I'm on VoT, and in VoT, we have 3 ginormous guilds. Dragongod Knightkings, Touch Fluffy Tail, and No Fun Allowed. Now, I don't visit 4chan or reddit. People on the interwebs say that if you can't handle the manure, then don't go there. I can't handle the rancid excrement that exists there, so I don't go there.
However, it's common knowledge that at the very least, Touch Fluffy Tail, No Fun Allowed, and Thin Fried Tofu are 4chan guilds. There may be more on other PvP servers; I don't know. As I've only spent a cumulative time of maybe one hour on 4chan, I didn't have a clear picture (or any picture) of what people from this place are like. I wanted to know what my Vanarchs would be like. I did a little research and this is what I found:
Anonymous Person
To me, it sounds like people who wish they were the Joker. For some reason, they think it's cool to be that guy who, according to Alfred, "only wants to watch the world burn." I hope they don't succeed in trying to burn TERA down.
However, it's common knowledge that at the very least, Touch Fluffy Tail, No Fun Allowed, and Thin Fried Tofu are 4chan guilds. There may be more on other PvP servers; I don't know. As I've only spent a cumulative time of maybe one hour on 4chan, I didn't have a clear picture (or any picture) of what people from this place are like. I wanted to know what my Vanarchs would be like. I did a little research and this is what I found:
Anonymous Person
"Here is where 4chan comes in: it is the exact opposite of Facebook, as 4chan is naturally engineered to those with no identity. While 4chan is officially an image-board, there is no profile, no friends count, no identity whatsoever. You are an anonymous poster and that is the beauty of it. While there are moderators who supposedly enforce “rules,†the rules are largely ignored by anonymous posters. There is an appealing lack of leadership on 4chan with no egos or personalities deciding what happens.
The other major appealing aspect of 4chan is the site’s lack of memory. The site contains no history and no files are saved, making 4chan the location where “cancerâ€, filth, and porn are uploaded with no backlash or bans (mostly). Threads only last for minutes before 404ing. This ensures that the only threads that are bumped and survive are the most popular threads, resulting in a hive-mind type of anarchism. It is mob rule. As nothing is saved and nobody can stand out, there is no reason individuals would ever come to the site looking for attention, advice, or motivation. Whiners are instead told to “kill yourself†when asking for advice. Now think back to how Facebook attention [filtered]s are quick to boost egos of some fat chick. The anonymous nature of 4chan does not ask who you are or your life status. Being Anonymous is a type of security, as everyone is equal. There is no hierarchy. Nobody is better looking, nobody has more money, nobody is smarter, nobody has more sex, nobody is a loser. There is even no need to be a female or post a picture of yourself. Posters embrace their lack of identity, finding power in being nobody.
In the eyes of Anonymous, any poster who announces being a female or otherwise exposes their own identity is violating the entire structure of being anonymous. Those who expose themselves are ridiculed to no end. In fact, “femanons†who announce their female identity are quickly and not politely admonished by the entire board to post pictures of “tits or GTFO.†Anonymous rationalizes that any female to divulge her sex to 4chan is seeking attention and power and therefore must show her [filtered]. There honestly is no reason otherwise to being a female on 4chan.
I asked myself why Anonymous and 4chan users would concern themselves with DDOSing sites like Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal and why they would care at all about Julian Assange, a creepy [filtered]. Sure, the official Anonymous response was to ensure free speech on the Internet but I really didn’t buy it. Anonymous may enjoy posting sh** all over the internet but I highly doubt that the majority of them are the 1st Amendment advocates they say they are. It’s much more likely that Anonymous DDOSed the sites for the same reason they troll the rest of the internet: why not? Anonymous seems to have nothing to really do, no real goals or hobbies except video games and porn. They enjoy pranking and bullying people because they think it is funny to disrupt, troll, and wreak havoc on the polite and politically correct Internet. The reason they like Assange is because he is similar to them and they want to piss people off in the same way Assange does."
"The hatred and violence generated by Anonymous is not limited to the virtual world. Pekka-Eric Auvinen posted a threat on an Anonymous forum before going on a shooting rampage, stating he was going to 'kill people in the name of anonymous.' He murdered nine people before taking his own life. Jarrad Willis, after posting a threat on an Anonymous forum to carry out a shopping mall massacre, committed suicide the day before he was to appear in court on related charges."
"Anonymous members have directed debased and perverse postings to young people, often emotionally vulnerable, goading them to take their own lives. They have posted photographs and instructions online encouraging suicide and murder.
They have exploited the grief of a family who lost a loved one. The parents of a 7th-grader who shot himself with a rifle were bombarded with prank calls for over a year concerning his death. Anonymous joked about his death, hacked into his MySpace page and turned his face into a zombie.
Anonymous insiders have admitted to vandalism, bomb threats, plans to create and use pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails against the Church of Scientology, and other illegal tactics of their hate campaign."
To me, it sounds like people who wish they were the Joker. For some reason, they think it's cool to be that guy who, according to Alfred, "only wants to watch the world burn." I hope they don't succeed in trying to burn TERA down.
Edited by: AwkwardMonkey
12 months ago