fkn0wned archive

How to Make Bombs (a.k.a. the 'Laptops is God' thread)

A thread titled 'How to Make Bombs' that was actually just 20 posts of everyone arguing whether laptops is God.

Despite the ominous title, this Random Tuts thread from September 2007 never delivered any actual content — it immediately derailed into member 'laptops' declaring himself a deity and the rest of the board either mocking or half-agreeing with him for four pages. It's a classic case of a forum tutorial section being hijacked into pure off-topic nonsense, complete with running gags, in-jokes about laptops' yellow butt, and general late-2000s CS community banter. No hazardous info was ever posted; it was a bait title turned meme thread.

SAY: LAPTOPS IS GOD— laptops

The only thing worse then a bomb. Is telling a bunch of 13 year olds online how to make them xD.— nerfmagez

laptops doesn't deserve to be god. laptops is better than a god.— pherball

BitCoin Vs LiteCoin; Growth is on the Horizon?

The thread where fkn0wned members casually admit to losing thousands in bitcoins and shrug it off

A December 2013 Serious Discussion thread where members debated whether Litecoin might repeat Bitcoin's recent price surge, with the general consensus being skeptical about both currencies' long-term stability. The thread is most memorable for members' offhand confessions of blowing or losing significant early bitcoin holdings (one member claimed 77 BTC lost to a forgotten wallet, another had 2 BTC from the ~$27 era), met with disbelief and dark humor from others once the dollar value was pointed out. A snapshot of how casually crypto was treated on gaming forums right before its major price runs.

A couple years ago I had over 77 bitcoins just lying around, blew it all on nothing, some of them got lost in a bitcoin wallet I never retrieved Fuck it all. I'm trying to forget— f0wh

Let me just remind you that you blew $77,000 USD. FUCK— PopTart

if you were going to invest you already missed your time.— PopTart

The 68-Page 'ty' Thread: Kendra Wilkinson Leak Unlock

A leaked celebrity tape, a 'thank you to unlock' gate, and 68 pages of dudes saying 'ty' — peak 2010 forum culture in one thread.

Founder TuxifieD posted a thread claiming to share the Kendra Wilkinson celebrity sex tape via a Rapidshare link, gated behind the classic forum trick of requiring registration and a reply before the hidden content would show. The thread exploded into a wall of one-line 'thanks'/'ty' replies from members and guests alike, many of them brand new accounts joining just for this post. It's a pure snapshot of the site's low-effort content-unlock culture and the porn/warez-adjacent 'Red Light District' side of the forum, more notable for its sheer reply volume (68 pages) than for any real discussion.

So i heard a lot of ppl wanna see this? Including me! lol— TuxifieD

tnx im horny.— army123

this isn't taco bell— feces

Inspiring Piece: The Underbelly of the Internet Manifesto

A Don Ruski copypasta manifesto about the 'underbelly of the internet' — years before Anonymous made it famous.

Don Ruski reposted a piece he'd dug up from an old closed FkN thread (originally from ShoutWire), a grandiose manifesto-style copypasta about internet outlaws, freedom, and a coming 'war fought online.' It reads today as an eerily early echo of the rhetoric that would later surround Anonymous and similar movements. Another member, jcomp6, immediately clocked it as a thread necro/repost with a joking 'nice grave digg.' Short thread, mostly just the one big post getting shared and acknowledged.

In case you missed the signposts, you have now entered the bad part of the internet.— Don Ruski

The next world war will be fought online.— Don Ruski

lol nice grave digg =]— jcomp6

The 'Leaked JWoww Nudes' Reply-to-Unhide Thread

21 pages of guys typing 'unhide' for a Jersey Shore pic that was never actually there to see.

A classic forum bait thread from January 2011: [RnR] TuxifieD posted a supposed leaked nude of Jersey Shore's Jenni 'JWoww' Farley behind a reply-gated 'Hidden Content' spoiler, a well-worn trick to farm registrations and post counts. Dozens of brand-new accounts (many one-post wonders who signed up that same day) piled in with one-word replies like 'unhide' and 'lemme see it,' while a few regulars stopped by for the joke. It ran to 21 pages, making it one of the forum's classic engagement-bait threads rather than an actual nude leak.

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY VIP.— [VIP] raw

I call bullshit— DickFor

I would like to see. bet its not her.— [email protected]

Count to 1,000,000

158 pages of fkn0wned trying (and immediately failing) to count to a million.

A classic forum time-waster started by lam3r on December 30, 2009: a simple challenge to see if the community could count sequentially to one million without messing up. Predictably, it derailed almost instantly, with f0wh botching the count within the first page and getting called out for it, while regulars like kubaxplx, Numi, PopTart, and KZA piled in just to bump numbers. The thread ballooned to 158 pages, a running joke of low-effort posting and mod/VIP participation that captures the goofy, low-stakes side of the forum's culture.

