Off-Topic Gold
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Fraps 2.9.1 Cracked!
A cracked screen-recorder upload turns into a two-month chorus of 'ty' and dead-link pleas.
In the Red Light District's Software subforum, member blackxthink posted a cracked copy of the screen-recording tool Fraps 2.9.1 in late 2007, later dropping a replacement Megaupload link when the first died. The thread ran from November 2007 into January 2008 with over a dozen members chiming in, mostly one-word thanks, hype, and requests to 'unhide' the download link. It's a small but classic slice of the forum's warez-sharing culture, low on drama but full of the low-effort bump culture typical of these download threads.
God is a Girl!— Megabyte
fucking a i need this to work— CobraSkin
I love you— Loucouss
BitDefender Total Security 2008 giveaway/share thread
A 2007 antivirus promo post that somehow got half the forum saying 'ty' and 'w00t'
A member named corbalz posted a promotional rundown of BitDefender Total Security 2008 in the Software subforum of the Red Light District section, touting its antivirus, firewall, anti-phishing, and 'Gamer Mode' features. The replies are almost entirely short, low-effort thank-you posts from a rotating cast of regulars ('thx', 'ty', 'w00t'), typical of cheat-scene download/share threads where the actual content mattered less than bumping the post count. Nothing controversial happens here — it's a pretty ordinary snapshot of forum culture circa late 2007, full of Xfire handles, warn-system icons, and CS 1.6/CS:S players killing time between matches.
finally now thats an anti virus!!!!— abusayaff
ty so much i love you im gay— briballdo
Omfg is it realli betteh than kasperzky?— Ezku
Lock My PC 4.5.1.671 release thread
A moderator drops a PC-locking utility and the comments immediately worry about locking yourself out after a night on the piss.
A software-sharing thread in the Red Light District's Software subforum where longtime moderator DCLXVI posted a cracked/download copy of the utility 'Lock My PC', which locks a Windows machine's keyboard, mouse, and CD drive until a password is entered. The post lists the program's feature set in detail and includes the usual hidden rapidshare link plus password gate typical of warez-sharing threads from this era. Replies are short and casual — jokes about forgetting your password after drinking, LAN party use, and one user mentioning they'd previously used the trial version. A quiet, low-drama utility-sharing thread typical of the forum's Software section.
spewing if you forget the password after one night one the piss ahaha— jcomp6
Nice, now NO-ONE can touche mah computah<3— InzaneHacker
nice! I used this before -untill my trail ran out. thanks— AveLoN
Proxy Finder 1.9 Cracked!
A cracked proxy-scraper tool, a wall of 'nice' spam, and a kid excited to use it for school.
A May 2007 thread in the Red Light District > Software section sharing a cracked copy of a tool that scraped and filtered free public proxy servers. Reception was the usual low-effort forum churn: quick thanks, a couple of one-word bumps, one infamous post from albert90 repeating 'nice' hundreds of times, and a running joke suggestion to just proxy through Google. Notable regulars like laptops (of the '1000 Club') and the eventually-banned G.T. and retarded_elephant69 dropped by, giving a snapshot of the community's mix of long-time posters and members later banned.
this will come in handy for school— Reenks
google.com is a good place to proxy— ynaggo
nice nice nice nice nice nice nice...— albert90
Demonoid Invite Auction: starting from 2PTS!!!
Back when a couple Demonoid invite codes were basically forum currency, up for grabs at a 2-point starting bid.
A short-lived auction thread in the Trading > Auctions section where user Famousss put up two Demonoid invite codes for bidding, starting at 2 points with a strict midnight UK deadline. It's a tiny, mundane slice of the site's trading economy — invite codes for the then-hard-to-join private tracker Demonoid were valuable enough to auction off for forum points. The thread got barely any traction, with one low bid and a moderator note about improper posting before it fizzled out.
2, thats right, TWO demonoid invites, one for your self maybe and one to sell prehaps....— Famousss
5 pnts— milkrulz04
You are not posting correctly, please report with ...— TuxifieD
How to Make an Ultimate Smokebomb From Easy-to-Get Materials
A random off-topic DIY tutorial that somehow ran four pages of teenage 'ty's and 'lemme see's
A member called sammo posted a non-original tutorial for making a homemade smokebomb in the Random Tuts subforum, a corner of Fkn0wned.Com (a mid-2000s CS 1.6/CS:S 'cheat scene' gaming forum) dedicated to random how-tos unrelated to hacking. The thread stretched to four pages mostly through low-effort replies thanking the OP or asking to see the method, typical of the era's forum culture. No real drama or notable dispute here — just a snapshot of the site's Off-Topic section humming along with its usual mix of curious, bored teenage members.
This ain't mine.— sammo
Hehe, letz see how this one is done— chooken
I rather know how to make big bang saying stuff but ok— {}JuNNeZ{}
How to Confuse Your Friends - Random Tuts Thread (Page 17)
A one-line prank tutorial that somehow kept fkn0wned members clicking 'unhide' for 17 pages straight.
