1,545
edits
No edit summary |
m (SkyTheWanderer moved page User:SkyTheWanderer/Sandbox to User:SkyTheWanderer/Sandbox/Chronology of screamer events without leaving a redirect: unfinished work) |
||
(22 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
*In 1990, [[NightMare]], the first-ever screamer [[application|software]] was released on Amiga computers, loading an image of a skull every five minutes along with a loud scream; possibly the pioneer for screamer videos today. | *In 1990, [[NightMare]], the first-ever screamer [[application|software]] was released on Amiga computers, loading an image of a skull every five minutes along with a loud scream; possibly the pioneer for screamer videos today. | ||
*On December 6, 1994, [[BMEZine]] was launched as a body modification [[website]] by Canadian writer and artist Shannon Larratt. | *On December 6, 1994, [[BMEZine]] was launched as a body modification [[website]] by Canadian writer and artist Shannon Larratt. | ||
*In mid-1996, [[Jumyou Ga Chijimaru]] was created by [[wikipedia:Kowloon Kurosawa|Yoshihisa "Kowloon" Kurosawa]]. | *In mid-1996, [[Jumyou Ga Chijimaru]] was created by [[wikipedia:Kowloon Kurosawa|Yoshihisa "Kowloon" Kurosawa]]. [[Wayback Machine]] was also created at this season, allowing users to archive web, video or image content. | ||
*In 1996, [[Rotten.com]], the world's first shock site, launched. Additionally, insurgents in Chechnya filmed the [[ChechClear|murder of a Russian soldier]] which circulated with the file name ''chechclear.asf''. | *In 1996, [[Rotten.com]], the world's first shock site, launched. Additionally, insurgents in Chechnya filmed the [[ChechClear|murder of a Russian soldier]] which circulated with the file name ''chechclear.asf''. | ||
*In 1997, an early VHS version of the [[BME Pain Olympics]] was created. Also in 1997, the [[Goatse]] image appeared as one of 40 images of a man named Kirk Johnson shared among the internet's gay porn community. A hacker group called the "Hick crew" acquired the collection and used one of the images, Johnson's stretched anus, to prank unsuspecting internet users. A hacker and Hick associate named Merl1n registered the domain Goatse.cx and used it to distribute the image more widely. | *In 1997, an early VHS version of the [[BME Pain Olympics]] was created. Also in 1997, the [[Goatse]] image appeared as one of 40 images of a man named Kirk Johnson shared among the internet's gay porn community. A hacker group called the "Hick crew" acquired the collection and used one of the images, Johnson's stretched anus, to prank unsuspecting internet users. A hacker and Hick associate named Merl1n registered the domain Goatse.cx and used it to distribute the image more widely. | ||
*On September 12th, 1996, Ricardo Lopez recorded his [[Ricardo López's Suicide|final tape]] from his video diary, where he triggers the revolver in his head and collapses on the floor after sending a letter bomb to Icelandic singer [[wikipedia:Björk|Björk]]. | *On September 12th, 1996, Ricardo Lopez recorded his [[Ricardo López's Suicide|final tape]] from his video diary, where he triggers the revolver in his head and collapses on the floor after sending a letter bomb to Icelandic singer [[wikipedia:Björk|Björk]]. | ||
*[[Adobe Flash]] was released in 1996, providing a platform for creating and sharing digital content. | *[[Adobe Flash]] was released in 1996, providing a platform for creating and sharing digital content. | ||
*In 1999, [[Frau1.exe]] was considered the first screamer [[game]] created as a trojan. Additionally in 1999, [[Albino Blacksheep]] was created initially as a personal platform for Steven Lerner's creations, but evolved into hosting user-generated content. Tekzone.net was also created as another platform for user-generated content on November 29, 1999, which later became the infamous [[TeKZoned]] website. | *In 1999, [[Frau1.exe]] was considered the first screamer [[game]] created as a trojan. Additionally in 1999, [[Albino Blacksheep]] was created initially as a personal platform for Steven Lerner's creations, but evolved into hosting user-generated content. Tekzone.net was also created as another platform for user-generated content on November 29, 1999, which later became the infamous [[TeKZoned]] website. | ||
