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'''Xash''' (''Zash''), is an Irish internet personality best known in the [[Sonic scene]] for his [[wikipedia:Troll_(Internet)|trolling]] and [[wikipedia:Hacker_(computer_security)|hacking]] activities on major [[Sonic]] based websites and forums, some of which included [http://www.sonikku.com/forums/ Sonic Zone], [http://www.sonicplanet.org/ Sonic Planet], [http://www.soniccagedome.com/ Sonic Cage Dome], and many others. He was also the owner and webmaster of the renewed Sonic Zone.
  
'''Glen Christopher Conway''' (born 3 December 1990 in Dublin, Ireland), better known as '''Xash''', is a professional internet hacker and graphic designer. He is one of the most known people in the entire [[Sonic]] community, reaching an internet celebrity status at one stage of his time online. He is most known for his hacking and spamming activities on major Sonic websites and internet forums, including [[Sonic Zone]], [[Sonic Planet]], [[Sonic Cage Dome]], and many others. He has also had many feuds with Staff members on many Sonic based forums, including the [[Sonic Stadium Message Board]].
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== Scene History ==
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Xash first joined the Sonic scene in late 2002, becoming a member of the Sonic Zone Forums using the alias Shadow-X. After many arguments with the administration of the board he left to join Sonic Revolution, quickly becoming involved with the forums and eventually becoming an administrator. Within the next few months, himself and fellow friend Valtiel returned to Sonic Zone. They both felt the members weren't being treated right and the board itself didn't follow its own rules. After much debate they decided to hack into it and began to delete many of the staff members. This was short lived as the owner quickly gained control of the situation and banned them both.
  
== Early Years ==
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Over the next few years he became very well known within the scene, eventually changing his username to Xash. Already an administrator of Sonic Revolution, he also gained other staff positions on other popular Sonic sites. He became a news poster and webmaster of Sonic Planet, a [http://radio.emulationzone.org/chan0/ SegaSonic Radio] DJ with his own show, and even managed to overcome his ban and become a moderator on the Sonic Zone Forums. During this time he became involved with graphic design, opening a topic on each board he visited and making members their own personal avatars and signatures in exchange for forum based items, such as rings, etc.
He first joined the [[Sonic Scene]] in early 2003, first joining the Sonic Zone Forums, under the alias of '''Shadow-X'''. At the time he was considered a n00b but quickly learned how things on a message board worked. With fellow real life friend [[Valtiel]] (known then as *Espio), and many online friends, they revolted against the administration on the forums after many months of being there. They did not like how the board was being run, and disliked the current owner of the website, Sonikku, and his co-admin Shade. After many arguements himself and Valtiel were banned and deleted from the forums.  
 
  
After Sonic Zone he went on to join many other forums, which included Sonic Revolution (later Sonic Planet), SSMB, and many others. He quickly became a valuable member on these new boards, becoming a Moderator on SRF, and then later an administrator of both the forums and website, becoming very popular within the community. After many months on Sonic Revolution, he recieved an email from Valtiel, explaining that Shade (Sonic Zone's co-admin) had begun deleting SZF. Shade gave Xash and Valtiel ACP access and removed their ban. They then took out revenge on Sonikku, deleting the forums, removing members, etc. and completely destroying the site.
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===Xash'n'Valtiel===
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Described by many as a "Crafty Duo", Xash and Valtiel were, and still are, two of the most hated and well known people in the entire Sonic Scene. After they were banned from Sonic Zone in 2003 for hacking into it, they soon began hacking and trolling other major Sonic sites. Being a staff member on many of them didn't stop Xash in his actions, which eventually resulted in himself and Valtiel being banned from many servers within the communities. Besides attacking most of the major websites and forums they have also hit other minor sites, bringing a total of over 30 targeted communities within the Sonic scene.  
  
== Spamming & Hacking==
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The style of spam they post has been said to be "sick" and "disgusting" by some members of the forums which they attack. They usually set out to post in about 20 topics of the board, posting up pictures of beastiality and scat porn, and start abusing members. Since early 2007, the group have not done a major hack or spam together.
After his first hacking experience, Glen, now known as Xash, began to take down as many forums and websites as he could, even deleting Sonic Revolution and turning on the entire community. Together with Valtiel, they have both deleted, spammed, and hacked over 30 Sonic based websites and forums alone, including leaking information on early website versions of [[FastFeet Media]] to the TSS community, even though he was once a DJ on TSS for a short period of time.
 
  
These days any hacking or spamming he does is when he is bored. When asked ''"Do you not have a life, why do you even hack?"'' he responded ''"I only hack when I'm bored or have nothing to do, tonight I spammed Sonic Zone because I was waiting on a pizza I ordered, it passed the time, I wouldn't usually do that anymore, the effort and point in doing it is fuck all, I just do it when bored, or just piss people off that I dislike."''
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==Later Activities==
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After being banned from many of the sites in the scene, Xash became less active online, making only a few appearances on [http://sonicearth.com/ Sonic Earth], before eventually leaving completely in 2007. However, since October, 2008 Xash has returned to the Sonic scene and has gained control of Sonic Zone. Sonic Zone Forums, the website's old board, has been shut offline and a link to the new version, known now simply as Sonic Zone, is shown.
  
