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How to Piss Off Someone in Xfire

SubZero's classic hide-tag prank tutorial that had half the forum begging to 'unhide'

A short, goofy tutorial thread from August 2007 where user SubZero posted a prank/joke guide for annoying people over Xfire (the old gamer chat client), locked behind the forum's classic 'reply to see hidden content' trick. Most of the replies are just members posting 'unhide' or 'ty' to unlock the content, plus a few one-liners of approval once they saw it. Low-stakes, low-effort fun typical of the Tutorials subforum — more about the ritual of unlocking hidden content than the prank itself.

hope you like it.— SubZero

thanks it worked with. Also the part with when I said cyber sex..yeah...STFU.— SubZero

actually that does piss me off when it happens— HaSh

Great Scamming Method (Steam account scam tutorial thread)

A guide for stealing Steam accounts, credited to a guy named Eckos, racked up praise (and one "this better work!!") in the Tutorials board.

In this 2008 Tutorials-board thread, user method3909 reposted and expanded on a scamming script originally by 'Eckos,' pitched as an easy way to social-engineer Steam account credentials out of victims. The hidden content required replying to unlock, a classic forum tactic to farm post counts and engagement. The replies are mostly one-word thanks and hype, with method3909 later bragging about having scammed six accounts using the method — a small, matter-of-fact snapshot of the account-trading/scamming culture that ran through this corner of the forum.

Just an update for people, I got 6 accounts today doing this.— method3909

I hate these hidden things!!!— fouine

This better wokr!!— JaGx

10 Great High Explosive Mixtures - BIG BOOM

A random 'explosives recipe' tutorial thread that a bunch of teenage forum regulars just... replied 'lol' and 'sweet' to.

A tutorial-board thread in Fkn0wned's Red Light District shared a list of homemade explosive/pyrotechnic mixtures, and the surviving second page is mostly a long tail of one-line member replies — 'thanks', 'unhide', 'nice', 'BOOM?!' — with little real discussion. One member (mermaid00) jokes about a poster wanting to 'blow up his school,' while another (somebody) pushes back skeptically, pointing out the mixtures look more like oxidizers or smoke bombs than real explosives and warns they could just as easily do nothing or hurt someone. It captures the classic mid-2000s forum vibe: edgy content posted with zero vetting, followed by a wall of bump-style replies from members chasing post counts.

i think we should limit what we put on here lol like mystical1 is probably gonna go blow up his school...o well its cool thnx for it— mermaid00

Man. Where are the ratios? Looks somewhat like oxidiser mixtures to me. A few look like smoke bombs. They'll probably make a boom when you light them up.... But it'll just as well blow your fingers off or not work at all.— somebody

i smeell fireworks— Bonkers

The 'Steam Phisher' Tutorial Repost

A reposted phishing tutorial that mostly just farmed 'unhide' replies for a decade-old rep grind

A VIP member named Niceyyyys reposted a tutorial on building a fake Steam login page, framed as 'for people who don't already know how.' A veteran member immediately pointed out these guides were already common on the board, but the thread carried on regardless, filling up with dozens of low-effort 'unhide/ty' replies typical of hidden-content tutorial threads on fkn0wned, where users had to post to unlock attached files. It's a fairly ordinary artifact of the site's Tutorials section — more notable for the community ritual around it than the content itself.

There are so many of these already, i think we know how to make them.— TheGrapist

hmm better not be virus— Nickiller007

THANKS YOU IT WHAT I BEEN LOOKING FOR!!!!!!!!!!— silvercola

how to get ANY Genuine game cd key

One hidden post, twenty members begging "unhide" — classic Fkn0wned tutorial bait.