This is the tail end of a long-running Random Tuts thread built around a simple computer prank meant to mess with friends, originally teased by a poster who deliberately hid the actual instructions behind spoiler tags to bait replies. By page 17 the original trick had long since become an afterthought — the thread turned into a low-effort bump train of new members posting 'unhide' just to reveal the hidden content, with a scattering of one-word reactions, thanks, and someone calling it a 'waste of topic.' It's a good snapshot of the classic forum spoiler-bait format and the churn of Noob-ranked members joining just to see what the fuss was about.
This is quite easy to do, and fun! I pissed my friend off so bad with it. xD.
waste of topic...— FreeRRsStB
is everything hidden here?— Kisioj
XP Secrets, random things
A guy posts hidden Windows XP 'secrets,' and half the board just replies 'ty' without even reading them
A December 2007 thread in the Random Tuts section where user Pr0wL3r454 shared a list of obscure Windows XP tips and tricks, hidden behind a spoiler tag. The thread became a classic low-effort reply chain, with dozens of members posting little more than 'ty', 'unhide', or 'let's see' just to unlock the hidden content. A staff member briefly chimed in with approval, but otherwise it's a pure snapshot of forum-era spoiler-tag culture and drive-by posting.
These are just some random secrets you might not know about the XP OS.— Pr0wL3r454
if the hide thing dosent work, somebody fix it for me.— Pr0wL3r454
Good find.— Peski-Ruski
Explosives/Bombs Tutorial Thread
chooken drops a hidden 'explosives/bombs' tut and half the board lines up just to peek at it
A 2007 thread in the Random Tuts subforum where member chooken posted a tutorial (behind spoiler/hidden tags, as was typical for this board) about explosives/bombs. The bulk of the thread is dozens of members replying with the obligatory 'unhide' or 'thanks' one-liners just to reveal the content, a common ritual on tutorial threads at the time. No real discussion or drama unfolds — it's a straightforward, low-effort bump-fest typical of the Random Tuts section.
Have fun— chooken
time to blow up some stuff ;]— DudeNo
thanks i love to haave fun wif bombs— milkrulz04
HOW TO USE HEADPHONES FOR MIC
A goofy old life-hack tutorial that somehow ran three pages of one-word replies
A tutorial thread in Fkn0wned.com's Off-Topic 'Random Tuts' section explaining how to rig headphones to work as a makeshift microphone. This page is the tail end (page 3) of the thread, packed almost entirely with short reply-and-thanks posts from a rotating cast of low-post-count members reacting with confusion, sarcasm, or gratitude. Nobody really discusses the method itself here — it's just the classic forum tail of 'ty', 'lol', and 'wtf' replies that padded out an old tutorial thread.
no idea what this means but okay...— Marc347
how does this work!?!— mud1337
wtf— wikipediaman
Bidvertiser 'Make $100 A Day' Hustle Thread
Bidvertiser hustle promises: click here, cash out, repeat — one guy swears he already pulled $100.
A 2007 thread in Fkn0wned's Random Tuts subforum where user Captin_55 pitches a get-rich-quick scheme built around ad-click referral sites (naming Bidvertiser specifically), claiming easy per-click and per-referral payouts and a personal $100 withdrawal as proof. The replies are the classic mix of curiosity, skepticism about low per-click rates, and a member admitting to trying proxy/privoxy tricks to click their own ads without success. A brief flare-up occurs when banned user pronatic drops a hostile one-liner, prompting a moderator (AKULA) to threaten a ban. Most other posts are short, low-effort 'unhide'/'ill try it' replies typical of tutorial threads chasing hidden content.
I am sure you guys can get at least 10 people making you a sexy $130!! I will post screenshot of how much I have made ... I just withdrew $100 =)— Captin_55
GTFO you dumb whore fuck you!— pronatic
And pronatic if you say that again your getting banned, your lucky I don't have permission to ban you in this section— AKULA
Faster Firefox tweak guide
One about:config tweak thread and half the forum showed up just to crack jokes about speedhacks.
A member posted a Firefox performance tweak guide in the Random Tuts subforum back in July 2007, the kind of browser-optimization post common on tech-adjacent gaming forums of the era. Replies ranged from genuine thanks to jokes comparing the speed boost to a 'speedhack,' plus the usual forum noise like song lyrics and someone pointing out duplicate threads already existed. A banned member (Dominator) chimed in with a caution that the tweak could mess with Firefox.
my firefox is speed like im using speedhack well done man— jorskobe
be aware, this can also mess up firefox dude— tracyfan_1
lol theres loads of threads about this— laptops
SNES Emulator + 800 ROMs (Red Light District bump thread)
A guy dumps an SNES emulator with 800 ROMs in the Red Light District, and the whole thread turns into a two-page thank-you parade
A page-two tail end of a Red Light District 'Games' thread where someone shared an SNES emulator bundled with 800 ROMs. Most of the visible activity is just members dropping quick one-liner thanks ('lol', 'ty', 'woot', 'unhide') across late Feb through March 2008, a classic warez-board bump pattern rather than any real discussion. No drama here, just a steady trickle of regulars checking in to grab retro games.
