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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
"People Who Join After 100k Members Think They're Hot Shit" — a derailed old-timer rant with a bizarre Persian history tangent
A classic 'back in my day' rant about newbie attitude spirals into an avatar beef and a Persian history tangent.
Started November 22, 2007 by mr.N0Nam3, this Rants and Raves thread gripes about newer members (those who joined after the site hit 100k registrations) acting superior despite low post counts. The thread quickly derails into a squabble over someone's ugly avatar, a jab about registering just to leech hacks, and a surprisingly earnest historical analogy about Persian king Darius and Xerxes to argue member numbers shouldn't determine status. Mods had already clarified mid-thread that the OP meant the '1K club' (1,000 posts), not literally 100,000 members, prompting some good-natured correction and mild snark.
im sick of the fuckers coming in here an thinkin there hot shit— mr.N0Nam3
Im tired of seeing people with 20 posts ganging on people with 10 posts. Its sad.— anthrax_hax
if some guy signs up and is like member 666,666,666, 669 who cares? maybe he is like 1337 pro at computers and ends up being like a manager or something..or like the heir to the TuxifieD fortune?— Industry
PAIN CHEATS Rant Thread
A 2007 meltdown over 'Pain Cheats' turns into a grammar roast that gets grave-dug for months
User exora kicked off an angry, slur-laden rant accusing the makers of 'Pain Cheats' of scamming VIP users with broken hacks. The thread quickly derailed as other members mocked exora's incoherent grammar and punctuation more than they engaged with the actual complaint, turning it into a running joke. It got bumped and 'grave dug' repeatedly over the following months, with regulars groaning at each revival, and someone eventually noted the target site had itself been hacked.
what the fuck are u flaming about?— ballistic
you make no sense. try using comma's, they loo...— laptops
lool they got haxord http://paincheats.com/— Tundergun
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
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
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
"Valve Is Fucking Retarded" - Steam Account Rant
A guy got his Steam account jacked twice and decided Valve deserved a full-caps eulogy of hatred for it
A member named abstract1337 vents about having his Steam account stolen twice, blaming Valve's login system and accusing the company of profiting off account theft by forcing people to rebuy games. The rant gets mostly mocked rather than sympathized with — staff member miLLer admits to not even finishing reading it, and other members needle him with joke password suggestions instead of taking the complaint seriously. The mod note on the board itself shows this was a running joke topic, with a prior closure message ridiculing the community's habit of making near-identical anti-Valve threads.
Yet another pointless rant about valve, I only read the first paragraph....— miLLer
use a stronger password then. here is a suggestion: valveisfuckingretarded— laptops
stop making threads about valve, you know you love their pen0r and want it right up your asshole— mr.N0Nam3
The FkN Staff
A 7-page rant thread that somehow turned into DCLXVI's toilet-break Terminator bit
A long-running thread in the Rants and Raves subforum, apparently started as a venting spot about (or dedicated to) the site's staff back in September 2007, dragging on through late October that year. By the tail end it's mostly regulars trading jokes rather than actual complaints, with a running gag about DCLXVI stepping away mid-conversation for a bathroom break. Lighthearted, low-stakes forum banter typical of the era rather than any major drama.
I'll be back. (I need to take a shit).— DCLXVI
haha! you should of wrote the script for the movie.— Jack Daniels
1000th post btw— rnie
Fuck Valve - hunterbrute224 gets reported for 'hacking'
A guy got VAC-reported for shaky mouse hands and door-shooting, and the whole thread piled on to laugh at his rage — and his rookie mistake of posting his Steam account on a hacking site.
In this Rants and Raves thread, member hunterbrute224 vents after being accused of cheating in CS:S by a player who rallied friends to mass-report him, and shares what he claims is a Valve customer service reply explaining how cheat reports and account suspensions work. Other members pile in with mixed reactions — some sympathetic, some mocking him for posting his own Steam account details on a public cheat/hacking forum, which several called a dumb move given VAC bans could follow. The thread is a small, cranky, of-its-era snapshot of forum drama around VAC enforcement and cheat-community paranoia in late 2007.