Can we count to 1 million without screwing up? I really doubt it...But, let's try anyway!— lam3r

f0wh FUCKED IT UP!!!!!!!! u should be 15— lam3r

last! wait... what? nevermind— slingblade

Mega-Thread: Adobe Products (the 11-page warez sticky that outlived a rebrand)

The legendary 11-page Adobe warez mega-thread that outlived two forum rebrands

A long-running 'Red Light District > Software' sticky where members posted links and installers for Adobe Photoshop CS2, Photoshop Elements, Bridge, and Stock Photos updates, complete with activation instructions. The thread is notable mostly for its longevity — it started in mid-2006 under the Gametration.com name and was still being bumped years later after the site had rebranded to Fkn0wned.com, with new noobs still saying thanks and asking for reups on page 10. It's a good snapshot of the site's warez/cheat-scene culture and its slow drift and eventual rebrand over the years.

please report to me if dead links!— k0rn_h0li0

Thanks lads— nooben2005

lets see— IPwn3d

DCL's 10,000 Full Programs and Cracks Mega-Thread

A 17-page monument to warez culture — one guy, ten thousand cracked programs, and hundreds of 'ty' replies keeping it bumped for months.

This was a long-running mega-thread in the Red Light District > Software section of Gametration.com (later rebranded Fkn0wned.com), where user DCLXVI posted a massive compiled collection of cracked/full software. The thread spans well over a hundred pages of replies, mostly members thanking the OP, requesting reuploads/unhides, or dropping one-line hype. It's less a discussion than a running tally of gratitude and low-effort bumps that kept the thread alive across late 2007 and into 2008, spanning the site's transition between its two names.

DCL FTW— Exodus

i bet its 9999 u dam hackars!! i r H@xors— Tightnme

Damn, this is good.— Giibi

SKRILLEX - If you haven't listened. Do it now.

The day Fkn0wned put you onto Skrillex before your friends did.

A March 2011 thread in Entertainment Discussion where member Riggex put fellow forum-goers onto the then-rising dubstep/techno artist Skrillex, urging everyone to give him a listen (bong optional). The thread turned into a friendly little fan club, with members swapping favorite tracks, discovering his backstory as former From First to Last frontman Sonny Moore, and generally hyping him up as an early adopter's badge of honor before he blew up mainstream. Low drama, high nostalgia — just a bunch of early-2010s forum kids bonding over a soon-to-be-huge artist.

PS: Best viewed while ripping the bong.— Riggex

This shits going to be internet famous once enough people get recruited into liking and sharing it.— Riggex

yeah his real name is sonny moore, the guy is a legend...— pheonixinwater

LoG1c's shitty fucking day

A monitor got turned upside down and somehow this thread became forum legend.

A rant thread in the Rants and Raves subforum where a member named LoG1c vented about a bad day, prompting other regulars to pile on with jokes and exaggerated riffs rather than sympathy. The standout moment is a fully fictional skit posted by wirmware imagining LoG1c's 'crime' of flipping a monitor upside-down escalating into a fake 911 call and a SWAT-style takedown by a joke cop character. It's a small, silly two-page thread that captures the forum's dark-comedy, roast-your-friends off-topic culture rather than any real drama.

OMFG!!! SOMEONE TURNED TEH MONITER UPSIDE DOWN, WTF DO I DO?— wirmware

Get the fuck away from the computer now and get on the floor with you hands behind your back, or taze you bitch!— wirmware

What's a "CEO"? — The Thread That Became a Meme

One member sincerely asked what a CEO is — and the whole board never let it go

A short, silly General Discussion thread from November 2007 where member blackxthink genuinely asked what the acronym 'CEO' meant. Other members reacted with disbelief and mild ribbing, blackxthink explained he was French and unfamiliar with the term, and a moderator eventually closed the thread with a joking sign-off referencing the 'I'm a CEO' meme song. A classic low-stakes, good-natured Off-Topic moment typical of the forum's casual banter.

you cant be serious chief executive officer (CEO...— PaRaNoID

I am french , So yes im serious— blackxthink

Im a ceo .. im a self employed CEO.. everywhere I gooooo, everywhere I go.. IM a CEO— TuxifieD

"lmaoooo so owned (12 year old girl)" — a 2007 General Discussion thread

A throwaway 2007 off-topic post that says everything about the site's old 'epic owned' culture.

A December 2007 Off-Topic thread where a member shared a private photo of a young girl 'obsessed' with his friend, framing it as her getting 'owned.' Regular members Nerf and TuxifieD (a site CEO/founder) piled on approvingly, with TuxifieD half-jokingly suggesting she brand herself with the site's name, while waLLa pushed back calling it 'pretty lame.' The exchange is a small, uncomfortable snapshot of the forum's edgy 'we moderate your fun' era humor and its casual disregard for the people being mocked.

Beyond owned.— Nerf

He's posting her picture all over the internet so she gets epic owned;Get the drift?— Nerf

Thats pretty lame.— waLLa

1.3 Million Porn Passwords Megathread

One post promising 1.3 million passwords kept fkn0wned kiddies replying "thx" for months straight.

A single post by Gospel in the Porn Paradise > XXX Passwords section claimed to dump a massive cache of 1.3 million adult-site passwords, and it turned into one of the forum's longest-running threads, stretching to 17+ pages. The vast majority of replies are drive-by one-liners ('thx', 'ty', 'unhide') from mostly low-post-count members just there to bump the thread and unlock the hidden content, a classic pattern for these leech-bait password dumps. It captures the low-effort, high-traffic culture of the site's 18+ subforum, sitting alongside general CS/BF hacking sections and site features like the Sig of the Week contest.

im gonna laugh if this is still here and they work— mystical1

Wow, that'd be lot of naked chicks.— Monkeygeek

man i love this site— icepike

"hentia and everythingels" — the never-ending password thread

A 2007 hentai-site password thread that just kept going, and going, and going.