A December 2007 tutorial thread in the Tutorials board where user xDEADFAMOUSx posted a hidden guide claiming to explain how to obtain genuine game CD keys, viewable only after replying. The thread quickly filled with members posting one-word replies like "unhide" or "show" just to unlock the content, a very typical forum-reply-gating pattern of the era. Little actual discussion happened beyond the reply-to-unlock ritual, with a few members expressing excitement or mild disappointment about the payoff.

works for me sunshire.... i have shit load of photos of cd keys from blocky b's F— xDEADFAMOUSx

unhide plz i LOVE U!!!— lordofrum

Bah, You got my Hopes up.— semper

Beer Can Mortar

A hidden 2007 'tutorial' post that got 20 pages of people just begging to see it

A thread in the Tutorials sub-forum of the Red Light District, started by supervisor Janza in October 2007, sharing a (not his own) writeup on making a 'beer can mortar' behind a spoiler/hide tag. The rest of the thread is the classic forum ritual of dozens of members posting one-liners just to unlock the hidden content, ranging from polite requests to jokes about not wanting to order chemicals. It's a good snapshot of the low-effort 'unhide please' culture that filled hidden-content threads on the site.

hope i dont have to order chemicals...— Bonkers

beer+mortar=fun!!— necroviz

Once apon a time well before I was connected to the net........ NOTE: Not mine, I'm not married— Janza

call any number FROM any number you want

A 2009 caller-ID spoofing tutorial that racked up two decades' worth of "unhide" and "ty" replies

Posted in the Tutorials section in April 2009 by The Thief Lord, this thread shared a hidden guide/link for spoofing caller ID so calls could appear to come from any number. As was typical of the forum's hidden-content format, most of the thread is just a long chain of members posting 'unhide', 'thanks', or similar one-liners to unlock the content rather than real discussion. It's a small, low-drama slice of the site's prank/tutorial culture, notable mainly for the sheer volume of low-effort bump replies from a wide cast of regulars.

ive been into this for awhile... link/description below— The Thief Lord

unhide— GoldRenamon

lol thanks— Hatred!

CSS Phishing: How to Not Get Disabled Accounts

OldSchool drops a Counter-Strike: Source phishing tutorial and the whole board lines up to say 'unhide'

A veteran VIP member named OldSchool posted a guide in the Tutorials section explaining how to avoid getting phished accounts disabled while running CSS (Counter-Strike: Source) phishing operations, gated behind the classic 'reply to see hidden content' trick. The thread quickly filled with a long chain of low-effort replies ('unhide', 'ty', 'hmm') from a mix of regulars, VIPs, and even an admin, all just farming access to the hidden guide. It's a pretty representative snapshot of the era's account-phishing subculture and the reply-to-unlock forum economy that dominated tutorial threads.

Why do my accounts get disabled while phishin?— OldSchool

ooh let me see— ap3x

ah, hope this works.— blast3r

How to make 2 really bad viruses in about 3 minutes

Botoxx drops two batch-file 'viruses' for the lulz, and half the replies just beg him to unhide the goods

A 2007 tutorial thread from Fkn0wned's Tutorials board where regular Botoxx shared two simple homemade virus scripts (one named 'R.I.P') that were credited to another site, designed to mess with a victim's PC — closing programs, hiding files, flipping mouse buttons, and forcing shutdowns. The thread quickly turned into the classic forum shuffle of people demanding the hidden content be unlocked, a mod (DCLXVI) relocating it to the Random Tuts subforum, and a mix of casual praise, skepticism about antivirus detection, and general early-2000s script-kiddie banter. Nothing sophisticated by today's standards, but a good time-capsule of the era's cheat/hacking forum culture where 'viruses' were treated as fun toys to share and brag about.

HAVE FUN! Hidden Content You'll be able to see the hidden content once you reply to this topic.— Botoxx

sweet to bad it is most likely detected by the anti-virus before it can be executed— fatalsupernova

well there are many ppl who don't have anti virus prog..and if they have, I just write them in msn: click on ignore wen your anti virus prg pops up hehe— Botoxx

How to Enlarge Your Penis (No Pills)

A 'tutorial' with hidden content that was really just bait — and the whole forum piled on to roast it.

SubZero posted a joke tutorial in the Tutorials board, gating the 'content' behind a reply-to-unlock mechanism common on the forum. Dozens of members replied just to see the payoff, mostly reacting with mockery, disbelief, and one-liners once they realized (or suspected) it was a troll/joke post. It's a classic low-effort forum prank thread, remembered more for the community's reactions than any actual content.

