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The edition you are currently reading is the 54th full edition. To read any older editions of HF News, please go here.

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Richie and T3h Hack3r have been recently promoted to Probational Staff. We wish them a hearty congratulations and best of luck with their newly added responsibilities.

Omniscient has recently updated the forum to MyBB 1.6.4. He has stated that you do not report any bugs and problems until he is completely finished with the update. Read his thread here.

Omniscient has now enabled post in all sections of HackForums. This is the result of the feedback given by Hуѕтєяιa X™ which can be read here.

As the result of the post count being enabled in all sections, the minimum post length has been increased from 25 to 50 characters and the LQP warning has been increased from 10 points per month to 25 points per month. You can read more about it here and here respectively.

This week, there have also been some changes pertaining to the warning levels. You can read more about it here.

Omniscient has introduced new usertitles and post ranks. You can read more about it here.

Omniscient has made a new rule regarding signature goals. It states that no user is allowed to have site goals or achievements in the signature this includes but not limited to posts, reps, upgrades, and groups memberships. You can read more about it here.

Omniscient has now removed the Testing sub-section which was located under the Introductions section.

Omniscient is working towards upgrading HackForums to the latest MyBB (1.6.4). He also plans to upgrade HackForums' MySQL version to 5.6. This news can be read here.

The many mistakes members have found in the help documents have been fixed by Crow. For a much needed read for some members, the help documents are located here.

A new section has been added to the Marketplace - Member Auctions and a new sub-forum has been added under the Marketplace Discussions - Appraisals and Pricing. Guidelines on how to use these two sections have been created in their respective places.

After Hуѕтєяιa X™ gave his opinion about the post count removal in some sections; Omniscient gave him a post count of 355,323,000. While he no longer has a post count of this extremity after Omniscient removed it, many members gave him reputation for it. There is also picture proof here and here.

cobija and Factor8™ have repfucked each other. This was a result of a troll. They thought that it would not actually work since they were under the impression that staff can not repfuck each other. So, Factor8™went first and repfucked cobija and as we can see, it did work!

What has happened before has happened again, but now to Ethereal. He was wrongly repfucked by our head administer, Omniscient. Omniscient mistakenly repfucked Ethereal, whereas he was meaning to repfuck Mike. Omniscient has made a public announcement apologizing to Ethereal; You may read it here.

Due to what happened above, Omniscient recently gave himself the asswipe award for his mistake. Everyone makes mistakes and we can all imagine the great deal of stress he must go through to keep the forums running. I'm sure Ethereal has forgiven him for the mistake.

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On 8/06/2011, our beloved user Qwazz was given the Diamond award. This is truly an accomplishment and he is 1 out of the 13 members who have received this award. View a complete list of all have have gotten this honorable award here.

χтяємє™ celebrated his 18th birthday on 8/08/2011. We wish him a happy birthday and the best of luck throughout the rest of his life as an adult!

After xvisceral's resignation from BlackShades, he decided to permanently close his account. His effort in the marketplace will not be forgotten and he was truly a great business man.

C4Vendetta has been promoted as leader of Graphic Masters, after recovering his account from the dead group.

A N D R E W recently got the Militant award. This is definitely a great achievement for him due to the fact that only 9 users have ever received this award! Find the full list of users who have received the Militant reward here.

Atthackers has received the gamer award because he gave Omniscient a game for his birthday according to his award description. If you would like ot view to full list of this award’s recipients of this award, please go here.

iNviZ has received the Da Bomb award for administer reason, “Nothing better than meth heads dancing to 80's tunes.” To see the complete list of recipients, please go here.

Brawl has received the Master Donator for his generous donations. Such members and donations are what keep HackForums standing. We thank him and others for these donations. To see all grateful members with this award, please go here.

Oxid has received the Drunk award from Omniscient shortly after the MyBB 1.6.4 update. To see all recipients of this award, please go here.

This weeks Bans, Limitations, & Repfucks.

Repfucks

• Cobija got repfucked twice by Factor8™.
  Factor8™ got repfucked by Cobija.
  
• Mike. was also repfucked for insulting Omniscient.
  
• Mike. has also been repfucked due to possible confusion between staff. He may have been confused with this Mike.
  

Limitations

• Tate has gotten limited for re-posting previously removed threads by staff.
  
• S70N3R was limited for Flaming, Threatening, or Harassing. He was later banned for a 100% Warning level
  
• Orgasmic was limited for Flaming, Threatening, or Harassing as well as Low Quality Posting.
  
• DeMeR was limited for unknown reasons.
  

Bans

• Taiga got banned for low quality posting.
  
