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riot. (Rants and Raves thread, closed for flaming)
A rant thread called 'riot.' spiraled into avatar drama and got shut down for personal flames.
A thread in the Rants and Raves subforum, aptly titled 'riot.', devolved from general venting into a squabble over who originally made/used a particular avatar, dragging in members like Afteryou, ri0t, and Industry. A moderator (DCLXVI) ultimately closed the thread, citing that it had become 'stupid' and that personal flames aren't allowed under the Rants forum rules. The Moose chimed in near the end wondering aloud why an argument about avatars had taken over a rant topic, and NoNamE! (a Supervisor) also appears in the closing posts.
Stupid topic, personal flames are NOT allowed.— DCLXVI
So, where's this topic's going? First of all, No name broke the FkN rules and should be warned/banned. Secondly, what the fuck is up with everyone talking about peoples avatars and wtf.— The Moose
inzane ripped off afteryou...afteryou was the 1337 one here— Industry
Rant and Rave Section: A Meta-Rant About Flame Wars
A guy rants about people ruining the rant forum by flaming, then gets flamed in the replies within the hour.
Member 'Industry' opens a thread in Gametration/fkn0wned's Rants and Raves section complaining that every rant thread devolves into personal flame wars instead of staying on-topic anger, and jokingly suggests posters attach a selfie to their flames so lurkers can pile on. True to form, replies immediately mock and 'flame' him in a self-aware, joking way, proving his point in real time. It's a small, self-referential slice of the classic 2007-era forum culture — rules nobody follows, emoticon spam, and irony as the punchline.
lmao, im so sick and tired of every rant or rave turning into a flame war..obviously no one has read the rules...!!— Industry
All I can say is... your very right. Oh and I forgot, your a n00b and you should go die (blah blah, flame, flame)— NicCuh
I don't see your picture... Moron— Scratch
Fucking BULLSHIT (Rapidshare is down)
The day Rapidshare broke and half the forum panicked mid-download
A member named Insatiable vents about Rapidshare suddenly refusing to connect, right after they'd uninstalled a Greasemonkey script that faked premium downloads. A handful of regulars chime in to commiserate, confirming it wasn't just him and that the service was likely just glitching or temporarily down. Don Ruski laments being one link away from finishing a Call of Duty 4 download. Ultimately marked closed by a moderator (Exodus) with the reason simply restated as the thread title itself — a classic low-stakes rant thread about early file-hosting frustrations.
I cant connect to Rapidshare...And that boys, girls and ollie, is FUCKING BULLSHIT!— Insatiable.
I know, I was one link away from playing COD4— Don Ruski
Feel the phail of www.rapidshare.com— Insatiable.
WHY ARE WE USING RS?!? — the RapidShare Gripe Thread
A forum full of dial-up-scarred kids arguing about whose download speed sucked more.
A multi-page rant thread in Off-Topic's Rants and Raves section where members complained about RapidShare's limitations and pricing, comparing it to alternative file hosts. It devolves into a good-natured back-and-forth about everyone's actual internet speeds and ISP costs, with members from Toronto and Scotland chiming in on how bad their connections were. Pure late-2000s forum filler drama — no real conflict, just shared frustration over slow downloads and premium account costs.
rapidshare is definatly the fastest one around. but they have gotten excessivly greedy, there are very good alternatives— VulcanRaven
Toronto sucks shit, $50/m for this piece of shit— AKULA
YOUTUBE RANTOVER
Don Ruski nearly went deaf watching cringe YouTube videos and needed the whole forum to know about it
A 2008 rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where user Don Ruski vents about bizarre, cringe-inducing YouTube videos he stumbled upon while searching for stand-up comedy. The rant spirals into a broader complaint about people posting embarrassing content of themselves online instead of playing CSS or going outside, comparing the trend unfavorably to MySpace. Classic unhinged, all-caps 2008 internet-culture griping, typical of the forum's rant section vibe.
I had the volume at 5% and I still had to keep my ears closed so they wouldn't start bleeding.— Don Ruski
YOU ARE AS RETARDED AS A REGURGITATED FINKLE MATTER!!!!!!!!!!!!111— Don Ruski
GETFOFFTHEINTERNET!!! GO TO FAT CAMP.— Don Ruski
LoG1c's shitty fucking day
A monitor got turned upside down and somehow this thread became forum legend.
A rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where a member named LoG1c vented about a bad day, prompting other regulars to pile on with jokes and exaggerated riffs rather than sympathy. The standout moment is a fully fictional skit posted by wirmware imagining LoG1c's 'crime' of flipping a monitor upside-down escalating into a fake 911 call and a SWAT-style takedown by a joke cop character. It's a small, silly two-page thread that captures the forum's dark-comedy, roast-your-friends off-topic culture rather than any real drama.
OMFG!!! SOMEONE TURNED TEH MONITER UPSIDE DOWN, WTF DO I DO?— wirmware
Get the fuck away from the computer now and get on the floor with you hands behind your back, or taze you bitch!— wirmware
FCUK MY VSTIA!1 - Vista Rage Thread
A guy loses his mind at Windows Vista for crashing his BF2142 games every hour on the dot
A member named NeVeRbEbLoOd vents about Windows Vista crashing Battlefield 2142 on him hourly, mid-firefight, blaming Vista, lag, an annoying player called KaIN, and Australian internet speeds. A few members chime in with the obvious fixes of the era: downgrade to XP SP2 or switch to Linux. Classic low-stakes Rants and Raves fare from the forum's Off-Topic section, short and casual with no real drama beyond one guy's tech frustration.
FCUK VSTIA... FCUK KaIN... FCUK LaGGers who won't leave and FCUK aUStrALIan InTERNet SpEEd5— NeVeRbEbLoOd
just download xp sp2— babakiller
FS: stupid ass noobs uploading their shit on YouTube
A two-post rant about YouTube nobodies stealing the spotlight from real fkn0wned clips
A short-lived rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum, where member DrGzR complained about random people uploading low-quality clips to YouTube instead of contributing actual fkn0wned content, linking to an example video. Only one reply followed, from valucard, who found it amusing and made a tangential comment about a 'celebrity' being mocked online. A quintessential tiny, grumpy off-topic vent typical of the forum's Rants and Raves section.
for fuck sake this cunt doesnt even know what hes doing jesus christ, wankers stop uploading shit, more fkn0wned clips are needed not this shitole— DrGzR
I loled. What a fucking psycho, whats youtube coming to?— valucard
Let Me Tell You About Today (goodbye 360, steam account, and goodapollo)
One bad day, three losses: an Xbox 360, a Steam account, and someone's whole online identity.
A member recounts a rough day that cost them their Xbox 360, their Steam account, and their 'goodapollo' persona/handle, posted in the Rants and Raves subforum where venting (not flaming) was the rule. Fellow member Wares offers to gift spare copies of CS:S and HL2 from an upcoming Valve Complete Package purchase, originally intended for another user named Seth. The thread has a small, casual, supportive vibe typical of the forum's off-topic community pulling together after a member's bad luck.
Dude that sucks royally. I might be getting the valve complete package tonight and I'll have 2 css's and 2 Hl2's so if you want I can gift you them.— Wares
But he needs them more so he should get them. And yes people my name is Seth— hunterbrute224
DX10+Vista vs DX9+XP
A guy with a Sapphire Radeon 2400 Pro asks the internet's oldest 2008 question: Vista's eye candy or XP's raw framerates?
A member weighing a GPU upgrade (an 8800GT) debates whether to stick with Vista Basic for DX10 support or downgrade to XP for better benchmark performance, citing early complaints about Vista's overhead. Another member points out the thread doesn't really fit 'Rants and Raves' since it's more of a genuine tech question than an angry rant, while a third poster (a banned member) chimes in. It's a small, mundane snapshot of the DX9-vs-DX10, XP-vs-Vista transition debate that consumed PC gaming forums in that era.
the new Service pack for XP puts scores in 3dmark nearly DOUBLE that of the same setup in vista because of the sucky coding in vista.— Devlin1991
Oh and how is this a rant and rave? You don't sound angry. More of a suggestion thread.— wirmware
Channel One News
A forgotten rant about the high-school news show everybody had to sit through in homeroom.
