Originally posted by cerakote
looking up criminal things, someone posted about zoklet (which is ded), which led me to totse (which is also ded), which led me to here, and i like it here
>zoklet is dead
no wai
Just goofing around i think this will be the right time to tell you a little something about our history.
GenesisIn the beginning there was darkness and Cerf-Khan said: Let there be internet! And so it was. People from all over rejoiced and marveled at Their creation. Soon enough, they had a following of loyal Techpriest Enginseers, and their power was great indeed. For they shared in the Grace of Khan. The most powerful of Techpriests went by the name Jeff Hunter and it was He who spawned The Temple of the Screaming Electron. Acceptance reigned supreme as no one was excluded, save for the few individuals who did not know how to operate Dial Up internet connections and connect to text based BBS'. And honestly who needs stupid people in a community that thrives on information anyway?
For twenty years straight, from before the existence of chans, TOTSE reigned supreme. But alas, it was not meant to last. I wish i could tell you an ebin story of how TOTSE died in a blaze of glory, yet it would be nought but a lie, for it was laziness and underaged titties that did the great Jeff Hunter in. He posted a TATA FOR NOW and that was the end of it...
Totse, a new hope Zok was an unassuming junior Techpriest in the employ of the great Jeff Hunter but he had a great destiny, set by Cerf-Khan all those years ago. For it would be he who would set up our new Promised Land. Long had Zok dabbled in the art of forum creation and when such time came he knew it would be him to heed the call. At the end of totse and at the bottom of the now legendary "TATA FOR NOW" post Hunter directed the denizens of Totse to their new home in a final act of benevolence.
The great migrationMany were lost in these times and so it has been ever more. As a general rule we lose half of our userbase each migration. In the past this was no different. Needless to say our community has been decimated over the years.
ProsperityWe had a good run with Zoklet while it lasted.
The Great WarOver the years Zok had assembled an army of admins, super moderators and moderators to keep the plebs in check. Needless to say this caused a lot of friction, there's a lot of stuff here but it comes down to the fact that the Zoklet administration had grown elements of a dictatorship, spear-headed by yours truly. Besides, our community has never been one for respecting authority, so in a lot of ways this was inevitable.
(inb4spectral)
Era of StrifeAnd lo, a DOX was cast which would topple the once mighty Zok. How the mighty have fallen the public decried. And as catastrophe was about to befall our community once more people sought refuge in the ancient texts of Khan that said a mighty profit would champion the cause of The Temple.
Many tried and failed, there was one particularly dramatic episode with Arnox and IntoSanctuary. Idio and Redfern were hit by a DOX as well. LLZ another spawn of my and some weird tranny's making fell to the forces of my allies when i switched side to Redfern.
Peace at lastIt was then when a young computer programmer from San Francisco rolled a pirated copy of vB5 onto a pentium 60 personal computer from the 90's and spake thusly:
NO MODS! NO MANAGERS!
And here we are, peace at last.
Further reading on Encyclopedia Dramatica. I would link the articles but they're getting DDoS'd lel.
The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
