Talk:A Man in Black

Cow

Someone from /cow/ found the pic from an old profile with his digital prints all over it, according to Rogue Star. I'll try to find the thread. --Mantequilla (talk) 00:44, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Immediately after seeing this post, I went ahead and archived this thread. If it isn't the on you meant, we can at least still pull some info from it.

The problem with linking any of this information is that a_man_in_black isn't that hard to think of if you're an edgy 13 year old fuck. I know Oddguy would just love to shoot first and post proof later, but at the same time I don't want myself or anyone else to sort through tons of shit only for aMiB to disprove it in some Boing Boing attack piece (because who would be surprised if he tries to paint himself as a victim of this article) and then cut down an article that was already too dense with information to make it TL;DR. I don't want to sound scared, conservative, or anything like that, but a lot of this seems too good to be true imo. Save the whales! Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! 00:57, 1 February 2015 (EST)

That's fine, that picture is hilarious though. --Mantequilla (talk) 01:03, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Not arguing against that, though his avi doesn't do him justice. Let's see what we can do about that...

Fuckin' nailed it.

Spent like 500 hours in MS Paint on this. I think that the proportions of aMiB are portrayed more honestly than anything aMiB's ever written. Save the whales! Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! 01:14, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Hahaha nice. --Mantequilla (talk) 02:27, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Could this be him

on Neofag CobaltCat 03:18, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Message from Wikipedia's "The Devil's Advocate"

There is an article on Encylopedia Dramatica regarding "A Man In Black" that contains a supposed image of him, but it is not an image of him. Someone wrongly identified a kid as being the same guy, however I know AMIB's identity with lots of corroborating information and the details don't match up with the kid in the picture. Could you remove the photo?

--JuniusThaddeus 14:27, 1 February 2015 (EST)

I made a note that it's not really him. --Mantequilla (talk) 14:44, 1 February 2015 (EST)

NM I just switched it out completely. --Mantequilla (talk) 14:56, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Okay, thanks. --JuniusThaddeus 15:03, 1 February 2015 (EST)

I'm going to remove the Zoro Princess Bride image. It isn't funny, and does aMiB too good of an image. Devil's Advocate should provide proof that this isn't aMiB if he really is keen on correcting the misconception. Save the whales! Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! 15:27, 1 February 2015 (EST)

I see they are asking for proof. While I am not willing to offer up proof of A Man In Black's identity, I can safely say that the kid whose photo is being used belongs to a high-schooler. This archive shows a tweet from a few weeks ago where he talks about being scared about college:

https://archive.today/jAyqu

Additionally, there are two people who appear to be high-schoolers as well talking about school and other stuff with him:

• https://twitter.com/jazzhandds/status/449756386487181312
• https://twitter.com/astumpf22/status/450830058887073792

The kid's name is extremely common, so there are probably dozens of people you could find by looking up that name. It is fairly obvious that A Man In Black on Wikipedia is much older. Otherwise one would have to believe he began editing Wikipedia at the age of eight or younger, which would only make sense if he were some sort of child prodigy given the nature of his early edits.

--JuniusThaddeus 19:56, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Okay then, so this means that we have a few options for just what the fuck is going on, each a combination of binary answers to the following:

• Are the accounts of aMiB of Wikipedia and aMiB of Twitter owned by the same person?
• Is aMiB's name is Jared Goodwin?
• Was BroTeamPill accurate in saying that aMiB is from Canada?

I'm going to shift focus for a moment, and remind everyone of this screencap that I found. We know he wants to cover the indie scene, but as a hobbyist or as a "journalist" (as far as that words gets stretched in gaming). Even though I think that Nackt jumps to conclusions after this important point, since it isn't an uncommon opinion to think that X7 is shit, Nackt has archived some mighty incriminating tweets.

