fkn0wned archive

New Design (Beta Skin Unveiling)

ZoaQ drops a new forum skin and the whole board loses its mind over dark colors and lime green suggestions.

Admin ZoaQ unveils a beta redesign of the Fkn0wned forum skin, asking members for feedback before finalizing it. The thread is a wave of overwhelmingly positive reactions praising the dark, monochromatic look, mixed with small nitpicks about banner color, lag, ugly-looking smileys, and shoutbox bugs. Several members toss in cosmetic suggestions (more lime green, adding a member's name to the header) in classic forum-community fashion. It's a lighthearted, feel-good moment of the community rallying around a cosmetic site update.

Looks sexy as fuck. Nice Job ZoaQ— PopTart

Needs the word "CRiSPY" up top with "Fkn0wned -New Evolution" :D— CRiSPY

I love it, i like it they way it is.— mystical

Fkn0wned iPoint's System Revival

Skippy resurrects the forum's dormant points system with a shop, a lottery, and a whole lot of scrub-shaming.

Staff member Skippy announced a relaunch of Fkn0wned's long-dormant points system ('ƒokens'), proposing a points shop where users could buy userbar upgrades, name colors/styles, ad-free access, VIP/1K club time, custom GFX crew sigs, and other cosmetic perks, plus a points-based lottery. The system was pitched as a replacement for the old 'Reputation' mod, with points earned via contests (Sig of the Week, Member of the Month, etc.) and staff rewards for good posts. The thread got a warm, hyped reception from regulars, with some debate over whether buying post-count with points would encourage spam, and a bit of ex-member Panda calling out that the reward list looked suspiciously like an old idea of theirs.

Your scrub.— Skippy

Take out the ability to buy posts. That is ridiculous.— vermiLLion

Haha Skip, that list of ways to redeem points looks super familiar to me ;)— Panda

Oh, Behave: A Manager's Lecture on Staff Conduct After a Demotion Wave

A manager drops a truck-driver analogy to explain why your admin got demoted for acting like a normal member.

A Manager-ranked staffer named tKeR posts a long lecture aimed at the community following a wave of staff demotions and kicks, addressing members who reacted with drama and flaming instead of accepting the decisions gracefully. The post lays out an expectation that promoted staff (Manager, Supervisor, Administrator) should behave with more restraint and responsibility than regular members, using a 'truck driver promoted to boss' analogy to make the point. It reads as a public justification/warning about staff standards rather than a genuine open debate, posted in the Debating subforum with only one early reply from Sonikk visible.

TAKE IT LIKE A MAN.— tKeR

fkn0wned isn't gonna give you these colorful names just so you can act the same, we expect you to act like that positon— tKeR

Don't give me excuses on how you can't do something.— tKeR

Cracking Team? (Comments and Suggestions)

A member pitched an official fkn0wned cracking team — staff shut it down citing the site's old, chaotic phishing/warez crews as a cautionary tale.

User Skreamzja pitched the idea of an official 'cracking team' for the forum, distinct from the existing Cracking & Cryptography subforum where combos and configs were already shared. Longtime staff (Mickey, FluxDZ) pushed back, arguing an official team would open the door to demands for official teams in every other category and risk bad reputation if famous accounts got cracked and traced back to the site. PopTart added historical color, recalling that fkn0wned once had informal Warez/XXX/Media/Phishing crews that proved too disorganized to sustain. The thread devolves into some light ribbing over FluxDZ's name before staff closes it — a quick, minor suggestion thread but a nice little snapshot of site governance and lore.

Because if we'd have an official cracking team we'd need an official se'ing team, an official gaming team, an official team for tuts making, etc.— Mickey

We used to have a phishing team. It was very unorganized and did not work out.— PopTart

Well now that Flux has approved it please feel free to continue— D0t1q

Fkn0wned Official YouTube Channel Announcement

The day fkn0wned tried to go legit with a YouTube channel — giveaways, interviews, and a lot of ribbing in the replies

A Site News thread announcing an official Fkn0wned YouTube channel, pitched as a hub for giveaways, interviews, and tutorials. Regulars and VIPs weighed in with a mix of support and jokes, including confusion over who actually ran the channel and some old-timer banter about which member was Norwegian. The tone is light and community-driven, typical of the forum's General/Site News crowd rather than anything technical.

Oh damn, right it was f0wh that was Norwegian.. xD— DarkRood

I started a channel? o.O The one where you give shitty advice while playing games— RandyCandy

OMG OMG OMG I was in the video :3 Poptart you liar you never did respond to me :\— Squab

Fkn0wned IRC Channel Revival Announcement

The old IRC got nuked — here's the new address to idle in forever

A co-manager named DCLXVI posts the connection details for a replacement IRC channel after the community's original one was destroyed, inviting members to idle in via mIRC. A follow-up edit from 'Shifty' adds a pirated mIRC client download for anyone lacking a copy. Staff member Nerf chimes in shortly after, suggesting quick community engagement with the announcement. It's a small but telling snapshot of how this scene coordinated outside the forum itself, leaning on IRC and cracked software as everyday infrastructure.

