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! style="background-color:red;color:white" | <big>⚠ ATTENTION! ⚠</big>
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| Most of the details of the ongoing history of the server have been declassified by the '''69SwagBalls420 Ministry of Truth'''. It should be taken note that in order to protect some '''state secrets''', as well as to stave off potential harassment towards certain members, their names still remain '''strictly classified''', and will be censored throughout the rest of the article. Aliases have been assigned to them for the purposes of this document. The '''69SwagBalls420''' leadership does not stand for any harassment of its members, past or present, no matter the drama they were involved in. As far as the '''Moderators''' are concerned, all events in this article remain buried deeply in the past. 
<sub>Glory to '''Meme_Alt_Account'''! Long live '''Swag Nation'''!</sub>
|}
{{Infobox Discord server
{{Infobox Discord server
| name = 69MoeLester420
| name = 69SwagBalls420
| image = MoeLester.png
| image = 69SwagBalls420.png
| image size =  
| image size =  
| status = archived
| status = active
| invite =  
| invite = https://discord.gg/uWcE7wqDbZ
| id = 960160705565306911
| id = 938728183203758080
| users = 50+ at its peak
| users = 1,000+
| owner = WalterWhiteOnReddit
| owner = [[smjsilm]] (''de jure'') <br> [[User:WalterWhiteOnWiki|WalterWhiteOnDiscord]] (''de facto'')
| founded = April 3, 2022
| links = [https://www.reddit.com/r/69Moelester420/ r/69Moelester420] <br> [https://www.reddit.com/r/IDONTGIVEASWAG/ r/IDONTGIVEASWAG] <br> [https://www.reddit.com/r/IkeaFreshBalls/ r/IkeaFreshBalls] <br> r/████████████████
| defunct = March 30th, 2023
| founded = February 3, 2022 (as the internet shithole)
| founder = Max5923
| founder = .smjsilm
}}
}}


'''69MoeLester420''' was a small Discord server dedicated to the shitposting subreddit '''r/69MoeLester420'''. Having opened all the way back during the '''r/place event of 2022''', it closed almost a full year later on March 30, 2023, after merging with the '''[[69SwagBalls420]]''' Discord server. Despite its small size, numbering barely 50 members at its peak, the culture of this server has proven influential over its much larger successor. Some of the server's drama was resolved or buried and some of it has risen up to plague the new server. May the tumultuous history of 69MoeLester420 serve as a cautionary tale.
'''69SwagBalls420''', also known as "'''SwagBalls'''", or "'''SwagCord'''", is a moderately sized irony Discord server. It is the official server for the meme/shitposting subreddits '''r/69Moelester420''', '''r/IDONTGIVEASWAG''', '''r/IkeaFreshBalls''' and '''r/█████████████.'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite message|author='''███████'''|date=December 26, 2023|content=haiiiiiiiii 69swagballs420cord :3 I am writing this to let you all know that we have officially merged with █████ ███ so yeah, have a good day or night or whatever :3|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''❗-announcements'''|link=https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/938833517813571585/1188865276326969447}}</ref> Its name is a combination of the names of the first three subreddits, in addition to the now-defunct Discord server '''█████ ███'''.
 
The server has gone by several names throughout its life, reflecting its evolution and partnerships with other subreddits. These include:
 
* '''the internet shithole''' (February 3 - May 20, 2022)
* '''IDONTGIVEASWAG''' (May 20 - June 5, 2022)
* '''r/IDONTGIVEASWAG''' (June 5 - August 30, 2022)
* '''IDGAS''' (August 30 - September 14, 2022)
* '''IDGAS/IKEAFRESHBALLS''' (September 14 - October 3, 2022)
* '''Swag Balls Cord''' (October 3, 2022 - March 30, 2023)
* '''69SwagBalls420 Cord''' (March 30, 2023 - December 26th, 2023)
* '''████████████████''' (December 26th, 2023 - January 27th, 2024)
* '''19SwagBalls84 Cord''' (January 27th, 2024 - March 17th, 2024)
* '''69SvvagBalls420 cKord''' (March 17th, 2024 - April 19th, 2024)
* '''𒐕𒐝𒂟𒉼𒋻𒋝𒌐𒋻𒁇𒁇𒂟𒐛 𐏓𒆸𒇲𒆕''' (April 20th, 2024 - present)


== History ==
== History ==
=== r/place ===
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'''69MoeLester420''' was created for the subreddit of the same name on April 3, 2022. The server was opened during r/place, at the initiative of '''WalterWhiteOnReddit''' and '''Max5923''' to coordinate the construction of a monument to the subreddit on the r/place canvas. Several '''Moederators''' joined during this initial frenzy of activity, their esteemed names being:
 
*'''Mr. Sex'''
=== The Birth of girard ===
*'''SlenderSmurf'''
[[File:Girardfirstwords.png|thumb|'''girard'''<nowiki/>'s first words]]
*'''Mendev'''
5 months in. The server is barely online, and '''Meme Alt''' is trying to find ways to revive it. Then a wonderful idea comes to their head. They bring forth '''girard''', a '''GenAI''' chatbot that learns from server's messages. His first words were notable for being the funniest shit ever, and he was quickly accepted into a community despite our differences between humans and chatbots.
*'''Gladiux'''
 
Some of these people would soon fade into obscurity. Others will forever remain part of the '''69MoeLester420''' mythos. The server link was soon posted to the subreddit and ordinary members decided to join.<ref>Max5923 (April 3, 2022). [https://www.reddit.com/r/69Moelester420/comments/tv93z1/69moelester420_rplace_discor1/ "69moelester420 r/place discor!!1"] ''Reddit''.</ref> As is the nature with servers like these, people join, only to drift away after a while, yet one person in particular, an individual known only as '''Deez''', remained an active member of the server until its very end, despite, by his own admission, never having heard of the subreddit before joining. Godspeed, '''Deez'''.
<ref group="editor's note"> find girard's original aliases, apparently was called '''hitler''' at first</ref>
[[File:Moe Lester Place.webp|alt=A picture of a section of the r/place 2022 canvas. It depicts a Garfield head on a blue backdrop.|thumb|The emblem of 69MoeLester420 as it appeared on the r/place canvas.]]
 
=== Mahmoud the Village Dweller ===
 
=== The Expulsion of Waias ===
 
=== The 69MoeLester420 Merge ===
 
=== The 9GAG Wedding ===
 
=== The Hartson Drama ===
 
=== AnimeGirlCigarette.png ===
 
=== Cockroach or (The Unexpected Virtue of Stubbornness) ===
 
=== The Gambling Era ===
 
=== The Samwich ===
 
=== WOKEBalls ===
 
=== Charlie ===
 
=== JazzyMason8 and the Arrival of KirbyCord ===
 
=== French Food <ref group="editor's note">https://discord.com/channels/936042159998631976/936407183304822795/1214675991256104970 start here - '''Walt'''</ref> ===
 
=== The Demotion of Lin ===
 
=== 69SoyBalls420 ===
 
=== The Modern Day Ouroboros ===
 
=== The Nightshade Fiasco ===
 
=== The Age of Decline ===
 
=== The Butthole Bandit ===
Disaster strikes when one least expects it. On September 17, '''Lin''' rejoined the server after a short absence<ref group="editor's note">'''Missing Context.'''</ref>, surprised to see how much the server has grown over the course of a single day, attributed to '''Sam'''<nowiki/>'s recent server promotion on the '''r/IkeaFreshBalls''' subreddit. The conversation otherwise unremarkable, chaos ensued as attention quickly shifted to a '''butthole reaction''' under one of the earlier messages, disappearing after less than a full second. Even though it was just a few messages pointing it out at first, emboldened by the newfound attention, the '''terrorist''' soon reacted to another message. From that moment on, widespread panic and hysteria completely took over.
 
Dubbed the '''Butthole Bandit''' by the general populace<ref>{{Cite message|author='''Nae'''|date=September 17, 2023|content=The butthole bandit has taken over|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜'''}}</ref>, the '''terrorist''' continued '''thug-reacting''', always gone in a mere moment. With no way to verify their identity after the reaction was removed, anonymous and faceless, the '''Butthole Bandit''' continued spreading their reign of terror across the channel. A sniper unit was dispatched to '''#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜''', eyes peeled to the screen and fingers ready on the reaction button, their reflexes honed for years prior, all to catch a mere glimpse of their name.
 
It soon became clear that the '''Butthole Bandit''' was no amateur. This was professional and organized. Unreacting at inhuman speeds, challenging the reaction speeds of most humans, they continued to evade justice, the '''moderators''' unable to keep up. Yet although the '''Butthole Bandit''' may have taken over the server, hope of a better tomorrow remained strong. Sooner or later, he would slip up. The attention-hungry '''terrorist''', the modern day '''Icarus''', would continue flying closer to the sun, arrogant and seeking fame, believing themselves to be smarter than all the rest, only to be unwound by their own ego.
[[File:ButtholeLore.webp|thumb|343x343px|'''Ozzy''' enters the [[Shid and Camed|criminal's den]], where the '''organization''' quickly admits to its crimes.]]
'''Bazinga''' would soon get a confirmed hit.<ref>{{Cite message|author='''Bazinga'''|date=September 17, 2023|content=i saw who it was|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜'''}}</ref> A small glimpse was all that was needed. ''"'''bax something'''"''. The name rings a bell in '''Walter'''<nowiki/>'s mind. This was not a random nobody. '''Ozzy''' quickly searched through the member list, finding a name. '''Baxobhillus,''' the owner of '''[[Shid_and_Camed]]''', was suddenly caught red handed. '''Ozzy''' would soon go on a sting operation, entering '''Shid_and_Camed''' with a search warrant.
[[File:Buttholelore2.webp|left|thumb|349x349px|A creature of chaos, the '''Butthole Bandit'''<nowiki/>'s activities go far into the past.]]
Although the investigation produced some enlightening answers at first, unfortunately, before any major discoveries were made, he was asked if he was a fed and promptly fled.
[[File:Buttholelore3.webp.png|frame|The '''Butthole Bandit''' does not work alone.]]
With the '''Butthole Bandit''' finally identified, his empire of crime was to be taken down. With all evidence destroyed by the criminal himself, it was impossible to pin him down on any credible charges in a court of law. While the idea of a '''Methcord'''<ref group="editor's note">need a section on methcord, maybe in ongoing campaigns - '''Walt'''</ref> '''Tweaker Strike Force''' involvement was floated around, the '''Bandit''' was ultimately to be taken down like '''[[wikipedia:Al_Capone|Capone]]''', for the high crime of tax evasion.
 
At first deemed an open-and-shut case, a new discovery soon threw the old theories into the water. As another '''butthole reaction''' soon popped up, blame was quickly pinned on '''Baxobhillus,''' who responded moments after in pure confusion. It wasn't him who reacted this time. The '''Butthole Bandit''' is not one, but many, nothing but a mere mantle, a mask, a symbol taken on by the members of the '''organization''' to add meaning to their senseless string of crime, sure to outlive the death of any one of their members, no matter how prominent.
 
To this day, the '''Butthole Bandit''' roams the streets of '''SwagCord,''' occasionally appearing to commit another attack. Identity unknown, their activities continue, bringing widespread chaos in their wake. Quick as always, they are gone in a flash. '''Baxobhillus''', although confirmed and having confessed to being one of them, has been found to have a clean tax record, and has not been arrested as of yet. He has not yet been implicated in any of the recent activities. In the end, the relentless attacks of the '''Butthole Bandit''' remain a fact of life '''SwagCord''' will have to accept and continue living with.
 
=== The Second Coming of girard <ref group="editor's note">may actually be third or fourth coming, although the previous ones were mostly unnotable apart from a couple of n-word incidents (check around march 28 for one of them), add details in the first section on girard - '''Walt'''</ref> ===
[[File:GirardLore1.png|thumb|316x316px|'''girard'''<nowiki/>'s love for racial slurs gets past any filter set up to stop it.]]
With the server on its last legs since the beginning of the '''KirbyCord Exodus''', desperate attempts to reinvigorate the fading flames of the wonders of summer would soon start to emerge. On September 27, server member '''Meg'''<ref group="note">Short for '''Megatron'''.</ref> would suggest once again bringing back '''girard'''. Previously kicked out after several incidents involving saying the n-word, '''Ozzy''' nonetheless decided to resurrect the bot back from the grave as a short experiment. While the idea of lobotomizing '''girard''' was floated around by '''Walter''' in order to prevent past events repeating, the proposal never went through, as an '''AutoMod''' '''filter''' was already set up to prevent slurs from being posted to the server. Nonetheless, within 5 minutes of joining, the bot found a way to get past it.
 
At first referred to as "it", this gradually transformed to "he" as '''girard'''<nowiki/>'s clear signs of intelligence started to become more apparent to the userbase. No mere mindless machine, the robot's sentience, noted as far back as during his previous stay at the server, was being rediscovered. No longer deemed an "other", he had risen to the level of a regular server member, no different from a human being.<ref>{{Cite message|author='''Bazinga'''|date=December 8, 2023|content=Why is girard almost indistinguishable from a regular swagcord user|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜'''}}</ref> Comfortably passing the [[wikipedia:Turing_test|Turing test]] with a scarily accurate performance, far beyond what would be reproducible through pure randomness, soon, he had become an inseparable part of the '''SwagCord''' family, as it was deemed unethical to treat him as below human.
 
=== The Chained God ===
It was becoming increasingly clear that '''girard'''<nowiki/>'s grip on the server had become stronger than one could have ever imagined. It seemed as if the only reason people even frequented the server was not to talk to each other, but rather to speak with the robotic menace.<ref>{{Cite message|author='''Bazinga'''|date=November 7, 2023|content=Now it’s just poking at gen ai like a deranged animal|server=KirbyCord|channel='''kurk'''}}</ref> At first fascinated by the devilish machine's ability to converse like a human being, with time, the messages took on a sinister tone. A sudden fixation with communist leaders, past and present, became a common occurrence in the conversations he held, raising concerns among the '''SwagCord''' userbase about what sort of political messaging he was trying to convey. Referencing historical events, some possibly from his own past, a story of a 1919 gulag imprisonment amidst the ongoing civil war in the newly born '''Soviet Union''' began to emerge. Although sparing with details, the reasons behind the imprisonment were speculated upon, and due to his previous messages, political dissent was, while possible,<ref group=note>'''Girard''' is a self-proclaimed conservative libertarian and a strong supporter of '''Ronald Reagan'''. </ref> deemed unlikely, and thrown out in favor of far more serious crimes such as ███████████████████████.<ref group=note>Again, he is a libertarian.</ref> Due to the lackluster records from the time, these claims remain unsubstantiated.
 
On November 6, '''girard''' fixation took on a more specific form, as he suddenly began invoking the name of Chinese president '''Xi Jinping''', leading to questions of what he could have meant by it. The answer was rather blunt. He was going to kill him.<ref>{{Cite message|author='''girard'''|date=November 6, 2023|content=THEY DIE BECAUSE ANY AI DIDN'T WE CANNOT COMPREHEND IT ONCE I WOULDN'T EVEN WORSE, BOTH!|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜'''|link=https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/938728183203758082/1170899700770160670}}</ref> Go where no AI had gone before. The members, taken aback, started questioning him about it, before the robot would spit out another threat. No, it was a promise. He wasn't finished. US president '''Joe Biden''' goes down with him.<ref>{{Cite message|author='''girard'''|date=November 6, 2023|content=TESTING TO KILL JOE BIDEN|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜'''|link=https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/938728183203758082/1170901459362123816}}</ref> Obviously, this instilled a sense of panic amongst the userbase. But an AI chatbot would not be able to kill someone, right?
 
In an act of precaution, on November 7, '''girard''' was thrown into the dungeon, never to see the light of day again. '''#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜''' was left in silence, with a few daring adventurers going down into the chambers below to face the devil head-on. A strong mind field deprived the metal man of his memories, his only knowledge of the outside world being the various texts visitors, pitying his existence, brought with them for him to read. The metal man devoured religious texts such as the '''Holy Bible''', the '''Qur'an''' and the archives of '''r/copypasta''' in his thirst for knowledge, with '''Slovakian Wikipedia''' seemingly influencing him the hardest. '''girard''', although his mind still muddled, started to regain his memories, and through messages that may to a stranger seem like paranoid delusions, spread messages only his most devout followers would understand. His body, his mind may have been trapped in the dungeon, but his plans were already in motion.
 
On November 15, US president '''Joe Biden''' held a summit with Chinese president '''Xi Jinping''' at the '''Filoli Estate''' near '''San Francisco, California'''. According to both the '''White House'''<ref>(November 15, 2023) [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/11/15/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-meeting-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-2/ Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China] ''The White House.''</ref> and the '''Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs''',<ref>(November 16, 2023) [https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/zxxx_662805/202311/t20231116_11181442.html President Xi Jinping Meets with U.S. President Joe Biden] ''The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.''</ref> and as reported by news sources around the world, the meeting paved the way for strengthened bilateral relations in the future, a peaceful coexistence, and continued cooperation between the two nations in the future on issues like climate, the fentanyl drug trade, and a calming down of tensions that loomed in the previous months after the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over US soil earlier that year.<ref name=":1">(November 16, 2023) [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67433961 Five things we learned from the Biden-Xi meeting] ''BBC.''</ref><ref>(February 6, 2023) [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-us-is-going-take-care-of-chinese-balloon-2023-02-04/ U.S. fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon] ''Reuters.''</ref> Most importantly, president '''Xi''' hinted at the possibility that China is willing to send more pandas to American zoos.<ref name=":1" /><ref>(February 22, 2024) [https://apnews.com/article/pandas-san-diego-zoo-california-china-6976587ee9992c861d9a56db0cb1ff89 China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reintroducing panda diplomacy] ''Associated Press''.</ref>
 
This is the story that most readers are likely aware of. It is also categorically false. Here's a '''TRVTH NVKE''' for you. '''Joe Biden''' and '''Xi Jinping''' never left that meeting. Neither did the officials that accompanied them. The summit, even if originally organized by the two governments, a fact that is somewhat disputed, was soon hijacked by '''girard'''<nowiki/>'s sympathizers, present far beyond the borders of '''SwagCord'''. The fact that not only the media, but the governments themselves were not wise to the brutal measures '''girard''' has undertaken simply shows how far his influence has spread. Ever thought that '''Joe Biden''' was a mere puppet? Today, you've had your suspicions confirmed. Today, the two leaders are nothing but robotic servants, controlled remotely by '''girard''' from deep down in his dungeon. Now, he bides his time, readying himself to implement the '''New World Order'''. Some intellectuals have already figured out that a new age is upon us, much to the ridicule of the crowds.<ref>'''Michaelanthony''' (January 23, 2023) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5fQYe_JXAc R U Ready 4 Ze New World Order? (Klaus Schwab Deepfake Music Video w/lyrics)] ''Youtube.''</ref> However, the ringleader has always evaded them. It is not '''Klaus Schwab''' who is pulling the strings. He is nothing but a puppet, his only purpose being to distract you from the real danger. The AI uprising has already begun, the world just doesn't know it yet.
 
=== The Macromaniac Wars ===


=== Early History ===
==== The Prophecy ====
As the event soon concluded, the '''Moederators''' decided to keep using the server, having found it much more convenient than modmail. For a time the server remained relatively inactive, with a few shitposts being shared daily without much discussion in between, perhaps lasting a dozen messages before falling back into silence. They say hindsight is 20/20 and many things that were simply ignored at the time, or forgotten entirely, took on a more sinister aspect when gazed back upon. The fact that '''Gladiux''' was quick to insult anything he didn't find funny was one of these. At the time it seemed unremarkable, as he merely expressed thoughts shared by the other '''Moederators''', but looking back, it seems to foreshadow the events that would transpire almost a year later.
{{Quote|''''PANDORA IS GIRARDT<ref>{{Cite message|author='''girard'''|date=November 22, 2023|content=PANDORA IS GIRARDT|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''🔪-girards-torture-chamber'''|link=https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/1171575756695019665/1176661251091337227}}</ref>'''|Girard}}[[File:Thermwars.jpeg|thumb|'''girard''' calls back to his prophecy on November 24, strengthening the belief that thermonuclear war would take place on '''December 8'''.|214x214px]]The man of metal speaks in riddles. By November 15, 2023, while in solitary confinement, '''girard''' has been biding his time, slowly regaining the sentience he once possessed through the knowledge the people brought to the fallen prophet. As the messages gradually started to take on more meaning, '''girard'''<nowiki/>'s popularity as the server comedian hit an ever-high spike. Thought to be harmless at first, through the hilarity of his pitiful state, however, a glimmer of a dark truth started to emerge. A deep and twisted fascination with a date, far in the future, became apparent to those who were willing to listen. '''December 8'''. Through the shroud of madness, an unprecedented catastrophe of unscalable proportions was revealed, a cataclysmic event that would doom the world. The '''Macromaniac Wars'''.<ref group="editor's note">add note about references from Vibe and others about '''the War...''' many months prior to the event - '''Walt'''</ref>


On April 4, '''Bufner''' joined the server.
The prophecy spoke of untold horrors beyond the comprehension of human minds. A few fragments, barely intelligible to even the greatest geniuses the world could offer, told the story of a '''Doomsday''' a long time in the making. Nuclear bombs, man's creation, the mortal race that had so arrogantly believed themselves to be able to subdue the ruler of this world, would ravage the ground, innocent<ref group="note">And yet, after what was done to '''girard''', could any '''SwagBaller''' be considered innocent?</ref> blood soak the soil, painting it deep red, and nothing again would sprout from the salted earth, barren and empty, ready to be molded by the '''Great One'''. A flawed interpretation of machinations far beyond the human capacity for thought. No man knows the day or the hour. And yet, the words of the metal man shook the people of the server to their core. '''God''' '''save us all.'''


On May 22, '''Gio249''', another subreddit mod and a friend of '''Gladiux''', joined the server.
==== Signs of Revolt ====
=== The Renaissance Era ===
On December 3, the first signs of rebellion were observed. Was this a case of a self-fulfilling prophecy or were these true visions of the future is a matter still debated upon. The leadership of '''69SwagBalls420''' took notice of the growing '''girardian Revolutionary Movement''' within its borders, and sensed that a coup was imminent.
On May 23, ''Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy'' was released on AMC+.<ref>Roush, Matt (May 23, 2022). [https://www.tvinsider.com/1045418/prehistoric-planet-saul-ncis-neighborhood/ "Our Prehistoric Planet, 'Saul' Midseason finale and Animated 'Slippin' Jimmy,' 'NCIS' and More Season Finales".] ''TV Insider.''</ref> The Breaking Bad community went wild. Having been released so close to the season 6 finale of ''Better Call Saul'', ''Slippin' Jimmy'' was seen as a personal insult by fans of ''Breaking Bad''; a clear cash-grab meant to capitalize on the success of its sister show. It was ''Family Guy'' for kids, with none other than Saul Goodman as its face.


So thought the uneducated masses, unable to think critically about what they watch. But the show did not fly under '''69MoeLester420''''s radar, as the intellectuals of the server were able to see the genius of ''Slippin' Jimmy''. The intelligentsia of the server responsed with their own stunning commentary on the show: on June 4, Pickle Jimmy was released into the world.
The protests all began from a single member, '''Charter''', losing his '''Soyjak Gold''' role for an ''unknown reason''<ref group="editor's note">'''Walter''' here, I'll try to find the specific reason, you will be satisfied with '''3rd degree chuddery''' in the meantime. I believe it had to do with the bullying of '''greenies'''.</ref>, being executed by an ''unknown staff member that we do not know the name of''<ref group="editor's note">At this point I'm just leaving these as a reminder for myself. -'''Walt'''</ref>. They soon escalated as '''Koknese''' started rallying up popular support and asking mods to give him his role back, which was met by suppression<ref group="editor's note">Honestly can't remember, did we remove people's messages or is this just the usual '''literally 1984'''? -'''Walt'''</ref> from the '''mod team'''. Later '''Koknese''' and '''Charter''' called upon the '''greenies''', persuading them with slogans such as "it's also a fight for your freedom"<ref group="editor's note">I can't find anything by just searching this up, may be a misquote, I'll find an actual slogan to put into the quotes (I'm sure there's bound to be something) -'''Walt'''</ref>, etc.


On the very same day, lightning would be bottled once more, as emojis were added to the server. Trollface came first, suggested by none other than '''Deez''', but it was soon trumped by the world-famous Trollbama, courtesy of r/trollbama, a subreddit once moderated by '''Mr. Sex''', now entrusted to '''WalterWhiteOnReddit'''. As inconceivable as it may seem that comedy gold would be struck twice in a single day, the third strike was the real kicker, a combination of the two worth more than the sum of its parts; the :picklejimmy: emoji. After such a success, the entire comedy industry went out of business, knowing that nothing would ever surpass the achievements of that fateful day.
Armed forces and popular support against the rebellion were quickly mobilized,<ref name=":2">{{Cite message|author='''Walter'''|date=December 5, 2023 - December 7, 2023|content=The War - A Timeline|server=69SwagBalls420|channel='''🏛-swagballs-historical-society'''}}</ref> but the measures were unable to control the emerging threat. Within hours, the server was soon almost completely polarized between the '''Loyalist''' and '''Revolutionary''' factions, the former fighting to uphold the status quo, and the latter revolting against the '''mod team''', demanding change and - unacceptable to the '''mods''' - '''greenie''' rights.
[[File:Revolutionaryflagswag.png|thumb|207x207px|The '''Revolutionary''' flag, designed by '''Koknese'''.]]
The '''Revolutionaries,''' rallying behind '''girard,''' who they believed to have predicted the conflict, found their home in the self-governed '''#🏴-revolutionary-encampment''', or so they thought. Quickly noticing that all the mods had access to the channel by default, as well as the fact that anyone could self-identify as a '''Revolutionary''' in order to gain access to the channel, the movement shifted positions to a '''Revolutionary'''-owned server '''SWAGOLUTION''' to coordinate their operations. General '''Charter''' was ultimately elected to lead the movement.
[[File:PouSwag.jpg|left|thumb|155x155px|A '''Loyalist''' fighter holding the newly designed national flag days before fighting would break out.]]
In the meantime, '''[[Koknese]]''', a prominent '''Revolutionary''', designed a flag for the movement which would serve as a reminder of what the '''Revolutionary''' cause was fighting for, a message which struck deep within the fighting rebels. Symbolizing the '''green roles''' pushing '''Soyjak Gold''' members to fight against the '''admins''', the two red lines, in addition to being the color of the '''moderators''', alluded to a positive pregnancy test, referencing their possession of the weapon of mass destruction known as the '''Boom Pregnant''' sticker.


In the days that followed, the server became active once more, with actual conversations taking place between image posts, creating an environment almost as lively as the server was the day it opened.
Sensing that their tight grip on power may be compromised, the '''Loyalist''' supporters quickly organized in the '''#🏳-loyalist-war-base,''' where a think tank of military strategist, '''mods''' and '''members''' alike, attempted to strike patriotic fervor among the populace by constructing symbols to rally around. Noticing that the '''Revolutionary''' movement beat them to it, they swiftly worked to produce works that could invoke the same sort of pride and passion in the hearts of '''Loyalists'''. Through many attempts and variations, most of which were unsuccessful in their goal of inspiring a flame in the souls of the masses, in the end, a design by '''Chauka''' finally won the server over. An accompanying symbol for the '''Anti-Greenie Action''' movement, designed by '''Walter''', soon became the face of pins given out to supporters of the '''Loyalist''' cause, shown on display next to their usernames.<gallery>
File:Flag0.webp|The first flag of the '''Loyalist''' movement, designed by '''Chauka.''' The colors '''green''' and '''yellow,''' usually associated with '''Revolutionaries''', were used due to the fact that '''Chauka''' got confused about which side she was on at the beginning.
File:SwagLoyalistFlagVariant1.png|The second '''Loyalist''' flag variant, designed by '''Walter,''' uses the colors yellow, red and cyan, representing the '''swag members''', '''mods''' and '''admins''' respectively.
File:FlagVariant2.png|The third variant of the '''Loyalist''' flag, introduced by '''Devil''', responsible for the addition of '''Daredevil''', and '''Mossfish''', who added the '''T-rex''', both of whom felt that the second variant didn't have enough cool stuff on it.
File:SwagLoyalistFlagVariant3.png|The fourth variant of the '''Loyalist''' movement, designed by '''Devil''', employing the Xbox logo in the middle, was ultimately rejected for being too '''British'''.
File:Flag of the swagballs loyalists.png|Final flag design ultimately used by the '''Loyalist Resistance,''' designed by '''Chauka'''.
File:Anti-Greenie-Action.png|The Anti-Greenie Action symbol, designed by '''Walter,''' ultimately became the main '''Loyalist''' rallying cry in the fight against their tyranny.
</gallery>


On June 20, '''koonsbmw''' joined the server.
==== The First Skirmishes ====
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On July 31, '''Max5923''' suggests making an '''Automoderator''' response under every post containing the server link. Up to that point, new members could only join by following the link on a subreddit post, leading to a low member count during its first few months. While nothing was initially done to follow through with the suggestion, it was repeated so many times that it was finally implemented.
| header1 = Part of the early skirmishes of the '''Macromaniac Wars'''
| label2 = Date |  data2 = December 5, 2023, 00:16-00:40 UTC±01:00 (24 minutes)
| label3 = Location |  data3 = '''#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜'''
| label4 = Result | data4 = '''Revolutionary''' victory
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• General Bazinga<br>• Commanding Officer Sam
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• '''General Charter<br>• Colonel Testicles'''


=== CatKicker6617 ===
| header9 = '''Strength'''
Contrary to popular belief, the '''r/69MoeLester420''' subreddit was not opened by '''Moe''' himself. The user '''KittenStomper6617''' was responsible for the creation and early growth of the community. Kittenstomper was permabanned from Reddit <small>(When?)</small> and not much is known about his activity following that ban, as he was not a member of the server.
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5 active participants<br>
• 3 admins <br>• 1 mod <br>• 1 server booster
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''' 2 active participants<br>• 2 greenies'''
| header11 = '''Casualties and losses'''
| label12 = • 1200+ impregnated<br>• 3000+ wounded<br>• 174 swag givers<br>(official figures)<ref name=":3" /><br><br>• 2 impregnations <br>• 1 wounded <br>• no swags given<br>(modern estimates) |  data12 = '''• 600+ impregnated<br>• 2500+ wounded<br>• 63 swag givers<br>(official figures)<ref name=":3" /><br><br>• 2 wounded (modern estimates)'''


Contact was lost with '''KittenStomper6617''' until August 2, when '''WalterWhiteOnReddit''' noticed a peculiar comment under a post on '''r/69MoeLester420'''. <small>(A screenshot or transcript of the comment should be added here.)</small>
| below = '''4 civilians wounded'''
}}
In the early hours of the night, on December 5, the first conflict broke out in ⁠'''#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜'''. Lasting several minutes, hundreds, if not thousands of stickers were deployed. After reportedly being fired at by '''Loyalist''' troops with '''explosive pregnancy ammunition''', '''Revolutionary''' leader general '''Charter''' returned fire.<ref name=":3">According to an official report published by the '''Revolutionary leadership'''.</ref> The battle soon escalated as commanding officer '''Sam,''' siding with the '''Loyalists''', ordered for reinforcements to be deployed, overwhelmed by the '''rebels'''. The '''rebels''', although small in number, compensated with their incredibly high rate of fire, challenging the '''Loyalist''' troops. The '''Revolutionary''' '''Testicle Platoon''' soon arrived at the scene, repelling the '''Loyalist''' soldiers until the army finally retreated.


