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|maker = kingliam3 (hacked by Armus) | |maker = kingliam3 (hacked by Armus) | ||
|type = [[Scratch]] Game | |type = [[Scratch]] Game | ||
|date = January | |date = January 31, 2014 (hacked by Armus on November 18, 2021) | ||
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'''Flappy Bird''' was an innocuous [[Scratch]] game created by ''kingliam3'' on January 31st, 2014, based on the mobile game with the [[wikipedia:Flappy Bird|same name]]. On November 18, 2021, however, a user on [[4chan]] (Armus) hacked kingliam's account and the game to display [[Suicide of Ronnie McNutt|Ronnie McNutt's livestream]] when the player dies. A Scratch reupload of it was played by SleepyWaterCow, further boosting the popularity of the game<ref>youtube.com/watch?v=KwgUV-c-kZk</ref>. | '''Flappy Bird''' was an innocuous [[Scratch]] game created by ''kingliam3'' on January 31st, 2014, based on the mobile game with the [[wikipedia:Flappy Bird|same name]]. On November 18, 2021, however, a user on [[4chan]] (Armus) hacked kingliam's account and the game to display [[Suicide of Ronnie McNutt|Ronnie McNutt's livestream]] when the player dies. A Scratch reupload of it was played by SleepyWaterCow, further boosting the popularity of the game<ref>youtube.com/watch?v=KwgUV-c-kZk</ref>. | ||
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==4chan's Hack== | ==4chan's Hack== | ||
[[File:4chanflappybird.png|thumb|OP's post (with the image censored) and an anonymous user calling OP a legend.]] | [[File:4chanflappybird.png|thumb|OP's post (with the image censored) and an anonymous user calling OP a legend.]] | ||
On November | On November 18, 2021, an anonymous user on 4chan's /b/ announced that they hacked into a large Scratch account that hosted a popular version of Flappy Bird.<ref>thebarchive.com/b/thread/866946078 <font color=red>contains shocking content!</font></ref> This user specifically attempted to try and get this onto the news by emailing this to multiple news stations with the claim that this game always had shocking content in it. OP called this “Operation McNutt.” | ||
[[File:opbloomberg.png|thumb|An Email OP sent to Bloomberg.]] | [[File:opbloomberg.png|thumb|An Email OP sent to Bloomberg.]] | ||