Farhad2000 is now Farhad1000: All hail the King!

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 13,555 views
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Riot cop pleez to have you bring it on

I am pleased as punch to report that I cast the tenth vote on Farhad’s last sifted submission, thus making him the very FIRST sifter to get 1000 STARS! Yeah, you better believe it baby. That crazy Uzbek has earned one thousand stars, which is nothing less than phenomenal. Check out his new bling: A gold bronze crown! How cool is that!?

To boot, he just recently passed mlx and is now the third highest-ranked member here. Still not impressed? Well then go to his profile page and learn what he’s about: The obscure. Check out his videos, and you’ll see that Farhad got to where he is the hard way, i.e., by posting obscure videos, which by their nature will generally have a limited appeal. Regardless of any video’s marketability he posted them anyway, because he has an eye for quality.

What do I like most about his videos? First I must say that I consider him to be a member of the Sift’s Holy Trinity of awesome eclectic music. (JAPR and Eklek are the other two members.) Now don’t get me wrong; I have found tons of great music from many, many members, but it seems that Farhad, along with JAPR and Eklek, have delighted me most with musical selections that I know I otherwise would never have heard had it not been for them. But that’s not all:

- He’s a cinephile extraordinaire, knowledgeable of films from around the world.
- He studies politics, and is more knowledgeable of American politics than most people I know (which are virtually all Americans, mind you).
- He knows about military history and hardware, better than 99% of the general public.
- He’s a thoughtful and incisive commenter, having earned 23 stars for applauded comments.

I could go on, but now I believe it’s time for us to applaud this sifting stalwart. Give it up for Farhad, the T1000 of VideoSift. (Oh yeah, he’s also made of liquid metal, and can kill you with stabby appendages.)

89 Comments

JAPR says...

I've tossed quite a few music videos from bands I love into Farhad's Obscure channel, and occasionally take a glance through it. The videos there don't always look to be the most appealing at first due to being so unfamiliar in content or style, but there's a ridiculous amount of, well, obscure gems in there. I can't think of a better way to congratulate you than Kronos has already done, so I'll just add a hearty agreement to that. Way to go, Farhad.

Crosswords says...

Truly astounding, congratulations and thank you. Your commitment to the sift has helped make it the enjoyable place it is! And now that you're Emperor, care for some new clothes? They're as light and gentle on the skin as can be, and at the low low price of only 20 star points and 5 promotes, its a practical steal!

Fedquip says...

well done Farhad! well done, I spoke with Dag about this not that long ago and my idea for 1000 would be a large number of Promote Points deposited into your account...the King will own the sift....(until the points run out of course)

Zifnab says...

I get tagged as the Dark Lord of the Sift and Farhad is the Just and Merciful King? Go figure!

1000 stars is amazing Farhad, you deserve the crown! I always enjoy your great sifts and insightful comments and I look forward to another 1000 stars for you.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go dispose of my PR guy...

swampgirl says...

ahem ::: taps the microphone :::

Farhad, you are thoughtful, intelligent, upstanding, well read and you can be quite endearing too because I think you're a hopeless romantic. Your curiosity for just about EVERYTHING shows in the variety of content you've brought to the site. You're definitely a "big picture" person. You're an old soul.

Pardon the aunty swampy tone here, but wow... In the last couple of years, I've watched you grow from a nice "college kid" into one hell of an impressive young man. I'm glad to know you Farhad.

Oh, and congrats on the sifts.

Brat.

EDD says...

A long time coming, but it has finally happened! Be it taste in music, film or sentiment - I cannot think of anyone I identify with more here on the sift and certainly none other more deserving of the crown - congratulations, indeed! Now I feel even more comfortable saying: Farhad - you RULE

Incidentally, what is this new power of yours, may we ask? An inexhaustible supply of Power Points? Tripled number of queue slots? The ability to edit others' comments? IDDQD?

Farhad2000 says...

Thank you every for the kind words! It's been a great experience to be part of the site and see it grow over the last 2 years! Much thanks to Kronos for his post and his efforts to get me to this point! He promoted alot of my stuff! Thanks to Swampy! Its been great sharing this space!

I really am speechless at what you have said!

I would like to thank everyone because your votes made this happen (of course with a lil' but of coercion and self sift pimpage)

Am really shocked because I totally forgot how star points worked, I thought I had to sift 1000 videos before the milestone it was a nice surprise to wake up to it

Eklek says...

I remember how in my early lurking/sifting days I kept finding all these wonderful eclectic videos you posted (and this co-inspired me to post on VideoSift and sift what I like) and I still have to see quite a few of them. I already know I could almost instantly upvote your whole catalogue:) (but I stick to the VS-principle of first having to see the video before upvoting: this also leaves me some treasure left to explore on an almost daily basis..)
So keep expanding your catalogue: feed the obscure, to complement the more common, your voice is heard and will be heard (even though the sift's growing).
Cheers/mille grazie!

lucky760 says...

I remember the days when I thought reaching 100 stars seemed impossible, but now you've gone and thrown everyone a bone by demonstrating 1000 stars can be achieved.

It's an unbelievable accomplishment and extremely well deserved. I know you comment frequently lately about how much the Sift has changed (for the worse), but I hope you hang around to tell us all what 2000 stars feels like.

Enormous congratulations! The crown fits your head quite nicely.

choggie says...

Love and peace farhad-you tried to scare us away when we first arrived, was the advice heeded? Nope....thanks for suffering us imbeciles and wafarers-an awesome man you are, hope we may meet some day-Cheers

swampgirl says...

>> ^rottenseed:
...by the way, that looks like the paper burger king crown they give to retarded kids.


....or the icon for a king piece in an old computer chess game.

Gee wiz, I'll NEVER make it to 1k. YouTube doesn't have enough Shatner clips to get me that far......... Dag and Lucky, how about a blue diamond or something for 750?

NetRunner says...

Congrats Farhad, a truly remarkable achievement. You've been an amazing contributor to the site, whose name I came to recognize even back when I was just a lurker here.

Of course, now that it turns out you've suddenly become our monarch, I have to heckle you and secretly plot a democratic revolution to overthrow you.

MarineGunrock says...

From the FAQ:
Bronze Crown Member (and above)

* All abilities of Bronze Diamond
*

Anyone else notice that blank bullet?
Lemme help you out (admins) - here's what else you can give em: A Choggish - English dictionary.

The way I see it, a guy's been around long enough to accrue 1000 star points, he's got to be tired of trying to figure that shit out...

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