Super-Creepy Unexplained Forums Thread

**sirdangolot5** · 03:18 AM

The OIFY

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What is it?

Probably the most famous of the "secret" forums, the OIFY was created by Garry in 2005 for God knows what reason. Over the years, it's gone through many stages, but ever since being hidden and then abandoned and then reopened and hidden again, it's viewership is far down. Most "old" OIFYers (actually usually from no earlier than '07) frequently complain about the quality of the forum, and Facepunch in general.

So What's the Deal?

Generally speaking, if you notice a poorly punctuated or spelled post in General Discussion, made by a user who's been around since 2007, if the post contains the word "hoLLa" or "~FUCK~", OR if the user's avatar contains the words "Bape," "Doug," "OIFY," "Asher Roth" or "Voland," the user is likely an OIFYer.

After a while, spotting users of the OIFY becomes a matter of intuition, as their posts outside of their own forum all have a characteristic feel to them, that's intended to create dramatic and literary irony, which is their favorite brand of humor. The majority of Facepunch has yet to catch on to their game.

FUN FACTS: The letters "OIFY" don't officially stand for anything. Some people will tell you that it stands for "Out It Find You'll" but OIFYers will almost always dispute this, including Greeman and other members of the CCOF.

There also exists a Fakepunch version of the OIFY, but I'm fairly certain that you all know everything there is to know about it, and can agree that it's nothing all that special.

Also, most OIFYers are a fan of this image:

FORUMIDS PLEASE?!?

http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=56
http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=17

#2. The Goldmember Forum

What is it?

The Goldmember forum is obviously well-known -- half the users of Facepunch can now view it - but it has consistently tormented the individuals who cannot access it ever since Garry did away with the option to purchase Gold Member (in the infamous Monkey_123 incident). Many things have been said about the Gold Member's Forum (or Gold Member Crack Lounge), including that CP and Warez are allowed inside, since Google does not index its contents. Screengrabs from the forum, however, are few and far between, and very precious few give us much information about it.

So What's the Deal?

Gold Membership recently ballooned when Garry changed the requirements for Gold Membership to a mere 2 years and 2,000 posts. When asked about it, Garry stated that the Gold Membership was never supposed to be as big a deal as it was anyhow, and the change brought the number of gold members closer to where he wanted it. Nevertheless, there was no denying that this was a huge change: It brought the number of active golds from under 100 to somewhere in the low four figures. Reactions varied greatly. Here are a few of the most widely held:

Blue Members:

New Golds:

Old Golds:

OIFYers:

FORUM IDS PLEASE K THANKS GOODBYE?!?

http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=10
http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=46
These are both supposed facepunch GMFs. Reports vary.
http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=24

The Endgame Forum

What is it?

The once password-protected forum that was the solution to the modteam riddle. I really don't know much about this, other than the fact that the password was somehow leaked to CCOF (oh, I didn't tell you about them? They're the cool cats of facepunch- an OIFY-based steamgroup that hangs out in group chat a lot) and as a result the forum became a bit of a second OIFY. However, most OIFYers much prefer to post in the actual OIFY rather than in the Endgame forum, so once the possibility of Bape (an OIFYer) getting moderator there went out the window, most of them left and never looked back.

So What's the Deal?

Not much goes down there anymore, although this is a pretty cool thread I guess.

FORUM ID MAN?!?!?!

http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26

What cosmic duck thinks

Stealing threads is evil and you should burn in hell for this Sirdangolot

SUPER-COOL SECRET FORUM RECAP FOR LAZY PEOPLE

FACEPUNCH FORUMS:
OIFY:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=56
ENDGAME:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26
GOLD:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10
GOLD:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=46

FAKEPUNCH FORUMS:
OIFY:http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=16
GOLD:http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=24

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 #2

Oh my, it turns out Facepunch forumid 10 is definitely not the Gold Member forum.

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 #3

the forumid for the oify on fakepunch was to RC.

i see what you did there

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 #4

Was it?

