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SOTW Rules Update: Image Hosting Moves to Niggorex.com

The day SOTW got its own dedicated image host — and its own house rules

A staff announcement from site Manager Niggorex in the Sig Of The Week Hall Of Fame, laying out a new mandatory image-hosting service (Niggorex.com) for all SOTW entries, promising submissions would 'never be removed.' The post details free public and registered upload tiers with their storage/bandwidth limits, positioned as a quality-of-life upgrade for the sig-making community. Notable mainly as an infrastructure/rules update rather than a discussion thread — a snapshot of the site's self-hosted GFX ecosystem and the era's DIY approach to image hosting before the age of imgur.

SOTW Image Uploading... Niggorex.com! Rules Changed Please Read!— Niggorex

Your files are NEVER Removed!— Niggorex

Respect Me and I will Respect You! Enjoy Niggorex!— Niggorex

SOTW Rules! (Sig Of The Week) — updated 28/09/2007

The rulebook for fkn0wned's weekly signature-making contest, laid down by Niggorex himself.

This is the pinned rules post for the 'Sig Of The Week' subforum on Fkn0wned.com, a GFX/design contest where members submitted Photoshop signature graphics for weekly voting. Posted and maintained by moderator Niggorex, it lays out entry requirements (size limits, formats, one entry per person, no editing tricks), voting eligibility (15 posts minimum, no self-voting, IP monitoring for spam votes), and a weekly Monday-to-Sunday cycle culminating in a winner announcement. It also plugs Niggorex's own personal image/file hosting site as the mandatory place to upload entries. A small window into the site's GFX Basement culture and its tight, rule-heavy community moderation style.

Have Fun and Be Creative. Your Skills Improve With Every Composition.— Niggorex

Welcome to Fkn0wned.com - We Moderate Your Fun!

SOTW #30 Vote - Again

A vote-rigging scandal forces a Sig of the Week redo, and the accused doesn't go quietly.

This is the GFX Basement's Sig Of The Week #30 voting thread, redone after the original poll was scrapped due to a vote bug and a disqualification for cheating (member 'Rainy'). Regular Malware ran the poll with strict anti-self-vote and anti-spam rules, while Shifty (Co-Manager) publicly defended the disqualification when Rainy's suspicious vote jump was called out. The redone vote ended in a near-tie between Shifty. and DJSketch, with rivaL and c0ke trailing behind, out of 40 total votes cast.

Rainy is disqualified. Reason: cheating. Due to a vote bug we've had to start the vote again, apologies to all.— Malware

@ Rainy - if your sig suddenly jumps from 1 to 11 then what we suppose to do. ban a random person? ... deal with it, if it wasn't you then sorry for the inconvenience but shit happens. end of.— Shifty

SOTW #36: Shifty Wins, Later Banned

The week Shifty edged out Sideways in a nail-biter of a sig contest

This is the Hall of Fame record for Sig Of The Week contest #36 on Fkn0wned.com, the GFX Basement's recurring signature-design competition. Co-Manager Shifty posted the results announcing themselves as the winner, with Sideways taking second and -Still Life- third, plus a showcase image and a note from the admin calling it a close race. Notably, by the time this page was archived a second time, Shifty's account status had changed from Co-Manager to Banned, a quiet bit of drama frozen into the record.

Was close this week!— Shifty

SOTW Rules: How Fkn0wned's Sig Of The Week Contest Worked

The rulebook that kept Fkn0wned's GFX crew from voting for themselves — literally banned.

A sticky rules post by site founder/admin Niggorex laying out the Sig Of The Week (SOTW) competition in the GFX Basement's Sig Of The Week section. It spells out entry requirements (single-frame image, size limits, one entry per person, no self-voting), the weekly Monday-to-Sunday voting cycle, and points users to Niggorex's own free image/file hosting service for uploading sig submissions. It's pure housekeeping rather than drama, but it's a good snapshot of the site's amateur Photoshop/GFX culture and its founder's side hustle of running an imagehost.

Voting for your Self is Prohibited - On doing so you will be dropped from the Week...— Niggorex

Have Fun and Be Creative. Your Skills Improve With Every Composition.— Niggorex

Rules Set by Niggorex! An alteration to these Rules you must inform - Niggorex!— Niggorex

SOTW #30 Vote

89 votes, one disqualification for cheating, and a mid-thread vote reset — GFX drama, forum-style.