Started by member 'meka' in September 2007 in the Porn Paradise > XXX Passwords section, this thread shared login credentials for a couple of hentai/adult sites and quickly ballooned into a long-running reply chain that stretched past 10+ pages and over 230 posts by late 2007. Almost every reply is a one- or two-word 'thanks/ty/unhide' bump, typical of password-sharing threads on hack forums of the era, occasionally interrupted by a joke, a complaint that the login stopped working, or someone quoting the original post. It's a small but perfect time capsule of the 'gimme the goods' forum culture that filled sites like Fkn0wned alongside the CS 1.6/CS:S cheat boards.

Come on man dont hold out on me. *shakes violently* NEED...PORN. *violent withdrawal* BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!— Josh Terrible {HxC}

am i the only that realize it doesnt work?— specialguy

m0r3 porn— mad tag

Anabolic Innovations Giveaway Thread

A supplement company showed up on fkn0wned promising free pre-workout stims — and the whole board just wanted to joke about jacking off with weights on

A representative for supplement brand Anabolic Innovations (user TwinTowers) posted a promotional giveaway for their product 'Motivate', asking members to answer what they wished they were more motivated to do, with a random winner getting a free supply. Staff and longtime members piled in with joke answers ranging from gym motivation to finally learning C++, and the thread turned into a lighthearted, very off-topic community bit rather than a serious product discussion. It's a small time capsule of an outside brand trying guerrilla marketing on a gaming/cheat forum, and the regulars just running with the bit.

I wish I had the motivation to jack off with weights attached to my arms so I can at least build up some muscles.— h4voCK

i don't need products to get motivated, i have mr motivator.— lulraep

don't worry everyone.....his admin powers don't give him any better chance to win— TwinTowers

My Next Door Neighbor Grows Weed in Their Greenhouse

A kid's nosy discovery about his neighbor's greenhouse turns into a full-blown pothead ethics seminar.

A young member (likely early teens, per other posters' remarks) shared that his neighbor was growing marijuana in a backyard greenhouse, sparking a sprawling Debating thread about whether to steal it, ask for some, snitch to police, or leave it alone entirely. The thread devolves into stoner community lore, some members bragging about their own smoking habits, a wild cautionary tale about grow-op dangers, and a few voices urging basic decency ('don't steal from a fellow stoner'). Classic mid-2000s off-topic forum chaos: equal parts dumb, funny, and mildly concerning given some posters' apparent age.

Don't steal from a fellow stoner, its not right - Just ask him if you cn buy some herb off him, and then ask if he fancys a blaze sometime.— rynth

you know he's growing weed you don't know what else he's doing.— hienrick

Does everyone here smoke weed or do you just say so because you think its cool?— banak

The Best Virus/Trojan? (2007 copy-paste malware thread)

A 2007 thread where members traded copy-paste batch/VBS nastiness like baseball cards — "on your own risk!!"

Started in Off-Topic's Debating subforum in January 2007, this thread asked members to share their favorite virus or trojan code, to be pasted directly into Notepad and run at the poster's own risk. One reply dumped a lengthy, destructive batch/VBS script (complete with the EICAR test string, antivirus-killing routines, and self-propagation via IRC/P2P folders) framed as being for 'informational purposes only.' The thread has the classic mid-2000s edgy-forum energy: reckless bravado, jokes about frying people's PCs, and at least one member earnestly asking how to actually run the thing. It's a good time capsule of that era's casual, legally-dubious script-kiddie culture before forums got more careful about hosting this stuff.

What is the best virus/trojan you knows?? use the .EXE or notpad methode so all can use them ON THERE OWNS RISK!— prinz

ok sounds cool how do i make it work??? so do you just copy and paste into notepad then what?— euphoria

mmmm i can see it kills the big virus protectors so even if they do get it off with a virus protector it will just remake itself XD— retarded_elephant69

Is Osama Bin Laden Already Dead? (2008 Prophecy Thread)

Fkn0wned's resident 14-year-old historians debate whether Bin Laden was dead, faked, or a CIA plant — three years before he actually was found.

A 2008 Off-Topic/Debating thread kicked off by member Industry speculating that Osama Bin Laden might already be dead and that his videos/appearances were pre-recorded or faked, possibly with government complicity. The thread meanders through classic mid-2000s internet conspiracy terrain: CIA-trained-Bin-Laden theories, Bush-family conspiracy talk, Fahrenheit 9/11 references, a lengthy amateur Six-Day-War history lesson from a self-described '14-year-old', and general Iraq War blame-trading. It's a low-stakes, sprawling political debate typical of forum off-topic culture, running to at least two pages with sporadic posts over months.

Osama Bin Laden is Americas' spy the C.I.A trained him to be the best of the best.— PsychoChris

it doesn't matter whether he's alive or dead anyway, that's irrellevant to the fact that this whole war is AMERICA'S FAULT— NeVeRbEbLoOd

More than likely locked up somewhere never to be seen again.— Shake

I-Doser (Virtual Drug) thread

The one where fkn0wned got hooked on 'virtual drugs' — 10 pages of kids trying to get high off binaural beats and headphones

Started by Shifty in July 2007 in the Red Light District's Software subforum, this thread pushed I-Doser, a binaural-beats application marketed as a way to simulate drug experiences through headphones. The original post was hidden behind a classic '+REP for hidden content' wall, listing the various simulated 'doses' (Cocaine, Ecstasy, Heroin, Marijuana, etc.) available in the app. The thread ran for at least 10 pages, mostly filled with members reacting with curiosity, skepticism, and requests to unhide the download, giving it that early-2010s forum vibe of dubious software shared for internet clout.

sounds quite nice i'll give it a try— w44s

What is this anyway lol dus it like play sounds into yr computer or dumthing— onepop

lol got to see it— Cud

[NSFW] Chatroulette Trolls (Kimmi's Thread)

Kimmi trolls Chatroulette perverts with fake webcam swaps — 2010 forum classic.