wooooooooo sexy tiem!— llamahat
fucking rawr— vermiLLion
Whoa. Hope it works.— laserbee
Gears of War PC Download Mirrors Thread
A 2008 Gears of War PC download thread that's mostly one-word 'thanks' posts from forum regulars
Posted in the Red Light District > Games subforum in March 2008, this thread by user abstract1337 offered a batch of download mirrors for the Games for Windows release of Gears of War, complete with the standard promotional blurb and system requirements. The rest of the thread is a string of short replies from other members ('thanks', 'nice!', 'wow', 'looky see') acknowledging the links, typical of the low-effort bump culture around game-sharing threads on Fkn0wned. Nothing dramatic happened here — it's a quiet, everyday snapshot of the site's warez/games trading scene.
Ive yet to play this game, ive heard its the shit.— Woosta
lets have a look thankyou— Nutt
unhide— Nagger30
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 RapidShare Drop
A 2007 warez-thread relic: one member's RapidShare share of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, and nine 'thx unhide' replies to prove it.
This is a Red Light District > Games thread from October 2007 where member AcidViper posted a RapidShare release link for Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, cover art and all. The rest of the thread is the classic pattern of the era: a string of low-effort 'thanks', 'nice', and 'unhide' replies from other members just trying to reveal the hidden download content, with zero actual discussion of the game itself. It's a small, unremarkable but very representative snapshot of the pirated-games subculture that thrived in this part of the forum.
Take me on.— AcidViper
unhide— craigp123
nice!!!!!— djcool007
Spiderman 3 Sharing Thread — the RapidShare Complaint Ritual
A Spiderman 3 sharing thread that turned into the forum's favorite pastime: dogpiling on RapidShare links
A short-lived thread in the Red Light District's Games subforum where user pyeman apparently posted a Spiderman 3 file/link in 2007. The real content of the thread is the running gag that follows: multiple members repeatedly beg for anything hosted somewhere other than RapidShare, poking fun at the host's slow download speeds and paywalls. A few thank-yous and one-word replies trickle in over the following months, and one participant (p0mp) later shows up marked as Banned.
plz no rapidshare— meghal
anything but RS— pewpewpew
fux rs bitch!— p0mp
GTA: San Andreas >600MB ONLY< compressed download thread
One compressed GTA:SA download, five pages of "ty", "unhide", and one guy's CRC error nobody could fix.
A classic Red Light District file-share thread offering a squeezed-down (>600MB) copy of GTA: San Andreas, the kind of post that kept warez-adjacent gaming forums alive in the mid-2000s. By page 5 it's mostly a long tail of members bumping the thread with 'ty', 'unhide', and 'gimme' just to reveal hidden download content, plus one user (rogersyahooman) hitting a corrupt archive/CRC error while extracting the files. Banned member Millishka still drops by to say thanks, a small reminder of how these threads outlived their original posters and mods.
The file is corrupt— rogersyahooman
open sesame!!!— mcage
gimme!— songahm
SWAT 4 Download Thread
One rapidshare link, six pages of forum members just saying 'thx' and 'legend' to Guru.
A game-sharing thread in the Games section (filed oddly under 'Red Light District') where user Guru posted a download/crack link for SWAT 4 spread across a big file host and a smaller crack archive. The replies are the usual low-effort forum filler of the era — one-word hype, skepticism about whether the link actually works, and someone asking why it wasn't hosted on RapidShare. Nothing dramatic here, just a typical file-sharing thread from Gametration's cheat/games community circa 2007.
ur a legend guru— Jebus AUS
no rapidshare? sounds good— Nighthawk
unhide ?— pyeman
FIFA 2008 Download Release Thread
A one-line download post that racked up a page of 'ty man' — peak 2007 forum energy.
A member named laptops posted a download link for FIFA 2008 in the Red Light District > Games section, part of the forum's warez/downloads subforum. The thread quickly filled with short one- or two-word replies thanking the poster ('ty man', 'n1', 'thanks'), typical of release threads on this board. No real discussion, drama, or technical detail — just a steady stream of gratitude from a wide cross-section of the community's regulars over about two weeks in late September/October 2007.
n1 laptops, ive been waiting for ages ty man— Afreak
Thanks Laptops— cedars
Ooo sexy— steveo460
Unreal Tournament 3 Rapidshare Links Thread
Forty-odd replies deep, half the thread is just people saying 'ty' for a UT3 download nobody could still get to work.
A late-2007/early-2008 thread in the Games sub-forum of Fkn0wned's Red Light District where someone posted Rapidshare links to Unreal Tournament 3. The bulk of this second page is a long chain of one-line 'thanks', 'nice', and 'still work?' replies as members tried the links, with at least one report that most of the download parts had already gone dead by December 2007. It's a snapshot of classic mid-2000s warez-forum culture — link-sharing, Xfire handles in every signature, and members hyping their newly acquired 'prem accounts' for premium file hosts.