This was the weekly 'Sig Of The Week' voting thread in the GFX Basement, where members picked their favorite forum signature from a lineup of regulars like Shifty., rivaL, mcmag4, and c0ke. The contest wasn't drama-free: entrant Rainy got disqualified for cheating the vote, and self-voting was explicitly banned with IPs monitored. Partway through, staff member pato reset the votes entirely after a complaint about a shaky render in one of the entries, showing just how seriously this small graphics corner of the forum took its little weekly ritual.

Rainy is disqualified. Reason: cheating.— pato

well. if u look that the render shifty used... its a lil fucked up on the bottom its like she is half a body floating— mcmag4

Votes are going to be reset.— pato

SOTW #27 Vote - Comic Book Heroes

Nine sigs, one comic-book showdown, and one very defensive twin brother.

A weekly Sig Of The Week vote thread with a 'Comic Book Heroes' theme, pitting nine members' signature graphics against each other for community votes. Rainy and LoG1c pulled ahead as the frontrunners with the most votes, while the comments section devolved into some light GFX critique drama after logik92 hyped up his 'twin' LoG1c's entry, prompting Marc347 to publicly pick apart the sig's flaws (missing border, unfixed lens artifacts, no filters). The back-and-forth got a bit heated with accusations of Marc347 being 'defensive,' which he denied, all while other members chimed in with their picks for Rival, Rebelz, and introGFX's Spider-Man-esque entry.

wow my twin made a dope fucken sig. good shit logic— logik92

Your brother's is lacking a border, and there are quite a few flaws.— Marc347

lol, getting real defensive, u Really want to win.— mcmag4

SOTW #30 - Sig Of The Week Contest (Rip Accusation)

Week 30 of fkn0wned's signature contest, and someone got their entry ripped off

This is the second page of the weekly 'Sig Of The Week' contest thread on fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement, where members posted their custom Photoshop signature images for community voting. Entrants like Ishimaru, -Shikari-, Jack Daniels, and Wildchild submitted image links for judging, with some back-and-forth about sig sizing and a request to swap out an entry. The thread ends on a sour note with an accusation that -Shikari-'s submitted signature was actually stolen (ripped) from someone else's work.

Its real nice, I think its too big though— Marc347

-shikari- ripped his signature, please remove him.— Ishimaru

SOTW Rules Update: Entries Must Use Niggorex.com Image Host

The admin's own image host becomes the mandatory dumping ground for Sig Of The Week entries

A site administrator (Niggorex, running under both an Administrator and later Manager title) announces a rule change for the Sig Of The Week contest: all SOTW entries now had to be hosted on his personal free image/file hosting service, Niggorex.com. The post is essentially a promotional announcement for the host itself, pitching its free public and private uploaders, storage limits, and bandwidth caps. It's a small but telling snapshot of how site admins cross-promoted their own side projects through community contest rules.

ALL Sig Of The Week Entry's must be kept under Niggorex.com! Your files are NEVER Removed!— Niggorex

Respect Me and I will Respect You! Enjoy Niggorex!— Niggorex

SOTW Rules (Sig Of The Week)

The rulebook that governed Fkn0wned's weekly signature-making contest — GFX nerds, take note.

A pinned rules post by staff member Niggorex laying out how the 'Sig Of The Week' contest worked in the GFX/Sig Of The Week section: one entry per person, size and format limits, no self-voting, a 15-post minimum to vote, and a Monday-to-Sunday weekly cycle ending in a winner announcement. The thread also promotes Niggorex's own free image/file hosting site as the mandatory place to upload contest entries. It's a classic slice of mid-2000s forum culture — structured community contests built around Photoshop skills and image hosting.

We Moderate Your Fun!

Your Skills Improve With Every Composition.— Niggorex

SOTW #31 Vote: Cheating Accusations Against Frontrunner Shifty.

A close GFX contest turns tense when the frontrunner has to defend himself against cheating whispers

This is a voting thread in the Sig Of The Week subforum, where members picked their favorite signature graphic from a roster of 13 entrants including Shifty., AcidViper, matt313, and -Shikari-. Shifty. pulled a commanding lead with 35% of 60 votes, but the tally drew murmurs of suspicion, prompting Shifty. himself (a Co-Manager on the site) to publicly deny cheating and promise to post proof from a member named Malware to clear his name. It's a small but telling slice of the site's GFX/design culture and the low-stakes drama that came with community contests.

I wouldn't cheat. Why would I cheat, I enter SOTW as I have sigs to use. I don't really care about it tbh. But still, tonight I will get proof from Malware and post it in General.— Shifty.

SOTW #14 - Sig Of The Week Contest Thread

The week the GFX Basement went all-in designing sigs themed around Fkn0wned itself.

