Vlado ranks 50+ Board 8 user gimmicks

Vlado ranks 50+ Board 8 user gimmicks was a project done by Vlado in 2011, initially suggested by Voltch. The concept was simple - users were allowed to nominate gimmicks of Board 8 users for a certain period of time, after which Vlado ranked everything that was nominated (as well as some gimmicks he added himself). As the list with the initial 50 nominations started, nominations were made open and anyone could nominate a new gimmick at any time, after which Vlado would rank it once the first 50 were done (hence the "50+" in the project's title).

Here is the complete list along with the write-ups (entries which don't have a "Nominator" listed were added by Vlado himself), thanks to Mr Lasastryke, who had saved them despite the second topic of the series which contained them all purging.

63. Albion's loli fetish
Nominator: SephiorthG

...and here we got our last place by a mile. Forget attention whoring, pedophilia is a far worse internet message board crime (not to mention "real world" one). Lolicon is basically pornographic drawings of children which pedos get off to. It is a blight for humanity. And while looking at lolicon doesn't make you a criminal per se (or does it in the US already? I recall there was a movement to make it against the law), it certainly makes you a low quality message board user. Even more so flaunting your deviation here and acting as if it's not sick.

Albion has not only done this, he has been banned several times for it (the latest I recall being him making a "Is this character a virgin?" poll and posting a 12-year-old as the character on the "Anime: Other titles" board). It's terrible. Recently, he's been posting a little again, of course, this time making sure to steer clear of this topic. Nevertheless, I don't see the guy going very far in life if he doesn't work to change this kind of behaviour. Hopefully it only ever stays in his head.

62. Palmer's life falling apart because Board 8 stopped worshipping him
Nominator: LiselTestify

Original wording: Palmer's entire real life falling apart and him becoming jaded after an internet message board stopped being all over his dick

Well, this has to be the worst one out of the 50 I got. There's no excuse for caring about Board 8 or the internet so much. And let's look at this - the guy's problem isn't that he's being hated and constantly harassed here or something... The problem is that the board doesn't like him as much as they used to. Seriously now? Cry me a river, man.

Even if we assume this is just a pose, it's a pretty ineffective one. Pretending you have an incredibly negative character trait? Not an appealing gimmick at all.

Remember, kids: It's just a gaming message board on the internets. EVERYTHING that matters in "real life" takes priority and you absolutely cannot let stuff here actually affect you.

61. Icehawk's E-pop obsession
Nominator: WiggumFan267

Ah, Icehawk. I remember back in the day when we were good friends because the board was obsessed with Nintendo and I was a Sony fan and he was an Xbox one, so we'd basically team up to call out people and to point out how ridiculous it was to blindly support Nintendo. Then he disappeared for a couple of years, and, when he came back, he had only one thing on his mind - winning user contests. One of the first means to that end was to attack unpopular users and there we were: my former friend had suddenly become one of my biggest haters.

A couple years later, Icehawk actually reached the UotY final and had built a massive lead against the person I had announced a couple weeks earlier on Vlado LIVE! as my User of the Year favourite. Enter the Vlado and his touching speech about how Ryoko is a wonderful person and a great asset for our board. Maybe it was merely a coincidence, but, right after my post, Ryoko proceeded to come back and eventually crush Icehawk's dream that he had come so close to realising. The best part of all that? I was 100% genuine in my speech and I couldn't care less if it was Icehawk or anyone else, I just wanted Ryoko to win. But the way it worked out, with Icehawk being on the receiving end, was just perfect.

Anyway, that's enough for a history lesson. The moral of the story is that being obsessed with user contests is incredibly unhealthy and makes you look silly. All the stupid stuff associated with it - rallying, being fake, attacking easy targets, defending and praising already popular users, acting nice towards everyone but the aforementioned easy targets, REALLY detracts from the board's quality... Do NOT play the game, people. For the love of God, just be yourselves so that we can get to know, converse and have fun with YOU, not the mask you put on so that you can do better in an e-popularity contest.

Okay, let's imagine User X wins User of the Year. What happens then? Does he get a girlfriend? A new friend? Does he get a good university degree? A good-paying job? A game console? One game, at least? A sandwich? Nope... Okay, I'd probably trade a game or a sandwich for the UotY title, but you get my point. Ultimately, NOBODY CARES. Even here, people will care a week at most, then everything goes on as normal aside for some jokes. I mean, it's not like Neon is currently a board god or anything like that. In short, there's simply very little value compared to the effort people like Icehawk put into this.

