John Madden (event)

John Madden is a name given to a server event which occurred on May 10, 2019, on the Passione server.

What Occurred
On May 10, 2019, Passione user and head moderator Aurrickan, with the assistance of head moderator TheMainPoint, changed the usernames of everyone on the server with the roles "Squad Soldato", and higher to "John Madden". This resulted in much confusion, as well as many users spamming the phrases associated with the original meme.

Its Origins
This was in reference to a video created by youtube user motdef, featuring Moonbase Alpha, a game published by NASA in 2010. Despite being described as a game which "provides a realistic simulation of life on a natural satellite based on potential Moon base programs.", the game lacked sufficient, enjoyable gameplay. Despite this, Moonbase Alpha had a hilarious text-to-speech chat function, which was easily exploitable for various jokes and memes.

Trivia

 * Several users are still named John Madden due to their inactivity.