Our old IRC channel was destroyed, I made a new one.— DCLXVI

I just know and you dont.— Nerf

Security breach warning: TuxifieD urges members to change passwords

TuxifieD tells everyone to change their passwords... and nobody quite explains why.

A short General Discussion thread sparked by a site-wide security notice from CEO TuxifieD warning members that Fkn0wned's security and personal info may have been compromised, urging everyone to change passwords and avoid reusing them elsewhere. Member MicroUltra opens the thread simply asking what the reason for the warning was, relieved they hadn't reused a password. A small, mildly anxious moment of forum history rather than a big drama — just admins covering their bases after a possible breach.

There is reason to believe that the sites security and your personal information might have been compromised.— TuxifieD

whats the reason? thank god i didnt use the same thing— MicroUltra

Official Black Market Rules (by PopTart)

The stickied rulebook that governed fkn0wned's shadowy 'Black Market' trading section.

A locked, stickied rules post from Smod PopTart laying out the terms for the Black Market subforum, where members traded goods and services outside the regular Market Place. It set a 100-post minimum to trade, banned thread-hijacking and time-wasting listings, offered official middleman services from staff, and explicitly disallowed selling private hacks or gaming/account credentials (which belonged in the regular market instead). A dated but classic piece of forum housekeeping that shows how the community self-policed its more illicit corner.

Don't sell private hacks, we won't allow it— PopTart

If you want a middleman, contact an SMOD/Admin and we will gladly do it for you— PopTart

Get Verified for Legit Selling - Marketplace Vetting Thread

The post that laid down the law for Fkn0wned's account-trading scene: get verified or get scammed.

A Market Place staff/senior-member thread from August 2009 where user Mystik set up an informal verification system for people selling accounts on the forum. Sellers had to PM screenshots and meet a post-count threshold, with stolen accounts explicitly barred and impersonators of 'verified' status threatened with warnings. It's a small but telling snapshot of how the community tried to self-police its shady marketplace for game account trading.

If the account is stolen dont even bother PM'ing me..I will ignore you.— Mystik

Everyone that is verified by me is sure to be a legit seller.— Mystik

FknOwned.com Unveils Its Official Logo

The day fkn0wned finally got a logo — and put out the call for site partnerships.

A short News + Updates announcement from Head Admin [FkN]Bisdale revealing the site's newly-made official logo and banner, crediting fellow member [FkN]memoreX for the design work. Bisdale also uses the post to announce fkn0wned.com is open to partnering with other sites, inviting serious PMs. One early reply from member Sylox offers quick praise for the new look.

I would like to give props to [FkN]memoreX for his work and also a big thanks to memoreX for the great new banner he made us.— [FkN]Bisdale

Looks amazing props.— Sylox

Should Warns Expire for Veteran Posters?

A high-post-count member floats the idea that warns should disappear with seniority — staff immediately shoot it down.

A member with nearly 900 posts suggests that once someone reaches a certain post count, their forum warns should eventually go away, arguing it's unfair to ban 'prominent' community members. Other regulars debate the mechanics of the warn/suspension system, with some pointing out logical flaws in reducing warns via suspensions. A Co-Manager firmly rejects the idea, saying it would let high-post members act entitled and that staff won't hesitate to ban anyone regardless of status.

why would you wanna ban a prominent member of the community? thats just slowly and painfully killing off the community and creating tensions— Industry

Then your just making these guys invincible then. We will start seeing peoples egos getting bigger. I don't care who you are, if your a dick head the staff won't hesitate to ban you.— Shifty

VIP Discounted to $40/Lifetime! + Brand New VIP Hacks!

The classic 'VIP price drop' hype thread — $40 for life, new hacks teased, and a member asking if he can pay with a Vanilla prepaid card.

A Site News announcement post promoting a discounted lifetime VIP subscription ($40) alongside new VIP-exclusive hacks for the site's cheat database. The visible reply comes from member cjdog1234 asking about payment methods, complete with a signature bragging about a list of items obtained through social engineering scams. It's a snapshot of the site's monetization push and the casual scammer culture that ran alongside it.

Can i pay with a Vanilla prepaid card? Because i dont have a real cc but if i can use vanilla, im gettin this shit TODAY— cjdog1234

Things I SE'd: Keurig Platinum Brewer x4, Logitech G600 Gaming mouse x1, Logitech z323 Speakers x1, Vizio $60-70 HDMI Cord x1, Various food coupons :3— cjdog1234

Trading Rules and Middlemen

The stickied rulebook that kept fkn0wned's Steam-account bazaar from turning into a total scam-fest.

