XeroX

Hey, I want to tell you about this creepy ROBLOX user called XeroX. It all started years ago when I was an avid player on the platform. ROBLOX was my go-to escape from life and a place to have fun and connect with my friends.

I was getting bored of the typical front page games, so one of the fun things to do was explore old and obscure games. It was during one of these exploration sessions that I stumbled upon a game called "The Haunting of XeroX" made by XeroX himself. Right off the bat I was intrigued by the title. It's not something you'd typically see when exploring mostly abandoned games. My first impression of it was that it was just some dumb myth game, but that only added to the mystery surrounding it so I decided to check it out anyway.

When I loaded in, I spawned in a dark room. The game had a dark and chilling atmosphere alongside haunted-like and distorted music in the background that seemed to echo throughout random places in the game. The graphics seemed old which I expected from an old game made before 2010, but there was something weird about the way the shadows trying to replicate my avatar's movements or the game's lighting. I couldn't put my finger on it, but it made me feel uneasy.

There was cartoonish white text on the top of my screen simply saying "Escape the maze". The objective was simple enough - escape from the maze-like house that XeroX had supposedly created. There were no other players or NPCs to interact with. I was completely alone so I was left to navigate the dark hallways and creepy rooms on my own.

I started exploring random points, but there wasn't anything remarkable aside from the game's odd lighting and echoing music. As I ventured deeper into the game, I came across strange messages scribbled on the walls. They seemed to be written by someone who was slowly descending into insanity, because it was a bunch of weird conspiracy stuff and weird nonsense. Instead of seeming like normal 2D text, it looked more like jagged and scratched handwriting. I got the sense that something was seriously wrong. This was no ordinary game.

The most disturbing part came when I finally made it to the end of the maze. You see, I reached a room covered in blood splatter while the walls had images or paintings of demonic figures. And there, in the center of the room, stood XeroX despite not being in the game.

This wasn't an NPC, it was the creator. I tried to back away slowly, but my game froze and I was unable to move. XeroX's figure seemed to inch closer, pixel by pixel, until their face was right in front of mine. XeroX didn't move or say anything and, for some odd reason, I felt like he was watching into my soul and got chills. I had no idea what was happening anymore. Suddenly, my screen glitched and went black, but I was still in the game. I could hear the music becoming more distorted from my speakers, but alongside that, I could hear faint whispers too. They were distorted and barely audible.

I was becoming more creeped out. Nothing like this had ever happened in my exploring sessions. My screen bugging out unsettled me the most, not what happened in the game itself. It was probably just my computer acting up again, I thought. Just as I was losing hope, my computer screen flickered back to life and I felt relief. Instead of XeroX, there was a message on my screen in pitch black background. It read:

"You were never alone."

My heart sank as I tried to comprehend the meaning behind those words. I tabbed out just to check XeroX's profile, but unfortunately, the page led me to a dead end. I tabbed back in the game, but this time, the text changed and displayed my IP address. I googled it just to check, and sure enough, it was accurate. Before I had a chance to react, my antivirus forcefully closed roblox.exe due to potential malware. I reported the game in a state of panic, hoping nothing bad would happen and that it would get removed.

I went on the forums and made a thread about the game and XeroX hoping I'd figure out what was going on. The answer I got was nothing short of anxiety inducing.

The game I played, "The Haunting of XeroX," was not just a creepy creation, but a tool to steal personal information and potentially put malware on players devices. I scanned my computer with malwarebytes and it deleted Roblox.exe along with a bunch of unnamed applications. A few hours later, XeroX himself gave a response in the thread:

"welcome to the haunting of XeroX"

The entire thread has been removed by a moderator for seemingly no reason and, just like that, disappeared without a trace. Weirdly enough, any attempts in trying to find an archive have been futile. It's like the thread never existed. Because of this experience, I decided to quit playing Roblox ever again. I haven't stumbled across anything like that to this day.