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Trout

**Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:27 pm

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i_monk · Boot Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 17

I must have missed that post at CM.... So many newbies died in vain!

**Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:48 pm

Puppy_Zwolle

I don't get it... I think. Is trout a friendly (the only) way of saying: Cursing

RTFM!! ?

**Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:40 pm

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It's more like saying, politely:

**Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:43 pm

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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4104

proper use of trout

**Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:47 am

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Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

I think it depends on what the question is.

For example if someone wants to figure out how to install mirc and join #unfiction chat, it's better to explain it in detail and welcome them instead of pointing them to a previous instructions post. That way they won't be so intimidated about being new.

However if someone comes and asks why unfiction is out of game, and explains that TINAG means that the forums are in-game, then I'd just point them to the past discussions and not discuss the matter at all. But I don't think I'd use the term trout in that post.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:17 am

Olly

Sorry, but I've definitely seen the word 'trout' used in that context way before 2001.

**Posted:** Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:54 pm

MissExtraExtraThisJustIn

Can Someone Please Direct Me

**Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:30 pm

SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

Which acronym thread?

**Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:54 am

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sohel1 · Guest

I can use new trout

**Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:29 am

Nonono · Guest

What?

**Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:59 pm

krystyn

What's a newbie?

Kidding!

Sometimes the use of "trout" is not always handled in the best way, but that's sort of up to the individual who uses it, and the person towards whom it's directed.

However, tradition is such that the term is meant to be polite and sort of wacky.

There is no requirement to use the term. However, it appears in the Glossary so that people can look up the meaning if it is confusing them.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:38 pm

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I vote we instate the new word 'riffle' for threads that seem to generate a lot of trout. (see: What's in the Box). Riffle by definition is the place in a river where a large number of trout spawn and come to feed.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:31 am

natas

**Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:39 am

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Okay natas, you big party pooper.

I think the term trout has a different connotation depending on how you use it. For instance, if I saw natas use it, I'd probably imagine some noob getting smacked in the face with a giant fish. And actually, most of the time I haven't seen it used in a positive light. Some people that use the trout can seem downright harsh. Then again, it's usually because people have posted the same information 50 times in 2 days. I'd be irritated too.

People are generally pretty helpful and nice on here though. So don't fear the trout, nubs, just fear the Natas.

**Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 4:06 am