Hotdogflag/Archive

Hotdogflag was an Initiate with 115 posts and 0 studs, who joined the LEGO Message Boards on September 20th, 2002. His avatar was a minifigure with a chef hat, mustache, waiter's torso, and white pants. There were always rumors about the first Maniac being named Hotdogflag (before cat1948 proved HDF was an Initiate). Many thought this was a real user, but some disagreed and didn't even think there was a rank called Maniac. One said they remember seeing Hotdogflag having a "Legend" rank, but this rumor was proven impossible after Rock-o-Ages reached Rank X at about 24,000 posts. The real Legend rank was then created soon after ROA and some other users gained the rank.

Hotdogflag eventually was forgotten and then supposedly proven "fake" after KRRouse and Empire981proved that the rank Maniac was real and more people began to gain the rank of Maniac. He was rumored to have around 22,000 posts (or 20,000 by others), and could have been the first person to discover Legend as well, even though it is at about 24,000 posts. Hotdogflag was also on The Brickgame High Score list, and he often played with Bud1955, and Bud has said he and Hotdogflag were "good friends" and that they played each other a lot on The Brickgame. He also had one of the top 10 Club Pages in 2006, although this only proves his existence and not his post count on the LEGO Message Boards. He probably got this status by other means, since he has so few posts. Even though there is evidence of him, some people still question his existence and say that he was just a rumor made up to prove that those ranks existed. It was really never known if he ever had a signature.

Fun Facts:

 * Hotdogflag is a user who other users are trying to find in the MB/message boards Archives. Most users come back empty-handed from that search, but was found by cat1948 by searching HDF's username.