A staff-posted sticky from mr.N0Nam3 laying out the official rules for the Market Place trading subforum, covering account sales (VAC-unbanned only, proof required), thread etiquette, and bans on stolen accounts or private hacks. It designates a short list of trusted staff members as free middlemen for cautious trades and warns of a specific known scammer to avoid. A classic piece of forum infrastructure from the era when Steam accounts and CS:S goods were casually bought and sold between members.

Don't trade with officerowange as he is a known scammer.— mr.N0Nam3

No proof = no care.— mr.N0Nam3

Welcome Your New Staff Crew (May 2008)

The day fkn0wned rolled out a fresh staff lineup — coders, GFX crew, and crew members all in one post

An official announcement from admin tKeR introducing the newly appointed fkn0wned.com staff team in May 2008, listing new coders, crew members, and a graphic designer. The post notes more staff could be added later and puts out an open call for talented graphic designers to apply. A short reply from DJ.Winrawr follows, one of the named new coders acknowledging the update.

Please welcome the new staff team. This batch includes many great coders, a graphic designer and staff members.— tKeR

As you can see, we can use a couple more talented graphic people.— tKeR

Fkn0wned GFX Crew Recruitment Drive

The day the GFX Basement went hiring — sigs, tutorials, and mod powers up for grabs

An official recruitment post from staff member 'Panda' (The Royal Scam) announcing that Fkn0wned was building out a dedicated GFX Crew to run the site's four graphics-related forums: Graphics Discussion, Showcase, Tutorials, and Requests. The role combined moderation duties with actual design work, including making official site sigs/artwork and organizing community graphics competitions like a future 'SOTW' (Sig of the Week). Applicants were asked to fill out a short template and PM examples of their work, with the site stressing that post count didn't matter — skill and maturity did. Admin 'iydsicydi' followed up in the thread, signaling staff attention on the recruitment drive.

We are looking for graphic artists with a lot of skill to be on the official GFX Crew at Fkn0wned.— Panda

If you're new to this community but still have the skills, don't worry, we consider each application regardless of the post count you have!— Panda

Private BF2 Hack Offered to Donators (Dec 2006)

The month Fkn0wned turned server costs into a 'donate and get a hack' pitch — and someone immediately asked for a refund loophole.

A News + Updates post from site head admin [FkN] Bisdale announces a limited-time private, supposedly 'Punk Buster proof' Battlefield 2 hack as a perk for anyone donating to the site that month, framed as help covering server costs and crediting a sponsor. The lone reply is a donator asking whether past donations still count for the new perk, showing the casual, small-community bookkeeping vibe typical of the site's donation-for-perks system. It's a snapshot of how these early cheat-scene forums funded themselves and rewarded loyal members.

Fkn0wned.Com is releasing a private BF2 Hack that is Punk Buster proof just for donators this month only!— [FkN] Bisdale

if we have alredy donated do we still get the hack?— retarded_elephant69

Fkn0wned TeamSpeak Server Launch

The day fkn0wned got its own voice server — and the staff started clowning each other before anyone even logged in

A short 2006 announcement thread from Fkn0wned's News + Updates board: Head Admin [FkN] Bisdale posts up the site's new TeamSpeak server details so members can voice chat outside the forums. Rockforce (500 Club) immediately jumps in hyped, joking about hearing what the staff sound like and asking about login credentials. A small, functional bit of site infrastructure history — the kind of quality-of-life addition that marked the community trying to grow beyond text posts.

Fkn0wned.Com now has a team speak server.— [FkN] Bisdale

Very awesome.Cant wait to hear what some of these nubs on staff sound like.HAHAH(JK)— Rockforce

Fkn0wned VAC Ban Disclaimer Policy

The fine print: Fkn0wned's official 'we're not responsible if VAC bans you' disclaimer for its cheat releases.

A pinned policy post in the VAC Proof Releases section of the Counter-Strike Source forum, laying out how Fkn0wned classified its hack downloads as either VAC2-proof or detected, and disclaiming responsibility for any bans resulting from their use. Posted by staff/moderator KZA in mid-2006, it's a classic liability-covering notice typical of cheat-scene forums of the era rather than a discussion thread. It captures the site's self-aware tagline vibe — 'We Moderate Your Fun!' — while formally washing its hands of consequences.

We do not take any responsibility for VAC2 bans.— KZA

You download hacks at your own risk.— KZA

Recruiting Recruiters & Advertisers for Fkn0wned

The site founder puts out a call for spammers and talent scouts ahead of a big client release.