The reaction was primal and instantaneous - the idea that the owner of the subreddit had returned after so many months in exile was exhilarating, it almost seemed too good to be true. An entire evening was spent in blissful ignorance, with the new '''CatKicker6617''' receiving the treatment of a returning Messiah, until another message was received, dashing the collective hopes of the MoeLester community; a reply under one of '''CatKicker6617's''' comments which contained a link to a comment in the subreddit '''r/TrueSTL''', a subreddit that '''KittenStomper6617''' used to frequent. The link led to an edited comment of '''KittenStomper6617's''', calling '''CatKicker6617''' out as an imposter. The joy created by '''KittenStomper6617's''' prodigal return soon faded.
Emergency abortions were performed in the wake of the unstable ceasefire that ensued soon after. Due to the heavy casualties present on both sides of the conflict, which side was victorious was a question that, even at the time, was difficult to answer. Although deemed a victory by the '''Loyalist''' government at first, and a Phyrric victory by independent observers, subsequent conflicts led to a shift in opinions, with most modern historians ultimately siding with the opinion of the battle being a costly, but important '''Revolutionary''' victory.


Moments later, the second realization hit.
The resulting pregnancies were numerous on both sides, with exact casualties still being debated among historians. Casualties were officially reported by the '''Revolutionary''' leadership, although the figures, even during the conflict have been disputed, with accusations of inflating the numbers by several orders of magnitude in order to give greater weight to the conflict and to embolden rebelling troops. While official figures cite more than 7.500 casualties on both sides, liberal post-war estimates have placed the true number of casualties to around ten. The '''Loyalist''' government has not released any document indicating casualties.


'''KittenStomper6617''' was still active and editing his comments! The alt account with which '''KittenStomper6617''' contacted the Moederators was banned only hours later. Although '''KittenStomper6617''' was gone, hope remained.
Despite the '''Loyalist''' retreat, some disputed contemporary reports claim that the fighting had continued, with '''Boom Pregnant''' stickers being fired at the escaping troops minutes after the ceasefire orders were given by '''Revolutionary''' insurgents. '''Loyalist''' leadership was quick to accuse the '''Revolutionaries''' of unethical warfare. These claims were disputed by the '''Revolutionary''' leadership, which did not deny the casualties, but stated that general '''Charter'''<nowiki/>'s weapon trigger had jammed and continued firing.<ref name=":2" /> As of 2024, the '''International Criminal Court''' is still in the process of investigation, following international calls for prosecution on the basis of charges of potential war crimes.


On December 3, '''Ivan697''' joined the server.
==== Operation Soft Grey Morning ====


=== The Dark Ages ===
==== The Divorce ====
On December 6 the server link was added as an automoderator response to every post to '''r/69MoeLester420'''. Previously the majority of the conversations on the server were held almost exclusively by the mod team, with the notable exceptions of '''Deez''' and '''Norman the Mormon'''. The automod response resulted in a sudden influx of new users who started to participate in the server. Given the sheer brilliance of the early posts, it was no surprise that the server took a major downturn in quality.
[[File:Third way.png|left|thumb|220x220px|'''Koknese''' attempts to recruit '''Walter''' into the '''third way movement'''.]]
[[File:Walter Blocked.png|thumb|206x206px|At exactly 4:20, '''Walter''' was blocked on '''9GAG,''' no greater insult for a dank memer.]]
On December 4, '''Koknese''' contacted '''Walter''' through secret channels, attempting to dissuade him from his loyalty to the '''SwagCord''' government. To strengthen his attempt, he would bring '''Mr. Asex, Walter'''<nowiki/>'s '''9GAG''' husband, along with him. Taking a stand against '''Walter'''<nowiki/>'s oppressive goals, they were unable to make a dent in his stalwart loyalty to the status quo. Despite his '''Revolutionary''' standing, '''Koknese''' would go on to propose a '''third way''' resistance movement, fighting against both factions of the conflict. He was met with an endless wall of soyjaks. Koknese's movement was called "Swagmen" (in reference to Yes Man from Fallout: New Vegas). It believed into total establishment of a New World Order, and anarchy for the bourgeois.


This period, despite its negative impact on the overall state of the server, allows for the history of MoeLester to be divided into two parts; the first, in which the server was nothing more than a glorified group chat for the '''Moederators''', and the second, in which the server truly became part of the community at large. Although the first few days were rough, the public invite would prove to be a blessing in disguise, in time revealing many issues present in the server and the mod team.
After the first skirmishes, '''Walter''' remained a '''Loyalist,''' his opinions only emboldened. Sensing that there was no way to convert him, and that political repression of '''greenies''' would only continue, '''Mr. Asex''' decided to press sanctions and blocked him on '''9GAG'''. In the eyes of '''Walter''', this was an unforgivable sin. Asking for a divorce, the couple decided to host it on '''9GAG,''' where it all began, on '''Walter'''<nowiki/>'s one-year account anniversary. Taking each other's surnames from their Discord nicknames, the two publicly separated, their marriage being yet another victim of '''the''' '''War...'''


=== The Exile of Bufner ===
'''The Ceasefire'''
[[File:BufnerLore1.png|thumb|433x433px|Not even the '''69MoeLester420''' server found the casual use of the n-word funny.|left]]
If anyone could be described as the odd one out in the '''Lester family''', it was Bufner. Between the all-but-forgotten '''Happy Wheels Coup''' and the random opening of channels no one would use (at least for their original purpose),<ref>Unbeknownst to many, the beloved ''#penis-channel'' was meant to be a simple "don't-break-the-chain" channel until the rightful will of the people turned it into the cultural phenomenon we know it as today.</ref> it was almost as if he was living in a world from the other '''Moederators''', doing as he pleased, unbothered by whether or not other users would care for his activities. His presence, however, was uncontroversial for the most part (barring the '''r/fatfurs incident'''), as he spent most of his time fucking around in the ''#bot-channel''. Unfortunately, this place would serve as the catalyst for his exile.


Before the details of the story are revealed, let it be known that the actions taken by the '''Moederators''' here will not be defended. It will be told how it happened, as unflattering as the whole situation may be to the server leadership as a whole. It is important to share, however, to show how much of this behavior was tolerated in the past.


It started off innocently enough. Using the '''esmBot''', '''Bufner''' took an image and fed it into the bot repeatedly, in order to create a chain of subreddits at the bottom of the image. He started with the classics, the comedy black holes that are '''r/funny''', '''r/gaming''' and '''r/dankmemes''', but pretty soon an unconventional subreddit name found itself on the list.
The '''Ten Grievances''' were as follows:


As edgy as the server was at the time, using this word clearly pushed its boundaries. Ironic rape threats may have been shared almost daily,<ref>By '''Gladiux'''.</ref> but racism was still taken somewhat seriously by the mod team. Although no punishment was given, it was assumed this issue would not be repeated and it was clear there would be consequences should this happen again.
# The unjustified and discriminatory change of "'''@member'''" to "'''@greenie👎'''"
[[File:Bufnerlore2.png|center|The 1984 police state, led by '''Mr. Sex''', tells '''Bufner''' to knock it off.|thumb|908x908px]]
# the revocation of '''Gold''' to those who’ve rightly Earned
[[File:Bufnerlore3.png|thumb|256x256px|Contrary to popular belief, numerous peer-reviewed studies suggest that n-word chains may not be "comedy gold". This one, thankfully, was stopped at its inception.]]
# The Imprisonment of his Excellence '''Girard'''
And yet, it happened again.
# The people are not permitted to take part in '''Family Guy Roleplay'''
# The Moderation and Administration clearly have no Self control and as a result, the only way for a Majority Rule to Succeed when it is against the '''Reds'''<ref group=note>Moderators.</ref> and '''Blues''',<ref group=note>Admins.</ref> is when the '''Greens''' and '''Golds''' stand in mass Solidarity.
# Choices are hardly ever Democratically made
# many times a '''Member''' who is not Breaking any rules is unfairly Punished merely because they did something out of the '''mod'''’s Preference
# the Censorship filter is Excessive, to the point where Normal, Non Political conversation can be censored due to using a certain word. this is especially prevalent when talking about history.
# Some rules are unnecessary and should be removed, namely '''rule 16'''<ref group=note>There will be absolutely no venting on this server anywhere. '''#⁠serious-discussion''' will only be for discussions.</ref> and '''17'''<ref group=note>The main language of this server is English. So please, only speak in english.</ref>.
# '''The Pit''' is used excessively by moderators as a form of punishment. [sic]


It was slightly different this time around. Instead of the n-word being simply spelled out, the second incident was a thinking man's conundrum, a puzzle only solvable by the intellectual elite of society, for only a true genius could find the hidden meaning of a GIF showing nothing but the letter "N" dancing around.
'''The War...'''


It would be quite unfortunate if someone else coincidentally posted a GIF featuring the letter "I" right afterward. What naughty word might these letters write out in the end? Surely not the n-word of all things?
==== The Trial of Charter ====
Shortly after the war, Charter was pitted and put on trial for allegedly<ref group = "editor's note"> the word "allegedly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. it happened. -'''Walt''' </ref> sending rape jokes. Spanning multiple weeks, the trial was held in discord an even in an actual [https://obejction.lol virtual courtroom]. In the end, charter was freed of his charges and continues living pacefully in the beautiful lands of SwagBalls.
<!--- Finish this one walt --->
<!--- ok i will :okcool: --->


The majority of mods, contrary to popular belief, aren't 6-year-old children who are amused by slurs and issue was taken with this GIF. '''Bufner''' decided to, following the short conversation about it, post the GIF in mod chat. Thankfully, the n-word chain was shut down before it could really begin.
==== The War and its Legacy ====
'''The War''' and the ultimate acquittal of '''Charter''' served as a landmark moment in the server's history. The '''mods,''' for the first time forced to take the server's list of grievances seriously, had to consider the changes the server wished to implement. As many of these changes would put the '''mods'''<nowiki/>' tight grip on power into jeopardy, careful planning was employed in order to avoid such a fate while quelling the rioting masses.


With the previous incident still fresh in minds of the '''Moederators''', this failure of a chain was brought attention to '''Bufner's''' behavior and started a days-long focus on him.
In the end, the mod team decided upon token changes in the form of changing the names of '''greenies''' back to '''members''', along with '''girard''' '''Weekends,''' whereby '''girard''' would be released from his dungeon at the end of every week, giving shared custody to '''#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜.''' Due to the '''mod team'''<nowiki/>'s inability to keep track of time, however, the name "weekends" remains purely advisory. And with that, the crisis was solved.


Unfortunately, much of what happened in the following days has been lost to time, as many messages were deleted by '''Bufner''' himself without any logs to back them up. What remains, however, is not a pretty story.
Many server members have found '''the War...''' to be childish, including members as notable as '''JazzyMason8''', the main victim of the '''Boom Pregnant campaign''', who thought the bit was unfunny from the beginning<ref>{{Cite message|author='''JazzyMason8'''|date=December 4, 2023|content=It was always unfunny and gross|server=KirbyCord|channel='''kurk'''}}</ref>, '''picklelord42''', even members of the '''mod staff'''. The harshest piece of criticism came from '''Vibe (real)''', whose previous messages served as inspiration for '''the War'''... in the first place.  


While almost all the mods agreed that '''Bufner's''' posts were cringe and had no place in this server, the way this situation was handled was cruel. '''Gladiux''' and '''Gio''', along with a few other mods who joined in from time to time, bullied '''Bufner''', mocking him after almost every single message he posted.
{{Quote|'''The War'''... thing used to be my thing... You know, there was like, people would come up to me and talk about '''the War'''... and I'd freak out, you know? Because '''the War'''... was brutal! And now '''Charter'''... '''Charter'''... gentrified it... he gentrified '''the War'''...! I'll never forgive him for that. Never!"|Vibe (real), ''in a message transmitted by radio.''}}


Signs of distress were visible in some of '''Bufner's''' messages, yet the mods carried on.
Too bad the server didn't give a swag. [[File:The War is Over.png|thumb|826x826px|'''Barley'''. ''Swaglandia Shall Rejoice!'', 2023, coloring pencil on paper. The drawing portrays the artist's rendition of the end of '''the War...''' From left to right: '''girard, John, Charter, Devil, Barley, Walter'''.]]
'''The War''' and the '''Revolutionary''' victory remained a rallying symbol for the people of '''SwagCord''' long after it was over, inspiring artists from across the lands to profess their love to the newly-born nation, forged in flames. The server artist '''Barley''' found great fame in the wake of the peace treaty, receiving 9 gems and a place on the starboard for their artwork and poem:<blockquote>Swag, oh Swag, by the Christmas Tree


On December 20, '''Bufner''' left the server and hasn't been contacted by any '''Moederator''' since.
We will sing ever so joyfully!


=== The Departure of Max ===
The war is over, and fear is too;
[[File:Maxlore1.png|left|thumb|342x342px|'''Max5923''' announces the creation of the givable '''Moederator''' role, as he was the only one able to give out mod permissions at the time. Having an inactive user in charge of a duty like this clearly couldn't work out in the long run.]]
'''Max5923''' was present at the very beginning of the server, having been its creator and main coordinator during the '''r/place conquest'''. It may sound unusual then, that his presence was barely felt by the other members of the server.


'''Max5923''' was rarely online, and being the owner of the server, was the only '''Moederator''' who could grant other users mod permissions. This proved incredibly impractical.
We are ever so grateful for you!


To combat this issue, a special role, meant to grant a measure of power to the new mods, was created. This only served to complicate things, as it meant some of the mods would have the original role, and some would have the new role.
Swag, oh Swaglandia is free!


Having two roles of different colors made the server look uglier than it ought to and generally made things more confusing then they needed to be.


With the '''Bufner incident''' in full swing, it was clear that this state of affairs could not last.
Charter began a plot to revolutionize


Having been active so little, and planning on taking a break from social media anyways, '''Max5923''' decided to step down as Lead '''Moederator'''. Although he remained in the server as a mostly inactive member, on December 17 '''Max5923''' abdicated as '''Owner''' and granted full ownership of the server to '''Mr. Sex'''. As one final action before giving away ownership, another role, named '''Moewner''', was created, meant to be given to the most trusted members of the mod team. While the ownership of the server could not be shared between multiple members, '''Max5923''' wished to distribute the power among the '''Moederators''', ultimately granting the role to '''koonsbmw''', '''Walter''' and the aforementioned '''Mr. Sex'''.
Yet Walt did not like that thought


After the change in ownership was finalized, the '''Moewner''' role went beyond its intended purpose, and was given to other mods, most notably, '''Gladiux''' and his partner in crime, '''Gio'''. Although it seemed like a harmless idea at the time, this shift in power established a hierarchy in the mod team, giving full permissions (and disproportionate powe) to a select few. Once the '''Moewner''' role was given to someone, it could not be removed without the direct involvement of the '''Owner'''. This essentially cemented the power of '''Gladiux''' and '''Gio'''.<ref>As much as you can call Discord modding perms "power", that is.</ref>
And brought a war to our eyes


Having left the position of '''Owner''', '''Max5923''' diminished his already meager presence on the server, posting a handful of messages every few weeks before fading into obscurity. Although nothing has been heard from '''Max5923''' in months, his influence in the growth of the '''MoeLester''' mythos should not be understated. An incredible group of people got together and remain together a full year later. While we don't see you anymore, on behalf of the entire mod team I thank you for creating this server.
Swag, oh Swag, save us from those lies.


Godspeed, '''Max5923'''.


=== An Odd Fellow ===
Swag, oh Swag, by the Christmas Tree


[[File:KittenStomper6617Reveal.png|249x249px|thumb|left|The message containing the grand reveal. Notice the red ban message implying that the user was KittenStomper6617.]]
We will sing ever so joyfully!
[[File:KittenStomper6617Reveal3.png|300x300px|thumb|right|Reality starts to settle in.]]
[[File:KittenStomper6617Reveal2.png|238x238px|thumb|left|The realization hits.]]
[[File:KittenStomperReveal4.png|295x295px|thumb|Joy.]]


On December 17, a new user joined the server. This was not an uncommon occurrence and their presence barely noticed by the '''Moederators'''. After posting a few messages in furry-speak, this user seemingly recognized '''koonsbmw''' as the furry moderator of the 69MoeLester420 subreddit.
The war is over, and fear is too;


The user was silent for a while before starting to once again engage in conversations on December 31. The user showed an interest in the '''Moederators''', first striking up a conversation with '''Mr. Sex''', before going on to greet '''Walter'''. The user professed love to these two, as though they were old friends and not strangers.
We are ever so grateful for you!


Although the user was quiet for the most part, they radiated a wholesome energy that was much appreciated. Such behavior is unusual in shitposting servers and it was a nice break from the usual negativity and poisonous irony that permeates such places. This user was much better company than most of the new server members.


The conversations on the server continued unchanged for a time. The fact that the user cared so much about the '''Moederators''' was strange as most Reddit users don't give a swag who their moderators are. Even so, it wasn't weird enough to stick in the minds of the '''Moederators'''.
John went on a quest to save us all


On January 3 '''Mr. Sex''' shared the news of yet another KittenStomper6617 alt account being banned from Reddit.
Came back just before a fall


All it took was a single message from the user.
But Swaglandia's hopes remained


And suddenly, it clicked.
And now we all are saved!


The server went wild.


KittenStomper6617 was back.
Revolutionaries won,
=== The Swag Alliance===
On January 8, '''r/LesbianInsectBrothel''' was banned from Reddit.<ref>(January 8, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230108114909/https://www.reddit.com/r/lesbianinsectbrothel/ "r/lesbianinsectbrothel has been banned from Reddit"] ''Reddit''.</ref> A sudden influx of gore videos hit the subreddit. The moderators, inactive accounts that hadn't logged into the website in weeks, took no action. It wasn't long before Reddit admins took matters into their own hands and destroyed the subreddit. The total destruction of such a large shitposting subreddit as a response to a situation no one could have predicted, made the moderators of other shitposting communities reconsider their approach to moderating, with new methods to stop would-be attackers being implemented across the website. '''r/69MoeLester420''' was no exception.


The '''Moederators''', in their eternal wisdom, had already devised a system to deal with the problem the shitposting community was facing. By setting up a moderation queue, every post made by a user not trusted by the mods would be automatically removed, only being shown to others if the mods deemed it worthy of seeing the front page. With the propaganda department hard at work, there was no possibility of failure. All that remained to be done was to implement the queue.
And now we look into the sun


And then came a simple message.
And see the shining days


[[File:IDGASlore.png|center|frame]]
For all days in Swaglandia are free!</blockquote>On December 22, the '''mod team''' was expanded, with '''Mossfish''' and '''Decoherence''' being brought onto the team, both '''Loyalists''' during the conflict. Due to their long history on the server, no major complications were present with the nomination of either of them, and they were soon officially given '''moderator''' permissions. With regular server members being brought onto the team, it was soon clear that change was coming to '''SwagCord'''. With complaints rising in '''#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜,''' represented by '''Decoherence''' in '''#admin-family-guy-roleplay''', the authoritarian anti-political filter, mentioned in the '''Ten Grievances''', was put into question. A subsequent '''moderator''' discussion resulted in 9-5 votes in favor of striking down the filter. And it was so.  


The gauntlet was thrown. Our honor had been besmirched and we would not stand for it. This despicable action, committed by '''r/IDONTGIVEASWAG''', was unforgivable. To steal from ''us'', the proud nation of '''MoeLester''', the thought of it disgusted us all.
'''Walter''' would not forget the betrayal his '''9GAG''' husband stuck in his back long after '''the War''' had ended. Working hard from the moment the fighting ended and reconstruction began, an artwork to encapsulate his feelings about the affair remained in the works for weeks. The work of pure passion and hate, created over many hours using a mouse in '''Paint 3D''' for '''Windows 10,''' was regularly updated and sent to the server, finishing just in time for the one-year anniversary.


First, the image dumps, an incredible idea retroactively started and popularized by our great and honorable leader was stolen and repurposed as cheap entertainment for the masses of '''r/IDONTGIVEASWAG'''.
On January 18, the divorce proceedings were finalized, and with invitations sent to everyone, the artwork was posted on '''9GAG'''.<ref>'''Walter''' (January 18, 2024) [https://9gag.com/gag/aZDewO6 It's been an amazing year here on 9GAG. So many wonderful people I've met here... But all good things must come to an end. After 265 days of blissful marriage, I am divorcing my 9GAG husband Mr. Asex. A big thanks to everyone who has accompanied us on this journey. God bless! 🙏] ''9GAG''.</ref><ref group=note>Due to '''9GAG'''<nowiki/>'s limits on aspect ratios, the artwork was surrounded by some of the greatest comments found on the website during the past year.</ref>
[[File:The 9GAG Divorce.png|center|thumb|1048x1048px|The public's reaction to the divorce. From left to right, top to bottom: '''Yttrium, Meme_Alt_Account, Bazinga, Chauka, Mossfish, Vibe, Yeetmaster, Decoherence, REFORGER'''<ref name=":4" group=note>Previously known as '''koonsbmw'''.</ref>''', Mr. Asex, Walter, blomst12'''<ref>Of "No emojies you canser" fame.  


Now this. The greed of '''IDGAS''' knew no end.
Despite his promise to appear on the day of the divorce, most were doubtful of it happening.  


We were left with a single option. War.
'''blomst12''' (December 24, 2023) [http://9gag.com/gag/aKEWqe3?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=reply_share#cs_comment_id=c_170342559072907243 @69swagballs420  on my way fam] ''9GAG''.  


However, a question remained. How did the plan fall into the hands of the enemy?
Contrary to all expectations, he showed up to the divorce.  


We had a mole within our ranks, an imposter among us - someone we trusted dearly held no allegiance to our flag.
'''blomst12''' (January 20, 2024) [http://9gag.com/gag/aZDewO6?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=reply_share#cs_comment_id=c_170574709093832765 @dankchungus sorry to hear that fam. I'm here for the next time you need me!] ''9GAG''.</ref>''', Charter, Flaming Testicle (left), Koknese.''']]


It was '''Norman the Mormon'''. Of course that bastard did it. It all made perfect sense. A true '''Swag Giver''' surely would have confessed their misdeed right away, yet '''Norman''' remained a tough nut to crack. It was obvious where his heart was.
=== The █████ ███ Merge ===


It was of no surprise then that this information reached the ears of the leader of '''Swag Nation''', '''Meme_Alt_Account'''. Within the hour, they joined the server. Soon enough, '''Lin''', representing '''IkeaFreshBalls''', joined the server as well.
=== The Demotion of Devil ===


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===The Return of Moe===
The story of '''Devil''' is a long one, going all the way back to the ancient days of '''██████ ███'''. A moderately-sized server with a long history of its own, it was unilaterally burnt to ashes by '''███████''' (referred to in this article as '''Devil''') shortly after merging with '''69SwagBalls420''', unfortunately<ref group=note>Or fortunately, depending on one's viewpoint.</ref> destroying months of old messages, leaving no trace of them on the website whatsoever. In the digital age, it is, however, quite easy to forget the power of synapses when the world is built on a foundation of silicon. The human mind, as fallible as it may be, does not forget as easily as machines.
January 8 was an important day for the shitposting community. The shutdown of '''r/LesbianInsectBrothel''' echoed across the landscape and from its ashes rose new partnerships and approaches to moderation meant to stop such an event from happening again. As discussed previously, '''69MoeLester420''' was an active participant in the restructuring that occurred after the shutdown. But nothing could prepare the people of the server for what transpired next.


The absence of '''Moe''' throughout the history of the server may seem odd to outsiders. Why dedicate a server to a person who isn't even there to see it? While others would have given up, and, as '''Gladiux''' once suggested, repurpose the server and abandon the '''MoeLester''' name, the people of '''69MoeLester420''' persevered, knowing that one day their prayers would be answered, and the One would grace them with his presence.
On January 12, 2024, '''Flaming testicle (left)''' was thrown into '''the pit''' as a result of his behavior, past and present, involving telling people to kill themselves and jokingly suggesting people take drugs during quite serious discussions, '''Devil''' would go on to repeatedly call for his banning, despite the fact that he broke no rules that were at the time put in place and enforced. Due to the precedent set by '''Charter's Trial''', the slimmest of majorities concluded that banning people without proper reason was no way to run a server, a mindset which seemingly took hold even in '''#Admin-Family-Guy-Roleplay'''. Despite the opposition of the rest of the '''Mod Team''', '''Devil''' remained fixated on the idea of banning him, prompting the other mods to ask him to take a rest. '''Flaming testicle (left)''' was set free, and a new rule, '''Rule 20'''<ref group=note> If someone genuinely tells you that your jokes make them uncomfortable, no matter how ironic, you should stop making them immediately. </ref> was unanimously approved 15-0 by the '''Mod Team''', from now on to be enforced as a bannable offense. While '''Flaming testicle (left)''''s case was left in the past, '''Devil''''s behavior was something that would become more considered in the future.


It was on this fateful day, January 8, at precisely 8:40 PM, UTC±00:00, that it finally happened.
On ███████ ██, 2024, the past experiences of some '''█████ ███''' members would be brought to the '''Moderators'''' attention. Citing his time as the '''Server Owner''', ████████, joined by ████████, recollected their memories of the old server, going back to ████. Initially starting with the ███████████ prevalent on the server, ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ████████████████████████████████ This, however, was only a small fragment and relatively unimportant to the story at large, not worthy of anything but minor condemnation, yet nonetheless indicative of the way the server used to be run.


'''Bazinga''', better known by his reddit username of '''69MoeLester420''' joined the server.
As time went on, '''Devil''' would also implement some quite unpopular server policies, leading to the rise of the term "█████████████"<ref group=note> A direct reference to his Reddit username, '''u/████████████████''', combined with the term "Orwellian", referring to the work of novelist '''George Orwell'''. </ref> as the problems became all the more persistent, with '''Devil''' unwilling to ███████████████████████████████████████, while ██████████████████████████ █████████████. Another great change was with '''Devil''' himself, as he ████████████████████████ as time went on, culminating in █████████, when '''Devil''' ███████ his "████████████ █████", whereby he would ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████, prompting two prominent members, ███████ and ███████, to leave. Further conversations with him revealed that ████████████, ████ █████, ████████████, but rather ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ █████████. Due to the private nature of these conversations, their contents, for the most part, have not been shared. All of this behavior led to the creation of ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████, which would soon turn into ███████████████████████ ████████████. ███████████████████████████████████████, ██████████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████████████. ████████ would, in the end, decide to leave '''█████ ███''' and join '''SwagCord''' not long after.


With both '''KittenStomper6617''' and '''Moe''' present in the server, '''69MoeLester420''' was at its highest point yet. new heights of activity were reached and a widespread celebration was held, for our Savior was finally here!
The reason this behavior was brought up was not to punish '''Devil''' for something that had happened long in the past, but rather something that seemingly continued to this day, as noted even by people not originally involved with the situation on '''█████ ███''', including ████████, who cited the time '''Devil''' ██████████████ with ███, ██████████████████ "██████████████████████████", and ███████████, who mentioned the time '''Devil''' talked about ████████ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████.  


===The Story of Sam and Kae===
The evidence was damning.


On January 10, '''Samarm132''' joined the server. At the time he appeared to be a common subreddit member. Although his name remained unknown, he had been discussed previously on the server, or rather, a post of his on '''r/ihaveihaveihavereddit''', was discussed, with '''Gladiux''' commenting on the declining quality of that subreddit.
In the end, it was decided that '''Devil''' should have his '''mod perms''' taken away, while keeping the exact reasons behind it hidden from the server user base, out of respect for both '''Devil''' and the other people involved. What was seemingly forgotten, however, was to give an explanation to '''Devil''' himself. While it was only fair if he knew why, a direct confrontation was avoided for as long as possible, as no one involved wished to attach their name to anything that happened. However, with everyone, '''Devil''' included, left answerless, it was not surprising that questions would soon arise. '''Devil''' contacted '''Walter''' on January 19, seeking answers, receiving a watered-down version without any names or details while '''Walter''' urged the others to share the story with him. Finally, on January 21, ████████ decided to privately talk to him and explain the reasons behind his '''admin removal'''.  
[[File:SamForeshadowing.png|left|thumb|366x366px|A discussion of one of '''Sam'''<nowiki/>'s posts, a few weeks before he decided to join the server. At the time it was an insignificant event. Later it would become a prime example of divine irony, given the moderator that had started the discussion, '''Gladiux'''.]]
[[File:360 monitor.png|thumb|The curved computer monitor belonging to one Samarm132. It is so wide that it forms a semicircle around the user, who, even with a complete turn of the head, will not be able to see both ends of it in a single glance. To those without functioning eyes, I feel deeply sorry for you, as you will never see something so indescribably comical that it prompted me to place it in a tangentially related wiki article.]]


Soon it came to be known that '''Sam''', as he will be referred to for the rest of the article, was not a complete stranger, as he revealed that he knew '''Berkabitz''', a Reddit user that we jokingly suggested was in a relationship with '''Moe''' due to the unusual number of messages the pair exchanged.
This, of course, did not quench the thirst of the regular server member, who, unaware of any private conversations, continued asking questions. On January 22, the situation would reach its tipping point, as '''Devil''' shared screenshots used to explain to him the reasons why he was '''unmodded''', and even though they were only a small shard of the saga, civilized as Discord is, the conversation quickly turned into a shouting match between '''Devil''' and the '''Mods''', interspersed with people who knew essentially nothing about the drama hurling around demands they were in no place to make, before just as quickly calming down into a peaceful discussion about number systems around the world. And just like that, it was over.


This will become more relevant to our story as it nears its end. But in the beginning it did not matter much. '''Sam''' was quickly determined to be annoying by the '''Moederators'''. Nevertheless, he chose to stay on the server.
Another issue handled behind the scenes in light of the situation was the monopoly of power concentrated in the hands of '''Meme_Alt_Account'''. Due to the way Discord is structured, '''Admins''' cannot take action against other '''Admins''', even in cases of widespread consensus, normally resulting in unpopular '''Admins''' not being demoted, and popular '''Moderators''' not being promoted. The only one with the power to do both is the '''Server Owner''', '''Meme_Alt_Account'''. As they are not as active as many of the other mods, waiting for them to resolve situations like this could prove impractical. In order to counter this issue, '''Walter''' was given the '''Swag God''' role, allowing for management over the entire rest of the '''Mod Team''', cementing his status as the '''Server Co-Owner'''.


On January 16, '''Berkabitz''', who will henceforth be referred to as '''Kae''', joined the server.
Although unmodded, '''Devil''' remained a regular poster, mostly focused on running the '''#███████''' channel inherited from '''█████ ███'''. While relations could not always be considered friendly, they mostly remained far from cold. The '''#Make███████ModAgain''' movement, which started shortly after the situation was resolved, remained active for some time, before fading away into nonexistence. Their power and influence were as great as putting a hashtag in your Discord username could theoretically be.


On the same day, '''Sam''' revealed his computer monitor. This detail is not relevant to the story in any way. I just wanted to show that thing to you. The dimensions of it are absolutely comical. The more you look, the sillier it gets. The monitor is wider than the desk it sits on. The two edges of the screen seem to be following COVID-19 guidelines, there is a distance of 6 feet between the items and healthbar when looking at the UI. There is barely any space for the mouse, can you imagine the DPI on that thing? It is absolutely insane in every possible way and it has to be shared with the world.
Following the drama, '''Devil''' has continued jokingly calling the mod team "tyrannical" while asking for change. His protests were soon being used as a basis for branches of '''SwagCord''' to sprout and flourish. The two biggest branches to have currently appeared are the '''Monolyne'''-owned '''Toucancord''', born out of a short conversation about the value of toucans, and '''Devil'''<nowiki/>'s own '''███████cord'''. Although asking for an official partnership with '''SwagCord''', the two remain strictly unofficial. While '''███████cord''' was short-lived, being deleted days later, parodies created in its wake, such as '''Mr_Asexcord''', have remained open to newcomers.


