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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1424 Joined: 2 Mar 2008     |
"And so it was declared "Many Lulz will be had," and so they were, for the grand-creator, Moot, has been given honor and recognition." Sorry, went pseudo-biblical there for a second. Anyway, this is... surprising, but I find it even more surprising that we do have information on the guy at all. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 425 Joined: 5 Jan 2009     | That it some one get me off this crazy planet. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3357 Joined: 23 Oct 2007    | If you'll excuse me, I think I have a Big No coming with a vengeance. That disgusting, disturbing waste of time that is that abominably stupid website should never receive recognition. Ever. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1447 Joined: 26 Mar 2008   | Why does this remind me of March Mayhem? |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 715 Joined: 4 Feb 2009     |
Oooo burn! |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 999 Joined: 4 Mar 2009    | *must... resist... don't... say... lol what* /slaps himself |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1749 Joined: 1 Oct 2008  |
It's going to be like Turbine and Bioware all over again, but with more swearing and more trolls |
Paperboy  Posts: 26 Joined: 23 Apr 2009   | I'm too surprised, confused and amused to come up with anything meaningful to say about this... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2583 Joined: 27 Sep 2008    | Well yeah, much like Rick Astley winning whatever award it was, if you let the internet decide, then people will take the piss. It's what they do. Anonymity + power= douchebag. Tis the way it has been for many a year. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 873 Joined: 4 Mar 2009     | He's very influencial, and he has a lot to answer for. From what I've heard his creation is a portal to hell. |
Paperboy  Posts: 50 Joined: 3 Mar 2008    |
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Beat Writer Posts: 161 Joined: 3 Apr 2009  | If it was a a 4-chan, ever thought that there could have been allot of alt accounts made to vote in his favor. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 380 Joined: 14 Apr 2009    | He's got all the kids at 4chan behind him so you never know he just might have plans for world domination in mind. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1246 Joined: 9 Apr 2009   |
Well said. 4chan does not deserve this kind of publicity. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3086 Joined: 13 Jul 2008 |
You can come with me. I have rocketship, and supplies. All we need now the right launch equipment and soon Mars shall be mine! Mine! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2710 Joined: 26 Jun 2008   |
I'm pretty sure TIME made votes based on IPs, and he also got an average rating double the second place position. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 810 Joined: 15 Dec 2008  | Well that guy is more important in the grand scheme of things than most people. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1412 Joined: 19 Nov 2008  | I need to check out 4Chan. Maybe then I'd understand the hate. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 482 Joined: 10 Apr 2009  | He has to answer for crimes against humanity. |
Time Lord  Posts: 10073 Joined: 13 Feb 2008   | He who lives by the internet, lulz by the internet. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2768 Joined: 18 Sep 2007 |
Even worse, guess what sort of article will come out of TIME turning their ink cannons loose on 4chan? It won't be a pleasant article on how the Internet builds communities, let me tell you... -- Steve |
BANNED  Posts: 11268 Joined: 3 Jan 2009    |
From what I hear, you shouldn't if you value what innocence you have left. User was banned for: Why do Many Girls take Pictures of Themselves?. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer Posts: 482 Joined: 10 Apr 2009 |
If you've played Doom 3 and Fatal Frame at the same time, in the dark of course, you would gather some information of what 4chan really is. |
BANNED  Posts: 377 Joined: 17 Oct 2008  | ohhh lord, parents reading that Time article (if it gets written) may actually visit /b/....I am waiting for the simultaneous head explosion that will occur for those who can't comprehend "what the hell did i just see?, garrblgeallreareaerear BOOM!!" |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 98 Joined: 14 Sep 2008   |
Just remember; what has been seen, cannot be unseen, no matter how hard you try. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1412 Joined: 19 Nov 2008 |
Well I have played Doom 3. |
Paperboy  Posts: 42 Joined: 24 Nov 2008  | Just for fun, read the first letters of the first names of the top 21 ranked people. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1412 Joined: 19 Nov 2008 |
I'll keep that in mind. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 946 Joined: 6 Dec 2008  | 4chan is rated by some as the fourth largest forum on the internet.... Time runs an internet poll/popularity contest.... m00t wins.... no one here sees a connection....? |
BANNED Posts: 11268 Joined: 3 Jan 2009 |
Well I, being the person that barely shuddered during Dead Space, and only found true horror from Pyramid Head from SH2, I don't think all the rape and shit on 4chan would startle me that much. User was banned for: Why do Many Girls take Pictures of Themselves?. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 393 Joined: 17 Apr 2009  |
Far too true. I went to the /b/ board once to see what it was all about and I will never go there again. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4950 Joined: 10 Jan 2009  |
Just avoid \b. It's apparently not a place for most civil human beings, according to the dormies I speak with :D But yeah, grats to 4chan dude. Not that I care much, but hey, it's popular in some crowds... And it can be useful for some people. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 482 Joined: 10 Apr 2009 |
... /bow /bow /bow Anyway, Dead Space had it's moments when I jumped. But I prefer psychological horror, y'know, the one that's actually terrifying? Your Silent Hill example is perfect. (/bows to Japanese) My only fear of 4chan is that one day, they will come to YouTube and establish rule. Boxxy tried, she failed. That's one down, who's next? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4768 Joined: 17 Mar 2009   |
Indeed. |
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4chan Founder Wins Time 100 Poll
The results of the third annual Time 100 Poll are in and the irresistible force that is the internet has declared the winner to be none other than Moot, the founder of 4chan.
Moot, real name Christopher Poole, beat out poll finalists including basketball star Kobe Bryant, conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh, U.S. President Barack Obama and a host of other popular and political figures from around the world. While he came in second place in number of total votes behind Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, he nonetheless dominated the poll with an average rating of 90, compared to overall second-place finisher Anwar Ibrahim, the Malaysian opposition leader, who managed an average rating of 47.
Of course, this is an internet poll, which means there's plenty of room for discussion, debate and wild, profane flaming. There will no doubt be many who question the selection of the man who launched 4chan as the world's most influential person but Time Managing Editor Josh Tyrangiel points out that the choice is no more or less valid than the selection of Nintendo genius Shigeru Miyamoto in 2007 or Korean pop sensation Rain in 2006. "I would remind anyone who doubts the results that this is an Internet poll," he said. "Doubting the results is kind of the point."
Unleashed on the public in October 2003, 4chan is an imageboard forum responsible for most memes and "internet in-jokes" that have made the rounds online over the past few years. 4chan is perhaps best known as the home of "/b/," the random image board infamous for its no-rules policy, anarchic environment and all-around viciousness. The site is also strongly associated with Anonymous, the fluid, shifting internet subculture dedicated to the principle that "none of us are as cruel as all of us."
So congratulations and lulz to Moot for his world-beating victory. Truly, the internet has spoken.
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