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|maker = snsunzhen | |maker = snsunzhen | ||
|type = Website | |type = Website | ||
|registered in = 2012 | |registered in = 2012 (made screamer in March 2014) | ||
|written In = HTML5<br>Javascript | |written In = HTML5<br>Javascript | ||
|status = Offline | |status = Offline | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Herobrine.com''' was a [[screamer]] webpage with a misleading domain name that tricked the user into thinking the website was about Herobrine | '''Herobrine.com''' was a [[screamer]] webpage with a misleading domain name that tricked the user into thinking the website was about the [https://ign.com/wikis/minecraft/Herobrine Herobrine] urban legend. The website is specifically a mirror of [[Shafou.com]], and contained an animated file of [[Regan MacNeil]] from [[Wikipedia:The Exorcist(film)|The Exorcist]], while the same scream from [[The Maze]] plays. | ||
The creator was revealed to be snsunzhen, the same creator of [[Shafou.com]]. | The creator was revealed to be snsunzhen, the same creator of [[Shafou.com]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Herobrinescreenshot.png|thumb|250px|The chinese blog | [[File:Herobrinescreenshot.png|thumb|250px|The chinese blog (circa December 2014).]] | ||
The earliest archive state shows GoDaddy's parked site in late | The earliest archive state shows GoDaddy's parked site in late 2012. In March 2014, the site changes to a blog created by a chinese user, stating about his experience on his first job.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20140327063416/herobrine.com - March 2014 Archive</ref> In December 2014, the website changed into another blog which contained a text stating "''Hi, I am Chinese, Born in 1989, Male. I want to go to the US Travel, But My Tourist Visa(B2) Did Not Pass, Who can help me?''".<ref>web.archive.org/web/20141219231600/herobrine.com</ref> | ||
However, someone else | However, someone else bought the website domain and turned it into a [[screamer]] by adding a redirect to [[Shafou.com|Shafou]], leaving people who visited the website in shock. In 2017, the website used the image of Regan instead of using the .swf file. The website, as a [[screamer]], is now closed, along with [[Shafou.com]], though in 2021, the domain was acquired again and simply showed a photo title 1.jpg of a QR Code from Alipay, which is a Chinese third party online and mobile payment platform. | ||
==Variant== | ==Variant== | ||
The website also | The website also had a variant called "Herobrine.96.It", which was hosted by an Italian user. This site presented the same content as the original site. However, a script was provided to lock the .mp3 sound file at 50%. There was a title that stated "''ORA MORIRAI''" which translates to "''NOW YOU WILL DIE''". | ||
==References== | |||
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== Link == | == Link == | ||
<u>NOTE</u>: The following website contains a [[screamer]]! | <u>NOTE</u>: The following website contains a [[screamer]]! | ||
* web.archive.org/web/20180308043334/herobrine.com | * web.archive.org/web/20180308043334/herobrine.com |
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