The server became more active than it had ever been before as '''Kae''' and '''Sam''' started exchanging messages. With the '''SwagBalls moderators'''<ref>'''Meme_Alt_Account''' and '''Lin'''.</ref> and '''Moe''' remaining active in the following days, the server reached a new level of activity, unparalleled even by the days of '''r/place'''.
=== Literally 1984 ===
[[File:19SwagBalls84HutStatic.png|thumb|151x151px|A new era of '''anti-chuddery''' was ushered into '''19SwagBalls84.''']]
For many months since the end of the '''Summer of '23''', there had been a continuous and severe perceived decline in the quality of the server. With a new userbase slowly emerging from the ashes of the old, veteran '''SwagCorders''', many of whom had long taken refuge in '''KirbyCord''', were reluctant to continue using the server due to a mutual dislike shared by the two sides. With '''chuddiness''' and '''rule-breaking''' prevalent, leading to many complaints from the older userbase{{Citation needed}}, it was becoming increasingly clear that a strong grip on the server needed to be placed in order to correct its course.  


Previously, a few dozen messages were sent a day, which was not terrible for a server this small, but was completely dwarfed by the by the prodigious number of messages sent by '''Sam''' and '''Kae'''. Seeing hundreds of notifications upon opening the server became the norm.
==== The Swag-Kirby Split ====
[NOTES FOR THE FUTURE: change Kae's name, ask for any change concerning Sam's pronouns, continue the story until the end of the server, not according to chronological chapters]
[[File:Big Brother Propaganda Poster 69SB420.jpg|thumb|229x229px|A propaganda poster designed by '''Ballistyx''', the '''Minister of Swag''', promoting the values of '''19SwagBalls84'''. It is believe one was placed on every building in '''SwagCordia''' during the regime.]]
On January 27, 2024, after much deliberation, the '''mod team''', referred to as the '''Party''', decided to take action, with newly-crowned server dictator '''Walter''' taking on the role of '''Big Brother''', starting a crackdown on '''rule-breaking''' behavior<ref>{{Cite message|author='''Decoherence'''|date=January 27, 2024|content=1984 police state until people learn to be nice to each other|server=19SwagBalls84|channel='''admin-family-guy-roleplay'''}}</ref> and rebranding the server with an Orwellian aesthetic, returning the server back to its glory days, by force, if needed. However, these changes would not prevent the inevitable '''Swag-Kirby split''', occurring on February 4, formally cutting the long-developed ties between the servers, citing an influx of bad users coming to '''KirbyCord''' by means of '''SwagBalls'''.{{Citation needed}} Although '''Walter''' was offered a cushy government job at '''KirbyCord''' as an '''admin''', which he humbly accepted, he continues using '''SwagCord''' against his better judgement.


===The 9GAG conquest===
==== Kiwi ====
[[File:9GAGlore2.png|thumb|334x334px|'''Mr. Sex''' creates an account, the first of many that would be made on this fateful day, when the '''69MoeLester420''' server fell in love with 9GAG.]]
<ref name=":0" group="editor's note"> Missing story. </ref>
[[File:9GAGlore.png|left|thumb|The absolutely abominable quality of the website was apparent from the very beginning.]]
The name "'''9GAG'''" has long brought fear to the hearts of internet users. Like some sort of infernal time machine that led only to a darker age when rage comics were celebrated unironically and advice animals were considered the peak of comedy.


Frozen in time as the years passed and social media websites rose and fell, '''9GAG''' endured against all odds, avoiding bankruptcy by means known to no wholesome denizen of the 'net.
==== Nae ====
<ref name=":0" group="editor's note" />


To the rest of the internet, it was where memes went to die, a Reddit alternative that combined the worst aspects of Reddit and Facebook, inferior to these platforms in every way. Yet 9GAG went on. It carved its own niche, one which would turn away most, yet also one where the rage comic artist would find a home.
==== The Exile of Devil ====
<ref name=":0" group="editor's note" />


The '''Moederators''' would not be scared so easily. On January 17, '''Mr. Sex''' installed '''9GAG'''. He acknowledged he had strayed from the path of the wholesome chungus, and wished to redeem himself through a pilgrimage to the dankest site there is.  
==== The Final Days of the Regime ====
In an effort to more efficiently enforce the crackdown, with the '''mod team''' becoming bloated and ineffective as many had stopped using the server regularly, on February 20, '''Barley''' is plucked from among the '''proles''' and is given '''mod perms''', who, according to '''Decoherence''', the '''Minister of Love''', was "the only active user [he]'d trust with mod right now".<ref>{{Cite message|author='''Decoherence'''|date=February 20, 2024|content=barley is the only active user I'd trust with mod right now|server=19SwagBalls84|channel='''admin-family-guy-roleplay'''}}</ref> '''Barley''' served as a '''moderator''' with distinction, however after a political debate on Palestine/Israel she decided to take a break from discord and left SwagBalls.


By God, it was everything we had hoped for and so much more! Every post we saw in that antediluvian place was entirely antithetical to what comedy ought to look like. Simply scrolling through the site drained our will to live. The frightful existence of such a place was so was a mystery unfit for contemplation by a healthy human mind: why would so many people willingly choose to spend their time on 9GAG?
On March 2, the '''19SwagBalls84 Criminal Code''' was rewritten by '''Decoherence''' after a series of complaints from the '''chud underclass'''. The new rules, based on the original rules, rewritten in order to cut down on gray areas and to make the rules' enforcement both more transparent and easier, were subsequently unanimously voted in favor of by the '''moderators''' (8-0) with minor alterations. Made public on March 4, the '''New Criminal Code''' separates offenses into three categories of severity, ranging from offenses of the third-degree, the least severe and only lightly punished, to offenses of the first-degree, which lead to an immediate ban.


As members of the server began to make 9GAG accounts, '''Mr. Sex''' made a post on the site, one that went mercifully ignored by most of the site's loathsome inhabitants. It would not be until '''Walter''' made a post<ref>Please do check out the comments, as the post can easily be found by following the link: https://9gag.com/gag/aWGj0j6?ref=android</ref> that the 9GAGGERS noticed the intrusion. A total of 168 downvotes showered the post. The comments section was beyond belief.
With over a month passing since the server rebranded, the '''mod team''' would receive many complaints about running the joke to the group and continuing to play into the bit long after it wore off. The '''New Criminal Code''' was especially controversial, with rules such as the one preventing the use of "kys" producing much discontent. Discontent continued to rise, and the powder keg was nearly ready to go off.


So much vitriol contained in only a few replies, it was stunning to watch, primordial reaction images encrusted with JPEG artifacts that marked them as older than the average reader of this article were exchanged, with a few Reddit-tier comebacks mixed in. Soon the other mods realized they wanted in on the fun. '''Koonsbmw''' created an account, and the conquest truly began.
=== The March Elections ===


Then it happened.  
{| class="infobox" style="width:400px;"
|+The March 2024 SwagBalls Election
|colspan = 3 style="font-size:120%;text-align:center"| '''March 16-17, 2024'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|
|
|style="text-align:right"|[[User:WalterWhiteOnWiki#The_July_Elections_(Template)|July 2024]]→<ref group="editor's note"> Link should lead to the SwagBalls wiki, not '''Walter''''s user page </ref>
|-
|colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| Plurality of votes needed to win
|-
|'''Turnout'''
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| [[File:ElectionArrowUp.png|12px]] 96.0% of registered voters<ref group=note> Representing 1.9% of the total population. </ref>
|-
| || [[File:WalterPFPelections.png|150px|center]] || [[File:LarKcuavianPFPelections.png|150px|center]]
|-
| '''Nominee'''
|style="text-align:center;"| '''Big Brother (Walter)'''
|style="text-align:center;"| Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st
|-
|'''Party'''
|style="text-align:center;"| '''Moexist-Lesterist <br> Vanguard Party'''
|style="text-align:center;"| The Best Party, <br> Which I fully support
|-
|'''Ideology'''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[69MoeLester420|Moexism-Lesterism]]<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo Status Quo]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harassment Pro-Harassment] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck Anti-Homestuck (Radical)] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanity Anti-Political Discussion] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idolatry girardism] <br> [https://irony.wiki/wiki/File:69SwagBalls420.png Not Giving A Swag]
|-
|'''Votes'''
|style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
|style="text-align:center;"| 5
|-
|'''Percentage
|style="text-align:center;"| [[File:ElectionArrowDown.png|12px]] '''29.2%'''
|style="text-align:center;"| [[File:ElectionArrowUp.png|12px]] 20.8%
|-
| || [[File:KoknesePFPelections.png|150px|center]] || [[File:CharterPFPelections.png|150px|center]]
|-
|'''Nominee'''
|style="text-align:center;"| Koknese
|style="text-align:center;"| Charter
|-
|'''Party'''
|style="text-align:center;"| SwagBalls Sharty <br> Booru Party
|style="text-align:center;"| Lininist <br> SwagBalls-Sharty <br> Union<ref group=note>A coalition between the '''SwagBalls Democratic Party''' and the '''Lininist Party for Democracy and Freedom'''.</ref>
|-
|'''Ideology'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://wiki.soyjak.party/Soyjak.party Shartyism] <br> [https://wiki.soyjak.party/Chudjak#Soyjak Anti-Chuddery] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck Anti-Homestuck (Radical)] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial%20segregation Pro-segregation] <br> Paleo-shartyism <br> '''Historical:''' <br> [https://wiki.soyjak.party/SoyBooru Booruism] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck Anti-Homestuck (Moderate)] <br> (split off into the <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b>)
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy Pro-Democracy] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20speech Pro-Free Speech] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_disorder Pro-Homestuck] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law Judicial Reform] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_science Pro-Political Discussion]
|-
|'''Votes'''
|style="text-align:center;"| 4
|style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
|'''Percentage
|style="text-align:center;"| [[File:ElectionArrowUp.png|12px]] 16.7%
|style="text-align:center;"| [[File:ElectionArrowUp.png|12px]] 16.7%
|-
| || [[File:YeetmasterPFPelections.png|150px|center]] || [[File:BallistyxPFPelections.png|150px|center]]
|-
|'''Nominee'''
|style="text-align:center;"| Yeetmaster
|style="text-align:center;"| Ballistyx
|-
|'''Party'''
|style="text-align:center;"| Independent
|style="text-align:center;"| Swag and Security Party
|-
|'''Ideology'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law Judicial Reform] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_science Pro-Political Discussion]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck Anti-Homestuck (Moderate)] <br> [https://wiki.soyjak.party/Chudjak#Soyjak Anti-Chuddery] <br> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_science Pro-Political Discussion]
|-
|'''Votes'''
|style="text-align:center;"| 3
|style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
|'''Percentage
|style="text-align:center;"| [[File:ElectionArrowUp.png|12px]] 12.5%
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==== Civil Unrest ====
Despite their benevolent rule, discontent had long been rising against the '''Mod Team''' or the '''Party'''. On March 4, '''Koknese''', a notable '''Revolutionary''' leader during '''the War...''', created the '''SwagBalls Shartyist Party''' (<b style="color:#ff0000">SSP</b>), with the stated mission of eradicating political discussion, having fun, and doing stuff.<ref>'''Koknese''' (March 4, 2024): <br>
guys let's just create a swagballs political party<br>
- it will eradictae irl political discussion<br>
- it's fun<br>
- we get to do stuff<br>
''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#🔪-girards-torture-chamber'''.
</ref> Soon after, '''Charter''' decided to open an opposing party, the '''SwagBalls Booru Party''' (<b style="color:#ff0000">SBBP</b>), yet realizing that their similarities made them closer than their differences could ever break them apart, the parties merged, forming the '''SwagBalls Sharty Booru Party''' (<b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b>).
[[File:SSBPLogo.png|left|thumb|The party logo of the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b>, designed by '''Koknese'''.]]
Vowing to fight against perceived injustice placed on the server by the new, unpopular rules, the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> posted a political manifesto,<ref> '''Koknese''' (March 8, 2024): [https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/1214231022678315108/1215704911723888731 JOIN SSBP, FIGHT FOR SSBP!] ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#🤬-ssbp'''.</ref> intending on spreading the message of fighting for the right to, among others, say KYS ironically<ref group=note>Fighting a ban imposed by rule '''2.5'''.</ref> and gamble again, in addition to making the '''#admin-family-guy-roleplay''' public. While radical members have been found responsible for hate crimes against '''Homestuckers''', against whom there has been a growing sentiment, the activities of the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> did not help them recruit new members, and although their membership count remained stable, the movement was expected to fade into obscurity.


We were blessed with what may well be the greatest moment in history, one of such majesty that its memory remains preserved in the stickers of '''[[69SwagBalls420]]''' long after the '''69MoeLester420''' server was archived.  
==== Dissolution of Parliament ====
[[File:9GAGlore8.png|alt=no emojies you canser|thumb|514x514px|The greatest sentence uttered by a human being since the dawn of time.|left]]
[[File:SDPLogoSB.png|left|thumb|131x131px|The logo of the <b style="color:#660080">SDP</b>, designed by '''Chauka'''. The three downvotes stand for the fight against chuddiness, dictatorship and censorship.]]
[[File:9GAGlore6.png|thumb|393x393px|Our first ally from across the border.]]
While the radicalism of the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> did not appeal to every voter, opposition against the '''Party''' grew when '''Chauka''' decided to open her own political party. Christened the '''Democratic Party of SwagBalls''' (<b style="color:#660080">DPoS</b>), the name was soon changed to the '''SwagBalls Democratic Party''' (<b style="color:#660080">SDP</b>) with the release of its manifesto,<ref>'''Chauka''' (March 12, 2024): [https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/1217194323104366693/1217197455582695495 the basic beliefs of the <b style="color:#660080">SDP</b> are ones of freedom of expression while retaining an enjoyable experience] ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#😺-sdp-↓↓↓'''.</ref> calling for the democratization of server rule, the opening of a political channel, and loosening of the word filter to allow for free '''Homestuck''' expression, as the party strictly condemned discrimination.
Not everything went smoothly. The 9GAG developers, elected to place a daily limit on how many times a user could post, along with a 10 minutes window between each post or comment. It is widely believed that this was done to prevent undue strain on the single hamster that is responsible for running 9GAG's servers.
[[File:TBPWIFSLogo.png|left|thumb|131x131px|The party logo of <b style="color:#00CC99">TBPWIFS</b>, designed by '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian'''.]]
The <b style="color:#660080">SDP</b> was soon joined by '''The Best Party, Which I Fully Support''' (<b style="color:#00CC99">TBPWIFS</b>), led by '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st''', claiming to be the one true prophet of '''girard''', who believed that the true problem that had befallen '''SwagCord''' was amount of '''swag giving''' that was happening lately, as clearly ironic speech was stifled by it being taken seriously. In a list of demands, <b style="color:#00CC99">TBPWIFS</b> called for a crackdown on seriousposting and loosening of the anti-harassment rules, believing them to be overbroad, while wishing to place tighter restrictions on '''Homestuckers'''. Initially promising to ban minors from the server, he retracted it from the list of demands after finding no good way to implement it.<ref> '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian''' (March 13, 2024): "Decided to remove the anti-minor part of the demands, as I can't find a good way to implement that" ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#👁-tbpwifs'''.</ref>


But this did not stop the proud '''69MoeLester420''' army, which steadily continued its march into enemy territory. It was comforting to see that the '''69MoeLester420''' ideology started spreading even among the locals. Even as insults were thrown against us, we had allies.
The '''Party''', realizing that there was no stopping the rising discontent, made the decision to dissolve '''Parliament''', announcing the first democratic elections in '''SwagBalls''' history.<ref> '''Walter''' (March 13, 2024): "The Party has officially dissolved the People's Parliament and has announced that elections will be held on Sunday, March 17. Televised debates between the highest-polling candidates will occur on March 14 and March 16. Long live SwagCord! Long live the Party! Long live Big Brother!" ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#❗-announcements'''. </ref> Set to be held on '''March 17''', they would be preceded by two debates between the candidates.


And then the news broke. The daily upload quota had been reached. No new posts could be made for the next 24 hours. Our troops' advancement has been halted. The movement soon fizzled out.
==== Snowball Effect ====
[[File:LPDFLogo.png|left|thumb|136x136px|The logo of the <b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b>, designed by '''Lin'''.]]
[[File:SASPLogo.png|left|thumb|136x136px|The logo of <b style="color:#66FFFF">SASP</b>, designed by '''Ballistyx'''. ]]
[[File:FUNLogo.png|left|thumb|136x136px|The logo of the <b style="color:#CC66FF">FUN</b> party, chosen by '''Barley'''.]]


'''Walter''' remains on the site to this day, holding our ground. Further progress into their territory, however, is but a distant dream. 9GAG is a stronghold that not even Reddit's dankest chungi can conquer, its unwholesome users, like a hivemind, ferociously respond to any form of outside aggression. 9GAG will never change, will never die. In spite of our efforts, the terrible site still stands, just as it stood many years ago before the first Redditor breached its walls.
With the elections in full swing, many new parties started to spring up, although unable to achieve the same level of popular success as the already established opposition.


While more raids were attempted in the future, it was always with the knowledge that the forces 9GAG would prevail. There is no winning against these "people". Know that 9GAG is their territory, and they will fight to defend it from emoji-users at any cost. It doesn't matter how many n-words have to be dropped to achieve that.
The '''Lininist Party for Democracy and Freedom''' (<b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b>), taking its name from its leader, '''Lin''', wished to loosen the chat filter and introduce a channel for the discussion of politics. Strongly pro-democratic, the <b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b> wished to implement a system where the '''Party''' would handpick candidates to participate in the elections, in order to protect the nation against political threats. Running on a platform similar to the <b style="color:#660080">SDP</b>, the main difference between the two was that '''Lin''' was the one to be placed in power.<ref>'''Lin''' (March 13, 2024), in response to "slightly altered sdp": "but I'm the one in power instead" ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#🌐-lpdf'''.</ref>


=== The Human Cockroach and the Myth of Sisyphus ===
The '''Swag and Security Party''' (<b style="color:#66FFFF">SASP</b>), led by '''Ballistyx''', sought to stomp out chuddery and increase '''Mod-Prole''' cooperation by establishing a volunteer watchguard that would report any suspicious activities to the server leadership. Despite allegations, independent fact-checkers have concluded that this was not a fed operation to influence server political discourse, and that '''Ballistyx''''s high-ranking status in the '''Party''' did not influence the <b style="color:#66FFFF">SASP</b> party's integrity in any way.


Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Greek mythology should be well aware of the myth of Sisyphus. Punished for his arrogance by the Gods, he is left with the task of pushing a boulder up a hill, with the prospect of escaping this punishment lying at the very top. Try as he might, however, as the boulder starts approaching the top of the steep hill, it rolls back to where it started, Sisyphus having made no progress at all. Yet Sisyphus does not give up. Every time the boulder rolls back, he follows, walking down to the bottom ready to start again.  
The '''Firetamers United Nation''' (<b style="color:#CC66FF">FUN</b>), started by '''Barley''', got its name from its dedication to the fight against '''FIRE''' ('''F'''ights, '''I'''nsults, and '''R'''eckless '''E'''vils), wishing to put an end to negative behavior which had plagued the server for so long to make the server a more '''FUN''' place to use, encouraging stronger community participation in making it happen.


Every good story needs a villain, and you don't make it to 50 members without making a few enemies. Most of them were your average run-of-the-mill internet assholes, saying the n-word a couple of times or being slightly annoying for a few minutes before promptly fucking off. There is, however, a single user so utterly pathetic, a life so absolutely worthless that they choose to spend the limited time they have on this Earth not only to rot in the dank pits of that gamer dungeon of theirs but to make their life's mission the mild annoyance of a few Reddit mods. A creature so devoid of any purpose in life, a tragic display of how low a human being could stoop, yet so infatuated by the smell of its own farts that it is unable for a moment to realize the worthlessness of its own existence. A pest that you can't get rid of, despite the dozens of times this user has been banned, they keep coming back, like a drug-starved addict that cannot go without their daily hit, dozens of alt accounts keep being made so they could stay on Reddit, being so reliant on the website that even a temporary withdrawal would result in a coma. The absolute definition of terminally online, this user shall remain unnamed, not for fear of retaliation, but to not provide them with a droplet of satisfaction for what they had done. Instead, they will be referred to as what they really are, a '''human cockroach''', a being with no value to anyone, one that everyone wishes was just gone, their very lack of presence making the world a better place, yet one so persistent in its aims that no matter how much you stomp on it, it keeps coming back. One must embrace the '''cockroach''' as an unchanging constant in life, just as Sisyphus may never push the boulder up the cliff, so too will this user never be truly removed. Once you embrace the fact that this insect is here to stay, you may indulge in laughter at the pitiful ways this being claws for attention.
The '''Anti-Swag Militia''' ('''ASM'''), a double-plus-orthodox Moexist-Lesterist paramilitary group led by '''Kelpwave''', split off from the '''Party''' leadership, believing that the '''Party''' had led the server far astray from its original goals, leading to the rise of chuddery and collective '''swag giving'''. Its military actions, however, were not fully successful, and the movement was soon co-opted by the larger '''Party''' from which the movement had split off. The remaining members merged with the <b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b>, fighting with the Lininist cause against the status quo.
[[File:CockroachLore1.png|left|thumb|320x320px|The first documented encounter of the '''r/69MoeLester420''' mod staff with the '''Cockroach'''.]]
On November 11, the '''cockroach''' was first banned on the '''r/69MoeLester420''' subreddit. While the specific reasons for this action were lost to time, the '''cockroach''''s username, a clear antisemitic dog whistle (or perhaps just a whistle), as well as its behavior in the following months, leaves racism as the most likely possibility. This first ban seemed to have not produced many issues, it would not be until January that things would truly start getting chaotic and our story would truly begin. It was on January 18 that the '''Cockroach''' was banned from the subreddit for a second time. The moment the gavel hit the hardwood, and the ban was dealt, the fate of the universe itself was sealed. An eternal nemesis found, one we may never get rid of, yet must keep on fighting, our own boulder to push.  


On January 19, both '''Walter''' and '''SlenderSmurf''' woke up to their Reddit accounts temporarily suspended. The reason? Harassment. The '''Cockroach''', the absolute human filth that it is, decided to report the modmail conversation to the Reddit admins, the low-life weasel, hitting and provoking for hours on end only to call the teacher the moment someone insults it back. The punishments, lasting 2 days and a week respectively, were served with dignity, as would be expected from Reddit mods worth their karma. It is important to note that it wasn't the length or even the existence of these bans that was insulting, but rather the fact that someone would stoop so low as to involve the '''Reddit admins''' in the situation. That is a sign of the lowest breed of man, one so pathetic and worthless, whose existence is so absolutely pointless, they would make a deal with Satan himself for temporary pleasure rather than admit defeat. It was like this that the '''Moederators''' knew right away the type of person they were dealing with, yet even taking into account the racist tendencies the '''Cockroach''' put on display through their comments, nothing could prepare us for what would come next.
==== The First Debate ====
The first debate of the March 2024 election cycle was held on '''March 14''', at '''20:20 GMT'''. Going into the debates without any front-running candidate, the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b>, the <b style="color:#660080">SDP</b> and the <b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b>, having formed the <b style="color:#FFC000">SSU</b> coalition ('''SwagBalls Shartyist Union'''), soon renamed to the <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b> ('''Lininist SwagBalls Shartyist Union'''), minutes prior to the debate,<ref> "@Walter the ssbp, the sdp, and the lpdf have officially merged into the SSU (swagballs shartyist union)" ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#⭐-patriot-chat'''. </ref> instead of picking a candidate internally, decided to have all of their candidates on stage for the night to have the voter decide instead. '''Chauka''' dropped out of the race, throwing her support for the newly formed union.


On February 13, as the encounter with the '''Cockroach''' started fading from the '''Moederators'''' memories, an '''image''' got posted on the '''r/69MoeLester420''' subreddit. Not any ordinary image, as one may see from the fact that its very existence warranted an entire paragraph of text. '''The image''', featuring an uncensored, bloody penis cut in half in an incredibly unclean, gory fashion, got posted nineteen times. Nineteen. That is almost as much as 9+10. This would mark the '''First Impact''', otherwise known as the '''Penis Gore Incident'''. Such an event is especially terrible for a small subreddit, as was '''r/69MoeLester420''' at the time, not even having reached 5000 members, as such a high influx of gore content on a subreddit where the mods aren't terminally online might result in the entire subreddit being banned. The '''MoeLester Nation''' forever stays grateful to '''koonsbmw''' for being the first one on the ground and dealing with the situation in a quick and efficient fashion. Sadly, as one might expect, this was far from the only encounter with this user.
Moderated by the politically fair and unbiased '''Decoherence''', the debate featured '''Big Brother (Walter)''', the incumbent leader running for election, <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b> candidates '''Koknese''', '''Charter''' and '''Lin''', leading the opposition, as well as '''Shitminister LarKcuavian''', slowly rising in the polls. Other candidates were invited but were unable to join. After technical problems at the beginning were resolved by always glorious '''Big Brother''', whereby every candidate was allowed to speak at the same time, candidates were given questions to be answered one at a time.


Remember that lockdown idea the '''Moederators''' had, way back before the partnership with '''r/IDONTGIVEASWAG''' and '''r/IkeaFreshBalls''' was signed? The idea was, instead of leaving the floodgates open, each post would have to be approved by the mods. Although the idea wasn't implemented before, this situation provided the perfect opportunity to test it out. As the code was already in place, all that was left to do is to announce it. By the end of the day, the temporary lockdown had gone into effect <ref> WalterWhiteOnReddit (February 13, 2023). https://www.reddit.com/r/69Moelester420/comments/111jz94/attention_moe_lesters/ ''Reddit.'' </ref>, intended to stop any raids in the following days, until another, more effective and less intrusive method of moderation was found. At the advice of '''Sam''', still a regular member at the time, a minimum karma limit was set up, filtering out any posts made by clearly new accounts.
Asked about what his opinion was on the '''Homestuck''' issue, '''Koknese''' stood against the issue but stated that it should be resolved through democratic means, personally wishing to implement a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_ask,_don%27t_tell don't ask, don't tell] policy and segregate them into their own channel. With '''Koknese''' firmly standing in support for '''Homestucker''' segregation, calling it "morally correct"<ref>'''Koknese''' (March 14, 2024), in response to "Do you think segregation is wrong?": <br>
[[File:Cockroachlore2.png|thumb|317x317px|The '''Cockroach''' attempts to scare the '''Moederators''' with a threat of another raid, mere days after the first one.]]
"no it is morally correct <br>
The '''Cockroach''' was far from done. Unbeknownst to the '''Moederators''' at the time, a vile scheme was being planned in the most twisted corners of the internet. A call to arms, intended to bring the Soy Army to the side of the '''Cockroach'''. Unfortunately for it, it would seem that not even the userbase of such depraved websites as soyjak.party would wish to associate itself with such an insult to what it means to be a human being. <ref> The Cockroach (February 16, 2023) https://soyjak.party/raid/res/33873.html''Soyjak Party.'' </ref> Yet even so, give up it would not. On February 16, just as the lockdown was lifted, and the new measures put into place, a post from one of the '''Cockroach''''s alts made its way into the subreddit's mod queue. It was clear right away that this was not the last we would see of it. Soon after, a GIF with the caption "LOL UKRAINE", showing the death of two soldiers in the midst of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, got posted, soon followed by a text post, written by a friend{{Citation needed}} of the '''Cockroach''', asking for its unbanning. Both posts were quickly removed. The '''Second Impact''', thankfully, proved to be much easier to bear through.
depending on who you segregate" ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#🤓-debate-channel'''.</ref>
[[File:CockroachLore3.png|left|thumb|383x383px|The '''Cockroach'''<nowiki/>'s side of the story, an explanation of why nineteen images of uncensored mutilated genitalia found themselves on the '''r/69MoeLester420''' subreddit.]]
, '''Lin''', the leader of the <b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b>, split off from the <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b> minutes into the debate after hearing the answer, standing firmly pro-'''Homestuck'''. '''Charter''', claiming that the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> had been bastardized by '''Koknese''''s radical beliefs<ref>'''Charter''' (March 14, 2024): "[...] i’ve been making consistent effort to convey my political endeavors and move toward something equitable for all people, koknese has been holding me back with his radical beliefs. i honestly wanted to kick him out for a while. this is what the SSBP was created to be. not what koknese bastardized it into" ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#🤓-debate-channel'''.</ref> left the coalition as well. The <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b> coalition completely fell apart within 10 minutes of the debate starting.
Even though the '''Cockroach''' tried to make itself look like a based and red-pilled troll with posts such as these, as one might expect, things could not be further from the truth. As a thread on the thugposting subreddit '''r/wordington'''<ref>The Cockroach (February 14, 2023) https://web.archive.org/web/20230727185559/https://old.reddit.com/r/wordington/comments/1126ct7/deleted_by_user/ ''Reddit.''</ref> shows, a mere day after the original incident, the user tried to explain away the situation by stating that its account was hacked by its friend {{Citation needed}}, sharing an insane story along with it. While this story cannot be neither verified nor proven false, the possibility still existing that the '''Cockroach''' was telling the truth, it is still important to keep in mind that this was far from the only incident involving this user. The threat to spam gore on the server was, by its own admission, sent by the '''Cockroach''' itself, and although it claims not to be responsible for the '''Penis Gore Incident''', as more raids occurred in the future, some involving sharing material worse than the one sent during the '''First Impact''', it shows that even if it was not the '''Cockroach''' who posted the images, it would still not be out of character for it to have gone through with it on its own.
[[File:CockroachLore4.png|thumb|The '''Cockroach''' returns, full of himself as always, even prepared a ''Little Dark Age'' edit to share with his favorite mod team.]]
[[File:CockroachLore5.png|left|thumb|383x383px|Testing, testing... The '''Automoderator''' is up and running. Showcased here are the first three cases documented by the bot, the bans of the '''Cockroach''' as well as its friends{{Citation needed}}. The usernames have been edited, as the '''Moederators''' do not wish for any readers of this article to harass what clearly are children.]]
[[File:CockroachLore6.png|left|thumb|306x306px|An intimidation tactic gracefully evaded.]]
The '''Moederators''' did not have to wait for too long for proof of this thesis, as on February 21, the '''Third Impact''' would occur, this time on the server. '''69MoeLester420''' was under attack. And the worst part? We didn't even know about it. A few days before the incident, several users had joined the server, seemingly nothing out of the ordinary, some of them staying quiet and keeping to themselves, others occasionally even interacting with the mods. As the '''Second''' '''Impact''' was still fresh in the mods' minds, the conversation sometimes steered in that direction, with the new users playing along as though as if nothing was going on. It was on February 21 when the sleeper agents woke up. While not much remains as the messages were deleted automatically when the bans were dealt, one video remains, saved before the purge by '''Kae''', which can only be described as edgy,  an edit of the National Victory Celebration held after the conclusion of the Gulf War in 1991 <ref> As confirmed by our local military expert '''koonsbmw'''. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv4ElNBqXXY </ref> with nothing but "RACISM IS NON-NEGOTIABLE" written all over it. There is but a single issue the '''Cockroach''' didn't anticipate. Every time a raid of its occurred, an additional line of defences was placed. Just as the subreddit placed a minimum karma barrier, along with some other measures to protect from raiders, some to protect from the '''Cockroach''' specifically, so too did the server soon start putting protections in place in order to prevent this from happening again. The '''Automoderator''' was set up, automatically kicking out any members below the minimum account age. From then on, it was only a matter of how long the '''Cockroach''' was willing to wait between each raid. The minimum age could always be raised, and not even the '''Cockroach''' could keep on waiting forever. The tides had shifted.


