Myg0t

Infobox Website
name = myg0t
logo =


caption = The main page of myg0t.com as of December 16, 2007
owner = "OldManPeterson"
url = http://www.myg0t.com
type = griefing and Internet forum
language = English
registration = Forums and IRC - Yes
author = Brad S, aka "g0d"
launch date = 1998
current status = Active
slogan = The Harassment Authority

myg0t is an online gaming organization and website dedicated to griefing. According to the site, the group was founded in the summer of 1998 by the then 12-year-old "Brad" aka "g0d" and his friends.cite web
url= http://www.myg0t.com/?rage=about
year=2007
title= www.myg0t.com - The Harassment Authority About
accessdate=2007-06-28
language=English] Since that time, the group has become well known for cheating, and crashing game servers, along with its intended goal of causing rage, specifically in first person shooters such as Counter Strike.cite news
title = Honest Cheats
pages = 26
publisher = Computer Games Magazine
date = 2007-04-01
accessdate = 2007-06-27 ]

Techniques

Common techniques members of the group use to attempt to cause rage vary. Some cheat by using trainers, or other forms of cheating scripts.cite news
title = Will Cheats Always Prosper?
pages = 9
publisher = PC Format Magazine
date = 2002-01-03
accessdate = 2007-06-27 ]

The most common technique is "voice annoying", where the user plays highly annoying music or sounds into the in-game microphone for other players to hear by using the program like HLSS. Another common method is using a shock image which can be sprayed onto the wall for others to see.

Team-flashing is also common, where the user will throw a flashbang in front of friendly players, making them unable to see and hear.

Some users also copy an innocent player's name and annoy everyone with that name, which can cause the innocent player to get banned from the server forever. Some will use a non-ASCII name, generally causing new admins being unable to ban them from the server.Others exploit flaws in a game's mechanics such as, spamming, blocking doorways, or exploiting the legitimate in-game console commands.

myg0t members often work in teams, with each member focusing on a specific task to anger the other game players.

Cake Baking

The myg0t website gives the following guidecite web
url= http://www.myg0t.com/?rage=recruiting
year=2007
title= www.myg0t.com - The Harassment Authority About
accessdate=2007-11-27
language=English] on how to become a member. The number of successful entries is unknown, the pictures are commonly added to the "Cake Bakers" gallery. cite web
url= http://www.myg0t.com/cakebakers/index.php
year=2007
title= Cake Bakers
accessdate=2007-12-29
language=English]

1) Bake a cake

2) Write "myg0t owns me" on it

3) Take a picture of the cake with your face next to it

4) Take a pic of you eating the cake

6) Post the pics in the forums in a thread titled "my cake for myg0t"

The type and color of cake does not matter.

8) Don't forget to wear your party hat!

Partners

On January 1, 2008, myg0t officially announced sponsorship of [http://www.EnhancedAim.com EnhancedAim] cite web
url=http://forums.myg0t.com/showthread.php?t=43683
year=2008
title= EnhancedAim.com Official Sponsor - myg0t forums
accessdate=2008-04-27
language=English] , a fee-based hack provider founded by one of the members of myg0t. This support was rescinded on October 7, 2008. cite web| url=http://forums.myg0t.com/showpost.php?p=588732&postcount=1 |year=2008|title=myg0t retracts support from EA|accessdate=2008-10-08|language=English]

Half-Life 2 source leak

In early September 2003, an unpatched security flaw in Microsoft Office XP (2002) was used to obtain the "Half-Life 2" source code.cite web
url = http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/07/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/
title = Playable Version of Half-Life 2 Stolen
work = CNN Money
accessdate = 2007-06-27] After it was first released on the myg0t website,cite news
title = Half-Life 2 Source Code Theft
pages = 31
publisher = Rolling Stone Magazine
date = 2003-11-12
accessdate = 2007-06-27 ] Valve CEO Gabe Newell publicly explained the events, and requested users to track down the perpetrators if possible.cite web
url = http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=10692
title = I need the assistance of the community
work = Valve
date = 2003-02-10
accessdate = 2007-06-27] After hearing this, "Sirus", a former myg0t member, decided to attempt to help. He scammed the key to the myg0t Internet Relay Chat channel and was able to listen in on the incriminating discussions about the leak. Before long, Newell received an email from a gamer under the name "Da Guy", confessing to the leak.

Media attention

myg0t has had many mentions in print, mostly coming from magazine articles such as those found in Rolling Stone [http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9848/g0tstonepage2ly5.jpg] , PC Format [http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6691/myg0tinpcformatlr6.jpg] , PC Zone [http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4216/myg0tinpczonemg8.jpg] , and Computer Games Magazine [http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1826/cgmapril2007ya7.jpg] . In addition, during an episode of Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, one of the characters used quote copied verbatim from myg0t's self-made video "I hate yuo myg0t 2" [ cite web
title = I hate yuo myg0t 2
date = 2007-03-22
url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK41tzXnNLA
format = video
accessdate = 2008-10-08] .

References

See also

* Video game culture
* Cyberculture
* Baiting (Internet)
* Flaming (Internet)
* Cheating in online games
* Exploit (online gaming)
* Griefer

External links

* [http://www.myg0t.com myg0t Homepage]