So just be yourselves, please.

60. Palmer posting bad opinions for attention
Nominator: LiselTestify

Original wording: Palmer having "bad opinions" in a sad attempt to get as much attention as possible while still in the spotlight

Yeah, it's Palmer again... Lisel claims that Palmer's bad opinions are not merely that, but rather an attempt to get attention from people, even if it's negative. Palmer used to be a pretty popular user, and then it suddenly all went downhill. Ever since, he's been quite negative about a lot of stuff here. Why does he care so much? I don't know, and I already went through this in the first write-up here. Either way, it's pretty weak to try and get attention by posting bad opinions. If you want negative attention, there are far better ways, and you and I both know very well that this board will bite at just about anything. So yeah, this is a pretty awful gimmick.

59. SDR's hugging little girls
Nominator: SephirothG

Original wording: SDR's hugging

SDR was a user who somehow got under the board's skin despite being an obvious alt (or at least someone posting nonsense on purpose). Everyone hated the guy, I'll admit I was slightly annoyed with him, as well. At first, he was into old women, then suddenly he was into little girls, which stuck. He'd often post about how he wanted to hug some little girl he knew. That's quite creepy, and I'm heavily against pedophilia, lolicon and all such awful tendencies, so no surprise this is so low. The only reason why it's not in last is that I got a few chuckles at how upset people were with SDR. As far as I'm concerned, the guy was pretty repetitive and easy to not pay attention to once you'd seen 2-3 of the same topics.

58. Andy pretending to be a girl
Man, this was one of the lamest attempts to deceive the board ever. Literally no-one believed that the "AmandaKimmel" account was actually of a girl named Amanda who cared about Andy, yet the guy persisted and went on with this for months. It was just really bad, though I guess it did have some entertainment value because Andy's behaviour in this whole period was funny in a weird way. This train wreck of a gimmick helped the guy cement his position as one of the least liked people in the board's history.

57. MegaWentEvil's politically correct gimmick
Nominator: GenesisSaga

MegaWentEvil... Formerly known as MegaMaverickHunter. He's Brazilian and used to post nonsense like "SNOIC" and "SMAUS" back in 2004-2005 (and the board actually found that amusing at the time). He disappeared for a while and then came back on this new account, adopting the gimmick which I'm ranking here and actually keeping up with it to this very day. It's a very lame one, he basically shows up in whatever topics mildly suggest and/or discuss racism and homophobia and proceeds to post a short rant about how racists and homophobes should be eradicated. We get the point, dude, and even if we agreed the first time, after the 20th it really got old and plain annoying. And I think the counter is somewhere in the thousands today.

I won't even mention the picture he posted because it's given a reason to even Ryoko to actively make fun of him, which honestly disturbs me a little. If even a sweetheart like Ryokles hates you, you know you've done a LOT of wrong.

56. Transience's typing in lowercase
This is a real pet peeve of mine. As we know, Transience is a guy in his 30s who spends a good amount of time here. He's also the former leader of the former clique, but this is not the time, nor the place for that. :)

Typing in lowercase is a clear sign of insecurity. People who practice it want to show their internet peers that they really don't care about their activities on the internet, that they're only here to relax and kill some time, which is why they simply cannot be bothered to use proper capitalisation. NEWSFLASH! Nobody's buying it, dudes. Nobody actually believes that you have much more important things going on in life to be bothered to type properly online.

And it's just annoying. I like to see properly constructed sentences with easy on the eyes, properly used capital letters. Typing properly shows good will and basic respect towards the reader, typing in lowercase is the opposite. In short, this is a really lame gimmick that has no excuse existing.

55. SantaRPG being a pedophile
Nominator: LiselTestify

I don't quite... get this. On one hand, I think it's some kind of an inside joke, on the other, I've seen posts by Santa himself claiming he's into really young girls. Is this solely because his girlfriend is considerably younger than him or something? Or did he get abused as a child and that turned him into this (I think I've seen him post something like this, too)?

Either way, as I've already said, I hate pedos and thus such a gimmick doesn't amuse me one bit. I don't quite get why people are going along with it, either. I do think an otherwise okay poster like Santa is hindered quite a bit by these accusations.