• Mike. was banned for insulting Omniscient.
  
• Justin Bieber was permabanned for posting adult content publicly.
  
• HakkuR was permabanned by Omniscient, but then was unbanned shortly afterwards.
  
• Skrillex was banned for Low Quailty Posting.
  
• Tsgh Mike requested a Vaction Ban.
  
• Reverse was banned for Reputation Abuse.
  

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Anonymous and Facebook

Recently, the media has been abuzz with news that Anonymous plans to target Facebook because it has been "selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so that they can spy on people from all around the world". The supposed message from Anonymous states that they will be launching their attack on November 5 because it is Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates a failed plot to blow up England's House of Lords in 1605. But the owners of @anonops, have stated that the attack is not organized by Anon, but by a few of its members who stand for the cause. Whether this is true or not is yet to be confirmed. For more information, you can browse through this article on PCMag.

The Stolen iPhone 4: 1 Year Later

After more than a year of hassles and uncertainty, the case of the stolen iPhone 4 has been brought to some sort of conclusion. San Mateo County Assistant District Attorney Morley Pitt announced that charges would not be filed against Gizmodo’s Jason Chen, who has been under the heat since the police raided his house in April 2010.
On the other hand, Brian Hogan and Sage Wallower, who found Apple's little gadget at a bar will be fined and may face up to a year in jail. There's justice for you. For more to read on this, you can check out the article the article posted on USAToday.

London's Burning: The English Riots

Riots have spread across England after police lost control over what was a peaceful protest demanding further investigation involving the fatal shooting of a young male. 29 year old Mark Duggan was shot dead by police in Tottenham on the 4th of August, however the warrant for his arrest isn't fully understood though Police state the arrest was issued under “Operation Trident” an investigation unit situated in London that specialises in gun and drug crime. Friends and relatives of the alleged gang dealer claim that Duggan was unarmed at the time of the shooting though Police revealed information that Duggan was armed with a loaded handgun. Media has widely reported that a distinct police issue bullet has been found embedded within a police radio despite the fact there has been no hard evidence that any shots were fired from the gun Mark Duggan was carrying.

A protest was held by friends and relatives of Mark Duggan in a request for justice for the recently deceased friend and family member of which has not yet be proven of any crime. The March lead over 200 protesters to Tottenham, this continued with a 3 hour wait for response from Police. After no significant statements were given in regards to the death of Mark Duggan the crowd soon turned violent and rioting broke out across Tottenham.

Over the following days the riots had spread across England. Numerous accounts of vandalism, arson, theft, and violent disorder were reported as Police desperately tried to keep the situation under control. Undeterred by 111 cases of injured officers in the “protests”, Police sectors across the country persisted with their duty, already making over 1000 arrests. As the riots worsened and although already holding this power, police have now been “authorised” to use rubber bullets and water canons against anyone who continues to commit further criminal acts, this authorisation was given by a furious Prime Minister, David Cameron who was forced to cut (yet another) holiday short to settle the issue.

Opinions have been shared as to how things lead up to the current events, including rumoured contributory factors such as high unemployment, economic crisis and gang culture. Although these may not be true some authority and order seems to have been regained. The streets seem quieter for the time being and people can begin to rebuild their homes, businesses and lives.

The riots caused four people to loose their lives as well as hundreds of people injured.
Arrests continue to be made.
Brief Summary of Events (Click to View)
Riots have spread across England after police lost control over what was a peaceful protest demanding further investigation involving the fatal shooting of a young male. 29 year old Mark Duggan was shot dead by police in Tottenham on the 4th of August, however the warrant for his arrest isn't fully understood though Police state the arrest was issued under “Operation Trident” an investigation unit situated in London that specialises in gun and drug crime. Friends and relatives of the alleged gang dealer claim that Duggan was unarmed at the time of the shooting though Police revealed information that Duggan was armed with a loaded handgun. Media has widely reported that a distinct police issue bullet has been found embedded within a police radio despite the fact there has been no hard evidence that any shots were fired from the gun Mark Duggan was carrying.

A protest was held by friends and relatives of Mark Duggan in a request for justice for the recently deceased friend and family member of which has not yet be proven of any crime. The March lead over 200 protesters to Tottenham, this continued with a 3 hour wait for response from Police. After no significant statements were given in regards to the death of Mark Duggan the crowd soon turned violent and rioting broke out across Tottenham.