This is a 2008 staff-recruitment post from Fkn0wned.com founder TuxifieD, seeking members to fill 'Recruiter' (finding graphic artists and coders) and 'Advertiser' (spreading the forum's name across other sites and YouTube) roles. The push was tied to an upcoming release of the site's cheat client, which was framed as bringing perks and private hacks to staff. It's a small snapshot of the site's growth-hustle era, with founder TuxifieD laying down expectations for dedication and an early reply from longtime member glish.

My hope is that this will bring together our community tighter than all others and I want to share the wealth— TuxifieD

If you think you can slack off in a position? You're very wrong....— TuxifieD

Add a girls section?

138 votes, one poll: should Fkn0wned get a 'girls' subforum?

A poll thread started by site owner TuxifieD asking whether the forum should add a dedicated 'girls' section, framed as a simple yes/no vote. The results leaned heavily in favor, with about 72% voting yes out of 138 total votes. It's a small snapshot of early-2010s gaming forum culture, where community structure (and the demographics of who posted) got decided by casual polls like this one.

Should we add a girls section? Yes or no?— TuxifieD

Recruiting CS:S / CS 1.6 Coder

Fkn0wned put out a help-wanted ad for cheat coders — public work first, paid private gigs after.

A brief staff announcement in the Updates and Announcements section, posted by founder TuxifieD, calling for coders skilled in Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source to join the team. The offer laid out an unpaid trial period of public releases to prove skill before any paid private hack work would follow. Graphics crew member ZoaQ replied shortly after, though the visible content cuts off there.

You will be paid for all private hacks made however the private hack coder position does not come before proving your coding skills and providing free public hacks to the members.. thank you— TuxifieD

Scam Reports: How It Works

The rulebook for how Fkn0wned hunted down its own scammers

A pinned mod post by Shifty laying out the process for reporting scams in the Trading section: victims had to prove the scam with screenshots or chat logs, get verified by staff over MSN, and link the scammer's profile before a ban and IP logging into the site's Scammer List. It reflects the community's informal but earnest self-policing system, born from the risks of unregulated peer-to-peer trading without middlemen. A blunt warning was issued to would-be scammers that the staff would track them down.

This goes as a message to all the scammers here aswell. We will catch you.— Shifty

Staff Recruitment Thread

The day the admins put out a help-wanted sign for the cheat scene's front desk.

A Site News announcement inviting members to apply for staff positions on Fkn0wned, a gaming/cheat-scene forum active in the early 2010s. The thread ran to at least three pages, suggesting a decent amount of member interest or discussion around who should be trusted with moderation duties. It sits in the Site Related category alongside the site's rules, database of game cheats, and other admin-run housekeeping threads.

RAT/Trojan Warning Thread

The mods drop a warning about rats hiding in your downloads.

A staff/site notice posted in the Minor Updates section flagging concerns about RATs (Remote Access Trojans) circulating on the forum, likely bundled with shared cheats or tools. This kind of thread was a recurring feature of the site's culture — a reminder that the same community trading hacks and cheats was also constantly policing itself against malware smuggled in under the guise of 'free' downloads. The page itself is mostly site chrome and forum navigation, with the actual warning content trimmed, but the title alone captures the ever-present cat-and-mouse trust issue on cheat-scene forums.

Staff Updates - December 2009

Christmas week 2009: a demotion, a promotion, a new mystery warez site, and SpaZy getting roasted for a suspicious 'thanks' post.

Founder TuxifieD posted a staff roster shakeup two days before Christmas 2009, lamenting that no regular members were active enough to earn promotion. Elajes got dropped from the Graphics Crew, KZA was demoted from Admin to SMOD, ap3x was bumped up to SMOD for heavy moderation activity and donations, and lam3r joined the crew to help build an unreleased 'warez' site. The thread devolves into the usual staff-congratulating banter, with SpaZy getting gently mocked for randomly thanking people out of nowhere, and Mystik dropping an unrelated bid for a Crew promotion at the end.

So if you're a member and you want staff, you might want to pick up the pace.— TuxifieD

tux you forgot my promotion from banned to unbanned then to admin— SpaZy

coming from or going to the banned group is not a promotion.— ap3x

Welcome Anabolic Innovations to Fkn0wned!

