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Has the first person who found Chris ever come forward?

In what sense? His parents gave birth to him. I'm sure his classmates at school thought he was weird. His high school gal-pal Maranda Mitchell was the first person to ever see Sonichu, according to Chris, in 2000.

The first internet account of Chris from an outsider is Anna's "Tale of the Crazy Pacer" in February 2005. Two months later a blogger wrote about Chris hanging out in the UVa library.

The first collective discussion of Chris among strangers on the internet that we know about was in October 2005 on a SEGA forum: http://forums.sega.com/archive/index.php/t-51445.html. It lasted for three days and referenced his comic, his MySpace, and his Sonichu Site. This is an interesting discussion because all the pieces were in place for trolling, but nothing happened, because it wasn't a troll forum. It would not be until October 2007 that SomethingAwful and 4chan rediscovered Chris. Once again they found all the pieces of evidence. Jason Kendrick Howell made the ED page about a week later. Significantly, Evan then reached out to Chris to deliberately troll him on November 3 by sending his fanart. Chris responded the next day with "masturbatin' and squirtin'" and this let everyone know that they had a bona fide lolcow on their hands.
 
In what sense? His parents gave birth to him. I'm sure his classmates at school thought he was weird. His high school gal-pal Maranda Mitchell was the first person to ever see Sonichu, according to Chris, in 2000.

The first internet account of Chris from an outsider is Anna's "Tale of the Crazy Pacer" in February 2005. Two months later a blogger wrote about Chris hanging out in the UVa library.

The first collective discussion of Chris among strangers on the internet that we know about was in October 2005 on a SEGA forum: http://forums.sega.com/archive/index.php/t-51445.html. It lasted for three days and referenced his comic, his MySpace, and his Sonichu Site. This is an interesting discussion because all the pieces were in place for trolling, but nothing happened, because it wasn't a troll forum. It would not be until October 2007 that SomethingAwful and 4chan rediscovered Chris. Once again they found all the pieces of evidence. Jason Kendrick Howell made the ED page about a week later. Significantly, Evan then reached out to Chris to deliberately troll him on November 3 by sending his fanart. Chris responded the next day with "masturbatin' and squirtin'" and this let everyone know that they had a bona fide lolcow on their hands.

Well I had no idea that seaga link existed, as such archived https://archive.is/iecZ9 @Marvin might be worth adding to the wiki.
 
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Chris responded the next day with "masturbatin' and squirtin'" and this let everyone know that they had a bona fide lolcow on their hands.

This is why I attribute so much to JKH. Chris has always been a moody character, and I think the exact chain reaction of events which established him as the cow we came to know could have turned out differently if the ED article had been made a few months sooner or later than it was.

I think Chris would have turned out the same overall, but a lot of early Christory was shaped by simple luck: collision and collusion of specific individuals with specific knowledge at specific times.
 
hdverde fits pretty well with what I was asking, even though I thought there wouldn't be an answer like that.
 
I got a thought/situation (not sure where else to post it, and I hope it goes well in this thread.)

You are trapped in an elevator, alone with Chris. The security camera and the doors are broken, and it is uncertain when rescue will arrive. The only rule during that period is that you cannot kill or physically injure Chris. What would you do?
 
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I got a thought/situation (not sure where else to post it, and I hope it goes well in this thread.)

You are trapped in an elevator, alone with Chris. The security camera and the doors are broken, and it is uncertain when rescue will arrive. The only rule during that period is that you cannot kill or physically injure Chris. What would you do?

Sit down fill my vape and talk to him, honestly I have a few questions I'd like to ask him.
 
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I got a thought/situation (not sure where else to post it, and I hope it goes well in this thread.)

You are trapped in an elevator, alone with Chris. The security camera and the doors are broken, and it is uncertain when rescue will arrive. The only rule during that period is that you cannot kill or physically injure Chris. What would you do?
Depends. In this scenario, how long is it since he last showered?
 
Depends. In this scenario, how long is it since he last showered?
Now that I think about, lemme run some numbers...hmm...denominator...I'm going to have to write this down.
Judging by studies of expert field reports, one can generally assume there is about a 5:1 ratio of how bad a regular person smells after a certain time, to how bad Chris smells in the same time. If this ratio is represented as an equation where s = odor, C = Chris, and n = a normal person, the resulting proportion would be s(C)= 5n, if my math is right [lol doubt]. Thus, Chris generally smells about as bad after one day without a shower as a normal person would after five days.

