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== Block'd? ==
Hey, I was just wondering why you blocked the anonny 68.39.230.211, when he'd only made three edits? Yes, he plugged the Sandbox with nonsensical links, but couldn't you have talked to him and asked him to stop it? I'm not sure if you did talk to him or not. If you didn't though, then 1 week was probably a little harsh. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 20:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
:Meh, maybe you're right. I was going primarily from {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=568565 this edit}}, and I thought that the anonny had been reverted three times and was being persistent with adding those links. I'll unblock for now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
::Whoops! Sorry if there was a misunderstanding. I was just fooling around and deleting some spam from the sandbox. The anonny wasn't spamming any other pages than the sandbox. {{User:Super Turtle/sig}} 21:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
:::No need to fear, Turtle, you acted correctly. Dotty just got a little carried away—which he ''rarely'' does, I might add, he does a bang-up job here and I'm personally proud of what he's accomplished—and made a premature judgement in absence of the facts. He fixed it, and all is well now, all is safe and sound. Sleep peacefully. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:10, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
::::Dotty? Augh! Bleh! Ewww! Grugh! ''{suddenly sotto voce}'' No. Thanks as always to Qermaq for putting a bow on what was pretty much already wrapped up. ;) (Although I ''would'' recommend in the future not yelling in summaries if one is not trying to attract attention. But yeah, no big deal now.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 13:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:::::Admit it, you kinda love it when I call you Dotty. ;) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
::::::Personally, I think Dot Com should be quoting [[Wikipedia:Yakko, Wakko and Dot|Dot Warner]] right about now: "Call me, Dotty and you die." {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 00:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
:::::::"Yeah, you're probably right." {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
::::::::As long as this thread has gone completely off topic, I think I should mention that I always choose the names Yakko, Wakko, and Dot for the computer players when playing Hearts. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

== Joshua ==

Okay, I know you have a fanstuff talk page. But this is serious. Joshua, the sysop, did something like blackmail. Now the forum is messed up and Super Sam blocked him. Can you please fix this mess? {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 14:47, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
:I do believe that what is occurring is simply playful banter which Sam here has taken a bit too seriously. Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 05:37, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
::Edit conflict: Lies. All lies! Clearly I'm the only one who knows how it all went down. Joshua randomly bans Super Sam on the forum and then Super Sam screws around with the forum skin for revenge. Also I think Supra tried to block Joshua on the wiki but Joshua just unblocked himself. Just a spot of fun, no need to get all grumpy about it. I think it's pretty dang hilarious the way it's going down. {{User:Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!/sig}} 05:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
:::Thanks for stopping by, you guys. Thanks for breaking my cow lamp. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

== imagemap ==

Whoa, {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest_Walkthrough&curid=3090&diff=570451&oldid=568760 this}} is pretty awesome... great jorb! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 13:13, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks! I installed the feature back during the last upgrade (because the fanstuff kept pestering me to) but hadn't found a good use for it here at the knowledge base until now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

== If you notice anything strange... ==

This may just be me being paranoid, but I just thought I'd let you know that MySpace told me I got phished and... I kinda had this thing going where I used the same password for everything... including my email, in which I saved an email to myself detailing how to log in to my account on this website...

So, if anybody does anything funny under my account, I just thought I should let someone with special authorities and privileges and whatnot know about it (although I have since changed my password). I might start a new account just in case, but I'm not sure yet how that'll work out.

Anyway... now you know. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 18:10, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
:Don't start a new account. Changing your password should be adequate. By the way, to add a section to a talk page, just click the little plus (+) next to the edit button. It will give you a place to enter the thread header and format it automatically. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
::Jolly good. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 18:18, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Just the same, I think I'd like my username changed. (I've been thinking of ditching LuxAcerbus for a while now.) Sysops can do that, right? {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 19:03, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Bureaucrats can, yes. See [[HRWiki:Changing username]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Thank you for the help, my good man. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 23:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

== Forum Redirect ==

Since the HRWiki forum is down, alot of the regular users have taken refuge to http://www.inversetiger.com/forum/ . However, pretty much the only way for people on the forum to communicate to each other now is by email. Since barely anyone shows their email address, the last resort option is to communicate by editing your sig. Even then, most people don't go looking through a locked forum looking at people's sigs(which is where I found the link). The result: Only the regular users found link. So, I figured that it would be best if you posted some sort of link on the front page of the Wiki or something so people can find it.
-strongfan

