TheOnlyGuyEver

> "TF2Tags. Come for the tags, stay for the angsty drama. Actually, don't stay. Save yourself."
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> ~ TheOnlyGuyEver's rather warm welcome to the site.
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**TheOnlyGuyEver** (or **TOGE** for short) is a major Generation 1 tagger on TF2Tags that often posted in the comments of new tags. He is known for his trademark profile picture and overall dislike for site drama.

## History

TheOnlyGuyEver first appeared on TF2Tags on December 30th, 2014, where he made two tags; one of mediocre success and another of moderate failure. He would reappear on the 10th of January 2015, where he would start to tag regularly. He made his first majorly successful tag on February 7th, with a Shrek joke on the Extra Layer Sniper Cosmetic that scored 27 crits. He would continue tagging with an overall small presence, commenting in the tags of others, until March 6th, where he left the site for about a month, returning on April 3rd, where he would resume tagging for three weeks and then take a ten-day break, returning on May 4th. Despite the site being embroiled in the Racist Anon Incident, TOGE did not partake in the shitstorm, and after posting two tags on the 4th would not tag again until the 10th.

Following this, TOGE left the site for the remainder of May and the entirety of June, and returned on the 7th of July, making a single tag before not returning for another week, when he truly returned to regular tagging. This return is also when TOGE began to get more involved with the community of TF2Tags, as his comments are noted to have picked up around this time as well as some early Tweet Tags from him. This led to him actually commenting on the next major historical event in TF2Tags history, the infamous Mobile-Friendly Update, albeit in a small way. He made two tags on the situation, each using the Bonk! Atomic Punch and commenting on the removal and subsequent restoration of misses. He also supported the efforts of Bring Back Misses. Other than that, TOGE was mostly uninvolved in the entire ordeal.

Of course, the site could never go long without any major dramas, so soon after the restoration of misses there came the Banning of AFI. During this spat of drama, TOGE mostly backed away from the CP hatewagon, though he did ask at one point when everyone was burning CP at the stake, indicating he at least sided with AFI during it. His involvement was mostly around paying condolences to AFI, celebrating his return, and supporting the advent of the TF2Tags Nightly News Network. He did make a tag asking if the drama had finally ended near the end of it all. When CP formally apologized, he accepted it without much fuss. Of course, not long after came the even more controversial Banning of Sensible Haircut. While he had no personal attachment to Sensible, he was greatly saddened by the subsequent exodus of famous taggers, particularly Ulysses, Legownz, and Sqwid, whom he cited as his three inspirations. He later cheered when Legownz returned later that day. He also mocked Timberwoof when he said he too was going to leave, saying "OK, see you back in like half a day or so.", mocking the Leave and Never Come Back meme that people tended to pull during dramas even back then. After that, he would insult L'Étranger in relation to his Weeaboo War with TGRobert, calling him a "a shit-tagging prick that nobody likes". He would later insult Tranger again on October 1st. October was otherwise business as usual for TOGE, bar an instance on the 31st when he got mad at everyone making Golden Frying Pan tags, not realizing that this was all because of a contest Yahiamice was running to name his newly-acquired Golden Frying Pan.

TOGE hit his 1000-crit milestone on November 2nd, 2015. Despite this milestone typically being a determinate factor in when one was considered major, TOGE at this point had established his space in the community for many months, and for that reason is classified as Generation 1. Two days later, he made a post commemorating the unfortunate death of Item 100,000. Later that month, when the Taggenings struck, he was level-headed and calm, suspecting it to just be another site bug Dr. Dos would come in and fix. Turns out, he was right.

Early December was mostly abuzz with activity regarding the TF2Tags Hunger Games, which TOGE wasn't really a fan of at first. However, he eventually started to find some enjoyment in it and even sponsored Walumancer as his favorite to win, referring to him as "Wally". Sadly, his happiness was shot down after Walumancer was betrayed by his District partner, Smash Z, who snapped his neck on the fourth day. When Blast made his own Hunger Games Simulator immediately following the conclusion of the first, TOGE decided to throw himself into the arena as well. He died. TOGE would go on to end 2015 with a respectable 1300 points.