Um only the info file is active, all other links are dead— jbertram
I FUCKING LOVE UNREAL TOURNAMENT— Anexxion
AWESOME, since we now have prem accounts (most of us)— Anexxion
F.E.A.R Rapidshare Game Share Thread
Someone posted a Rapidshare link for F.E.A.R. in 2007 and the thank-you spam never stopped.
A simple game-sharing thread in the Red Light District > Games section where -Shikari- posted a Rapidshare link and blurb for the 2005 shooter F.E.A.R. The replies are the classic forum-era pattern: a wall of one-line 'ty', 'thx', 'unlock', and 'gotta luv dis game' posts from members racking up post counts rather than real discussion. Notable mostly as a time capsule of the site's game-download culture and its member roster rather than for any drama.
scary game o.O— asshoel50
going to fear the shiT out of me :/^^— .:BaTmAn:.
fear is a tight ass game— truce07
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy game download thread
A 2007 staffer drops a Jedi Academy download link and the thread turns into a lightsaber-shaped nostalgia trip.
A staff member named HaSh posted a RapidShare-style release of Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy in the Games subforum of the Red Light District section, complete with box art and a copy-pasted game description. Replies were the typical low-effort warez-thread chorus: thanks, requests to 'unhide' the download links, and comments about whether laptops could run it. Nothing dramatic happened — just a small, friendly slice of late-2000s forum life where members traded old PC games.
Holy crap! My laptop can definitely run this. Thanks alot. =)— Sith_Anakin
Mad fun game tbh. definitely worth it. oh btw, unhide lol— Big Smoke
Very nice, I likey.— DJSketch
[RS.com] The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
A Rapidshare drop for Oblivion turns into a 3-page love letter to user Guru.
A download-sharing thread in the Red Light District's Games subforum, posted by member Guru offering an RS.com (Rapidshare) link set for The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. The thread ran to three pages mostly filled with short thank-yous and praise for Guru's link posts, plus one appearance from staff member Fluffman. Typical of the era's warez/game-sharing culture on the forum, with a banned member (VWA-Dynasty) still chiming in.
Way too many linkz, lol.— Killz0rzz
Oh god. I love you.— Cornbread
nice work guru as always— VWA-Dynasty
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men download thread
A 2007 game-share thread that's basically 40 people saying 'ty' and begging for reup links
A late-2007/early-2008 thread in the Games section where user dark_skillz posted download links (via an image/hidden content) for the Kane & Lynch: Dead Men game. The rest of the thread is the classic forum leech pattern: dozens of members dropping quick 'ty', 'thx', 'w00t' replies, a few asking how many links or parts were needed, one member reporting graphics issues while playing, and a stray accusation that a poster's content was 'fake' demanding a ban. Nothing dramatic, just a snapshot of the site's everyday file-sharing culture and its low-effort bump culture.
please dont be RS links— soad11789
Admin ban this player.This is fake!!!— F.E.A.R.
How many links :$— Stev0
[MU] Call of Duty: Black Ops - SKIDROW + Update 1to6 + Zombie
The Black Ops warez thread that just kept getting bumped with 'ty' for half a year straight.
A Red Light District > Games release thread where crew member duckbutta posted a SKIDROW-cracked copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops, complete with the classic SKIDROW ASCII NFO, install notes, and scene greetings, then followed up over the following weeks with multiple game updates (1 through 6) and a Zombies solo mode enabler. The thread ran across three pages from November 2010 into mid-2011, mostly filled with one-word 'ty'/'thanks' replies from members unlocking the hidden download links, plus the occasional gripe about limited zombie maps or download size. Admin PopTart dropped by to praise the share, giving a small glimpse of forum hierarchy in action.
i ride upon thine nuts sir tyvm /bow— thatguyjosh
i hope this isnt like 80 1gb downloads— knukz
But it is having only 2 maps zobie:(— ZeuS
Trackmania Nations Full Game Download Thread
A free racing game drops in the Games forum and half the replies are just people saying 'unhide' to see the link
A 2007 thread in the Red Light District > Games subforum where user wickedSICK (posting under the name DOSEr) shared a full download of Trackmania Nations, the free stunt-racing game with the Stadium environment and online ladder. The thread mostly consists of members thanking the poster, giving rep, and posting 'unhide' to reveal the hidden download content — typical of forum download threads that gated content behind a reply requirement. It drew replies over several months from mid-2007 into what was likely early 2008, showing steady casual traffic on the board.
cool this is a good game to burn up time with thank you very much you deserve some rep!— godofwhore
nice a racing game unhide— snuffz
love u for that mate thanks— .:BaTmAn:.
Final Fantasy VII PC Rip Thread — Classic 'Unhide' Warez Culture
A PC rip of a PS1 classic drops in the Red Light District, and half the replies are just people begging to see the hidden content.
