{"id":1489404,"date":"2026-02-07T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iHB7H4yCB5eH6rpwjLAjnK"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:40:16","slug":"rust-player-says-goodbye-to-his-server-neighbours-by-constructing-a-giant-illuminated-middle-finger-making-one-of-these-is-often-how-i-like-to-end-a-successful-wipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rust-player-says-goodbye-to-his-server-neighbours-by-constructing-a-giant-illuminated-middle-finger-making-one-of-these-is-often-how-i-like-to-end-a-successful-wipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Rust player says goodbye to his server neighbours by constructing a giant, illuminated middle finger: ‘Making one of these is often how I like to end a successful wipe’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It can be tough getting on with your neighbours. Sometimes you want to say things to them, like “Don’t let your adult children play bassy music until 2AM”, or “Don’t leave your dog alone at home all day so he spends the whole. Time. Barking.” But for the sake of a peaceful life, you don’t. Instead, you sit there, quietly seething.<\/p>\n

When you move out, though, all bets are off, and you can tell everyone who lives nearby exactly how you feel. And I’ve never seen a moving out message sent quite so spectacularly as by Rust<\/a> player and reddit user UniverseBear, who constructed a giant, illuminated middle finger to say sayonara to his server buddies.<\/p>\n

As seen in UniverseBear’s reddit post<\/a>, the flashing flip-off is emblazoned on the side of a rectangular tower built from corrugated iron and concrete. The offending gesture itself is constructed from industrial lights timed to cycle through an animation where the middle finger slowly raises from a clenched fist.<\/p>\n

It seems this is something of a tradition for UniverseBear, a way to cap off a round of Rust when the server is due to be wiped. “Making one of these is often how I like to end a successful wipe,” he wrote, before detailing how exactly his system works.<\/p>\n

“Basically, it’s lots of timers with various blocks connected to timer starters so that some timers only start when others are done,” he explained. “The counter is used to hard rest the system after every 100 “Fus” ensuring the animation doesn’t go out of sync over time.”<\/p>\n

Showing the neighbors how I feel about them.<\/a> from r\/playrust<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n