The day fkn0wned got a supplement sponsor and the comments section demanded to know if the testimonials were 'complete bullshit'

Site founder TuxifieD announced a new sponsorship deal with supplement company Anabolic Innovations, touting their energy pill 'Motivate!' and offering forum-exclusive discount codes and a free sample subsection. Staff and members responded with a mix of genuine interest, skepticism, and jokes (one member likening the effects to 'legal cocaine'), while company reps TwinTowers ('Joe') and donoh jumped in to hype the products and answer questions directly. A brief side-thread broke down the supplement's ingredients, and international members lamented no shipping to their countries. It's a fairly typical era-appropriate forum sponsorship thread — equal parts advertising, community banter, and site economics.

aww i was pumped to get a great deal on some N.O Xplode nd Animal Pak, cuz i'm about out of both, but they only got their brands of products it seems. also is it just me or do the testimonials seem like complete bullshit?— ilbknownas1

Yes, legal cocaine! Nah all joking aside ima buy some of that— ABACABB

I'm Joe from Anabolic Innovations :) I'm so very glad to be here for you guys.— TwinTowers

Site Update: Gallery, NSFW Section, and VIP Tier Announced

Fkn0wned rolls out a brand-new gallery — NSFW, private nudes-for-nudes trading, and a VIP tier to boot.

An official site update posted by owner/CEO TuxifieD announcing the launch of the forum's new image gallery, broken into safe-for-work, not-safe-for-work, and an invite-only 'private' section for trading personal pictures, plus mentions of a Sig of the Week feature and a possible VIP tier for top contributors. It also notes that forum mods had been reinstalled after issues, with a promised fix to the points system. Replies are short, upbeat member reactions welcoming the changes — pretty typical low-key 2007 forum news post vibe.

Well lots of changes as always to fkn0wned.— TuxifieD

I like the Not safe for work section— bobbafett07

awsome man!!! Cant w8 for the mods to come— asshoel50

Mods Update/Additions & 1K Club Pitch (Nov 2007)

Fkn0wned reshuffles the site's guts — new gallery, a working 'hide' mod, and a pitch for 1K Club membership.

A staff announcement thread from November 2007 where site manager tKeR warns members that Fkn0wned would be undergoing mod installations and updates over a couple of days, with possible bugs to report via PM. Staff members TuxifieD and DCLXVI follow up with concrete additions: a new gallery feature and a functioning 'hide' mod that auto-unhides restricted content for staff and paying '1K Club' members. The thread doubles as a soft advertisement for the paid 1K Club membership tier.

We Moderate Your Fun!

start filling it up ladies!!!!— TuxifieD

you can purchase 1k club for a WHOLE MONTH for just $10.00— DCLXVI

November 1st Newsletter

The old crew drops a newsletter and everyone just shows up to say 'good to have you back'

A site-wide newsletter posted in the News + Site Updates section, with members trickling in over a few days to react. The tone is warm and low-key — people praising the update, joking about a weather mention, and expressing hope that returning members like 'prefek' would rejoin the crew. It reads as a small, community-affirming moment rather than any major event, capturing the everyday goodwill of the forum's regulars.

Great newsletter. It's good to see new updates!— Rebelz

nice newsletter and lol @ weather— PaRaNoID

wow this site is teh awsome . great work there shifteh— azerone

Where'd the Bank Go? (Points System Panic, Oct 2007)

The forum's points bank vanished overnight and everyone with 1000+ points had a mild heart attack.

A member named qwerty54 panics after the site's points/bank system disappears, fearing his nearly-1000 point balance is lost. Regulars and staff clarify that the board was reinstalled while admin Tux worked on plugins and mods, and that the points feature was simply missing from the current board style rather than actually deleted. Admin Shifty. reassures everyone the points are still stored server-side and hints at ongoing 'positive changes' to the site, while pointedly joking that a member named c0ke leaving is not one of them. The thread has a light, communal worry-then-relief tone typical of small forum outages, with a few members admitting they'd been hoarding points to trade for CS:S accounts.

Note: c0ke leaving isn't part of the positive changes ^^ so you don't get the wrong idea haha— Shifty.

phew, i had 3700 :tongue:— Legit_Hacks

well isnt that nice, lost like 3 accounts— Legit_Hacks

Unsubscribe from Mails & Other Stuff...

A guy just wants off the mailing list, a name change, and a crash course in hack-making — the admins? Nowhere to be found.

A member named FullSpeed3D (soon rebranding himself 'Jinx') posted a grab-bag support request: unsubscribing from forum emails wasn't working, he wanted a nickname change, and he asked how to get started making game hacks despite only knowing basic C++. The thread drifts from mild tech support into some good-natured ribbing about how slow and unresponsive the Fkn0wned admin team was, with regulars banak, pyeman, and InzaneHacker chiming in with advice and jabs at staff (including a running joke about admin 'Tux' never following through on promises). It's a small, low-stakes thread but a nice little time capsule of forum culture and staff-vs-member dynamics.