So I played CSS today and some douche fuck said OH YOUR HACKING IMMA REPORT YOU— hunterbrute224
Saying on a hacking community website "I don..."— bobbafett07
NEVER post your acc on a game hacking site.— banak
Stupid Kids and Dumb Asses: The 2007 'Google It Yourself' Rant Thread
A vintage 2007 rant about lazy noobs who won't Google their own questions turns into a full-on 'kids these days' pile-on.
A classic Rants and Raves vent thread from November 2007, where mermaid00 blows off steam about members asking questions they could easily answer themselves with a bit of effort or a Google search. The thread quickly turns into a broader old-guard gripe session about entitled newer members, with several regulars piling on to agree that 'kids these days' don't respect forum etiquette. Mild back-and-forth and some playful ribbing follow, typical of the forum's rowdy, no-flames-but-lots-of-attitude off-topic culture.
want me to draw u a fuckin map? www.google.com— mermaid00
i fucken reckon all the little shits that are like...— jcomp6
Yea, kids these days don't know their place in...— DCLXVI
RAIN DOUCHEBAG: Mic-Spam Callout Turns into Rants and Raves Free-for-All
A guy named Rain spammed a zombie server's mic and chat with 'GO TO FKN0WNED.COM' — and got dragged into his own rant thread to defend himself.
Member Grantym opened a rant against a player named 'Rain' who allegedly disrupted a Counter-Strike zombie server called 'Titties and Beer' with mic spam while Grantym was trying to hack, then blasted the fkn0wned.com URL in chat, worrying it would draw unwanted attention (and VAC scrutiny) to the site. Rain himself showed up in the thread to defend his side, claiming he was the one who'd been raged on and even promised to post an 'epic video' as proof, which he later linked. The thread devolved into typical off-topic chaos — sig roasting, a couple of members (SubZero, Zogs, miLLer, GraV1ty) trading insults and jabs about signatures and school size — classic Rants and Raves energy where nobody stayed on topic for long.
I only hope no one visits this site and or reports it to the VAC authority.— Grantym
Epic video will be posted in rage section, Grantym...— Rainy
lol your supposed to bring attention to the site b...— Tripn
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
Speed Hackers
The thread where fkn0wned admitted speedhax + aimbot in CS 1.6 was basically an unfair fight nobody could win
A casual gripe thread in the Rants and Raves section where members complained about (and half-admired) Counter-Strike 1.6 players combining speed hacks with aimbots, making them nearly impossible to counter. The tone is light and joking rather than angry, with several members cheerfully cheering on 'speedhax' culture rather than condemning it. It fizzled into a mild bump/necro moment two months later before someone called out the grave-digging.
speed hacking ftw— miLLer
speed hack + aimbot, in office= Fkn0wned beotchh— Tripn
grave diggage is bad for your health.— sammo
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
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
Just Before I Leave!
A banned member's parting shot at the whole forum on the way out the door.
A member posting under a 'Currently Banned' status used his last moment of visibility to unload a farewell rant on the community, calling out members as posers and slamming the forum's drug-and-hacker-culture vibe before signing off with a sarcastic '10 days' countdown. It's a classic minor drama flare-up typical of the Rants and Raves subforum, more spectacle than substance, but a small time-capsule of the forum's rough-edged, insult-trading culture.
I would like to say that i think you are all dumbfucks.— conTagious
guess what your no haxxor and your Pot is cut with glass.— conTagious
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.
British Sport (as of late)
Shifty rages about England's terrible October 2007 sporting month — then gets baited into a Russia/football/military derail.
Forum supervisor/admin Shifty. opens a rant thread venting about a rough month for British sport in October 2007: England's football loss to Russia, the Rugby World Cup final defeat to South Africa, and Lewis Hamilton blowing his F1 title chance, offset only slightly by an Amir Khan boxing win. Replies mix commiseration and needling, with Peski-Ruski razzing Shifty over the football loss which spirals into a mock-serious 'football vs military' bicker before both sides laugh it off. Admin Malware chimes in blaming the media for hyping/slamming British teams and taking a jab at Russia. Overall a light-hearted, off-topic sports gripe thread typical of the Rants and Raves board, ending amicably.
MOTHER FUCKING BRITISH SPORT IS CURSED— Shifty.
