I’ve always considered yojimbo to be the social leader of the elite clique in this joint.
Oh ooh! Can I be the first? So newbie I see you haven’t been around long enough to truly determine whether or not there’s a clique on this board, so you can keep your under-1000-post-count-opinions to yourself!
We, the elite members of the board, resent your being here and attempting to make your thoughts seem as if they matter to those who are really important around here.
Was that too rude? I was just playing, you know.
Love ya, TracieMarie and welcome to the boards (even though you didn’t introduce yourself) [sub]frickin’ newbie[/sub]
When I first joined, I never felt there was a clique either. In fact, in my first thread the only person who seemed the least bit rude was Sentinel, who is now banned. For the most part, everyone was friendly and helpful right from the start to this little newbie.
I don’t know about a clique, but I do have a very nice elite clock. Oh, wait…maybe it’s pica.
Tymp, I would kneel before you, but you know what that leads to.
Let’s just say there’s a small group of people out there (in all honesty, there can be no more than 10, 15) that just can’t leave this place alone after being banned for various reasons. They’ll return every once in a while, with a new username. Usually, they’re found out pretty easily and get banned again.
After about being banned 4 or 5 times, they will start referring to people that disagree with them as “Clique”, “Troll Hunters”, or whatever term that suits their would-be-martyr scheme.
IMHO, that’s the only reason why a Clique might be perceived to exist by someone who is not yet fully informed of all the subtleties of the SDMB. Such as Yojimbo 
The true pains in the ass are not these returning posters, though. It’s actually a small group of posters that never post anywhere other than ATMB and the Pit. They constantly seem to get involved in discussions about how the board is run, the quality of the moderators, etc. Often, they do not start these issues, but they suddenly arrise from the dead and start bitching again. All within the limits of good taste and the TOS. So you can’t ban them. However, they seem to be useless in the Battle against Ignorance.
They know who they are. No need to name them, as per Yojimbo’s request.
The biggest pain in the ass is one very disturbed poster that gets banned and returns. As disturbed as he is, he’s also clever. He usually doesn’t blow his cover for weeks, all the while actually contributing to the boards (as said, he ain’t a dummy). Eventually, he DOES blow his cover. But the worrying thing is that he is actually getting more subtle at it.
Then again, I know who he is. And he knows I know.
Enough conspiracy theories for now. As long as these posters are left alone and ignored, this MB is the best on the Net. Period.
If people don’t mind me repeating myself (from the Anorexia thread):
Meeting Notes, SDMB Clique, 9/10/00 meeting.
9:00 AM: Discussed Satan’s Ass. Had we heard too much of it? Not enough of it? Was Omniscient’s shiny white ass becoming too much of a diversion from the original running joke? Vote: 37-1, Satan’s ass must now be included in at least one in every twenty posts. Drain Bead promises to fulfill the quota for abstaining posters. Satan voices his final objections, then sulks.
9:48 AM: Discussed current topics in GD. General consensus- too much religion, not enough Star Trek. Spoofe Bo Diddly is nominated to start a commitee regarding “what the next big sci-fi question will be”. Polycarp and Libertarian agree to begin voluntary posting limits until the next big witnessing invasion. Satan promises to go out and recruit new fundies for when the time comes.
10:23 AM: Donuts.
11:15 AM: Discussed ‘flirting’ threads currently in MPSIMS. In order to help distribute notoriety and focus attention away from the more prominent clique members, Coldfire will being flirting with CrankyAsAnOldMan, and DRY will begin flirting with Maeglin. Heated debate ensues as to whether or not Maeglin is female. Discussion tabled with decision that DRY will instead begin flirting with Falcon, causing a minor tiff with ChiefScott. Maeglin will be given “first free rights”, where whomever he/she flirts with first must return the affection.
12:30 PM: Lunch at Denny’s.
1:35 PM: Begin discussion of GQ. Are enough new posters nnoying Manny, or should we start enlisting friends and family to go in and ask questions obviously designed for different forums? UncleBeer points out that Manny is nearing sniper-on-a-rooftop stress levels, and so the decision is made for a small respite for Manny.