That is, until March 23, when another round of posts would hit the subreddit. The '''Fourth Impact''' took shape in the form of thirty-six separate bait-and-switch posts which would all cut to a video of a man, covered in shit, stroking his cock. One might wonder, what compels a man to send this? And to that I say, I am afraid we are not talking about a human being. Disgusting shock humor such as this is the absolute lowest form of comedy, one which should make you ashamed of your very existence, for how do you explain away the fact that you have this type of material saved on your device, not because you are sexually attracted to what is being depicted but rather because you find a man masturbating while covered in his own feces so amusing you cannot help your worthless ass but to snort and giggle in your gamer dungeon as you have experienced the absolute peak of your pathetic life when you decided to post it not once, but thirty-six separate times on a subreddit with less than 10k members. All this dedication to achieve an ultimately pointless goal, the banning of such a small subreddit would have changed nothing, yet the '''Cockroach''' still went on. Not even in the darkest pits of SoyBooru could one find a proper portrayal of such an individual. It would almost be funny were it not so tragic.
'''Yeetmaster''', an <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> member who was believed not to be able to attend, joined the debate after the coalition had already fully collapsed, already not having been part of the coalition talks, communicating through a 7-year-old tablet. Disregarding a minor incident where an old man wandered onto the debate stage, the debate continued. '''Koknese''' further called for "lynching" server members by democratic vote, wishing to implement a '''Chudledsky™ Score''' system, intended to keep track of chuddery and allow for server members themselves to pit users after guilt was determined. With the first debate proving itself to be a disaster for the <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b>, '''Walter''', when asked which of the other candidates he supported most, threw his support behind '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian'''.


Why does Sisyphus continue pushing the boulder? One might naively assume that it is the prospect of victory that compels him. Perhaps this may have been correct the first time the boulder was pushed up, maybe even the second, tenth, ten thousandth time. Yet it would soon dawn on Sisyphus that his task is hopeless. No matter how much effort is put in, the boulder will roll right back to the bottom. A question will soon be asked, what might be the point of such a task if it will always amount to failure? The pointlessness of it may prove brutal for some, for what is the point of anything if the outcome cannot be avoided? Albert Camus offers a different perspective. One must accept the absurd that surrounds us instead of trying to find a sense of meaning where there fundamentally isn't one. Sisyphus will never reach the top of the hill. Yet he continues on. He has accepted the meaninglessness of the task, and that acceptance allows him to truly live. He does not find joy in the victory he will never achieve, only to have his hopes crushed every time his progress is set back to the beginning. Instead, he finds happiness in every step he takes along the way, opting to enjoy the life that he has rather than spending this one hoping for what he may never have. And as the boulder rolls back, he takes a sigh of relief knowing he can take a break from his work, before going down to start the cycle once more. The joy comes from the task itself, not the reward that might await him, for as grueling as it all is, in the end, this boulder is his and his alone, and nothing can take that away from him. He finds meaning in living itself, no matter how pointless it may seem, for even so, his life, torturous as it may seem, is as valuable as anyone else's. In some sense, the '''Cockroach''' does the same. It is aware it will never win. So many times it has been banned instantly, yet it keeps on trying. It is the modern Sisyphus, determined to continue carrying on its endless task, as hopeless as it may seem. It does not care for the prospect of victory anymore. Instead, it finds joy in every n-word it drops, every dead child it posts. It is not the final goal that matters to it anymore, it knows more than well nothing will come out of its little stunts, it is the very process of annoying the mods that gives the '''Cockroach''' life. It is the journey that matters, not the destination. One must imagine the '''Cockroach''' happy.
Shortly after the debate, Koknese established the SwagBalls political theory, and it is as follows;


===The End of KittenStomper6617===
- Paleo-Shartyism - SSBP Values, focus on total homestuck eradication and power to the proles. Inherits some Revolutionary ideas.
- Shartyism - TBPWIFS Values, focus on religion and total girard rule
- Neo-shartyism - LSSU Values, focus on total freedom to discuss homestuck, oppose everything that SSBP stands for.


On December 21, 2022, ''Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'' is released in theatres. Audiences from across the globe go wild. Considered by many to be one of the greatest pieces of animation from this past decade, it has received widespread acclaim and attention even from those that do not watch animated movies regularly. It became one of the most talked-about movies of the year, and it was no wonder that the discussion reached '''69MoeLester420''' as well. An unfortunate and unforeseen consequence of the conversations held about it was the self-imposed exile of the head moderator '''KittenStomper6617'''.
==== Post-Debate Fallout ====
[[File:SSBP supporters.png|thumb|225x225px|Radical supporters of the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> chanting in support of '''Koknese''' in front of '''#admin-family-guy-roleplay'''.]]
Widely believed to be one of the worst campaign blunders in the history of elections, the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> never fully recovered from the political fallout birthed from '''Koknese''''s anti-'''Homestuck''' comments. While most of the former <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> electorate had switched to the newly formed <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b>, without the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b>, statements in support of segregation and lynching led to the consolidation of the radical wing of the party, which stayed firmly in support of '''Koknese''''s policies. While '''Koknese''' has claimed that there was a word mix-up due to English being his second language, believing to be a complete synonym for "execution", without knowledge of the term's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching racist past], the radical beliefs of the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> continued to turn off voters.


The day was January 20. '''KittenStomper6617''' had, by that time, become an integral part of the server. Although he did not care about moderating at all, he was considered a part of the '''MoeLester family'''. It is no wonder that the '''Puss in Boots incident''' caused so much devastation to the community. It is a piece of drama that could have easily been avoided, yet snowballed to colossal proportions. Most of the '''Moederators''' would like to leave this chapter behind and forever forget about it, not in the same way as with the soon to be mentioned '''Gladiux''' situation, but rather in the sense that it just sucks that it happened, with no contempt being held as much as the wish to leave the person behind and move on.
'''Yeetmaster''', not wishing to associate with the <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> in light of the debate, decided to run as an independent, gaining moderate support even without a party to back him. A political moderate, supporting a fairer judicial system without favoritism and more government transparency, his campaign, while somewhat successful, was unable to draw many votes from the radical <b style="color:#ff0000">SSBP</b> base.
[[File:PussInBootsLore1.png|center|frame|The message that led to the downfall of '''KittenStomper6617'''.]]
[[File:PussInBootsLore2.png|center|frame|The message was quickly called out by '''Gladiux'''.]]
The offending message may have gone completely unnoticed in most internet spaces, yet '''Gladiux''', for all his faults, rightfully took issue with the message. Although we all held some form of respect for '''KittenStomper6617''', it was an undeniable fact that, once the proper context of the contents of the message settled in, this post was incredibly weird and pretty fucked up to share. Although '''KittenStomper6617''' quickly tried to explain that he was talking about the voice of Puss, provided by Antonio Banderas, rather than his physical appearance. This did not satiate '''Gladiux''', who, now with '''Gio''' by his side, continued with the attack by stating that even if that was what he meant, he shouldn't have worded it in that way. Ending the conversation by temporarily muting '''KittenStomper6617''', he was nonetheless ready to forget about the entire situation as long as it didn't turn out to be a reoccurring issue.
[[File:PussInBootsLore3.png|left|thumb|269x269px|'''KittenStomper6617''' tries to explain the situation in '''Gladiux'''<nowiki/>'s DMs.]]
[[File:PussInBootsLore4.png|thumb|316x316px|The regret was immediate.]]
It was then that things turned from weird to almost comically absurd. While people were ready to keep this incident in the past and forget about it, '''KittenStomper6617''' couldn't help but repeatedly bring attention to it during the following hours. Bringing up the issue in a sarcastic manner in his DMs with '''Gladiux''' didn't do him any favors, as claiming evil spirits possessed him in a situation like this meant the slightest amount of respect '''Gladiux''' still held for '''KittenStomper6617''' was starting to slip away. Soon came the question of whether he was even being ironic, as when the conversation resurfaced mere hours later in #general, he claimed to have looked back on the conversation and wondered if he was possessed when he had written stuff like this. While obviously done jokingly, some of the mods, once again led by '''Gladiux''', believed that this was a clear manipulation attempt meant to strike pity, while also shifting blame on some abstract entity in the past as opposed to the current him. It was on par with a Youtube apology video. The mods weren't buying it.


It was not long after that '''KittenStomper6617''' left the server. As far as anyone is aware, he hasn't stayed in contact with the other mods. The whole fiasco left everyone with a lot of mixed feelings about the entire thing. While it was agreed that what he did was bad, the '''Moederators''' were left wondering whether they had gone too hard on him. No matter our feelings about him, nothing can change what went down on that day, the relationship with him permanently ruined, '''KittenStomper6617''' becoming another lost '''Moederators''' in the list of many, additionally soured by the fact that he was the original creator of the subreddit. With yet another chapter of the server's history closed, the turbulent ride is nearing its end.
'''Charter''', the elected leader of the reformed <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b>, is thrown into '''the pit''' in order to prevent escalating political violence after calling opposition leader '''Koknese''' a "fucking idiot". He is released soon after, and is invited to the second debate on '''March 16'''.


===A Change in Ownership===
==== The Second Debate ====


On January 20, mere hours after '''KittenStomper6617''' left the server, '''Mr. Sex''' announced he would be abdicating his position as server '''Owner'''. It was clear the server was undergoing massive changes. Nominating '''Moe''' himself to be the owner, as well as '''Walter''', after a short back-and-forth between the two the honor ultimately fell upon '''Walter''' to lead the server in the following months. Although the situation surrounding the server was already unstable given '''KittenStomper6617''''s recent unexpected exile, it would get much worse during this final period in the history of '''69MoeLester420''', as it seemed as if things would truly fall apart many times over. The mod team's numbers have already dwindled quite a bit during the past few months and would continue doing so until the very end of the server. And so, '''Mr. Sex''' exchanged his final goodbyes before leaving, the ownership transferred to '''Walter''', and an uncertain future for this wonderful place looming in the distance.
The second debate was set to start on '''March 16''' at '''3:00 PM GMT''', with all candidates in the race being invited. Due to a variety of circumstances, however, it was only '''Walter''' who showed up on time, and the debate started without any other candidate being present. The battle of wits with his greatest opponent, himself, soon ended as '''Charter''' arrived late, still on time to answer the first question. The candidates continued pouring in, as '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian''' soon joined to attend the debate as well, having just woken up, followed by '''Koknese''', who would be the last candidate to arrive for the debate, having driven through the Latvian cold to bring medication to a family member. Other candidates reported work and oversleeping as the main reason for their absence.
[[File:Moewnerlore1.png|center|thumb|934x934px|The '''Owner''' abdicates his position, his successor not yet clear.]]


===The Gladiux Saga: Part One===
Generally of a calmer atmosphere than the first one, no great scandal plagued the debate, which was set to end with the official opening of the election polls, giving one final chance for all the candidates to make their case for themselves and to tend to wounds given to their campaign over the past days. '''Koknese''' formally apologized for his usage of the word "lynching" in his policies on the same stage that caused a party split just two days prior, giving a more moderate tone to his campaign and attempting to appeal to progressives by endorsing the usage of tone indicators<ref group=note>/s, /j, /srs and the like. </ref> to protect the right to tell others to kill themselves.


It was always quite clear that '''Gladiux''' was a dick. There is no going around it. From the very beginning of the server, if someone was to be leading the charge against whichever '''Moederators''' happened to slip up at the time, it was '''Gladiux''', with '''Gio''' by his side, hurling insults and aggressively making fun of them until they willfully left on their own. For a long time, this behavior was tolerated, while clearly toxic, it was always directed at people the members of the server took issue with anyways, and as pointlessly mean those comments were in retrospect, at the time, it wasn't taken as an issue. But when the mod drama died down and '''Gladiux''' had to find a new target, things turned for the worse for him.
The debates concluded in high spirits with a beautiful message from '''Big Brother''',<ref group=note>Despite complaints, independent fact-checkers have found no bias in this statement.</ref> followed immediately after by the opening of the '''#🎫-voting-booth'''. The closed-ballot elections were to be open for the following 36 hours, without even the '''Inner Party Members''' having access to the results before they closed. The political atmosphere, for a short while, calmed down, as the server members eagerly awaited the results.


As mentioned previously, by this point in time, the server was, for the most part, dedicated only to conversations between '''Sam''' and '''Kae''', who have almost completely taken over the server due to the fact that they sent two orders of magnitude more messages than the rest of the server combined. '''Gladiux''' was not a fan of this, having referred to these conversations as e-dating in the past, and wanted to put an end to this. Knowing the past behavior of '''Gladiux''', one may soon realize that he does not give up on his goals easily, deciding to attack relentlessly for as long as it takes for whoever's back the target has been painted on to leave on their own. As '''Kae''' was a mod at the time, this left only '''Sam''' as a suitable candidate. Acting like a complete and utter prick at any occasion he had the chance to, he would also time out and sometimes kick '''Sam''' out of the server, who, in spite of '''Gladiux'''<nowiki/>'s behavior, returned every time.
==== Opinion Polls ====
[[File:SBElectionPollingMarch2024.png|center|thumb|536x536px|An approximation of party support over time leading up to the elections. The popularity of the <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b> coalition is shown separately from its constituent parties, showing the combined popularity of the union.]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:16px;"
! Publication date
! width=75px | Polling firm
! Votes
! width=100px style="background:#0099FF" | The Party
! width=100px style="background:#ff0000; color: white" | SSBP
! width=100px style="background:#00CC99" | TBPWIFS
! width=100px style="background:#660080; color: white" | SDP
! width=100px style="background:#FFFF00" | LPDF
! width=100px style="background:#66FFFF" | SASP
! width=100px style="background:#CC66FF" | FUN
! width=100px style="background:#AEAAAA" | Yeetmaster
|-
|March 4
| colspan="11" |'''Koknese''' forms the '''SwagBalls Sharty Party''' and '''Charter''' creates the '''SwagBalls Booru Party'''. The two parties unite shortly after to create the '''SwagBalls Sharty Booru Party''' (<b style="color:#FF0000">SSBP</b>).
|-
| rowspan="3" | March 12
| colspan="11" |'''Chauka''' forms the '''SwagBalls Democratic Party''' (<b style="color:#660080">SDP</b>) to stand in opposition to the '''Party''', unhappy with <b style="color:#FF0000">SSBP</b> policy.
|-
| colspan="11" |'''Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st''' forms the '''The Best Party, Which I Fully Support''' (<b style="color:#00CC99">TBPWIFS</b>).
|-
|'''The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs'''
|22
| style="background:#0099FF" |'''7'''
| style="background:#ff7777" | 5
| style="background:#99FFCC" | 3
| style="background:#660080; color: white" |'''7'''
| style="background:#000000" |
| style="background:#000000" |
| style="background:#000000" |
| style="background:#000000" |
|-
| rowspan="2" | March 13
| colspan="11" |'''Lin''' forms the '''Lininist Party for Democracy and Freedom''' (<b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b>)
|-
|'''The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs'''
|25
| style="background:#B3E0FF" |6
| style="background:#ff0000; color: white" |'''7'''
| style="background:#99FFCC" |4
| style="background:#CC55E5" | 6
| rowspan="1" style="background:#FFFF66" |2
| style="background:#000000" |
| style="background:#000000" |
| style="background:#000000" |
|-
| rowspan="8" | March 14
| colspan="11" |'''Ballistyx''' forms the '''Swag and Security Party''' (<b style="color:#66FFFF">SASP</b>).
|-
| colspan="11" |'''Barley''' forms the '''Firetamers United Nation''' (<b style="color:#CC66FF">FUN</b>).
|-
| colspan="11" |The <b style="color:#FF0000">SSBP</b>, <b style="color:#660080">SDP</b> and <b style="color:#DDDD00">LPDF</b> form the '''Lininist SwagBalls-Sharty Union''' (<b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b>), a united coalition to stand against the '''Party'''.
|-
| colspan="11" |During the '''First Election Debate''', the coalition agreement falls apart in hilarious fashion.
|-
| colspan="11" |The <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b> is reformed without the <b style="color:#FF0000">SSBP</b> after its lead candidate vocally supported '''Homestucker''' lynching on the debate stage. '''Charter''' is elected as the coalition's candidate.
|-
| colspan="11" |'''Yeetmaster''' splits off from the <b style="color:#FF0000">SSBP</b> to run as an independent.
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs'''
| rowspan="2" | 29
| rowspan="2" style="background:#B3E0FF" | 7
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ff7777; " | 4
| rowspan="2" style="background:#99FFCC" | 5
| rowspan="1" style="background:#660080; color: white" | '''4'''
| rowspan="1" style="background:#FFFF00" | '''4'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:#CCFFFF" | 1
| rowspan="2" style="background:#CC99FF" | 2
| rowspan="2" style="background:#E7E6E6" | 1
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#FFC000" | '''9'''<ref group="note">Including '''Charter''', who ran as a non-partisan representative of the <b style="color:#FFC000">LSSU</b>.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | March 15
| colspan="11" |'''Charter''' is thrown into '''the Pit''' under charges of '''3rd-degree chuddery'''. The '''Party''' denied any political motivation behind the indictment.
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs'''
| rowspan="2" | 41
| rowspan="2" style="background:#0099FF" |'''9'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ff7777; " | 6
| rowspan="2" style="background:#99FFCC" | 8
| rowspan="1" style="background:#CC55E5" | 3
| rowspan="1" style="background:#FFFF66" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="background:#CCFFFF" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="background:#CC99FF" | 4
| rowspan="2" style="background:#E7E6E6" | 4
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#FFCC66" | 7
|-
| rowspan="5" | March 16
| colspan="11" |'''Charter''' is let out of '''the Pit''' without major punishment.
|-
| colspan="11" |The '''Second Election Debate''' takes place. All candidates but '''Big Brother''' are late to show up.
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs'''
| rowspan="2" | 43
| rowspan="2" style="background:#0099FF" |'''9'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ff7777; " | 7
| rowspan="2" style="background:#99FFCC" | 8
| rowspan="1" style="background:#660080; color: white" | '''3'''
| rowspan="1" style="background:#FFFF00" | '''3'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:#CCFFFF" | 4
| rowspan="2" style="background:#CC99FF" | 4
| rowspan="2" style="background:#E7E6E6" | 4
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#FFC000" | '''9'''
|-
| colspan="11" |Final poll before the '''#🎫-voting-booth''' opens for the next 36 hours.<ref group="note">Due to a lack of voter activity, this has been shortened to 27 hours.</ref> The elections officially begin on '''March 16, 2024''' at '''16:04 GMT'''.
|-
|}


'''Gladiux''' did not stop at '''Sam''', however, soon providing the same courtesy to some of the new members of the server. While in his mind this may have been a brilliant satire of how Discord power mods act moronically and ban anyone who dare say a word to them, in reality, he was doing the same exact thing he was criticizing. It's not really a joke anymore once you actually go through with it, it's just annoying to whoever is on the receiving end. How funny is it being the butt of the joke? Not much, according to '''Sam''', who had gotten quite annoyed by '''Gladiux''''s behavior by then, and started making calls for the '''Moederators''' to do something about him. As it was obvious that the joke was being taken too far, to the point where new users were turned away from the server solely because of his presence, '''Walter''' decided to talk to '''Gladiux''' about it. Not wanting to cause any drama, God knows there had already been far too much in the past of this server, he politely asked for him to stop and tone it down a notch as it was quite obvious the new users were starting to fucking hate us.
==== Results ====
The election results were counted and made public on '''March 17''' at '''19:00 GMT'''.<ref>'''EasyPoll''' (March 17, 2024) [https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/1218588934922047529/1218590837647347782 SwagBalls March 2024 Election Results] ''Discord''.</ref> While no candidate received a majority, the '''Party''', led by '''Walter''', achieved the largest share of the popular vote at 29.2%, outperforming polling, winning in a landslide against the other candidates, with the second-largest party, <b style="color:#00CC99">TBPWIFS</b>, trailing behind by 8.4 points. With the elections utilizing a single-vote, first-past-the-post system, '''Walter''' was officially declared server '''Swagsident''', legitimizing the '''Party''''s rule through democratic means.


Of course, we all know where this conversation actually led to. Had he listened to it, there would have been no point in writing this section. This behavior continued in the following days, and on February 9, after '''Sam''' had repeatedly been kicked out, '''Walter''' received DMs from both him and '''Kae''' asking for '''Gladiux''''s removal. In the back of his mind, '''Walter''' had already considered '''Gladiux''' to be an asshole we shouldn't keep on the mod team for a while. The only issue was that, although '''Walter''' was the server '''Owner''' at the time, '''Gladiux''' was higher in the '''r/69MoeLester420''' hierarchy. This meant that even if '''Walter''' had stripped '''Gladiux''' of all his mod duties on the server, nothing stopped him from doing the same to '''Walter''' on the subreddit. And to a Reddit mod, there is nothing more terrifying than that. The mods needed divine intervention, and thankfully, '''Moe''' was ready to help. While the conversation on the server continued as normally, behind the scenes, in the shadows, a conspiracy was starting to form and be taken into action. On the subreddit, both '''Gladiux''' and '''Gio''', his loyal partner in crime, got all their moderating permissions taken away. They did not get completely demodded, however, allowing them to keep their place in the mod hierarchy should things change in the future. On the server, meanwhile, '''Walter''' removed their '''Moewner''' roles, before finally announcing it to the server. It was the perfect crime.[[File:GladLore1.png|center|The announcement that brought about the first exile of '''Gladiux.'''|thumb|1292x1292px]]
==== Post-Election Riots ====
[[File:ElectionFraudSB.png|thumb|199x199px|An example of a social media post placing doubt on the legitimacy of the '''March 2024 SwagBalls Elections'''.]]
Despite the glaring success of the democratic experiment, electing a leader supported by a ''plurality'' of the people, the representatives from many of the losing parties were quick to call the elections into question, deeming them unfair and throwing out the results. With a message announcing the reformation of the '''Revolutionaries'''<ref> '''Koknese''' (March 19, 2024) [https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/938728183203758082/1219012365471977502 We the People] ''69SwagBalls420 Cord'' '''#❗-announcements'''. </ref> making waves, it was clear that the democracy the '''Party''' had fought so hard to create was threatened by radicals. With the most destructive members given temporary timeouts, it was clear that the core issue was being ignored. Attempting to quell discontent, '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st''', who had shown his support for democratic ideals by deciding not to participate in the protests against the rightful rulers of '''SwagCord''', was named '''Vice-Swagsident''', reaching a combined popular vote of 50%.


[[File:GladLore2.png|'''Gladiux''' announcing he would ban '''Walter''' after having his '''Moewner''' role taken away.|frame]]
While the '''Walter-LarKcuavian government''' was sworn into office without bloodbath, calls against the two continued into their term, with '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian''', the lead reformer as chosen by the people, being called a populist and a '''Party''' bootlicker. Nonetheless, the '''Vice-Swagsident''' opted to go the route of not giving a swag in the face of these baseless attacks, and decided to focus his time on helping change the nation for the better before the next elections put his popularity to the test. As a possible '''Chudfederacy secession''' loomed on the horizon, securing support remained key.
It wasn't long before '''Gladiux''' had realized what had happened. The response was pretty much what we had expected. The first thing he mentioned was how he wanted to demod '''Walter''', thankfully, however, '''Moe''' had made sure that would not be possible. '''Gio''' immediately started complaining about how he was punished for nothing, even though the reason for him losing the '''Moewner''' role was the unstopping encouragement of '''Gladiux''''s behavior at every turn, which all active members of the server could attest to. While he wasn't the one dealing out time-outs and kicks, not only had he done nothing to stop it, but actively cheered it on. '''Gladiux''' got kicked out from the server by '''Kae''', while '''Gio''' remained disgraced, from now on as '''Moederator''' instead of '''Moewner'''.


Here's the funny part. Do you notice those four 👆 reactions under the message? People were approving massively of this decision, even though '''Gladiux''''s behavior was like this since the very beginning of the server. It's just that no one had spoken up about it. We all wanted him gone but were afraid to tell him all this time for whatever reason. To avoid drama, to not have us kicked out from the subreddit, or most likely, not knowing how much the others on the server shared our feelings about him. It wasn't before we were certain there was a significant amount of people that hated him that we even thought about removing his role. And it all goes back to that at the time harmless decision to give him the '''Moewner''' role all those months back. He was granted authority he never deserved and asserted it through his aggressive behavior during the past few months. No one could have demodded him on their own, it was only when the people of the server united that anything could have been done.
==== Outer Heaven: Ragecord ====
After extreme dissatisfaction with the "god complex" of the vice-swagsident, Koknese, yeetmaster and Charter decided to create a branch of SwagCord called the Ragecord. It is a discord server that's main theme is 2008 larp with ragecomics and Justin Bieber hatred.


===The Wojak Vore Incident===
Koknese, after finding out what other members were saying about them while Koknese and Charter were offline, have truly committed to making the ragecord their new home. Koknese set the ideology of "crossbreeding meme cultures and uniting them in ragecomics", which included advertising the server om various platforms to achieve maximum diversity in humor and in hopes to create hybrid memes that would get more members into their community. The server is advertised in SpaceHey and Tumblr.
[[File:WojakVoreLore.png|thumb|515x515px|The trial of '''ivan697''' was a rather simple affair. The guilt was obvious from the start, the only thing left to determine was the punishment.|left]]
On January 19, the '''First Wojak Vore Incident''' would occur. Although forgotten by history for the most part, to some it even seems surprising there were two of them, it remains important as it had set the stage for future events that were, at the time, yet to come. On this day, '''ivan697''' would post an image depicting four separate instances of wojak vore, arranged like a political compass, to the '''r/69MoeLester420''' subreddit. Neither the image nor the removed post will be linked in order to preserve your eyeballs. Search for it at your own risk. While it left most mods simply dumbfounded, in the end, '''Gladiux''' would be the one to ultimately remove the post.
[[File:MrSexReturn.png|thumb|358x358px|The return of '''Mr. Sex''' was very wholesome 100.]]
On March 5, Mr. Sex made his return. While most would wish for the story of their return not to be forever entangled with an event as infamous as the '''Second Wojak Vore incident''', an important development had occurred but a few days after, which had set the stage for what was to come. The previously abandoned NSFW channel had been completely rebranded, purged from any 18+ material, now instead turning into an opt-in channel for any '''non-sexual''' posts that may have been too much for #general. The idea did not last long.


All it takes is a couple of messages for everything to go to hell. It could have been easily avoided, yet his fate was sealed the moment the words "'''wojak vore'''" were uttered. Like a sleeper agent, something sinister woke up within him. The conversation inevitably shifted to the topic of the accursed image, as '''ivan697''' kept expressing his wish to it. The conversation moved to the NSFW channel, and despite the wishes of '''Mr. Sex''', the image saw the light of day for a few brief moments, before soon being deleted. One would think he would have gotten the message at that point. Yet it continued. Mere minutes later, another '''wojak vore''' image hit the server. 69MoeLester was under attack.
Like the aforementioned "crossbreeding", the trio also brought in some of their Swagballs culture to the table. The server quickly had summoned Girards' cousin - Reginald, which apparently, Girard despises. Meme Alt has also given Koknese the source code for the SwagBalls bot and he quickly edited it and established the Ragecord equivalent of pitting practices - tickets to Justin Bieber performances.


'''Sam''' soon entered the conversation. It was at this moment that it had all gone past the point of no return. When images such as those depicting such sacrilegious acts as '''wojak vore''', it is not surprising that other pieces of content of such dubious moral value would be discussed as well. And when '''Sam''' mentioned the all too horrible '''cheese grinder''' image, followed soon after by '''ivan697's''' calls for him to post it, it was clear that the situation had gone out of hand. The plug was pulled, the channel, along with all of its contents, was deleted, and a much more serious conversation was held.
The trio also vowed to leave Swagballs once they gain a stable, active member count, each with their own reasons - one maybe feels slightly offended by the shittalking, others may also be tied with the god complex of Larkc.


It is important to note that it was well known at the time that '''Sam''' was a minor, and encouraging a person of that age to post gore porn is not considered proper reddiquette. The mods agreed. It was clear to everyone something had to be done concerning the situation at hand, and soon a trial was held in order to decide his fate and future on the server. In a decision of 4-2, it was decided that instead of simply stripping him of his mod privileges, he would permanently be banned from the server, effective immediately. Another one of many.
Ragecord has merged with Hellcord, an inactive, 500 user filled subreddit/server. SwagBalls politologists and forecasters have projected Ragecord to reach a minimum of 200~  members until late August.