A recurring weekly graphic design contest thread from the GFX Basement subforum, where members submitted signature image entries for judging and voting. This 14th installment's theme asked entrants to riff on the Fkn0wned/[FkN] branding, either keeping the clan look or freestyling their own take. Founder Niggorex posted the rules, schedule, and hosting instructions, and a handful of regulars (komar, MuffinMan, Younggun, an anonymous edited-in post from Furyx) dropped their sig entries for the week.

This Weeks theme will be Based around Fkn0wned You can keep the [FkN] look or you can use your own! Have Fun and be creative— Niggorex

SOTW #29 Vote

51 votes, one accusation of rigging, and ZoaQ walks away with the sig crown

A weekly graphics-design contest thread in the Sig Of The Week subforum, where members voted on their favorite signature image entry. Shifty posted the poll with the usual rules (no self-voting, IP/spam monitoring), and the field included regulars like ZoaQ, xE, Shifty himself, mcmag, MuffinMan, and Shikari. ZoaQ pulled ahead decisively with 34.62% of 51 total votes, with Shifty and xE tying for second, though at least one member grumbled the results looked rigged. A small handful of commenters chimed in with their picks and reactions after the vote closed.

This shit looks fucking rigged.— Marc347

i think xE's was the best— mako_x23

Voting for your Self is Prohibited - On doing so you will be dropped from the Week— Shifty

SOTW #39 Vote

MuusiK^ takes the crown in a tight GFX showdown — Archies still salty about losing.

This is a GFX Basement 'Sig Of The Week' voting thread from late 2007, where forum members picked their favorite signature graphic from a lineup of entries (RivaL, demfire, Archies, mpd, Futerix, tKer, MuusiK^, BEG). MuusiK^ won with 18 votes out of 64, narrowly ahead of Archies and a tie between demfire and tKer. The thread has the usual casual SOTW banter — shout-outs, congratulations, and some light griping about the results — before staff closed it in mid-December 2007.

God i loose, I thought i would of won— Archies

sry every1 else but archi sig FTW!! nj dude— mermaid00

I cant belive that Hulk sig is beating it lol no offence to the artist but its not that gd— Devlin1991

SOTW #22 Vote

38 votes, one banned entrant, and a whole thread arguing whether a banned member's sig should even count

A weekly 'Sig Of The Week' vote thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement subforum, run by co-manager Shifty, pitting fifteen submitted signature designs against each other. _pdz_ pulled ahead with the most votes, while several regulars publicly shared their picks (some jokingly referencing a 'Pato' or 'kreuz-bube' who wasn't even an official option). The thread sparked a small side-debate when member aKari pointed out that kreuz-bube was actually banned, questioning the logic of votes going to someone no longer part of the community. Classic low-stakes community drama mixed with the site's GFX culture.

Voted for Pato!— Shifty

but "kreuz-bube" is banned which still makes it for a sense for it vote can someone explain to me??— aKari

voted for 'kreuz-bube -', because its the most artistic signature out the bunch.— Ishimaru

SOTW #36 - Theme: Girls

Week 36 of the forum's Sig-Of-The-Week contest, GFX artists asked to go make some 'girls'-themed signatures.

This is a recurring Sig Of The Week (SOTW) contest thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement, hosted by staff member Niggorex, who ran the weekly graphic design competitions. Round 36's theme was 'Girls,' with the usual structure of a Sunday-to-Sunday submission window, a following week of voting, and the winning sig getting posted in an official Winners Section. It's a routine but telling snapshot of the site's active GFX/design subculture running alongside the cheat-database and gaming boards.

This Weeks theme will be Based around Girls— Niggorex

We Moderate Your Fun!

SOTW #29 - Sig of the Week Contest Thread

Coke-branded sigs, mild admin nagging, and a banned member still showing up to compete.

This is the tail end of a weekly signature-making contest thread in the GFX Basement's Sig Of The Week subforum, where members posted their custom graphic signatures for week 29. The vibe is low-key and casual — a mod nudges the thread starter to fix the week numbering, and two members (one already marked 'Banned' by this point) share soda-branded sig designs, one admitting he wasn't thrilled with his own submission. A small but telling snapshot of the site's GFX/design culture and its long-running community traditions.

Very nice guys keep it up, btw pato change the SOTW Numebr second week I've had to change it— Malware

cola blak ftw, don't like the sig but i'm not making another coke sig— Shifty

SOTW #26 Vote - Free Style

Eight GFX'ers, one crown — c01Dcu7 edges out rivaL in the freestyle SOTW showdown.