A May 2010 General Discussion thread started by senior member Kimmi, sharing a string of Chatroulette trolling stories aimed at strangers seeking nudity, including swapping her webcam feed to bait and humiliate them. Regulars like NIX, vermiLLion, f0wh, and others piled on with jokes and approval, giving it the loose, jokey banter typical of the era. The thread also carries some era-typical crude and racially charged jokes in the replies, reflecting the unmoderated tone common on forums like this at the time.

I'm searching for 'em titties.— Kimmi

He shat brix that night.— Kimmi

Put up a Tut on how to fake like this. Would come in handy for people to see dicks you know?— vermiLLion

Kind of Nasty But...

A one-post wonder dropped the most unhinged confession thread in fkn0wned history — and the mods slammed it shut within a day.

A brand-new member with a single post ever made a shocking, likely trollish confession about an incestuous relationship with his sister and asked for advice, inviting flames outright. The thread predictably exploded with disgusted reactions, dark jokes, and disbelief from regulars and staff alike, before staff member Shifty closed it the next day citing it as the reason for closure. It's a snapshot of the forum's unmoderated, anything-goes Off-Topic culture and the kind of shock-post that periodically tested the community's limits.

Is she hot?— Goodapollo

this is fuckin sick dude go get checked out, pretty sure there are better girls are out there than your sister— nullvoid

um...well first impression on you is "incestuous sister fucker" but i got over it to say, this is extremeely wrong— Industry

Sexual Feeling People

One member's cyber sex/webcam pitch gets instantly torched by the entire forum, one-liner after one-liner

SCCCHRIS floats the idea of starting a webcam/cybersex chat thing with members of Fkn0wned, asking who's interested and to post gender and email. The idea is immediately mocked, with regulars pointing out the obvious problem: this was an overwhelmingly male anonymous gaming forum with essentially zero women around. Staff and long-time members pile on with dry sarcasm rather than outrage, and the thread quickly becomes a running joke rather than anything that happened for real. It was locked, suggesting mods let it die as a joke thread rather than anything to be taken seriously.

come on girls, get a bit of dick on cam— SCCCHRIS

theres only one girl i know of on here haha this is a weiner fest :L !— Hatred!

I'm gunna be frank, that's the worst fucking idea ever posted on Fkn0wned.— h4voCK

The Stolen Check Story

A member fesses up to pickpocketing a stranger's purse and finding a $140 check in the loot — forum reacts with laughs, not outrage.

In this General Discussion thread from December 2009, member retsnomlc asks what can be done with a signed $140 check made out to someone else. After some prodding from moderator ap3x, he reveals in a spoiler tag that he lifted cash from a girl's purse at a bar the night before and found the check mixed in with it — then ironically used some of her own money to buy her a drink. Founder TuxifieD chimes in with a joking suggestion about check-washing, and other members mostly just laugh at the absurdity of the story rather than condemn it. The thread is short, casual, and typical of the forum's dark-humored, anything-goes General Discussion vibe.

Ironically I bought that girl a drink at the bar with her money :p— retsnomlc

lmao epic story, you can google how to wash a check and make it out to yourself.— TuxifieD

Where the fuck did you get that from anyway? Pickpocket? :p— ap3x

"doing c0ke first time tonight =)" — the classic Off-Topic overshare thread

A member announces he's about to try cocaine and the forum reacts exactly how you'd expect.

A late-page continuation of an Off-Topic thread where a member shares (with a winking emoticon) that he's trying cocaine for the first time, prompting a mix of deadpan jokes, mild concern, and other members casually admitting their own drug use. Staff/mod Panda pops in with dry one-liners, and regular MeTaLn2 nonchalantly says he's already done it several times. Typical mid-2000s gaming-forum Off-Topic energy: shock-value confessional post, low-stakes ribbing, no real drama or intervention, just forum banter around a taboo topic.

Use a condom.— SeanKingston

Best advice I've heard all day.— Panda

i already did like 6 times lol. i gave my friend $20 to get me some more. but i certainly dont feel addictive i just dont like being sober ahaha— MeTaLn2

Most Epic 12 Minutes of Your Life (the 'Bitch Be Trippin'' Thread)

Bastus dropped a radio prank clip and half of Fkn0wned quoted 'Bitch be trippin'' for weeks.

Member Bastus shared a link to a viral radio prank recording (a cheating-girlfriend confrontation bit from 1057 The Point) that quickly became a running meme in General Discussion. Members piled on with laughing reactions, quoting the clip's catchphrase 'Bitch be trippin'' over and over, with mild debate over whether the girl in the recording deserved the on-air roasting. It's a classic low-stakes off-topic thread showing the forum's casual, meme-happy social side outside of the cheat/gaming scene.

Bitch be trippin'!— Bastus

That was the most epic roflpwnage ive ever seen in my whole life.— beNnbeNn

You gotta love the guys hosting the show for fucking with her.— Puree

"I HAVE HACKED IT" — SpaZy's Nested HTML Header Flex

A guy nested an HTML header inside a header and declared himself a coding god — the mods were not impressed.