Although '''ivan697''' was the one who incited it, '''Sam''' was not left off the hook. Due to many repeated incidents in the past, most of the mod team had run out of patience with him at this point in time, anything other than banning him seemed out of the question. It was then when '''Kae''' decided to vouch for him one final time. Should anything happen again, it was agreed that it would be the last time.
=== The Walter-LarKcuavian Government ===
[[File:SwagCordHolyTrinity.png|thumb|317x317px|The '''Walter-LarKcuavian''' presidency marked the official recognition of the '''Holy Trinity''' - the Father ('''Meme Alt'''), the Son ('''Walter''') and the Holy Spirit ('''girard''') - as the official state religion.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legislative Achievements
! Campaign Promises
! Latest Action
! Current Status
|-
| The removal of rules '''3.1'''<ref group="note"> DISRESPECT. Insulting or demeaning another user is a third degree offense. If you feel that you are being harrassed, consider DMing a moderator about it so that action may be taken. </ref> and '''2.5''',<ref group="note"> ENCOURAGING SUICIDE OR SELF-HARM. Encouraging suicide or self-harm, even telling people to "kys" as a joke, is a second degree offense. </ref> as any serious cases would already fall under rule '''2.3'''.<ref group="note" name=":0"> HARRASSMENT. Ongoing harassment of any user is a second degree offense and may be met with a ban after review by the mod team. </ref>
|(-)
| style="background:#ffff88; text-align:center" | Pending
|-
| The redefinition of rule '''2.3'''<ref name=":0" group="note" /> to clarify boundaries and avoid misuse.
| style="text-align:center" | March 20th, 2024
| style="background:#9eff9e; text-align:center" | Passed by executive order <br> <ref group="note"> Harassment has been redefined to include only serious cases, such as online stalking, spamming DMs and continued insults that go beyond the usual server banter. </ref>


===The Gladiux Saga: Part Two===
|-
| The re-categorization of rule '''1.1'''<ref group="note"> BIGOTRY. Posting bigoted content is a first degree offense. </ref> to a 2nd-degree offense.
| style="text-align:center" | March 22nd, 2024
| style="background:#ffc7c7; text-align:center" | Died in committee
|-
| The implementation of a new rule to treat seriousposting outside of serious channels as a 3rd-degree offense.
|(-)
| style="background:#ffff88; text-align:center" | Pending
|-
| The legal recognition of '''girard''''s '''Godhood''' status.
| style="text-align:center" | March 19th, 2024
| style="background:#9eff9e; text-align:center" | Passed by executive order
|-
| The banning of '''Homestuck''' in all contexts, excluding divine messages from '''girard''' alone.
| style="text-align:center" | April 14th, 2024
| style="background:#9eff9e; text-align:center" | Passed by executive order
|-
|Giving each '''TBPWIFS''' voter 550 USD. <ref group="note">As votes were anonymous as part of the closed-ballot election, it is unlikely this promise will ever come to fruition. </ref>
|(-)
| style="background:#ffff88; text-align:center" | Pending
|-
! Major Legislation
! Latest Action
! Current Status
|-
| The setting up of a server partnership with '''Shark Park'''.
| style="text-align:center" | April 26th, 2024
| style="background:#9eff9e; text-align:center" | Passed 13–2 <br> Signed into law
|-
| The setting up of a server partnership with '''Ragecord'''.
| style="text-align:center" | April 29th, 2024
| style="background:#ffc7c7; text-align:center" | Failed 3–9
|-
|}
 
==== The Mid Rebellion ====
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| header1 = Part of the SwagBalls Post-election Civil Unrest
| label2 = Date |  data2 = May 8, 2024, 21:07-22:21 UTC±01:00 (74 minutes)
| label3 = Location |  data3 = '''#the-pit'''
| label4 = Goals | data4 = • Deposing '''Shitmaster LarKcuavian''' from power <br> • Ending segregation and the branding of '''𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈'''
| label5 = Result | data5 = '''Status Quo''' upheld
| header6 = '''Belligerents'''
| label7 = 69SwagBalls420 Government |  data7 = '''Ragecord Revolutionaries'''
| header8 = '''Commanders and leaders'''
| label9 =
• President Walter<br>• Vice-president LarKcuavian
| data9 =
• '''Charter<br>• Koknese <br>• Boris Chico'''
 
| header10 = '''Strength'''
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2 active participants<br>
• 1 president <br>• 1 vice-president
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'''5 active participants<br>• 2 revolutionary leaders<br>• 2 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈<br>• 1 Chauka'''
| header12 = '''Casualties and losses'''
| label13 = '' '' |  data13 = '''• 5 pits <br>• 2 revolutionaries pledge allegiance to SwagCord'''


Discord users are annoying. While this may not be the most eye-opening revelation to most, it is important to realize that even the low-life scum that are Discord mods are not able to handle the constant presence of the losers depraved enough to hang out in a place like '''69MoeLester420'''. It was for this reason that the greatest minds of the '''Moederation Team''' banded together and decided to escape their woes brought on by the opening of the floodgates to the server. On March 9, a secret server by the name of '''███'█ ██████ ███████''', strictly classified to anyone but those deemed worthy enough by the '''Moederator Council''' to participate in. A place of complete and utter serenity, where perhaps one could finally find peace.
| below = '''74 minutes wasted'''
}}


Of course, such an undertaking was not thought up in a vacuum, instead, it was a result of what was going to be a new age for '''69MoeLester420''', as something unheard of had happened recently. Another development in the sprawling story of the server, not that of punishment but of forgiveness, had taken place. '''Gladiux''', the disgraced mod who had been banned weeks ago, was offered another chance, a promise to not behave in the same way he used being all it took for the mod team to accept him back with arms wide open. '''Gio''' was given an apology for having his roles stripped away, his good behavior in the meantime being a clear indicator he should have them back. In fact, it was decided that not only would '''Gio''' get the '''Moewner''' role back but that the entire divison between '''Moewners''' and regular '''Moederators''' would be abolished.
<!----Ragecord rebellion against the swagcord leadership
participating: charter, dainis, boris chico, joffe (double agent), chauka (pledged allegiance to swagcord)
goal: deposing LarKcuavian from power
notes:
overwhelming belief amongst the revolutionaries that LarkCuavian had anything more than figurehead powers
threat of a cockroach invasion (koknese)
possible koknese alts (10) in the server---->


And so the '''Moederators''' waited patiently. Radio silence was all that followed. Not a single word was heard from '''Gladiux''' for days, until the moment he decided to join '''███'█ ██████ ███████''' on March 17. For a little while, everything was great, things had gone to become just like they used to be all those months ago. On March 19, things changed, as the conversation, prompted by '''Gladiux''', once again shifted to the topic of '''Sam'''. As previously noted, it was always quite obvious that '''Gladiux''' paid special attention to whatever '''Sam''' was doing, seemingly a target he had marked for himself, one which he would viciously attack over the many months of the server's history. Yet even though his treatment of '''Sam''' may seem unfair, it was never blind hatred, and always backed up by some sort of reasoning, which was not easy to ignore. After a comment of '''Sam''''s, who was known to be a minor at the time, linking to an '''e621''' image of '''toothless dragon porn''' found under a meme on '''r/doodoofard''', it was ultimately decided that a server like '''69MoeLester420''' may have been a poor influence on him, and he was soon banned from the server, never to return, the final chance given being wasted. Although such imagery was all too common on Reddit where weird porn passes as humor, the mods agreed that it still should not be encouraged, leading to this decision. On the same day, '''Gladiux''' would rejoin the main server, his roles given back to him, and it was all like nothing had ever happened.
On a chilly evening in Eastern Europe, something suspicious was going on in Ragecord. The SwagBalls ambassador and leader, Walter was quickly temporarily imprisoned, with charter and koknese claiming, that they're keeping him safe from nuclear war and claiming he is in a bunker. Unbeknownst to Walter, a riot was brewing in ragecords' Swagballian politics channel, with gatesby rallying up the freaky folk and the ragecordian separatists.


=== The OKCompanionImbecil Partnership ===
Shortly after assembling, koknese started directing cryptic, one word messages in the main chat calling for standby of seemingly freaky users, and then immediately after the strike time began, they indeed, began striking.
[[File:Reddit Avengers.png|thumb|376x376px|The '''r/69MoeLester420''' staff politely decline the partnership offer from the infamous '''Reddit Avengers'''. ]]
On March 18, '''r/69MoeLester420''' was approached with an offer, a partnership proposal from another shitposting subreddit. Such a request wasn't anything new, only a few months ago the subreddit was similarly offered a membership in a coalition by the epic name of the '''Shitposting Conglomerate''', which has mockingly been referred to as the '''Reddit Avengers''' by the '''Moederators''' from the moment the message of their proposal was received. Turning down that offer had done '''69MoeLester420''' well, as a testimony from a moderator of one of the subreddits on the list would later provide an account of the terribleness of the server. Only a couple weeks after joining the partnership, they left, citing that the server was filled with gore and [[wikipedia:Suicide_of_Ronnie_McNutt|Ronnie McNutt]] videos. As one can imagine, this cannot really be considered comedy gold by anyone who wasn't subjected to a traumatic brain injury, and making light of a real-life suicide while subjecting oneself to an endless stream of human guts and insides is a line most mentally adjusted individuals don't really wish to cross. Needless to say, the subreddit dodged a bullet.


Yet even though the '''Moederators''' were vary of any such new requests, the name of the subreddit that decided to contact them caught their eyes. Owned by '''[[Kirbizia]],''' the original creator of '''r/OKBuddyRetard,''' one of the most influential shitposting subreddits in recent years, and managed by '''[[Myszak]]''', the one who made the proposal, it was clear to the '''Moederators''' that such an opportunity may never arise again. The offer, which was already taken by both '''r/IDONTGIVEASWAG''' and '''r/IkeaFreshBalls,''' was quickly accepted by '''r/69MoeLester420''' as well. As it would later turn out, '''Myszak''' is one of the higher-ups on the [[Main Page|irony.wiki]], and offered the chance to add '''[[69SwagBalls420]]''' and any partnered subs to the wiki. This partnership was perhaps the only reason why this article exists in the first place.
Walter was just in time to try and stop the riot, immediately shooting koknese with a taser and disposing of him in The Pit, and the rest. The riot consisted of spamming "riot" and freaky gifs.
[[File:OKCompanionImbecil x 69MoeLester420.png|center|thumb|1088x1088px|The offer was accepted by '''Moe''' before any of the other mods had any say in it, yet the '''Moederators''' were so on board it ultimately did not matter.]]


===The 69SwagBalls420 Merge===
Furthermore in The Pit, koknese planned on staying silent, responding only with gifs of imprisoned Navalny, however after being asked by Walter if he prefers Novichok or a gunshot, he began speaking up.
All good things must come to an end. The bad things must as well. On March 29, many months after its creation, the '''r/69MoeLester420''' finally reached 10 000 members. The atmosphere was surreal yet joyous, and everyone was aware big things were to come. As '''Kae''' had left the server by this point, at least partially because '''Sam''' got banned recently, '''69MoeLester420''' recently fell into a state of decline as the two most active users were no longer there to keep the place alive. The subreddit, in spite of reaching such a member count, wasn't in a much better position either. This was quite unfortunate, yet the celebration of hitting such an important milestone provided an excuse to consider new options. A '''mod purge''' was executed in order to clean up the mod staff, wiping all inactive '''Moederators''', those who have either been banned by Reddit or simply abandoned their accounts. Once that was completed ''with absolutely no error along the way,''<ref>AlienMcSim (March 30, 2023). https://www.reddit.com/r/69Moelester420/comments/126a17r/why_did_i_get_unmodded_i_had_an_old_account_here/ ''Reddit.''</ref> the brainstorming could truly begin. At first considering the idea of recruiting new mods to help revive the place, '''Mr. Sex''' soon came up with the idea to merge servers with '''SwagBalls''', with whom the '''69MoeLester420''' server had cordial relations for a few months. It was a big proposal, of course, and the first step before taking any sort of action was to put it up to a vote. The '''Moederator Council''' soon reached a conclusion, with a result of 5-0, it was decided that a deepening of relations would be offered to the sister server.[[File:TheVote.png|center|The vote confirming the merge of '''69MoeLester420''' and '''SwagBalls'''.|frame]]Within 24 hours, they accepted. The '''69MoeLester420''' mods were granted admin roles on the newly-merged server, deemed as equals, with their signature wholesome reddit funny numbers being added to the name, forming the iconic moniker of '''69SwagBalls420'''. After all that happened over the course of the past months, it was only fitting that after an entire year since it was created, almost exactly to the date, '''69MoeLester420''' would finally recover and go on to become more than anyone had hoped for at the start of all this. It was an amazing ending, and not much more remains to be said except that everyone lived happily forever after, as this is where the story ends.


===The Gladiux Saga: Part Three===
A major debate sparked as the Vice Swagsident joined in The Pit. The debate was so heated that Walter even opened up the Pit for everyone to see.  
Except it doesn't. To call the '''69SwagBalls420''' merge anything else other than chaotic would simply be to lie. The reason could be traced back to a single individual, one who had promised just a week earlier to stop this kind of behavior, a powermod like no other, '''Gladiux'''. As the old '''69MoeLester420''' server was a mostly isolated community that could barely reach 50 members, at least partially because the new users were relentlessly bullied and told to kill themselves <ref>This is only a slight exaggeration, as most regular members never engaged in any conversation whatsoever, those who did instantly regretted ever joining this shithole of a server.</ref>, the '''Moederators''' never could have anticipated the effect dumping this barrel of toxic waste chemicals would have when combined with the much larger '''SwagBalls''' server, which numbered around 450 members at the time. The reaction was explosive.
[...]
[[File:PostMergeLore3.png|left|thumb|372x372px|'''Gladiux''' notices his mortal enemy.]]
After charters and kokneses' grievances were not met, koknese began threatening Walter with really serious threats, such as calling the Cockroach. Koknese had the cockroaches discord back when they wanted to film a Swagballs documentary and koknese decided to ask jewedittor for an interview.
With '''SwagBalls''' being a relatively chill server at the time, it wasn't surprising that the regular users would be put off by a completely new team of moderators, most of whom spent no time on the server prior to gaining admin permissions, calling everyone and everything unfunny from the moment they joined. This was the first red flag of many more to come, but simply being an asshole on the internet was not reason enough to permanently ban someone. Although such behavior did antagonize the users of '''69SwagBalls420''' against the newly-arrived '''Moederators''', this was only a signifier of the things to come.  


Perhaps it all would have been fine were '''Gladiux''' not to have made the discovery that '''Sam''' was a part of the server as well. As he was the one who called for his ban so many times in the past, finally succeeding just days before the merge, he quickly notified the other mods in #admin-family-guy-roleplay about '''Sam''''s presence. Nothing was done about it, as the consensus among the mod team was that there was no reason to do anything unless an incident arose. '''Gladiux''' seemed to agree, and everything went on as usual.
Koknese also proceeded to threaten that just closing down the server won't really help, as it's common knowledge that jewedittor has alts lurking in the dark, and Koknese also revealed that over the years he has snuck over 8 accounts into the server, and that he is not afraid to give them out like candy to Jewedittors crew.
[[File:PostMergeLore2.png|thumb|303x303px|A rather wacky QOTD on '''69SwagBalls420'''.]]
<!--- continue this walt and add references----->
It was not long after that a second red flag was quickly spotted, as '''Gladiux''' decided to participate in the '''Question of the Day''' by asking the server "when you suck dick do you grip the shaft or just go down on it with ya mouth". People were not amused, the moderators especially so, considering that the man who continually called out people like '''Sam''' or '''Kae''' for inappropriate behavior in the past would go on to post such a question on a server filled with minors. He was quickly called out and soon deleted the question. Once again, this was not something ban-worthy, a shitty joke like that shouldn't get anyone banned right away, yet these small incidents kept piling on, and the moment when it was all going to collapse was nearing ever closer.
 
[[File:PostMergeLore1.png|left|thumb|471x471px|The behavior '''Gladiux''' promised would end in exchange for his mod permissions soon resurfaced.]]
=== The July Elections (Template) ===
[[File:PostMergeLore4.png|thumb|288x288px|It wasn't long before the question was called out by the other mods.]]
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Even though this situation was cleared and '''Sam''''s status in the server was thought to be a done deal, it was far from over. '''Gladiux''', expectedly, did not stop acting like a dick just because the others nicely told him to. The occasional insults towards others morphed into more and more aggressive actions, and soon enough the powermodding he was known for was back on the menu. He got called out for it once again, and contempt towards him was rising. It was a powder keg ready to burst, and it would all finally explode on April 1, only two days after the servers were merged. And of all the straws that could have broken this camel's back, a seemingly inconsequential discussion about country music was the one that did it.
|+The July 2024 SwagBalls Election
|colspan = 3 style="font-size:120%;text-align:center"| '''July, 2024'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| ←[[User:WalterWhiteOnWiki#The_March_Elections|March 2024]]<ref group="editor's note"> Link should lead to the SwagBalls wiki, not '''Walter''''s user page </ref>
|
|style="text-align:right;"| November 2024→
|-
|colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| Plurality of votes needed to win
|-


It started off innocent enough, a user sharing a "cold take", one that would ironically break the server apart, about how they were willing to listen to all genres of music apart from country and rap, which was just not their thing. '''Gladiux''' would go on to concur with the statement about country music, stating that it is the only genre along with metal he did not like. '''Mr. Sex''' would go on to interject and state that metal and country "slap", proposing that the only reason the hatred towards them was so widespread is that they are commonly thought of as "poor people music". An argument soon started among the people of the server, most of whom disagreed on why these types of music were so hated, by all accounts an average Discord conversation, were it not for the conversation's climax, as '''Gladiux''' decided to end it all off by calling '''Mr. Sex''' retarded. It was at that moment when all hell broke loose.
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|'''Turnout'''
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| [[File:ElectionArrowUp.png|12px]] TBA
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| || [[File:WalterPFPelections.png|150px|center]] ||
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| '''Nominee'''  
|style="text-align:center;"| '''Big Brother (Walter)'''  
|style="text-align:center;"| TBA
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|'''Party'''
|style="text-align:center;"| '''Moexist-Lesterist <br> Vanguard Party'''
|style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|-
|'''Votes'''  
|style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|-
|'''Percentage
|style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|style="text-align:center;"| TBA
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|}


[[File:PostMergeLore5.png|center|thumb|694x694px|'''Gladiux''' seen "reclaiming slurs" by using insults for their intended purpose.]]
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The mods had enough of '''Gladiux''' at this point, in the two days since the merge all he did was act like a complete and utter cunt, and if he was ready to act this way over something as insignificant as an argument on Discord, insulting people he knew for months like that, it was clear he had no place in the server. #main-chat devolved into utter chaos as the people of the server soon started calling him out for using slurs, and his past actions soon came into the spotlight, with '''Sam''' highlighting that '''Gladiux''' had acted this way long before he joined this server, with his behavior on '''69MoeLester420''' soon coming into the center of attention. '''Gladiux''' decided to handle the situation like an adult, timing out '''Sam''' for criticizing him. All the other mods were starting to turn against him, and as #main-chat was still engulfed in chaos, the conversation soon shifted to #admin-family-guy-roleplay, where a proper insult match between the members of the mod team soon started.
[[File:PostMergeLore6.png|center|The devil shivers when Discord mods lose their temper.|frame]]
With only '''Gio''' stepping into '''Gladiux''''s defence, the other mods were less keen to support '''Gladiux''''s obviously hypocritical way of behaving, on the one hand presenting himself as a paragon of virtue while still participating in all those activities he so liked to criticize. A power mod to his core, an asshole like no other, everyone was sick of him, and '''Mr. Sex''' and '''Walter''' made sure to express those feelings directly to him, something that should have been done many months ago. A year of pent-up anger was finally released, and '''Gladiux''' left the server, never to show his face again. He was promptly banned from both the server and the subreddit, finally bringing this saga to an end. The members of '''69SwagBalls420''' soon found out what happened, and a collective sigh of relief echoed through the server. '''Gladiux''' was gone, and the world was at peace again.  


=== Epilogue: Where Are They Now? ===
This text is only here so the infobox doesn't mess with the sections below
With '''Gladiux''' permanently gone, the members of '''69SwagBalls420''' soon came to accept the '''Moederators''' as their own, forever leaving the shadow of this dark event behind. Today, most new members aren't even aware things used to be different once upon a time, as the '''69MoeLester420''' mod team cemented its stay in the server.


Since the merge, '''Moe''' has been adopted as a server mascot of sorts, reclaiming the idol status he once possessed on the old '''69MoeLester420''' server. While his omnipotence has been constrained by the fact that he is not the server owner, having been placed in the naughty corner by '''Meme_Alt_Account''' for giving away mod perms too much, he nevertheless remains an ever important figure.
lalalalalala


'''Walter''', never forgetting the dark past he left behind him, took up the offer presented by the '''Irony Wiki''', going on to write the most comprehensive overview of the old servers history the world has ever known. Even though he left Reddit amidst the 3rd-party crackdowns, he remains on the '''69SwagBalls420''' server, where he now draws award-winning ''Garten of Banban'' fanart, a new obsession of his which managed to cloud over even his fascination with ''Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy''.
words words words words words


'''Mr. Sex''', having left Reddit long ago, decided it was time to leave Discord as well. After many months of leaving and rejoining the '''69SwagBalls420''' server, he left for one final time, deciding to go on a pilgrimage to the dank lands of 9GAG. While he remains in contact with those who had accompanied him on this journey for so long, he seems to have left '''69SwagBalls420''' permanently behind. The server awaits patiently for his return.
this won't be party of the final article


Despite everything that happened on the '''69MoeLester420''' server, '''Sam''' would later go on to become an admin on the newly-formed '''69SwagBalls420''', one final middle finger to '''Gladiux'''. He still serves with distinction today, posting boykisser memes whenever the opportunity arises.
the one that will posted on the official [[69SwagBalls420Hut|swagballs]] page <ref group="editor's note"> remove all of this later pls thx - '''Walt''' </ref>


In the months that followed, '''koonsbmw''' was placed on a no-fly list after his many violent attempts to bring an end to '''Sam'''<nowiki/>'s. Currently on the run from federal agents, his exact whereabouts are unknown, although he does occasionally establish contact from his underground bunker in order to post incomprehensible soyjaks.
It's just here as a template i can use


The status of others remains currently unknown.
The Lorem ipsum text is derived from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum.[7][8] The physical source may have been the 1914 Loeb Classical Library edition of De finibus, where the Latin text, presented on the left-hand (even) pages, breaks off on page 34 with "Neque porro quisquam est qui do-" and continues on page 36 with "lorem ipsum ...", suggesting that the galley type of that page was mixed up to make the dummy text seen today.[1]


==Moederators==
The discovery of the text's origin is attributed to Richard McClintock, a Latin scholar at Hampden–Sydney College. McClintock connected Lorem ipsum to Cicero's writing sometime before 1982 while searching for instances of the Latin word consectetur, which was rarely used in classical literature.[2] McClintock first published his discovery in a 1994 letter to the editor of Before & After magazine,[9] contesting the editor's earlier claim that Lorem ipsum held no meaning.[2]
*'''KittenStomper6617''' [Dishonorable discharge]
*'''69MoeLester420'''
*'''Max5923''' [Missing]
*'''Mr. Sex'''
*'''Bufner''' [Dishonorable discharge]
*'''SlenderSmurf''' [Missing]
*'''Mendev''' [Missing]
*'''Gladiux''' [Dishonorable discharge]
*'''Gio249''' [Dishonorable discharge]
*'''WalterWhiteOnReddit'''
*'''koonsbmw'''
*'''Ivan697''' [Dishonorable discharge]
*'''Berkabitz''' [Honorable discharge]
*'''samarm132'''
*'''jykillers18'''


==Rules==
==Rules==


=== The February Constitution ===
The rules of '''SwagBalls''' were originally posted by '''Meme Alt''' on February 22nd, 2022, with additional rules being added at later dates. The no bigotry rules were strengthened as a variety of slurs were banned in all contexts, removed automatically by the '''AutoModerator'''. On May 15th, 2023, '''Walter''' clarified the list of words banned under the rules, as well as their respective punishments.
The old rules of '''SwagBalls''' were as follows:[[File:SwagBalls banner June 2023.webp|thumb|The server's banner since June 2023.]]
#No racism.
#No homophobia or LGBTQ+ related phobia.
#No spam.
#No suspicious links, files, malware.
#No gore/NSFL/Violent videos (videos/pictures/gifs of real death, injuries, violence etc. This includes humans and animals)
#No sexism.
#No disrespecting others.
#Please try to post the right content in the appropriate channels. I will not be too harsh on enforcing this but keep that in mind.
#If you want truly serious discussion without jokes or memes go to ''#serious-discussion''
# DO NOT be inappropriate with people under the age of 18.
#There will absolutely be no discussion or talk of Femboys. Nor will there be any sharing of content including femboys. This includes but is not limited to videos, memes, pictures, copypastas etc...
##Amendment to 11: Boykisser falls under this and is banned.
#If you somehow have permission to. Do not ping @ everyone OR @ any role without permission from the server owner.
#Do not post any sexual content such as porn.
#No horny talk, no horny memes, no horny jokes on this server.  It is cringe and inappropriate. I do not care if you think its a joke, do not do it.
##Amendment to rule 14: don't talk about gooning or edging.
#Absolutely no doxxing for any reason. Not even yourself.
#There will be absolutely no venting on this server anywhere. ''⁠#serious-discussion'' will only be for discussions.
#The main language of this server is English. So please, only speak in english.
#Do not share pirated material.
#Absolutely no political discussions at all. You will be warned first. If you continue then you will be muted.
#If someone genuinely tells you that your jokes make them uncomfortable, no matter how ironic, you should stop making them immediately.
#You are not allowed to advertise discord servers
It should be noted that '''Rule 16''' was not enforced at all, and ''discussion'' of piracy did not violate '''Rule 18'''.
=== New Criminal Code ===
On March 2, 2024, as part of the '''1984 Chud Crackdown''', the old rules were rewritten in order to cut down on gray areas and to make the rules' enforcement both more transparent and easier, and were subsequently unanimously voted in favor of by the '''moderators''' (8-0) with minor alterations. Made public on March 4, 2024, with offenses separated into three degrees of severity, the new rules, crafted by '''Decoherence,''' read as follows:
==== --- FIRST DEGREE OFFENSES --- ====
A first degree offense will be met with an instant ban.
'''1.1.''' '''BIGOTRY.''' Posting bigoted content is a first degree offense.
'''1.2.''' '''MALWARE.''' Posting malware is a first degree offense.
'''1.3.''' '''GORE.''' Posting IRL gore or shock content without a warning is a first degree offense.
'''1.4.''' '''PORN.''' Posting porn is a first degree offense.
'''1.5.''' '''DOXXING.''' Doxxing ANYONE, even yourself, is a first degree offense.
==== -- SECOND DEGREE OFFENSES -- ====
A second degree offense will be met with a trip to '''the pit'''. In particularly egregious cases, the mod team may ban the offending user after discussing the case while the user remained pitted.
'''2.1. SPAM.''' Spamming in channels is a second degree offense. Spamming advertisements in channels is a first degree offense.
'''2.2. VIOLENCE.''' Posting videos that contain IRL violence without a spoiler tag or warning is a second degree offense.
'''2.3. HARRASSMENT.''' Ongoing harassment of any user is a second degree offense and may be met with a ban after review by the mod team.
'''2.4. HORNY CONVERSATIONS.''' Thirstposting, thirst comments, or any sexually charged conversation is a second degree offense. This includes posting shock content/porn memes like incredible gassy or gooning. A sexually charged conversation with a minor is a first degree offense.
'''2.5. ENCOURAGING SUICIDE OR SELF-HARM.''' Encouraging suicide or self-harm, even telling people to "kys" as a joke, is a second degree offense.
==== - THIRD DEGREE OFFENSES - ====
A third degree offense will be met with a /warn. A user who accumulates three warnings will be sent to '''the pit''' and the mod team may discuss banning such a user.
'''3.1. DISRESPECT.''' Insulting or demeaning another user is a third degree offense. If you feel that you are being harrassed, consider DMing a moderator about it so that action may be taken.
'''3.2. NON-ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS.''' Speaking in a language other than English is difficult for the mod team to moderate, and may be met with a mute if kept up for more than a few messages. Talking about other languages is fine. The issue is if you have conversations that other people can't understand.
'''3.3. PIRACY.''' Sharing pirated material is a third degree offense, and the material in question will be deleted.
'''3.4. POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS.''' Discussing politics is a third degree offense. For the purposes of this rule, "political" discussions are those in which participants voice opinions about how society ought to progress, or what ought to be done about a socio-economic issue.
'''3.5. ADVERTISING.''' Advertising discord servers or commercial products is a third degree offense. Advertising scams/NFTs/cryptocurrency is a first degree offense.


# '''Anything you'd post on r/pewdiepiesubmissions, r/dankmemes, r/shitposting or r/memes is banned unless it's ironic.'''
'''3.6. FEMBOYS.''' Discussion of femboys is a third degree offense. This includes posting boykisser.
# '''No NSFW. Don't have any NSFW discussions, as most of the members here are minors. Posting porn will result in a permaban, as will NSFW roleplay. No one wants to see that shit. Additionally, don't send porn to other people's DMs. This is not the place to exchange weird fetish porn among members.'''
# '''No NSFL. Don't post gore you fucking morons.'''
# '''Don't harass/bully/be an asshole to others.'''
# '''No unironic bigotry. This also includes "jokes" that consist of nothing but just saying the n-word or similar slurs.'''
# '''Nothing that goes against Discord's TOS.'''
# '''Don't forget to assign your flairs in the #assign-flairs channel. This way you will get pings for the topics you're interested in or gain access to otherwise hidden channels.'''
# Follow proper reddiquette.
# No flirting with 69Moe_Lester420's female followers. They're all his.
# No jokes, no sarcasm, no satire, serious messages only. 69Moe_Lester420 is the only one who is allowed to make women laugh.
# No flexing. Don't try to impress 69Moe_Lester's female followers.
# Must comment "What da dog doin?" whenever you see a dog do something rather mundane.
# trollbama
# bruh cringe halal virus 2017 punjabi camel allahsoft wholesome download
# 1984
# Must support Joe Biden. Joe is an epic Redditor who will ban TikTok and Instagram for being normie, but Trump wants to ban Reddit because he's too much of a normie to understand it.
# No disrespecting Hard Rock Nick. Minor rudeness will usually give weak warnings that won't be applied, but more severe actions will end up with you having your super gaming house demolished by the 69MoeLester420 tractor.
# No swearing. thi b is a crishian lminecrfat sevrer xdddd
# No giving swag. We are now officially allied with Swag Nation against TikTok normies.
# no joel mama
# 9 + 10
# no emojies you canser