Over the following days the riots had spread across England. Numerous accounts of vandalism, arson, theft, and violent disorder were reported as Police desperately tried to keep the situation under control. Undeterred by 111 cases of injured officers in the “protests”, Police sectors across the country persisted with their duty, already making over 1000 arrests. As the riots worsened and although already holding this power, police have now been “authorised” to use rubber bullets and water canons against anyone who continues to commit further criminal acts, this authorisation was given by a furious Prime Minister, David Cameron who was forced to cut (yet another) holiday short to settle the issue.

Opinions have been shared as to how things lead up to the current events, including rumoured contributory factors such as high unemployment, economic crisis and gang culture. Although these may not be true some authority and order seems to have been regained. The streets seem quieter for the time being and people can begin to rebuild their homes, businesses and lives.

The riots caused four people to loose their lives as well as hundreds of people injured.
Arrests continue to be made.

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Interview 1 - Richie (Click to View)
Positive: Thanks Richie for letting me interview you for the 54rd edition of HF News. Anything you have to say before we get started?
Richie: Thank you for the opportunity.

Positive: To get things going a bit, why did you join HF?
Richie: Well.. In around June 2009, a rival clan was DDoS'ing my clans ventrilo, meaning we couldn't do clan fights.
I decided to join HF and get a botnet up and running, it never really worked out.
Eventually I found the GFX section which kept me here, if I'm honest. I only tried looking for a botnet for about 2 hours then I fell in love with the Graphics area, haha.

Positive: Dang, you have been here for a long time man. So being here for a long time, anything new happen? Things that you like? Not like?
Richie: Well, the recent rule additions are fantastic, especially the +25 points for Low Quality Posting. I've never really been affected by anything that's been removed.

Positive: When you got invited via PM by Omni, what was your first reaction?
Richie: It's a bit of a shock, really. I got on at 3AM to talk to some girl on facebook.
I was just chilling and I recieved an e-mail from HF, checked PM's and here I am!
I've never been so nervous, especially over the internet.
My first reaction was pulling my hands off the mouse! I think I pulled them a bit too high, though.. I've got a lat injury, and it really started hurting haha. I called xerotic on Skype and was talking jibberish. I gladly accepted, of course.

Positive: You now being staff, what's it like? (I know you can't say much) Being not only able to report, but to warn?
Richie: It's a bit of a shock. I never expected to be put on staff, especially not at 3 in the morning. People have been really friendly, which is nice.

Positive: Dang. Being here on hackforums, have you made any friends? Any best friends? Enemies?
Richie: I've made many friends over the years, but only a few have stuck. I met Xch4ng3 the day I joined, we used to talk frequently but not as much the last year or so. I've been going on Skype and transformice recently, it's good fun. My best friend on HF would probably be xerotic, he's helped me with loads recently, on-site and off.

Positive: Well, that's always nice isn't it? He is one of the friendlier staff on HF. Next question. When not on HF, in your spare time, what do you like doing?
Richie: I like hanging out with friends and playing sports. The main thing I've been doing outside of HF is gym/fitness, it's really improved me as a whole. I like doing nerdy things from time to time, like getting my friends to bring their xbox's over or something stupid.
Oh, parties are also fun, long story about the last one...

Positive: Amazing. I have tried doing that stuff many times, I can do it, just not well.
Anyway, have you set any goals besides 'staff' on hackforums? Any set standards?
Richie: I don't really have any statistic/award goals..
I want to be the best staff I can be, though. I guess winning a few Graphics Battles, would be awesome.. when I have some spare time.

Positive: Cool cool, as I see you are really good at graphics. Do you have any advice for members trying to achieve what you have gotten?
Richie: Don't be something you're not. If you don't enjoy doing something then don't do it. For example, I really enjoy making free GFX for people, but that doesn't mean you should. Do something for the community that you love to do. Most importantly, try stay out of the way of drama/conflict, it's never good.

Positive: Alright, thanks for that. I try and stay away from the stuff I don't like. I see that you have a HUGE graphics thread. That's a nice contribution to HF. What other contributions have you brought forward to Hackforums?
Richie: I used to do quite alot of free giveaways. If I was ever given money for a piece of GFX I'd give it to an Ub3r. I try and help members whenever they need it, too.
One of my ad banners was picked by Omni for the new Help Doc, which made me proud.

Positive: Any shoutouts or comments before we wrap this up?
Richie: Shoutout to all of my Skype friends.. All of the staff members.. and all the Red Lions.
I'd like to say thanks for all the supportive PM's in the last 24 hours. It really does mean alot! And of course all you Red Lions.