54. Ed Bellis' "I'm gay" gimmick
Nominator: SephirothG

This is not a gimmick we've seen very often, Ed Bellis was saying he was gay for a while a couple years ago or so, and since then he hasn't mentioned it again, or I've missed it. There's really not much to say about this, his "coming out" never really provoked anything big on the board, except some people figuring where some of his behaviour was coming from. Meh. I don't know why SephG nominated it, maybe he has something in mind that I've missed. Feel free to explain, SephG.

53. Andy and a TV show contestant supposedly being in love
Nominator: Caelus

Original wording: Me and are totally in love no matter what you guys think

lol, this one was rich. It was pretty awful, make no mistake, but it's was funny enough to avoid the very bottom spots. At one time, Andy had the hots for some American Idol contestant (Haley Scarnato, was it?), so, like Andy would do, he wrote obsessed messages on her official fan site and what not. Apparently, she responded to one of them, thanking him for being such a big fan, which led the guy to believe she was in love with him. He would then proceed to brag to the board about that and insisted they were in love, even though everyone laughed at him. This spawned the "I don't like Haley Scarnato" fad - people would post this in Andy topics, put it in their signatures, etc., just to harass him. Needless to say, he was furious in a way only he could be. Fun times.

52. Leonhart4 being an MWC stalker
Nominator: ExThaNemesis

This is a weird and slightly funny one, even if both parties involved are not very close to the top quality users on the board. MWC is widely regarded as a "troll" around here, and I could sympathise with that, if only he didn't have some absolutely awful opinions. I mean, even if you're doing it on purpose, you gotta know where to stop in order to at least not be universally regarded as a joke user.

And while most others simply roll their eyes and disregard MWC's antics, there are those who buy into it all and get mad at him and start insulting him and what not. Leonhart4 is the biggest example. When MWC makes some topic stating something silly, a lot, and I mean A LOT, of the times, the first user to post in the topic after him is Leonhart4. Usually the post contains some insult, some unoriginal sarcastic remark, or something like that. I hadn't noticed this until people pointed it out, and then I realised that this really does happen VERY often. If not the first to respond, Leonhart4 will always post later in the topic to show his animosity towards MWC. It's hilarious.

I'm not ranking this very high because it's very, very awkward... But then again, Leonhart4 is known for weird opinions and behaviour (Squall fanatism, contest stats obsession, leaving the board in a mega elitist way, then returning and acting as if nothing happened, etc.), so I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised.

51. IhatethisCPU being a schizo
Nominator: Sess

IHateThisCPU is a rather interesting user. He is actually one of my earliest haters, back from before people started with the whole "troll" nonsense. I've forgotten why he used to hate me, but the fact he did is why I've been monitoring a relatively low profile user like him more closely than others. The guy didn't do much for years, but at some time a couple years ago he started posting pretty weird stuff, which culminated with the infamous "I was accused of murdering my ex-girlfriend".

It was certainly a memorable topic. The guy apparently used to work at GameStop, where he met a black girl who later became his girlfriend. He also had a knife collection, which he had mentioned to other GameStop employees. The two had eventually broken up and he had quit his job there, only to supposedly get arrested a while later, after his girlfriend was found murdered near the store. He was the suspect because, apparently, while they had had a fight at the store before, he'd "jokingly" threatened to kill her (before other employees). Connecting that testimony with the fact he had a knife collection, the cops arrested him as a suspect. They supposedly questioned him for 20 minutes and then let him go or something like that. The whole story was full of holes and Sess quickly scented them and started asking questions. IHateThisCPU backpedalled, talking about how the murdered girl apparently wasn't really his girlfriend, but just someone who looked a lot like her, and how his girlfriend had just happened to have disappeared for a couple of days at the same time. without telling her parents anything. In short, Sess thoroughly owned the guy, and I'm not surprised he himself nominated this - it must be one of his best memories here.

Anyway, the whole story just proved a huge psychological problem which some people were already aware of. I don't know if IHateThisCPU is actually schizophrenic, but he certainly had issues, and Sess did not miss the chance to take advantage of that. The guy really brought it upon himself with this silly story, though. A rather sick way to get attention.

50. WVI's "I'm a dragon" gimmick
This was the first thing WVI ever did on this board - claim he was a dragon and acting that way. He kept it up for months, and it was incredibly lame. I'm sure he had something in mind with it, there must have been some kind of a point. I never understood it despite my honest attempts, though. Or at least what I thought could've been the point was too trivial to warrant something like this.