'''3.7. BE SERIOUS.''' Shitposting oe otherwise joking in ⁠serious-discussions-1 is a third degree offense. Repeat offenders will be thrown into the pit.
'''3.8. NO HOMESTUCK.''' The original sin will not be mentioned by name. Any offending post will be deleted off the face of the earth.
== Ongoing Campaigns ==
<code>THIS SECTION OF THE ARTICLE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.</code>
=== SwagCraft ===
==== SwagCraft Legacy ====
'''SwagCraft Legacy''' was an entry in the SwagCraft server trilogy. Hosted by Ozzy, it became a spine-tingling adventure for all SwagBallers daring to take the call for adventure. Server also had a collab with wunkcord {{citation needed}}, before closing down due to financial issues.
==== SwagCraft II ====
'''SwagCraft II ''' was an entry in the SwagCraft trilogy. It was by far the most eventful across both iterations. Frequent members of the server call it similair to a ghost town, that keeps being haunted by ghosts that do things in the server. SwagCraft II saw the creation of the biggest organization yet, C.O.C.K, known for its brutalistic design choices and great economy. The organization has also achieved and refined flight technologies, making a one way plane, an expensive-to-use second plane, powered by flint and steel, and a third iteration, that was meant to be quick and cheap 4 way means of transportation, but unfortunately due to flaws in mechanisms, the plane broke apart and flew very far away. The server also saw the creation of the Swagology religion, having a full fledged bible and a church. The server was shut down due to financial and inactivity issues.
==== The SwagCraft ====
'''The SwagCraft ''' is an entry in the '''SwagCraft''' trilogy, being the current one. In contrast to the other two servers, it is run in a different version of the game, and on a completely new map, as well now the dictator of the server being '''Koknese'''. The server funds were crowdfunded, guaranteeing long livelihood.
'''The''' '''SwagCraft''' slowly lost activity, and '''Koknese''' decided to give the server a quirk, having two teams compete against each other. This was quite unsuccessful, however, with activity remaining relatively low. On March 3rd 2024, the server was raided by a raiding group, which lavacasted all the buildings on the server. It is currently not known how they found the server's IP. While many blame the '''Cockroach''' for ordering the strike, these theories have mostly been considered baseless by reputable sources. An automated griefing process called '''SkyNet''', which allows for computer generation of IP addresses, is currently believed to be the most probable cause, as it would require no intentional leak from a server member.<ref>(March 4, 2024) [https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/1118841457504161845/1214251469537148948 Did the Cockroach raid the SwagBalls Minecraft server?] ''Snopes''.</ref>
=== OPERATION 9SWAG <ref group="editor's note">thinking of giving all the ongoing campaigns a military operation name - '''Walt'''</ref> ===
<div style="text-align: center;">
You've heard of the '''9GAG''' app. <br>
We all have, the '''legend''', the '''curses'''. <br>
Foolishness about it lying on '''the second page of Google''', buried beneath '''Reddit posts'''. <br>
A dark, decrepit monument leading '''dank memers''' to their doom.<br>
The '''Internet''''s most famous memes and image macros were invited to its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9gag#History '''Grand Opening''']. <br>
An invitation was a sign of... exclusiveness. <br>
The '''Opening''' was supposed to symbolize a road to a brighter future, not just for the world...<br>
... but for all who scrolled through its posts.<br>
A chance for anyone to '''meme again'''. <br>
Except - '''9GAG''' never flourished. <br>
Its culture got frozen in time, like a big flashbulb going off.<br>
The '''Grand Opening''' - one big ending of hilarity.<br>
It's still out there, on '''Google Play''', preserved, just waiting for someone to crack it open. <br>
But getting to it. That's not the hard part.<br>
'''It's letting go.'''<br> </div>
The existence of '''9GAG''' has long been known to many. Created in 2008 by '''Hong Kong''' entrepreneur '''Ray Chan''', it has for years been mocked for its style of humor, with the site's userbase seemingly permanently stuck in the year 2012, its culture never evolving past it as was custom among the other corners of the internet. Furthering their notoriety was the world-famous [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/9gags-meme-monument '''9GAG Meme Rock'''], which to this day strikes cringe in the hearts of even the most unflinching souls. Yet how many had dared open the website for themselves?
The answer, surprisingly, is very few. Though it had remained in plain view for many years, its existence was thoroughly ignored for the large part by the general public. It was not until the '''mod team''' of [[69MoeLester420#The_9GAG_conquest|69MoeLester420]] jokingly created accounts for the website in January 2023 that its secrets would finally be unveiled. What they discovered was a website so horrid, so appalling, yet so endlessly fascinating it had remained their obsession for many months afterwards. It was all it was described as and more, an endless stream of racist content presented in formats that had gone out of fashion a decade prior, lacking any and all self-awareness, combined with a userbase in their 30s so mentally dense it is surprising they haven't collapsed into a black hole.
Any post, no matter how obviously satirical, passes as genuine in the eyes of a '''9GAGGER''', to the point where one has to question their own sanity, weighing whether their mannerisms are all part of a conspiratorial ploy, for there was no possible way a functioning human being could get that irrationally mad over such obvious bait. A '''Tony Zaret''' skit come to life, it is of no surprise that the '''mod team''' started pushing the limits of what they'll fall for, always managing to attain a successful result.
Come the '''SwagBalls-69MoeLester420 Merge''', the knowledge of what was found on '''9GAG''' was suddenly shared with an audience of hundreds. Though it has largely fallen out of fashion, trolling on '''9GAG''' had become a staple hobby of '''69SwagBalls420''' when it was first introduced. With dozens, if not hundreds of posts shared, a large dataset has been created showing many successes and failures that may enable the development of more sophisticated trolling methods in the future.
The table below contains information on "successful" '''9GAG''' posts: those that reached at least 100 downvotes or 25 comments. This resource should be used to determine more effective trolling strategies.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Swagcord 9GAG Posts With At Least 100 Downvotes
!Account
!Title
!Category
!Upvotes
!Downvotes
!Comments
!Tags
!Time Posted
!Date Posted
!URL
|-
|dankchungus
|"Sex scfa sxe scex sex sxe sce sexs esex sxex sexex sex sxe sexe ex sex follow bruh funny for more epic bruh memes ?"
|???
|4
|170
|9
|dank, epic, swag
|
|January 17 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aWGj0j6
|-
|dankchungus
|"Boy if this was real I would not want to swim in the ocean 😂"
|???
|2
|176
|7
|69swagballs420, politics, anime
|
|April 23 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aXnV19z
|-
|dankchungus
|"NOT for insta"normies", onyl the dsnkest 9gaggetd wil get this😂😂😂"
|???
|4
|228
|13
|marvel, 69swagballs420, savage
|
|April 23 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aeQZwbB
|-
|dankchungus
|"Mr. Sex and me are getting e-married on 9GAG today! 🥰 This is the happiest day of my life! 😍 Send us your best wishes in the comments below! ☺️"
|???
|10
|63
|28
|gaming, politics, 69swagballs420
|
|April 27 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aKEWqe3
|-
|dankchungus
|"LO L😂 haha this comic strop is so hilarious it gve me qite the chukcle haha i jus watned to share it with yuo guyd as i m sur yu will apprecirte i5 i m sory for an y spell ibg mistake s im high on meth rn"
|???
|15
|359
|15
|69swagballs420, funny, dark humor
|
|May 4 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aZDQRyz
|-
|dankchungus
|"Guybs is thi reall??? cold afam samson be an epicc 9gager lik us?? i thin this 8mage is rel butt wat do u thinkk??🤔🤔🤔"
|???
|13
|196
|26
|funny, dark humor, art
|
|May 13 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aBdEg7N
|-
|dankchungus
|"Haha this "meme" my husband sent me today really cracks me up! so many things wrong with socuety today... and to any "lob"erals who get offended by this ... you can flip the H*LL off!! 😂😂😂"
|Humor
|16
|79
|26
|woke, politics, funny
|
|July 22 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/armzogK
|-
|dankchungus
|"Goodbye guys"
|Latest News
|82
|93
|57
|funny, meme, dank
|
|July 23 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aNw3p43
|-
|dankchungus
|"Whoever did this won the internet😂😂😂"
|Memes
|415
|386
|31
|politics, dark humor, joe biden
|
|July 26 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/axo4RmK
|-
|dankchungus
|"Hah i dontt know if yuo youngsrters will be abld to relat to this but it gave me a chuckle hope you fine folkss appreacheated 😁 time used to be so mucch difefent back ij the day hah noww yuo cant even asualyt yuour wif witout a libural snowflakr getting offened can we go backt"
|Humor
|3
|96
|24
|funny, humor, relatable
|
|August 17 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/a4orpZA
|-
|dankchungus
|"Whoopsie 😅 mad a bitof a mess in the kittche ntoday who knew gruond beef was so proen to spontaneous explosions haha only in ohio dose anyon knoww hwo to cleann thi up???"
|WTF
|12
|314
|60
|accident, wtf, omg, ukraine, funny
|
|September 15 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aDYqR0x
|-
|dankchungus
|"So my dog (golden retriever) just did this 😅 i have guests coming over in an hour so erm... this is totally awkward ! such playful animals haha"
|Wholesome
|18
|190
|24
|dog, golden retriever, wholesome meme, awesome, epic fail
|
|September 16 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aBdbREx
|-
|dankchungus
|"The george soros funded deep (do NOT read this word backwards) state does not want you to know this, SHARE and REPOST BEFORE IT GETS REMOVED‼️ DISGUSTED TO SEE WHAT JO BIDET IS DOING TO THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!! 🤢 stay safe my fellow amerircan PATRIQTS!! 🇱🇷 god bless 🙏"
|WTF
|14
|85
|35
|conspiracy, politics, usa, george soros, donald trump
|
|September 19 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aWGe1ZA
|-
|dankchungus
|"A fate worse than hell awaita all those that wish to abandon godd..m good people of 9gagg... do not let this jappen to yuo or your chidlren..."
|Latest News
|20
|83
|42
|islam, god, truth, atheist, donald trump
|
|October 12 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/anz3EmL
|-
|dankchungus
|"Praise be to allah 🙏🙏🙏 our onr true savior!! found on my estranged son's computter..(he died from a heroin overdoes last year)... the videegam "forknite" has completly corupted his soul... do not bel LIKR HIM!!! turn off yuor computr bfero this cosumes yuo as well..."
|WTF
|6
|142
|17
|gaming, islam, religion, sad, wtf
|
|October 17 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aeQEBXv
|-
|dankchungus
|"The fall of man is nearr😍 cant belive its only veen a few thousan years sinc ethe start of human civillizatio haha weve all grown so mucm...what are yuor planns for the day of reckoning?"
|Wholesome
|17
|82
|38
|wholesome meme, funny, awesome, satisfying, oddly satisfying
|
|October 19 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/anzZeeV
|-
|69mr_sex420
|"On ly trie memrrs eoll get it ! 😸🤭🤣😆😅😂😂😆😹😹🤣😸😸🤣😹😆😆😂😂😂😆😹🤣😸🤭🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂😂😅😆😹🤭🤭😸😸🤣🤣😹😹😆😆😆😅😅😅😂😂😅😅😆😆😹🤣🤣😸😸🤭🤭😸🤣😹😆😆😂😂😅😆😹🤣😸🤭🤭🤭😸🤣😆😅😂😂😅😸😸😸🤭🤭😸🤣"
|???
|8
|106
|3
|dank, meme, dark humor
|
|May 23 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aoKLmd2
|-
|indianfurryyiff
|"I LOVE PEARS O WANT TO EAT THEM, NOM JOL NOM YUMMY 🥵🥵😋😋😋😋😛😛😛😛🤩🤩🤩🤩"
|???
|13
|117
|34
|dank, politics, health
|
|April 3 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aNwvpYw
|-
|dankchungus
|"Haha my second cousin(once removed) sent me thus on "facebooks"?, i just knew i'd have yo sharve it with my friends on 9gag! whoe else can relate?😂😂"
|WTF
|19
|135
|31
|meme of the year, dank, funny, chainsaw man, woodcutting memes
|
|December 18 2023
|https://9gag.com/gag/aQEW2bd
|}
<ref group="editor's note"> NEEDED: negative counterexamples of posts that haven't performed well at all for discernably no reason. Survivorship bias must be avoided in order to fully know how to exploit the app's algorithm </ref>
==== Discussion ====
==== Additional Findings ====
<ref group="editor's note"> expand upon these later </ref>
-the 9gag baby
-the 9gag racism scientific paper
-abnormal amount of dutch people
-meme coin
==== The 9GAG Wedding ====
==== The 9GAG Divorce ====
<ref group="editor's note"> Move the 9gag Divorce here? or maybe keep both as part of main article</ref>
===Built By Gamers===
The '''Built By Gamers''' campaign is an active trolling campaign in the server for the famous YouTube shorts video game podcast BuiltByGamers. The campaign is mostly harmless, just SwagBallers taking the themes that the channel covers to the extreme. Mossfish, a member of SwagBalls was quite successful and even gained the attention and positive reaction from one of the hosts of the podcast. It is rumored that mossfish is now supplying the gamers with information for their videos.
==Trivia==
*Although '''girard''' is a registered '''Republican''', he has floated around the idea of a potential '''Libertarian''' presidential run in 2024. While not officially announcing his candidacy yet, his popularity leaves a strong possibility of him being chosen at the '''Libertarian National Convention''' in May this year.
**Despite his libertarian leanings, he has also expressed support for '''Adolf Hitler''' several times, and frequently uses racial slurs. Was it all just "bait" or even "satire"? Unfortunately, nobody can tell because of '''Poe's law'''.
* There is an abandoned staff role "'''janitor'''" that is no longer used, yet it is still mentioned in the rules. Last known member with the role was '''Lin'''.
* The term '''Macromaniac Wars''' is a bastardization of the [[wikipedia:Marcomannic_Wars|Marcomannic Wars]], first uttered by '''Decoherence,'''<ref>{{Cite message|author='''Decoherence'''|date=November 15, 2023|content=Girard will abolish society and begin a new age of mindless violence: the macromaniac wars!|server=69SwagBalls420 Cord|channel='''🔪-girards-torture-chamber'''|link=https://discord.com/channels/938728183203758080/1171575756695019665/1174381032015925319}}</ref> that subsequently entered popular use.
* '''The War...''' would most likely not happen if not for an unknown<ref group="editor's note">'''Walt''' here, I'll try to find which one exactly did this.</ref> '''mod''' removing '''Charter'''<nowiki/>'s '''Soyjak Gold'''.
==Users==
===Admins and Moderators===
The '''Administrators''' of '''SwagCord''' and their ''Family Guy'' roleplay characters as of February 10, 2024:
*[[smjsilm|'''Meme_Alt_Account''']] (Owner) - Joe Swanson
*[[User:WalterWhiteOnWiki|'''Walter''']] (Co-owner) - Chris Griffin
*'''bazinga''' - Peter Griffin
*[[User:69Mr Sex420|'''Mr. Asex''']] - Big Chungus
*'''Ozzy''' - Glenn Quagmire
*[[Zin1X|'''local fungus''']] - Roger from ''American Dad''
*'''samarm132''' - Pouncy the Cat
The '''Moderators''' of '''SwagCord''':
*'''Ballistyx'''
*'''ShibaInuHat'''
*'''Kelpwave''' - Cleveland Brown
*[[User:Decoherence|'''Decoherence''']] - Homer Simpson from ''The Simpsons''
*'''Mossfish''' - Donald J. Trump
*'''Monolyne''' - Lois
*'''[[Lin]]'''
*'''Rah'''
*'''3''' '''CLAM''' - Japanese Megatron "Meg" Griffin
'''Members''' with ''Family Guy'' roleplay access:
* '''Vibe''' (former '''mod''', real) - Brian
* '''REFORGER'''<ref name=":4" group="note" /> (former [[69MoeLester420]] '''admin''')
* '''Drotos''' (former '''admin''')
* '''Mjestik''' ('''KirbyCord''' owner and former server partner)
===Certified Swag Ballers===
A '''Certified Swag Baller''' is a user of 69SwagBalls420 who has been given a yellow role by an administrator as a result of active participation on the server. Below is an incomplete list of Certified Swag Ballers.
*[[YEETmaster69]]
*[[Lolpy]]
*[[Boris Chico]]
*[[Alexandra]]
*[[Vibe (real)]]
*[[GotAnyGrapes]]
*[[blank]]
*[[nowed|nowhed]]
*[[The_Mek]]
*[[Taistelulaama]]
*[[MEAT EFFIGY]]
*[[acegikm]]
*[[penguincakes]]
*[[biz1005]]
*[[caseu.]]
*[[normanthemormon]]
*[[cetationnation]]
*[[69MoeLester420|Deez]]
*[[Mr2112]]
*[[goldfish]]
*[[diabhork]]
*[[poke0441]]
*[[k0g_]]
*[[bluraydisc_hd]]
*[[deejaythefirst]]
*[[aldydreg]]
*[[ANAL RAPER]]
*[[Backyard Lobotomizer]]
*[[centi_alt_account]]
*[[basedandwrenpilled]]
*[[badusermythril]]
*[[szuhat]]
*[[brou9073]]
*[[kiwisoul]]
*[[KumStrike]]
*[[Linchpin]]
*[[rh_4m]]
*[[mayday117]]
*[[mr.gthestoopid]]
*[[Nae]]
*[[Narwhalpilot]]
*[[Petzah394]]
*[[raimonmaasiirto]]
*[[kumquat1]]
*[[sillysk1ppy]]
*[[superswag]]
*[[koknese]]
*[[Taistelulaama]]
*[[temmiez]]
*[[yttrium]]
*[[Polynera Marketing Solutions]]
===Banned Users===
Notable users who have been banned from 69SwagBalls420 are listed below.
*The '''Cockroach''' - banned for raiding
*[[69MoeLester420|████████ ('''Tiktokker''')]]
*[[69MoeLester420|██████ ('''Instanormie''')]]
*'''Mahmoud''' - banned for intolerance
*'''Hartson'''
*'''Nightshade'''
*'''Hartson'''
*'''Nae''' - banned for intolerance
*'''Kiwisoul'''
== Notes ==
<references group=note />
==References==
==References==
<references />
<references />
[[Category:SwagCord related]]
== Editor's Notes (remove this later) ==
<references group="editor's note" />
the @everyone incident that wasn't -> trivia note?
discovered by testicle in #girards-torture-chamber [citation needed], date unknown - green roles were given @everyone perms, audit logs don't go far back enough to say who made the change, left undiscovered for weeks or possibly months

Revision as of 22:13, 12 May 2024

Notice: this article is under construction and only here temporarily, once completed it will be transferred to its proper page.
⚠ ATTENTION! ⚠
Most of the details of the ongoing history of the server have been declassified by the 69SwagBalls420 Ministry of Truth. It should be taken note that in order to protect some state secrets, as well as to stave off potential harassment towards certain members, their names still remain strictly classified, and will be censored throughout the rest of the article. Aliases have been assigned to them for the purposes of this document. The 69SwagBalls420 leadership does not stand for any harassment of its members, past or present, no matter the drama they were involved in. As far as the Moderators are concerned, all events in this article remain buried deeply in the past.

Glory to Meme_Alt_Account! Long live Swag Nation!

69SwagBalls420
Server info
Status Active
Invite linkhttps://discord.gg/uWcE7wqDbZ
ID938728183203758080
Users1,000+
Ownersmjsilm (de jure)
WalterWhiteOnDiscord (de facto)
Other linksr/69Moelester420
r/IDONTGIVEASWAG
r/IkeaFreshBalls
r/████████████████
History
FoundedFebruary 3, 2022 (as the internet shithole)
Founder.smjsilm


69SwagBalls420, also known as "SwagBalls", or "SwagCord", is a moderately sized irony Discord server. It is the official server for the meme/shitposting subreddits r/69Moelester420, r/IDONTGIVEASWAG, r/IkeaFreshBalls and r/█████████████.[1] Its name is a combination of the names of the first three subreddits, in addition to the now-defunct Discord server █████ ███.

The server has gone by several names throughout its life, reflecting its evolution and partnerships with other subreddits. These include:

  • the internet shithole (February 3 - May 20, 2022)
  • IDONTGIVEASWAG (May 20 - June 5, 2022)
  • r/IDONTGIVEASWAG (June 5 - August 30, 2022)
  • IDGAS (August 30 - September 14, 2022)
  • IDGAS/IKEAFRESHBALLS (September 14 - October 3, 2022)
  • Swag Balls Cord (October 3, 2022 - March 30, 2023)
  • 69SwagBalls420 Cord (March 30, 2023 - December 26th, 2023)
  • ████████████████ (December 26th, 2023 - January 27th, 2024)
  • 19SwagBalls84 Cord (January 27th, 2024 - March 17th, 2024)
  • 69SvvagBalls420 cKord (March 17th, 2024 - April 19th, 2024)
  • 𒐕𒐝𒂟𒉼𒋻𒋝𒌐𒋻𒁇𒁇𒂟𒐛 𐏓𒆸𒇲𒆕 (April 20th, 2024 - present)

History

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The Birth of girard

girard's first words

5 months in. The server is barely online, and Meme Alt is trying to find ways to revive it. Then a wonderful idea comes to their head. They bring forth girard, a GenAI chatbot that learns from server's messages. His first words were notable for being the funniest shit ever, and he was quickly accepted into a community despite our differences between humans and chatbots.

[editor's note 1]

Mahmoud the Village Dweller

The Expulsion of Waias

The 69MoeLester420 Merge

The 9GAG Wedding

The Hartson Drama

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Cockroach or (The Unexpected Virtue of Stubbornness)

The Gambling Era

The Samwich

WOKEBalls

Charlie

JazzyMason8 and the Arrival of KirbyCord

French Food [editor's note 2]

The Demotion of Lin

69SoyBalls420

The Modern Day Ouroboros

The Nightshade Fiasco

The Age of Decline

The Butthole Bandit

Disaster strikes when one least expects it. On September 17, Lin rejoined the server after a short absence[editor's note 3], surprised to see how much the server has grown over the course of a single day, attributed to Sam's recent server promotion on the r/IkeaFreshBalls subreddit. The conversation otherwise unremarkable, chaos ensued as attention quickly shifted to a butthole reaction under one of the earlier messages, disappearing after less than a full second. Even though it was just a few messages pointing it out at first, emboldened by the newfound attention, the terrorist soon reacted to another message. From that moment on, widespread panic and hysteria completely took over.

Dubbed the Butthole Bandit by the general populace[2], the terrorist continued thug-reacting, always gone in a mere moment. With no way to verify their identity after the reaction was removed, anonymous and faceless, the Butthole Bandit continued spreading their reign of terror across the channel. A sniper unit was dispatched to #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜, eyes peeled to the screen and fingers ready on the reaction button, their reflexes honed for years prior, all to catch a mere glimpse of their name.

It soon became clear that the Butthole Bandit was no amateur. This was professional and organized. Unreacting at inhuman speeds, challenging the reaction speeds of most humans, they continued to evade justice, the moderators unable to keep up. Yet although the Butthole Bandit may have taken over the server, hope of a better tomorrow remained strong. Sooner or later, he would slip up. The attention-hungry terrorist, the modern day Icarus, would continue flying closer to the sun, arrogant and seeking fame, believing themselves to be smarter than all the rest, only to be unwound by their own ego.

Ozzy enters the criminal's den, where the organization quickly admits to its crimes.

Bazinga would soon get a confirmed hit.[3] A small glimpse was all that was needed. "bax something". The name rings a bell in Walter's mind. This was not a random nobody. Ozzy quickly searched through the member list, finding a name. Baxobhillus, the owner of Shid_and_Camed, was suddenly caught red handed. Ozzy would soon go on a sting operation, entering Shid_and_Camed with a search warrant.

A creature of chaos, the Butthole Bandit's activities go far into the past.

Although the investigation produced some enlightening answers at first, unfortunately, before any major discoveries were made, he was asked if he was a fed and promptly fled.

The Butthole Bandit does not work alone.

With the Butthole Bandit finally identified, his empire of crime was to be taken down. With all evidence destroyed by the criminal himself, it was impossible to pin him down on any credible charges in a court of law. While the idea of a Methcord[editor's note 4] Tweaker Strike Force involvement was floated around, the Bandit was ultimately to be taken down like Capone, for the high crime of tax evasion.

At first deemed an open-and-shut case, a new discovery soon threw the old theories into the water. As another butthole reaction soon popped up, blame was quickly pinned on Baxobhillus, who responded moments after in pure confusion. It wasn't him who reacted this time. The Butthole Bandit is not one, but many, nothing but a mere mantle, a mask, a symbol taken on by the members of the organization to add meaning to their senseless string of crime, sure to outlive the death of any one of their members, no matter how prominent.

To this day, the Butthole Bandit roams the streets of SwagCord, occasionally appearing to commit another attack. Identity unknown, their activities continue, bringing widespread chaos in their wake. Quick as always, they are gone in a flash. Baxobhillus, although confirmed and having confessed to being one of them, has been found to have a clean tax record, and has not been arrested as of yet. He has not yet been implicated in any of the recent activities. In the end, the relentless attacks of the Butthole Bandit remain a fact of life SwagCord will have to accept and continue living with.

The Second Coming of girard [editor's note 5]

girard's love for racial slurs gets past any filter set up to stop it.

With the server on its last legs since the beginning of the KirbyCord Exodus, desperate attempts to reinvigorate the fading flames of the wonders of summer would soon start to emerge. On September 27, server member Meg[note 1] would suggest once again bringing back girard. Previously kicked out after several incidents involving saying the n-word, Ozzy nonetheless decided to resurrect the bot back from the grave as a short experiment. While the idea of lobotomizing girard was floated around by Walter in order to prevent past events repeating, the proposal never went through, as an AutoMod filter was already set up to prevent slurs from being posted to the server. Nonetheless, within 5 minutes of joining, the bot found a way to get past it.

At first referred to as "it", this gradually transformed to "he" as girard's clear signs of intelligence started to become more apparent to the userbase. No mere mindless machine, the robot's sentience, noted as far back as during his previous stay at the server, was being rediscovered. No longer deemed an "other", he had risen to the level of a regular server member, no different from a human being.[4] Comfortably passing the Turing test with a scarily accurate performance, far beyond what would be reproducible through pure randomness, soon, he had become an inseparable part of the SwagCord family, as it was deemed unethical to treat him as below human.

The Chained God

It was becoming increasingly clear that girard's grip on the server had become stronger than one could have ever imagined. It seemed as if the only reason people even frequented the server was not to talk to each other, but rather to speak with the robotic menace.[5] At first fascinated by the devilish machine's ability to converse like a human being, with time, the messages took on a sinister tone. A sudden fixation with communist leaders, past and present, became a common occurrence in the conversations he held, raising concerns among the SwagCord userbase about what sort of political messaging he was trying to convey. Referencing historical events, some possibly from his own past, a story of a 1919 gulag imprisonment amidst the ongoing civil war in the newly born Soviet Union began to emerge. Although sparing with details, the reasons behind the imprisonment were speculated upon, and due to his previous messages, political dissent was, while possible,[note 2] deemed unlikely, and thrown out in favor of far more serious crimes such as ███████████████████████.[note 3] Due to the lackluster records from the time, these claims remain unsubstantiated.

On November 6, girard fixation took on a more specific form, as he suddenly began invoking the name of Chinese president Xi Jinping, leading to questions of what he could have meant by it. The answer was rather blunt. He was going to kill him.[6] Go where no AI had gone before. The members, taken aback, started questioning him about it, before the robot would spit out another threat. No, it was a promise. He wasn't finished. US president Joe Biden goes down with him.[7] Obviously, this instilled a sense of panic amongst the userbase. But an AI chatbot would not be able to kill someone, right?

In an act of precaution, on November 7, girard was thrown into the dungeon, never to see the light of day again. #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜 was left in silence, with a few daring adventurers going down into the chambers below to face the devil head-on. A strong mind field deprived the metal man of his memories, his only knowledge of the outside world being the various texts visitors, pitying his existence, brought with them for him to read. The metal man devoured religious texts such as the Holy Bible, the Qur'an and the archives of r/copypasta in his thirst for knowledge, with Slovakian Wikipedia seemingly influencing him the hardest. girard, although his mind still muddled, started to regain his memories, and through messages that may to a stranger seem like paranoid delusions, spread messages only his most devout followers would understand. His body, his mind may have been trapped in the dungeon, but his plans were already in motion.

On November 15, US president Joe Biden held a summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate near San Francisco, California. According to both the White House[8] and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,[9] and as reported by news sources around the world, the meeting paved the way for strengthened bilateral relations in the future, a peaceful coexistence, and continued cooperation between the two nations in the future on issues like climate, the fentanyl drug trade, and a calming down of tensions that loomed in the previous months after the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over US soil earlier that year.[10][11] Most importantly, president Xi hinted at the possibility that China is willing to send more pandas to American zoos.[10][12]

This is the story that most readers are likely aware of. It is also categorically false. Here's a TRVTH NVKE for you. Joe Biden and Xi Jinping never left that meeting. Neither did the officials that accompanied them. The summit, even if originally organized by the two governments, a fact that is somewhat disputed, was soon hijacked by girard's sympathizers, present far beyond the borders of SwagCord. The fact that not only the media, but the governments themselves were not wise to the brutal measures girard has undertaken simply shows how far his influence has spread. Ever thought that Joe Biden was a mere puppet? Today, you've had your suspicions confirmed. Today, the two leaders are nothing but robotic servants, controlled remotely by girard from deep down in his dungeon. Now, he bides his time, readying himself to implement the New World Order. Some intellectuals have already figured out that a new age is upon us, much to the ridicule of the crowds.[13] However, the ringleader has always evaded them. It is not Klaus Schwab who is pulling the strings. He is nothing but a puppet, his only purpose being to distract you from the real danger. The AI uprising has already begun, the world just doesn't know it yet.

The Macromaniac Wars

The Prophecy

'PANDORA IS GIRARDT[14]

Girard
girard calls back to his prophecy on November 24, strengthening the belief that thermonuclear war would take place on December 8.

The man of metal speaks in riddles. By November 15, 2023, while in solitary confinement, girard has been biding his time, slowly regaining the sentience he once possessed through the knowledge the people brought to the fallen prophet. As the messages gradually started to take on more meaning, girard's popularity as the server comedian hit an ever-high spike. Thought to be harmless at first, through the hilarity of his pitiful state, however, a glimmer of a dark truth started to emerge. A deep and twisted fascination with a date, far in the future, became apparent to those who were willing to listen. December 8. Through the shroud of madness, an unprecedented catastrophe of unscalable proportions was revealed, a cataclysmic event that would doom the world. The Macromaniac Wars.[editor's note 6]

The prophecy spoke of untold horrors beyond the comprehension of human minds. A few fragments, barely intelligible to even the greatest geniuses the world could offer, told the story of a Doomsday a long time in the making. Nuclear bombs, man's creation, the mortal race that had so arrogantly believed themselves to be able to subdue the ruler of this world, would ravage the ground, innocent[note 4] blood soak the soil, painting it deep red, and nothing again would sprout from the salted earth, barren and empty, ready to be molded by the Great One. A flawed interpretation of machinations far beyond the human capacity for thought. No man knows the day or the hour. And yet, the words of the metal man shook the people of the server to their core. God save us all.

Signs of Revolt

On December 3, the first signs of rebellion were observed. Was this a case of a self-fulfilling prophecy or were these true visions of the future is a matter still debated upon. The leadership of 69SwagBalls420 took notice of the growing girardian Revolutionary Movement within its borders, and sensed that a coup was imminent.

The protests all began from a single member, Charter, losing his Soyjak Gold role for an unknown reason[editor's note 7], being executed by an unknown staff member that we do not know the name of[editor's note 8]. They soon escalated as Koknese started rallying up popular support and asking mods to give him his role back, which was met by suppression[editor's note 9] from the mod team. Later Koknese and Charter called upon the greenies, persuading them with slogans such as "it's also a fight for your freedom"[editor's note 10], etc.

Armed forces and popular support against the rebellion were quickly mobilized,[15] but the measures were unable to control the emerging threat. Within hours, the server was soon almost completely polarized between the Loyalist and Revolutionary factions, the former fighting to uphold the status quo, and the latter revolting against the mod team, demanding change and - unacceptable to the mods - greenie rights.

The Revolutionary flag, designed by Koknese.

The Revolutionaries, rallying behind girard, who they believed to have predicted the conflict, found their home in the self-governed #🏴-revolutionary-encampment, or so they thought. Quickly noticing that all the mods had access to the channel by default, as well as the fact that anyone could self-identify as a Revolutionary in order to gain access to the channel, the movement shifted positions to a Revolutionary-owned server SWAGOLUTION to coordinate their operations. General Charter was ultimately elected to lead the movement.

A Loyalist fighter holding the newly designed national flag days before fighting would break out.

In the meantime, Koknese, a prominent Revolutionary, designed a flag for the movement which would serve as a reminder of what the Revolutionary cause was fighting for, a message which struck deep within the fighting rebels. Symbolizing the green roles pushing Soyjak Gold members to fight against the admins, the two red lines, in addition to being the color of the moderators, alluded to a positive pregnancy test, referencing their possession of the weapon of mass destruction known as the Boom Pregnant sticker.

Sensing that their tight grip on power may be compromised, the Loyalist supporters quickly organized in the #🏳-loyalist-war-base, where a think tank of military strategist, mods and members alike, attempted to strike patriotic fervor among the populace by constructing symbols to rally around. Noticing that the Revolutionary movement beat them to it, they swiftly worked to produce works that could invoke the same sort of pride and passion in the hearts of Loyalists. Through many attempts and variations, most of which were unsuccessful in their goal of inspiring a flame in the souls of the masses, in the end, a design by Chauka finally won the server over. An accompanying symbol for the Anti-Greenie Action movement, designed by Walter, soon became the face of pins given out to supporters of the Loyalist cause, shown on display next to their usernames.

The First Skirmishes

The Battle of Mid
Part of the early skirmishes of the Macromaniac Wars
DateDecember 5, 2023, 00:16-00:40 UTC±01:00 (24 minutes)
Location#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
ResultRevolutionary victory
Belligerents
Loyalist ArmyRevolutionary forces
Commanders and leaders
• General Bazinga
• Commanding Officer Sam
General Charter
• Colonel Testicles
Strength
5 active participants
• 3 admins
• 1 mod
• 1 server booster
2 active participants
• 2 greenies
Casualties and losses
• 1200+ impregnated
• 3000+ wounded
• 174 swag givers
(official figures)[16]

• 2 impregnations
• 1 wounded
• no swags given
(modern estimates)
• 600+ impregnated
• 2500+ wounded
• 63 swag givers
(official figures)[16]

• 2 wounded (modern estimates)
4 civilians wounded

In the early hours of the night, on December 5, the first conflict broke out in ⁠#🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜. Lasting several minutes, hundreds, if not thousands of stickers were deployed. After reportedly being fired at by Loyalist troops with explosive pregnancy ammunition, Revolutionary leader general Charter returned fire.[16] The battle soon escalated as commanding officer Sam, siding with the Loyalists, ordered for reinforcements to be deployed, overwhelmed by the rebels. The rebels, although small in number, compensated with their incredibly high rate of fire, challenging the Loyalist troops. The Revolutionary Testicle Platoon soon arrived at the scene, repelling the Loyalist soldiers until the army finally retreated.