Stupidest Tutorial Ever. I've seen some pretty fucked up tutorials.— Fluffman

put yo nuts on the table lets play the game.— Exerta

lolz this tut is 1337— SubZero

Make Your Penis Larger (chooken's Tutorials joke thread)

A troll tutorial with hidden content that had the whole Tutorials forum pretending they weren't curious

Posted in the Tutorials board on Fkn0wned, this was a joke topic by chooken with its actual content hidden behind the forum's 'reply to reveal' spoiler system, playing off the classic spam-email gag title. Members piled in with a wave of self-conscious 'lol this is gay' replies, half-mocking the thread and half-admitting they clicked in out of curiosity, which became the running bit of the whole page. It's a small, silly time capsule of mid-2000s forum culture — low effort, high engagement, everyone in on the joke together.

You're all saying its gay but I bet you're really trying it.— Blaqk

lol all you guys are responding just so others dont think your gay when they see that youve been writing how gay this is!— oinkypig

Not like that other gay tutorial— chooken

How to Get a Girl's Attention

A 2007 'tutorial' on picking up girls devolves into forum members roasting each other over pickup lines and setting yourself on fire

User complex posted a hidden-content 'how-to' guide (15 steps) on getting a girl's attention in the Tutorials section, requiring a reply to unlock it — a common forum trick to farm post counts. The thread mostly consists of members joking about the advice, riffing on absurd alternatives like getting naked and lighting yourself on fire, and several posters dismissing the guide as obvious 'common sense' padded out with extra words. It's a lighthearted, low-effort thread typical of the forum's off-topic tutorial spam, with regulars trading one-liners rather than serious discussion.

Get naked catch yourself on fire and dance in the street like a monkey, that will get everyones attention :D— lol

yeah you will get attention but NOT a date— complex

that was a big waste of time reading all of that, thats pretty much common sense written longer— Wtts

How to Make an Email w/ @steampowered.com

A 2008 tutorial thread promising fake @steampowered.com emails 'useful for scamming' — mostly just people begging to unhide it

Posted in the Tutorials section by lragnarok11 in February 2008, this thread offered a hidden guide for spoofing or faking a @steampowered.com email address, explicitly flagged by the OP as useful for scamming. As with most 'hidden content' tutorials on the forum, the actual replies are almost entirely low-effort bumps from members demanding to see the hidden text, plus a stray rep-farming request from the OP. It's a small, typical snapshot of the site's tutorial culture: bait title, locked content, forced replies, repeat cycle.

You'll be able to see the hidden content once you reply to this topic.— lragnarok11

You forgot to [hide_me]...— Stev0

unhide +rep— Christopher

Scam WoW Accounts (Tutorials, 2009)

A World of Warcraft account-scamming 'guide' that had half the forum lining up to say 'unhide' and 'ty'

In October 2009, member majrbrawl posted a hidden tutorial claiming a '95% success rate' method for scamming World of Warcraft accounts from other players. The thread quickly filled with the classic forum-tutorial ritual of members replying just to unlock the hidden content, mostly one-word 'ty'/'unhide' posts. One member, triplem, pushed back with a mild moral objection to scamming, but was largely ignored amid the crowd chasing the reveal. It's a small, typical snapshot of the site's Tutorials section and its account/item-scamming culture of the era.

Heres my way of getting wow accounts off suckers.— majrbrawl

Am I the only one who disagree's with scamming regardless of who it is?— triplem

unhide u dog ;p— Fknz0ned

The VAC2 Ban Bypass Tutorial That Was Probably Just a Keylogger

Rebelz drops a 'VAC2 bypass' tool — half the thread says thanks, the other half finds a keylogger inside it

Posted January 2008 in the Tutorials section, this thread offered a supposed method to bypass VAC2 (Valve Anti-Cheat) bans and access VAC-secured servers, gated behind the classic 'reply to unhide' mechanic. Early replies were the usual wave of low-effort 'unhide'/'ty' posts typical of the era, but a few more skeptical members flagged that the required download triggered antivirus keylogger warnings, sparking a mini-debate about whether the tool was legit or a scam preying on desperate VAC-banned players. No firm confirmation of it actually working ever surfaced in the visible portion of the thread.