This is a Sig Of The Week voting thread from Fkn0wned's GFX Basement, where members submitted signature graphics on a 'free style' theme and the community voted for a winner. Moderator Malware posted the poll with the standard rules (no self-voting, IP/spam monitoring) across eight nominees. c01Dcu7 narrowly took the win with 33% of the vote over rivaL's 28%, with a handful of members chiming in to cast their picks.

8 beauties to pick from this week but who's gonna get your vote?— Malware

MuusiK got my vote— Shifty.

SOTW #19 - Sig Of The Week (Freestyle Theme)

Week 19 of the forum's GFX battleground: photoshop nerds throw down freestyle signatures for glory (and rep points).

This is the weekly 'Sig Of The Week' contest thread from Fkn0wned.Com's GFX Basement section, hosted by staffer Niggorex, with Week 19's theme set to open 'Freestyle'. Members submitted their custom signature graphics (image-hosted via muffinhost.com) for community voting, following a standard weekly cycle of submission, voting, and a winner announcement post. It's a small, casual slice of the forum's graphic design subculture rather than any major drama — just members like h4xor_bob and Visual0n! dropping in their entries.

This Weeks theme will be Based around FREESTYLE Have Fun and be creative— Niggorex

my entry:— h4xor_bob

SOTW #18 Winner - [FkN]mem0rex

The Sig Of The Week crown for round #18 goes to a four-time champ: [FkN]mem0rex.

A Hall of Fame post from the GFX Basement's 'Sig Of The Week' contest, announcing [FkN]mem0rex as the winner of SOTW #18. Posted by moderator/manager Niggorex, the entry showcases the winning signature (an 'American Muscle' themed piece) and awards a special 'reward' signature graphic marking the win as his fourth. A short, friendly admin comment closes it out, typical of these brief showcase-and-congratulate threads that preserved the site's top GFX talent.

Well Done— Niggorex

sexy memorex— Niggorex

SOTW #40 Vote

Twelve GFX hopefuls, one poll, and MuuisK^ running away with almost a third of the vote.

This is a Sig Of The Week #40 voting thread from the GFX Basement section, where forum members submitted graphic signatures for weekly competition and the community voted for a favorite. Twelve entrants competed, with MuuisK^ pulling ahead decisively at 30% of 33 total votes, followed by Futerix in a distant second. Staff member pato posted the poll with the standard rule that self-voting was banned and IP/spam votes were monitored, a small glimpse into how these low-stakes GFX contests were policed on the site.

Voting for your Self is Prohibited - On doing so you will be dropped from the Week...— pato

We Moderate Your Fun!

SOTW #35 - Sig Of The Week (Freestyle Theme)

Week 35 of fkn0wned's sig design contest — freestyle edition, judged by the community itself.

This is a weekly 'Sig Of The Week' contest thread from the GFX Basement section, run by site manager Niggorex. Members submitted Photoshop-made forum signatures on a set theme — this week's was 'Freestyle' — competing for a spot in the winners section and bragging rights. The thread lays out the standard SOTW schedule (submission window, voting poll, winner announcement) and points to the full rules, a routine but well-oiled ritual that kept the GFX crowd engaged week after week.

This Weeks theme will be Based around Freestyle— Niggorex

We Moderate Your Fun!

SOTW #20 - Sig of the Week Thread

A guy posts a sig, someone accuses him of ripping it, and the whole thread dissolves into 'who really made this GFX' philosophy

This is the tail end of a weekly signature contest thread in the GFX section, where members submitted single-frame sig images for judging. A moderator reminder about the no-animation rule kicks things off, followed by a low-key accusation that a submitted sig was 'ripped' (stolen/not original work). The thread devolves into a brief back-and-forth debating whether it's even possible to prove a sig was ripped versus legitimately made by someone using an alias. Classic small-scene GFX drama in miniature.

xD I'll be you that sig ripped....— DeMeNt3d

well lots of people lie about that they made that sig and keep ripping but reallly know one knows if they ripped or not— IKILL3RI

SOTW #46 Vote

32 votes, one GFX crown — Famousss takes it in the week 46 signature showdown

This is a voting thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement subforum, where members created signature graphics and competed weekly in the 'Sig Of The Week' contest. Thread #46 pitted eleven entrants against each other, with Famousss pulling ahead at 25% of the vote, followed by =Shikari- and shaky1337. Poster pato ran the vote with standard rules posted (no self-voting, IP/spam monitoring), a routine but well-loved ritual for the site's design community.