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 #5

Yeah. i thought you did that on purpose. I thought it was funny haha

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 #6

Well yeah.

Also this just in

It's been confirmed that the RC is forum 17 on facepunch

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 #7

Grats. Here have a informative

nevermind..

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 #8

So, what are forums 18-23? One has to be the mod forum.
That leaves 5 unknown forums.

16=OIFY
17=RC
18=?!?
19=!?!
20=?!?
21=!?!
22=?!?
23=!?!
24=GMF

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 #9

The forums like GD and Fast threads?

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#10**

Nope, they are from 7-15

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 **#11**

nope.

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#12**

yeah they are

7=GD
8=VG
9=GiP
10=FT
11=Videos
12=CC
13=Photoshop
14=News
15=DDT

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 **#13**

IS that what you spent 15 minutes on instead of posting? haha

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#14**

Naw

I spent 15 minutes on that picture of jpoid

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 **#15**

Oh. lol i take back my post back there then

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#16**

oh cool redstar is viewing

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 **#17**

Fuck yeah this thread is special now.

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#18**

hey are you "npontz"

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 **#19**

No, "papercut" is who i am

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#20**

oh wow

steam just added some guy named "npontz" to my friends list because I searched poncedeleon

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 **#21**

nice. you know Xanatos from youtube and the Janus Syndicate?

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#22**

wow, I searched papercut and it added
"x_brendashoo_x"

**PonceDeLeon** · 01-23-2010 **#23**

who the fuck and what the fuck does that even mean?

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#24**

god knows

**robotman5** · 01-23-2010 **#25**

i was wondering the same thing

**fille87** · 01-23-2010 **#26**

It's me

**Ibutsu** · 01-23-2010 **#27**

Cool thread. <3s for you.

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#28**

hey ibutsu I don't mean to be a jerk but didn't you use to post in the OIFY?

and didn't they all kick you out?

**DrTaxi** · 01-23-2010 **#29**

Originally Posted by sirdangolot5

So, what are forums 18-23? One has to be the mod forum.
That leaves 5 unknown forums.

16=OIFY
17=RC
18=?!?
19=!?!
20=?!?
21=!?!
22=?!?
23=!?!
24=GMF

Game Servers section. Now useless since I'm a shitty game server admin and running one seems pointless to me.

**Ibutsu** · 01-23-2010 **#30**

Originally Posted by sirdangolot5

hey ibutsu I don't mean to be a jerk but didn't you use to post in the OIFY?

and didn't they all kick you out?

Yeah, they made a callout about me.
Didn't kick me out though, I just got bored of it.

**DrTaxi** · 01-23-2010 **#31**

Originally Posted by Ibutsu

Yeah, they made a callout about me.
Didn't kick me out though, I just got bored of it.

That's pretty much kicking you out.

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#32**

hey DrTaxi can I get GM if I mail you Empire: Total War?

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#33**

damn it robotman just stole my avatar idea
I was gonna use it if I got GM

**fille87** · 01-23-2010 **#34**

Originally Posted by sirdangolot5

hey DrTaxi can I get GM if I mail you Empire: Total War?

I'll tell him to give you GM if you send it to me

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#35**

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#36**

I also have Black and White 2, Command and Conquer 4, and a couple of Black and White expansions lying around that I don't need/want

**sirdangolot5** · 01-23-2010 **#37**

Update: I just did some snooping and found some more forums!
Fakepunch 21= Maps
Fakepunch 22= "#1- Unknown Custom Maps"
Fakepunch 6= "Game Servers"
Fakepunch 18= "Moderators"

That's right I found the mod forum!

**fille87** · 01-23-2010 **#38**

Originally Posted by sirdangolot5

Fakepunch 18= "Moderators"

No, there is no moderator forum

**sirdangolot5** · 06:55 PM

Try going to it
PROOF:

This just in, "moderators" is not actually accessible to moderators, along with forums 19-23

**Ibutsu** · 01-23-2010 **#40**

What the Christ?