A 2007 thread in Fkn0wned's Red Light District > Games subforum where user HaSh posted a Rapidshare-hosted rip of Final Fantasy VII, padded out with a copy-pasted Wikipedia blurb about the game's history and sales. The thread is a classic example of the 'hide tags' era of warez forums, with a long tail of members chiming in over two months just to say 'unhide' or express low-effort excitement ('ZOMFG?!', 'sexy', 'nice ty'). No real drama or discussion of the game itself — it's pure download-thread etiquette from the late-2000s scene.
unhide the leetness— xnarath
ZOMFG?!— pewpewpew
Now if only you can get ff8 too— Pr0wL3r454
Massive List of Tycoon Games (Reply-to-Unlock Thread)
Six pages of forum regulars saying thanks for a giant tycoon-game download list nobody can actually see anymore.
This was a long-running Red Light District thread on Fkn0wned.com where the original poster (Kiingy) shared a big compiled list of tycoon-genre PC games, hidden behind a 'reply to unlock' spoiler tag typical of the era's warez/downloads boards. The bulk of this final page is just members replying with quick thanks, hides, and one-liners to unlock the hidden list, plus a bit of the usual off-topic banter and inside jokes in signatures. Nothing dramatic happens here — it's a pure nostalgia snapshot of low-effort 'thanks unlock' reply culture on a mid-2000s gaming/cheats forum.
Absolutley Massive List Of Tycoon Games. Just Reply To See The Enormous List. Enjoy,— ofactor1 (quoting Kiingy)
I hope they have Prison Tycoon— kozmik
yippe now i can bring out my inner control freak— godofwhore
Empire Earth III Rapidshare Release Thread
A Rapidshare drop for Empire Earth III turns into a nostalgic pile-on of one-word 'thanks' posts.
This was a release-sharing thread in the Games subforum of the Red Light District section, where user asshoel50 posted a promotional writeup (complete with garbled machine-translated game description and system requirements) for Empire Earth III, framed as a Rapidshare release under the 'RELOADED' scene-group tag. The rest of the thread is a long string of short replies from members thanking the poster, reminiscing about the Empire Earth / Age of Empires series, or just posting one-word approvals. Nothing dramatic happens — it's a typical low-effort but well-trafficked warez-sharing thread typical of the era's game piracy subforums.
o i love empire earth!— corbalz
nice i love age of empires— nightsh4d
unihde thx— Skorpian
GTA Mega-Thread: 'Unhide Plz' Culture in Action
A GTA download mega-thread so long it hit 10 pages of 'unhide plz' and 'thx'
This was page 10 of a sprawling mega-thread in the Games sub-forum collecting downloads for the Grand Theft Auto series. By this point the thread had devolved into a long tail of one-line replies — mostly members asking to unhide the hidden content or dropping quick thanks. It's a good snapshot of the era's forum culture, where 'unhide' replies were the price of entry to see download links, padding thread lengths for months.
unhide!— Prof_Oak
ZOMG thanks— Greatness
dude thats awesome, thanks— Someone510
[RS] Hacker Evolution 2007
A guy shares a hacking sim, forgets the password, and half the thread is just people waiting for it
A member named Emrys posted a release-share (RS) thread for the 2007 game 'Hacker Evolution', an exoSyphen title where players simulate being a hacker breaking into servers and stealing money/identities. The thread is a classic low-effort download-share: a short pitch, a bunch of one-word 'thanks'/'nice'/'awesome' replies, a minor comedy beat where the poster initially forgot to include the password and had to follow up, and a straggler asking for a serial. Nothing dramatic happened — it's a snapshot of routine file-sharing culture in the Red Light District > Games subforum, populated by regular low-to-mid post-count members.
Er whats the password lol?— Stev0
Ok, I am sorry I forgot to include the Password lol— Emrys
When playing an exoSyphen game you skip meals and sleep less so you can play more.— Emrys
This kid is really angry
A random Xfire rando raged at 'Jaska^' for absolutely no reason — and got trolled into oblivion.
Posted in the 'Other Raging' subforum, member -Still Life- shared an Xfire chat log where an unidentified angry user ('|ΰҜς|ςζ|vετεяλŋ') hurled generic insults at forum regular [FkN]Jaska^ with no stated reason. Jaska^ calmly needled him with deadpan questions until the kid, apparently flustered, blurted out a name and a link claiming to be his own picture. A replying member quickly cast doubt on whether the photo/name was even real. Classic mid-2000s flame-log posting for laughs, low stakes, pure comedic bait-and-troll energy.
go fuck yourself you fucking bitch— |ΰҜς|ςζ|vετεяλŋ
are you all out of generic insults?— [FkN]Jaska^
rofl, thats not gstarbadboy, no1 goes round saying, tell everyone im a faggot. lol.— Sickenin!!!!
Faget 12 year old KIDS: 2007 chat log troll thread
A poster shares a chat log mocking a 12-year-old who insisted a stranger was his 'brother' — pure 2007 internet cringe theater.