==2000s== | |||
===2000=== | |||
*In March 2000, Meal Schpeal founded [[Liquid Generation]] in Laredo, Texas, which gained notoriety for their [[Sabotage]] screamers, a series of online pranks that culminated in a jump scare to startle or embarrass the viewer. | |||
*In October 2000, Ogrish.com launched as a website for hosting shock [[videos]] and images. Later that year, in December 2000, the infamous image for [[Tubgirl]] first circulated around the internet. | |||
*The first version of [[Winterrowd.com]], named "Winterrowd Solutions," was made in the spring 2000. The website did not contain any screamers until shortly after the rise of Winterrowd's creation, [[The Maze]]. | |||
*During 2000, [[Monster.exe]] and [[McDonalds.exe]] emerged as [[.swf]] or program applications in the Chinese community, with the former being a screamer and the latter being a joke malicious program. | |||
*[[Magic Eye]] was submitted as a "contributed work" of the Goatse website. | |||
===2001=== | |||
*During summer 2001, scareware programs such as [[Hikaru.exe]] and [[Madoka.exe]] were created and spread in Japan. | |||
*On July 26, 2001, the website [[YTMND]] was registered with its name derived from a line spoken by Sean Connery in the movie [[wikipedia:Finding Forrester|Finding Forrester]]. | |||
*In 2001, internet troll Kevin Ealy launched [[Klerck.org]], which hosted famous shock content including [[Dance.swf]]. | |||
*This year also saw the release of [[Rate My Poo]], which allowed users to view and rate pictures of feces on a scale of 1 to 10. | |||
*[[Liquid Generation]] also introduced their Sabotage screamers this year. | |||
===2002=== | |||
*During the early 2002, An [[Blue.gif|animated image of a messy room]] became popular and circulated on various websites, including [[TeKZoned]]. [[Kikia]], a [[Flash]] animation, was also first posted on a Taiwanese service called Kimo by Netspooky in early 2002. | |||
*In February 2002, [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]] (often called What's Wrong?) was released, which is considered one of the most famous screamers of all time. This screamer was the first to use the famous image of a pale woman with black eyes and her hands on her face with her pinky fingers raised, which many other screamers in future years imitated. | |||
*On October 3, 2002, [[Lemon Party|Lemonparty.org]] was registered, inspired by the infamous Goatse.cx website. | |||
*[[wikipedia:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] created a Clickamajig game called "[[Black Licorice]]" on October 31st, 2002, but it was quickly removed from the website due to complaints from parents. | |||
*[[wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America|GNAA]], an internet trolling organization, was founded in 2002. | |||
*[[Say It]], created around 2002, was considered to be the first screamer to use the [[Regan MacNeil]] image. | |||
*[[Reaction videos]] using screamers were already being used in 2002. | |||
*[[Forest-wmv]] screamer circulated with its alternative names martian-wmv, jungle-wmv, and jungle.mp4. It was also claimed that it was hosted on Albino Blacksheep with the name forest.mp4. | |||
===2003=== | |||
*The following year, the GNAA launched a series of malicious [[shock sites]] under the name "[[Last Measure]]" as part of their trolling campaign. | |||
*On October 1, 2003, [[4chan]] was launched by Christopher "moot" Poole as an English-based imageboard site. | |||
*Meanwhile, Liquid Generation continued making screamers on their sites, and Flash creator MJBDiver began creating and hosting several screamers for his site [[Cinema du Comical Cartoon Calamities]]. | |||
*A controversial [[Courage the Cowardly Dog Commercial]] aired on Nickelodeon. | |||
*Weasel Circus released their own version of [[wikipedia:What's Wrong With This Picture? (Weasel Circus version)|What's Wrong With This Picture?]] | |||
