Jinx.com
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| Jinx | |
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 J!NX: Clothing for Gamers and Geeks |
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| URL | http://www.jinx.com/ |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Online Store/Internet Forums |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | Jinx: Clothing for Gamers and Geeks |
Formed on 29 December, 1997, Jinx.com is an online store targeted at gamers, geeks and hackers. The site features a wide variety of T-shirts, "hoodies", stickers, and other apparel. It is also well known for its forums.
The company publicizes themselves with their name stylized as "J!NX", and the tagline "Clothing for Gamers and Geeks".
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Jinx shirts have also been seen being worn by the people on the situation comedy Scrubs and The IT Crowd. Many of their shirts were also featured in the movie Grandma's Boy.
Jinx produces and sells official merchandise for many organisations, particularly official RPG clothing, stickers and accessories. Examples include World of Warcraft, AdventureQuest and Dungeons and Dragons.
[edit] Jinx Forums
The site is well known for its forums, which are among the most widely visited computer-related forums on the Internet. Due to the forums' popularity, they receive a substantial number of newcomers to the "hacker" subculture; as a result, many consider the Jinx forums to be a forum for amateurs. Despite this reputation, the Jinx forums feature some very experienced and skilled programmers, system administrators, and computer hobbyists.
The forums cover a variety of subjects which include computer security, phreaking, networking, programming, modding (case, hardware, and software), hardware, gaming, administration and social subjects (Mental Reality). It also has a section on the forum to discuss topics such as gaming, music, and television.
As of 11 March 2008, the total number of members registered in the forums is 29,877 compared to 26,362 7 October 2006.
As of February 2nd, 2007, the Mental Reality (MR) forum was changed from open to all users to invite only. This was due to users "abusing" the MR forum. Only users who have contributed enough may get into Mental Reality.
The moderators for J!NX are dualdflipflop, sakuramboo, CodeMA, and superfly. Along with the global moderators, W32.N00b.Worm moderates the Geek Speak section. jinx, the site owner occasionally shows up to answer questions in the Product Feedback forum. jinx shows up as a regular member rather than a moderator.