A short-lived rant thread in the Rants and Raves section where Prof_Oak vented about Channel One News, the classroom news broadcast shown in American high schools, calling it a waste of time full of dumb or made-up stories. Only one other member, aesir09, chimed in, agreeing and noting their school had stopped airing it. A tiny, low-key slice of shared teenage school-days grumbling rather than any real drama.
it is a news shoe for high schools... They have the dumbest news stories, sometimes they just make stuff up, and in general, it's a waste of 15 minutes— Prof_Oak
i remember when we had to wait that stupid fucking shit. now we don't which i'm proud of— aesir09
Sleep
A forgotten rant about not being able to sleep spirals into weed jokes and pen0r punchlines.
A short-lived rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where a member griped about sleep issues, prompting the usual off-topic replies. One user suggested smoking weed before bed, which was met with a joking reply about vivid dreams from a since-banned member. Pretty low-key, typical filler thread from the forum's off-topic corner.
Dude, just smoke some weed and then go to bed, its so fun.— HaSh
yeah, i always dream about sex and pretty girls with nice asses and stuff, and everyone wants to ride your pen0r— ConTag1ous
YOB BRITAIN! - a 2008 rant about UK street violence
A Fkn0wned member's cousin got jumped and beaten — cue a full-throated rant about Britain's 'yob culture'
In this Rants and Raves thread from January 2008, member -Shikari- vents after his cousin and a friend were assaulted and injured by a group of attackers in the UK, with one suffering a fractured jaw. The post spirals into a broader complaint about rising youth violence ('yob culture'), weak sentencing, and fear of being branded racist for self-defense, linking to Sun tabloid articles and praising then-Tory leader David Cameron's stance on the issue. It's a classic off-topic forum rant thread — personal grievance turned into a wider social/political gripe, with another member (cedars) starting to reply before the archive cuts off.
It just fucking pisses me off how they think they can do what they want, rule wherever they live.— -Shikari-
If you think the laws are too harsh, then just don't fucking break them in the first place!— -Shikari-
Gravediggers
A thread literally about threads getting dug up from the grave — and someone called their own shot.
A short, self-aware tail-end of a Rants and Raves thread on Fkn0wned.com, poking fun at the forum tradition of 'gravedigging' — reviving old dead threads. Astrea jokingly predicts the thread itself will eventually get necro'd 'for great justice,' and Paws chimes in betting against it. A tiny, quintessential slice of mid-2000s forum culture and in-jokes rather than any real drama or cheat talk.
In a few months time. Someone will find this thread and give it a bump for great justice. 8D— Astrea
ye, im betting on "unlikely"— Paws
Rant and Rave Rules
The one thread everyone skipped until they got banned for breaking it
A short rules-posting for the 'Rants and Raves' subforum on Fkn0wned.Com, laid down by an early staffer/founding-era member going by 'Shifty' (posting under the account 'r3birth?', member #6, later banned). It set boundaries for the forum's designated venting space: no self-pity threads begging for hate, no calling out other members by name, and no dragging beef from this section onto the rest of the board — all punishable by permanent ban. Beyond that, anything went, capturing the forum's blunt, no-filter 'we moderate your fun' tone.
This forum is for ranting and raving not flaming!
Everything else goes. So let out your anger on whatever else the fuck you want.— Shifty
Australia Labour Won! — Political Rant Thread
An Aussie election result turns into a country-vs-city slap fight in the rants forum.
A member vented about the Australian Labor Party's election win, and the thread spiraled into the usual off-topic mudslinging rather than actual political debate. By this later page, the discussion had drifted from the election itself into a personal spat about rural versus city living. Typical of the Rants and Raves subforum, where members were allowed to rage about topics but not directly flame each other — a rule this thread stretched to its limit.
frames is a cocksucker and i prefer farming over bein a pathetic city scum like you.— Olie22
Cigerettes.
A rant about smoking devolves into an economic defense of Big Tobacco.
A thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where members debated the health risks of smoking, comparing it to heavy drinking and its associated liver damage. The discussion touched on why cigarettes remain legal despite known dangers, with one member arguing that banning them would cause mass unemployment in the tobacco industry. Fairly low-key, typical off-topic forum debate with no major drama.
Sadly people are stupid enough but that's life and if they made cigerates illegal then there would be a big problem. Because alot of people would be un-employed.— Nerf