View Poll Results: Favorite Secret Forum?
Facepunch OIFY	7	46.67%
Facepunch GMF	0	0%
Facepunch Endgame	1	6.67%
Fakepunch Studios	2	13.33%
Fakepunch OIFY	2	13.33%
Fakepunch GMF	3	20.00%
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

01-23-2010 Last edited by sirdangolot5; 01-23-2010 at 03:18 AM. #1
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	The OIFY ----------------------------------------------------------------- What is it? Probably the most famous of the "secret" forums, the OIFY was created by Garry in 2005 for God knows what reason. Over the years, it's gone through many stages, but ever since being hidden and then abandoned and then reopened and hidden again, it's viewership is far down. Most "old" OIFYers (actually usually from no earlier than '07) frequently complain about the quality of the forum, and Facepunch in general. So What's the Deal? Generally speaking, if you notice a poorly punctuated or spelled post in General Discussion, made by a user who's been around since 2007, if the post contains the word "hoLLa" or "~FUCK~", OR if the user's avatar contains the words "Bape," "Doug," "OIFY," "Asher Roth" or "Voland," the user is likely an OIFYer. After a while, spotting users of the OIFY becomes a matter of intuition, as their posts outside of their own forum all have a characteristic feel to them, that's intended to create dramatic and literary irony, which is their favorite brand of humor. The majority of Facepunch has yet to catch on to their game. FUN FACTS: The letters "OIFY" don't officially stand for anything. Some people will tell you that it stands for "Out It Find You'll" but OIFYers will almost always dispute this, including Greeman and other members of the CCOF. There also exists a Fakepunch version of the OIFY, but I'm fairly certain that you all know everything there is to know about it, and can agree that it's nothing all that special. Also, most OIFYers are a fan of this image: FORUMIDS PLEASE?!? http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=56 http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=17 #2. The Goldmember Forum What is it? The Goldmember forum is obviously well-known -- half the users of Facepunch can now view it - but it has consistently tormented the individuals who cannot access it ever since Garry did away with the option to purchase Gold Member (in the infamous Monkey_123 incident). Many things have been said about the Gold Member's Forum (or Gold Member Crack Lounge), including that CP and Warez are allowed inside, since Google does not index its contents. Screengrabs from the forum, however, are few and far between, and very precious few give us much information about it. So What's the Deal? Gold Membership recently ballooned when Garry changed the requirements for Gold Membership to a mere 2 years and 2,000 posts. When asked about it, Garry stated that the Gold Membership was never supposed to be as big a deal as it was anyhow, and the change brought the number of gold members closer to where he wanted it. Nevertheless, there was no denying that this was a huge change: It brought the number of active golds from under 100 to somewhere in the low four figures. Reactions varied greatly. Here are a few of the most widely held: Blue Members: New Golds: Old Golds: OIFYers: FORUM IDS PLEASE K THANKS GOODBYE?!? http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=10 http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=46 These are both supposed facepunch GMFs. Reports vary. http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=24 The Endgame Forum What is it? The once password-protected forum that was the solution to the modteam riddle. I really don't know much about this, other than the fact that the password was somehow leaked to CCOF (oh, I didn't tell you about them? They're the cool cats of facepunch- an OIFY-based steamgroup that hangs out in group chat a lot) and as a result the forum became a bit of a second OIFY. However, most OIFYers much prefer to post in the actual OIFY rather than in the Endgame forum, so once the possibility of Bape (an OIFYer) getting moderator there went out the window, most of them left and never looked back. So What's the Deal? Not much goes down there anymore, although this is a pretty cool thread I guess. FORUM ID MAN?!?!?! http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26 What cosmic duck thinks Stealing threads is evil and you should burn in hell for this Sirdangolot *SUPER-COOL SECRET FORUM RECAP FOR LAZY PEOPLE* FACEPUNCH FORUMS: OIFY:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=56 ENDGAME:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26 GOLD:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10 GOLD:http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=46 FAKEPUNCH FORUMS: OIFY:http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=16 GOLD:http://forums.fakepunchstudios.com/f...splay.php?f=24
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01-23-2010 Last edited by sirdangolot5; 01-23-2010 at 06:55 PM. #39
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	Try going to it PROOF: This just in, "moderators" is not actually accessible to moderators, along with forums 19-23
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sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	Oh my, it turns out Facepunch forumid 10 is definitely not the Gold Member forum.