Drama hit TF2Tags once more in January of 2016, where people were growing worried about the continued lack of presence from site creator and sole admin Dr. Dos. TOGE, however, was quite ambivalent. When Ulysses offered to either form a democracy and wait or start a riot to force Dos back, TOGE advised the rioters to calm down and dial things back. He later made a tag asking if he was the only one who didn't really care about Dos disappearing from his own site. The amount of misses that tag received made that answer clear. That same day, January 7th, Dr. Dos fixed a login bug and Bonkspenser would make the first in a series of controversial moves where he would advertise TF2Tags on other sites, which both brought in a slew of new, generally bad taggers. This sparked the New Tagger Riots, where extreme backlash was launched against the new taggers from the established taggers. TOGE, surprisingsly, was one of the most active taggers during this time, especially against Bonkspenser. TOGE claimed Bonk had doomed everyone, and later made a strawpoll as to whether or not TF2Tags should execute Bonk for crimes against the community, which was answered with a resounding "yes", including himself, as he believed a few good people was better than tons of braindead people. He would later joke that all anyone saw on TF2Tags was red, and joked that Bonkspenser had "Bonk" in his name because he caused all the missed tags. Everyone's ranting towards Bonk eventually calmed after several taggers pointed out the login bug fix, though animosity towards Bonk was still high.

On January 11th, the riots were brought to an abrupt halt on account of The Great Comment Crash. TOGE missed the attempt of achieving the Hale's Own comment section, and came back to find Bonk and Ulysses banned, with comments now counting towards one's daily submission limits. Well, what was done was done, so he moved on. On January 15th, he reported a missbomber that was targeting Makin' Bacon. On the 16th, he noticed that the amount of bad tags from the wave of newbies Bonk advertised to was decreasing, and that some were actually doing quite well on the site. An unbanned Bonk was glad to at least not be a total fuckup. However, this would eventually revert back to stupidity by February, and TOGE at that point had become exhausted of talking about it.

By February, TOGE had attained 2000 points, and things were going well for man with the MS Paint profile picture. On February 13th, however, he made a daring move. On that day, a random tagger named Krazy Weegee joined the site. One thing led to another, and eventually Walumancer's Wahfia experienced a large influx of new members. Though initially TOGE went along with the Waluigi-related jokes, he ultimately denounced the Wahfia, calling for its destruction and stating that the joke was getting annoying. Yes, he thought it was all a joke. Oh how wrong he was. Walumancer would declare him a Mario, and then after continued efforts of denouncing the Wahfia became one of the few Weegees, or enemies of the Wahfia. When Makin' Bacon and Le Tryhard Hunter went off to make their own sub-faction called the Spaghetto, he told Makin' to shut the fuck up and stop spamming tags about it.

In late February came the Attack of the Clones. While TOGE wasn't too active during the attack itself, he was quite active in the aftermath of Dos's intervention. In the infamous "Good morning" tag, TOGE was grateful to have Dos step in and eliminate the Shitposter of 2016. Through the rest of the event, TOGE stood largely in support of Dos and his frustrations, calling out those who were outraged against Dos and stating that the taggers only had themselves to blame for Dos to become so disillusioned with his own website. He was saddened by the loss of AFI, but accepted that Dos was not the bad guy, and that things needed to change. And change they seemingly did, as throughout the remainder of February and most of March, things calmed down and people walked on eggshells to avoid incurring Dos's wrath.

That is, bar the single major drama incident during that time, which TOGE was actually quite belligerent in. Following an argument between Ulysses and newer tagger Meta Breakers, the latter fell into a major downward spiral, where he began to use his autism and real life woes as an excuse for acting like an entitled, spoiled brat. TOGE was directly involved since basically the beginning of the Edge Incident, refuting Meta's early blaming his autism for his behavior by stating that at least 5 other taggers had autism and weren't acting like him. When the argument began, TOGE started treating Meta politely, advising he not attack Ulysses for essentially giving a PSA about the argument's subject (that is, botkillers using the strange quality during the Colorless Times). Meta shot back that he was insulting Ulysses with a smile, which is something Makin' Bacon, the supposed ringleader of TF2Tags, had not taught people such as TOGE. This only made TOGE angry, and when he was later contacted by Ulysses on Steam about Meta the conversation he had with him, TOGE held no sympathy for him. In full, he stated: "I couldn't give half a rats ass for the life of some guy I don't like and have never met personally, even if I tried. And if he ended up like you [Ulysses], he'd be king of the world compared to where he is now." Following Meta's Leave And Never Come Back, TOGE would refute Blast and Bonkspenser's sympathies for Meta, stating that he shouldn't start drama if he didn't want any. When Meta (predictably) came back, TOGE would team with Makin' to continually harass Meta to try and get him to stay gone for good. TOGE would later trade verbal blows with Meta. TOGE would bring up that Meta had several opportunities to apologize for his behavior and his "stupid nonsensical" feud with Makin' that occurred over something that happened so frequently on TF2Tags (joke thief accusations). And each time, he refused to apologize and attack Makin' with ad hominems instead of being the bigger man and diffusing the situation. He said the worst part of it all was that Meta seemed like a nice person at first, but turned into an asshole over a joke. This prompted Meta to finally apologize for his behavior and reveal that Ulysses had shared personal information with him that sobered him up, so to speak. He promised that things would be different from now on, but TOGE did not believe him, and became the only one to continue harassing Meta after this point, believing Meta had been given enough chances. Meta then asked if things could be settled privately through Steam, which they assumedly were as TOGE later stopped his comments. Ironically, this alleged private chat that ended the so-called "Edge Incident" may have even been the starting point of their eventual close friendship.

