It's the clash of the titans, strength against strength as 2p2 politics' two most odious posters face off for the championship title! Will international Zionism stop Deuces' rise to victory? Will Dr. I's trademark eyeroll move give him the edge he needs?

Question: Did deuces really say he'd go away if voted worst and not come back till taken out of the worst poster thread title?

This answer will heavily weight my voting decision

Not for lack of effort on Ike's part- but Deuces' posting career is reason enough to imprison Al Gore for being accused of claiming to have invented the Internet.

Mason Malmurh regrets founding 2p2 because Deuces posts on it.

Scrooge McDuck disowned his nephews because of Deuces' shirt.

The 2015 WSOP will be played without any 2s.

MOAR LIKE DUFUS MCWACKEN.

I've been eating cheese for three days just to avoid the risk of dropping another Deuce into the world.

I can really go either way on this.

call it a night dids

I said I would stop posting in the bad posters thread. I can give some consideration to popular opinion. Plus its not like all of you are Dids.

Amen

Well, a promise to stop posting in one thread is better than the no promise from ikes.

Sad that deuces makes any thread he posts in here unreadable, but ikes makes every thread in alpha unreadable.

Feel a bit like sputty may be on to something with his votes.

Dids wow. I'm not even gonna ask if you mad because there is no question about that. I'm not gonna ask why either because, if there is an answer, you clearly don't have it.

I gets them mad. I don't take pride in that it just happens. Don't have an aneurism Dids. I hate to think of your cats munching away at your slumped over torso just because I think the neocons played Bush or whatever it is that's got you feelin such harsh, harsh feelins.

That's a bit much. The forum needs a diversity of opinion and writing styles. I get occasional PM's from people who really like my posts. I try. If it's not up to your standards well ok, I actually consider legit criticism. Furthermore I am never rude or talk **** to people unless they behave that way to me first.

So while I have been "mean" to many people here, I think you will find that, without exception, I never fired the first shot...with the possible exception of your wife, who I (politely or, at least, not rudely) accused of making an illegitimate remote diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoidness of another poster. Now, I only pointed that out because it was true and it was unfair to spank who was getting piled on. So vote for ikes because I accused your wife and took the side of your enemy. And because ikes has been really rude to your wife for no discernible reason.

May be worth keeping Deuces just to annoy Dids.

As bad as Deuces is, he can't come close to the way ikes aggressively trainwrecks every single thread he posts in.

Deuce, You are coming in Deuce. The last thing I want is you to win anything.

Ikes, GG GOAT Bad Poster.

lolikes in a bloodbath

Dimensions of Bad Posting:

Hubris - Tough call. Point Ikes.
Condescension - "I have formally studied racism." Point Deuces.
Superficiality - "This isn't difficult." Point Ikes.
Ignorance - Another tough call. Based on 9/11 work, point Deuces.
Ad Hominem - Ikes seems to enjoy it more. Point Ikes.
Work Ethic - Say what you will, Deuces puts in the effort. Point Ikes.
Sense of Humor - Point, um, neither.
Self-Awareness - For insisting his bad rep is based primarily on political disagreement, point Ikes.
Agreement Bias Factor - I tend to agree with Deuces more, so I'm adding some weight to control for this. Point Deuces.

Voted Ikes, 5-3.

I plan to make a donation to Doctors Without Borders in the winner's honor. That way, all bad posters can sleep better at night knowing their bad posting has contributed in some small way to the fight against Ebola.

I think this is a pretty good analysis though the first three are imo kind of all the same.

I think you're missing other factors though - I don't know if there's a one word catch-all for the constant 'moving goalposts', 'arguing strawmen', semantic detours and just unsupported knee jerk being contrary... though I would say that this response is so often tagged "lolikes" and "semantikes" that whether you describe these all as 4 different factors or one, Ikes is the clear winner (1-4 points for Ikes depending on if these are combined).

I think both posters tie in the factor that every thread they're in somewhat devolves into it being about them, but since Ikes participates in both forums and I believe has many more years (and thousands of more posts) he takes this category.

I give Deuces a point because I think he's more unreadable then Ikes. I find myself skipping both posters frequently though Ikes isn't as verbose so its easier to get through a lot of his stuff then Deuces.

But all in all, Ikes is still the clear winner of my vote.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

There's no way Deuces wins the point for self-awareness.

Being deluded about why you're unliked is much more understandable than believing you win every argument even when everybody else tells you that you didn't.

Not to mention most of conspiritarding is just a basic lack of self-awareness about how little a person actually knows about how the world works.

It's always sad when the Cinderella story comes to an end. I voted ikes but my heart still wants spank.