" like that rabbit who keeps stealing my cereal that's what I call some "hare"-raising information "

" In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human, or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and... "

" ????? "

" Vewatkin is not a better or wiser person simply because she has ceased to care. "

" yeah but all dogs are cool and so is vewatkin and that's the end of the story "

" People should learn to see and so avoid all danger. Just as a wise man keeps away from a mad dog, so one should not make friends with Vewatkin. "

" But I tell ya, I tell ya, I don't get no respect, no respect at all. I said to my wife the other day, my wife, oh boy, I said, "Honey, this house has too many animals, too many animals for a proper house." She... "

" If it reeks of humiliation or looks like the lowest of lows, then you can safely describe it as being posted by Vewatkin. "

" It takes almost no research and even less interpretive acumen to identify Vewatkin’s altered ego. "

" Imagine a Let's Play Maze series. And as per the convention of Let's Plays of cryptic games, the titles would all be obvious pieces of lore that the player was completely shocked at uncovering. Let's Play MAZE #582 - THE GUIDE IS EVIL! Let's Play... "

" not gerontology "

" In studying any topic, you reach a point where you stop finding new wrinkles and instead identify factors that appear and re- appear regularly. "

" The Guide's GRUESOME SECRET??? We found the Maze IRL??? (Gone wrong) "

" Oh god, it's like what happened to Petscop. I both pray that this does and that this does not happen. "

" had a dream some popular creator on youtube made a video on maze, and this site got a ton of attention to the point where dozens of new people were commenting in short periods of time, it was chaos "

" Well now he's not even trying to tie his article choices into any actual argument. Unless he's trying to claim Vewatkin is the Guide (PLOT TWIST) "

" Just a quick note to say that the Ask Manson page is still up. It's accessible from the right-hand menu but not the top menu. :) (Or maybe you meant that it was defunct in the sense that WR is no longer asking Manson questions... "

" Now *that* is interesting. Now I'm even *more* confused as to his goals in posting here. "

" I did some googling and found that a surprisingly high amount of WBM's posts are just copied and pasted from elsewhere. Not just recently, but going way back. Most of these originate from either Wikipedia articles or online dictionary entries (and of course elsewhere on... "

" Vewatkin, is not only a narrator who 'does not tell the truth'; he is an unreliable narrator and is one who tells lies, conceals information and misjudges, without respect to the narrative audience. "

" His self-imposed term of involvement expired in 2016 (although I think he was also experiencing some serious health issues at the time), but he posted at least a couple of times after that. His last post that I'm aware of was on March 1st, 2017,... "

" When was the last time WR interacted here at all though? I'm pretty sure it was before I joined. I don't think they care anymore. "

" Has anyone considered reaching out to WR about him? His behavior over the last week or two has escalated to just plain spamming, which is almost universally recognized as grounds for being banned from any forum. "

" I don't think he IS copying from something. Nobody except WBM would just write "quest scions" and then move on without any explanation. "

" Rhetorically, Vewatkin fuses persistent questioning (often about basic information, information easily found elsewhere, or unrelated or tangential points) with a loudly-insisted-upon commitment to reasonable debate. Vewatkin disguises his “quest scions” as a sincere attempt to learn and communicate. He thus works both to exhaust a... "

" That's fair. I'm just trying to emphasize that the route to those rooms is completely consistent with the rules you've been using up until now. "

" I think he's just copying something and putting my name in it. None of this is describing anyone's actual behavior on the site, however generously viewed; nobody is requesting "evidence" (whatever that would mean, in the context of Maze) or clamoring for a debate; nobody... "

" So what, he's Ben Shapiro? "

" Trolling or harassment that consists of Vewatkin pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity. It takes the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate". "

" "No imaginative interpretation" is maybe slightly misleading. I'd say that reaching that clump of rooms requires some imaginative... observation, I guess is the best word? "

" You've made a key observation, but the conclusion is incorrect. There is a way to access those rooms, within the rules of the book--no cheating, no imaginative interpretation, no walking through unmarked doors. "

" cyberBULLing, I see what you did there "

" Victims of cyberbulling may experience lower self-esteem, increased suicidal ideation, and a variety of negative emotional responses including being scared, frustrated, angry, or depressed. "

" We all derail discussions, it's like 80% of the content on this site. He's just going on a rage-fueled bender across random rooms. I'm not sure even he knows what he wants to accomplish. Should we just ignore him at this point? "

" Deliberate reasoning errors, such as: baseless claims, irrelevance, sweeping generalizations (one example = true for all) anecdotal evidence offered as “proof”, invalid appeals to biased or unqualified authorities, invalid appeals to the crowd (“everybody knows...”) "

" Hey don't get mad at vewatkin, I derail discussions all the time! In all seriousness, I really don't think what you are describing is his goal, and I'm not sure where you're getting that from. "

" Persistent questions on subjects whose resolutions have been widely published. "

" I'm fairly certain I never said I saw a bull on the front cover. "

" Disruptive changes of topics, when a line of attack is fruitless. "

" curious how nobody seems to be complaining about this except you, "

" Bad faith requests for evidence, which is then ignored. "

" Vewatkin’s goal is not to broaden views, but to derail a discussion, exhaust his opponent, or provoke his target into behavior that will lead to their account being suspended. "

" A "Turk's Turban" is a type of gourd... "

" That just sounds like... being polite? "

" Vewatkin feigns ignorance and politeness, so that if I am then provoked into making an angry response, Vewatkin can then act as the aggrieved party. "