Board 8 > ~*~ The 50 most influential users in Board 8 History ~*~ (part 2)

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__Smurf__
01/08/12 4:13:00 AM
#151:


From: Achromatic | #147
I don't understand why everyone is giving you so much crap about the list. If they disagree they should make their own crappy list that won't draw 1/5th of the interest.

Heroic Mario really never was that big of a deal people just overhype him a bit! Best thing he ever did was be my ETERNAL RIVAL.


No clue, its weird how many people read the stuff posted here only to fold their arms and be all "well, thats not how I'd have done it".

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Mr Lasastryke
01/08/12 4:16:00 AM
#152:


You can't make a maplejet writeup without mentioning hipsters! But I'll forgive Smurf, since that's a more recent thing.

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Achromatic
01/08/12 4:19:00 AM
#153:


You know it is kind of weird witnessing the twisted evolution of Mapes throughout the years. Like way back in the day I never found him too awful really. Sure he was a bit of a weird guy and not very likable but I figured that not everyone is going to be my cup of tea and just shrugged him off when he did stupid stuff. Now though it is as if he is literally insane behind his computer. Like, I legitimately think he might need help.

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GuessMyUserName
01/08/12 7:12:00 AM
#154:


I have absolutely no clue what happened to mapes

he used to just be some guy that posted about music and made "post songs and I'll rank them" topics


now he literally posts nothing but hipster hipster hipster

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Rad Link 5
01/08/12 7:25:00 AM
#155:


Ctrl-F: Rad

This series just keeps getting worse and worse.

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MrSmartGuy
01/08/12 9:02:00 AM
#157:


From: __Smurf__ | #069
Palmer was part of a new wave of users around the 2007 mark (dubbed the pop culture weirdo crew by me right now).


I didn't realize there were enough of us to even make generalizations about! The only other newbie I could even name from that year was JC. >__>

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HaRRicH
01/08/12 9:07:00 AM
#158:


LeonhartFour posted...
If Heroic Mario was as "cultish" as you imply, then we wouldn't have seen a million "Heroic" accounts on Board 8 over the years.

That's the reason why I though HM would be so much higher. There were a whole lot of them.

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XIII_rocks
01/08/12 9:09:00 AM
#159:


From: Ed Bellis | #156
I will say that I don't understand why everyone's giving Smurf crap either, but for a different reason: we all knew what this was going to be like going in!


Crap isn't justified by the existence of previous crap

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XIII_rocks
01/08/12 9:11:00 AM
#160:


Also maplejet used to be a little bit annoying because he'd just post ytmnds in every topic

That said, he used them like we use reaction images now, so can't complain.

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EndOfDiscOne
01/08/12 9:16:00 AM
#161:


I never really noticed maplejet until the past year or two, when he started making topics directed at me telling me to SHUT THE HELL UP

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XIII_rocks
01/08/12 9:22:00 AM
#163:


Eh, I guess it HAS been a while since the last one

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__Smurf__
01/08/12 9:40:00 AM
#164:


From: HaRRicH | #158
LeonhartFour posted...
If Heroic Mario was as "cultish" as you imply, then we wouldn't have seen a million "Heroic" accounts on Board 8 over the years.

That's the reason why I though HM would be so much higher. There were a whole lot of them.


Alt fads shockingly aren't a gigantic influence on a board community. They have presence sure and it was acknowledged but a heroic alt fad is hardly the driving force behind the community or anything. It wasn't even unique to him, VM and MWIS created the exact same trends.

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VincentLauw
01/08/12 9:42:00 AM
#165:


ITT smurf hates fads, loves drama

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ExThaNemesis
01/08/12 9:44:00 AM
#166:


From: Achromatic | #147
Heroic Mario really never was that big of a deal people just overhype him a bit!


Hmm, strange to see Sir Chris remembering things so incorrectly.

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__Smurf__
01/08/12 10:05:00 AM
#167:


~*~ 31. Inviso ~*~

"I mean, if you got insulted by someone who's mentally retarded, I'd say that that is probably one of the biggest blows to the ego possible." - Inviso on interactions with difficult board 8'ers.


In the early days of board 8 the place was filled with quick bursts of drama which usually met a brief satisfying conclusion. There was little intrigue, plot twists or development in any of these tales and they stood as you first saw them. I'm thinking especially of plots involving fr0q, BEthstardust, gingerbee, MWIS, "the cult" etc. That was how drama went, that was how it was expected to go. Quick, clean and satisfying with a few lingering memes to make appropriate throwbacks to it later on.

The Invlado gate was different to this. One of the earliest occurrences of the "serious business" theme that crept into the board in later years and obviously still lingers today. This was far from quick and clean. It was in depth, twisted constantly, dragged out over months and just never really resolved itself. The decision to make the split-up public was an interesting one since neither user was widely significant at the time and their dealings weren't closely monitored or anything. It could possibly have never been addressed on the board and nobody would have noticed, but it was and this made it very much a board 8 issue.