*[[Thehomo.org]] was registered. | |||
*[[Garfield's Scary Scavenger Hunt 2]] was published on Garfield.com in November 2004. | |||
*In the winter 2004, the term "[[Harlequin Fetus]]" began circulating, with the Urban Dictionary entry of it being published more than a month later. | |||
===2004=== | |||
*In 2005, several well-known screamers were released, causing a sensation among internet users. One of the most infamous screamers, [[K-fee commercials]], was aired in April 2005 as part of the Wide Awake campaign to advertise their caffeine drink. | |||
*[[Zoeken]], considered the first "[[Find the difference]]" screamer, was created on June 16, 2004. | |||
*[[The Maze]], another well-known screamer, was created in October 2004. | |||
*On October 30th, 2004, the original [[Zippocat]] video was filmed and released on the site [[Ogrish.com]]. | |||
*Warner Bros. created [[The Exorcist: Beginning Movie Promotional Game|a "find-the-difference" screamer]] to promote their film [[wikipedia:Exorcist: The Beginning|''Exorcist: The Beginning'']]. | |||
*[[Ghost in the London Dungeon]] was broadcast. | |||
*[[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] was launched. | |||
*[[Chris the Jack-o-Lantern]] was released as an animated Flash-based series by TastyBabySoup for Albino Blacksheep. | |||
*The [[Castle Cat]] series was published on mausland.de by Felix Wiesne. | |||
*[[Kkzkk.com]] was registered. | |||
*The ability to create screamers was opened to more people with the release of games such as Garry's Mod. | |||
*A [[Akai Heya Complete Version|complete version of Akai Heya]], also known as the urban legend "Red Room," was published. | |||
*Albino Blacksheep short video [[Good Intentions]] was released. | |||
===2005=== | |||
*Similar to how 2004 was a huge year for screamers, 2005 was a huge year for shock sites. | |||
*During 2005, multiple new games were released, including [[The Never Ending Level Game]], and a large number of sequels to The Maze, alongside several shock sites such as [[Biglemonparty.com]], [[1 Ass 1 Baseball]], [[1 Man 1 Centipede]], [[Heyya.org]], [[Discharges.org]], and [[Merry Holidays]]. | |||
*On March 8, 2005, ''Klerck.org'' creator Kevin Ealy committed suicide. | |||
*On July 2, 2005, a video of [[Mr. Hands]] was recorded. | |||
*On October 14, 2005, [[TheYNC]] website was founded. | |||
*The image for "[[Ahenobarbus Henocied]]" began circulating in Japan | |||
*[[Ghost Caught on Tape]] was originally filmed, with the video being officially published to [[YouTube]] a year later. | |||
*[[Jeremy Winterrowd]] created his second screamer [[Snowman Snowglobe]] for his site, which later evolved into a screamer collection site. The first part for "The House" series was also released. | |||
*[[Meatspin]] and [[Hai2u]] were registered in 2005. | |||
*[[Sad Jerry]] and [[Madium]] were published on [[Newgrounds]]. | |||
===2006=== | |||
*On August 09, 2006, [[Bubble Wrap Maniac]] was released. | |||
*On October 31, 2006, Ogrish.com underwent a significant transformation and rebranded itself as [[LiveLeak]]. | |||
*During this year, there was a notable emergence of "hidden message" videos, including releases such as [[Britney Spears Hidden Message]], [[Jingle Bells Reversed]], and [[Silent Message]]. | |||
*YouTube screamers and [[reaction videos]] began to rise in this year. | |||
*A [[Free Enterprise Fund Committee Commercial|parody of the K-fee commercials]] from the Free Enterprise Fund Committee was broadcast. | |||
*[[Hit the Dot]] was released. | |||
*The [[Chris the Jack-o-Lantern 3|final installment]] of the Chris the Jack-o-Lantern series was released. | |||
===2007=== | |||
*On February 12, 2007, [[Lomando.com]] was launched. | |||
*On April 1, 2007, Jeremy Winterrowd launched the "[[Reaction videos#History|Winterrowd Prank Contest]]". | |||
*On May 15, 2007, the full version of Scratch was released. | |||
*On August 7, 2007, a YouTube version of the urban legend [[NNN Special Broadcast]] was uploaded. | |||
