e715c90-fd00-41ee-a32b-47d9019d709c@rootbadger.com, Tom Mix > says... >> In article 9e49d647-9ec3-44ef-9863-12a9532033c9@rootbadger.com, Skeeter >> wrote: >>> In article 983fde25-51c1-4bac-a6a7-0ebc1721a013@rootbadger.com, Tom Mix > >>> says... >> > In article >>> 756c6c3f-189c-4c80-9be7-66e8a81f8b6d@rootbadger.com, Skeeter >> wrote: > >>>>>> In article 497d10c1-548a-47de-bde0-986e96e589f7@rootbadger.com, > >> >>>>>> yodabytz@holonet.sith says... >> > Lamey, The Lame Troll, Wild Bill, and >> >>>>>> Skeeter: More Than 30 Years of >> Refusing to Walk Away > Today, >> >>>>>> rb.alt.usenet.legends inducts one of Usenet?s >> most durable and >> >>>>>> recognizable characters: Lamey?also known through the years >> as The Lame >> >>>>>> Troll, Lamey the Cable Guy, Wild Bill, and, today, Skeeter. > >> Lamey >> >>>>>> himself dates his start to around 1995. In his telling, those first >> months >>>>>> were not an instant triumph: he ?got [his] ass beat for a few months? >> >>>>>> while learning how Usenet worked. The quality that came to define him was >>>>>> already there, though: ?I refused to walk away.? Surviving archives >> >>>>>> independently place the Lamey persona on Usenet by at least 2000, >>>>>> documenting >> >> more than a quarter-century of the story and supporting a >>>>>> posting career >> that >> he recalls as spanning > more than 30 years. >> > >>>>>> He remembers an old >> adversary in Canada who, in Lamey?s words, ?outer >> >>>>>> filthed me many times? >> before finally declaring that Lamey ?couldn?t be >> >>>>>> removed from Usenet with >> a bull dozer.? Instead of remaining enemies, they >>>>>> became friends. He >> recalls a similar months-long war with a poster he >>>>>> identified as ?,%?: >> neither would give up, so they eventually teamed up >>>>>> and >> have remained >> friends ever since. > That is classic Usenet: fight >>>>>> tooth and >> nail, >> discover that neither person can be driven off, and >>>>>> come out of the >> flame >> war with a lasting friendship. > > Then there was >>>>>> the catchphrase: > >> >> GIT-R-DONE! > The names changed, but the character >>>>>> carried on. RootBadger >> >> preserves the direct link between the >>>>>> identities: the account formerly >> >> presented as ?Lamey AKA Wild Bill? >>>>>> later announced, ?I?m going to switch to >> >> my present nym Skeeter.? The >>>>>> old signature, humor, taunts, and competitive >> >> thread style followed >>>>>> into the Skeeter era. > Skeeter remains an active >> >> old-school Usenet >>>>>> participant. His familiar style?deep quote chains, brief >> >> challenges, >>>>>> proof demands, one-line reversals, and win-or-lose framing?still >> >> keeps >>>>>> threads moving. Agree with him, argue with him, killfile him, or >> answer >> >>>>>> him one more time: he has mastered one essential Usenet >> tradition?keeping >>>>>> the >> thread alive. > A Usenet legend does not have to be >> universally >>>>>> loved, >> universally hated, or universally believed. A legend is >> >>>>>> remembered. A legend >> develops a mythology. A legend leaves behind phrases, >>>>>> feuds, dedicated >> groups, archived signatures, and stories that survive >>>>>> long after the original >> thread should have died. > Lamey has done all >>>>>> of >> that?and he is still >> posting. > For longevity, persistence, a >>>>>> distinctive >> persona, and more than >> 30 years connecting classic alt.* >>>>>> flame culture to >> today?s Usenet, >> rb.alt.usenet.legends proudly inducts: >>>>>> LAMEY THE LAME >> TROLL LAMEY THE CABLE >>>> >> GUY WILD BILL SKEETER > >>>>>> Welcome to the Usenet Legends Hall of Fame. > >> >> GIT-R-DONE! > > Well I'm >>>>>> all twitter-pated and shit. What an honor. I >> remember once when I > >>>>>> misspelled honor as honer and caught hell for it. But >> it was the only ammo >>>>>> they had and they never let me live it down. > >> Congratulations. > > We >>>>>> have tons early snow right now. fuck this. > > Not my business but if ya want >>>>>> where? I'm in Colorado and it's been really > warm. Pikes Peak got a little. >> >> https://rootbadger.com/shortened/bkwticw0x > > I tried posting this on the page and iI guess it didn't go through. So I'll > try again here. I spent a winter in Bozeman. It was cold.