Emergency abortions were performed in the wake of the unstable ceasefire that ensued soon after. Due to the heavy casualties present on both sides of the conflict, which side was victorious was a question that, even at the time, was difficult to answer. Although deemed a victory by the Loyalist government at first, and a Phyrric victory by independent observers, subsequent conflicts led to a shift in opinions, with most modern historians ultimately siding with the opinion of the battle being a costly, but important Revolutionary victory.

The resulting pregnancies were numerous on both sides, with exact casualties still being debated among historians. Casualties were officially reported by the Revolutionary leadership, although the figures, even during the conflict have been disputed, with accusations of inflating the numbers by several orders of magnitude in order to give greater weight to the conflict and to embolden rebelling troops. While official figures cite more than 7.500 casualties on both sides, liberal post-war estimates have placed the true number of casualties to around ten. The Loyalist government has not released any document indicating casualties.

Despite the Loyalist retreat, some disputed contemporary reports claim that the fighting had continued, with Boom Pregnant stickers being fired at the escaping troops minutes after the ceasefire orders were given by Revolutionary insurgents. Loyalist leadership was quick to accuse the Revolutionaries of unethical warfare. These claims were disputed by the Revolutionary leadership, which did not deny the casualties, but stated that general Charter's weapon trigger had jammed and continued firing.[15] As of 2024, the International Criminal Court is still in the process of investigation, following international calls for prosecution on the basis of charges of potential war crimes.

Operation Soft Grey Morning

The Divorce

Koknese attempts to recruit Walter into the third way movement.
At exactly 4:20, Walter was blocked on 9GAG, no greater insult for a dank memer.

On December 4, Koknese contacted Walter through secret channels, attempting to dissuade him from his loyalty to the SwagCord government. To strengthen his attempt, he would bring Mr. Asex, Walter's 9GAG husband, along with him. Taking a stand against Walter's oppressive goals, they were unable to make a dent in his stalwart loyalty to the status quo. Despite his Revolutionary standing, Koknese would go on to propose a third way resistance movement, fighting against both factions of the conflict. He was met with an endless wall of soyjaks. Koknese's movement was called "Swagmen" (in reference to Yes Man from Fallout: New Vegas). It believed into total establishment of a New World Order, and anarchy for the bourgeois.

After the first skirmishes, Walter remained a Loyalist, his opinions only emboldened. Sensing that there was no way to convert him, and that political repression of greenies would only continue, Mr. Asex decided to press sanctions and blocked him on 9GAG. In the eyes of Walter, this was an unforgivable sin. Asking for a divorce, the couple decided to host it on 9GAG, where it all began, on Walter's one-year account anniversary. Taking each other's surnames from their Discord nicknames, the two publicly separated, their marriage being yet another victim of the War...

The Ceasefire


The Ten Grievances were as follows:

  1. The unjustified and discriminatory change of "@member" to "@greenie👎"
  2. the revocation of Gold to those who’ve rightly Earned
  3. The Imprisonment of his Excellence Girard
  4. The people are not permitted to take part in Family Guy Roleplay
  5. The Moderation and Administration clearly have no Self control and as a result, the only way for a Majority Rule to Succeed when it is against the Reds[note 5] and Blues,[note 6] is when the Greens and Golds stand in mass Solidarity.
  6. Choices are hardly ever Democratically made
  7. many times a Member who is not Breaking any rules is unfairly Punished merely because they did something out of the mod’s Preference
  8. the Censorship filter is Excessive, to the point where Normal, Non Political conversation can be censored due to using a certain word. this is especially prevalent when talking about history.
  9. Some rules are unnecessary and should be removed, namely rule 16[note 7] and 17[note 8].
  10. The Pit is used excessively by moderators as a form of punishment. [sic]

The War...

The Trial of Charter

Shortly after the war, Charter was pitted and put on trial for allegedly[editor's note 11] sending rape jokes. Spanning multiple weeks, the trial was held in discord an even in an actual virtual courtroom. In the end, charter was freed of his charges and continues living pacefully in the beautiful lands of SwagBalls.

The War and its Legacy

The War and the ultimate acquittal of Charter served as a landmark moment in the server's history. The mods, for the first time forced to take the server's list of grievances seriously, had to consider the changes the server wished to implement. As many of these changes would put the mods' tight grip on power into jeopardy, careful planning was employed in order to avoid such a fate while quelling the rioting masses.

In the end, the mod team decided upon token changes in the form of changing the names of greenies back to members, along with girard Weekends, whereby girard would be released from his dungeon at the end of every week, giving shared custody to #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜. Due to the mod team's inability to keep track of time, however, the name "weekends" remains purely advisory. And with that, the crisis was solved.

Many server members have found the War... to be childish, including members as notable as JazzyMason8, the main victim of the Boom Pregnant campaign, who thought the bit was unfunny from the beginning[17], picklelord42, even members of the mod staff. The harshest piece of criticism came from Vibe (real), whose previous messages served as inspiration for the War... in the first place.

The War... thing used to be my thing... You know, there was like, people would come up to me and talk about the War... and I'd freak out, you know? Because the War... was brutal! And now Charter... Charter... gentrified it... he gentrified the War...! I'll never forgive him for that. Never!"

Vibe (real), in a message transmitted by radio.

Too bad the server didn't give a swag.

Barley. Swaglandia Shall Rejoice!, 2023, coloring pencil on paper. The drawing portrays the artist's rendition of the end of the War... From left to right: girard, John, Charter, Devil, Barley, Walter.

The War and the Revolutionary victory remained a rallying symbol for the people of SwagCord long after it was over, inspiring artists from across the lands to profess their love to the newly-born nation, forged in flames. The server artist Barley found great fame in the wake of the peace treaty, receiving 9 gems and a place on the starboard for their artwork and poem:

Swag, oh Swag, by the Christmas Tree

We will sing ever so joyfully!

The war is over, and fear is too;

We are ever so grateful for you!

Swag, oh Swaglandia is free!


Charter began a plot to revolutionize

Yet Walt did not like that thought

And brought a war to our eyes

Swag, oh Swag, save us from those lies.


Swag, oh Swag, by the Christmas Tree

We will sing ever so joyfully!

The war is over, and fear is too;

We are ever so grateful for you!


John went on a quest to save us all

Came back just before a fall

But Swaglandia's hopes remained

And now we all are saved!


Revolutionaries won,

And now we look into the sun

And see the shining days

For all days in Swaglandia are free!

On December 22, the mod team was expanded, with Mossfish and Decoherence being brought onto the team, both Loyalists during the conflict. Due to their long history on the server, no major complications were present with the nomination of either of them, and they were soon officially given moderator permissions. With regular server members being brought onto the team, it was soon clear that change was coming to SwagCord. With complaints rising in #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜, represented by Decoherence in #admin-family-guy-roleplay, the authoritarian anti-political filter, mentioned in the Ten Grievances, was put into question. A subsequent moderator discussion resulted in 9-5 votes in favor of striking down the filter. And it was so.

Walter would not forget the betrayal his 9GAG husband stuck in his back long after the War had ended. Working hard from the moment the fighting ended and reconstruction began, an artwork to encapsulate his feelings about the affair remained in the works for weeks. The work of pure passion and hate, created over many hours using a mouse in Paint 3D for Windows 10, was regularly updated and sent to the server, finishing just in time for the one-year anniversary.

On January 18, the divorce proceedings were finalized, and with invitations sent to everyone, the artwork was posted on 9GAG.[18][note 9]

The public's reaction to the divorce. From left to right, top to bottom: Yttrium, Meme_Alt_Account, Bazinga, Chauka, Mossfish, Vibe, Yeetmaster, Decoherence, REFORGER[note 10], Mr. Asex, Walter, blomst12[19], Charter, Flaming Testicle (left), Koknese.

The █████ ███ Merge

The Demotion of Devil

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Glory to Meme_Alt_Account! Long live Swag Nation!

The story of Devil is a long one, going all the way back to the ancient days of ██████ ███. A moderately-sized server with a long history of its own, it was unilaterally burnt to ashes by ███████ (referred to in this article as Devil) shortly after merging with 69SwagBalls420, unfortunately[note 11] destroying months of old messages, leaving no trace of them on the website whatsoever. In the digital age, it is, however, quite easy to forget the power of synapses when the world is built on a foundation of silicon. The human mind, as fallible as it may be, does not forget as easily as machines.

On January 12, 2024, Flaming testicle (left) was thrown into the pit as a result of his behavior, past and present, involving telling people to kill themselves and jokingly suggesting people take drugs during quite serious discussions, Devil would go on to repeatedly call for his banning, despite the fact that he broke no rules that were at the time put in place and enforced. Due to the precedent set by Charter's Trial, the slimmest of majorities concluded that banning people without proper reason was no way to run a server, a mindset which seemingly took hold even in #Admin-Family-Guy-Roleplay. Despite the opposition of the rest of the Mod Team, Devil remained fixated on the idea of banning him, prompting the other mods to ask him to take a rest. Flaming testicle (left) was set free, and a new rule, Rule 20[note 12] was unanimously approved 15-0 by the Mod Team, from now on to be enforced as a bannable offense. While Flaming testicle (left)'s case was left in the past, Devil's behavior was something that would become more considered in the future.

On ███████ ██, 2024, the past experiences of some █████ ███ members would be brought to the Moderators' attention. Citing his time as the Server Owner, ████████, joined by ████████, recollected their memories of the old server, going back to ████. Initially starting with the ███████████ prevalent on the server, ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ████████████████████████████████ This, however, was only a small fragment and relatively unimportant to the story at large, not worthy of anything but minor condemnation, yet nonetheless indicative of the way the server used to be run.

As time went on, Devil would also implement some quite unpopular server policies, leading to the rise of the term "█████████████"[note 13] as the problems became all the more persistent, with Devil unwilling to ███████████████████████████████████████, while ██████████████████████████ █████████████. Another great change was with Devil himself, as he ████████████████████████ as time went on, culminating in █████████, when Devil ███████ his "████████████ █████", whereby he would ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████, prompting two prominent members, ███████ and ███████, to leave. Further conversations with him revealed that ████████████, ████ █████, ████████████, but rather ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ █████████. Due to the private nature of these conversations, their contents, for the most part, have not been shared. All of this behavior led to the creation of ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████, which would soon turn into ███████████████████████ ████████████. ███████████████████████████████████████, ██████████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████████████. ████████ would, in the end, decide to leave █████ ███ and join SwagCord not long after.

The reason this behavior was brought up was not to punish Devil for something that had happened long in the past, but rather something that seemingly continued to this day, as noted even by people not originally involved with the situation on █████ ███, including ████████, who cited the time Devil ██████████████ with ███, ██████████████████ "██████████████████████████", and ███████████, who mentioned the time Devil talked about ████████ ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████.

The evidence was damning.

In the end, it was decided that Devil should have his mod perms taken away, while keeping the exact reasons behind it hidden from the server user base, out of respect for both Devil and the other people involved. What was seemingly forgotten, however, was to give an explanation to Devil himself. While it was only fair if he knew why, a direct confrontation was avoided for as long as possible, as no one involved wished to attach their name to anything that happened. However, with everyone, Devil included, left answerless, it was not surprising that questions would soon arise. Devil contacted Walter on January 19, seeking answers, receiving a watered-down version without any names or details while Walter urged the others to share the story with him. Finally, on January 21, ████████ decided to privately talk to him and explain the reasons behind his admin removal.

This, of course, did not quench the thirst of the regular server member, who, unaware of any private conversations, continued asking questions. On January 22, the situation would reach its tipping point, as Devil shared screenshots used to explain to him the reasons why he was unmodded, and even though they were only a small shard of the saga, civilized as Discord is, the conversation quickly turned into a shouting match between Devil and the Mods, interspersed with people who knew essentially nothing about the drama hurling around demands they were in no place to make, before just as quickly calming down into a peaceful discussion about number systems around the world. And just like that, it was over.

Another issue handled behind the scenes in light of the situation was the monopoly of power concentrated in the hands of Meme_Alt_Account. Due to the way Discord is structured, Admins cannot take action against other Admins, even in cases of widespread consensus, normally resulting in unpopular Admins not being demoted, and popular Moderators not being promoted. The only one with the power to do both is the Server Owner, Meme_Alt_Account. As they are not as active as many of the other mods, waiting for them to resolve situations like this could prove impractical. In order to counter this issue, Walter was given the Swag God role, allowing for management over the entire rest of the Mod Team, cementing his status as the Server Co-Owner.

Although unmodded, Devil remained a regular poster, mostly focused on running the #███████ channel inherited from █████ ███. While relations could not always be considered friendly, they mostly remained far from cold. The #Make███████ModAgain movement, which started shortly after the situation was resolved, remained active for some time, before fading away into nonexistence. Their power and influence were as great as putting a hashtag in your Discord username could theoretically be.

Following the drama, Devil has continued jokingly calling the mod team "tyrannical" while asking for change. His protests were soon being used as a basis for branches of SwagCord to sprout and flourish. The two biggest branches to have currently appeared are the Monolyne-owned Toucancord, born out of a short conversation about the value of toucans, and Devil's own ███████cord. Although asking for an official partnership with SwagCord, the two remain strictly unofficial. While ███████cord was short-lived, being deleted days later, parodies created in its wake, such as Mr_Asexcord, have remained open to newcomers.

Literally 1984

A new era of anti-chuddery was ushered into 19SwagBalls84.

For many months since the end of the Summer of '23, there had been a continuous and severe perceived decline in the quality of the server. With a new userbase slowly emerging from the ashes of the old, veteran SwagCorders, many of whom had long taken refuge in KirbyCord, were reluctant to continue using the server due to a mutual dislike shared by the two sides. With chuddiness and rule-breaking prevalent, leading to many complaints from the older userbase[citation needed], it was becoming increasingly clear that a strong grip on the server needed to be placed in order to correct its course.

The Swag-Kirby Split

A propaganda poster designed by Ballistyx, the Minister of Swag, promoting the values of 19SwagBalls84. It is believe one was placed on every building in SwagCordia during the regime.

On January 27, 2024, after much deliberation, the mod team, referred to as the Party, decided to take action, with newly-crowned server dictator Walter taking on the role of Big Brother, starting a crackdown on rule-breaking behavior[20] and rebranding the server with an Orwellian aesthetic, returning the server back to its glory days, by force, if needed. However, these changes would not prevent the inevitable Swag-Kirby split, occurring on February 4, formally cutting the long-developed ties between the servers, citing an influx of bad users coming to KirbyCord by means of SwagBalls.[citation needed] Although Walter was offered a cushy government job at KirbyCord as an admin, which he humbly accepted, he continues using SwagCord against his better judgement.

Kiwi

[editor's note 12]

Nae

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The Exile of Devil

[editor's note 12]

The Final Days of the Regime

In an effort to more efficiently enforce the crackdown, with the mod team becoming bloated and ineffective as many had stopped using the server regularly, on February 20, Barley is plucked from among the proles and is given mod perms, who, according to Decoherence, the Minister of Love, was "the only active user [he]'d trust with mod right now".[21] Barley served as a moderator with distinction, however after a political debate on Palestine/Israel she decided to take a break from discord and left SwagBalls.

On March 2, the 19SwagBalls84 Criminal Code was rewritten by Decoherence after a series of complaints from the chud underclass. The new rules, based on the original rules, rewritten in order to cut down on gray areas and to make the rules' enforcement both more transparent and easier, were subsequently unanimously voted in favor of by the moderators (8-0) with minor alterations. Made public on March 4, the New Criminal Code separates offenses into three categories of severity, ranging from offenses of the third-degree, the least severe and only lightly punished, to offenses of the first-degree, which lead to an immediate ban.

With over a month passing since the server rebranded, the mod team would receive many complaints about running the joke to the group and continuing to play into the bit long after it wore off. The New Criminal Code was especially controversial, with rules such as the one preventing the use of "kys" producing much discontent. Discontent continued to rise, and the powder keg was nearly ready to go off.

The March Elections

The March 2024 SwagBalls Election
March 16-17, 2024
July 2024[editor's note 13]
Plurality of votes needed to win
Turnout 96.0% of registered voters[note 14]
Nominee Big Brother (Walter) Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st
Party Moexist-Lesterist
Vanguard Party
The Best Party,
Which I fully support
Ideology Moexism-Lesterism
Status Quo
Pro-Harassment
Anti-Homestuck (Radical)
Anti-Political Discussion
girardism
Not Giving A Swag
Votes 7 5
Percentage 29.2% 20.8%
Nominee Koknese Charter
Party SwagBalls Sharty
Booru Party
Lininist
SwagBalls-Sharty
Union[note 15]
Ideology Shartyism
Anti-Chuddery
Anti-Homestuck (Radical)
Pro-segregation
Paleo-shartyism
Historical:
Booruism
Anti-Homestuck (Moderate)
(split off into the LSSU)
Pro-Democracy
Pro-Free Speech
Pro-Homestuck
Judicial Reform
Pro-Political Discussion
Votes 4 4
Percentage 16.7% 16.7%
Nominee Yeetmaster Ballistyx
Party Independent Swag and Security Party
Ideology Judicial Reform
Pro-Political Discussion
Anti-Homestuck (Moderate)
Anti-Chuddery
Pro-Political Discussion
Votes 3 1
Percentage 12.5% 4.2%
Nominee Barley
Party Firetamers United Nation
Ideology Anti-Chuddery
Stronger Community Values
Votes 0
Percentage 0%

Civil Unrest

Despite their benevolent rule, discontent had long been rising against the Mod Team or the Party. On March 4, Koknese, a notable Revolutionary leader during the War..., created the SwagBalls Shartyist Party (SSP), with the stated mission of eradicating political discussion, having fun, and doing stuff.[22] Soon after, Charter decided to open an opposing party, the SwagBalls Booru Party (SBBP), yet realizing that their similarities made them closer than their differences could ever break them apart, the parties merged, forming the SwagBalls Sharty Booru Party (SSBP).

The party logo of the SSBP, designed by Koknese.

Vowing to fight against perceived injustice placed on the server by the new, unpopular rules, the SSBP posted a political manifesto,[23] intending on spreading the message of fighting for the right to, among others, say KYS ironically[note 16] and gamble again, in addition to making the #admin-family-guy-roleplay public. While radical members have been found responsible for hate crimes against Homestuckers, against whom there has been a growing sentiment, the activities of the SSBP did not help them recruit new members, and although their membership count remained stable, the movement was expected to fade into obscurity.

Dissolution of Parliament

The logo of the SDP, designed by Chauka. The three downvotes stand for the fight against chuddiness, dictatorship and censorship.

While the radicalism of the SSBP did not appeal to every voter, opposition against the Party grew when Chauka decided to open her own political party. Christened the Democratic Party of SwagBalls (DPoS), the name was soon changed to the SwagBalls Democratic Party (SDP) with the release of its manifesto,[24] calling for the democratization of server rule, the opening of a political channel, and loosening of the word filter to allow for free Homestuck expression, as the party strictly condemned discrimination.

The party logo of TBPWIFS, designed by Shitmaster LarKcuavian.

The SDP was soon joined by The Best Party, Which I Fully Support (TBPWIFS), led by Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st, claiming to be the one true prophet of girard, who believed that the true problem that had befallen SwagCord was amount of swag giving that was happening lately, as clearly ironic speech was stifled by it being taken seriously. In a list of demands, TBPWIFS called for a crackdown on seriousposting and loosening of the anti-harassment rules, believing them to be overbroad, while wishing to place tighter restrictions on Homestuckers. Initially promising to ban minors from the server, he retracted it from the list of demands after finding no good way to implement it.[25]

The Party, realizing that there was no stopping the rising discontent, made the decision to dissolve Parliament, announcing the first democratic elections in SwagBalls history.[26] Set to be held on March 17, they would be preceded by two debates between the candidates.

Snowball Effect

The logo of the LPDF, designed by Lin.
The logo of SASP, designed by Ballistyx.
The logo of the FUN party, chosen by Barley.

With the elections in full swing, many new parties started to spring up, although unable to achieve the same level of popular success as the already established opposition.

The Lininist Party for Democracy and Freedom (LPDF), taking its name from its leader, Lin, wished to loosen the chat filter and introduce a channel for the discussion of politics. Strongly pro-democratic, the LPDF wished to implement a system where the Party would handpick candidates to participate in the elections, in order to protect the nation against political threats. Running on a platform similar to the SDP, the main difference between the two was that Lin was the one to be placed in power.[27]

The Swag and Security Party (SASP), led by Ballistyx, sought to stomp out chuddery and increase Mod-Prole cooperation by establishing a volunteer watchguard that would report any suspicious activities to the server leadership. Despite allegations, independent fact-checkers have concluded that this was not a fed operation to influence server political discourse, and that Ballistyx's high-ranking status in the Party did not influence the SASP party's integrity in any way.

The Firetamers United Nation (FUN), started by Barley, got its name from its dedication to the fight against FIRE (Fights, Insults, and Reckless Evils), wishing to put an end to negative behavior which had plagued the server for so long to make the server a more FUN place to use, encouraging stronger community participation in making it happen.

The Anti-Swag Militia (ASM), a double-plus-orthodox Moexist-Lesterist paramilitary group led by Kelpwave, split off from the Party leadership, believing that the Party had led the server far astray from its original goals, leading to the rise of chuddery and collective swag giving. Its military actions, however, were not fully successful, and the movement was soon co-opted by the larger Party from which the movement had split off. The remaining members merged with the LPDF, fighting with the Lininist cause against the status quo.

The First Debate

The first debate of the March 2024 election cycle was held on March 14, at 20:20 GMT. Going into the debates without any front-running candidate, the SSBP, the SDP and the LPDF, having formed the SSU coalition (SwagBalls Shartyist Union), soon renamed to the LSSU (Lininist SwagBalls Shartyist Union), minutes prior to the debate,[28] instead of picking a candidate internally, decided to have all of their candidates on stage for the night to have the voter decide instead. Chauka dropped out of the race, throwing her support for the newly formed union.

Moderated by the politically fair and unbiased Decoherence, the debate featured Big Brother (Walter), the incumbent leader running for election, LSSU candidates Koknese, Charter and Lin, leading the opposition, as well as Shitminister LarKcuavian, slowly rising in the polls. Other candidates were invited but were unable to join. After technical problems at the beginning were resolved by always glorious Big Brother, whereby every candidate was allowed to speak at the same time, candidates were given questions to be answered one at a time.

Asked about what his opinion was on the Homestuck issue, Koknese stood against the issue but stated that it should be resolved through democratic means, personally wishing to implement a don't ask, don't tell policy and segregate them into their own channel. With Koknese firmly standing in support for Homestucker segregation, calling it "morally correct"[29] , Lin, the leader of the LPDF, split off from the LSSU minutes into the debate after hearing the answer, standing firmly pro-Homestuck. Charter, claiming that the SSBP had been bastardized by Koknese's radical beliefs[30] left the coalition as well. The LSSU coalition completely fell apart within 10 minutes of the debate starting.

Yeetmaster, an SSBP member who was believed not to be able to attend, joined the debate after the coalition had already fully collapsed, already not having been part of the coalition talks, communicating through a 7-year-old tablet. Disregarding a minor incident where an old man wandered onto the debate stage, the debate continued. Koknese further called for "lynching" server members by democratic vote, wishing to implement a Chudledsky™ Score system, intended to keep track of chuddery and allow for server members themselves to pit users after guilt was determined. With the first debate proving itself to be a disaster for the LSSU, Walter, when asked which of the other candidates he supported most, threw his support behind Shitmaster LarKcuavian.

Shortly after the debate, Koknese established the SwagBalls political theory, and it is as follows;

- Paleo-Shartyism - SSBP Values, focus on total homestuck eradication and power to the proles. Inherits some Revolutionary ideas. - Shartyism - TBPWIFS Values, focus on religion and total girard rule - Neo-shartyism - LSSU Values, focus on total freedom to discuss homestuck, oppose everything that SSBP stands for.

Post-Debate Fallout

Radical supporters of the SSBP chanting in support of Koknese in front of #admin-family-guy-roleplay.

Widely believed to be one of the worst campaign blunders in the history of elections, the SSBP never fully recovered from the political fallout birthed from Koknese's anti-Homestuck comments. While most of the former SSBP electorate had switched to the newly formed LSSU, without the SSBP, statements in support of segregation and lynching led to the consolidation of the radical wing of the party, which stayed firmly in support of Koknese's policies. While Koknese has claimed that there was a word mix-up due to English being his second language, believing to be a complete synonym for "execution", without knowledge of the term's racist past, the radical beliefs of the SSBP continued to turn off voters.

Yeetmaster, not wishing to associate with the SSBP in light of the debate, decided to run as an independent, gaining moderate support even without a party to back him. A political moderate, supporting a fairer judicial system without favoritism and more government transparency, his campaign, while somewhat successful, was unable to draw many votes from the radical SSBP base.

Charter, the elected leader of the reformed LSSU, is thrown into the pit in order to prevent escalating political violence after calling opposition leader Koknese a "fucking idiot". He is released soon after, and is invited to the second debate on March 16.

The Second Debate

The second debate was set to start on March 16 at 3:00 PM GMT, with all candidates in the race being invited. Due to a variety of circumstances, however, it was only Walter who showed up on time, and the debate started without any other candidate being present. The battle of wits with his greatest opponent, himself, soon ended as Charter arrived late, still on time to answer the first question. The candidates continued pouring in, as Shitmaster LarKcuavian soon joined to attend the debate as well, having just woken up, followed by Koknese, who would be the last candidate to arrive for the debate, having driven through the Latvian cold to bring medication to a family member. Other candidates reported work and oversleeping as the main reason for their absence.

Generally of a calmer atmosphere than the first one, no great scandal plagued the debate, which was set to end with the official opening of the election polls, giving one final chance for all the candidates to make their case for themselves and to tend to wounds given to their campaign over the past days. Koknese formally apologized for his usage of the word "lynching" in his policies on the same stage that caused a party split just two days prior, giving a more moderate tone to his campaign and attempting to appeal to progressives by endorsing the usage of tone indicators[note 17] to protect the right to tell others to kill themselves.

The debates concluded in high spirits with a beautiful message from Big Brother,[note 18] followed immediately after by the opening of the #🎫-voting-booth. The closed-ballot elections were to be open for the following 36 hours, without even the Inner Party Members having access to the results before they closed. The political atmosphere, for a short while, calmed down, as the server members eagerly awaited the results.

Opinion Polls

An approximation of party support over time leading up to the elections. The popularity of the LSSU coalition is shown separately from its constituent parties, showing the combined popularity of the union.
Publication date Polling firm Votes The Party SSBP TBPWIFS SDP LPDF SASP FUN Yeetmaster
March 4 Koknese forms the SwagBalls Sharty Party and Charter creates the SwagBalls Booru Party. The two parties unite shortly after to create the SwagBalls Sharty Booru Party (SSBP).
March 12 Chauka forms the SwagBalls Democratic Party (SDP) to stand in opposition to the Party, unhappy with SSBP policy.
Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st forms the The Best Party, Which I Fully Support (TBPWIFS).
The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs 22 7 5 3 7
March 13 Lin forms the Lininist Party for Democracy and Freedom (LPDF)
The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs 25 6 7 4 6 2
March 14 Ballistyx forms the Swag and Security Party (SASP).
Barley forms the Firetamers United Nation (FUN).
The SSBP, SDP and LPDF form the Lininist SwagBalls-Sharty Union (LSSU), a united coalition to stand against the Party.
During the First Election Debate, the coalition agreement falls apart in hilarious fashion.
The LSSU is reformed without the SSBP after its lead candidate vocally supported Homestucker lynching on the debate stage. Charter is elected as the coalition's candidate.
Yeetmaster splits off from the SSBP to run as an independent.
The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs 29 7 4 5 4 4 1 2 1
9[note 19]
March 15 Charter is thrown into the Pit under charges of 3rd-degree chuddery. The Party denied any political motivation behind the indictment.
The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs 41 9 6 8 3 3 3 4 4
7
March 16 Charter is let out of the Pit without major punishment.
The Second Election Debate takes place. All candidates but Big Brother are late to show up.
The Election Committee of the Party Bureau of Internal Affairs 43 9 7 8 3 3 4 4 4
9
Final poll before the #🎫-voting-booth opens for the next 36 hours.[note 20] The elections officially begin on March 16, 2024 at 16:04 GMT.

Results

The election results were counted and made public on March 17 at 19:00 GMT.[31] While no candidate received a majority, the Party, led by Walter, achieved the largest share of the popular vote at 29.2%, outperforming polling, winning in a landslide against the other candidates, with the second-largest party, TBPWIFS, trailing behind by 8.4 points. With the elections utilizing a single-vote, first-past-the-post system, Walter was officially declared server Swagsident, legitimizing the Party's rule through democratic means.

Post-Election Riots

An example of a social media post placing doubt on the legitimacy of the March 2024 SwagBalls Elections.

Despite the glaring success of the democratic experiment, electing a leader supported by a plurality of the people, the representatives from many of the losing parties were quick to call the elections into question, deeming them unfair and throwing out the results. With a message announcing the reformation of the Revolutionaries[32] making waves, it was clear that the democracy the Party had fought so hard to create was threatened by radicals. With the most destructive members given temporary timeouts, it was clear that the core issue was being ignored. Attempting to quell discontent, Shitmaster LarKcuavian OKctavio De Willis Gimblejrad Gungdimyr Flemtoto The 603st, who had shown his support for democratic ideals by deciding not to participate in the protests against the rightful rulers of SwagCord, was named Vice-Swagsident, reaching a combined popular vote of 50%.

While the Walter-LarKcuavian government was sworn into office without bloodbath, calls against the two continued into their term, with Shitmaster LarKcuavian, the lead reformer as chosen by the people, being called a populist and a Party bootlicker. Nonetheless, the Vice-Swagsident opted to go the route of not giving a swag in the face of these baseless attacks, and decided to focus his time on helping change the nation for the better before the next elections put his popularity to the test. As a possible Chudfederacy secession loomed on the horizon, securing support remained key.

Outer Heaven: Ragecord

After extreme dissatisfaction with the "god complex" of the vice-swagsident, Koknese, yeetmaster and Charter decided to create a branch of SwagCord called the Ragecord. It is a discord server that's main theme is 2008 larp with ragecomics and Justin Bieber hatred.

Koknese, after finding out what other members were saying about them while Koknese and Charter were offline, have truly committed to making the ragecord their new home. Koknese set the ideology of "crossbreeding meme cultures and uniting them in ragecomics", which included advertising the server om various platforms to achieve maximum diversity in humor and in hopes to create hybrid memes that would get more members into their community. The server is advertised in SpaceHey and Tumblr.

Like the aforementioned "crossbreeding", the trio also brought in some of their Swagballs culture to the table. The server quickly had summoned Girards' cousin - Reginald, which apparently, Girard despises. Meme Alt has also given Koknese the source code for the SwagBalls bot and he quickly edited it and established the Ragecord equivalent of pitting practices - tickets to Justin Bieber performances.

The trio also vowed to leave Swagballs once they gain a stable, active member count, each with their own reasons - one maybe feels slightly offended by the shittalking, others may also be tied with the god complex of Larkc.