*On August 12, 2007, the original website for [[2 Girls 1 Cup]] was registered. | |||
*On August 15, 2007, [[Super Mario 64 Big Star Secret]] was uploaded before its manhunt from Lost Media Wiki. | |||
*On August 17, 2007, the "[[Offended]]" article was published on Encyclopedia Dramatica. | |||
*On September 16, 2007, an edited version of the [[Coyote Attack Video]] was uploaded to YouTube by [[Scary For Kids]]. | |||
===2008=== | |||
*Originally registered on March 4, 1997, [[K-k-k.com]] changed to a shock site. | |||
*On July 16, 2008, [[Bloodshows]] was launched. | |||
*[[Chomp.avi]] was uploaded, generating speculation from the aforementioned site. | |||
*On December 4, 2008, [[Jarsquatter]] was uploaded on [[eFukt]]. | |||
*Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created [[Shock.swf]] for their annual Mystery Hunt. | |||
*A first reaction video of "[[3 Orangutans 1 Blender]]" was uploaded. | |||
===2009=== | |||
*On April 1st, 2009, Albino Blacksheep created [[Lidanude.jpg]] for April Fools Day. | |||
*In June 2009, a [[Man Has Terrible Jump Off Ledge|recorded video of a man with a split face]] after a failed stunt over a bridge was uploaded online. | |||
*In 2009, following the death of the renowned singer [[wikipedia:Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson]] on June 25 due to a lethal dose of Propofol administered by Conrad Murray, various screamer videos related to him emerged. Examples include [[1000 faces of Michael Jackson]], [[Micheal Jackson scary pop up]], and the well-known [[Proof of Michael Jackson's Ghost]]. | |||
*On October 21, 2009, the Rick Latona "Daily Domains" newsletter advertised the ''goatse.cx'' domain for sale at $15,000, highlighting it as a "famous site" with numerous backlinks. | |||
*On October 28th, 2009, American YouTuber and mathematics professor Matthew Weathers pulled a Halloween prank on his students, using the sample of [[Zoeken]]. | |||
*On November 7, 2009, an ARG creepypasta-based series called [[Poochee and Pansy]] was released. | |||
*First screamer app [[ILabyrinth]] was published on the [[wikipedia:iOS|iOS]] play store. | |||
*Alexey Tatarov, the man behind Jarsquatter, uploaded another video titled "[[1 Guy 1 Screwdriver]]" on eFukt. | |||
*The video "[[Real Demons Caught On Tape]]" was uploaded to YouTube, classified as one of those "psychological videos". | |||
==2010s== | |||
===2010=== | |||
*During 2010, numerous "red dot" games and videos were made public, including titles like [[Find the Red Dot]], [[The Red Dot Game]], and [[Stare at the Red Dot]]. Additionally, various "pop-up" videos gained popularity, such as [[Scary pop up :L]], [[Scary pop up ever]], and more. | |||
*On October 11, 2010, the first [[wikipedia:Minecraft|Minecraft]]-related screamer "[[Him]]" was released, referencing the [[Herobrine]] [[creepypasta]]. | |||
*Justin Bieber became the subject of many screamers during this year, including titles like [[Justin Bieber Scary Pop Up]], [[Find Justin Bieber]], and [[Save Justin Bieber]]. | |||
*On December 4, 2010, [[SCP-450]] was uploaded. | |||
*On December 21, 2010, the Canadian pornstar [[Luka Magnotta]] anonymously published a YouTube video titled "[[1 Boy 2 Kittens]]." | |||
*[[G-Major videos]] gained popularity in this year, with releases like [[WGBH Boston Logo In G Major]]. | |||
*[[Killerjo.net]] was registered. | |||
*The [[Loituma Reverse Playback]] [[animation]] was uploaded. | |||
===2011=== | |||
*In late 2011, [[Akk.li]] was registered. | |||
*On January 25, 2011, [[Varietymodels.com]] was registered. | |||
*The [[Felix the Cat (Game Over)|bootleg NES port]] of the 1992 video game Felix the Cat was released. | |||
*Mortal Kombat 9 featured an Easter egg screamer. | |||
*[[Upgrade Complete II]] was released, featuring another screamer Easter egg. | |||
*Mojang Studios temporarily added [[Steve Co. Supply Crate]] as part of their April Fools' Day. | |||
*The "Screamer Prank" page on TV Tropes was created. | |||
*[[Fearnest]] was launched as a screamer collection site by Alexander Volnov. | |||
==2020s== |
edits