SpaZy posted a trivial snippet of HTML (a header tag nested inside another header tag) and claimed it as some kind of hacking feat, demanding recognition as head of a coding group. The thread was immediately clowned by regulars and staff for being pointless, complete with a mock 'FAIL TOPIC' rebuttal and a meatspin link, before an admin locked it as pointless. A perfect little snapshot of low-stakes forum trolling and the community's quick, sarcastic pile-on culture.

fucking bow down to me i have put a header in a header WHAT NOW— SpaZy

bravo. an unborn embryo could have done this better than you. happy holidays troll.— lulraep

pointless... don— ap3x

Opium Poppies

A member posts photos of homegrown opium poppies in the Photography subforum, and the thread just... goes there.

User ADDlCTlON shared photos of poppies they grew at home, describing them as real opium poppies and casually discussing consumption methods, strains, and sourcing seeds. Other regulars chimed in with questions and half-joking commentary about opium-producing countries and buying seeds from hardware stores. It's a small, weirdly candid thread that captures the anything-goes vibe of the forum's Art & Design/Photography section, where posts didn't always stay strictly on topic.

home grown goodness— ADDlCTlON

yes, if they look exactly like that they are real opium poppies ... don't eat more then 3 pods at a time— ADDlCTlON

Lawl you can buy poppy seeds in B&Q for 50p a pack.— Scratch

EBAY fuckwit gives me his steam account

Guy loses an eBay Steam account auction, gets the login anyway, and threatens 'legal action' over it.

Member jacal recounts losing a last-second eBay bid on a Steam account, only for the seller to accidentally send him the login details anyway. Jacal immediately locks the seller out by changing the password, email, and security question, then posts the seller's increasingly desperate PM threats about contacting 'law enforcers' and lawyers. The thread is pure schadenfreude — the regulars pile on to mock the seller's empty legal threats and congratulate jacal on his free account.

Mate im giving you an opportunity now, to co-operate and give it back, or i WILL take legal action and do things the hard way.— quoted seller

lol law wouldn do shit with ebay i know that for a fact iv tried to get law involved with ebay matters b4— jacal

Lol law enforcer coz of 12 bucks!— AKULA

What Will Druggies Think of Next: SNIFFING SHIT

The infamous 'jenkem' thread that had half of Fkn0wned gagging in disbelief

A late-2007 Links/Humor thread in which members reacted with disgust and disbelief to a shared story/pictures about the urban legend of 'jenkem' (fermented sewage huffing), often referenced by its meme nickname 'leroy jenkems'. The tone is pure shock-humor and pile-on grossed-out commentary rather than any real drug discussion, with members trading jokes about how disturbing the pictures/claims were. It's a small, forgettable-but-memorable page of forum culture: dumb internet urban legends being passed around and mocked by the regulars.

LMAO leroy jenkems!— dainbramaged

thats fuckin nasssty— Legit_Hacks

That tasted.. Different..— The Moose

234 Game Keygens Mega-List Thread

One thread, 234 games, and at least 4 confirmed trojans — classic 2007 Fkn0wned.

A 2007 thread in the Red Light District's Games subforum where user HaSh posted a massive list of 234 PC games (everything from Battlefield and Half-Life to The Sims and Harry Potter titles) alongside a keygen pack. The thread quickly filled with short one-line replies — thanks, skepticism, and a memorable report from another member whose antivirus flagged a trojan bundled in the download. It's a good snapshot of the era's warez-sharing culture: sprawling game lists, casual trust in sketchy downloads, and the ever-present malware risk that came with them.

lol i found 4 trojans on this...— xnarath

O RLY?— H34DHUNT3R

ya rly, was already posted i think— Necrobutcher

[NEW GAMES] HOT! :) — the Overlord private server drop thread

One guy named Exover posted a giant list of hot games and the thread lived on for over 100 replies of pure 'ty unhide plz'

A member named Exover started a thread in the Games sub-board of the Red Light District section listing a batch of then-current PC games and titles (things like Postal 2, Battlefield 2142, the Half-Life 2 episodes, TF2, Portal, World of Warcraft and its Burning Crusade expansion, Battlefront 2, Transformers, and Need For Speed: Carbon) tied to an 'Overlord' private server. The replies are the real artifact here: page after page of one-line 'thanks', 'unhide', 'ty', and 'nice' posts from dozens of members over several months (running from late 2007 into early 2008), the classic warez-board ritual of bumping/unlocking hidden content by replying. It's less a discussion than a monument to forum culture — a long tail of low-effort gratitude posts from a wide cross-section of the community.

im ur hero— WareZor - VirusZor ;)

Wow!!! I definitely gonna try one of ur games dat u post.— Flare124

oh so sexii— lowhailfire

Limewire Pro 4.14.8 Release Thread

A software share so beloved it kept old-school members saying 'unhide' for six months straight.

A member named monk3y posted a cracked copy of Limewire Pro 4.14.8, touted for supposedly adding torrent support, in the Red Light District's Software subforum back in August 2007. The thread became a classic low-effort bump magnet, with dozens of members chiming in over the following months with one-word 'ty', 'unhide', or 'thanks' replies just to reveal hidden download content. One reply even called out that the software was itself stolen/reposted ('thx but its stealed'). It's a snapshot of an era when file-sharing tools and cracked software were casually swapped in the darker corners of gaming forums.

thx but its stealed— -PoG-

hmm no virus this time ? ^^— w44s

Torrent support eh?— Monkeygeek

Virus Makers (Red Light District > Software)

A shared 'virus maker' download thread ends with someone's antivirus log full of trojans — and everyone just says 'ty' anyway.