Vote for your favorite Signature and good luck to the entries!!— pato

Voting for your Self is Prohibited - On doing so you will be dropped from the Week...— pato

SOTW #43 - Freestyle Theme

Christmas Eve 2007: the GFX Basement's weekly sig contest goes freestyle, no rules but creativity

This is the 43rd installment of Fkn0wned.Com's recurring 'Sig Of The Week' contest, posted in the GFX Basement forum by staff member Niggorex on Christmas Eve 2007. The theme was open 'Freestyle,' with the usual prize structure of a winner's sig, a spot on the main board, and entry into the SOTW Hall of Fame. A handful of members posted their signature graphic entries in reply, with some casual side-chatter about nicknames and account changes.

This Weeks theme will be Based around FREESTYLE— Niggorex

Could the admin change my name to krentenbol78 ? So I don't have to create a new account.— Broodje Kaas

SOTW #34: Shifty. Wins Without Even Remembering He Entered

Shifty forgot he even entered — and won anyway with 28% of the vote.

A weekly Sig Of The Week vote thread from Fkn0wned's GFX Basement, where members put up their best Photoshop signature creations for community voting. Ten entrants competed, with Shifty. taking a commanding lead at 28.57%, followed by a tie between pato and godsmaculator. The tone is light and casual, with admin Niggorex running the poll and members trading friendly banter and font requests in the replies.

Waahay I winningz, totally forgot I entered this week...— Shifty.

Lol, your going to win dude, no doubt about it .. BTW! You still need to send me a PM with the Font name or possibly the font itself— NecroticNecro

SOTW #34 (Sig Of The Week, Week 34)

A weekly sig contest thread where the site's GFX crowd flexed their Photoshop chops — and the image host in question doubles as a slur-laced relic of the era.

This is a continuation (page 2) of the Week 34 'Sig Of The Week' contest thread on Fkn0wned.Com, where members submitted signature graphics for community rating. Regular NecroticNecro clarifies the mandatory image-hosting rule for entries, ZoaQ drops in a sig submission, and -Still Life- compliments Necrotic's text work while asking about hidden detail in the design. It's a small, casual corner of the forum, low-drama, mostly just members showing off GFX work and chatting about upload rules.

necro your text is amazing on that sig. but what does it say under 'Necrotic Necro'?— -Still Life-

SOTW Image Uploading: ALL Sig Of The Week Entry's must be kept under Niggorex.com!— NecroticNecro

[V] SOTW #41 (2010) — Sig of the Week Voting Thread

Four signatures, one Steam prize, and Bon walking away with the win again.

A Sig Of The Week voting thread from Fkn0wned's Art & Design section, where members submitted signature graphics and the community voted for their favorite. Signature #4 ran away with it at nearly 70% of the vote, prompting some good-natured ribbing about the winner (BONxFIRE) collecting a prize yet again. Light, casual replies with quick votes and one-liners rather than any real drama — a snapshot of the forum's regular GFX/design culture.

Have fun with your steam Bon— majrbrawl

I voted for #4...since you win these all the time Bon, can I has that steam plz?— fkngames

SOTW Image Uploader Announcement (Niggorex.com)

The Sig Of The Week crew gets its own image host — and even the site's mascot admits the skin outshines fkn0wned's own.

A member known as Niggorex announces the launch of a personal free image/file hosting site to be used for Sig Of The Week (SOTW) entries, laying out public vs. registered uploader tiers and basic usage rules. Super moderator NoNamE! replies approvingly, jokingly noting the new site's design looks better than fkn0wned's own. It's a small, practical infrastructure post for the GFX/signature crowd rather than a drama thread, capturing the era's habit of members running their own side hosts for the community.

holy shit dude, the skin for that is even better than fkn's— NoNamE!

Enjoy Niggorex!— Niggorex

SOTW #38 Winner - RivaL Takes the Halloween Sig Contest

Halloween-themed sig battle: RivaL takes first, gets crowned, and the GFX crew shows up to salute.

This is an archived Hall of Fame post from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement, announcing the winner of the 38th weekly Signature of the Week contest, run around Halloween 2007. RivaL took 1st place (their first win), with Demfire and Archies rounding out 2nd and 3rd. The thread is a short, congratulatory affair typical of the SOTW ritual — staff posting the winning showcase image and reward sig, followed by community members dropping quick props.

Good job on your first win.— Shifty

Nice Job RivaL.— DJSketch

SOTW #25 - Sig Of The Week (Star Wars Theme)

GFX artists dust off the lightsabers for Fkn0wned's 25th Sig Of The Week contest.

This is the weekly Sig Of The Week thread in the GFX Basement section, hosted by longtime member/mod Shifty, announcing round #25 with a Star Wars theme requested by the community. Standard contest rules applied: sigs hosted on PhotoBucket, a week for submissions, a week for voting, and the winner getting posted in the Winners Section. Demfire claimed the first entry, and .Still Life dropped in shortly after, giving a small glimpse of the site's active graphic design crowd.