Positive: Well, thank you Richie for letting me interview you for this weeks "Hackforums weekly news" (August 7 - 13 2011).
Richie: It's been a pleasure

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Publisher & Head Journalist

• Cobalt+
  

Publisher's Assistant

• xerotic
  

Journalists

• Joey Tribbiani
  • Headlines
• DΣxus
  • Headlines
• BlackChaos
  • World News
• kyoutu
  • World News
• chocothunda
  • User News

Reporters

• Zeon
  • Head Reporter
• Figaro
  • Headlines
• Mr.Kewl
  • Headlines
• -BoodyE-
  • User News
• Puppy™
  • User News
• Decoy
  • World News
• Cyber-Security
  • World News

Interviewers

• Astonish is NJ
  • Head Interviewer

Editors-in-Chief

• -BoodyE-
  
• Deities
  

Graphical Editor

• panDa.

[Praefectus]

Everyone, I had problems with posting, so I had staff member, Richie post it. Thank you all for your patience.

[Eminent]

Great news! Tons of things happening. I think I count as first, since you wrote it.

EDIT: Alright now I've actually read the whole thing ^.^

I'm glad you used my screenshots of Hysteria's post count. I thought you got them from some other loser =p

Also, I thought you should check out:

Omniscient has recently updated the forum to MyBB 1.6.4.

Omniscient is working towards upgrading HackForums to the latest MyBB (1.6.4).

~Quoted from headlines.

[Vitani's Mate]

Awesome stuff bro, I really enjoyed reading it all. =)

[Mate.]

Very nicely written and edition. Good job Cobalt. :)

[Tobe]

Great news as always! Good job!                        

[Cyber-Security]

I like this edition! I like the new sections in the news as well, GFX gallery. 😎 Nice work team!

[Cяιмιηαℓ]

Thanks Cobalt+ , Richie and the whole HF news team for Posting this Great Big edition :)
There are lots of things to read :D

[Shoсkwave]

Very nicely written, was a good read as always, lold at the Hуѕтєяιa X™ thing lmao ^^ :)

[Muggsy]

Good job with the news Cobalt. I love it. Lots of things happening in the community.

[Scooter]

I have somethings to say about the news. It may seem like I'm going tough on you (Cobalt), but I hope to help. Let me start off by saying: It's pretty obvious that you've rushed this week's edition.

First off, the News should've been released yesterday, without exception. In real life, newspapers are never delayed; keep that in mind. You may want to do the News on Sunday nights, that way you can have the whole weekend to review.

Secondly, you've made far too many posts using the word Omniscient... It got very repetitive. You could've merged some of the smaller paragraphs and made a larger paragraph stating all the changes that Omni made. I've also noticed that for Omniscient's BB Code color, you used #00BFFF instead of #4DD0FC for some of the articles - It looks very weird because sometimes it says Omniscient and sometimes it says Omniscient [I can tell the difference quite easily].

By the way, Omniscient has said you can now contact him if you find any errors and that the MyBB upgrade has been done. You can view this thread here.

Also, you kept writing 'administer' instead of 'administrator' and you made one unreadable.

He was wrongly repfucked by our head administer, Omniscient.

iNviZ has received the Da Bomb award for administer reason

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As for the news itself, I think it'd be better if you added a tinge of your opinion towards some of the news in order to make it more lively. As to the content, you've done a great job using member input to shape the news -- Glad to see that you're reading our submissions. I found the Hysteria X thing very interesting, and I never saw that thread before.

A big congratulations to Richie and T3h Hacker for becoming staff, and congrats to all the users who received awards! Happy birthday to χтяємє™, hope your birthday was great! The repfucks, limitations, and bans were spot-on as usual, good job. As for the World News, great job addressing the highly publicized things, but I also think it'd be great if you added something weird as Yin did just for the laughs. Example: https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=1575925

Finally, I would like to say: Good Job Cobalt, your second news edition was far better than your first. In my post, I didn't get to congratulate very much... Here it is. Hopefully you'll take some of my suggestions to heart 🤝. I'm always here if you need me.

[Codevade]

Looks ok. Could be better however. Nice job on the effort anyways.

[Blixx]

Great you put that effort into the news. Many changes this weak

[Praefectus]

Let me clarify some things. I was rushed to get this posted last night, but I couldn't due to some errors, but no matter how much I told you all, you kept rushing me. I posted it last night, then you all bitched about how it was rushed and all of the errors. I fixed all of the major errors, and I had some errors posting the news this morning. All minor grammatical errors are in the process of being fixed. If you see any major errors, PM Me. If you want to leave personal feedback, comments, or suggestions, PM me if you're very serious about something being changed.

[Diabolic]

This is an awesome piece of news and the post count thing is very interesting and does this mean every section across HF ??