Who the hell is Shane G?

[HelloSailor]

Hi long time lurker here just signed up.

A friend told about this post on livejournal in which the writer attacks Andrew Ellard. Ganymede gets a mention too. Check it out:

http://shane-g.livejournal.com/

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[Pete Part Three]

A twat.

[Jonathan Capps]

A cunt that should be paid no mind.

[Ben Paddon]

Ellard might think he’s a tv writer, but Dennis Potter he aint – he isn’t even Harry Potter.

…What?

It seems highly ironic that Shane G, a man who apparently forgot to renew his subscription to “Punctuation, Spelling & Grammar Aficionado Quarterly”, should be criticizing Andrew’s writing career.

[Seb Patrick]

While I don’t know who this is, I’m 99% certain I’ve encountered them online before. It’s the “sixth-form” reference that gives it away, along with the fact that only about five or six people in the world have actually heard of NTS.

Don’t feed the troll, folks.

[Jo]

Ah OK, I’ll leave it be then. I had a response drafted in my head but if you think you’ve encountered them before and they’re not worth the effort then I shall leave it be. *fawns over Ellard*

[Wilbur]

Just out of interest, how did your friend find that journal? Afterall, its not like its a well-affiliated hot-bed of journalism? Anyway, thanks for bringing it to everyones attention. I hope you continue contributing to G&T.

[Pete Part Three]

Oh I wouldn’t say that; the posts from 2003 are awesome.

[J_Spaced]

“Meanwhile Ellard’s writing career continues to do a convincing impression of a long dead corpse.”

Putting that at the end of your first LiveJournal post in six years… that’s kind of funny.

Did Andrew used to bully Shane? Did you steal his girlfriend? Did you date his Mum once?

[Ben Paddon]

Andrew said Shane was a shelf.

[hummingbird]

I love how the comments are all anonymous. Anyone care to bet that he’s just commenting on his own post?

Also he has no friends.

[Ridley]

#Welcome to Mr. G’s room, G’s room, G’s room…

[Seb Patrick]

I am registered as about seven people on G&T, and a couple of these personae are accepted by the community. I parody the G&T-ers and they have no idea I am not one of their own. I am able to do this well because I have worked with a couple of them before and their mannerisms and behaviour are very familiar to me. I am waiting for something decent to do with this though. Another six G&T personae are sustained by two people that I know well, so there really aren’t that many real people posting there. Most of these joined up during the “sudden peak interest” time of Back to Earth, where the sudden increase in registrations wouldn’t prove suspicious. I advise everybody else register several times as well, if only because it means that at any moment we can suddenly pull the plug and leave them with about five people in the end who truly care about Red Dwarf!

Fun huh? Think of their silly fat faces and you’ll know it’s the right thing to do! :-D

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[Pete Part Three]

Wow, it’s like The Thing. My money is on one of the Phils.

[SkyAndSun]

So his master plan, implemented over a period of many months, is to one day stop posting here? Except we won’t know it’s him, because for some reason he’s in disguise, so it’ll appear that someone else just isn’t currently posting?

Shane G is evil.

[Phil]

@Seb: Where did you find that? I assumed it was a new post on the LJ but I don’t see it there.

@Pete: Considering my recent break from NTS it’s probably worth me popping up to say, no, it’s definitely not me. I haven’t been hanging around much lately, but I don’t bear anyone here any malice, and I assume there isn’t any borne for me in return.

[Ridley]

@Seb: Where did you find that? I assumed it was a new post on the LJ but I don?t see it there.

It’s in the comments.

(Finish the Zelda articles)

[Ian Symes]

It’s Iain Lee, isn’t it?

[Phil]

@Ridley: Ahh, thanks. I had read the comments earlier and didn’t notice a new one had been added. (Either that or I overlooked it; I’m too lazy to go back and check the date.)

Regarding the Zelda articles, I do plan to rework and finish the series. I’ve got another major project I’m working on right now, but I will finish the Zelda thing in some capacity, and my oft-promised Mario series as well.

Probably.

Possibly.

[Jonathan Capps]

I think we should sell “I am Shane G” t-shirts.

[Jo]

I love how the comments are all anonymous. Anyone care to bet that he?s just commenting on his own post?

Also he has no friends.

This.