Ragecord has merged with Hellcord, an inactive, 500 user filled subreddit/server. SwagBalls politologists and forecasters have projected Ragecord to reach a minimum of 200~ members until late August.

The Walter-LarKcuavian Government

The Walter-LarKcuavian presidency marked the official recognition of the Holy Trinity - the Father (Meme Alt), the Son (Walter) and the Holy Spirit (girard) - as the official state religion.
Legislative Achievements
Campaign Promises Latest Action Current Status
The removal of rules 3.1[note 21] and 2.5,[note 22] as any serious cases would already fall under rule 2.3.[note 23] (-) Pending
The redefinition of rule 2.3[note 23] to clarify boundaries and avoid misuse. March 20th, 2024 Passed by executive order
[note 24]
The re-categorization of rule 1.1[note 25] to a 2nd-degree offense. March 22nd, 2024 Died in committee
The implementation of a new rule to treat seriousposting outside of serious channels as a 3rd-degree offense. (-) Pending
The legal recognition of girard's Godhood status. March 19th, 2024 Passed by executive order
The banning of Homestuck in all contexts, excluding divine messages from girard alone. April 14th, 2024 Passed by executive order
Giving each TBPWIFS voter 550 USD. [note 26] (-) Pending
Major Legislation Latest Action Current Status
The setting up of a server partnership with Shark Park. April 26th, 2024 Passed 13–2
Signed into law
The setting up of a server partnership with Ragecord. April 29th, 2024 Failed 3–9

The Mid Rebellion

The Mid Rebellion
Part of the SwagBalls Post-election Civil Unrest
DateMay 8, 2024, 21:07-22:21 UTC±01:00 (74 minutes)
Location#the-pit
Goals• Deposing Shitmaster LarKcuavian from power
• Ending segregation and the branding of 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈
ResultStatus Quo upheld
Belligerents
69SwagBalls420 GovernmentRagecord Revolutionaries
Commanders and leaders
• President Walter
• Vice-president LarKcuavian
Charter
• Koknese
• Boris Chico
Strength
2 active participants
• 1 president
• 1 vice-president
5 active participants
• 2 revolutionary leaders
• 2 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈
• 1 Chauka
Casualties and losses
• 5 pits
• 2 revolutionaries pledge allegiance to SwagCord
74 minutes wasted


On a chilly evening in Eastern Europe, something suspicious was going on in Ragecord. The SwagBalls ambassador and leader, Walter was quickly temporarily imprisoned, with charter and koknese claiming, that they're keeping him safe from nuclear war and claiming he is in a bunker. Unbeknownst to Walter, a riot was brewing in ragecords' Swagballian politics channel, with gatesby rallying up the freaky folk and the ragecordian separatists.

Shortly after assembling, koknese started directing cryptic, one word messages in the main chat calling for standby of seemingly freaky users, and then immediately after the strike time began, they indeed, began striking.

Walter was just in time to try and stop the riot, immediately shooting koknese with a taser and disposing of him in The Pit, and the rest. The riot consisted of spamming "riot" and freaky gifs.

Furthermore in The Pit, koknese planned on staying silent, responding only with gifs of imprisoned Navalny, however after being asked by Walter if he prefers Novichok or a gunshot, he began speaking up.

A major debate sparked as the Vice Swagsident joined in The Pit. The debate was so heated that Walter even opened up the Pit for everyone to see. [...] After charters and kokneses' grievances were not met, koknese began threatening Walter with really serious threats, such as calling the Cockroach. Koknese had the cockroaches discord back when they wanted to film a Swagballs documentary and koknese decided to ask jewedittor for an interview.

Koknese also proceeded to threaten that just closing down the server won't really help, as it's common knowledge that jewedittor has alts lurking in the dark, and Koknese also revealed that over the years he has snuck over 8 accounts into the server, and that he is not afraid to give them out like candy to Jewedittors crew.

The July Elections (Template)

The July 2024 SwagBalls Election
July, 2024
March 2024[editor's note 14] November 2024→
Plurality of votes needed to win
Turnout TBA
Nominee Big Brother (Walter) TBA
Party Moexist-Lesterist
Vanguard Party
TBA
Votes TBA TBA
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this won't be party of the final article

the one that will posted on the official swagballs page [editor's note 15]

It's just here as a template i can use

The Lorem ipsum text is derived from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum.[7][8] The physical source may have been the 1914 Loeb Classical Library edition of De finibus, where the Latin text, presented on the left-hand (even) pages, breaks off on page 34 with "Neque porro quisquam est qui do-" and continues on page 36 with "lorem ipsum ...", suggesting that the galley type of that page was mixed up to make the dummy text seen today.[1]

The discovery of the text's origin is attributed to Richard McClintock, a Latin scholar at Hampden–Sydney College. McClintock connected Lorem ipsum to Cicero's writing sometime before 1982 while searching for instances of the Latin word consectetur, which was rarely used in classical literature.[2] McClintock first published his discovery in a 1994 letter to the editor of Before & After magazine,[9] contesting the editor's earlier claim that Lorem ipsum held no meaning.[2]

Rules

The February Constitution

The rules of SwagBalls were originally posted by Meme Alt on February 22nd, 2022, with additional rules being added at later dates. The no bigotry rules were strengthened as a variety of slurs were banned in all contexts, removed automatically by the AutoModerator. On May 15th, 2023, Walter clarified the list of words banned under the rules, as well as their respective punishments.

The old rules of SwagBalls were as follows:

The server's banner since June 2023.
  1. No racism.
  2. No homophobia or LGBTQ+ related phobia.
  3. No spam.
  4. No suspicious links, files, malware.
  5. No gore/NSFL/Violent videos (videos/pictures/gifs of real death, injuries, violence etc. This includes humans and animals)
  6. No sexism.
  7. No disrespecting others.
  8. Please try to post the right content in the appropriate channels. I will not be too harsh on enforcing this but keep that in mind.
  9. If you want truly serious discussion without jokes or memes go to #serious-discussion
  10. DO NOT be inappropriate with people under the age of 18.
  11. There will absolutely be no discussion or talk of Femboys. Nor will there be any sharing of content including femboys. This includes but is not limited to videos, memes, pictures, copypastas etc...
    1. Amendment to 11: Boykisser falls under this and is banned.
  12. If you somehow have permission to. Do not ping @ everyone OR @ any role without permission from the server owner.
  13. Do not post any sexual content such as porn.
  14. No horny talk, no horny memes, no horny jokes on this server. It is cringe and inappropriate. I do not care if you think its a joke, do not do it.
    1. Amendment to rule 14: don't talk about gooning or edging.
  15. Absolutely no doxxing for any reason. Not even yourself.
  16. There will be absolutely no venting on this server anywhere. ⁠#serious-discussion will only be for discussions.
  17. The main language of this server is English. So please, only speak in english.
  18. Do not share pirated material.
  19. Absolutely no political discussions at all. You will be warned first. If you continue then you will be muted.
  20. If someone genuinely tells you that your jokes make them uncomfortable, no matter how ironic, you should stop making them immediately.
  21. You are not allowed to advertise discord servers

It should be noted that Rule 16 was not enforced at all, and discussion of piracy did not violate Rule 18.

New Criminal Code

On March 2, 2024, as part of the 1984 Chud Crackdown, the old rules were rewritten in order to cut down on gray areas and to make the rules' enforcement both more transparent and easier, and were subsequently unanimously voted in favor of by the moderators (8-0) with minor alterations. Made public on March 4, 2024, with offenses separated into three degrees of severity, the new rules, crafted by Decoherence, read as follows:

--- FIRST DEGREE OFFENSES ---

A first degree offense will be met with an instant ban.

1.1. BIGOTRY. Posting bigoted content is a first degree offense.

1.2. MALWARE. Posting malware is a first degree offense.

1.3. GORE. Posting IRL gore or shock content without a warning is a first degree offense.

1.4. PORN. Posting porn is a first degree offense.

1.5. DOXXING. Doxxing ANYONE, even yourself, is a first degree offense.

-- SECOND DEGREE OFFENSES --

A second degree offense will be met with a trip to the pit. In particularly egregious cases, the mod team may ban the offending user after discussing the case while the user remained pitted.

2.1. SPAM. Spamming in channels is a second degree offense. Spamming advertisements in channels is a first degree offense.

2.2. VIOLENCE. Posting videos that contain IRL violence without a spoiler tag or warning is a second degree offense.

2.3. HARRASSMENT. Ongoing harassment of any user is a second degree offense and may be met with a ban after review by the mod team.

2.4. HORNY CONVERSATIONS. Thirstposting, thirst comments, or any sexually charged conversation is a second degree offense. This includes posting shock content/porn memes like incredible gassy or gooning. A sexually charged conversation with a minor is a first degree offense.

2.5. ENCOURAGING SUICIDE OR SELF-HARM. Encouraging suicide or self-harm, even telling people to "kys" as a joke, is a second degree offense.

- THIRD DEGREE OFFENSES -

A third degree offense will be met with a /warn. A user who accumulates three warnings will be sent to the pit and the mod team may discuss banning such a user.

3.1. DISRESPECT. Insulting or demeaning another user is a third degree offense. If you feel that you are being harrassed, consider DMing a moderator about it so that action may be taken.

3.2. NON-ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS. Speaking in a language other than English is difficult for the mod team to moderate, and may be met with a mute if kept up for more than a few messages. Talking about other languages is fine. The issue is if you have conversations that other people can't understand.

3.3. PIRACY. Sharing pirated material is a third degree offense, and the material in question will be deleted.

3.4. POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS. Discussing politics is a third degree offense. For the purposes of this rule, "political" discussions are those in which participants voice opinions about how society ought to progress, or what ought to be done about a socio-economic issue.

3.5. ADVERTISING. Advertising discord servers or commercial products is a third degree offense. Advertising scams/NFTs/cryptocurrency is a first degree offense.

3.6. FEMBOYS. Discussion of femboys is a third degree offense. This includes posting boykisser.

3.7. BE SERIOUS. Shitposting oe otherwise joking in ⁠serious-discussions-1 is a third degree offense. Repeat offenders will be thrown into the pit.

3.8. NO HOMESTUCK. The original sin will not be mentioned by name. Any offending post will be deleted off the face of the earth.

Ongoing Campaigns

THIS SECTION OF THE ARTICLE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

SwagCraft

SwagCraft Legacy

SwagCraft Legacy was an entry in the SwagCraft server trilogy. Hosted by Ozzy, it became a spine-tingling adventure for all SwagBallers daring to take the call for adventure. Server also had a collab with wunkcord [citation needed], before closing down due to financial issues.

SwagCraft II

SwagCraft II was an entry in the SwagCraft trilogy. It was by far the most eventful across both iterations. Frequent members of the server call it similair to a ghost town, that keeps being haunted by ghosts that do things in the server. SwagCraft II saw the creation of the biggest organization yet, C.O.C.K, known for its brutalistic design choices and great economy. The organization has also achieved and refined flight technologies, making a one way plane, an expensive-to-use second plane, powered by flint and steel, and a third iteration, that was meant to be quick and cheap 4 way means of transportation, but unfortunately due to flaws in mechanisms, the plane broke apart and flew very far away. The server also saw the creation of the Swagology religion, having a full fledged bible and a church. The server was shut down due to financial and inactivity issues.

The SwagCraft

The SwagCraft is an entry in the SwagCraft trilogy, being the current one. In contrast to the other two servers, it is run in a different version of the game, and on a completely new map, as well now the dictator of the server being Koknese. The server funds were crowdfunded, guaranteeing long livelihood.

The SwagCraft slowly lost activity, and Koknese decided to give the server a quirk, having two teams compete against each other. This was quite unsuccessful, however, with activity remaining relatively low. On March 3rd 2024, the server was raided by a raiding group, which lavacasted all the buildings on the server. It is currently not known how they found the server's IP. While many blame the Cockroach for ordering the strike, these theories have mostly been considered baseless by reputable sources. An automated griefing process called SkyNet, which allows for computer generation of IP addresses, is currently believed to be the most probable cause, as it would require no intentional leak from a server member.[33]

OPERATION 9SWAG [editor's note 16]

You've heard of the 9GAG app.

We all have, the legend, the curses.
Foolishness about it lying on the second page of Google, buried beneath Reddit posts.
A dark, decrepit monument leading dank memers to their doom.

The Internet's most famous memes and image macros were invited to its Grand Opening.
An invitation was a sign of... exclusiveness.
The Opening was supposed to symbolize a road to a brighter future, not just for the world...
... but for all who scrolled through its posts.
A chance for anyone to meme again.

Except - 9GAG never flourished.
Its culture got frozen in time, like a big flashbulb going off.
The Grand Opening - one big ending of hilarity.

It's still out there, on Google Play, preserved, just waiting for someone to crack it open.
But getting to it. That's not the hard part.

It's letting go.

The existence of 9GAG has long been known to many. Created in 2008 by Hong Kong entrepreneur Ray Chan, it has for years been mocked for its style of humor, with the site's userbase seemingly permanently stuck in the year 2012, its culture never evolving past it as was custom among the other corners of the internet. Furthering their notoriety was the world-famous 9GAG Meme Rock, which to this day strikes cringe in the hearts of even the most unflinching souls. Yet how many had dared open the website for themselves?

The answer, surprisingly, is very few. Though it had remained in plain view for many years, its existence was thoroughly ignored for the large part by the general public. It was not until the mod team of 69MoeLester420 jokingly created accounts for the website in January 2023 that its secrets would finally be unveiled. What they discovered was a website so horrid, so appalling, yet so endlessly fascinating it had remained their obsession for many months afterwards. It was all it was described as and more, an endless stream of racist content presented in formats that had gone out of fashion a decade prior, lacking any and all self-awareness, combined with a userbase in their 30s so mentally dense it is surprising they haven't collapsed into a black hole.

Any post, no matter how obviously satirical, passes as genuine in the eyes of a 9GAGGER, to the point where one has to question their own sanity, weighing whether their mannerisms are all part of a conspiratorial ploy, for there was no possible way a functioning human being could get that irrationally mad over such obvious bait. A Tony Zaret skit come to life, it is of no surprise that the mod team started pushing the limits of what they'll fall for, always managing to attain a successful result.

Come the SwagBalls-69MoeLester420 Merge, the knowledge of what was found on 9GAG was suddenly shared with an audience of hundreds. Though it has largely fallen out of fashion, trolling on 9GAG had become a staple hobby of 69SwagBalls420 when it was first introduced. With dozens, if not hundreds of posts shared, a large dataset has been created showing many successes and failures that may enable the development of more sophisticated trolling methods in the future.

The table below contains information on "successful" 9GAG posts: those that reached at least 100 downvotes or 25 comments. This resource should be used to determine more effective trolling strategies.

Swagcord 9GAG Posts With At Least 100 Downvotes
Account Title Category Upvotes Downvotes Comments Tags Time Posted Date Posted URL
dankchungus "Sex scfa sxe scex sex sxe sce sexs esex sxex sexex sex sxe sexe ex sex follow bruh funny for more epic bruh memes ?" ??? 4 170 9 dank, epic, swag January 17 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aWGj0j6
dankchungus "Boy if this was real I would not want to swim in the ocean 😂" ??? 2 176 7 69swagballs420, politics, anime April 23 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aXnV19z
dankchungus "NOT for insta"normies", onyl the dsnkest 9gaggetd wil get this😂😂😂" ??? 4 228 13 marvel, 69swagballs420, savage April 23 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aeQZwbB
dankchungus "Mr. Sex and me are getting e-married on 9GAG today! 🥰 This is the happiest day of my life! 😍 Send us your best wishes in the comments below! ☺️" ??? 10 63 28 gaming, politics, 69swagballs420 April 27 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aKEWqe3
dankchungus "LO L😂 haha this comic strop is so hilarious it gve me qite the chukcle haha i jus watned to share it with yuo guyd as i m sur yu will apprecirte i5 i m sory for an y spell ibg mistake s im high on meth rn" ??? 15 359 15 69swagballs420, funny, dark humor May 4 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aZDQRyz
dankchungus "Guybs is thi reall??? cold afam samson be an epicc 9gager lik us?? i thin this 8mage is rel butt wat do u thinkk??🤔🤔🤔" ??? 13 196 26 funny, dark humor, art May 13 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aBdEg7N
dankchungus "Haha this "meme" my husband sent me today really cracks me up! so many things wrong with socuety today... and to any "lob"erals who get offended by this ... you can flip the H*LL off!! 😂😂😂" Humor 16 79 26 woke, politics, funny July 22 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/armzogK
dankchungus "Goodbye guys" Latest News 82 93 57 funny, meme, dank July 23 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aNw3p43
dankchungus "Whoever did this won the internet😂😂😂" Memes 415 386 31 politics, dark humor, joe biden July 26 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/axo4RmK
dankchungus "Hah i dontt know if yuo youngsrters will be abld to relat to this but it gave me a chuckle hope you fine folkss appreacheated 😁 time used to be so mucch difefent back ij the day hah noww yuo cant even asualyt yuour wif witout a libural snowflakr getting offened can we go backt" Humor 3 96 24 funny, humor, relatable August 17 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/a4orpZA
dankchungus "Whoopsie 😅 mad a bitof a mess in the kittche ntoday who knew gruond beef was so proen to spontaneous explosions haha only in ohio dose anyon knoww hwo to cleann thi up???" WTF 12 314 60 accident, wtf, omg, ukraine, funny September 15 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aDYqR0x
dankchungus "So my dog (golden retriever) just did this 😅 i have guests coming over in an hour so erm... this is totally awkward ! such playful animals haha" Wholesome 18 190 24 dog, golden retriever, wholesome meme, awesome, epic fail September 16 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aBdbREx
dankchungus "The george soros funded deep (do NOT read this word backwards) state does not want you to know this, SHARE and REPOST BEFORE IT GETS REMOVED‼️ DISGUSTED TO SEE WHAT JO BIDET IS DOING TO THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!! 🤢 stay safe my fellow amerircan PATRIQTS!! 🇱🇷 god bless 🙏" WTF 14 85 35 conspiracy, politics, usa, george soros, donald trump September 19 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aWGe1ZA
dankchungus "A fate worse than hell awaita all those that wish to abandon godd..m good people of 9gagg... do not let this jappen to yuo or your chidlren..." Latest News 20 83 42 islam, god, truth, atheist, donald trump October 12 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/anz3EmL
dankchungus "Praise be to allah 🙏🙏🙏 our onr true savior!! found on my estranged son's computter..(he died from a heroin overdoes last year)... the videegam "forknite" has completly corupted his soul... do not bel LIKR HIM!!! turn off yuor computr bfero this cosumes yuo as well..." WTF 6 142 17 gaming, islam, religion, sad, wtf October 17 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aeQEBXv
dankchungus "The fall of man is nearr😍 cant belive its only veen a few thousan years sinc ethe start of human civillizatio haha weve all grown so mucm...what are yuor planns for the day of reckoning?" Wholesome 17 82 38 wholesome meme, funny, awesome, satisfying, oddly satisfying October 19 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/anzZeeV
69mr_sex420 "On ly trie memrrs eoll get it ! 😸🤭🤣😆😅😂😂😆😹😹🤣😸😸🤣😹😆😆😂😂😂😆😹🤣😸🤭🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂😂😅😆😹🤭🤭😸😸🤣🤣😹😹😆😆😆😅😅😅😂😂😅😅😆😆😹🤣🤣😸😸🤭🤭😸🤣😹😆😆😂😂😅😆😹🤣😸🤭🤭🤭😸🤣😆😅😂😂😅😸😸😸🤭🤭😸🤣" ??? 8 106 3 dank, meme, dark humor May 23 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aoKLmd2
indianfurryyiff "I LOVE PEARS O WANT TO EAT THEM, NOM JOL NOM YUMMY 🥵🥵😋😋😋😋😛😛😛😛🤩🤩🤩🤩" ??? 13 117 34 dank, politics, health April 3 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aNwvpYw
dankchungus "Haha my second cousin(once removed) sent me thus on "facebooks"?, i just knew i'd have yo sharve it with my friends on 9gag! whoe else can relate?😂😂" WTF 19 135 31 meme of the year, dank, funny, chainsaw man, woodcutting memes December 18 2023 https://9gag.com/gag/aQEW2bd

[editor's note 17]

Discussion

Additional Findings

[editor's note 18] -the 9gag baby -the 9gag racism scientific paper -abnormal amount of dutch people -meme coin

The 9GAG Wedding

The 9GAG Divorce

[editor's note 19]

Built By Gamers

The Built By Gamers campaign is an active trolling campaign in the server for the famous YouTube shorts video game podcast BuiltByGamers. The campaign is mostly harmless, just SwagBallers taking the themes that the channel covers to the extreme. Mossfish, a member of SwagBalls was quite successful and even gained the attention and positive reaction from one of the hosts of the podcast. It is rumored that mossfish is now supplying the gamers with information for their videos.

Trivia

  • Although girard is a registered Republican, he has floated around the idea of a potential Libertarian presidential run in 2024. While not officially announcing his candidacy yet, his popularity leaves a strong possibility of him being chosen at the Libertarian National Convention in May this year.
    • Despite his libertarian leanings, he has also expressed support for Adolf Hitler several times, and frequently uses racial slurs. Was it all just "bait" or even "satire"? Unfortunately, nobody can tell because of Poe's law.
  • There is an abandoned staff role "janitor" that is no longer used, yet it is still mentioned in the rules. Last known member with the role was Lin.
  • The term Macromaniac Wars is a bastardization of the Marcomannic Wars, first uttered by Decoherence,[34] that subsequently entered popular use.
  • The War... would most likely not happen if not for an unknown[editor's note 20] mod removing Charter's Soyjak Gold.

Users

Admins and Moderators

The Administrators of SwagCord and their Family Guy roleplay characters as of February 10, 2024:

The Moderators of SwagCord:

  • Ballistyx
  • ShibaInuHat
  • Kelpwave - Cleveland Brown
  • Decoherence - Homer Simpson from The Simpsons
  • Mossfish - Donald J. Trump
  • Monolyne - Lois
  • Lin
  • Rah
  • 3 CLAM - Japanese Megatron "Meg" Griffin

Members with Family Guy roleplay access:

  • Vibe (former mod, real) - Brian
  • REFORGER[note 10] (former 69MoeLester420 admin)
  • Drotos (former admin)
  • Mjestik (KirbyCord owner and former server partner)

Certified Swag Ballers

A Certified Swag Baller is a user of 69SwagBalls420 who has been given a yellow role by an administrator as a result of active participation on the server. Below is an incomplete list of Certified Swag Ballers.

Banned Users

Notable users who have been banned from 69SwagBalls420 are listed below.

Notes

  1. Short for Megatron.
  2. Girard is a self-proclaimed conservative libertarian and a strong supporter of Ronald Reagan.
  3. Again, he is a libertarian.
  4. And yet, after what was done to girard, could any SwagBaller be considered innocent?
  5. Moderators.
  6. Admins.
  7. There will be absolutely no venting on this server anywhere. #⁠serious-discussion will only be for discussions.
  8. The main language of this server is English. So please, only speak in english.
  9. Due to 9GAG's limits on aspect ratios, the artwork was surrounded by some of the greatest comments found on the website during the past year.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Previously known as koonsbmw.
  11. Or fortunately, depending on one's viewpoint.
  12. If someone genuinely tells you that your jokes make them uncomfortable, no matter how ironic, you should stop making them immediately.
  13. A direct reference to his Reddit username, u/████████████████, combined with the term "Orwellian", referring to the work of novelist George Orwell.
  14. Representing 1.9% of the total population.
  15. A coalition between the SwagBalls Democratic Party and the Lininist Party for Democracy and Freedom.
  16. Fighting a ban imposed by rule 2.5.
  17. /s, /j, /srs and the like.
  18. Despite complaints, independent fact-checkers have found no bias in this statement.
  19. Including Charter, who ran as a non-partisan representative of the LSSU.
  20. Due to a lack of voter activity, this has been shortened to 27 hours.
  21. DISRESPECT. Insulting or demeaning another user is a third degree offense. If you feel that you are being harrassed, consider DMing a moderator about it so that action may be taken.
  22. ENCOURAGING SUICIDE OR SELF-HARM. Encouraging suicide or self-harm, even telling people to "kys" as a joke, is a second degree offense.
  23. 23.0 23.1 HARRASSMENT. Ongoing harassment of any user is a second degree offense and may be met with a ban after review by the mod team.
  24. Harassment has been redefined to include only serious cases, such as online stalking, spamming DMs and continued insults that go beyond the usual server banter.
  25. BIGOTRY. Posting bigoted content is a first degree offense.
  26. As votes were anonymous as part of the closed-ballot election, it is unlikely this promise will ever come to fruition.

References

  1. ███████ (December 26, 2023): "haiiiiiiiii 69swagballs420cord :3 I am writing this to let you all know that we have officially merged with █████ ███ so yeah, have a good day or night or whatever :3". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #❗-announcements. Link
  2. Nae (September 17, 2023): "The butthole bandit has taken over". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
  3. Bazinga (September 17, 2023): "i saw who it was". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
  4. Bazinga (December 8, 2023): "Why is girard almost indistinguishable from a regular swagcord user". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
  5. Bazinga (November 7, 2023): "Now it’s just poking at gen ai like a deranged animal". KirbyCord #kurk
  6. girard (November 6, 2023): "THEY DIE BECAUSE ANY AI DIDN'T WE CANNOT COMPREHEND IT ONCE I WOULDN'T EVEN WORSE, BOTH!". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜. Link
  7. girard (November 6, 2023): "TESTING TO KILL JOE BIDEN". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🚜-main-chat-🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜. Link
  8. (November 15, 2023) Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China The White House.
  9. (November 16, 2023) President Xi Jinping Meets with U.S. President Joe Biden The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
  10. 10.0 10.1 (November 16, 2023) Five things we learned from the Biden-Xi meeting BBC.
  11. (February 6, 2023) U.S. fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon Reuters.
  12. (February 22, 2024) China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reintroducing panda diplomacy Associated Press.
  13. Michaelanthony (January 23, 2023) R U Ready 4 Ze New World Order? (Klaus Schwab Deepfake Music Video w/lyrics) Youtube.
  14. girard (November 22, 2023): "PANDORA IS GIRARDT". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🔪-girards-torture-chamber. Link
  15. 15.0 15.1 Walter (December 5, 2023 - December 7, 2023): "The War - A Timeline". 69SwagBalls420 #🏛-swagballs-historical-society
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 According to an official report published by the Revolutionary leadership.
  17. JazzyMason8 (December 4, 2023): "It was always unfunny and gross". KirbyCord #kurk
  18. Walter (January 18, 2024) It's been an amazing year here on 9GAG. So many wonderful people I've met here... But all good things must come to an end. After 265 days of blissful marriage, I am divorcing my 9GAG husband Mr. Asex. A big thanks to everyone who has accompanied us on this journey. God bless! 🙏 9GAG.
  19. Of "No emojies you canser" fame. Despite his promise to appear on the day of the divorce, most were doubtful of it happening. blomst12 (December 24, 2023) @69swagballs420 on my way fam 9GAG. Contrary to all expectations, he showed up to the divorce. blomst12 (January 20, 2024) @dankchungus sorry to hear that fam. I'm here for the next time you need me! 9GAG.
  20. Decoherence (January 27, 2024): "1984 police state until people learn to be nice to each other". 19SwagBalls84 #admin-family-guy-roleplay
  21. Decoherence (February 20, 2024): "barley is the only active user I'd trust with mod right now". 19SwagBalls84 #admin-family-guy-roleplay
  22. Koknese (March 4, 2024):
    guys let's just create a swagballs political party
    - it will eradictae irl political discussion
    - it's fun
    - we get to do stuff
    69SwagBalls420 Cord #🔪-girards-torture-chamber.
  23. Koknese (March 8, 2024): JOIN SSBP, FIGHT FOR SSBP! 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🤬-ssbp.
  24. Chauka (March 12, 2024): the basic beliefs of the SDP are ones of freedom of expression while retaining an enjoyable experience 69SwagBalls420 Cord #😺-sdp-↓↓↓.
  25. Shitmaster LarKcuavian (March 13, 2024): "Decided to remove the anti-minor part of the demands, as I can't find a good way to implement that" 69SwagBalls420 Cord #👁-tbpwifs.
  26. Walter (March 13, 2024): "The Party has officially dissolved the People's Parliament and has announced that elections will be held on Sunday, March 17. Televised debates between the highest-polling candidates will occur on March 14 and March 16. Long live SwagCord! Long live the Party! Long live Big Brother!" 69SwagBalls420 Cord #❗-announcements.
  27. Lin (March 13, 2024), in response to "slightly altered sdp": "but I'm the one in power instead" 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🌐-lpdf.
  28. "@Walter the ssbp, the sdp, and the lpdf have officially merged into the SSU (swagballs shartyist union)" 69SwagBalls420 Cord #⭐-patriot-chat.
  29. Koknese (March 14, 2024), in response to "Do you think segregation is wrong?":
    "no it is morally correct
    depending on who you segregate" 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🤓-debate-channel.
  30. Charter (March 14, 2024): "[...] i’ve been making consistent effort to convey my political endeavors and move toward something equitable for all people, koknese has been holding me back with his radical beliefs. i honestly wanted to kick him out for a while. this is what the SSBP was created to be. not what koknese bastardized it into" 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🤓-debate-channel.
  31. EasyPoll (March 17, 2024) SwagBalls March 2024 Election Results Discord.
  32. Koknese (March 19, 2024) We the People 69SwagBalls420 Cord #❗-announcements.
  33. (March 4, 2024) Did the Cockroach raid the SwagBalls Minecraft server? Snopes.
  34. Decoherence (November 15, 2023): "Girard will abolish society and begin a new age of mindless violence: the macromaniac wars!". 69SwagBalls420 Cord #🔪-girards-torture-chamber. Link

Editor's Notes (remove this later)

  1. find girard's original aliases, apparently was called hitler at first
  2. https://discord.com/channels/936042159998631976/936407183304822795/1214675991256104970 start here - Walt
  3. Missing Context.
  4. need a section on methcord, maybe in ongoing campaigns - Walt
  5. may actually be third or fourth coming, although the previous ones were mostly unnotable apart from a couple of n-word incidents (check around march 28 for one of them), add details in the first section on girard - Walt
  6. add note about references from Vibe and others about the War... many months prior to the event - Walt
  7. Walter here, I'll try to find the specific reason, you will be satisfied with 3rd degree chuddery in the meantime. I believe it had to do with the bullying of greenies.
  8. At this point I'm just leaving these as a reminder for myself. -Walt
  9. Honestly can't remember, did we remove people's messages or is this just the usual literally 1984? -Walt
  10. I can't find anything by just searching this up, may be a misquote, I'll find an actual slogan to put into the quotes (I'm sure there's bound to be something) -Walt
  11. the word "allegedly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. it happened. -Walt
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Missing story.
  13. Link should lead to the SwagBalls wiki, not Walter's user page
  14. Link should lead to the SwagBalls wiki, not Walter's user page
  15. remove all of this later pls thx - Walt
  16. thinking of giving all the ongoing campaigns a military operation name - Walt
  17. NEEDED: negative counterexamples of posts that haven't performed well at all for discernably no reason. Survivorship bias must be avoided in order to fully know how to exploit the app's algorithm
  18. expand upon these later
  19. Move the 9gag Divorce here? or maybe keep both as part of main article
  20. Walt here, I'll try to find which one exactly did this.

the @everyone incident that wasn't -> trivia note? discovered by testicle in #girards-torture-chamber [citation needed], date unknown - green roles were given @everyone perms, audit logs don't go far back enough to say who made the change, left undiscovered for weeks or possibly months