To make a red herring relevant, I fully support the notion that the fatass involved, while still a hilarious looking fatass, isn't aMiB. However, it's not impossible for his real identity to already be one of GamerGate's targets keen on trying to protect his career. This wouldn't be the first massive fuck up Roguestar made. Save the whales! Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! 21:16, 1 February 2015 (EST)

I am too lazy to read or edit this

• But feel free to make his twitter avatar into an icon so I can add it to he GG template. I need another icon that isn't a human head to complete the line. Stick it on AOTN too why the fuck not. Since he's writing an article about us let's return the favor I guess... Why does anyone care about this guy? I heard people say he's some sort of stalker and he calls himself a journalist but I looked at his blog (which I guess is his journalistic outlet?) and there is nothing worthwhile there. Just boring opinion pieces. oddguy 13:03, 5 February 2015 (EST)

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I already added a link to this article from the GamerGate/nav template, so if you update it be sure to remove the link for redundancy.

As for why people give a shit, it's probably because he's a combination of Dan Olson and Sarah with a dash of smugfaggotry. He's a pseudo-intellectual that does nothing but obsess over people he doesn't like, and writes long, lengthy blog posts about said people. These blog posts are intelligent enough to have some retards are perfectly happy having him think for them, but at the same time dumb enough to warn even the likes of bottom feeders like Bro Team Pill that he's batshit insane. The difference between he and Olson is that he's not dumb enough to download CP. The difference between he and Butts is that we don't currently have anything that compares to "dogfucking pedophile pirate."

As for the journalist bit, the least you could do is cite what blog you're referring to (some screencaps to fill the Galleries would be nice). Apparently he is/was enough of a "game journalist" that he works/worked for an outlet that has an editor and PR office. Helping to try to quash a consumer revolt against game journalism seems like quite an appealing way to secure a place in the industry before it starts to downsize. Save the whales! Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! 01:22, 6 February 2015 (EST)

1. Thanks for the icon. I added it to the template.
2. I put the article on AOTN.
3. This is the blog I am talking about: http://a-man-in-black.tumblr.com/
4. Add an "External Links" section at the bottom.
5. I read this article.
6. This article is shit.

oddguy 08:03, 6 February 2015 (EST)

• This article is shiiiit hahaha. oddguy 04:52, 15 February 2015 (EST)

How you can help. Can't say if it's shit or not based on that thread; over half of the faggots aren't reading it. Save the whales! Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! 12:25, 15 February 2015 (EST)

the new pix are hilarious

• That's why you wait until there is something worth writing about before you start. Anyway, why is there no mention of the time he though GirlVinyl was the co-founder of LiveJournal? oddguy 09:48, 25 April 2015 (EDT)

Let me answer that question with another question: "Why can't Oddguy get off his ass and include it (if he really wants it) instead of complaining?" Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! (Talk - Shit I've done.) 23:53, 27 April 2015 (EDT)

Let me answer your question with another question: Did you know that Oddguy is a Jew? CobaltCat 00:02, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

• There is also his recent meltdown that could be added. oddguy 03:27, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

Do you mean the cringe-worthy "I got in this to bloody my knuckles on nerd... THE WORK IS NOT DONE" rant? Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! (Talk - Shit I've done.) 12:01, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

• Yeeeeeeeeeeep oddguy 15:59, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

Yeah, I thought about that, but the thing is that the creed and the fucking fatass pics being leaked call for some sections of the article to be completely overhauled. Rather than be a manipulative bloak that can't see past "m'lady is in trouble!" we now know that he's an insecure flametroll-wannabe turned into the most pathetic specimen of a male feminist. I'll try to work on it when I can find the time, now that Poe's Law has been decided for this fat furfag. Adolph-in Hitler needs an army! (Talk - Shit I've done.) 17:53, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

This guy makes me happy

I have never had as much body fat on my body as he does in this picture with the red shirt. It makes me happy that I have never gotten that fat. AMIB has saved my life by boosting my self esteem. 03:28, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

You are still fat. You will probably die of obesity. But at least you will outlive AMIB. CobaltCat 07:33, 28 April 2015 (EDT)