This was the tail end of a long-running thread in the Software subforum of Fkn0wned's Red Light District, where members shared and thanked each other for a 'virus maker' tool. A few pages in, member abstract1337 posted an antivirus scan showing the shared download was flagged as containing multiple trojans (Win32/VB.NDG, Win32/Delf.NGG) and told people to delete it. Despite the warning, the thread kept rolling with the usual low-effort 'ty', 'thanks', and 'hawt' replies typical of file-sharing threads on the forum. It's a small but telling snapshot of the site's Red Light District culture — sketchy tool-sharing, minimal vetting, and a community that shrugged off malware warnings.

delete this it has viruses....— abstract1337

omg ty lol— abstract1337

hawt— sniperownsdicks

I-Doser: 'Gets You Hi Through Sounds'

The old binaural-beats thread where half the forum swore digital drugs actually worked

A long-running thread (this is page 9 of the tail end) about I-Doser, the software claiming binaural audio tracks could simulate drug-like effects. Members traded skeptical curiosity, quick reactions after trying tracks, and the usual low-effort bumps ('thx', 'unhide', 'ill give it a try') typical of a wildly popular but shallow Red Light District thread. One user's account of dozing off mid-session and waking up twitchy with 'flashing dots' stands out as the thread's most memorable anecdote.

haha, i tryed a-bomb. didn't get much, but thats because i dozed off to sleep halfway through and woke up at the end, and when i opened my eyes i seen flashing dots for about a minute, then when i got up i was all active and twitchy. ahah nice— tEKnikal

Lol i know this one, never had a chance to try it out.— dxthammer

Is this Rapidshare too???— lowhailfire

Warez and XXX Crew Recruitment Call

The infamous NSFW sections needed fresh blood — and half the forum lined up to prove they had the goods.

An admin post from ap3x reopened Fkn0wned's 'Warez' and 'XXX' sections and put out a call for new crew members to keep them stocked with daily uploads, virus-checked files, and content for VIP members. Applicants had to fill out a strict template covering their sourcing skills, reliability, and willingness to brand their uploads with the site's watermark. Dozens of members (from total newbies to established regulars like silvercola and m1sterfopje) piled in with applications ranging from confident and businesslike to gloriously over-the-top braggadocio, giving a vivid snapshot of the site's file-sharing/adult-content subculture and its self-styled 'crew' hierarchy.

I drop warez like Hiroshima drops bombs.— MrThirsty

Nigga please. I have many-a-warez.— MrThirsty

If u recruit me, you can get to see xxx content all around the world.— xiaolong2004

Congrats United States - the Health Care Bill Debate

The day Fkn0wned's off-topic forum turned into a shouting match over Obamacare, complete with a poll and a Canadian smugness parade.

Founder TuxifieD kicked off a poll and discussion thread the night the US House passed the 2010 health care bill, asking members whether it was the right call. What followed was a fairly typical early-2010s forum political scrap: Canadian and British members ribbing the US over its healthcare system, some Americans defending the bill as necessary, and others (including a staff admin) blasting it as socialist overreach tied to racially-charged jabs at Obama voters. The poll showed a slim majority in favor, but the replies swung between earnest debate, national debt doom-saying, and outright trolling/slurs, capturing the site's rowdy, unmoderated 'Debate Hall'-adjacent culture.

Congrats United States, The House passed the Health Care bill. The question is, was it the right choice?— TuxifieD

Also, all of you that support the bill are fggots who don't know real brains from dog shit.— ap3x

Dear US Citizens and Residents, You are still are, and always will be faggots. That is all, Rest of the world.— inSpired

How to Open a Car with a Tennis Ball

The classic urban-legend car-hack thread that got 'myth busted' in real time by its own commenters

A member posted a link claiming a hole-punched tennis ball could pop open car locks using air pressure, sparking a wave of curious replies and promises to try it. Several members reported dubious or joking 'success' stories (a dad's Viper, a mom's F-16 jet), while others actually tested it on real cars and debunked it as a myth. The thread has that classic mid-2000s forum energy: gullibility, jokes, skepticism, and nobody ever posting the promised proof pics.

Myth BUSTED!!! This does not work....— AKULA

Worked on my dads bently, and my moms F-16 (Jet) yeh.— DoubleVision

Think of all the cars you could jack with just a tennis ball...— Tr3Nx

How to Fuck A Girl? essy?

A CS:S cheat forum's finest minds tackle the age-old question of getting laid, with predictably chaotic results.

A member posted in the 'Random Tuts' off-topic board asking, in earnest, for tips on getting and sleeping with a girl. Regulars immediately clowned on the premise of asking a game-hacking forum for dating advice, and the thread spiraled into a mix of joke 'advice' (magazines, alcohol, ass-slapping one-liners, absurd surgery schemes) and a memorable back-and-forth where a 14-year-old member admitted performance anxiety and got roasted for it. Classic mid-2000s forum chaos: half shitpost, half genuine, all Off-Topic energy.

I'm sure the pros out there don't go to a hacking forum..— CobraSkin

simply go up to some chick who likes you or vice versa. and simply slap yher ass and ask, "Hey so you uhh.. wanna go have a little sex?" Bam instantaneous sex.— -Still Life-

ok, so you're asking how to get a girl and fuck her on a CS:S hacking forum?— fum1n

Turn a Flashlight Into a Burning Laser

The old flashlight-hack thread that ran nine pages of pure 2008 wonder and one-liners.

