what is the flame war

[I Max95]

i keep hearing this
what is the flame war

 

[Nikolai Smirnov]

It's basicly people constantly fighting on a forum or post or annoying spammers.

 

[rokkolpo]

person 1:i love this!
person 2:i hate this!
person 1:you suck!
person 2:fuck you!
person 3:i agree with person 1.
person 4:fuck you person 2 is right.

There. A flame war.

 

[Chechosaurus]

This...

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1907543

 

[FactualSquirrel]

A mystical time once a year, where the fairies and rice krispy men battle it out to see who shall hold the flame of tinyness for the next year.

person 1:i love this!
person 2:i hate this!
person 1:you suck!
person 2:fuck you!
person 3:i agree with person 1.
person 4:fuck you person 2 is right.

There. A flame war.

Or what this guy said...

 

[Fitzie94]

Its quite stupid as Des and Nate said winning an argument on the internet is like being in the Special Olympics even if you win you are still retarded lol

 

[I Max95]

everyone seems to call it like some huge event
i was accused of trying to incite FWII

 

[rokkolpo]

everyone seems to call it like some huge event
i was accused of trying to incite FWII

yeah that was a bad pun regarding world war 2.
which didn't land apparantly.

and by incite you mean ignite probably.

 

[DoW Lowen]

This...

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1907543

Wow that was seriously one of the best videos I ever watched.

 

[Irridium]

2 or more people throwing insults at one another over something petty.

Thats about it really.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

everyone seems to call it like some huge event
i was accused of trying to incite FWII

It's an arguement between to internet groups were both strongly hold their opinions and neither will change.

People will quickly engage in personal insults, and they can last for pages, turning even the most docile Bird-watching forum into a cesspit of hate and anger. They usually end when all participants have forgotten their passwords or banned. They often invite trolls as well.

You were probably accused of such for bringing up a topic that is controversial and has a large body of people who have an opinion on it. Was it a versus thread, because they pit two beloved things against each other, and quickly get: