Board 8 > ~*~ The 50 most influential users in Board 8 History ~*~

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SDR was real!?

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~*~42. The Albion Hero ~*~

I am mentally incapable of reading because I have ADD.

Albion shot to prominence around 2005, in a timeframe which generally did not yield a productive crop of new users. Albion was possibly the most undesirable of the lot with his dry, transparent attempts to generally annoy anyone who read his posts. I find it difficult to describe him as a troll because I never for a moment thought he was enjoying what he was doing, he struck me a self-destructive depressed guy who wanted to give everyone he met a taste.
Most of his early topics were in relation to the console wars; being a particularly pro-Xbox person this naturally led to conflicts on board 8. He later expanded to other areas of the board before developing an interest in the stats topic and settling down somewhat.


Points of Impact

-> Claimed suicide at least once.
-> Has attempted multiple rallies during several close contest matches.
-> Seems incapable of joy if its not at the expense of someone or something else.


Notable Moment:

Making a thread one christmas insulting his grandma for getting him the Guitar Hero III guitar pack as someone else had already got it for him.


The Poor Mans Albion? - Silencer S

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where are you getting these old quotes from?

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From: __Smurf__ | #152
I am mentally incapable of reading because I have ADD.

Excellent.

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From: RyokIes | #153
where are you getting these old quotes from?

Ulti's database, presumably.

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I've never heard of any of these poor man's version except DNEA

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ah, because that albion one had me laughing for longer than it should have and I'd love to see the context of it

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That is seriously the entire contest. Albion said that when people were saying he had no reading comprehension.

Oh and Slowflake made a topic here about having aspergers a few years back (and he felt really betrayed with how his parents were kind of analyzing him without telling him), and I've watched a few of his Pokemon videos on youtube. He definitely is legit with having that (not what the internet thinks aspergers is), so the way he acted wasn't totally his fault. He's gotten a lot better, so maybe he'll come back one day. It would be nice, I always loved the dude.

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I am insulted that you think you're my friend. -joyrock

Ultimaterializer HAS to be #1. Love him or hate him, his opinions and involvement have totally shaped the board. This is essentially his board and everyone here is literally obsessed with him. He's both the hero and villain of the board.

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"Don't freeze up girl, you're looking quite a sight." - Adam Ant.
"Baby, can you dig your man? He's a righteous man." - Larry Underwood

Ulti is # 4 in the sir chris power rankings.

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Albion is like a self aware self loathing Anagram

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From: RyokIes | #153
where are you getting these old quotes from?

Some from the wiki, some from nalsoft AIM logs from searching the person.

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Smurf The cream of Sonic Fanboyism.
I liked smurf until he declared me worst user on board 8 - the jp

Slowflake also likes pokemon.

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Vote for this guy in every contest, our Guru champion: SuperNiceDog

ngirl's a fine person but a pretty terrible mod.

I'm not sure how that Slowflake writeup would inform anybody why he was notable besides a last-second note about the BOP (which is only a tiny part). that was a real hit-and-run writeup. (I think you've done about 5 of those to Slow in these list topics over the years, it's a little bit disturbing to be honest)

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th3l3fty posted...
wait

wait

SDR was real!?

Were you not around when his myspace hit the board? It was right after he started talking about taking a wheelchair girl to the prom--a story we all knew was fake until we saw his myspace.

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I was around, but I somehow totally missed the myspace stuff

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thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris

I think in general board 8 are too quick to cast disbelief on someone because they appear too strange to be true. For the most part the majority of those suspects have been legit. Usually if the act is going on for a few months and continues to go on even if they aren't getting much attention, its not gonna be a joke alt.

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Smurf , The Cream of Sonic Fanboyism

How long did Viper Vixen go on?

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The Poor Mans Albion? - Silencer S

I've never even heard of "Silencer S" before.

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Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

There's no way ertyu should be anything other than top 3 at least.
My life would be completely different if I didn't have bumpo.


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SuperNiceDog is a SuperGuruGuy!
I made a stupid bet with Alec. It cost me my testicles & sig. Take all my money and I could own the Mets.

__Smurf__ posted...
I find it difficult to describe him as a troll because I never for a moment thought he was enjoying what he was doing, he struck me a self-destructive depressed guy who wanted to give everyone he met a taste.

Notable Moment:
Making a thread one christmas insulting his grandma for getting him the Guitar Hero III guitar pack as someone else had already got it for him.

*thumbs up*

Also I've always enjoyed those Smurf versus Slow writeups, this was no exception!

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Best Show ever? Our interview of Guru Champ SuperNiceDog!

Ayvuir too low IMO

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~*~ 41. SineNomine ~*~

I admit, I'm a corrupt mod. When a user flames another user and it's quite funny, I tend to forget how to delete it.

Prior to 2005 board 8 had a very testing and thorny relationship with moderators and the gamefaqs moderating stance in general. There were frequent bannings of regular board 8'ers and often over mundane reasons which drew plenty of collective facepalming towards the staff. In general the Gamefaqs ToS and its enforcement has been renowned internet wide for just how ridiculously bad and counter productive it was. (At least until the recent changes).Naturally the moderator staff who willingly applied to enforce such a ToS would by default be met by caution from board 8 which had numerous hostile encounters with previous mods.

Then Sine came along with his sunny disposition, lenience with the b7 and being happy to explain any moderator issues with users who'd ask. As a user he was a fun, likable guy to have around. As a moderator he was a revelation in improving board 8's relationship with the staff of gamefaqs. Since then we've had many moderators who've integrated strongly into the community but Sine was the first to penetrate more than just Sir Chris.


The Poor Mans SineNomine? - red13n

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Honestly, red13n would deserve to be on this list more than Sine.

"He was a cool mod" doesn't really cut it for the purposes of this list, I would say.

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SuperNiceDog also has the right of way.
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If he improved the relationship between mods and regular users I'd call that influence.

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SuperNiceDog is pretty good.

He improved the relationship between regular users and one mod.

Pretty sure that "improved" relationship ended the moment he stopped coming to Board 8.

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He 's also 90% of the reason I'm a mod, FYI.

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Dynamic sig good.
SuperNiceDog better.

What did red13n do exactly that was influencing? He was on the board and a known face but he was never hugely open, friendly or social with the masses. Particularly in his early years, he was just sort of there as that guy with the strange fondness for eevee.

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Smurf The cream of Sonic Fanboyism.
I liked smurf until he declared me worst user on board 8 - the jp

well influence = impact it seems like in this list

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Good job SuperNiceDog

From: nintendogirl1 | #180
He 's also 90% of the reason I'm a mod, FYI.

Hey now don't tarnish the mans good name like that. D:

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Well, I'm not sure what Sine did that was influencing. Sine was a really cool dude and he was a rarity among moderators in terms of his attitude, but that doesn't make him a top 50 influential user.

If we want to talk about "Top 50 best Board 8 users ever," then yeah, I don't have a problem including Sine.

But I'm not sure what influence or lasting impact he really had as a whole.

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From: __Smurf__ | #183
Hey now don't tarnish the mans good name like that. D:

Sorry you can't handle the truth bro.

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Dynamic sig good.
SuperNiceDog better.

From: Lopen | #186
I wouldn't say half of the people on this list so far are particularly influential, but then again it's a Smurf list so what can you do.

Say "1. Inviso", make bets on how many topics the list is going to last (3 and a half), laugh about how atrocious the decisions are and mock the things Smurf did in the past.

Think we've got all those covered.

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Dynamic sig good.
SuperNiceDog better.

I wouldn't say half of the people on this list so far are particularly influential, but then again it's a Smurf list so what can you do.

But then again I don't know if I could name 50 "influential" users so maybe filler is inevitable.

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I tried to have a fierce rivalry with SuperNiceDog, but he made me look worse than a GameFAQs Contest!

Sine was awesome. Miss him, and our nights on skype with a few other cats singing Be Prepared and acapella Final Fantasy VII themes :(

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"What about the lion from Lion King?" - SuperNiceDog

Slowflake too low tbh

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~*~40. SHINE GET 64 ~*~

Always guaranteed to post something interesting, and as such he's one of the most silly and engaging users on the board. Might be the most creative user on the board, except that his creativity is literally all over the place. - Ed Bellis on SHINE.

SHINE is a gamers gamer and the principle outlet of tidbits of gaming news and information throughout the years. He's a guy who eats, drinks and sleeps video games. He plays console games non-stop and probably simultaneously on a handheld as well, his backloggery and PS3 trophy collection is impressive evidence of a man with a gigantic passion for gaming and this spills off into his outlets of feverish excitement, hype and discussions like no other user. Board 8 has very few dedicated gaming users and none quite in the mold of SHINE but thats not where his contributions end.

He's also had a knack for many lighthearted and interesting projects. Apparently these projects were so creative that the creativity manifested itself physically in his vicinity.


Points of Impact

-> Kobe battles involving a series of simple yet hilarious jpegs. The best was surely during the female contest.
-> the SHINE awards
-> Popularised backloggery, he is the resident completionist after all.
-> SHype is his brand of candy filled excitement for a new game on the horizon.


The Poor Mans SHINE? - Viewtiful Darkness

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From: nintendogirl1 | #187
From: Lopen | #186
I wouldn't say half of the people on this list so far are particularly influential, but then again it's a Smurf list so what can you do.

Say "1. Inviso", make bets on how many topics the list is going to last (3 and a half), laugh about how atrocious the decisions are and mock the things Smurf did in the past.

Think we've got all those covered.

Maybe I'll be in for a treat someday and somebody will try to troll me with something that wasn't recycled from 2005, man that'd be sweet.

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(='.'=] Put Ziggy in your sig to support his cause.

SHYPE has convinced me to buy at least three different games

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I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris

From: __Smurf__ | #191
Maybe I'll be in for a treat someday and somebody will try to troll me with something that wasn't recycled from 2005, man that'd be sweet.

you'd need to have done something relevant since then for us to troll you about

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"What about the lion from Lion King?" - SuperNiceDog

Users that haven't been relevant for 7 years get jokes that haven't been rele--

Dammit Extha did this already

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From: LeonhartFour | #184
Well, I'm not sure what Sine did that was influencing. Sine was a really cool dude and he was a rarity among moderators in terms of his attitude, but that doesn't make him a top 50 influential user.

If we want to talk about "Top 50 best Board 8 users ever," then yeah, I don't have a problem including Sine.

But I'm not sure what influence or lasting impact he really had as a whole.

He changed the common perception that all mods are dicks to "most mods are dicks". He was evidence some of them were nice people who just wanted to have fun like everyone else and not power trippers eager to beat someone with their authority stick.

That's the influence and why he was ranked.

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Smurf's right about Sine though. The best mod B8 has ever seen by clear miles, and one of the only two good ones on the site.

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the other one had better be TRE!

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thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris

He changed the common perception that all mods are dicks to "most mods are dicks".

But Sine is a dick. He was just the kind of dick that abused his power in ways some folks were amused by, as opposed to just being straight up mean.

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*three good ones.

I forgot about TRE.

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