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Hey Sid, hope you don't mind I overwrote with Fox's log only. Also got them all. ħumanUser talk:Human 20:07, 30 July 2008 (EDT)

Uh, actually I do mind a bit. That image is for the Blunt Knives WIGO - which was technically unrelated to the Jareddr thing. Also, it doesn't capture the fricken Wheel War between him and Jinx that was going on all of a sudden. I acknowledge that your screencap is quite relevant for the Big Picture, but I would have liked it if you had uploaded it seperately and adjusted the WIGO with the necessary backstory to cover the entire Jareddr story. --Sid 20:15, 30 July 2008 (EDT)
Oh shoot, sorry I did that to the wheel war part. The image title threw me off, I think. How about if I recap what you had (starting right after Jared, right?) and upload it as "Fox and Jinx wheel war" or some such, and change the link in the wigo to it? Unless you just want to re-upload what you had (if you still have it). ħumanUser talk:Human 20:24, 30 July 2008 (EDT)
I'll re-upload under the new name (even if I didn't had it, the old version is still in the history anyway). Will you flesh out the WIGO to cover the backstory about Jareddr? I'm still not quite sure WTF triggered our trainwreck section. --Sid 20:28, 30 July 2008 (EDT)
In light of the developments, the WIGO entry needs some rephrasing anyway since Nathan was just the tip of the iceberg of just one phase. --Sid 20:31, 30 July 2008 (EDT)

Thanks for doing the grunt work to fix my gaffe. Here is what I think really happened: I suspect Fox was bored and lonely (family out of town), had a few drinks, and came over to RW looking for "fun", but the alcohol warped his perceptions of "funny". I picture him stumbling around the room, from computer over to phone, picking it up, slamming it down, then accidentally "playing" on CP while unable to focus both eyes simultaneously. Look at the "incorrect" blocks he did and then had to undo.... Of course, this theory might all be projection on my part ;) (copied from IRC). Also, note that he was punished recently for assault (on a Nazi) - he might even be under some kind of "house arrest", or prohibited from hanging out wherever the assault occurred (his favorite pub?).

Suggested WIGO wording? I dunno what the "spark" was, but basically Fox came here looking for a fight (someone he blocked at CP mentioned it over here?), didn't get what he really wanted (someone to yell at on the phone? someone he could bully into submission?), and then went on a "mole blocking spree" at CP, while also engaging in the wheel war you mentioned. It was the CP stuff that really made me think of the "bored and drunk" theory. Make of it what you can... ħumanUser talk:Human 20:38, 30 July 2008 (EDT)

I left out the speculation (even though I considered the "bored and drunk" scenario myself - the change in behavior was just too radical and un-Fox-like somehow) and simply linked to the trainwreck sections since words couldn't properly sum up the full "WTF" contained in them. --Sid 21:03, 30 July 2008 (EDT)
Of course you did. But we both know it's true. Guy home alone, tendencies towards violence, no mediating family members, has a couple pops (no crime there), goes on line, isn't quite as appropriate as he thinks he's being (haven't we all?)... I just think he doesn't have more than a glass of wine or two usually, and today he might have worked his way through several stiff drinks, got a little glowy, but then we found out... Fox is an ugly drunk, not a fun one. ħumanUser talk:Human 23:27, 30 July 2008 (EDT)