Sense of Humor
Members of THG had a unique sense of humor which was not always received well by others in the warez scene. While fighting among different warez groups was always a part of the PC scene, prior to THG, the various groups in the scene were fairly modest. The swagger that The Humble Guys brought to the PC Warez Scene, best exemplified with their name, was typical of their tongue in cheek humor.
One of the biggest controversies created by THG was due to this humor and the creation of their courier corps. The people who were responsible for distributing THG's warez were forced to change their existing pseudonym to an assigned name and number; for example "Humble Slave #10". When THG was at the height of its game, people were lining up to trade in their name for an assigned number. Later, THG added fuel to the fire by making their courier division multi-tiered with the introduction the "Humble Spittle", effectively a lesser or entry-level Humble Slave.
THG would frequently include the following humorous tagline at the bottom of their NFO files:
- "Remember, you too can be either Humble Spittle, a Humble Slave, a Humble Franchise, a THG Distribution site, or even possibly a member."
Another example of their strange sense of humor was Candyman's departure from the United States. Candyman had decided to sell his business and travel deep into the heart of Mexico. The Maker and Drool Master Rick decided to spread rumor to explain his departure and that rumor still partially makes its rounds. The rumor was that Candyman had drawn the attention of the FBI — again — and had fled the country to avoid prosecution. This served to heighten the mystique of Candyman himself.
French-speaking Frozen Tormentor (also the founder of iCE) once joined up with THG as a Humble Slave and then reportedly quit to join the International Network of Crackers upon the discovery of the connotations the name held.
Other examples include THG offering 8×10 glossy photographs of "your favorite Humble Guys member" and requesting hate mail to their Post Office box:
- "Send us your hate mail! We LOVE to get your hate mail! All hate mail sent to the P.O. Box will be sent out on the LSDNet (tm) THG Arts and Letters Section! * Note * All Letter Bombs will be returned to sender."
The Humble Guys also used to operate a 1-900 telephone number which they used to announce information about their releases:
- "Also, Call the Humble 900 number - 1-900-535-4200 ext. 780
- NOTE! $2.00 per minute. Updated EVERY Monday Morning!!
- Kiddies under 18 MUST have their parents Permission!"
Read more about this topic: The Humble Guys
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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