It found a keylogger, basically the same thing you have there.— CratycloS

There's always the saying of if it's too good to be true, it probably is.— CratycloS

this one is what kaspersky is saying is a keylogger, probably just a false positive— Huzzah

CSS World of Pwnage Guide - Reuploaded

A tenth-page-deep bump thread of nothing but 'unhide' requests for a long-dead CS:S wallhack tutorial

By page 10, this Tutorials thread had devolved into a long chain of members simply saying 'unhide' or 'thx' to reveal a hidden download link for a Counter-Strike: Source guide, with several posters noting the reupload link was already dead again. It captures the classic rhythm of hidden-content forum tutorials from the era: a mob of low-post-count Noobs and Members cycling through the same one-word replies just to unlock a file. Zeton's post stands out for its over-the-top, joke-filled profile flair and final note that the link still wasn't working.

unhide— Died2Soon

EDIT: dead link, can any one else upload it?— moviewatcher09

*edit* not working - you need to reupload it!!!— Zeton

How to Make a Dynamic Avatar (Obama/Bin Laden Swap Gif)

Ap3x's forum avatar flipped between Obama and Bin Laden — and everyone wanted to know how

A tutorial thread in the Tutorials board where longtime [FkN] Admin ap3x shared a script for creating a 'dynamic' avatar that alternated between animated .gif images (using Obama and Bin Laden pictures as the demo). The content itself was hidden behind a reply-to-unlock wall, a common tactic on this forum, so most replies are just members thanking ap3x or asking to see it. Low-drama, typical utility/tutorial thread vibe with the era's usual reply-farming and '+rep me' culture.

You may have noticed my avatar over to the right of this post changes between a picture of Barack Obama and a picture of Osama Bin Laden.— ap3x

Shit brix.— ap3x

SHOW MEEEHHH?!— zanderdanmark

Tutorials Board Index — Fkn0wned Forum

From bypassing Steam Guard to 'How to not fail in life' — the Tutorials board had absolutely everything, and none of it was serious.

This is the index page of the Tutorials subforum under General Leechers Galore, a grab-bag section that mixed genuinely practical guides (bypassing Steam Guard, internet anonymity, Usenet downloading) with a flood of absurd meme 'Pic Tuts' clearly farmed out by user Phenex for post count or laughs. The board's tone swings wildly from gaming/tech tricks to jokey life-hack lists to some outright dubious or shady topics (exam cheating, lock picking, 'free money' schemes), giving a good snapshot of the anarchic, anything-goes culture of the forum. Pinned threads show basic housekeeping (rules, a top tutorials directory, an anonymity mega-guide) while the live list is dominated by rapid-fire joke threads all posted the same day and immediately swarmed with replies from regulars like zhyper2, KniferArX, and danieldemooij.

How to not fail in life— Phenex

You dropped your food on the floor, do you eat it?— Phenex

MAX OUT YOUR DOWNLOAD SPEED, FUCK TORRENTS— ADDlCTlON

FREE GIFT CARD GLITCH (kacash.com)

slumba claims he cashed out a $100 Amazon card by gaming a survey site's SMS confirmation — chaos ensues in the replies.

A Tutorials-section post by slumba described exploiting a rewards/survey site (kacash.com) to earn gift card points without actually completing the paid SMS confirmation step, framing it as an opportunity to 'mess with the site' en masse. He claimed a successful $100 Amazon gift card cashout. Replies were skeptical and confused rather than triumphant: Dresden asked for proof, and schehf reported the trick didn't clearly work for him, describing sketchy ringtone-scam popups and uncertainty about whether points still registered. A pretty typical small-time 'free stuff' tutorial thread from the site's Tutorials board, sitting alongside the era's open give-away threads for Steam accounts and rapidshare loot.

let's mess with the site and see if we can make them bankrupt by the end of the day.— slumba

Proof of concept? :)— Dresden

i get the fucking 10$/week scam on my cellphone, so i just send stop asap but the survey is still complete so i still get the points?— schehf

Get Free Hosting Accounts (by at3b)

A classic 'reply to unhide' tutorial thread that mostly turned into a chorus of 'unhide' and 'ty'

A Tutorials-board thread from April 2009 where user at3b posted a guide (hidden behind a reply-to-unlock wall) claiming to offer free web hosting accounts. As typical for this kind of post, the replies are almost entirely one-word 'unhide'/'ty' bumps from members trying to reveal the hidden content, with a bit of off-topic joking and one user noting they got hit with an anti-bot/cheating ban message unrelated to the topic. No real discussion of the hosting method itself takes place in the visible text.

unhide oh lol "You have been banned because our systems have flagged you for using scripts (or bots), cheating, or other reasons."— cjainy

fuck yo couch niguhhhhhhh— OmfgzATree

Steam Phish Works! (Tutorials, 2009)

A hyped 'Steam phishing works!' tutorial post that turned out to be a stale, fake repost — called out mid-thread by its own readers.