The admins are REALLY slow on FkN dude, when I say REALLY I mean REALLY!!— InzaneHacker

They will probably see it, they just dont give a fuck about it— InzaneHacker

Inzane is raged because the admins haven't changed his usergroup!— banak

Suggestion: Force Minimum Post Length to Cut Down on Spam

Someone wanted to ban 'lol' — and the thread that followed proved why that was doomed from the start

Member Legit_Hacks proposed borrowing a feature from the Steam forums that required posts to have at least 10 characters, hoping it would cut down on low-effort one-word replies like 'lol' and 'cool' cluttering the boards. Staff (DCLXVI) and regulars weighed in, suggesting the rule only apply outside the warez/porn/tutorial forums where quick approving replies were sometimes needed. The thread quickly devolved into members poking holes in the idea — pointing out '10 characters' is trivially easy to fake with spaces or filler text — while a few (rnie, bragamuffin, The Moose) cheered the suggestion anyway. It's a small, very of-its-era slice of forum governance debate: earnest, a little chaotic, and ultimately inconclusive by the time staff said they'd 'see what the admins think.'

yeah, and you can probably set that mod so its more or less than 10 characters.— Legit_Hacks

its to easily bypassed u can type lol then hold space then put a . and it will come out like this lol .— pyeman

theneverypostwouldlooklikethisandwouldtakeagestoreadandnobodywouldevenbothertryingtoreadit— pyeman

BANNED! — Pay-to-Unban Suggestion Thread

A member pitched paying cash to lift your own ban — staff weren't exactly sold on it.

In the Suggestions + Feedback board, member Famousss proposed letting banned users buy their way back onto Fkn0wned.com, with a supervisor's approval required first, as a way to filter out spammers while giving genuine mistakes a second chance. Other members quickly pointed out the obvious workaround (just change your name and IP), and Supervisor mr.N0Nam3 was skeptical anyone would actually pay. The thread meandered through a few pages of back-and-forth about scammers vs. innocent spammers before eventually being closed by staff over a year later.

actually this isn't a bad idea but i doubt anyone will pay to get their account unbanned.— mr.N0Nam3

You just change account name + Change ip and you can come back so why ?— blackxthink

Not everyone that have been banned, is banned because of scamming.— banak

wtf hide content... — the classic newbie confusion thread

A brand-new member gets stuck on every single 'Hide Content' wall — and gets told the secret in one line.

A newcomer (11 posts deep) hits the wall every early-2000s cheat forum member remembers: reply-to-unlock 'Hide Content' tags blocking scripts and downloads on every thread they open. A couple of regulars quickly explain the reply-to-reveal mechanic, and a mod-adjacent member shows up just to ask that the thread be closed. Mundane by design, it's a perfect little time capsule of forum culture and the low-stakes housekeeping that filled the Suggestions & Feedback board.

EVERY thread i looked in its been Hide Content. how can i get the stuff?— cLue^

Just post in that thread and you can see the content.— Renegade.MB

Close this nau plz.— The Moose

The 'Why Don't You Make a Hacking Category?' Suggestion

New member pitches a dedicated hacking forum — staff shuts it down fast, points to the exit (H4ck-y0u.org)

A newer member, FullSpeed3D, suggested Fkn0wned add a proper 'hacking' section for topics like cracking passwords and websites, arguing it would draw more visitors. Another member jokingly pointed him toward the site's affiliate H4ck-y0u.org instead. Staff member Peski-Ruski shot the idea down, explaining the site had already dealt with waves of kids wanting to 'hack shit' who just ended up banned, which FullSpeed3D took some offense to since he felt his suggestion was mischaracterized.

Show your work in the raging forum, and pray that people think you're something special and that somebody will actually give a shit.— Peski-Ruski

Check out fkn's affilate, H4ck-y0u.org (<--click it)— bobbafett07

I didn't said I want to hack. I just suggested you guys to make such a category.— FullSpeed3D

Post-for-Prizes Contest, BF4 Cheat Launch, and a New Coder Joins the Team

Get paid to post, grab the new Battlefield 4 hack, and meet the site's newest coder — all in one owner update.

A site-wide announcement from owner TuxifieD laying out several updates at once: a new 'Post for Prizes' contest rewarding active posters with cash and VIP cheat access, the public release of a Battlefield 4 hack, the launch of a fuller-featured BF4 hack over on sister site cheatsinc.com, and the recruitment of Ogashdro as a new coder for the team. There's also a minor cosmetic update about a new forum skin in testing. The tone is upbeat and promotional, classic 'staff keeping the community engaged' energy typical of this era of the site.

Just a few updates for everyone.— TuxifieD

You will be paid to post basically.— TuxifieD

cheatsinc.com and fkn0wned.com welcome Ogashdro to our team as a coder.— TuxifieD

VIP Sale, $40 Lifetime Offer

The classic '$40 lifetime VIP' promo thread — half hype, half people begging PayPal to clear in time.

