The Rahule Controversy
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"...Or is it you just enjoy the dose of controversy?" -Rahule, March 6th, 2006
Rahule is a poster on C404. Around March 1st of 2006, the admin, luksy, went on vacation skiing. GamePlayer made a comment about how luksy could be dead because of a broken leg without the members knowing it. He later said: "I sure hope it was a joke...I made the joke in the first place anyways..." Rahule made an account, and created a topic, pretending to be related to luksy. He said luksy was dead because of a severe skiing injury. His leg was infected with bacteria when his wound was opened. Among the members of C404, there was a grand, long-lasting debate over this. Some members, like Dooga (one of the moderators), challenged his theory of thinking. However, soon after this, luksy came back from vacation on March 6th and most likely, erased the entire topic where the first debate had been held.
[edit] Arguments
Rahule insisted luksy died of a bacteria infection. Dooga presented facts about the disease Rahule claimed luksy had, and argued it was not possible, at least extremely not probable, for luksy to die of this. Dooga also argued that there is no proof of Rahule and luksy's relationship, and since Rahule refused to give the community any, came to the conclusion it was scam.
Werts argued that if Rahule was speaking so "formally", he wasn't related to luksy. Under his logic, Werts said that Rahule would be devastated by luksy's death, and therefore, wouldn't be typing in the manner he does (see Quotes below). Rahule countered this, saying that by acting calm about luksy's death, he was only respecting him.
Soon before luksy returned from his vacation, Rahule said he would send the two moderators, by E-Mail, luksy's form in the hospital he "died" in. BigFatLoserKid has claimed that he did in fact receive it, but when the "death cert" was translated, it was a building plan for a factory.
[edit] Reaction
"We have to do something about Rahule, because Luksy won't."
"Oh god, another rahule post."
-sexyseth
"It is a joke [GamePlayer]! Rahule is a ****ing ***hole! And you know you were just kidding about the broken leg! How could it possibly be that it happened when you just made a joke of it happening? He just saw your post and went a long with it!"
-cowsgomoo (Brackets and censoring added)
Possibly the most interesting occurence in the C404 forums was the reaction to Rahule. As suspected, the community originally responded with doubt, saying it (luksy's "death") could never happen. As the week went on, and as luksy showed his presence later than he said he would come back, Rahule's argument became stronger.
The general reaction was at first polite, but then some of the members started literally hating Rahule, even after luksy came back. One member (stasik50) went so far as to create an Anti-Rahule organization, and several members joined. It was called the BRO, short for "Ban Rahule Organization". It was cancelled after luksy temporarily banned him and sexyseth for spamming the forums advertising for everyone to join BRO. Of all of the members, sexyseth spammed to Rahule and about him the most. He is also the most memorable in this situation, even though it was stasik50 who created BRO.
But sexyseth wasn't the only one. Almost everybody on the forums treated Rahule disrespectfully. As time went on, however, Rahule is generally treated normally now. However, right after luksy came back, most people forgived Rahule, but the situation of Rahule's presence raged on, but only for a short while. Sexyseth was one of the only members left still angry about the controversy, so other members started arguing with him. One post from a member named cowsgomoo (after he retaliated when luksy came back) to sexyseth is as follows : "You're retarded. if someone else posted that you wouldn't of said anything. I find Rahule to be quite right [about what Rahule said concerning another member's offer to ship a game for money]." (Brackets added.)
[edit] Quotes
"Another post by the infamous rahule! Say, I really like your posts. They carry such a negative meaning to it that they have a positive effect on me!" -GamePlayer
Rahule usually speaks very frankly, not hesitating to lay out his opinion about something. He presents his ideas very adequetly, and as BigFatLoserKid says, he "actually thinks before he posts".
Some memorable quotes of Rahule are as follows.
"Your forums won't last for more than a month [stasik50], unless you get your site together. I clicked on the link and my eyes started bleeding from the poor layout and the fact that you forgot to close the title tag, which is an obvious mistake that has no excuse for not being fixed. Also get some interesting unique content, without it you are just wasting everyones time."
"You all act as if I have saved lives, or I won the Nobel Peace prize. I posted two links. I must have undergone some major change or something! Maybe I should rage up forums more often then come back and post a semi-helpful post so I get praise from all the members. If anyone has changed it is this forum\'s attitude more than anything. Why not keep your feelings consistant, and not let a minor post influence and change how you feel about a person? Better yet why not keep feelings out of the internet? It would keep raging from being as much fun, but in the end you would all appear more intelligent and less bi-pollar. The keyword their is appear."
"As for the rest of you, why do you always feel the need to change your mind to fit with luksy's? Oh, thats right... it is much easier for others to think for you. Thinking is overrated anyways, right?"
-Rahule
