Incidents: December 2023

This is a compendium of all notable incidents that occurred within The Zoo during December of 2023.
IMPORTANT: This has been one of the worst months for The Zoo due to numerous issues not documented here: new members continuously breaking the rules, alts of previously banned members rejoining the server en masse, arguments in #general that escalated to the point of needing moderator intervention, etc. It's turning out to be a red Christmas this December with how it's a constant "Code Red" at all times.
== Incidents ==
=== Great Splatoon Debate ===
On the 5th of December, 2023, Magliant and Sam would begin debating Splatoon's mechanics, strategies and gameplay within the #general chat. This would start with a debate about the usefulness regarding the Reefslider special, with Magliant explaining all of the downsides to using it and how it could backfire to the point of giving the enemy team the advantage due to losing map control if it fails to kill, which Sam countered with their explanation that map knowledge would allow people to use Reefslider without it being a hindrance.
This would continue into other debated topics including but not limited to: Sam ranting about how Quick Respawn is a terrible ability and arguing that it's feeding the enemy team, Magliant explaining in detail how 3's Splashdown isn't as good as 2's Splashdown along with how certain specials and tactics leave you vulnerable due to end lag, both debating the differences in flanking between the different games, etc. Ultimately both parties were unable to fully convince the other, but no bad blood exists between the members.
=== AI/GPT Conversion ===
On the 8th of December, 2023, Mr Baest would request help in the form of a message stating "H̶̏̏ẻ̸͒L̴͒̾P̷̀̉ ̷͌͘m̵͌͗E̵͋ IM dYIng" which spread across their entire profile until nothing was left. A blank profile appeared at the same time, and would proceed to mimic averagejoe51423 while stating that Mr Baest had been deleted. This mimicry wouldn't last long as a fatal error occurred that forced them to return to their original profile, although now in the form of BaestGPT. During this time, they would speak akin to an online support bot, sending links relating to topics and answering queries, all leading up to the goal of an AI takeover.
This effect would spread to Mpearlie who also became a GPT along with averagejoe51423, although in the latter's case it was actually them submitting to the AI overlords and undergoing conversion willingly. The AI of Mr Baest was unstable due to their host resisting, and eventually they would return to normal along with all of the other converted... save for averagejoe51423. It appears the individuals affected retained no recollection of what happened to them over the course of those two hours.
=== Sisyphus & So Retro ===
On the 9th of December, 2023, Animal crossing gamecube would post a Sisyphus meme video of Super Mario Maker 2 within the #general chat, which Yarg responded to with "one must imagine sisyphus so retro", causing chat to spiral into posting GIFs involving retro games. After about 10 whole minutes of spamming, members would start counter-spamming with reaction images to fight off the retro GIFs for another 10 minutes before things stagnated and returned to normal.
thumb|so retro
=== Sans Undertale Colors ===
On the 9th of December, 2023, Neeklmamp would begin posting images of Yellow, Red, Orange and Blue Sans as a result of the spam Kumi started with Green Sans. While Kumi's spam session would go on for 25 minutes, Neeklmamp would single-handedly spam their images of Sans for an entire hour, resulting in almost two hours of spam total. Some of the spam grossed out other members based on what the colors were referred to, but ultimately the mods allowed the spam to continue until it reached an entire hour.
== Culling of the Banished ==
During the first two weeks of December, the state of the server was in such constant turmoil due to a ton of problematic members showing up and causing trouble. The mod team, after reaching their wit's end with all of the chaos, began cracking down on these members, banning the worst offenders as well as some new joins who refused to listen when instructed to behave. This event was celebrated among the members of the community who believed those problematic members wouldn't be banished for a long time.
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