The drama threw both users into the spotlight, both at their cynical best which was ultimately the tone that was going to define them in many peoples eyes. Both were seen as dividing figures with various opinions on them yet both were hugely significant and interesting.


Points of Impact

-> Invlado gate.
-> Popularised battle royale fics.
-> Predominant organiser and feature in most reality tv outlets on the board.

Notable Moment:

In a bizarre appeal for attention Inviso decided she wanted to be claim she was a tall asian underwear model. This was disproved pretty quickly but the legacy of 7 foot asian jokes lived on.

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XIII_rocks
01/08/12 10:13:00 AM
#168:


-> Popularised battle royale fics.

Robazoid did this

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nintendogirl1
01/08/12 10:13:00 AM
#169:


From: __Smurf__ | #167
1. Inviso

Knew it.

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Robazoid
01/08/12 10:16:00 AM
#170:


RollTheBones did it actually, I stole from him

I was totally the one who proved Inviso was pretending to be Harumi Nemoto though so hey I kind of made the list anyway even if I wasn't mentioned by name. Woo!

EDIT: Actually what RTB did wasn't technically a Battle Royale I don't think. He totally did a B8 story thing before I did though

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XIII_rocks
01/08/12 10:23:00 AM
#171:


right on cue, like a boss

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Robazoid
01/08/12 10:24:00 AM
#172:


I was actually literally just thinking 'hey look at that topic. If I'm mentioned at all it'll be for the Inviso thing or maybe Board 8 Battle' and bam, last two posts

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__Smurf__
01/08/12 10:28:00 AM
#173:


~*~ 30. Shadow Ryoko ~*~

*is a girl* - Ryoko's sig from 2003 ensuring no attention prospects were missed.

While a mostly forgettable person just passing by in 2003 when Ryoko returned a couple of years later she made an immediate impact on the board quickly becoming one of the most liked and renowned users on the social scene. Initially her promiscuous line of discussion on a board mostly filled with male teenagers was pretty much giving the community exactly what it wanted, her threads were popular and she quickly became one of the most sigged people at the time.
Later editions of Ryoko saw a greater maturity no longer showing the desire for attention which was once her trademark. Her impact beyond maybe 2006 was perhaps less obvious but certainly no less effective as evidence by the boards decision to elect her UotY 2009. In the years that followed she became one of the most prominent light discussion users, displaying an admirable nerve to never, ever get involved in the majority of crap that goes on in board 8, definitely rowing against the current.

Points of Impact

-> An integral part of Luster's "project woo" and also "project mod babies".
-> User of the Year 2009
-> Weird japanese horror game niche.

The Poor Mans Ryoko? - Cycloreaper

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LeonhartFour
01/08/12 10:56:00 AM
#174:


From: __Smurf__ | #151
No clue, its weird how many people read the stuff posted here only to fold their arms and be all "well, thats not how I'd have done it".


It's weird how many people post lists and act like it's a dumb thing when people debate and discuss it.

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Not_Wylvane
01/08/12 12:31:00 PM
#176:


Why is my name censored in that pic?

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EndOfDiscOne
01/08/12 12:31:00 PM
#177:


semantics

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LeonhartFour
01/08/12 12:56:00 PM
#178:


From: UltimaterializerX | #175
Dr_Football won Winter 2010, not Palmer and Allen said so himself. Kind of funny how people still try to beat that drum, because if you haven't won a prize then you haven't won a contest.


As far as Allen's concerned, Football won. Non-prize brackets don't matter to him. Palmer submitted the best bracket for that contest, and if he had entered the Guru, he would've been considered the winner, non-prize entry or not.

Not sure why you're so intent on being so contentious about this point whenever it's brought up!

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PartOfYourWorld
01/08/12 1:01:00 PM
#179:


This Palmer trolling two years after the fact is poor behavior.

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Crossfiyah
01/08/12 1:04:00 PM
#180:


Hey, speaking of girls, does anybody remember gotspork?

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Not_Wylvane
01/08/12 1:07:00 PM
#181:


From: PartOfYourWorld | #179
This Palmer trolling two years after the fact is poor behavior.


Just because it makes me an a****** to laugh doesn't make it less funny!

It takes true skill to predict a 128-character contest better than tens of thousands of other people yet still f*** up the entry form.

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BIGPUN9999
01/08/12 1:15:00 PM
#182:


All hail palmer

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PartOfYourWorld
01/08/12 1:22:00 PM
#183:


From: Not_Wylvane | #181
Just because it makes me an a****** to laugh doesn't make it less funny!

