[First published in Faterson's WGT blog on 17 Aug 2009 at 12:36 AM]

~~~ 2009/09/19 Update .... The challenger fails his own challenge with a barrage of unprovoked boilerplate replies sent to numerous quitters threads on this day. Examples: here, here, here. ~~~

BOILERPLATE NONSENSE CHALLENGE

From the No. 1 Boilerplate Vendor* in WGT's discussion forums came the following challenge:

When the next "New Player" or "New Forum Participant" posts on the topic of quitting, I challenge you to ignore it. Not answer. Not even direct them to the Search Box on the right. There are many many participants on these forums who can, and will, direct any new inquiries to the existing threads. If you so accept, I will not respond to any quitting post, as described above, either.

That is the new Boilerplate Oath, and we shall be interested to observe how long The Boilerplate Man* can stick to self-inflicted silence on one of his favourite subjects of repetitive elaboration.