In the 'Other Raging' subforum, user sweetkilla posted a lengthy pasted IM/chat conversation mocking a young member (going by 'Divine Killer') who was pleading with another user to reconnect him with someone he considered a 'brother' figure, only to be relentlessly trolled, insulted, and threatened. The log escalates into empty threats about IP addresses, home addresses, and general juvenile chaos typical of the era's forum raging culture. Replies are short and dismissive, with one member just asking which party in the log was the '12 year old faggot' being referenced. It's a snapshot of the forum's harsh, jokingly cruel social dynamics and the mockery culture aimed at younger or more naive users.
I WANT MY BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— Đıvıиε Ҝıllεя
eat the dirt— |FI| Str8killa F0r Lif3
which one is the 12 year old faggot?— knobjockey
FkN BT Internets! (2007 UK broadband rant)
A guy paid 4x his bill for internet that resets itself daily — cue the pile-on and eventual gravedigging.
A December 2007 rant thread where member Famousss vents about British Telecom (BT) broadband — a flaky 'home hub,' throttled speeds, and a bill way higher than quoted. It spirals into a casual UK ISP comparison (BT vs Virgin vs Be), a harsh 'kill yourself' joke that got deflected with laughs rather than a real fight, and fizzles out with off-topic jabs before a mod closes it a month later for being gravedigged.
DONT GO FOR BT WHEN U WANT INTERNETS— Famousss
You just fail at life. Suicide is the only option.— acv1released
LOLINMYHEAD— Famousss
Games which require 1gb ram
The classic '2007 PC upgrade panic' thread — Dell hate, sdram gripes, and one guy flexing 3 gigs of RAM.
Darkchaos556 kicks off a rant about newer games demanding 1GB RAM and beefier CPUs, blaming his Dell's cheap SDRAM for being un-upgradeable. The thread turns into a casual back-and-forth about Dell's reputation, hardware upgrades, and preinstalled bloatware/spyware gripes, with members comparing RAM specs. It fizzles into a slow trickle of bumps months later, capped off by a mod telling a late poster to stop bumping old threads.
This new wave of games all require 1 gb ram, yet 1.4 ghz cpu power! I mean what the fuck— Darkchaos556
i got 3gigabytes of RAM— .:BaTmAn:.
Stop bumping threads Trance144.— bobbafett07
School (Rants and Raves, Jan 2008)
A teenager's caps-lock meltdown over school internet filters turns into a comparing-notes session on getting around campus web blocks — including the fact that Fkn0wned itself got banned at some schools.
Member hunterbrute224 opens with an all-caps rant about hating school, blocked websites, and boring teachers, venting general teenage frustration. The thread quickly turns into other members swapping stories about how their own schools or countries blocked proxy sites and even Fkn0wned itself, with a few casual mentions of workarounds. It devolves into some light back-and-forth about locations (Michigan, Australia, Ireland) and a shared sense of solidarity against school IT restrictions, capped off by hunterbrute224 giving a rundown of the many Michigan towns he'd lived in.
I HATE IT SO MUCH WEBSITES ARE BLOCKED, MOST TEACHERS SUCK, BORING, RETARDED PEOPLE— hunterbrute224
The internet shouldnt be blocked >:( ... AND THEY BLOCKED FKN0WNED AT SCHOOL— hunterbrute224
fuck school work fight more =]— jcomp6
Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Console War
Red rings, cracked discs, and a decade-old console war break out in the Rants forum.
A member named WillowZ kicks off a rant about getting two defective Xbox 360 units in a row — one screeching and jamming, the other burning rings into and cracking a game disc — declaring the console not worth it for Halo 3. What follows is a sprawling, meandering console war thread spanning months (Aug–Nov 2007) where members trade Red Ring of Death horror stories, argue Xbox 360 vs PS3 vs PC vs old-school Nintendo consoles, and eventually one user dumps a massive wall-of-text list of upcoming/current PS3 games. Regulars and staff (including admins Shifty. and PaRaNoID) weigh in casually, keeping the tone light bickering rather than real flaming, true to the forum's 'rant not flame' rule.
PS3 FTW!?!?!?!?!>!!>!!>>!"— laptops
Lol you got very very owned. Mine has been fine ever since I got it for Christmas.— Shifty.
Yea 360s do have a tendancy to break. Fear the red rings of death o.O— waterflow
Alienware - Rippin' Since '69
Old-school PC nerds gang up on Alienware for selling overpriced rigs to suckers who didn't do their homework.
A classic mid-2000s rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum, kicked off by Jack Daniels declaring Alienware PCs a massive overpriced rip-off. The thread meanders through the usual off-topic hardware debate: some agree it's a scam, others defend the flashy cases or admit they'd still want one if money weren't an issue, and a few just don't care. Nothing dramatic happened here — it's a low-stakes, casual gripe session typical of the forum's Rants and Raves section, running sporadically from September to November 2007.