It takes true skill to predict a 128-character contest better than tens of thousands of other people yet still f*** up the entry form.


Not that, just this stupid denial by Ulti. Palmer won. He made one bracket, it was as serious as any other, and he got the best score with it. The prize money means nothing (apart from massive lulz) on top of all that. Heck, entrants in every continent outside North America can't even submit prize brackets. Does that mean a European or Asian entrant is disallowed to win the contest? Silly.

I laughed at Palmer too. No one appreciated the irony of the #1 "I hate contests" guy making arguably the best bracket ever and then pwning himself in the end more than me. But it's stupid to deny his win. He won the contest.

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GuessMyUserName
01/08/12 2:43:00 PM
#184:


From: PartOfYourWorld | Posted: 1/8/2012 4:22:11 PM | #183
Heck, entrants in every continent outside North America can't even submit prize brackets. Does that mean a European or Asian entrant is disallowed to win the contest?


those inferior beings? no chance

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Mr Lasastryke
01/08/12 3:03:00 PM
#185:


Ryoko and Cyclo aren't much alike, really >_>

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AlecTrevelyan006
01/08/12 3:05:00 PM
#186:


Are you insinuating that Palmer is non-American? Racist.

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Lopen
01/08/12 3:26:00 PM
#187:


From: Achromatic | #147
I don't understand why everyone is giving you so much crap about the list. If they disagree they should make their own crappy list that won't draw 1/5th of the interest.


Eh, Chris, I think you're underestimating how much of a draw "Smurf list" is in this equation and how much of the draw is actually just someone pretentiously making an objective list of the users of b8. Smurf likes to think that it's his name that's drawing people, but I'm pretty sure he used to run UotY and then the thing didn't lose a single step when someone else took it over. There are three draws here:

1. He's talking about people on b8, and follows through on it, eventually.
2. LISTZ
3. His attitude is that he's being "objective" and isn't being humble about it which makes people feel more free to roast him when he makes a stupid choice.

Hell if you had a total no namer doing this list I'd think they'd arguably get more attention simply because you'd have a bunch of people saying "who the hell are you and what makes you think you have the right to be objective on this." Reason why you don't see these things often from non Smurf individuals is it takes a very specific person to care enough and be aware that point 3 is a good approach to take to generate interest (good or bad, and I know Smurf doesn't care which side he's getting). Ed did one of these to a similar amount of activity at one point. You could argue Ed Bellis is also someone who "would drum more than 1/5 the interest" but seeing how random nobodies can make random controversial topics for 500 I maintain that making hot button topics is more about knowing b8 psychology than popularity.

As for why I'm not doing it? Don't care enough to make any sort of list about b8 users. Making fun of Smurf lists is always fun, though! It's more fun to play dumb and argue about it than to say "oh well it's bad but I knew it was going to be."

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Mr Lasastryke
01/08/12 3:29:00 PM
#188:


Ed did one of these to a similar amount of activity at one point.

Ed literally said he did user rankings that were "objective" or "semi-objective," though. Haven't seen anything like that from Smurf so far.

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Lopen
01/08/12 3:39:00 PM
#189:


The name of the list and the attitude he's taking towards the list implies it.

Anyway I'm just trying to give people a cheat sheet to follow if they want easy 500 topics. Follow it if you want the easy street to cool is all I'm sayin.

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Inviso
01/08/12 3:55:00 PM
#190:


Who would be the poor man's Inviso?

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Robazoid
01/08/12 3:56:00 PM
#191:


Probably me I guess because you stole Battle Royale cred that XIII thinks is rightfully mine.

I challenge you to a duel... on the battlefield!

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Inviso
01/08/12 4:00:00 PM
#192:


Wasn't Caelus doing those random number death projects before either of us though?

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Robazoid
01/08/12 4:01:00 PM
#193:


I honestly don't remember. Either way we all stole from Battle Royale so it's not like we've got a huge originality prize to win.

In any case, duel!

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Inviso
01/08/12 4:02:00 PM
#194:


*summons Jinzo...IN ATTACK MODE!*

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OmarsComin
01/08/12 4:18:00 PM
#195:


I don't understand why everyone is giving you so much crap about the list. If they disagree they should make their own crappy list that won't draw 1/5th of the interest.

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Achromatic
01/08/12 5:21:00 PM
#198:


"My pet rock Alexander is higher in my esteem than Regaro." -Sir Chris

When did I say this haha.

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GuessMyUserName
01/08/12 5:24:00 PM
#199:


I'm surprised there was no mention of Smurf teasing and fur jokes in Viso's write-up

what was Smurf again, a rat?

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OmarsComin
01/08/12 5:26:00 PM
#200:


"My pet rock Alexander is higher in my esteem than Regaro." -Sir Chris

When did I say this haha.


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