Your first exposure to Chris

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My first real exposure (I think I may have seen that NP magazine back in the day, but not exactly sure- it does sting of deja-vu when I see it), was right around the October 28 incident. I had hopped online and my friend told me of Chris, whom she had just learned about herself. She then sent me the Rape of Ivy video:

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...and I sat there, dumbfounded by what I had just watched. I spent that evening and the following three or four nights (hooray for living in the ass end of nowhere) pour over the cwcki, trying to fathom how this was an actual, real person and not just some elaborate act. I was just amazed, disgusted, horrified, and yet strangely magnetized to learn more about OPL's antics... and thus far he hasn't ceased to befuddle me.
 
Something Awful forums in early 2008 if I recall. I checked out the infamous ED article, was blown away, but then didn't pay much attention. I came back into it in early 2009; prior to Liquid but after Ivy, and I've been hooked ever since. It really is just like watching a massive car accident - you know you shouldn't be so entertained, but it's just so hard not to be.
 
I've been following Chris some time after he discovered the ED page. I think that was... late 2007? A friend of mine was the one who told me about him, and I've been intrigued ever since. Mainly because I've been so astonished that someone like him even exists. Watching his antics unfold over the years is like watching a slow-motion train-wreck.
 
Long ago the original Encyclopedia Dramatica went down because of a lack of funds and starting E-begging for money. I went on Youtube to find the cause of this and the reactions of others, and lo and behold Chris' video was the first thing that popped up.
 
Someone linked me to a few of his youtube videos, which I dismissed as the work of an attention-whoring troll (I wasn't totally wrong in that assessment, I guess), and then the CWCki, with its thousands of pages of documented Chris-teria, wherein I was forced to confront the horrible truth: that this person is completely real. I'm still recovering from the shock, well over a year later.
 
YouTube comments saying "ChrisChan is the original brony", wondering about who this autistic hero was, I searched his name up.
 
Stumbled across the ED page during a sordid, late-night browsing session in 2009. Been lurking around the CWCki and the forums on and off since really. At first I felt pity for him, but couldn't stop reading, primarily due to the car-crash nature of his miserable existence. Once I'd studied Christory in- depth I felt less and less pity.
 
I first saw Chris on Guru Larry's "Chris-Chan discusses" series in mid 2009 and didn't think anything of it, blissfully unaware of the sort of shit he was pulling at the time (this was at the height of Chris' trolling) I first started to research him in 2011 after he was on BlackBusterCritic's "Sonic Brainfart" series (before Blackbuster started pushing his PC "master race" bullshit) I thought to myself "Hey it's that weird guy from Guru Larry's vids", then I discovered the CWCki, started reading about Chris, Sonichu, his trolls etc. Some stuff made Me laugh, some stuff had me shaking My head.

I wanted to find out other peoples thoughts and feelings on this strange man and his recolour army so I used to lurk on the Yuku boards until they closed down, I then joined the community proper on Forumer until I left sometime after Chris' trial (but I'll save that story for another day)
 
Who the fuck is Chris?

I think I first read his ED article back in like 2008 or so, but didn't play much attention, I thought he was just another one of those Internet weirdos who makes horrible artwork and gets trolled and doesn't know how to act online. I would sometimes read the ED article from time to time, but I didn't really get into Chris until late 2011 or early 2012. According to the CWCki, I made my account in January 2012, but I must have been reading for a bit before that. I haven't looked back since. Sucks that I was aware of him when he was still "active" but didn't really pay attention. C'est la vie.
 
My first exposure to Chris was back when a youtube ranter named BigAl2k6 made a video that had a picture of two cans of fanta while some guys talked.
 
My best friend was half-amused/half-pissed because some website called Encyclopedia Dramatica was using a picture of her in one of their articles and wouldn't take it down. She linked me to it so i could see it. From there I went down the link rabbit-hole and somehow stumbled across Chris's ED entry. I can't remember exactly when this was. 07 or 08. I've watched just about everything go down since then. During the first couple of dry-spells, I remember thinking "oh.. well that's the end of that guy." Now i know better. Chris will always be back. Always.
 
I found Chris back when I was going through ED pages, can't remember what specifically. It was just before the beginning of the Jackie saga I think. There was a dry spell and I thought I missed anything new from him. I am happy I got into it well he was more "active" although I wish it was during a better saga. (:_(
 
Much like most people, I found him by browsing ED. I'd been linked to Werechu's page in about 2008, and after discovering pretty much every lolcow on the site, I'd found Chris. The first (apparently now it's the second) line of the article will always make me laugh, even if I don't find ED funny anymore.
Wish I'd got involved in the community sooner. Missed out on a lot of fun times by going solo. (:_(
 
somejerk said:
During the first couple of dry-spells, I remember thinking "oh.. well that's the end of that guy." Now i know better. Chris will always be back. Always.
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Heh, well, only for certain definitions of "back."
 
I discovered him in early 2008 on ED when looking up annoying Sonic fans. I have been following him on and off for the last 5 years.
 
Marvin said:
somejerk said:
During the first couple of dry-spells, I remember thinking "oh.. well that's the end of that guy." Now i know better. Chris will always be back. Always.
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Heh, well, only for certain definitions of "back."
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True, but i count anything he does that makes me go "there's no way he actually did that." as him being 'back', since that's kinda why i follow Chris in the first place. He never ceases to force me to lower my already low expectations of him. Most recently it was the "How attractive am i on a scale of 1-10 based on this ridiculously unflattering picture of me that i took at walmart while frowning?"
 
I found Chris after the link was posted to FARK.com on May 5, 2009. It was a link to his video where he explains himself, covering such topics as "recycling", spanking himself and :briefs:
The comments included some links that lead to more horrors, and after that I couldn't look away.
 
I found him on ED-- I think in 2009? I forget if it was because he was featured or because I was going through the lolcows category. Kinda forgot about him until my ex mentioned to me randomly that she couldn't stand this guy on youtube who just so happened to be CWC.

Made me laugh cause as soon as I saw his face, the clusterfuck described in his article all came back to me in an instant.
 
Unfortunately, I only stumbled across Chris about halfway through last year. I can't quite remember how I first discovered him - I think I was reading a list of pathetic internet personalities and his name, unsurprisingly, showed up. I then read through nearly all of the CWCki over a few days and I was hooked. I think it was the fact he managed to fail so much on so many fronts - I'd seen bad art/writing before, but nothing as bad as Sonichu. I'd encountered strange behaviours before, but nothing paralleled the bizarre acts he performed. I'd come across people with offensive and nonsensical prejudices, but few as vitriolic and inexplicable as those Chris displayed. Even if I don't remember the very first time I came across CWC, I'll never forget the horror and amazement I experienced as I started reading the CWCki and learnt the true extent of his failure.

Funny thing now, though, is just how often I've seen him pop up around the internet. It's amazing how I managed to go so long without finding out about him. I was probably better for it.
 
rosechuismywaifu said:
It's amazing how I managed to go so long without finding out about him. I was probably better for it.
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Nonsense. Why, you wouldn't have such a splendid waifu without Chris! Secretly, I am jealous.
 
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