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PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	the forumid for the oify on fakepunch was to RC. i see what you did there
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01-23-2010 #4
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	Was it?
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01-23-2010 #5
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	Yeah. i thought you did that on purpose. I thought it was funny haha
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01-23-2010 #6
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	Well yeah. Also this just in It's been confirmed that the RC is forum 17 on facepunch
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01-23-2010 #7
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	Grats. Here have a informative nevermind..
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01-23-2010 #8
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	So, what are forums 18-23? One has to be the mod forum. That leaves 5 unknown forums. 16=OIFY 17=RC 18=?!? 19=!?! 20=?!? 21=!?! 22=?!? 23=!?! 24=GMF
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01-23-2010 #9
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	The forums like GD and Fast threads?
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01-23-2010 #10
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	Nope, they are from 7-15
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01-23-2010 #11
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	nope.
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01-23-2010 #12
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	yeah they are 7=GD 8=VG 9=GiP 10=FT 11=Videos 12=CC 13=Photoshop 14=News 15=DDT
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01-23-2010 #13
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	IS that what you spent 15 minutes on instead of posting? haha
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01-23-2010 #14
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	Naw I spent 15 minutes on that picture of jpoid
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01-23-2010 #15
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	Oh. lol i take back my post back there then
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01-23-2010 #16
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	oh cool redstar is viewing
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01-23-2010 #17
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	Fuck yeah this thread is special now.
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01-23-2010 #18
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	hey are you "npontz"
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01-23-2010 #19
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	No, "papercut" is who i am
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01-23-2010 #20
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	oh wow steam just added some guy named "npontz" to my friends list because I searched poncedeleon
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01-23-2010 #21
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	nice. you know Xanatos from youtube and the Janus Syndicate?
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01-23-2010 #22
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	wow, I searched papercut and it added "x_brendashoo_x"
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01-23-2010 #23
PonceDeLeon bitches Jan 2010 Posts: 603	who the fuck and what the fuck does that even mean?
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01-23-2010 #24
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	god knows
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01-23-2010 #25
robotman5 Twitter: rob0tman5 Jan 2010 Posts: 303	i was wondering the same thing
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01-23-2010 #26
fille87 Jun 2009 Posts: 404	It's me
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01-23-2010 #27
Ibutsu RAINBOWS Nov 2009 Posts: 654	Cool thread. <3s for you.
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01-23-2010 #28
sirdangolot5 got Gold Member for finding an egg during easter holidays, OMG IM SO ORIGINAL!!! Jan 2010 Posts: 429	hey ibutsu I don't mean to be a jerk but didn't you use to post in the OIFY? and didn't they all kick you out?
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01-23-2010 #29
DrTaxi Please do NOT associate the content of this forum with me. Thank you. Mar 2009 Posts: 558	Originally Posted by sirdangolot5 So, what are forums 18-23? One has to be the mod forum. That leaves 5 unknown forums. 16=OIFY 17=RC 18=?!? 19=!?! 20=?!? 21=!?! 22=?!? 23=!?! 24=GMF Game Servers section. Now useless since I'm a shitty game server admin and running one seems pointless to me.
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01-23-2010 #30
Ibutsu RAINBOWS Nov 2009 Posts: 654	Originally Posted by sirdangolot5 hey ibutsu I don't mean to be a jerk but didn't you use to post in the OIFY? and didn't they all kick you out? Yeah, they made a callout about me. Didn't kick me out though, I just got bored of it.
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01-23-2010 #31
DrTaxi Please do NOT associate the content of this forum with me. Thank you. Mar 2009 Posts: 558	Originally Posted by Ibutsu Yeah, they made a callout about me. Didn't kick me out though, I just got bored of it. That's pretty much kicking you out.
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