This Weeks theme will be Based around Star Wars (as requested) Have Fun and be creative— Shifty

woot first entry— .Demfire

SOTW #23 - Sig of the Week Contest (Fkn0wned Theme)

Week 23 of Fkn0wned's signature contest, themed on the site itself

A recurring weekly graphics contest thread where members submitted custom-made signature images (banners) hosted on an external imagehost, competing for a winners banner, front-page feature, and reputation points. This edition's theme asked designers to base their sigs around Fkn0wned itself. Only one entry and a stray reply are visible on this archived page, but it captures the GFX Basement's community-contest culture.

This Weeks theme will be Based around Fkn0wned Have Fun and be creative— Shifty

My Entry ^^— aKari

SOTW #36 Vote

Seven sigs, one crown — the week Shifty and Sideways duked it out in the GFX Basement's weekly showdown.

This was the voting thread for the 36th 'Sig Of The Week' contest, a recurring GFX Basement tradition where members submitted signature graphics and the community voted for the best one. Shifty, a Co-Manager, posted the poll and rules (self-voting banned, IPs monitored for spam votes). The field included Sideways, SpaceOddity, SubZero, Shifty, -Still Life-, waLLa, and ZoaQ, with Shifty narrowly edging out Sideways in the final tally out of 43 votes cast.

Vote for your favorite Signature and good luck to the entries!!— Shifty

Voting for your Self is Prohibited - On doing so you will be dropped from the Week...— Shifty

SOTW #13 - Sig Of The Week (Freestyle Theme)

Week 13 of the forum's beloved sig-making contest — freestyle edition, open to all comers.

This is a recurring 'Sig Of The Week' (SOTW) contest thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement, hosted by founder Niggorex. Each week had a theme, a submission window, community voting, and a winner announced the following week; SOTW #13's theme was open 'Freestyle.' Members were directed to host their signature images on an affiliated image host (clan2020.net) rather than attaching them directly. The thread shows the routine, structured side of the forum's graphic design culture rather than any major drama.

This Weeks theme will be Based around FREESTYLE Have Fun :thumbsup: and be creative :pinch:— Niggorex

SOTW #21 - Hitman Themed Sig Contest

Week 21 of the sig wars: forum's GFX crowd gets a Hitman-themed prompt and a week to flex Photoshop skills.

This is the 21st installment of Fkn0wned.Com's recurring 'Sig Of The Week' contest, a staple of the GFX Basement subforum where members submitted custom-made signature graphics around a weekly theme. Week 21's theme was based on the Hitman video game series. The thread lays out the usual contest structure — open entry, a Monday-to-Sunday submission/voting cycle, winner announced the following week — and pushes members toward an image host (muffinhost.com) for uploading entries. It's a routine but community-defining ritual thread, low on drama, showing off the site's active graphic design culture.

This Weeks theme will be Based around HITMAN - THE GAME Have Fun and be creative— Niggorex

SOTW #32 Vote: Proxy Accusations Boil Over

A signature contest vote thread turns into a proxy-voting accusation storm.

This was a weekly community vote thread in the GFX-focused 'Sig Of The Week' section, where members voted for their favorite forum signature design among entrants like Dragon13, Shifty., Log1c, and others. Dragon13 led with 11 votes out of 50 cast. The thread's second page devolved into minor drama when accusations of proxy/vote manipulation surfaced, prompting a co-manager to publicly defend the fairness of the process and vent frustration at repeated suspicion.

Then someone has used a proxy AGAIN and an admin has noticed and fixed. But I'm sick of the fucking accusations.— Shifty

SOTW #15 - Sig Of The Week (Freestyle Theme)

Fkn0wned's weekly GFX showdown returns with a freestyle theme — who threw down the best sig this round?

This is the 15th edition of Fkn0wned.com's recurring 'Sig Of The Week' contest, hosted in the GFX Basement section. Founder Niggorex posts the weekly rules, schedule, and theme (a freestyle open theme this round), directing members to host their signature image submissions on an external image host. A handful of members reply with their sig entries, image-hosted and posted as forum code snippets rather than full designs described in text. It's a low-drama, routine community-activity thread showing the site's graphic design culture in action.

SOTW #24 Vote

34 votes, one snippy exchange, and a sig contest that quietly reveals who mattered on Fkn0wned in mid-2007.