Let's say then (in the context of the elevator scenario) that it doesn't matter, because Chris probably smells hella awful even right after a shower. Of course, don't expect this to be 100% true and honest; I'm still working on my theories of "Chris's Ratio" being exponential, as well as whether or not his skin is impervious to soap. I also intentionally did not factor in :briefs: for the purpose of this autism.

T:stupid:;DR: However recently you decide.
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Now that I think about, lemme run some numbers...hmm...denominator...I'm going to have to write this down.
Judging by studies of expert field reports, one can generally assume there is about a 5:1 ratio of how bad a regular person smells after a certain time, to how bad Chris smells in the same time. If this ratio is represented as an equation where s = odor, C = Chris, and n = a normal person, the resulting proportion would be s(C)= 5n, if my math is right [lol doubt]. Thus, Chris generally smells about as bad after one day without a shower as a normal person would after five days.

Let's say then (in the context of the elevator scenario) that it doesn't matter, because Chris probably smells hella awful even right after a shower. Of course, don't expect this to be 100% true and honest; I'm still working on my theories of "Chris's Ratio" being exponential, as well as whether or not his skin is impervious to soap. I also intentionally did not factor in :briefs: for the purpose of this autism.

T:stupid:;DR: However recently you decide.
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The entire top floor of 14 BLC has been renovated. His shower isn't as gross as it used to be.
 
Now that I think about, lemme run some numbers...hmm...denominator...I'm going to have to write this down.
Judging by studies of expert field reports, one can generally assume there is about a 5:1 ratio of how bad a regular person smells after a certain time, to how bad Chris smells in the same time. If this ratio is represented as an equation where s = odor, C = Chris, and n = a normal person, the resulting proportion would be s(C)= 5n, if my math is right [lol doubt]. Thus, Chris generally smells about as bad after one day without a shower as a normal person would after five days.

Let's say then (in the context of the elevator scenario) that it doesn't matter, because Chris probably smells hella awful even right after a shower. Of course, don't expect this to be 100% true and honest; I'm still working on my theories of "Chris's Ratio" being exponential, as well as whether or not his skin is impervious to soap. I also intentionally did not factor in :briefs: for the purpose of this autism.

T:stupid:;DR: However recently you decide.
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Chris doesn't smell bad. Unless you're sticking your nose in Chris' armpit, you're not going to smell anything.

Edit: Was drunk when I wrote this, disregard.
 
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I suppose, in retrospect, it is a dumb assumption to make and I apologize. I'll try to be more careful in the future. (And also take the CWCki with a grain of salt from now on)
 
You think Chris is proud of his e-fame deep down inside? As nobody would even care about or notice him otherwise?
 
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You think Chris is proud of his e-fame deep down inside? As nobody would even care about or notice him otherwise?

I would say not exactly. Chris was convinced that he was internationally famous long before he was discovered (or even before Sonichu's conception, you could argue) but even at the peak of the trolling his actual notoriety throughout the Internet never matched a percentage of who he thought he was: a celebrity with literally millions of fans.

That was a different time and a different Chris, though. I think his understanding of his e-fame changed as he became more paranoid, and he now gets that a large portion of his following are Christorians, trolls or other people he doesn't like.

Nonetheless, his merchandise business shows that he still has pride in Sonichu and believes that his creation has fans (given his sales, it'd be extraordinarily difficult to convince him otherwise) and his public campaign against Sega is proof that he still thinks he has significant influence over the people who pay attention to him.
 
I got a thought/situation (not sure where else to post it, and I hope it goes well in this thread.)

You are trapped in an elevator, alone with Chris. The security camera and the doors are broken, and it is uncertain when rescue will arrive. The only rule during that period is that you cannot kill or physically injure Chris. What would you do?

Ask loads of "why" questions. For example:

"Why do you think you can make money off Sonichu?"
"Why do you think the trolls targeted you specifically?"
"Why are you even in this lift with me?"
 
I got a thought/situation (not sure where else to post it, and I hope it goes well in this thread.)

You are trapped in an elevator, alone with Chris. The security camera and the doors are broken, and it is uncertain when rescue will arrive. The only rule during that period is that you cannot kill or physically injure Chris. What would you do?
Ask him if he's ever played Ace Attorney
 
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