Last night one of NBC’s longest running shows came to an epic close. While many spin offs still remain like SVU and Law & Order Los Angeles, the show that started the (Dun Dun) took a dramatic turn. This time, instead of ripping stories from the headlines, they ripped it from the internet.

Last night as I sat in my office and lurked on the interwebs, I noticed something happening on 4chan. Everyone for some reason kept posting “Dun Dun”. This was even before the series finale of Law & Order began it’s run in it’s time slot on NBC. Many images of Law & Order assaulted the image boards. I was never a big Law & Order fan, but it peaked my interest.So I made a post, this, is when I shat brix.

The 4chan mods had changed the “Post Successful” message to a Law & Order themed message complete with the unforgettable Law & Order sound “Dun Dun”. What can I say, I LOL’d, LOL’d hard.

The time came for Law & Order so I turned around and flipped on my TV in my office and began watching Law & Order with my fellow /b/tards.

The series finally was about a guy who had posted a  warning on the internet that he was going to set off bombs in a school and go on a killing spree. Now I know people are thinking “That’s more of a Columbine story than internet.” Not so, the would be killer was posting the warning on his blog. So what made this so intriguing to the denizens of 4chan? The fact that the name of the Website was “Moot’s Countdown”.

Moot, as most people know him, is the internet handle of Chris Poole, founder of the popular site 4chan.  The fact that Law & Order writers included the internet handle, set 4chan into a frenzy.

Most people on the site last night were speculating: “Do you think the bad guy will be the real Moot? That would be so F’N Epic!” This statement really isn’t that far fetched of a guess. 4chan and Anonymous had hacked a Time Magazine Poll to name Moot as the most influential person on the planet. This garnered Chris Poole aka “Moot” national recognition. Moot has also been asked to speak at many conferences and has only recently in the past year began giving more interviews.

(4Chan founder Chris Poole aka Moot)

To the credit of the writers, they actually did their homework. Most police dramas I have seen recently totally screw up the real life application of computer forensics, not Law & Order. With good old fashioned police work and the correct protocol for tracking IP’s, doing interviews, Law & Order came to it’s dramatic finish.  Much to the dismay of the 4chan community, Chris Poole did not play himself. 4Chan erupted into a resounding “WTF!” but, most were torn, upset that Moot was not Moot, but yet happy that the site was yet again receiving recognition.

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Comments ( 6 )

It was the admins, not mods that added that “DUN DUN” sound. And it would have been hilarious to see moot attempt to act, although a greater influx of new users is the last thing 4chan needs.

Nice article.

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