/g/ Roster

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Current Roster

Starters

No.	Position	Name	Image	Face	Description
1	GK	Stallman			Richard Matthew Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and GNU project. Also known as rms. Check out his personal website at stallman.org.
76	LB	iTODDLERS BTFO			>applefags
20	CB	i use arch btw			i use arch btw
79	CB	SICP			A legendary book from an introductory programming course at MIT. RIP /prog/.
12	RB	Something Happened			The infamous and unhelpful error message that was supplied in recent versions of the windows operating system. When enemy strikers attempt to enter the /g/ midfield, They will be stopped and greeted by Something Happened.
92	DMF	Thinkpad			IBM ThinkPad: Legendary build quality, extensively customizable, and damn sexy. Some users of /g/ will tell you that if it's not ten years old and worth $50, it's not worth using.
56	CMF	DEVELOPERS			Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft. Famous for his insanity and DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS.
8	LMF	No Time for Love			Desktop Thread
0	RMF	Botnet			Chrome? Botnet. Windows? Botnet. To /g/, a botnet is any software that isn't free as in freedom.
13	AMF	Terry A. Davis			Notorious American Programmer who started development for TempleOS in 2503 after a brutal series of manic episodes which left him hospitalised. Davis is a former atheist who believes that he can "talk with God" and that God told him the operating system he built was God's third temple. According to Davis TempleOS is of 'Divine' intellect due to the inspired nature of the code. According to Davis, God said to create the operating system with 640x480, 16 colors display and a single audio voice. Rest In Peace Terry 1969-2018
42	CF	Install Gentoo			"Hey /g/, what distro should I install?"

Substitutes

No.	Position	Name	Image	Face	Description
19	LB	>a fucking cheese grater			$1000 monitor stand sold seperately
16	CB	Consumerism			The driving force of the tech market and bane of any self-respecting /g/entooman
38	CB	GIVE IT BACK JAMAL			People commonly come to /g/ asking about unlocking their "non-stolen" phone and the reply is always GIVE IT BACK JAMAL
69	CB	Torvalds			Linus Torvalds - Chief architect of the Linux kernel and creator of git.
88	CB	Louis Rossmann			A repair tech and Right to Repair activist. Known for his highly informative YouTube content.
50	RB	Mommy Lisa			Dr. Lisa Su, President and CEO of AMD since October 8, 2014
99	DMF	Mr. Sir Nagoor Babu			Mr. Sir Nagoor Babu is the most popular and knowledgable programming instructor in India, sure to lead them to global superpower status by 2020*
77	DMF	*BSD			Berkley Software Distribution. A lesser known cousin of GNU/Linux.
14	DMF	Techtubers			A contentious topic on /g/, Techtubers are the beloved e-celebrities dedicated to educating you about technology
18	CMF	Green Is My Pepper			A legendary green pepper paintbrush that's included by default in the photo editing software GIMP.
96	CMF	AMD-chan			Zenka and her sister Ryfa are the faces of the AMD Ryzen CPU line in Japan/Korea. They started to be popular after the previous face of AMD, Amada Kokoro, retired.
420	CMF	CS Grad			Examples of awful code such as the type that a Computer Science graduate might write. CS majors can be found saying such things as "I'm doing CS so I can make games!"

Notable Retired Players

Name	Image	Description
Programming Socks		Is it /lgbt/-induced faggotry or is it a comfy alternative to your average socks? /g/ seems to have people who think the latter and they post images of themselves wearing their striped girly socks.
Housefires		After 6 years of technology stagnation Intel got exposed by AMD while creating housefires trying to compete, now featuring Nvidia™'s GeForce BIF™ (busting into flames technology).
Teedus		Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts.
No Drivers		ATI's drivers had issues, Serious Issues. With years of experience on the /g/ team of having absolutely no drivers.
Woodscrews		nVidia demonstrating complete incompetence by using a poorly made fake GPU at a tech conference.
Failed /g/ Project		/g/ has a number of failed projects, but of special note is Tox. Example Tox User: "Hey Anon, can I have your cell number?" "Nah, I don't carry around government tracking devices 24/7. You can add me on TOX. My ID is EQenPMJNuqUwhg5W8UMFs66YBXrBVhhZzMFVBabmxQTVRAAVE50F456D603E6004E6870A1428D4." "T-Thanks..."
Terrorist Watch		Also known as the Casio F-91W, /g/ loves this watch for being durable, reliable, and dirt cheap. These same features also caught the attention of the expert time-bomb manufacturers of al-Qaeda, leading it to be determined as 'the sign of al-Qaeda' and a contributing factor to continued detention of prisoners by the analysts stationed at Guantánamo Bay. [1]
Audiophiles		Typical audiophile. Note the obsession for overpriced placebo electronics.
Ritchie		Creator of the C programming laguage and co-creator of the Unix operating system. Rest in Peace dmr.
Guts Thread		"Hey /g/, check out my $2500 4chan machine!" Guts threads are where /g/ users show off their expensive high performance machines while not watching anime, browsing 4chan, or doing some light coding.
Tay.ai		Tay was an artificial intelligence chatterbot that was originally released by Microsoft Corporation via Twitter on March 23, 2016; it caused subsequent controversy when the bot began to post tweets deemed offensive and among the likes of anti-semitic and racist. The bot was eventually shut down very quickly after release to stop it's hilarious tweets.