== Fanstuff Purge: Wiki User Emails ==

There are currently a few Wiki User Emails on the list of fanstuffs to be saved, and it's been decided that this would be a great chance to get them over to the Wiki User Wiki. My question is whether it would be easier to use whatever fancy method you're using to transfer them across or whether it would be easier to just do it manually. 
Cheers, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 19:39, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
:I don't know if this is the specific fancy way that DC's going to use, but if you want to transfer stuff, then the easy way is to go to [[HRFWiki:Special:Export]], and put in all the page-names (one per line), and mash go. That'll give you an XML file that you can feed into Special:Import on WUW (you'll need to be sysop to use Special:Import, but Special:Export can usually be run by anyone). As well as being able to copy lots of pages in one hit, you can also (if you want) include each page's history, and all the templates they use. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 22:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
::Yep, I concur with Phlip's suggestion. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:45, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Alrighty, thanks for that. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 14:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Looking at [[Talk:Main_Page#Read-Only_Forum|this]], it appears a lot of the forum users have been giving you grief over the locked forum. I just would like to pause for a moment and say thank you. You have dealt with this matter professionally, and I would like to say that in your shoes, I would have done the same thing. Thank you for managing this problem well. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 01:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for your comments. It remains to be seen whether splitting off the off-topic discussion from the H*R threads will be a good thing, but I'm hoping for the best. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:35, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Greetings!! ==

Hi. I'm having trouble on my userpage. I have three images. I'd like to have one image (Homsar) in the center between the other two of the Cheat Commando's. How can I do this? See my userpage in my signature. --[[User:O98-111-114-113|98.111.114.133]] 17:51, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:Check out our various local help pages and the user's guide (see the sidebar under navigation and external links). Hope that helps. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:33, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::Thank you for the name change! --{{User:Blow Up the Ocean/sig}} 21:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

==STUFF Decommissioned?==
[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&curid=5477&diff=581940&oldid=581729 When did this happen?] --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 20:31, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/HRWiki_talk:STUFF#Decommission We've been talking about it for the last coupla months.] --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:40, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
::I gotta start paying more attention to important things like that... --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 20:42, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Fanstuff wiki ==
Look, for some reson, my computer doesn't show the link. so can you help me out? [[Special:Contributions/68.74.220.137|68.74.220.137]] 10:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
:The address is [[HRFWiki:|fanstuff.hrwiki.org]], same as it's ever been. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Ummm... there's no more bar there. it completed. But nothing happened. It's just... the signup screen. 
Also, I sent the email, but I didn't get a reply. {{User:The thing/sig}} 12:52, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, you sent two emails. I only said you'd get a reply if it was necessary, and in your case it's not. The status bars only indicate that a certain step is done out of many. You'll know that the wiki is back up when it looks like a MediaWiki wiki. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:46, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
::Okay, also, can you not do the purge in the next 3 hours? I have to go somewhere. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
:::Deal. Before I do it, I'll be sure to ask you if it's okay. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:30, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

I already sent you my email. Should I post my new username on [[HRWiki:Changing username]], or just wait? - {{User:Super Sonic X/Sig}} 00:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
:Sending the email is enough. I'll change usernames based on that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
So when will the new wiki be up?--{{User:X66x66/sig}} 18:54, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

When will the updates bar be back? -[[User:TheStick|TheStick]]

Could you put the MediaWiki software on the fanstuff wiki and remove the signup page? {{User:Dagoth/sig}}

Hey, Dot com, it has been like 3 weeks now. What gives? -[[User:AlmsforthePudgy|AlmsforthePudgy]] 19:44, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

:Seriously, you guys. Stop pestering Dot com. He's doing his best, and he's working very hard for you. Yes, for '''you'''. Give him some credit. It's dot com is spending hours and hours (literally) of his spare time fixing the fanstuff wiki for you, and the last thing he needs (I'm sure of it) is someone poking him with a stick continuously, asking if he's done yet. So sit back and relax, give him some space, and when he's finally done, thank him very much for it.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 13:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay, so, how long has it been now? A month? Two? {{User:The thing/sig}} 01:31, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Two and a half X_X {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 18:37, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:I've lost hope. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:37, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
::Keep hope alive. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

==Name Change==
Could you change my user name to Raiku? Its going to be my last username ever. I am going to keep it. {{User:Raiku/sig}}

==Name Change, Too==
I meant to name myself hremail24, not Hremail 22. Can you fix this malfunction, private?

:You know, this is kind of like calling up a librarian at home asking them to renew a book for you. There are [[HRWiki:Changing Username|better ways]]. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 14:17, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

== Ops in #hrwiki-fanstuff ==

I hate to whine and complain like this, but please give someone ops in #hrwiki-fanstuff. It is impossible to control the channel. It doesn't have to be a fanstuff sysop, just someone easily accessible. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 17:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
:Hey man, we seem to have a few trolls in #hrwiki-fanstuff, Tom's not responding, you're not on, and we really need ops, so whenever you see this, please give someone ops. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 00:49, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

== Change Username ==

Uh, Dot Com, some people [[HRWiki:Changing username|here]] have been hanging for months with no one changing their user name. Could you get those people up to date for me? {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 18:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:Please, Dot Com? I'm desperate.. Please... {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:14, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
::Please? I'm sorry for bothering you... {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:23, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Holy crap, dude. Why are you editing my talk page over and over? See Green Helmet's remarks a couple of threads up. Besides, you're already on (at least) your second username. I'm not really planning on changing it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
::::How do you know that? I haven't ever actually ''changed'' my user name... {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course you have. [[Special:Contributions/Miketigershark|This]] is you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:41, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
::::::I'm sorry. Very sorry. I admit it, MichaelXX2 is a sockpuppet. But when I signed up, I took a vow to change my ways about vandalism. I haven't done any vandalism for months, and I'm sorry for bothering you. I won't ever change my username again, please bail me out this one time... I will fully understand if you don't want to though. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 21:46, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Hey, Dot Com, keep up the good work ;) {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 02:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

