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xi_hyperon · Jan 10, 2008, 11:58 AM

Someone at another forum, of which I'm a member, found and posted this thread from nsxprime.com. Talk about brutal. I didn't read the entire thread (42 pages now), but there is a cliffnotes version here. Even shorter summary: Idiot spammer gets busted posting his own gambling sites, turns out he's a pedophile as well, gets banned, then gets UNBANNED when the forum recognizes huge influx of visitors, and he comes back for more punishment.

Easiest way to own a NSX - NSX Prime

Close to 200 other forums that have linked to the thread.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 10, 2008, 12:10 PM

I wouldn't say most infamous but the p-p-p-powerbook scam thread definitely got some action its day.

C.A.T.S. CEO · Jan 10, 2008, 12:16 PM

Wow, I'll read it later (I'm at school) but I did read the cliffsnotes.

Dork. · Jan 10, 2008, 12:19 PM

The thread about the kid playing WOW who bragged about his late-night sessions on a forum then got pwned by his mom (who read the forums also) and grounded him for staying up so late is also pretty legendary....

A summary is here:
Kid busted by WoW-playing mommy - Joystiq

Couldn't find the actual thread, but I bet searching for "Brion pwned" will find it eventually.

philm · Jan 10, 2008, 12:20 PM

What about that thread which featured re-working of a photograph of a girl on the back of a motorbike. It was on a Subaru fan site. Can't find it now. Anyone know what I am talking about?

Doofy · Jan 10, 2008, 02:07 PM

I'm gonna nominate the thread where a guido gentleman told a bunch of cage fighters that they were a bunch of pussies and offered to meet them for a fight. "Lee Hottie" over at sherdog.net, I believe. Most amusing.

boots · Jan 10, 2008, 02:29 PM

^I was thinking the same thing. That's my nomination.

Mastrap · Jan 10, 2008, 02:36 PM

Oh, that was a classic. Truth be told, all of the above are good.

The Placid Casual · Jan 10, 2008, 02:58 PM

I was going to roll out the 'Newsfactor Response' thread, or maybe the C$sh gets arrested one... but alas it is not for these board

OreoCookie · Jan 10, 2008, 04:40 PM

Just to give you a perspective on things:
Their thread has 42 pages, 2074 replies and 864,093 views.
MacNN's Hotbabes thread has [b]57 pages, 2801 posts and a mindboggling 2,315,897 views!

I think this one is pretty high up

BTW, our BluRay vs. HD DVD thread has 108 pages, 5,363 posts (!), but `only' 81,539 views. This is good news: even though we're geeks, women are still more important than techno babble

placebo1969 · Jan 10, 2008, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by philm

What about that thread which featured re-working of a photograph of a girl on the back of a motorbike. It was on a Subaru fan site. Can't find it now. Anyone know what I am talking about?

Yes.

I have that bookmarked at home. I'll post later tonight.

xi_hyperon · Jan 10, 2008, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

Just to give you a perspective on things:
Their thread has 42 pages, 2074 replies and 864,093 views.
MacNN's Hotbabes thread has [b]57 pages, 2801 posts and a mindboggling 2,315,897 views!

I think this one is pretty high up

BTW, our BluRay vs. HD DVD thread has 108 pages, 5,363 posts (!), but `only' 81,539 views. This is good news: even though we're geeks, women are still more important than techno babble

I wasn't so much impressed with the number of pages or views (obviously there are numerous threads that beat this particular one in those categories), as I was with the way that thread spread to so many other forums around the world in such a short time.

Nodnarb · Jan 10, 2008, 06:22 PM

Also, that thread was started much more recently than the hotbabes... It has gotten all those hits since Xmas eve.

sek929 · Jan 10, 2008, 06:31 PM

Quit dissin' the babes, man.

ctt1wbw · Jan 10, 2008, 06:33 PM

Why would someone pay 68k for a Honda?

Uncle Skeleton · Jan 10, 2008, 07:19 PM

Wasn't there a somethingawful thread where a semi-retarded kid got picked on and then went out and did a murder-suicide on halloween IRL? As far as infamy, that topped my list...

analogue SPRINKLES · Jan 10, 2008, 07:22 PM

It wasn't on this site but I saw one where a teenage guy admitted to sniffing his sisters panties and the other forum members found out who he was and contacted his mother with the news.

starman · Jan 10, 2008, 07:31 PM

Big E. vs. Star Destroyer on Usenet. I think it lasted years.

- - e r i k - - · Jan 10, 2008, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton

Wasn't there a somethingawful thread where a semi-retarded kid got picked on and then went out and did a murder-suicide on halloween IRL? As far as infamy, that topped my list...

Yeah. That one was pretty much as intense as you can get.

ghporter · Jan 10, 2008, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by Dork.

The thread about the kid playing WOW who bragged about his late-night sessions on a forum then got pwned by his mom (who read the forums also) and grounded him for staying up so late is also pretty legendary....

A summary is here:
Kid busted by WoW-playing mommy - Joystiq

Couldn't find the actual thread, but I bet searching for "Brion pwned" will find it eventually.

I remember that one. Hysterical!

placebo1969 · Jan 11, 2008, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by placebo1969

Yes.

I have that bookmarked at home. I'll post later tonight.

Oops, nearly forgot.

Here's the link Quite a few missing photos, but still some really funny pictures.

starman · Jan 11, 2008, 02:00 AM

There was a thread on usenet the week before Sept. 11 where a guy told usenet that "something big will happen next Tuesday". That was freaky. I don't remember what newsgroup it was, but I believe the guy was questioned about it.

brassplayersrock² · Jan 11, 2008, 02:20 AM

there was this thread about trains around here one time...

Jim Paradise · Jan 11, 2008, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by placebo1969

Oops, nearly forgot.

Here's the link Quite a few missing photos, but still some really funny pictures.

I haven't seen that thread before, and it's absolutely hilarious. Thank you!

LegendaryPinkOx · Jan 11, 2008, 04:32 AM

Originally Posted by placebo1969

Oops, nearly forgot.

Here's the link Quite a few missing photos, but still some really funny pictures.

I just spent an hour and a half goint over that epic. Wow, I can't believe I missed that.

starman · Jan 11, 2008, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Jim Paradise

I haven't seen that thread before, and it's absolutely hilarious. Thank you!

And I get sh*t for posting a 5-month old video

- - e r i k - - · Jan 11, 2008, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by placebo1969

Oops, nearly forgot.

Here's the link Quite a few missing photos, but still some really funny pictures.

Meh. Juvenile and poorly done.

Andrew Stephens · Jan 12, 2008, 03:43 AM

Well this guy got so comprehensively owned that he even became an internet slang word.

You bin wenzeled!

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brassplayersrock² · Jan 12, 2008, 04:34 AM

^ i was having fun reading that and after 4 pages it takes you to an ad page for domains

and now it wont let me view any of the thread

Love Calm Quiet · Jan 12, 2008, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

^ i was having fun reading that and after 4 pages it takes you to an ad page for domains

and now it wont let me view any of the thread

I found that upon attempting to read *first* page.

I'm thinking the forum likes to take advantage of a much-linked post to boost a major advertiser.

NOT a classy decision :/