A 2009 Tutorials-section thread by ghostface promised a working Steam account phishing method, gated behind the classic 'reply to unhide' trick. It drew the usual wave of low-effort 'thx'/'unhide' replies from members farming access to the hidden content, until veteran poster XpliciteR called it out as a fifth repost of the same old thing, and Nickiller007 flatly declared it fake, noting it had nothing to do with Steam at all. The thread is a good snapshot of the forum's tutorial-farming culture — content recycled endlessly for reply-count and cred, with regulars growing visibly tired of it.

Thanks for the 5th repost of this thing.— XpliciteR

better works EDIT: FAKE it has nothing to do with steam..— Nickiller007

How to Annoy People in an Elevator (FUNNY)

A goofy hidden-content joke list that got buried in the Tutorials board, of all places

A lighthearted off-topic joke post by VIP member Decclan, listing classic 'annoy people in an elevator' gags behind the forum's hidden-content wall (a common trick to force replies before viewing content). It's not really a tutorial at all, just filler humor tucked into the Tutorials section under General Leechers Galore. A handful of regulars dropped in with quick one-word reactions and thanks, showing the casual, low-effort camaraderie typical of the board.

Oh these are pretty good lol.— EqueL

thanks! haha grouphug!— princeglenn

How to Clean-Up Your Steam Registry

A one-line registry tutorial that mostly just collected 'thx' replies from the reply-to-unlock crowd

A short tutorial thread posted by forum smod PopTart (crediting a user named Nix) in the Tutorials section, explaining how to clean out leftover Steam registry entries — content was hidden behind a 'reply to see' wall, a common fkn0wned convention. Replies were mostly low-effort ('let me see', 'thx', 'asda'), though one member noted the newer Steam client had stopped storing user data in the registry the same way, still leaving a clientregistry.blob file behind. Nothing dramatic here, just a small slice of the site's everyday tutorial traffic and its reply-gated content culture.

new steam client doesnt save user data in registry, suspiciously... but its still got the clientregistry.blob file— aimshot120

Let me see— sweetheart

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom in a Book (RS ebook share)

Someone dumped a whole Adobe design textbook here in 2007 — because why buy software manuals when Fkn0wned has you covered

A short, quiet thread in the Tutorials sub-board of the Red Light District where user AcidViper shared a two-part RapidShare link to the Adobe Illustrator CS3 'Classroom in a Book' guide as a CHM ebook. It's a small piece of the site's broader ebook/warez-sharing culture rather than a discussion thread — a handful of members dropped by to say thanks or ask how to get the files working. Nothing dramatic happened; it's a snapshot of the era's casual, no-questions-asked file-sharing norm among a gaming/cheat community that also traded design and software tutorials on the side.

Enjoy, -Acid.— AcidViper

how do u get this to work?— cctnfg

Guitar Tabs for 'Rock On!!' (Bollywood Movie Soundtrack)

A Fkn0wned regular takes a break from the usual chaos to teach the forum how to play a Bollywood rock anthem on guitar.

In the Tutorials section, longtime member kelton shared self-worked-out guitar tabs and chords for a song from the Indian film 'Rock On!!', including a homemade recording of himself playing and singing the intro. He was upfront that this wasn't the 'official' tab, just his own interpretation, and only covered part of the song due to time constraints. A moderator note shows the thread got tidied up to comply with the forum's link-coding rules, a small glimpse of the site's everyday housekeeping.

Ive tried out the new song ROCk ON... beautiful song really.— kelton

Now i dont claim this is the original used, this is just how i play it. So be subtle in your responses...— kelton

All links must be coded - including internal links— Zenova

Raging Websites?

One guy wanted to know how to make an enemy clan's site 'fail completely' — and got told to take it to the Raging subforum instead.

