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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.

Early Years

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.

Spamming & Hacking

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."

Xash & Valtiel

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

  • 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.

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