This is a weekly 'Sig Of The Week' voting thread in the GFX Basement's SOTW subforum, where members voted for their favorite forum signature graphic among entries from Exon, Nath0r, Shifty, p0mp, Ballistic, demfire, AnthraX and others. Co-Manager Shifty posted the poll, praised the improved quality of entries over the previous week, and reminded voters of the anti-self-voting and anti-spam rules before revealing he'd voted for demfire's sig, which ultimately won with 6 votes. A minor bit of friction appears late in the thread when a low-post-count member takes a jab at Shifty, and longtime member Malware jokes that whoever he votes for tends to end up banned.

Voted for demfire! Awesome sig..— Shifty

Lol shifty, your mum never learned you to be friendly and kind?— Novix

Dam the guy I vote for always gets banned...— Malware

SOTW #43 - Freestyle

One week, one theme, a pile of Photobucket signatures — and a shot at a free Steam account.

This was the 43rd installment of Fkn0wned's weekly 'Sig Of The Week' contest in the Art & Design section, hosted by Emrys of the FkN Graphics Crew, with the theme set as 'Freestyle'. Members and regulars posted their signature graphic entries (hosted on ImageShack, TinyPic, and Photobucket) for a chance to win a spot in the SOTW Hall of Fame and a Steam account, following the usual week-long submission and voting cycle. A mix of longtime FkN staff (admins, smods, graphics crew) and newcomers dropped entries, with some self-deprecating commentary and a first-time poster promising critique write-ups for future rounds.

Was really going for simplicity ;)... I know i'm not gonna win but I thought I would break the ice here :p— ap3x

Sweet tits, two entries per person!— Puree

ah I phail:— JuMx

SOTW #27 - Sig Of The Week Contest Thread

Week 27 of the sig-making contest — Photoshop newbies, size-format nitpicking, and one guy fresh off getting banned still judging entries.

This is a weekly 'Sig Of The Week' contest thread from Fkn0wned's GFX Basement/SOTW board, where members posted signature graphics they'd made for feedback and votes. The back half of the thread has a few entrants (Rebelz, Marc347, mcmag4) posting their signature images, with mcmag4 openly admitting he was new to Photoshop. SubZero, posting despite having a 'Banned' group tag by the time of these posts, gives sizing critique on submitted sigs. Low-drama, workaday thread typical of the GFX community grind.

actually yes im sorta new.— mcmag4

next time make the picture a little smaller something around 400x200— SubZero

Best of luck to everyone!— Rebelz

SOTW #40 - Stock Theme Sig Contest

A signature contest that shut down mid-vote because the guy running it, shifty, never showed up.

This was the 40th installment of Fkn0wned.com's 'Sig Of The Week' contest, themed around a required stock image, in the GFX Basement's dedicated SOTW board. Members egawge, DJSketch, BEG!, and Devlin1991 posted their signature entries competing for votes, with some light back-and-forth over whether entries followed the stock rules. The thread fizzled out when members noticed voting hadn't opened and the round dragged past its deadline, ultimately closed by admin pato with Devlin1991 arriving too late to properly enter — a small, mundane, very of-its-era moment of forum bureaucracy.

I think it's because shifty isn't here. Sorry Devlin, too late.— Rebelz

dam nm lol always next weeks— Devlin1991

didn't this end yesterday??— jacal

SOTW #23 Vote

Only three sigs entered, one guy nearly cries about it, aKari wins in a landslide anyway

A weekly 'Sig Of The Week' vote thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement, where members voted on submitted forum signature graphics. Co-Manager Shifty opens by grumbling about the low turnout (only three entries: aKari, 8bit, and jorskobe) but runs the vote anyway, reminding everyone that voting for yourself gets you disqualified. aKari ends up winning comfortably with 23 of 33 votes, while a few regulars drop in to cast votes and hype each other's work.

Very disapointing week this week but I can't fuck up the system so the 3 sigs entered will have to be entered. I want to see better enthusiasm in SOTW 24— Shifty

not many people entered maybe ill get into 24— infusedmedia

8Bit i voted for u its good— jcomp6

SOTW #37 Vote

56 votes, one abstract sig by Futerix, and a whole subforum built around signature bragging rights.

This is a weekly 'Sig Of The Week' voting thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement scene, where members submitted signature graphics and the community voted for their favorite. Futerix took the win with 14 votes (27.45%) over Shifty's 10, out of 56 total votes cast, with several members dropping compliments on Futerix's abstract-style entry after the poll closed. It's a small, casual slice of the site's graphic design culture — low stakes, friendly vibe, mods enforcing a no-self-voting rule.

nice sig man i luv de abstract— ynaggo

futerix, his looks great— Cud

Wtf, I forgot to vote but I posted who I was going to vote for— DCLXVI

[V] SOTW #40 - Music

Five music-themed signatures, one week, and a Smod who wasn't shy about her pick.

