The rise and fall of Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, who led the most influential community in internet history.

00:00 Introduction 00:55 Lowtax 03:41 "Something Awful" 07:56 Internet Frontier 15:33 Lust for Life 19:18 Money Makes You Stupid 22:32 Another Heart Breaks 28:50 Empire of Dirt 39:08 Ozymandias 42:03 Credits

Special thanks to Cybershell for help in researching, editing and recording this documentary.

CORRECTIONS:

• Alimony is not child support, made a mistake there during writing assuming they were synonymous.
• The Laissez Faire incident occurred in 2010, not 2014. It’s correct visually but I state the wrong date.

Additional audio editing by Porch (@afrontporch) & Fobby Additional artwork by Cynthia (@cygrips) Additional animation by Chip (@fractalcounty) Additional music by Jared (@ratbastardinc) & Rusty Cage (@RSTYCG) Additional VA by Emplemon (@EmperorLemon), Whang! (@JustinWhang) & TheGamerFromMars (@gamerfrommars)

Tracklisting: https://pastebin.com/raw/60fq9pjA