On March 30th, drama reared its ugly head again, as Makin' Bacon reportedly got missbombed for over 2000 points by an unknown user, and he was going into paranoid overdrive trying to figure out exactly who the culprit was. As accusations were hurled, especially against Ulysses and TGR, Blast stepped in to try and get things to calm down. TOGE stepped in supporting Blast not long after, calling for all those involved to "Just end it now and act mature. Blast shouldn't have to step in every time." Following this, he mostly ignored this drama... until he became a victim of the missbomber himself. On April 12th, he reported getting missbombed for 300 points by the same person who hit Makin' and Floro Sapiens. He called for Dos to implement moderators or to directly intervene himself to get rid of this mysterious Endiome character. Fortunately for him, Endiome would reveal himself as TGRobert, who was soon after banned by Dos the next day. TOGE and Makin' especially cheered the banning of TGR for his crimes, with TOGE quite literally dancing on his grave. However, after the initial high of satisfaction, the aftermath began to greatly jade TOGE, particularly when Ulysses called for TGR's unbanning, which TOGE thought was absolutely insane given what he had done. On April 18th, TOGE made a set called "Seeya Guys Later" where he professed that he was just getting so tired of it all. TF2Tags had become nothing but a repeating loop of shitstorms and memes, and he just couldn't really take it anymore. He said no one was at fault in particular, and apologized to TGR for his attitude, which he cited as the reason for missbombing him. He admitted he acted a bit immature and jerky at times, but reiterated that the missbombs were wrong, and that disagreements between them should have been handled verbally. He told everyone that he would continue to check the site on occasion and would try to keep in contact with those he was closest to, but was now largely checked out.

TOGE wasn't gone for long, as he made several tags on the 21st. In fact, he continued to regularly tag and be a presence on the site well into July. Halfway through July, however, his activity began to drop off, going from making several tags a week to only one tag every few days. This level of activity was consistently kept up until September 2nd, where he made one tag and did not return to the site again until October 6th, where he would make a string of tags and then not return until the 23rd of that same month, where he would start to somewhat regularly tag again until Halloween, where he left this time for two full months, returning to end the year. From there, he would be an irregular presence on the site from January through March 2017. However, following a single tag on March 28th, he would leave for his biggest hiatus yet, not returning until November 1st, where he made several tags across two days. He made a few more tags that month, and then only one in December.

He would then make more tags in January, keeping along his irregular posting habits until the site's domain expired. Dos would eventually renew it again, and announce the site's impending closure in one year. With such momentous news, TOGE commented on site happenings for the first time since Endiome, making a joke about the impending Tagpocalypse and then making a heartfelt thank you to everybody, especially Makin', Marmot, and Bonk, and not especially Ulysses and TGR. In the comments of this more serious tag, he expressed his biggest concern about the site dying: the loss of all the tags. For all the community non-tags and the in-jokes and the drama, there were many, many great tags that would be lost with the destruction of the site. He contemplated writing down his favorites.

As for the remainder of TF2Tags's lifespan, the records have been lost. TOGE did not seem to appear in any of the Discord servers, and while he may very well have popped back onto the site every now and then, it is likely that he left the community behind until he returned at the very end. TF2Tags died, and TOGE went on with his life, unaware of the new site that was in the works by his old enemy TGR. He would ultimately return to the community on January 23rd, 2020, when he joined the official Tags.tf Discord server, where he is a somewhat regular presence. He ended his time on TF2Tags with 4234 points.

## Style

TheOnlyGuyEver didn't have much of a distinct style, instead falling into the default pun/visual gag/reference type tags. At the very beginning of his tagging career he had a thing for jokes about King of the Hill, but these jokes went away with time. TOGE was known mostly for his comments on tags rather than the tags he made himself. His comments didn't have much of a style to them either, however, as they could be about anything really. TOGE is known to have a negative bias towards site in-jokes and drama, though not to the point of disliking every community-related tag like some others. He did dislike in-jokes and memes that overstayed their welcome, however, such as NTF2Tags and MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE.

