Tristy is great.
The thing I like about Stan, is that he is more than willing to put his neck on the line to support his opinion (whether right or wrong, but he always thinks he's right). He's also not scared to ruffle feathers...actually, I think he likes to ruffle other posters' feathers. He's kind of like the Doug Gottleib of the board. He says stuff that he knows will get a rise out of people, just to make himself more relevant.
Unlike some other posters that beat certain topics to death by taking unpopular stances, I actually think Stan is a rather intelligent poster. He's rather arrogant, but that's his style.
The fact that he has an entire thread dedicated to him makes me think his style actually works.