The origin of the Patriotic Nigras has been traced by cyber-rights researcher Peter Ludlow to the /b/ imageboard of the imageboard 4chan where board members decided in late 2005 to 'raid' Habbo Hotel, a popular avatar-based social networking game. History Habbo Hotel Īnti- furry protesters at Anthrocon 2007 wear afro wigs and suits, and carry a sign saying 'Pool is Closed' in reference to Patriotic Nigras raids on Habbo Hotel. Membership in the group has ranged from 35 members in 2007 up to a rough 200 at their peak in mid-2011. Whatever the true character and affiliations of the group, it has provoked commentary by critics and internet culture writers since its formation in 2005, and it has been listed as one of the central figures in the griefer culture of Second Life. The PN make casual use of racist, sexist, and homophobic terminology which some researchers dismiss as a joke and which others have identified as 'problematic' and 'troubling'. They have been described as /b/tards (a group affiliated with 4chan), members of, and as an offspring of the W-Hats griefer group (itself an offshoot of Something Awful). The group has been linked to internet group Anonymous as both a sub-group and an early progenitor iteration. The DHRA has also described them as a prime example of online criminal gang culture including spillover effects into real life gang activity. Others have identified quasi-political motivations such as the effort to hinder the entry of corporations into Second Life, and yet others have identified their activities as nihilistic or even agonistic online branches of the political avant-garde. The group has been described as a nonpolitical online terrorist group whose central motivation is described by the term ' lulz'. Properly characterizing the Patriotic Nigras has proven difficult for critics and researchers who have observed their activities from within their raids and from afar. The Patriotic Nigras have also caused the crashing of several Second Life regions (or 'simulators') by using self-replicating objects that overload the processing power of the computer running them. They have also created avatars similar to those of the residents being harassed and destroyed them in gruesome ways to simulate a virtual death. These boxes then produce storms of graphical particles that block the victim's vision. Their method of attack ranges from trolling a group or individual to the manipulation of the in-game scripting engine, where they perform such activities as showering their targets with boxes covered in internet memes and shock images. While the PN were known mainly for the disruption of Second Life and its users, they had also established themselves on the video sharing website YouTube, where they have posted videos of their activities including server raids.

The Patriotic Nigras (also known by the initialism PN) were a group of griefers in the online world of Second Life.

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