Alienware's are the most overpriced pieces of shit and rip so many ppl off its not even funny! Serves em right for not studying before the purchase though.— Jack Daniels
YEAH! FUCK EM!— Gospel
alienware roxx, i want one, but is so expensive— p5y
"fuck this faggot emo band" — MySpace beef thread
A 2007 rant about a local emo band spirals into instant staff shutdown and mockery.
A member vents about an emo band from his hometown, disliked by him but apparently loved by his 'emo friends,' and asks if anyone can spam or hack the band's MySpace page. Staff shot the request down almost immediately, and other members piled on with teasing rather than support, suggesting the OP secretly liked the band. Short, quintessential mid-2000s Rants and Raves thread — petty, dramatic, and going nowhere.
they suck and their emo. they live in my town and all my emo friends are like "OmFg y0 nearest the positive" i say sftu and listen to cannibal corpse— c0rpsegrinder
Erm, no.— Don Ruski
You jealous or something?— havok123
My Fucking Luck
An iTouch takes a swim, warranty schemes get hatched, and half the forum confesses to drowning their phones too
This late-page stretch of a long-running rant thread follows Laptops' saga of a water-damaged iPod Touch and his plan to bluff Apple into a free replacement under warranty. The thread devolves into a communal confessional of phone and gadget mishaps — dropped phones in beer, puddles, and skate ramps — with members trading sympathy, skepticism, and 'good luck with that' energy. It's a classic off-topic rants thread: low stakes, high camaraderie, and everyone just enjoying a shared laugh at each other's bad luck with electronics.
1 year free warranty, but i also bought a xtra 2 year... im gona phone apple up on tuesday, and tell em a load of BS and THEY are going to fall for it!!!!— laptops
It was the Evil TeddyBear i tell you, the Evil TeddyBear— laptops
yeah I dropped my phone in a glass of beer no idea how.— Teddybearhair
School Blocked Fkn0wned: A 2007 Teenage Rant Thread
A staffer rages that his own school blocked Fkn0wned itself — chaos ensues over proxies, RCON access, and admins who fixed everything
A 2007 rant thread where staff member hunterbrute224 vents (in all-caps, with some ugly slurs) that his school blocked the Fkn0wned forums, demanding an unrestricted internet. Other members shrug it off, pointing out the site's own tutorial section was full of school-bypass guides, while a couple of posters brag about having RCON/admin access on school computers and one describes a particularly locked-down school network. It's a classic mid-2000s teenage-forum gripe thread — equal parts entitlement, bravado, and dark humor about IT admins winning the arms race.
SO NOW I HAVE TO USE EXTERNAL PROXIES AND SHIT >:( I HATE SCHOOLS, I WANT TEH INTERNETZ TO BE UNLOCKED AND OPENED >:(— hunterbrute224
Today I was signed into the main account on the computers. It had rcon and control xp. I could've fucked them up so bad.— Rebelz
Our Admin is a real harsh mofo! He has fixed every known exploit on the website and he has blocked every proxy I know!— nightshadefc
28 Fake Programs bump farm
A VIP dumps 28 'fake programs' with a shrug — untested — and the thread runs for months on pure 'ty' energy.
VIP member Fopje posted a hidden-content archive of 28 programs explicitly labeled 'fake,' admitting upfront he hadn't tested any of them, in the Security Tools subforum. The thread became a long-running low-effort bump farm, with dozens of members replying just to unlock the hidden download and dropping one-word thanks ('ty', 'thanks', 'tyvm') over the following eight-plus months. A few members asked genuine questions about whether the programs were meant to work, and one member (Gabe) used the thread to request a real, non-fake PayPal-related tool instead, hinting at the era's obsession with money-making scams and cheat tools.
I did not test any of these— Fopje
Pardon my stupidity, but are these supposed to work, or it's just as the name of the thread suggests?— r-ANDOM'folk
i would like to use a paypal money maker, but not a fake one.— [1K] Gabe
Cracked Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 Release (Hide-Tag Bump Farming)
The one where a warez board handed out a cracked antivirus and someone asked 'there isnt a virus in this right?'
A Warez > Security Tools release thread from mid-2009 where user Hatred! posted a cracked copy of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 with a feature rundown and a hidden RapidShare download link. The next three pages fill with the classic low-effort forum bump culture of the era: dozens of members posting 'ty', 'unhide', and 'thanks' just to reveal the hidden link, with a few passing remarks about being burned by a previous 'infected' Norton upload. It's a snapshot of the casual warez-sharing economy and hide-tag reply farming typical of fkn0wned's Red Light District section.
unhide and there isnt a virus in this right?— ice9988
Got a virus from the norton one hope i dont get one from this— oatbran1216
booobs— TheLithuaniansLeader
NOD32 Lifetime Updates Warez Drop
A pirated antivirus, posted like an ad, that lived on for a year of 'ty' replies.
