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Do Your Best on r0ss: The Staff-Organized Harassment Contest

A founder posted a stranger's home address, bank details and phone number as the prize pool for whoever could 'best attack' him.

A staff-organized contest thread where founder TuxifieD posted personal information belonging to someone named 'r0ss' and offered lifetime VIP, staff status, and a donated Steam account to whoever pulled off the best prank/attack against him. Members eagerly piled in with schemes ranging from email bombing and prank calls to sending unwanted mail and DNA test kits, treating it as a group game with screenshots as 'proof'. The thread is a stark, unfiltered snapshot of the forum's harassment-as-entertainment culture, with admins and longtime members (ap3x, NIX, ZoaQ) actively encouraging and judging the 'attacks'.

The winner who does the best attack on r0ss, wins vip for himself and 4 of his friends (LIFETIME) along with the option to become staff.— TuxifieD

YOU MUST PROVIDE PROOF— ap3x

This thread seems to deliver. I WANNA SEE MORE RESULTS :D— k3anan

TuxifieD Returns: The Overlord Comes Back

The site owner vanishes for four years, then just... comes back — and the whole forum loses its mind.

Site owner TuxifieD returned after roughly four years away and posted an announcement thread promising to revive fkn0wned, move back to the .com domain, overhaul VIP perks, and bring back longtime staffer KZA as a moderator. The thread quickly filled with old members expressing genuine surprise and nostalgia, welcoming Tux and KZA back and reminiscing about 'the good old days.' It's a warm, chaotic reunion moment with plenty of inside jokes, emoticon spam, and old-school forum camaraderie.

I'm not the same tux that I was ... bit wiser.. bit less of an asshole but much smarter so this will be fun.— TuxifieD

So do I shoot myself now... or later?— Afteryou

The overlord has returned.— Guest

Rebirth of Fkn0wned (2010 Forum Reset)

The day admin TuxifieD nuked the whole forum and told the oldfags their post counts meant nothing anymore.

In August 2010, founder TuxifieD announced a full wipe of the Fkn0wned forums — fresh install, fresh server, everyone starting at zero posts — framed as a way to kill off 'oldfag' status-hoarders and let the community rebuild its reputation from scratch. The reaction from regulars was mostly hype and nostalgia mixed with mild panic over losing old posts and VIP status, with admins reassuring members that VIP/perks were still being sorted out. It's a classic community-reset thread: excitement, a little chaos, some inside jokes, and everyone jockeying for early post numbers in the new era.

no more old fags coming on to pretend they're cool because they have a high post count and dont post anymore.— TuxifieD

At first, I saw the site completely blank and squeaky clean and I nearly shit myself...— ap3x

FUCK YEA, I HAVE MORE POSTS THAN KIMMI!— Dr. Tobias Fünke

The c0ke Callout: Leaked Exposé on tux and fkn0wned's Founding Drama

A simple 'where do I download CS:S' thread turns into a leaked exposé on fkn0wned's own founder

This long-running thread started as a routine request/share thread for a non-Steam version of Counter-Strike: Source, with members trading quick thanks and one-liners as pages rolled by. By page 8 it derails hard when banned user |-noodle-| reposts a lengthy callout post, originally written by former fkn0wned head admin 'c0ke,' accusing site owner 'tux' of years of unpaid promises, skimmed VIP money, fake contests, and betrayal of the admins who helped build the site. The post airs a lot of internal site drama — money disputes, a database backup used as leverage, and fallout among former staff — giving a rare inside look at how the forum's leadership actually operated behind the scenes.

A lot of people have been asking me why I was banned at fkn0wned. I have probably all given them slightly different reasons so I have decided to write up my account of what happened— c0ke (quoted by |-noodle-|)

He knew that if he kicked me from fkn0wned that I could easily make it die so he kept me on.— c0ke (quoted by |-noodle-|)

i found this at MPCforums thought it might make for interesting reading for some of the members here. what do you think of this Tux?— |-noodle-|

Staff Recruitment Post: 'Looking for Skilled Phishers'

The site's staff openly recruited a phishing crew to keep VIP accounts flowing — a rare, blunt look at how the site really worked.

A staff/admin-level account named Skippy posted an official recruitment call in the Updates and Announcements board, asking members to apply to become a 'Fisher' — a designated role supplying stolen accounts (Steam, Rapidshare, Megaupload, etc.) on a weekly quota for VIP and General Giveaways use. Applicants had to PM a structured application listing their member group, experience, and weekly account output, with no tolerance for people wanting to 'learn.' It's a striking artifact of the site's internal culture, showing an official, formalized system built around account theft as a site service. The thread is locked, consistent with an announcement rather than a discussion.

