I've been in and out of FP for a long time (I didn't lurk much before creating my account), and during that time, I've witnessed not only great moments on this community --one of which I contributed!-- but also some nasty scandals.
Regarding my participation in a great moment in FP history, a couple years ago, when Hexxeh was interviewed by the NY Times, a big local newspaper here in Buenos Aires also printed their article, [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=935666&p=24550586&viewfull=1#post24550586"]so I purchased that newspaper and mailed it over to him[/URL], hehe. :D
But I digress. Over the last couple years there were also some pretty dark moments on FP as well (although I'm pretty sure I missed a few during my absence). First one I remember is Hezzy being perma'd (I can't recall for the life of me what happened), which caused a big impact on the FP community... to this day, you can find FP'ers sporting a "RIP Hezzy" avatar. Another dark moment, was started by a user I can't remember, saying he was poor and having a hard time, and some FP'ers donated some money to him, but it turned out he spent it in games or something like that... thing is, some FP'ers figured him out, turned out the guy was full of shit, and shit hit the fan bigtime. I'm sure there are a few more, but I can't recall them at this time.
Anyway, I figured this is also a great opportunity to use this thread as a way to bring up to speed/loop in the newer FP'ers... like some sort of "FP History 101", so to speak.
So what other scandals do you guys remember?
rust subforum.
they made blues avatars smaller.
Never forget
RUST
rust so many fucking times
worst thing to ever happen at facepunch
[QUOTE=D3TBS;42799628]they made blues avatars smaller.
Never forget[/QUOTE]
Oh gawd I remember that! I hated the guy who caused that... grrrr.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;42799646]Oh gawd I remember that! I hated the guy who caused that... grrrr.[/QUOTE]
What did he do, and are blue avatars back to that old size?
[QUOTE=Plaster;42799624]rust subforum.[/QUOTE]
That's a subforum I haven't heard of. What about it?
Oh I just remembered that shithead SweFox. He scammed people left and right, and then pretended to kill himself after he was discovered.
[QUOTE=Durrsly;42799657]What did he do, and are blue avatars back to that old size?[/QUOTE]
I remember now, he got into an argument with Garry, I don't remember why exactly... and bam, smaller avatars for the blues. We blues wanted to kill that guy so bad, haha.
When they made gold membership purchasable.
Made my years of dedication to the forum and getting gold in return worthless.
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[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;42799676]I remember now, he got into an argument with Garry, I don't remember why exactly... and bam, smaller avatars for the blues. We blues wanted to kill that guy so bad, haha.[/QUOTE]
Smaller avatars for the plebeian blues to make room for the bigger, glorious gold avatars.
[QUOTE=Plaster;42799624]rust subforum.[/QUOTE]
Actually part of me would say that it was one of the better moments of FacePunch:
[video=youtube;WyjR7H30fjY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyjR7H30fjY[/video]
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42799702]When they made gold membership purchasable.
Made my years of dedication to the forum and getting gold in return worthless.[/QUOTE]
Ah yes, I remember that moment too! Many jimmies were rustled that day.
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[QUOTE=Durrsly;42799675]Oh I just remembered that shithead SweFox. He scammed people left and right, and then pretended to kill himself after he was discovered.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure FP has had a fair share of scammers in the past... :/
dan was boobies
the great predator banning massacre
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42799702]When they made gold membership purchasable.
Made my years of dedication to the forum and getting gold in return worthless.[/QUOTE]
Not really, now you know your years of dedication are worth $5
[QUOTE=Judas;42799784]dan was boobies[/QUOTE]
HAHAH, that was incredible! :v:
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=930551"]BAM, found the thread[/URL]. I had to read that again, haha
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[QUOTE=No_0ne;42799787]the great predator banning massacre[/QUOTE]
Hmm I vaguely remember that... what happened?
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;42799826]HAHAH, that was incredible! :v:
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Hmm I vaguely remember that... what happened?[/QUOTE]
Someone cracked into an admin's account and started permabanning everyone, facepunch turned into a warzone for a while until Garry personally banned the admin
I don't have any screencaps but it was pretty nuts
[QUOTE=No_0ne;42799859]Someone cracked into an admin's account and started permabanning everyone, facepunch turned into a warzone for a while until Garry personally banned the admin
I don't have any screencaps but it was pretty nuts[/QUOTE]
Whoa, nasty.
So what happened to Hezzy? I completely forgot about that :/
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I'm re-reading the "dan was boobies" thread... omg that thread is and will be legendary, hahah :v:
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;42799891]Whoa, nasty.
So what happened to Hezzy? I completely forgot about that :/[/QUOTE]
check it
[url]http://www.wikipunch.com/index.php?title=Hezzy[/url]
[QUOTE=No_0ne;42799945]check it
[url]http://www.wikipunch.com/index.php?title=Hezzy[/url][/QUOTE]
I'll always miss his Confessional threads. :'/
[QUOTE=gooooooooooogle;42800111][URL]http://facepunch.com/member.php?username=Hezzy[/URL]
???[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/FNyLOqx.png[/img]
WHAT.
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H-Hezzy? You there? :O
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I didn't know he was unbanned, guys... cut me some slack here, please :v:
I, for some odd reason, really liked the seizure layout we had across the forums some time in '05. My own memory of it is foggy, and it seems to have completely disappeared from everyone elses' (who was there at the time).
Then again I was around 14 at the time, easily amused.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42799702]When they made gold membership purchasable.
Made my years of dedication to the forum and getting gold in return worthless.[/QUOTE]Oh how times have changed. Gold was originally purchasable only, not a reward for surviving so long without being banned. When Garry changed it to a timed reward, the original gold members had a fit; seeing as they paid for it to support the running costs of the forums.
back in the years when all the "facepunch is fedora land" stereotypes were actually true
[QUOTE=No_0ne;42799859]Someone cracked into an admin's account and started permabanning everyone, facepunch turned into a warzone for a while until Garry personally banned the admin
I don't have any screencaps but it was pretty nuts[/QUOTE]I remember taking refugge in the '05ers custom forum, those were dark days.
[QUOTE=geogzm;42800296]back in the years when all the "facepunch is fedora land" stereotypes were actually true[/QUOTE]Naah, it was more a bunch of sugar-high kids flinging Gman across a blocky map and shouting at each other :v:
The diversification of the forum from mainly a place to discuss Gmod to the eternal blackhole that's kept me prisoner all these years balanced out the ratio of kids to (barely) adults afaik, even with the Rust influx.
The (multiple) removals of ratings. I remember for a while it was just agree/disagree, then there were no ratings at all, luckily we've had them back for a steady period now.
Also auto-permabans, because people would constantly make threads just to ban themselves, and losing -5000 smartness in a post.
[QUOTE=Killer900;42800309]I remember taking refugge in the '05ers custom forum, those were dark days.[/QUOTE]
I kind of want to see a return of custom forums, they would make the site into even more of a "general purpose" forum.
9/11 was the worst day in Facepunch history
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