It was still mildly amusing, though. It was so outlandish on this board at the time that it at least provoked my interest. Later on, WVI dropped it and became a more normal poster... relatively speaking. But let's not go there. Despite the strange obsessions, he's a good guy and actually one of the people here that I've had the deepest discussions with.

49. MWC's awful nicknames for things he dislikes ("LeChoke", "Choketriots" being two examples)
Nominator: Fetusbucketeer

This is actually somewhat amusing. I've also had my moments hating on some sports team, so I can kind of relate with MWC here. Of course, I stick to tried and true insult words instead of making up my own. Nevertheless, when we combine this with the whole MWC persona, one can see why it doesn't make for a very good gimmick. MWC plays incredibly arrogant, almost exclusively roots for the strongest teams on paper, gloats immensely if they expectedly win, and is nowhere to be found if they lose. He's the same about games and game characters during the contests. I don't quite get this guy. Is he doing all that on purpose, or does he really think all that nonsense? I sure hope it's the former.

48. Princess Anri being a girl
I guess Ertyu believing this and being all hyped for the upcoming kickboxing match with "her" may be amusing to some, but I'm good friends with the guy and didn't like him being played like that. Either way, this is a rather silly gimmick because everyone knows Anri's not a girl. It's just uninspired, though I can see why it could work for people who don't know him at all. Hence this avoiding the bottom 10.

47. Alex Shelley's "butts and butts and ..."
Nominator: Azazel22

Alex Shelley was a rather entertaining dude while he was around. I don't know if he left for good or is just using another account now. Either way, "butts and butts and ..." was his most famous catchphrase. It's certainly nothing very special, but it could bring hilarity to topics that didn't have any potential for that. Besides, at the time, it was a distinguishing feature of Board 8.

46. X Dante X's "Best new user" gimmick
Nominator: Voltch

I don't know if Dante even really approves of this gimmick, it's more of a thing his friends have forced upon him and he just goes along with it. It was funny the first time, but it's brought up much too often nowadays (not just after every contest, but even at random occasions in the off-season). This isn't exactly a joke that never gets old, it was never all that funny, either. Nevertheless, at least it had some value back in the day.

45. Palmer's "LARD"
This is a Palmer gimmick from before Palmer was popular (people didn't even know he was black at the time). He was staying in character (Final Fantasy VII character Palmer, that is), and was entering "LARD" in random spots in his posts. It was actually somewhat entertaining, what with that being a trademark word of the actual Palmer. Of course, like most one word/phrase gimmicks, it was overused, but it still carried a little value as to place in the low-mid tier of this list.

44. Voltch being "The King"
Nominator: Sess

This is not a gimmick I particularly get. Voltch has a cult following here on Board 8, including people such as Ulti. He's quite well liked. At some point, I guess someone called him "King Voltch" or something, and it stuck. It's not used all that often anymore. A couple of months ago, I wasn't the guy's biggest fan, but recently he's grown on me to an extent. Still... I care about this particular gimmick less than for his other one on the list.

43. Icon talking in third person
Nominator: Mr Lasastryke

This gimmick almost precedes me on this board. I only caught the final stages of it, which were right before Icon left the board for the first time in protest of the board driving Kawaiifan off.

Speaking of Icon, what a yawn-inducing, uninspiring user. But that's today. Back in the day, he was actually mildly amusing, thanks to this very gimmick. He would always talk about himself in third person, think SEP of today (partially), but lite version, without the "I'm handsome" angle. He had a series of topics which was something like: "The Icon knows two things: and " The board's average age was like 15-16 at the time, so yeah, people were digging that kind of stuff.

This was basically the most notable thing Icon has done in his 7+ years on the board.

42. FadrikLolsworth
Nominator: FadrikLolsworth

FadrikLolsworth is an alt I've literally only seen in this very thread series. First I rejected the nomination, but then I decided that what the hell, I may as well include it. It's supposed to be some kind of "troll gentleman" or whatever (can't help thinking of the LulzSec logo), and it demands recognition from me. Fine, there you have it. I'm pretty sure this is a Caelus alt, and I think it does have potential, if he cares enough to develop it. Go on, dude.

