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'''smurfy''' is a user and [[Moderator]] on the [[Facepunch]] Studios Forums, and is also the founder and admin of [[Wikipunch]]. He also founded the original [[Facepunch Wiki]].

He is well-known for his Facepunch journalism and puns/jokes in titles of [[Sensationalist Headlines]] threads.

==History==

===Sensationalist Headlines Double Post===

On the 23rd of September, 2012, in a thread he created titled "China postpones ceremony to mark 40 years of relations with Japan due to anti-Japan protests",<ref>Sensationalist Headlines/''Polidicks'' - China postpones ceremony to mark 40 years of relations with Japan due to anti-Japan protests: {{Thread|1213767}}</ref> it was derailed when [[Emperor Scorpious II]] double posted. When you reply to a thread after you've replied once already, if it is within two hours, the posts would merge into one as a result of the automerge system. A double post appearing, without that occurring nor another post separating them, was obviously a sight to behold.

Quickly after, Smurfy made a video mimicking a BBC news report,<ref>Sensationalist Headlines/''Polidicks'' - "China postpones ceremony to mark 40 years of relations with Japan due to anti-Japan protests" (post #26): {{Post|1213767|37778347}}</ref> which he edited in to the OP. Quickly after that, [[ThePinkPanzer]] created a news thread using the thread, a screenshot of the double post, and the video as a source. It was locked shortly after, with many users that posted in the thread being banned for posting in a troll thread.

===Toxx and Subsequent Permaban===

On the 17th of February, 2016, smurfy boldly made a [[toxx]] during the 2016 US presidental election, claiming that Donald Trump wouldn't win, going all in without introducing an escape clause.<ref>Sensationalist Headlines/''Polidicks'' - "Obama 'has faith' that America will not elect Trump" (post #57): {{Post|1506572|49760473}}</ref> He was permabanned on the 8th of November, 2016, as a result, to the dismay of many users that thought of him fondly. He was given a new lease on life after the move to the [[New Sites Forum]].

===Newpunch Return and Rise===

Despite having been permabanned, smurfy didn't really disappear, remaining connected to off-forum communities and generally following developments - and so, with the news that bans would not be carried over during the move to the [[New Sites Forum]], he asked if his account could be unbanned so that he could transfer it to Newpunch, which he successfully did. He'd quickly reintegrate, and would for a time even have an avatar background showing Detox pills, as a clear reference to his return.

Come the 19th of November, after much community involvement and organizing the then-recent UK meets, it was decided to make smurfy a moderator.<ref>General - Upcoming Stuff - 19th November 2018: {{NewpunchThread|general|buchg}}</ref>

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