A Site News announcement pushing a limited-time $40 lifetime VIP subscription deal, running until February 5, 2013. The replies are mostly members hyping the sale, joking around, and one user worried whether his pending PayPal payment would clear before the deadline. Staff (including admin PopTart) confirmed the end date, while regular VIPs and a 1K Club member chimed in with lighthearted banter.

It's my money and I need it nowwwwwwwww!— blksith0

buybuybuybuybuybuypurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase— zanderdanmark

Ends on Feb 5th.— PopTart

Fkn0wned Upgrades to IPB 4.0

Fkn0wned gets a facelift — owner TuxifieD rolls out the IPB 4.0 upgrade and asks for GFX volunteers

Site owner TuxifieD announced a software upgrade to IPB 4.0, giving the forum a fresh look while skins and mods were still being worked on. He asked members to report any bugs they found. A handful of members chimed in with approval, and a couple offered to help with graphic design, with GFX Manager Monster welcoming the assistance.

I decided to update to give everyone a fresh new look.— TuxifieD

yes please— Monster

Great new look bro— crepana77

Music Section Introduced!

The day fkn0wned finally got a place to talk chords instead of cheats.

An admin announcement from ap3x rolling out a new 'Music -beta-' subforum under Art & Design, meant for music theory, self-composition, and general music talk. The reception was warm and low-key — a handful of regulars thanked staff for listening to a long-requested feature, with a bit of light debate over whether it belonged under Art & Design or deserved its own top-level forum. A minor but fondly-remembered quality-of-life update for the community.

Now get postin everyone.— Emrys

I'm glad that you've read the requests and made the section. :D— Pestilence

Music is art that's why it's there.— mystical1

Try More Instead of Always a No: Members vs Staff on Subforum Ideas

One VIP called out staff for shooting down every forum idea — and got a very Fkn0wned reply back

A June 2011 suggestions-board thread where VIP member Fopje argued that staff rejected too many member-proposed subforum ideas (a porn section, literature section, automotive section, video editing section, deals section, and removing porn from the shoutbox) without giving them a trial run. Staff moderator Emrys pushed back, saying most ideas were rejected for good reason — lack of resources, past bad experience, or simply not being viable. Other members chimed in with mixed takes, someone suggested member polls instead of unilateral staff decisions, and a tangent about porn in the shoutbox got shut down as off-topic. A fairly mundane but characteristic bit of forum governance grumbling from the site's community.

If I have a look to this section, I think 95% of all the ideas get a no.— Fopje

no lol :biggrin: Quite honestly though, 95% are no because they aren't good enough ideas to give a beta, or they aren't possible.— Emrys

No is the best answer !!!— Skyrim

September Donation Drive

TuxifieD asks fkn0wned's 80,000+ members to open their wallets — for glory, colored names, and maybe some gifts.

A pinned announcement thread from site owner TuxifieD launching a donation drive to fund upgrades for fkn0wned.com. Top donors were promised a special donation-colored username and forum tag, with a vague possibility of extra gifts, plus mention in the weekly newsletter sent to the site's claimed 80,000+ member base. The thread opens with zero donations logged and an early reply from longtime crew member AKULA.

We want to buy some new things for fkn0wned to help it grow and for you all to love it even more.— TuxifieD

WE HAVE NO DONATIONS YET— TuxifieD

Kimmi's Sticky: Rules & Tools for Buying/Selling Steam Accounts

The pinned Market Place guide every fkn0wned trader had to read before flipping a Steam account.

A locked, stickied post from senior mod Kimmi laying out the Market Place's expectations for anyone buying or selling Steam accounts on the forum. It points members to third-party SteamID/CommunityID lookup tools, tells sellers what info to disclose (games, VAC status, account age, screenshots) and what to hide from screenshots to avoid accounts getting disabled, and reiterates the hard rule that you needed 100 posts before starting a trade thread. It's less a discussion than an official reference thread — pure early-2010s cheat-scene marketplace bureaucracy, back when trading game accounts on forums was routine business.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 100 POSTS BEFORE MAKING A THREAD IN MARKET PLACE!— Kimmi

Make sure you have secured the account long enough so it will NOT get recovered/disabled.— Kimmi

Fkn0wned Needs You! (Topsites Vote Drive)

The one where the head admin begged everyone to click a topsites banner to keep fkn0wned alive

A News + Updates post from founding admin [FkN] Bisdale asking the community to vote for the site on a topsites list to boost traffic. It's an early, low-drama housekeeping thread from the site's first days in mid-2006, with member [FkN] ICE} chiming in that the site had already climbed to #3 on the list. A small snapshot of forum growing pains and community boosterism from fkn0wned's early history.

Fkn0wned needs you now and more then ever!— [FkN] Bisdale

#3 already. Nice.— [FkN] ICE}

Support Forums Launched (2006)

The day FkN0wned finally told the nubs where to go — politely, for once.

