Here's the big one that really shook the place up. One day Eric, who liked to play anonymously under other names, came up with Maximum glue or Max [Glue] of the Glue clan. There was no Glue clan. He used the label from a bottle of Gorilla Glue for the clan mascot. On alt.tastless someone had posted links to top Nazi books for children. No. I'm not kidding. There are actually Nazi themed children's books. Yes, that is disgusting and vile. How can I use that to my advantage? This was an opportunity to cause some real trouble. So I started posting as Max [Glue] on the message board. Posting all kinds of awful racist garbage to get everyone riled up. Then I informed everyone that the [Glue] clan was coming to take over the server! Really? Take over the server? Yes. That's what I said. We're going to take over the server. That is once "Epoxy comes". I know what you're thinking. "How does someone take over a server"? Stop right there. Don't think about it. Just remember that I'm dealing with reactionary mouth breathers. The ones that I was targeting are the kinds of guys that watched Wrestling and thought it was real.
The idiots who took this seriously (like MetalSkull) were asking "who is Epoxy". "You don't know who Epoxy[Glue] is? He is the greatest gamer of all! None of you can beat me and I am but a mere extension of the glory that is Epoxy[Glue]. You are all nothing. We will take over your server. You will do as we say. We are your masters now". Pure crap. I mean, pro wrestling isn't this stupid. Members of the Cajun Mafia saw right through this and laughed their asses off. On the other end of the spectrum, the slack-jawed fools that fell for it were totally pissed off and ready for war.
It was priceless.
Then came the ultimatum. This was the best post ever on TOA. "We will take your server Tuesday night at 8 pm". I actually gave a specific time for the rubes to unit against their great enemy! Needless to say, Tuesday night at 8pm came and went with no appearance of the Glue clan. The server was packed! TheKind wanted to know who Max[Glue] was so he was waiting to record the IP to ban it. Neither Eric or I was were stupid enough to take that bait. Instead we waited till the next day and posted yet another defiant threat.
"One of you obviously hacked our LAN. We weren't able to connect. We have since secured our LAN and this will not happen again. You will pay for this. The entire Glue clan will be there. Resin is coming! He is really pissed at you guys".
Okay, now that is just plain ridiculous. Who could possibly take this seriously? It's such an obvious troll. I was the number one suspect and TheKind banned me from the message board based on his suspicions. I had to clear my name. So the next day I go online from home and I'm playing vs Don Mega. Eric signs on through a stolen AOL account under Max[Glue] and we frag for a little while. Once Don Mega tells everyone on the message board that I'm innocent and that Spidey defended him against the rude and racist comments of Man[Glue], I was cleared of being a suspect. It was beautiful. TOA was on fire with Max[Glue] hate. The message board was ablaze. It was fantastic. Hundreds and hundreds of posts. Needles to say, no glue clan ever showed up and Max[Glue] went away. TOA was united by their hate for an enemy that didn't even exist. My greatest moment. To all who remember this, you're welcome.
There were other crazy incidents along the way, but nothing like the Max[Glue] situation.
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