Community

TrackMania Nations Forever has cultivated a dedicated and somewhat unconventional community over the years. It has captivated players worldwide with its fast-paced action and creative maps. Without it, these said players would not have achieved milestones such as creating diverse map styles, establishing different teams, and collaborating to achieve optimal results while fostering enduring friendships.

History
TrackMania Forum was founded sometime before 2006 in order to share information. The site became very popular, as TrackMania Nations Forever had been a massive success. However, the forum was noted for the profound lack of intelligence of the users - indeed, it seemed that it was impossible to find anyone who could hold a proper conversation about TrackMania on it. As such, although the website was popular, it is impossible to claim that the website was successful in founding a community around the game.

In 2010, arguably one of the golden years of TrackMania, the game took a significant turn with the emergence of a player known as BosZ!^^. Even though the game had been around since 2006, BosZ!^^ noticed that there was not a dedicated community established in the game. Since most of the playerbase had been German up to that point, various players reported seeing little to no messages or conversations in the chat box, as these players were reportedly primarily focused on achieving better times on maps rather than chatting using the in-game chat. Because of this, BosZ!^^ decided to form the community - giving it the name TMCommunity.

Within this newly-formed community, players started witnessing things they have not seen up to that point, such as players messaging in the chat box whilst simultaneously racing on a map trying to achieve the best possible time possible. This, in turn, frightened many players (specifically those from the German community) as they saw this to be a complete waste of time and a distraction that would make it improbable to set good times on the maps that they were playing. As it would turn out however, they did not know how to express this concern in-game, as many of these players have never used the chat option. Such an error on their part completely prevented them from voicing their opinion on this matter, leading many players to completely quit the game completely, as they could not focus on the map that they were playing due to the distractions that they were presented with.

Later, rumors of espionage started circulating around inside the TMCommunity. Stories of spies infiltrating teams and races, whether true or exaggerated, have become a big part of its vast and expansive lore. While some players dismiss these claims as mere paranoidal rumblings, others swear they have encountered such figures firsthand.

As teams were an essential part of the game, the TMCommunity started dividing players into various teams. Players without a team were not recognized as a part of this community. However, after a while, BosZ!^^ and other community members started speculating that certain players started putting completely random characters in their name, thus faking and pretending to be in a team. This led to an investigation launched by the founder of the TMCommunity, which lasted over 6 months and in turn banned over 5500 players from it, with no chance to join back ever again. This investigation was highly controversial and many community members started an uprising, calling this a form of oppression and violation of free speech. That led to over 500 more community members being banned permanently.

As the community grew, so did the prevalence of deception and misinformation. Instances of players spreading false tactics, creating troll maps, and fabricating team affiliations became common. While these antics added a layer of complexity to the community dynamics, they also led to distrust and frustration among players.