A classic Random Tuts thread on Fkn0wned.com where someone shared a DIY tutorial claiming you could modify a flashlight into a laser strong enough to light a match. By page 9 the actual how-to content had long since been buried under a wall of low-effort replies — 'thanks', 'lol', 'sweet', 'unhide' — from a rotating cast of Members and Trained Noobs. It's a snapshot of forum culture at its most mundane and endearing: a wild claim, a curious community, and the inevitable pile of bump posts padding out the page count.

lol wtf?— steveo460

I gotta see this.— xkentax

sweet stuff— wirmware

How To Hack A Forum [TUTORIAL] — page 16

A 16-page 'unhide the tutorial' bait thread that just kept feeding on itself, one gullible 'unhide' at a time.

This is the tail end of a sprawling, 16-page thread in the Random Tuts subforum promising a tutorial on 'how to hack a forum.' By this final page it's clear the thread had become a classic forum bait/hide-tag loop, with a steady stream of members posting one-liners like 'unhide' or 'ty' just to reveal the hidden content, plus a few skeptics wondering if it was even real. It captures the low-effort, meme-y energy of a bored gaming forum where hundreds of members chased a tutorial that may or may not have delivered anything of substance.

Lets see if this is remotely to what I think it is.— Nerf

ima hack this forum— ericsme123

this works!— kozmik

Win the Crane Game at Arcades and Carnivals Every Time!!

A 'trained' claw-machine con man drops a hidden tut on rigged arcade cranes — cue two years of 'unhide plz' begging.

A low-post-count member claiming past forum history and a 'summer job' working on crane machines posted a hidden tutorial claiming claw machines are programmed with a fixed payout rate that can be timed by counting plays. The thread sparked genuine skepticism from regulars and staff (including admin Shifty. flatly calling it 'total bullshit'), a tangent about the UK show Brainiac, and then devolved for pages into new members simply replying 'unhide' or 'ty' to unlock the hidden text — a classic pattern for this era of the forum. The topic dragged on for months (Oct-Dec 2007) purely on the strength of the [hide_me] tag baiting engagement.

total bullshit..— miLLer

Who would really want to cheat to win a stuffed teddy besides the claws never close tight enough to grab the fucker!— Shifty.

Just break the glass, take everything, and run!— G3lmis

(Jaska's Idea) How to fuck your brain up, 4 easy steps!!!!!

The infamous "tutorial" that had the whole board arguing over whether it was genius or just huffing ether

A September 2007 thread in the Random Tuts subforum where a user posted 'Jaska's' bizarre 4-step method for altering one's mental state, jokingly framed as a 'tutorial'. The opening reply calls it 'Jaska's way of putting ether to good use,' setting the tone for a chaotic mix of confusion, mockery, and dares to 'unhide' the actual content. The thread quickly devolved into typical off-topic chatter, one-liners, and reaction posts rather than serious discussion, running at least 4 pages deep.

Lol this is Jaska's way of putting ether to a good use.— Gospel

omfg i wanna fux my brainz to death x3— Eckos

i already fucked up my brain— Tundergun

Pen Bow + Arrows Tutorial (NutterNZ)

The classic 2007 DIY pen-bow tutorial that classrooms everywhere secretly feared

A lighthearted DIY tutorial from Super Moderator NutterNZ showing off a homemade mini bow-and-arrow built from pens, popsicle sticks, elastic, and a hot glue gun, complete with photos and low-quality webcam demo videos. The thread got a wave of amused replies and a rival design pitch from PaRaNoID, then sat dormant for months before getting bumped repeatedly through mid-to-late 2007, drawing a mix of nostalgia, mockery ('grave digging'), and copycat enthusiasm. It's a perfect snapshot of Off-Topic 'Random Tuts' culture — silly, harmless, and very of-its-era.

Great for classroom fun, pissing off teachers, shooting other students etc— NutterNZ

you dont need that much stuff all you need is a broken pen case— PaRaNoID

Yeah, but mines better— NutterNZ

Portal Lore Breakdown: Cake, GLaDOS, and Aperture Science ARG Speculation (2007)

One member's deep-dive into Portal's backstory, GLaDOS, Aperture Science, and the cake that was, in fact, a lie.

Posted right after Portal's 2007 release, this Other Games thread is a single sprawling post by member lucio91 dissecting the game's hidden lore — the Aperture Science ARG website, Cave Johnson's shower-curtain company origins, GLaDOS's backstory, and speculation about test subject numbering and Chell's connection to the Half-Life universe. The poll attached asks what people liked most about Portal, with 'cake fetishism' tied for the top answer. It's a nostalgic snapshot of the brief period when Portal's mysterious marketing and ARG had the whole internet in speculation mode, written in enthusiastic, imperfect English with plenty of self-aware jokes about the author's own theorizing.

the cake is a lie— lucio91

THEN GLaDOS goes crazy, LOCK DOWN the facility... and flood the facilty with neurotixins— lucio91

So basicly in practice the helmrich thing and the wish ideas/wishes from the dead CEO and Fourder of portal was, in practice SUCKS!— lucio91

Increase Your Height

A 2008 ebook thread where half the forum's Counter-Strike regulars showed up just to admit they were short

This was page 3 of a long-running thread in the 'Electronic & Audio books' subforum of the Red Light District, sharing some kind of 'increase your height' ebook/guide. By this point the thread had devolved into a low-effort bump-fest, with dozens of regular members dropping one-liners ('kool', 'nice', 'lol', 'go cry') rather than discussing the actual content. A few posters grumbled about the download being on Rapidshare, and a couple of members candidly admitted their own height insecurities, giving the thread an oddly personal, self-deprecating vibe typical of mid-2000s gaming forum off-topic culture.

pls pls not rapidshare again— GArri

19 and 5'3" i need this— Atmosphere

I'm small in height— Guru_Danny

How Do I Open a Safe I'm Locked Out Of? (Forum Suggests Violence)

Guy forgets his safe code and the forum's answer is basically 'have you tried violence?'