A short, almost quaint thread from August 2009 in the Tutorials board where user PhraseS, annoyed at some rival clan forums, asked if there was an existing guide on how to 'rage' websites into oblivion. The only reply came from veteran member Rock Superstar, who simply pointed out it was posted in the wrong section (the forum actually had a dedicated 'Raging' subforum under PC Gaming). No tutorial, no drama beyond the initial ask — just a quick misfire and a redirect, a tiny snapshot of the site's raid/rage culture and its very literal forum organization.

Is there anything already here that i haven't seen on how to rage them, as in post shit everywhere and make the website fail completely?— PhraseS

wrong section i think— Rock Superstar

Windows 7 Tips And Tweaks

A hidden-content tweak dump that people were still thanking xXHeistXx for months later

A short tutorial thread in the Tutorials section where longtime member xXHeistXx posted a collection of Windows 7 tips and tweaks behind the forum's standard 'reply to unlock' hidden content wall. The replies are mostly quick one-word thank-yous spread out over several months in late 2009 and early 2010, showing the thread had lasting traffic as new members found it well after posting. Nothing dramatic happened here — it's a small, typical utility thread of the era, useful more as a snapshot of forum culture (hidden-content gating, bump-for-thanks etiquette) than for its actual content.

thanks just installed this over the weekend.— marz

danke schoooon— aimshot120

Ballon Bomb

A propane-and-balloons 'tutorial' that even the regulars said was in the wrong section

A short-lived thread in the Red Light District's Tutorials subforum where user Janza posted a DIY balloon-bomb writeup involving propane gas and household items. It got almost no traction — one reply called it 'fKn hectic' and pointed out it was posted in the wrong section, and another member chimed in with an unrelated console-sales plug. Typical of the fringe, anything-goes tone of the Red Light District area of the site.

Be Creative and have fun. Feel free to spread the word.— Janza

wrong section..— Cud

Xbox 360 Hacking Guide

l3m0nz drops a 2007 Xbox 360 modding guide in the Red Light District — Dr.Lol says he'll get around to it eventually

A short-lived tutorial thread from late 2007 in the Tutorials sub-board of the Red Light District, where user l3m0nz posted a download link claiming to show how to modify an Xbox 360 to run burned games. Reception was mild — a couple of members chimed in with brief, low-effort replies rather than any real discussion or follow-up. Notable mainly as a snapshot of the console-modding hype of that era and for l3m0nz's memorable 'yougotrickrolled.com' tagline, posted while banned.

This shows you how to hack/modify your xbox 360 to run burn games uplauded by me— l3m0nz

I must try this some time— Dr.Lol

World of Pwnage CS Guide

A nine-page Counter-Strike guide thread that just kept getting bumped with 'thanks'

This was a long-running tutorial thread in Fkn0wned.com's Red Light District, sharing a guide titled 'World of Pwnage' for Counter-Strike. By the time this final page was archived it had stretched to nine pages, mostly filled with short replies from members confirming the download worked and thanking the poster. It's a small but telling snapshot of the site's tutorials section, where cheat and guide links got passed around and kept alive by grateful low-effort bumps.

thanks i needed that!— Weealex14

Thanks— Flare124

Kelton's RuneScape Skill Guide Pack

One rar file, nine skills, and a mandatory 'say thanks' — classic 2009 forum currency.

A short late-2009-era Tutorials post by longtime member kelton (already a '1K Wonder' with 1,295 posts by this point) sharing a compiled archive of RuneScape skill guides covering things like Agility, Fletching, Slayer, and the then-new Summoning skill. It's a typical low-frills resource-sharing post from the site's MMORPG/tutorial culture, hosted on Rapidshare with a password gate, and the customary request that readers post thanks in return. Nothing dramatic here, just a small artifact of the forum's guide-sharing economy from its General/Tutorials section.

Please enjoy and remember to say thanks every one!— kelton

How to Burn an ISO Image Using Nero Burning ROM

A relic from when 'burn this to a CD' was still everyday advice.

A short, plain-language tutorial posted by longtime member kelton in the Tutorials board, walking through the basic steps of burning an ISO image to a blank CD using Nero Burning ROM. It's a classic snapshot of late-2000s internet culture, back when disc burning software tutorials were staple content on gaming/tech forums. The post is bare-bones and utilitarian, with screenshots hosted on old image sites like TinyPic and Imageshack, typical of the era.

After few minutes your cd is ready to use Enjoy !— kelton