== Xash & Valtiel ==
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On October 4, 2010, Xash randomly decided to spam the {{LinkRetro|topic=22913|title=Sonic Retro Forums}} with links to other forums. He was promptly banned. He hasn't been an active member of the Sonic scene since.
Described as a "crafty duo" by many people, over the years Xash & Valtiel have become two of the most hated people in the Sonic community to date, being IP banned from many website networks so they cannot gain access. Although they have been in many fueds with almost every member of the SSMB Staff, both Xash & Valtiel have a good relationship with TSS owner [[Dreadknux]], as he finds them to bring excitement to forums and being funny with their jokes and gags. They stay in contact through Windows Live Messenger, and have stated they would like to meet Dreadknux in person.
 
  
As of 2007 the team has split and haven't been hacking websites since mid 2006. Valtiel has vanished completely from the Sonic community and Xash left for some time also, but has recently joined Sonic Earth, a new message board created by ex-owner of Sonic Zone, Sonikku, who is now on level terms with Xash.
 
  
It has been noted that even [[Yuji Naka]] has learned of them and their activites.
 
  
== Facts & Information ==
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* His favourite types of music include Dance and Hip-Hop, although he also likes the odd Rock song.
 
* As of 2007, he has asked most people on his new Windows Live account not to give his email out, as he wants to choose who he talks to online making it very difficult for anyone to get in contact with him.
 
* He has two Live accounts, one for real life contacts and one for online. He spends 90% of his time on his real life one.
 
* At only 16, he enjoys a regular trip to the pub every weekend, although he started drinking at 14.
 
* He is also well known for his Photoshop skills, being an excellent graphic designer.
 
* His favourite films and shows include Skins, Tokyo Drift, American Pie, The Departed, Top Gear, Shawshank Redemption, The Simpsons, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', Halloween, Bad Santa, Back To The Future, Las Vegas, Final Destination, S.W.A.T., Gamer Tv, Rocky, and many more.
 
* He is one of the few members of the Sonic community from Ireland.
 
* Supports Manchester United football club, his favourite player being Cristiano Ronaldo.
 
* He is six foot one in height.
 
* Favourite music artists include Tiësto, Darren Styles, 2Pac, ATB, Breaking Benjamin, Story Of The Year, Linkin Park, Llyod Banks, Mark Breeze, Fort Minor, Lupe Fiasco, Dune, Prodigy, RMB, Eminem, Black'n'Decker, Diddy, Three 6 Mafia, T.I., Ying Yang Twins, Hixxy, Paul Van Dyk, Hardcore Heaven, HTID, & Public Domain.
 
* Has the record for being a Staff member on many major Sonic forums, including the Sonic Stadium Message Board, Sonic Cage Dome, Sonic Zone Forums, Sonic Revolution, Sonic Planet Core, and many others.
 
 
 
== External Links ==
 
* [http://bebo-king-conway.bebo.com Official Bebo Page]
 
* [http://www.last.fm/user/C0nway/ Official Last.fm Page]
 
* [http://www.freewebs.com/glenconway/ Official Website]
 
* [http://www.sonicearth.com/member.php?u=13 Sonic Earth Profile]
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 11 February 2021

Xash (Zash), is an Irish internet personality best known in the Sonic scene for his trolling and hacking activities on major Sonic based websites and forums, some of which included Sonic Zone, Sonic Planet, Sonic Cage Dome, and many others. He was also the owner and webmaster of the renewed Sonic Zone.

Scene History

Xash first joined the Sonic scene in late 2002, becoming a member of the Sonic Zone Forums using the alias Shadow-X. After many arguments with the administration of the board he left to join Sonic Revolution, quickly becoming involved with the forums and eventually becoming an administrator. Within the next few months, himself and fellow friend Valtiel returned to Sonic Zone. They both felt the members weren't being treated right and the board itself didn't follow its own rules. After much debate they decided to hack into it and began to delete many of the staff members. This was short lived as the owner quickly gained control of the situation and banned them both.

Over the next few years he became very well known within the scene, eventually changing his username to Xash. Already an administrator of Sonic Revolution, he also gained other staff positions on other popular Sonic sites. He became a news poster and webmaster of Sonic Planet, a SegaSonic Radio DJ with his own show, and even managed to overcome his ban and become a moderator on the Sonic Zone Forums. During this time he became involved with graphic design, opening a topic on each board he visited and making members their own personal avatars and signatures in exchange for forum based items, such as rings, etc.

Xash'n'Valtiel

Described by many as a "Crafty Duo", Xash and Valtiel were, and still are, two of the most hated and well known people in the entire Sonic Scene. After they were banned from Sonic Zone in 2003 for hacking into it, they soon began hacking and trolling other major Sonic sites. Being a staff member on many of them didn't stop Xash in his actions, which eventually resulted in himself and Valtiel being banned from many servers within the communities. Besides attacking most of the major websites and forums they have also hit other minor sites, bringing a total of over 30 targeted communities within the Sonic scene.

The style of spam they post has been said to be "sick" and "disgusting" by some members of the forums which they attack. They usually set out to post in about 20 topics of the board, posting up pictures of beastiality and scat porn, and start abusing members. Since early 2007, the group have not done a major hack or spam together.

Later Activities

After being banned from many of the sites in the scene, Xash became less active online, making only a few appearances on Sonic Earth, before eventually leaving completely in 2007. However, since October, 2008 Xash has returned to the Sonic scene and has gained control of Sonic Zone. Sonic Zone Forums, the website's old board, has been shut offline and a link to the new version, known now simply as Sonic Zone, is shown.

On October 4, 2010, Xash randomly decided to spam the
Sonic Retro
Sonic Retro Forums
with links to other forums. He was promptly banned. He hasn't been an active member of the Sonic scene since.