SMS Freedom of Information

A place to disclose and permanently host information for the public benefit, as I see fit.

This page has an impartiality policy; if there’s any document missing from coverage of a topic, please let me know.

Sensitive Evidence

Some archives are available from the Open SMS Discord to anyone who is known and trusted (meaning any invested community member); inquire with the mods there for access.

• s1jzld: DM history of me with 1UpsForLife, Jpep, Hooktail/Zip/Theo, lumardy, dongerduck, from 2021/07/04 onwards.
• tareq-discord: Archive of the Tareq Discord used for making the case listed below [access is restricted to people related to the case].
• dating-discord: Evidence for the “Libel Review”, below.
• sms-mod-pre: SMS mod channels from 2018 to 2022/01/22 (main) or 2022/05/09 (leaderboards/wiki).
• sms-ilmod-post: SMS IL mod channel, 2022/05/09–2024/01/05.
• zoomer-case-outer + zoomer-case-inner: Unredacted versions of the Zoomer case chats below.

Documentation

IL Accurate Leaderboard (Table, App)
A tool to deanonymise players and collect missing runs to promote leaderboard accuracy.

RTA Leaderboard Tracker
A tool to deanonymise players and log deleted runs to promote leaderboard accuracy.

#speedrunning
Archive of the SMS channel from Guy2308’s Discord that hosted the IL meta from late 2019 to mid 2021.

Deleted A8 Runs
A record of every run by Guy2308 removed from the Speedrun.com leaderboards.

Abuse/Conflict

MLarvitar/Jpep (Allegation)

Me (Allegation, Response)

Toburr/Rudhira/PneumaticKomodo/GoldenDevil (#screenshot-thread/#sunshine Archive, #community-reconciliation Archive, Toburr Ban Notice + Post-Mortem)
Archives of the May 2022 conflict and Jun–Jul 2022 mediation Discord channels regarding the bingo community bullying case. The third link includes a review of the information warfare Toburr/Rudhira/Lego6245/JeffCompass conducted over said ban notice.

Awesomocity0/Dutchj (Allegation)

Lumardy (Allegation, Response, Revenge)

Urbani (Allegation)

Guy2308/Tareq/Nebuladiv/ddos/UrinalMike/ EquivocalGenius/Oatflaker/knirgesh/rays04 (Allegation, Libel Review, Case Chats)
⚠ The Allegation doc has unresolved libel, so should not be assumed to be true.
Also known as Tareq Discord, Zoomer case, Doctober. This was the one that caused a gigantic moral panic and was covered on Reddit.

BTRL Essay
A post-mortem on the issue of BTRL commentary in SMS, Jun 2021.

Publication History

2024/10/22: sensitive evidence list, tareq discord case discussions, nebuladiv libel review, lumardy case revenge, toburr ban notice/post-mortem

2023/12/21: awesomocity0/dutchj case, mlarvitar/jpep case, il accurate leaderboard

2023/01/12: rta leaderboard tracker

2022/11/01: btrl essay

2022/10/14: #speedrunning, deleted a8 runs, my case, bingo case #screenshot-thread, bingo case #community-reconciliation, lumardy case, urbani case, tareq discord case