41. Iron Grunty's "clang!"
Nominator: Tehmoosey1

Well, one can say I'm not a big fan of one-word/phrase gimmicks. But at least they aren't all that awful. Iron Grunty is a user who to this day is widely considered to be an alt of Pleinair/Veola. I really dig his username, what with me being a huge .hack fan. Anyway, his few posts (aside from votes in all kinds of save contests which 100% coincided with Pleinair's) were usually amusing, but the one thing that distinguished them was the "clang!" at the end.

This is actually how Iron Grunty from the Kite .hack games speaks, ending everything with "clang!". So, like Palmer's gimmick two positions lower, this is not exactly a very original gimmick. But at least it was based on a cool game series, and the user's posts were fine, usually. So this earns a spot above the 15 others I already listed.

40. Neon's "who wants my nuts"
Nominator: Azazel22

Slightly more entertaining than the other one-word/phrase gimmicks I already listed, Neon's phrase was usually posted with the sole purpose of derailing topics, usually ones Neon didn't like. It's a rather crude phrase to use for this purpose, but Neon does have a certain talent for ruining other people's fun and/or turning it into his own. Neon posting it would be a signal for other clique members who would then proceed to post it or similar nonsense, as well. I've always found it distasteful to derail topics, but whatever. Little more to say about this.

Slightly more entertaining than the other one-word/phrase gimmicks I already listed, Neon's phrase was usually posted with the sole purpose of derailing topics, usually ones Neon didn't like. It's a rather crude phrase to use for this purpose, but Neon does have a certain talent for ruining other people's fun and/or turning it into his own. Neon posting it would be a signal for other clique members who would then proceed to post it or similar nonsense, as well. I've always found it distasteful to derail topics, but whatever. Little more to say about this.

39. Voltch's "pretend to be a crazyman" gimmick
Nominator: X_Dante_X

Voltch used to be one of my biggest haters like a year ago, but it seems the guy's come around a little. In fact, he was the person that came up with the idea for this wonderful list! Anyway, his own gimmick is something I do not quite get. It consists of random outbursts about various stuff and just a plain crazy (but "good" crazy, or eccentric) persona. I guess it kind of works because a lot of people like him. I don't mind it, either, it certainly adds to the charm of the board. It's just not something I'm a big fan of.

But this gimmick is certainly the point when we get into the "average or above average" gimmicks on this list.

38. ExTha RKOing everybody
Nominator: Fetusbucketeer

Ah, the good old RKO. ExTha is a user known for his obsessions with various things, Sephiroth and Randy Orton probably being the most famous ones. "RKO" is Randy Orton's finishing move in the WWE. It's a Diamond Cutter-like move, and is quite entertaining to see. "RKO" are also apparently Randy Orton's initials.

Anyway, we're here to talk of ExTha's gimmick, rather than the real move. ExTha's Orton obsession was actually quite entertaining at first, as well as his random RKOing of various users, most frequently done in "trap" topics. However, this thing has been going for years now, and, while ExTha is much less active and relevant today than he used to be, his occasional use of this gimmick is like beating a dead horse. Nevertheless, it was good back in the day, so it earns its spot above quite a few others.

37. Darkx's Ertyu family alts
Ertyu is one of my closest friends on Board 8, we've been close for many years now. While Darkx is a not the highest quality user, also a rare example when me and the board at large agree about a user not being a very positive contributor. However, this gimmick is kind of an exception.

I do feel a bit bad for being entertained by it because it is a rather cheap attempt to annoy Ertyu. But it was kind of funny at first, Darkx was doing a decent job staying in character, posting as Ertyu's "Dad", "Mom", "sister" or even "dog". Ertyu's reaction was quite understandable, he was disgusted that someone would pretend to be members of his family and wanted the guy to stop. This went on for a while. Ultimately, like so many gimmicks with potential, but with owners not capable of utilising it well, Darkx just overused it and burned it out. When Ertyu family alts would show up in almost every Ertyu topic to post the same things over and over, nobody was amused anymore, least of all me.

Still, this earns a spot just outside of the Top 30 thanks to its good early days.

36. Nio's showcasing of her voice
Nominator: Drakeryn

Original wording: Nio's voice

The original wording had me a bit confused - after all, that IS Nio's voice, it's not a gimmick. Drakeryn clarified that he meant her constant showcasing of it as a means to get attention. It's pretty much the only thing she did here for a while, and still is a major part of what she does, but at least she's now trying to branch out a little.