A February 2008 warez post by .Smurf shared a RapidShare link for ESET NOD32 antivirus, padded out with a full copy-pasted marketing pitch about its features and awards. The thread itself is unremarkable content-wise, but it shows the classic fkn0wned Warez/Security Tools pattern: a hidden download link, a wave of one-word 'thanks' bumps, and the thread staying alive and gettable for a full year (replies stretching from Feb 2008 into early 2009). A couple of members asked 'clean??' — the usual low-key trust question around downloading cracked security software from a stranger.
clean??...— Zeton
i neeed— sirhCRocks
orly?— popkidd
AVG Internet Security 8.5 warez drop (RS.com release)
A cracked antivirus suite, posted by a guy nicknamed NIX, on a forum whose own crew probably needed it most.
A standard Warez-section post in Fkn0wned.com's Security Tools subforum, where longtime crew member NIX shared a Hotfile-hosted rip of AVG Internet Security 8.5 (billed as valid 'till 2018') along with the full stock marketing copy and screenshots. The thread is mostly low-effort bumps and thank-yous from members over several months, with one poster admitting she had '100+ viruses' and hoping the software would actually work — a small, telling irony for a piece of security software sourced from a warez board.
I hope this one works :)— Nightcor3
Seriously I have like 100+ viruses o_o— itzangelik
This better Fkn work— itzangelikk
ESET NOD32 Warez Drop Thread
A classic RapidShare AV upload thread — the timeless 'ty' and 'unhide' pilgrimage.
DarkSoulSwiper posted a RapidShare-hosted copy of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.424 in the Warez > Security Tools subforum, complete with the standard promotional blurb and a hidden download link gated behind a reply. The thread quickly settled into the familiar warez-board rhythm: dozens of members dropping quick 'ty', 'unhide', and 'gimi gimi' one-liners to unlock the content, with a brief tangent debating whether NOD32 beat AVG. Notable regulars and a couple of later-banned members (Amped, PaynE) chime in, giving it a decent cross-section of the community at the time.
Do you guys think this one is better then AVG? : >— Numi
hell yes :) its one of the best so iv heard— kossann
gimi gimi— chaser
FlareBunny's Hop Shop (Top Sellers District)
Steams, Xbox codes, a Surface, a mystery laptop — and Tux getting called a fed for wanting a PS4
A member storefront thread in the marketplace section where FlareBunny (VIP, handle 'STEEEAAAMMM') listed physical and virtual goods for sale — things like a CDMA iPhone, Xbox Live Gold codes, and a Surface tablet. The thread is mostly routine bump culture ('up', 'beep', 'penis') interspersed with buyer questions and a few confirmed transactions, including a staff member (S3AN) vouching that a Surface arrived in great shape. Ends with the shop marked closed and a couple of late, unanswered laptop inquiries.
Tux is a fed— FlareBunny
received the surface. was in GREAT shape and all is well on it— S3AN
My Shop is now closed ! Please do not contact for goods.— FlareBunny
Queen? Your Thoughts
A wholesome little Freddie Mercury debate breaks out in the cheat forum's music corner
In the Music -beta- subforum, longtime member drplobble kicks off a casual thread asking what people think of Queen, noting the band went downhill after Freddie Mercury's death. A small handful of regulars weigh in with genuine appreciation, trade favorite songs, and have a minor good-natured tiff over whether Freddie 'warmed up' the crowd. A rare calm, off-topic slice of the forum's social side away from the warez/cheat drama typical of the site.
he is a legend! quite possibly the best stage performer who has ever lived.— trinetyface
Do you even read posts?— drplobble
makes you wanna get up and jump around like an idiot.— linh6496
Power - Kanye West
One guy drops Kanye's 'Power', and it somehow turns into a Drake vs. Kanye standoff.
A short music-sharing thread in the Music -beta- subforum where member Emrys posts Kanye West's then-new single 'Power', warning that YouTube links kept getting copyright-struck. Regulars chime in praising the King Crimson sample and hyping Kanye's upcoming album, until timem604 stirs the pot by claiming Drake was better than Kanye, prompting mild pushback and a jab at 'Young Money' fans. Low-stakes, friendly music chat typical of the board's casual side, with a few [FkN] crew and admin members dropping in.
there was a few moments where the ambient chanting was a bit overwhelming but overall it was a nice cultural touch— Abysmal
In my opinion Drake is still better than Kanye West.— timem604
best be trolling. I have a strong disliking towards anyone in young money.— Crxss
Any WoW Players Here?
"any wow players here expect me?" — the CS crowd's side quest into Azeroth, hacked accounts and all
A short, laid-back thread in the Other Games > Others section where a mostly Counter-Strike-oriented crowd checks in on who else plays 'real WoW' (not a private server). Members swap character levels, classes, and factions, with a couple of casual mentions of accounts getting hacked or handed off between friends — a small reminder of how loose account security norms were on the scene at the time. Nothing dramatic, just regulars killing time between CS:S sessions and comparing gold and gear.
any wow players here expect me? *real wow, not private server*— nerfmagez
i played a mage for while till 60. it was rape. then my account got hacked. now i got my life back. teh edn of ma storiez— Jack Daniels
Nerf man what server are you on? my friend just gave me his account!— Jack Daniels