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==Summery== | ==Summery== | ||
[[File:Kogpyramid.jpg|thumb|KoG's GET pyramid, made by him.]] | [[File:Kogpyramid.jpg|230px|thumb|KoG's GET pyramid, made by him.]] | ||
KoG is an legendary and long-running troll on 4chan, famous for stealing GETs, major and minor, all over the website. Since his "debut" in 2007, KoG has become the most well known GETposter in the site's history as well as greatly influencing GET culture in general. In December 13th, 2007 he created a youtube channel<ref>https://www.youtube.com/user/KingofGETs/featured</ref> where he's been posting videos about his GETs as well as other things ever since. | KoG is an legendary and long-running troll on 4chan, famous for stealing GETs, major and minor, all over the website. Since his "debut" in 2007, KoG has become the most well known GETposter in the site's history as well as greatly influencing GET culture in general. In December 13th, 2007 he created a youtube channel<ref>https://www.youtube.com/user/KingofGETs/featured</ref> where he's been posting videos about his GETs as well as other things ever since. When making GET posts, KoG is most known for using images of Yugi as well as the ice fairy Cirno from Touhou. Despite Yugi being his original and most recognized avatar, in more recent years he's been using Cirno far more often. He also frequently uses images of Serena from Pokémon when scoring GETs on /vp/. His name is a play on the "King of Games" title awarded to winner of various Yugioh tournaments. | ||
==Origin Story== | ==Origin Story== | ||
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[[File:KoG_.png|thumb|KoG's origin.]] | |||
KoG's first appearance was in an /a/ thread on November 24th, 2007 in which he informed another poster that if his post number ended in 5 his sister would die, and that's exactly what happened. His post was accompanied by an image of Yami Yugi from Yugioh, which has since become KoG's avatar. Following this, KoG would continue making posts and threads on /a/ predicting 5s, dubs, trips etc until eventually becoming a recognized poster on the board for his ability to score digits so consistently, as well as his showmanship while doing so. KoG would later expand his GET stealing efforts to virtually every board on 4chan, becoming notorious site-wide for (at the time of writing this) *14 years* of doing this. | KoG's first appearance was in an /a/ thread on November 24th, 2007 in which he informed another poster that if his post number ended in 5 his sister would die, and that's exactly what happened. His post was accompanied by an image of Yami Yugi from Yugioh, which has since become KoG's avatar. Following this, KoG would continue making posts and threads on /a/ predicting 5s, dubs, trips etc until eventually becoming a recognized poster on the board for his ability to score digits so consistently, as well as his showmanship while doing so. KoG would later expand his GET stealing efforts to virtually every board on 4chan, becoming notorious site-wide for (at the time of writing this) *14 years* of doing this. | ||
==4chan Posting Career== | |||
KoG's career in his earlier years consisted mostly of making countless threads and posts scoring digits with one of his usual identifiers. | |||
[[File:Kogpirate.png|thumb|center|An example of a KoG thread.]] | |||
==Citations== | ==Citations== | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 07:36, 2 February 2022
Summery
KoG is an legendary and long-running troll on 4chan, famous for stealing GETs, major and minor, all over the website. Since his "debut" in 2007, KoG has become the most well known GETposter in the site's history as well as greatly influencing GET culture in general. In December 13th, 2007 he created a youtube channel[1] where he's been posting videos about his GETs as well as other things ever since. When making GET posts, KoG is most known for using images of Yugi as well as the ice fairy Cirno from Touhou. Despite Yugi being his original and most recognized avatar, in more recent years he's been using Cirno far more often. He also frequently uses images of Serena from Pokémon when scoring GETs on /vp/. His name is a play on the "King of Games" title awarded to winner of various Yugioh tournaments.
Origin Story
KoG's first appearance was in an /a/ thread on November 24th, 2007 in which he informed another poster that if his post number ended in 5 his sister would die, and that's exactly what happened. His post was accompanied by an image of Yami Yugi from Yugioh, which has since become KoG's avatar. Following this, KoG would continue making posts and threads on /a/ predicting 5s, dubs, trips etc until eventually becoming a recognized poster on the board for his ability to score digits so consistently, as well as his showmanship while doing so. KoG would later expand his GET stealing efforts to virtually every board on 4chan, becoming notorious site-wide for (at the time of writing this) *14 years* of doing this.
4chan Posting Career
KoG's career in his earlier years consisted mostly of making countless threads and posts scoring digits with one of his usual identifiers.
Citations
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