That's right people, we are searching for a group of dedicated Fkn0wnians who will help us out by phishing for Fkn0wned.— Skippy

Also, please don't send me PM's saying you don't know how but are willing to learn.— Skippy

ZaksterNZ gets his MSN, Hotmail, and Bebo jacked by NutterNZ

"i done it" — the confession that turned a betrayal into forum legend

A member going by ZaksterNZ posted a farewell/venting thread claiming his MSN account was stolen and sold to a stranger who used it to show off on webcam, saying he'd lost faith in the site and expected to be banned. The post included a pasted MSN chat log where he directly confronted fellow member Nutter, who casually admitted to hacking him over an unpaid 5 million RuneScape gold debt, walking through how he used a phishing site to also grab his Hotmail, WoW, and Bebo logins. The reveal that Nutter did it 'for the funds' owed, plus his blunt cyber-sass, made this an instant comedy/drama thread, with staff and members piling on to mock ZaksterNZ for getting outplayed.

i done it— Nutter

usally when i hack people well use phihsing site i go in their email see what they have emails from and steal— Nutter

LMAO, I seriously have to say, you got owned by NutterNZ. I'm not joking lol.— DCLXVI

The niwa-online Raid: 'Help Me Fuck These Bitches Up'

A member cracks a rival forum wide open, posts the loot, and the site goes dark by page two.

User l3m0nz shows up bragging about having broken into another gaming forum (niwa-online.com), having posted spam/offensive content there and gotten banned, then dumps session/account data and a step-by-step cookie-editing method so other members could log in as hijacked accounts. Regulars pile on approvingly, someone confirms they 'did their bit,' and within a day the target forum is reported offline entirely, which the thread treats as a trophy. Staff member HaSh chimes in casually endorsing browser cookie-editing as a go-to move for 'xploitable' sites, giving a glimpse of how normalized this kind of raiding was on the board.

help me fuck these bitches up.— l3m0nz

did my bit ;D— pyeman

This is why I use opera, cookie editing is the shit, especially when you get some gay ass site that is xploitable up the ass, grab any hash you want.— HaSh

Post Your Pic: The Legendary Megathread

The classic 'put a face to the handle' megathread — 23 pages of webcam shots, roasting, and Xfire handles.

A long-running General Discussion staple where members posted photos of themselves, sparking friendly (and not-so-friendly) roasting, flirting, and off-topic banter typical of mid-2000s gaming forums. Started by founding admin c0ke in 2006 after the original thread was lost, it ran for over 20 pages and years, becoming one of the site's enduring social rituals. By late 2007 the thread had devolved into its usual mix of appearance-based jokes, one-liners, and members defending themselves against 'weird kid' and 'fat' accusations.

Yeah I went digging to find the old pic thread but I couldnt find it so Ive decided to make a new one and pin it.— c0ke

You got some dirty ass mirrors— waLLa

I'm not fat! I just havent grown into my body yet, you skinny bitch!— ZarbonPRO

FkN members, mods, staff etc... — the 'name as many as you remember' thread

Someone dared the forum to name every mod and legend off the top of their head — and the old names started flooding back.

A nostalgia-bait thread in General Discussion where Famousss challenges members to list as many FkN staff, mods, and notable members as they can recall from memory, framed as an informal popularity/memory test. Long-time members like waLLa, Shifty., sorbazz, mr.N0Nam3, Peski-Ruski, and Bucketface (a Staff Member from Dublin) chime in with reminiscing and rattled-off handle lists, including a callout wondering what happened to old-timer c0ke. The tone is casual and affectionate, more about collective memory of the community's cast of characters than any real competition.

how FnK staff members mods etc many can u remember and name off the top of your head....?— Famousss

c0ke was a known guy, where is he?— sorbazz

fuck, how cud i forget him— Famousss

Jailbait VIP Section Launch (2009 Monetization Time Capsule)

A 2009 'VIP section' launch post that's basically a time capsule of everything wrong with the era's forum economy.

A Minor Updates announcement from founder TuxifieD advertising a new paid VIP section on Fkn0wned.com, sold through CCBill/PayPal links bundled with the site's '1k club'. The name of the section leaned on shock-value branding, with a disclaimer insisting all content was of legal-age amateurs, and the post also put out a call for 'phishers' and 'cappers' to join the crew. It's a stark, unfiltered snapshot of the shadier commercial side of late-2000s cheat/gaming forums, where site monetization blurred into recruiting for other shady internet hustles. Replies were short — one member said they'd buy in, another (Kimmi) just reacted with a bored one-word dismissal.

The jailbait VIP section is now OPEN!!!!!— TuxifieD

NOTICE: Jailbait is just the name used, all models are of course of age— TuxifieD

Sucks.— Kimmi

Meet the Staff (2010 Roster & Origin Stories)

The FkN0wned staff roster, in their own words — founders, mods, and GFX crew laying out who ran the cheat scene's biggest free hack site.

