Nadeo Disaster

The Nadeo Disaster (also known as "The Divine Intervention", or "TDI" for short) occurred in late 2008, as a manifestation of the rage that sparked within the TrackMania community due to the addition of the FinishBug. The so called rage from the community was ignited due to players claiming that the newcomers were unable to keep up with the professionals that used the bug, making it near impossible to top their times with traditional runs.

Recount of the events
''The events of the protest occurred on the 3rd of November, 2008. All times are in the CEST timezone (UTC+01:00).''
 * 09:00 - A small group of protesters first show up outside the Nadeo HQ, using very aggressive language and carrying wooden signs with "Supprimez le BugFin ou nous supprimerons votre QG !". The security at the HQ took notice of the events but paid no attention to the protesters at first, according to witnesses within the protesting group.
 * 09:15 - More protesters show up. Few security members attempt to take control of the situation and tell the protesters to leave but they are unsuccessful.
 * 09:40 - The protest slowly turns into a riot, as the protesters turn more violent, smashing windows, throwing eggs and damaging all sorts of property. The Nadeo HQ employees are escorted out of the building and more security is sent to the scene.
 * 10:20 - The Gendarmerie (the French riot police) are dispatched to both ends of the Rue Falguière street and the intersection of Rue Dulac.
 * 10:30 - An unknown protester throws bricks at all the windows south of the building and manages to hit one of the security personnel directly to the temple. After this event, more protesters are encouraged to do the same, resulting in few injuries for the security, and the success of protestors breaking in the building despite the Gendarmerie's efforts. It is assumed that the first protester to enter the building used a plasma cutter to bypass the six locks that were placed by the riot police.714YtofT8xL.jpg
 * 10:34 - The protesters slowly made their way inside the building, ravaging all valuable property, harassing the remaining security personnel (and even killing a few) and overall ruining the entire HQ as a whole. Nadeo would later temporarily relocate to another (undisclosed) location.
 * 11:01 - All of these events are caught on live television, and Nadeo follows up with a rushed apology and announcement that the FinishBug will be removed and "TrackMania will be balanced and fair again". This causes the protesters to give up on their continuing rampage which in the end resulted in 4 people (2 identified as Thiboult Mirinda and Marcus Woodstrong) being arrested and imprisoned for second degree murder and vandalizing property.

Due to the protesters efforts, Nadeo has removed the bug since, however they reintroduced it on the date of 13th of December, only 40 days later. Despite such a bold and disrespectful move from Nadeo, there were no more protests since.