YOU LOST TO RUSSIA IN FOOTBALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— Peski-Ruski
your country cheats and will soon be communist again - enjoy the ride.— Malware
riot. — avatar dispute derails Rants and Raves, thread closed
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
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
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
Vista Rage Thread: BF2142 Crashes
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
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-
Source Industries billing snag — tracking down Tux
PayPal double-charged him, so a member did the old fkn0wned trick: make a public thread until staff notices
A member named gjglen posted in Rants and Raves about Source Industries' automated subscription service charging his PayPal again despite an active sub, echoing a prior billing issue he'd had to resolve the same way — by posting publicly since email support wasn't responsive. Fellow members Afteryou and Shifty. quickly chimed in offering to reach site admin TuxifieD directly, and Tux himself showed up shortly after. The thread was closed same-day by TuxifieD, resolved via private message — a quick, low-drama example of how billing hiccups on the site's premium Source Industries service got handled informally through community connections.
Noone was flamed in the making of this thread— gjglen
I'll let him know. nvm hes here ^^— 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
Chicken Satay Pot Noodle Rant
A supervisor's mortal enemy turns out to be instant noodles
A brief rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where longtime supervisor Shifty. warns fellow members off buying Chicken Satay flavored Pot Noodle, having just tried one and regretted it deeply. It's a classic low-stakes off-topic gripe post, more comedic venting than genuine anger, fitting for a forum that clarified rants should target things, not people. Short and slight, but a nice little snapshot of the site's everyday off-topic chatter.
DO NOT EAT A POT NOODLE CHICKEN FUCKING SATAY— Shifty.
European Servers and Their Ping Kickers
A 2007 rant about high-ping kicks turns into a classic Fkn0wned off-topic gripe session.
A short Rants and Raves thread from December 2007 where staff member mr.N0Nam3 complains about European CS:S servers auto-kicking him for ping, griping about cl_cmdrate limits while playing with fellow member Shifty. It's a small, of-its-time snapshot of the forum's casual, foul-mouthed banter culture and the everyday tech frustrations of online CS:S play back then. Shifty, a longtime Manager on the site, chimes in shortly after. Nothing dramatic — just a quick vent typical of the Rants and Raves section.
this gay ass ping kicker every round i spawn it kicks me, cl_cmdrate can only go to 70 and just fuck their gay.— mr.N0Nam3
BCS Rant Thread
Jack Bauer declares college football's Bowl Championship Series 'stupid and gay' — chaos (mildly) ensues
A short-lived rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where member Jack Bauer griped about the BCS college football ranking system and USC's high standing. A handful of members chimed in with a mix of confusion (some thought 'bowls' meant the game or carpet bowls), old memories of watching it in the US, and a dismissive one-liner calling it a game for old people. Pretty low-key, typical off-topic filler thread from the site's Rants and Raves corner.
the BCS "Bowl Championship Series" is stupid and gay USC should not be ranked that high— Jack Bauer
LOL Bowls! Like the lousiest game ever?— -Shikari-
the game is a load of shit it's for old people— minitureman
IGN Direct2Drive Rage Thread
One member's $10 Far Cry purchase turned into a full-blown meltdown at IGN's digital storefront.
A single-post rant in the Rants and Raves subforum, where user [Fkn]M3m63r vented about a bad experience buying Far Cry through IGN's Direct2Drive service. The complaint centers on tech support failing to resolve a purchase issue despite the payment going through fine. It's a classic small-scale internet rage post, typical of the forum's dedicated venting space, with no replies recorded.
i payed $10.00 for far cry damnit and i fuckin expect that! dipshit tech support cant help...— [Fkn]M3m63r
take my cash then you fuckers, im not coming back.— [Fkn]M3m63r
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
Cause of HIV
A banned member's unhinged 'rant' about HIV that says more about him than anything else
A thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where user SubZero, posting while already in the 'Banned' group, went on a bigoted, incoherent tirade blaming gay people and Africans for the origin and spread of HIV. The post ignored the forum's own rule against personal flames ('rant the thing, not the person'), reading more like hateful ranting than genuine discussion. No other replies or discussion were captured on this page.
I fucking hate gay people. They are fucking virgin douche bags.— SubZero
Another cause of HIV was the fucking Africans.— SubZero
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
Cigarettes: A Rant
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