Shame HelloSailor hasn’t been back to discuss how this thrilling blog was found eh? I guess we’ll never know… Nice of them to sign up just to post this one thing though wasn’t it?

[hummingbird]

I’m impressed with the special effort that he’s making here.
Obviously he has a very busy and full life, loads of mates and a hot girlfriend, but instead he chooses to spend his valuable time here, maintaining seven accounts and replying to his own posts on LJ.
I think we should be flattered at all the attention. What a guy!

[Danny Stephenson]

Either that or it’s pathologically disturbing.

[Pete Part Three]

>>@Pete: Considering my recent break from NTS it?s probably worth me popping up to say, no, it?s definitely not me. I haven?t been hanging around much lately, but I don?t bear anyone here any malice, and I assume there isn?t any borne for me in return.

I wasn’t being serious, Phil. Just picked your name because there’s a few Phils on here.

It wasn’t me either. And I do exist. Probably.

[Blisschick]

Okay, I admit it. I’m the real Shane G.

[Stabbim the Skutter]

I’m Shane G and so’s my wife!

[JamesTC]

I’m his 7 friends.

[TheLeen]

And me.

[Phil]

@Pete: Gotcha, no harm done man. I just saw what Seb quoted and realized that some of that applied to me (“I used to work with these people and had the chance to observe them blah blah crap…”), so I figured it was worth at least piping in. Of course, that’s before I realized that what Seb quoted was from a commenter, and not from the man himself.

Or maybe it was the man himself after all.

Bah, who knows.

[Carlito]

You guys are giving this jokestain exactly the kind of attention he/she is looking for.

[Pete Part Three]

Actually, I think most of us are just ripping the piss.

[Jonathan Capps]

> You guys are giving this jokestain exactly the kind of attention he/she is looking for.

And so are you.

[Arlene Rimmer BSc SSc]

I advise everybody else register several times as well, if only because it means that at any moment we can suddenly pull the plug and leave them with about five people in the end who truly care about Red Dwarf!

Fun huh? Think of their silly fat faces and you?ll know it?s the right thing to do! :-D

I never fail to be amused and astonished by people who think this is a great way to spend their leisure time. “Aw yeah I just spent hours blending in with a bunch of nerds and losers at this one site I really hate. The best part is–get this–one day I’m gonna just leave the site, stop posting there, and oh man the looks on their stupid faces will be so worth it when they finally notice I’m gone, even though I won’t see it ‘cuz I totes ditched those freaks olololollol! Yeah! Me 1, nerds 0!”

Eventually these people do realize they’ll never get back the time they spent doing all this, right?

[Jonathan Capps]

And, actually, I really don’t think we are anyway. Surely he’d expect anger and much more of a shitstorm? All he’s got is mild amusement and a few shrugs.

[Seb Patrick]

I’m not sure whether to be aroused or terrified by the fact that someone thinks we’re worth this much effort.

[si]

You guys are giving this jokestain exactly the kind of attention he/she is looking for.

It’s Carl! He’s doublebluffing us!

[Pete Part Three]

Calm down, everyone. You’re all experiencing a classic knee-jerk paranoid reaction to a trolling situation. It’s essential at these times that we…it’s the wall!

[Wilbur]

Of course Shane G is Carl. I should know, I’m actualy Carl.

[Wilbur]

Wilbur doesn’t actually exist, in case anyone was wondering.

[Wilbur]

Three posts in a row, I think that should prove my Carlness.

[Dessie]

There’s only one option. We need to do the test from The Thing, everyone knows Shane G’s blood reacts to a hot wire.

[Ben Paddon]

If you’re Shane G and he’s Shane G, and Shane G is Shane G, am I still me? Who’s eating this chicken?

[JamesTC]

>Who?s eating this chicken?

Shane G.

[si]

Who the hell is Shane G?

Ali’s brother.

[ori-STUDFARM]

No, thats Kenny.

[si]

No, Kenny’s dead. They killed him.

[ori-STUDFARM]

No wonder Shane’s so bitter!

[Ben Paddon]

On the other hand, it’s party time for all the little worms!

[Jonathan Capps]

> No, thats Kenny.

It’s not one of your lot, is it?

[ori-STUDFARM]

I can guarantee that it isn’t.

[Jonathan Capps]

> I can guarantee that it isn?t.

Good good. That leaves only one suspect:

[Author]

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