User sinder locked himself out of a rented electronic money safe after forgetting the code, and asked Tech Support for a way in without a code. Instead of a real solution, the thread devolves into members cheerfully recommending hammers, sledgehammers, crowbars, angle grinders, and even a 'home EMP device.' A couple of genuine attempts (an eHow link, a drill-bit suggestion) get shot down by sinder's excuses about the reset button being unreachable. Classic low-stakes tech-support chaos with the forum's dark-humor personality on full display.

Try a hammer. If that doesnt work Try Dropping it onto concrete. If it still desont work you now have a banged up safe FULL of money :D— Slickz

U got pwned, i dropped my safe from balcony (5th floor) and nothing happened :D— April

angle grinder, or home EMP device :)— lulraep

Hiding Wallhacks from Screenshots (Derails into Marriage Proposal)

A German kid asks how to hide his wallhack from screenshots, ends up getting a marriage proposal instead.

In the Deutsche Hacks subforum, member flatschGER asks (in German) whether there's a way to hide equipped materials like weapon skins or an old wallhack when taking a CS:S screenshot, similar to hiding the HUD. albert90 explains it's not really possible short of a clunky manual file-swap workaround, and the two go back and forth over several weeks. The thread quickly derails from a technical question into a rambling, joking back-and-forth full of German internet banter, culminating in mock flirting, a fake marriage proposal, and an apple-themed innuendo exchange.

btw: flatsch ich liebe dich... willst du mit mir gehn?— albert90

willst du mein apfel x) der wird sogar rot wenn man ihn anguckt lol ^^— flatschGER

ja ich will ihn...aber ich benutz kondome— albert90

Skinny Jeans

fkn0wned's finest debate the burning question of 2009: skinny jeans — fashion statement or crime against ball room?

A lighthearted off-topic thread in the Debate Hall where members argued the merits and horrors of skinny jeans, quickly devolving into ball-room jokes, callouts, and light roasting between regulars. Started by shwager defending a moderate skinny-jean stance, it pulled in a cast of forum names (BONxFIRE, deX-, NIX, AKULA, TuxifieD) each weighing in on denim fit with predictable amounts of trash talk. TuxifieD, the site's Founder, showed up to deliver a memorably profane rant against low-rise 'skater' jeans and to roast BONxFIRE directly, cementing the thread as a classic slice of forum banter rather than serious debate.

Yeah dex you dont really understand People that wear tight jeans unless they are gay.. dont have them pulled up the whole way— shwager

i like having my ball and dick room :D— deX-

STOP WEARING THOSE TIGHT PANTS CUZ THOSE ARE UGLY OMGGGG JUST DIE BY FIRE IF YOU THINK THEY ARE COOL— TuxifieD

Oreo'z vs. Chipz Ahoy!

Peak Debate Hall energy: forum admins and mods argue cookies for weeks straight.

A New Year's Eve 2009 shitpost thread in the Debate Hall where longtime FkN0wned member SNK asked the community to pick a side: Oreos or Chips Ahoy. It stretched on for weeks, pulling in a cross-section of the site's staff and regulars — Smods, Admins, VIPs, and Crew members alike — all weighing in with their snack preferences, milk-dunking opinions, and the occasional mom's-cookies-are-better tangent. Harmless, goofy off-topic filler that captures the low-stakes, community-hangout side of the forum outside its gaming/cheat-scene focus.

mhm I love chips ahoy too. that shit be like orgy in my mouth— fkngames

I had some Oreo's today and to be honest, it's nothing special.— Kimmi

wats chips ahoy? im from nz so we dnt get it ova here— ZzZzZjames

Hacking a Forumotion: oceanxx3's Grudge Against His Own Fan Forum

A YouTube troll got his own hate-forum and immediately asked fkn0wned how to nuke it from the inside.

A member calling himself oceanxx3 admitted he trolled YouTube comment sections and, upon discovering a small anime forum some kids made specifically to complain about him, decided he wanted to seize admin access and 'fuck it up.' The thread wanders through half-baked ideas (cookie stealers, keyloggers, phishing, dictionary/bruteforce attacks) with regular members and staff like ap3x and NIX chiming in with skepticism and mild pointers rather than real help. It ends up being more comedy than tutorial, capped off by a petty double-posting spat and a running joke about how personally invested this guy was in taking down a forum built entirely to mock him.

these little kids start getting all obsessed about me and they actually formed a forum where they can just sit around and bitch about my trolling ways.— oceanxx3

My urge to fuck this god damn forum up has returned! God damn, wish I could pwn these retards.— oceanxx3

why don't u simply phish one of the admins accounts and hope that the noob keeps the same pw for his forum account ?— NIX