A pinned, locked introduction thread where Fkn0wned's staff team introduced themselves with short bios covering how they found the site, why they stayed, how they got promoted, and their hobbies. It includes founder TuxifieD's origin story of splitting from the original site's creator (syntax), starting a rival site, and eventually taking over Fkn0wned to make it one of the biggest free cheat sites in the scene. The rest of the roster (admins, super moderators, crew, database admin, and GFX team) filled in the same Q&A format, giving a snapshot of the community's structure and personalities circa 2010, with later replies logging staff roster updates.

I converted sourceindustries.net into a private hack site only and encouraged everyone to come to fkn0wned.com for free cheats.— TuxifieD

He answered with: "I use FkN Catalyst Tactics Recode v1.1". It didn't know anything of hacks and when I read "FkN Catalyst Tactics Recode v1.1" I was like: What the fuck is that?— Kimmi

Smackin' Kids.— S.N.K

Fkn0wned Goes 'Safe For Work' — RIP the Adult Section

The day fkn0wned killed its jailbait/porn sections and half the forum threw a funeral for it

Founder TuxifieD announced that Fkn0wned was officially going 'Safe For Work,' scrapping its adult/XXX sections to look more legitimate for advertisers, framing it as a necessary move for the site's future as a gaming/cheating/tech community. The reaction split between mock outrage and jokes, with members lamenting the loss of the jailbait and VIP porn sections and joking about the site's questionable legality around cheats and modded game files instead. It's a small but telling snapshot of the forum's culture shift, as members debated what actually counted as 'illegal' versus just against the rules, all in classic mid-2000s edgy forum humor.

THIS IS WHY WE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS— kasper5150

First you remove the Jailbait section now this? Whats next... Impregnate my dog... iCry.— RuddifieD

Aw no more XXX section? There goes my dream of joining the XXX Crew lol.— synae

The Founding of the Insiders Group

The post where FknOwned's head admin laid out how you actually earned your way into the inner circle.

This is the founding announcement for FknOwned's 'Insiders' group, posted by head admin [FkN] Bisdale (aka CoKe AddiKt) back in July 2006. It explains the rationale for a private tier above regular membership: dedicated, mature contributors who consistently helped others would get access to private hacks, tools, and resources before the general public, with new hacks released to Insiders first. Entry was earned through sustained contribution (or, half-jokingly, a $500 donation toward server costs), reflecting the site's early culture of building loyalty and hierarchy among its most active members. A member named Darkness quickly chimed in with approval, capturing the small, tight-knit vibe of the community at the time.

the insiders are the members who stick around and contribute to fkn0wned ALL the time.— [FkN] Bisdale

the hacks fkn0wned makes are released to the insiders long before anyone else gets them.— [FkN] Bisdale

Great idea coke— Darkness

Fkn0wned Hack Policy: 'You got Fkn0wned!'

The site rules post that basically said: yes, we're a hacking site, deal with it.

A pinned-style policy post from 2007 laying out Fkn0wned's stance as a Counter-Strike hacking/cheat community, explaining that the site was run by volunteer gamers rather than professionals, that the staff tried to keep the cheat database labeled for VAC2 detection status but couldn't guarantee accuracy, and that the site bore no responsibility for bans resulting from cheat use. It also pushed back preemptively on anti-cheating visitors, telling them plainly this wasn't the place for that attitude. The tone was unapologetic and a bit cocky, closing with the site's signature 'You got Fkn0wned!' line.

Fkn0wned is a hacking site, but you know that.— DCLXVI

You didnt just get owned. You got Fkn0wned!— DCLXVI

Please dont come here with some kind of purist anti-hacking attitude, just to flame hacking and give us crap.— DCLXVI

Army vs School: The Forum Talks a 15-Year-Old Off the Enlistment Ledge

A 15-year-old asks a cheat forum whether to drop out and enlist — and the whole board actually shows up to talk him down.

In the Serious Discussion sub-forum, a young member named masoncoles opened up about a genuinely rough home life — an alcoholic mother, a brother with severe developmental issues, another brother who had died young — and floated the idea of leaving school early to join the army. What followed was a surprisingly earnest, multi-page back-and-forth: some members (vermiLLion, Agility, KZA, mutantcookie) firmly told him to stay in school and not romanticize the military, while an actual enlisted soldier, retsnomlc, pushed back with detailed first-hand info about enlistment requirements, MOS choices, bonuses, and the GI Bill. The thread is a good example of the forum's 'Serious Discussion' section living up to its name — jokes and trolling mostly held back — and it ends on a warm note with masoncoles deciding to stay in school after weighing everyone's input.

The army is going to get you killed and then you can have some sad crying family that mopes over you when you are dead— vermiLLion

Well i guess Ill play devils advocate, I dropped out of High school when I was 14 and got legally imancipated at 16 and enlisted.— retsnomlc

well now i love the comments i took all into consideration and well i GUESS ill stay in school cause thats what the majority said i should do— masoncoles