2:05 PM: Milosarrian gives his report on the Euchtyus55 post-bot, which seems to be perfectly filling in for the late moderator. Milo’s report is interrupted only briefly by Mullinator’s drunken demand for TwistOfFate to “squeal like a pig.” Both are sent back to their hotel room, although it is unclear at this point whether they had their alcohol removed from them, or were handed more whiskey.
2:39 PM: Discussion of newbie on the board. Lexicon reports on the flaming prowess of new posters, including SkinnyGuy, who seems on the fast-track to inclusion in the clique. GaWd reports on the flirting capabilities of new posters, giving high marks to Anniz and Soda. All three are voted to recieve the super-secret instructions on joining the clique, 38-0. Evilbeth reports that ostracizing and humiliating most other newbies seems to have the desired results of making them whine and cry and run away like little babies. Clique Chairman kellibelli congratulates evilbeth on a job well done, and suggests to Sub-chairman for Flirtation Montfort that evilbeth be placed in the next round of link-ups.
3:54 PM: Meeting adjourned.
Slythe, this Corrado newbie is crossposting. Ban him
No, he altered the minutes. In the original version, you were ordered to flirt with evilbeth. In this “rewrite” you are ordered to flirt with ME.
Coming from academe like I do, I can promise you there is a long long tradition of changing just a word or two of something and calling it “original.” So it’s not cross-posting at all.
And for your flirting pleasure, I cheerfully submit to you that I am fully 1/2 dutch. Really. crosses her klompen fetchingly
Like Microsoft, I make minor revisions to an old package and try to pass it off as brand-new. Standard industry practice.
Again, for the edification of those present:
The first rule of Elite Clique is: you don’t talk about Elite Clique.
The second rule of Elite Clique is: you don’t talk about Elite Clique.
Of course there’s an elite clique on this board. His name is Cecil.
Well, I brought up the “Elite Clique” in this thread, but it was quite obviously meant as a joke. I am a relative newbie (just hit my 69 post 
), and no, I don’t think there is an “Elitist Clique” here. This kind of crap comes up on every message board or usenet group I’ve ever regularly participated in - sometimes I’m in the perceived clique, sometimes I’m not.
I understand those rules Mr. Cynical. However, I’d like to request that the rest of us get a little warning before you and your clique start blowing up buildings and pissing in everyone’s soup. ‘kay?
Wow. I’m 7/8 Dutch![sup]I[/sup] So, how good are your language skills? Can we talk dirty and all that?
[supI[/sup] = 1/8 of me is German, believe it or not!
Originally posted by BratMan007
LOL! Oh my! You know, after I read this, I thought, “WooHoo! This must mean I’m in the clique!” But then I read Corrado’s brilliant post and alas, no–my name is nowhere to be found. Oh well. I was never popular in high school either.
Peace,
Tracy
Only three hundred some-odd posts and I am already in the clique? Tell me honestly, John, is it because of my sparkling personality or my ambiguous handle?
This is definitely sig material!
MR
Hear hear!
There can never be too many mentions of Satan’s ass. I’ll try to throw casual references to it regularly.
Regarding Satan’s ass – see my new sig.
Ok, I’m an idiot.
Let’s try that again with the new sig at the bottom.
God Damn you Green Bean!
Of all the posts and threads that I’ve been apart of, you pick that one to link to?
Personally, I think there is a clique thing on this board. Go to any of the threads that are named something along the lines of “Who do I want to meet” and tell me you think differently.
The fact that I didn’t name anyone doesn’t mean shit. Had I done so, I would have been defending myself harder than I already was. C’mon, bringing my I.Q. in to question? You musta’ had an extra spoonfull of Wheaties for that one.
There is a clique thing around here. Is it bad? Beats me. I’ve never run into a rogue group of dopers bashing on me.
But to ignore it, seems to me, to be avoiding a pretty relevant issue that newbies and outsiders might like to know.
Sorry, it’s in the bloodline, but I don’t actually speak any of it. My German is weak. But you can talk dirty to me in any language!