Head Admin Bisdale announces the creation of a dedicated Support subforum after staff were flooded with PMs asking for hacking help. Members are directed to read the CSS Hacking FAQ first, then post in the new support forum if issues persist. A member replies approvingly, hoping it will cut down on redundant help threads cluttering the board.

So with the number of PM's the [FkN] staff and I have been getting I thought it was time to make a support section.— [FkN] Bisdale

good now the noobs can stop making unnecessary threads— kolaN^

Recruiting CS 1.6 Moderators

The day Fkn0wned admitted their staff was all CSS players and went looking for some 1.6 blood.

Head Admin [FkN] Bisdale posted an official staff-recruitment call in the News + Updates section, noting the site's moderation team was mostly CSS-focused and needed dedicated CS 1.6 moderators. Requirements included hacking/technical familiarity with CS 1.6, proven forum activity, and a daily time commitment, with a stern note against PM-begging for the role. One early applicant, rhion82, replied touting years of legit CS 1.6 experience and free time to dedicate.

Please do not PM me begging for a position. Only apply if you are 100% serious and can fit all the criteria.— [FkN] Bisdale

I love to play cs legit and no hacks.— rhion82

Programming Rules (pinned by PopTart)

The fine print that kept the Programming subforum from becoming a malware dumping ground.

A locked, pinned rules post for the Programming subforum under Tech & Security, posted by longtime staffer PopTart in December 2009. It lays out standard forum conduct (no flaming, no spam threads, respect for staff, no referral-link spam) plus section-specific rules requiring sourced code, code boxes, and mandatory inclusion of source when sharing executables. Notably, it explicitly permitted posting viruses, trojans, and keyloggers as non-executable code/source for educational or research purposes, reflecting the site's cheat-scene, security-curious culture while trying to keep a lid on outright malware distribution.

Virus, Trojans and Key-logger's are fine to be posted here, just not in any type of executable form.— PopTart

This stops any attempt to introduce malware.— PopTart

Points? — what the FkN forum points actually did

Turns out those forum points could once be cashed out for real PayPal money — until the shop mysteriously closed.

A member asks the classic newbie question: what are these forum 'points' actually for, and are they worth anything? Replies explain that points once functioned as a currency tied to a now-closed 'points shop,' where 1000 points reportedly converted to $10 PayPal cash, though nobody seems sure when (or if) it would reopen. It's a small, mundane thread, but a nice time capsule of the site's old economy/reward system and the shrug-emoji uncertainty typical of forum admin follow-through.

basically there was a time where the fkn points shop was open and 1000 points was worth 10$ credited to your paypal. the shop is closed atm but i think it is scheduled to be re-opened soetime— jonneh28

money!— adriandvinsk

Who Made This Site's Skin? Crediting Niggorex for fkn0wned's Design

A member asks where fkn0wned got its slick forum skin — and gets a name-drop that survives to this day.

A regular member asks in General Discussion whether anyone knows good IPB (Invision Power Board) stylesheets, praising the site's design and asking for links. A staff member ('Arcade') replies simply to search Google for IPB templates and credits the site's design to a crew member known as Niggorex. It's a short, mundane housekeeping-style thread rather than drama, but it preserves a small piece of forum lore about who built the site's look.

Does anyone know any good style sheets for IPB. Just wondering because I know this site is graphically godly.— googlu

This site was made by Niggorex of the crew.— Arcade

Please Read This Before Posting - Entertainment Section Rules

The rulebook for fkn0wned's shady 'Games' subforum — read or get warned, repeat or get banned.

A pinned rules post by Shifty (an early, high-numbered member with a huge post count) laying out formatting and conduct requirements for the Games board under the Red Light District category. It spells out a warning/ban system for posts lacking proper titles, descriptions, hidden download links, or that involve requesting, spamming, disrespect, or complaining. The tone is classic mid-2000s forum moderation: strict, transactional, and gated toward paying 'donators' for extra privileges.

Welcome to Fkn0wned.com - We Moderate Your Fun!

NO complaining. Be grateful of what is posted. If you want private passwords/media, join the donators.— Shifty

NEED TO CHANGE: forum skin complaint gets roasted

One guy blamed the forum skin for his slow internet — the whole board roasted him for it.

A member with a shaky grasp of English complained that Fkn0wned's forum skin was slow and demanded it be changed, insisting his own connection was fine. Staff and veteran members piled on, mocking his internet speed instead of taking the complaint seriously. The thread was eventually closed by staff as a non-issue, a small but classic example of how suggestion threads often ended on this forum.

get new internet...— miLLer

Sucks. Mine loads on 8 seconds. When cache is deleted, so my pen0r is biiig!— The Moose