This is a Signature Of The Week voting thread from Fkn0wned's Art & Design section, round #40, themed around music. BONxFIRE (of the Graphics Crew) posted five entrant signatures for members to vote on, with the usual rules against self-voting and IP/spam checks. Turnout was modest — nine votes cast — with Signature #4 narrowly edging out Signature #2, while a handful of regulars chimed in with quick one-word or one-line votes and opinions.

The kids want techno!— majrbrawl

Oh my, #3 of course. The other ones are IMO nothing compared to #3.— Kimmi

1 ftw!!! :p— Yunyun

Sig Of The Week #33

The GFX crowd's weekly sig-making showdown, round 33: edit-button rage included.

This is a Sig Of The Week entry thread in the GFX Basement section, where members submitted their signature graphic designs for week #33 of the ongoing contest. Regulars like JuKeZ posted multiple revised entries after struggling with a broken edit function, while others like PaRaNoID, sickalicious, and Dragon13 dropped in single submissions. It's a low-drama, casual creative thread showing off the site's graphic design community rather than its hacking/cheat side.

I couldn't register at niggorex.com, but here is my entry.— JuKeZ

The edit button really needs to be fixed— JuKeZ

guess ill try out— PaRaNoID

SOTW #35 Vote

22 votes, one accusation of a 'rip' — the GFX crew crowns another sig-of-the-week champ

A routine Sig Of The Week vote thread from the GFX Basement, where members submitted signature graphics for the community to vote on. Niggorex ran away with it at over 54% of the vote, well ahead of Shifty. and a scattered field of other entrants. Standard poll housekeeping applied: no self-voting, IP/spam monitoring, and admin Niggorex tossing in a pointed jab about a possible design rip while casting his own vote for Futerix.

I voted for Futerix. For your sake, it better not be a rip!— Niggorex

Voting for your Self is Prohibited - On doing so you will be dropped from the Week...— Niggorex

SOTW #33 Vote

43 votes cast, sickalicious pulls ahead — the weekly signature showdown lives on in the archive.

This is a routine 'Sig Of The Week' voting thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX section, where members submitted Photoshop signatures for the community to vote on. Admin Niggorex posted the poll with 14 entrants, and members like DJSketch dropped by to cast votes and cheer on favorites. Sickalicious ended up the runaway winner with 12 votes, followed by Dragon13 and NecroticNecro, out of 43 total votes cast.

Vote for your favorite Signature and good luck to the entries!!— Niggorex

Sickailious has got mine. Gook Luck to all.— DJSketch

SOTW #37 - Freestyle Theme

Week 37 of the sig-making grind: freestyle theme, one winner, bragging rights on the wall.

This is a weekly 'Sig Of The Week' contest thread from Fkn0wned.com's GFX Basement section, run by co-manager Shifty. Members submitted graphic design signatures based on a 'Freestyle' theme, with community voting deciding the winner over the following week. Winners got their sig featured in an official Winners Section — a small badge of clout in the site's graphics design scene.

We Moderate Your Fun!

This Weeks theme will be Based around Freestyle— Shifty

SOTW #22 - Sig Of The Week Contest

A weekly sig-making contest thread limps to its overdue finish line, right on brand for the GFX Basement.

This is the tail end of the 22nd 'Sig Of The Week' contest thread in the GFX Basement's SOTW subforum, where members submitted and rated custom graphic signatures. By this point the round was basically over, with one member asking why it hadn't been closed yet and another already looking ahead to the next round. A late, banned member (p0mp) tacked on a sig submission anyway. Low-key, mundane wrap-up energy typical of a long-running community side contest.

Shouldn't this SOTW be over?— c01Dcu7

I want to absolutely take part in the next MfG— aKari

SOTW #42 Vote

Shifty vs. raxorsharp: the great signature showdown of SOTW #42.

This was a routine 'Sig Of The Week' voting thread in the GFX Basement's SOTW subforum, where members voted on their favorite forum signature graphic among entries from Afteryou, Shifty, blackxthink, Devlin1991, Killer-k, and raxorsharp. Admin Niggorex posted the poll with the usual reminder not to vote for yourself, and the community cast 39 votes total, with Shifty pulling ahead comfortably over runner-up raxorsharp. A small, low-drama slice of the site's GFX culture and community engagement rituals.

I voted for raxorsharp Awesome sig mate.— Niggorex

Important Rule : Voting for your Self is Prohibited - On doing so you will be dropped from the Week...— Niggorex