Anyway, people who have even vaguely followed my activities here over the years know that I hate attention whoring. Initially, I was quite annoyed at the blatant display of it by Nio, mercilessly exploiting the fact that a lot of people here are too afraid to even talk to a girl in "real life", let alone something more. A lot of people were biting, too. Finally, I decided I'd give it a shot, and lo and behold, it seems her voice is not just any girl's voice, it's actually quite nice to listen to. Her English is also quite good.

So this is why you're seeing this ~15 positions above where I'd normally place it. Besides, I can see where she's coming from, to an extent. She wants to be known and liked here and that was by far the easiest way to achieve it. I do not condone that, but the end justifies the means, I guess.

35. Sir Chris' Board 8 police
Nominator: Sir Chris

Original wording: Sir Chris "policing" board 8

This was a cool gimmick. At one point, when there were some factions being formed here, Sir Chris decided to call his "Board 8 police", and I'm pretty sure he had an intention to "punish" (verbally assault) "criminals" (bad posters) on this board. He even gave out police ranks to his subordinates. It wasn't anything that special, but it was fun to watch. Besides, it helped in the forming of many friendships. There was a sense of community, of belonging together between the Board 8 police members. And their activities were, in general, for the good of the board, not for their own gains. I like that kind of stuff.

34. Wigs' Nicest user on the board
Nominator: Voltch

This is only somewhat of a gimmick, but I decided to include it, after all. Wigs is a really nice user who doesn't stand out much otherwise, but one can't help but like him because he never acts arrogant or attacks other users, he can take a joke in stride and is just overall pleasant to interact with. This "Nicest user on the board" thing is rather new, and people have been calling him that as if it's some kind of title like "User of the Year". I'm not sure where it originates, and I'm not finding it particularly fun, but Wigs is a user that fits the description nicely (I can only think of one more such user first hand, and that's Tom Bombadil). So this takes a place in the Top 30.

33. Sess' "i am the game" gimmick
Nominator: Voltch

As we all know, Sess is quite awesome. The way he lays the smackdown on low quality users is quite entertaining. His recent alliance with Ulti is also top notch, especially considering that they exhibit similar "alpha" qualities that piss off so many people on this board. Sess is one of the very few people here who I would put in the same group as myself - people able to create something interesting and heat things up on this board at any given time.

Anyway, here we have his "i am the game" gimmick. I don't quite understand it, what is he trying to say? Is it simply a mockery of Ertyu's catchphrase? Is it just another way to point out how much more awesome he is than others here? Is HHH simply his role model? Is it all of those? Sess knows... probably. Either way, it is a good gimmick, just nothing spectacular. It was quite weird when he insisted everyone called him "I am the game" instead of "Sess" for over a year. Needless to say, though, everyone complied. Still, this missed the top half by an inch.

32. Albion posting links to controversial game/news articles for attention
Nominator: LiselTestify

Original wording: Albion posting links to controversial game/news articles in order to get a bunch of posts even though people should have known better and just ignored him after the third or fourth time tops

Many of you are probably going "WTF is this doing ahead of RKO and I am the game?!" Patience.

Albion is one of the most hated users in the history of this board, and this gimmick of his was a pretty cheap means to get attention - something I've already said I hate. So why do I have it so high, just outside the top half? Simple. Board 8 is really easy to ignite, they'd often jump discussing these articles despite Albion just posting them for attention. And that would usually lead to interesting discussion and/or laughs to be had. So yeah, while posting them for attention is bad per se, the end result was good. This board needs more food for thought on a regular basis - especially in the boring off-season.

31. ZFS' ranking obsession
Here's one a lot of you surely remember, although it hasn't happened in years. ZFS (a.k.a. Heroic Mario) would post a lot of ranking lists back in the day, and I do mean a LOT. He'd probably post his top games every 10 days and his top characters in-between. It wasn't just posting the same lists over and over, either. They kept changing as he played more games. There was always something new to see, which was the best part.

...Of course, that also led to a lot of mockery. For example, if he'd announce he had just beaten, for instance, Shadow Hearts, the first response would be something like: "1. Yuri Hyuga". And the most funny thing was that people wouldn't be far off, either! ZFS had become synonymous for "quickly changing opinion" at the time. This gimmick didn't create much controversy or anything, but it was funny to see both the lists and people's responses and the jokes this behaviour gave birth to. So it takes its spot in the middle of this list.