## Relationships

TheOnlyGuyEver is noted to have taken early inspiration for his tagging career from Ulysses, Sqwid, and Legownz, but of these Legownz seemed to be the only lasting friendship he made on TF2Tags. Through time, TOGE would eventually grow to dislike Ulysses for his attitude and promulgation of site drama, especially when he called for TGR's unban following the Endiome Incident. Sqwid he never appeared to have any interactions with whatsoever. Legownz, however, he played TF2 with often. Legownz remains a Steam friend of TOGE to this day.

He is known for stating that there were only four sane people on TF2Tags, and that Blast and Marmot are among them. Assuming he does not count himself among the four, it is unknown who the other two are. TOGE respected Blast for acting as the community mediator when drama arose, and he just got along with Marmot quite well all things considered. When Bonkspenser and Marmot came out as being in a relationship in February of 2016, TOGE was in full support, and sometimes made jokes about them. TOGE had a someone banter-ish relationship with Bonk, where he would sometimes make fun of him for doing bad (such as advertising the site) and calling for his execution on more than one occasion, but overall they seemed to be quite friendly with each other, as Bonk was one of three people TOGE went out of his way to thank at the announcement of the Tagpocalypse. TOGE was also on very good terms with Makin' Bacon, though would often get annoyed at him early on in his career. They eventually grew to have a nice rapport with each other, and ultimately were bonded in friendship through their struggles against Endiome.

TOGE also appeared to be on very good terms with Meta Breakers, as Meta called TOGE a "pretty great guy" and they are friends on Steam. This is especially ironic given their initial interactions during the "Edge Incident", where TOGE was extremely hostile towards Meta. However, things clearly changed following this, as Meta would later describe TOGE as a "long-time consistent friend" who has "seen him through the most difficult of times and the best of times". Meta considered TOGE to be one of his most valuable friends. When Meta joined the Tags.tf Discord server in December 2020, they were reunited and glad to see each other, friending each other on Discord almost immediately. This, dear readers, provides a remarkable life lesson: even seeming bitter enemies can become the closest of friends with enough time.

On Steam, TOGE is friends with Ashton Doovis, Meta Breakers, Egg-Z, Legownz, Blast, and Walumancer. He is also known to like AFI and thinks Tanner's comments are all "fucking great".

TOGE only really had one enemy on the site, which was TGRobert. This negative relationship seemingly started on March 20th of 2016, where TOGE called TGR trash, an insult he would repeatedly throw at the Estonian several times over the next ten days. While TGR appeared to take these insults lightly, in reality it made him very much dislike TOGE. When TOGE made a tag responding to a request from Mr. Copycat, TGR told him to "sod off" and to "not make a separate post to show off his douchery." This comment was made the same day he missbombed TOGE as Endiome. When TOGE found himself hit by the missbomb and realized that TGR was the one who hit him, it cemented his dislike for TGR and wanted him to stay off the site. It was ultimately the Endiome incident that made TOGE want to distance himself from TF2Tags.

## Gallery

The profile picture TheOnlyGuyEver always used around Halloween.The profile picture TheOnlyGuyEver always used around Christmas.TheOnlyGuyEver's first tag.TheOnlyGuyEver's best tag.TOGE, regarding Item 100,000.Not everyone should have access to Name Tags.TOGE's magnum opus.
## Trivia

* TOGE's original representative item was Demoman's Fro, but was changed to the Razor Cut after the latter was released.
* TOGE made his own profile picture, as well as the two variants he would always use around Halloween and Christmas, respectively.
* On January 14th, TOGE made perhaps his greatest tag, a set he called "Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Taggening" which appeared to be a parody of a song where many taggers from that point in TF2Tags and before got into an ultimate battle where only one would be left standing. A Fucking Idiot was the last man standing. This set received critical acclaim, with many comments praising how neat it was.
* There is a Taggers in the Wild episode dedicated to him.
* On one occasion, Legownz randomly joined the same TF2 server that TheOnlyGuyEver was playing on. The two recognized each other from the site and had a good laugh about it. They even made tags about it at the exact same time!
* TOGE's favorite class-specific cosmetic is the Demoman's Double Dynamite, painted mint.
* He is generally annoyed at the sheer amount of Scout mains in the community.
* He is a fan of John Kennedy's TF2Tags comics.
* TOGE only started to believe that Spy was Scout's father when the Frenchman's Formals cosmetic was released.
* TOGE is a big fan of football, and claims that anyone who doesn't care about the Super Bowl is not an American.
* TOGE once pulled an all-nighter for a bet. He succeeded, but wound up collapsing from exhaustion in the woods at 9 in the morning the next day.