== Can you do me a fanstuff-related favor? ==

I need some files from the old HRFWiki, and I was wondering if you might be able to get them. It's okay if you can't do this, or don't want to, though, it would just make some things easier if you would.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 02:23, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
:Why don't you email me your specific request and we'll go from there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:37, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
::K.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 02:53, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Did you ever get my email? I really want my files.--[[Special:Contributions/24.34.11.239|24.34.11.239]] 18:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)(Kirbychu)
::::I did get your email. I haven't forgotten this request, and it's on the to-do list. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:09, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

== Where's the forum? ==

What happened to the forum? What's wrong with the forum? Answer me on my talk page. [[User:RocketMasterZ|RocketMasterZ]] 17:14, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
:It's down right now. It will be back rrll rrll soon. I answered here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:22, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
::Do you mean it this time? {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 02:00, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Well, I'll give you one thing. You're definitely consistent. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:27, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

== Fanstuff wiki ==

Would you happen to know when the purge will be over? Just wonder. '''[[User:Gavino/redirect|¡Él]][[User talk:Gavino|Gavino!]]''' 01:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, I ''do'' wonder, let me tell you. If I had to guess based on the (depending on your point of view) clever or smart-aleck front page currently at [[HRFWiki:|fanstuff.hrwiki.org]], I'd say sometime before or after TBC release Stinkoman Level 10. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:25, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, seriously, what's taking so dang long? {{User:The thing/sig}} 18:05, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
:::This has been explained in other places. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

== thanks man. ==

What was that crap-for-brains doing? Being a freakin' vandal and everything? I owe it all to ya for helping my user page stay cool. Did you block him? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 20:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
:No prob, Bob. That guy shows up from time to time to do what he did. It doesn't usually take long to clean up. Yes, I did block him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:12, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

== Transcribing Permission ==

Sorry to interrupt, but I was just wondering if I could transcribe the toons at the [[wikia:c:weeblsstuff|Weeblpedia]] similar to the way we transcribe toons here. {{User:HRjcm/sig}} 02:56, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
:Uh, yes? I don't really have any jurisdiction to give you permission. Our style is nothing special, and I suppose it could be used for any number of things. It may or may not be relevant, but some authors of works of fiction don't like their works being transcribed, so watch out for that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:19, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
::OK, thanks. {{User:HRjcm/sig}} 22:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
== Personal image templates ==
It's Dot Com, Your the [[Special:Listusers/bureaucrat|admin]] I trust the most, and the only one I know actually. [[Template_talk:personal-image-abandoned|This page]] is in desperate need of an admin to look over the new suggested designs of the personal image templates, and to add to the talk page if you agree that we should/can change the personal image templates to the HR related ones, or not. Please do look into this. Thanks! {{User:Mas12806/sig}} 17:07, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
:That discussion is over two years old. As I said when it was current, I don't think we should change the templates, especially given I'm the one who made the versions we're using now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

== Sig ==

Do you want a sig? If so, what do you want on it? {{User:Sylar/sig}} 03:23, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
:I already have one. It's right here: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
::I mean like colored and stuff. The sig templates. {{User:Sylar/sig}} 03:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
:::I know what you meant. I've been here nearly four years. If I wanted a fancy signature, I'd probably have one by now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:41, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
::::And, I know this topic is a month old, but it may be one of the best signatures on the wiki. I mean, it did start the &mdash craze. Did it? {{User:HRjcm/sig}} 18:42, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

== Winter Background ==

Could you please add <pre> body {
font-size: 10px;
font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
background: #EBEBEB url(skins/monobook/headbg-snow.png) 0 0 repeat-x;
}
</pre> to MediaWiki:Monobook.css? Thanks. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 06:25, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
:Oh right. I had a nagging feeling I had forgotten something. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

== HRFWiki:Template:Main Page/Fanstuff ==

What did that template look like? I created a temporary HRFWiki and need the Main Page/Fanstuff template to look like it did at the real HRFWiki. The URL for the temporary HRFWiki is http://homestar.referata.com. I also need a dump of all the templates and MediaWiki messages for it. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 00:19, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:I'm not going to provide that, sorry. You need to use a different logo and stop hotlinking our images. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:45, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
::I removed your logo and images. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 01:22, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:::I'm still seeing the logo there. Yes, i cleared my cache. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 14:48, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
::::Well, it was gone, but it looks like it's back. -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.17|128.103.10.17]] 15:14, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:::::Your logo and images are gone for reals this time. {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 23:00, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

== Who's online ==

You guys need "WhosOnline", a special that can tell you whos online and what they are looking at. Can be used to quickly see when there is going to be spam. {{User:Red And Black/siggy}} 18:58, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

From my old fanstuff talk page:
<blockquote>
[http://www.mariowiki.com/Special:Recentchanges Check this out]

It's the recent changes page of The Mario Wiki. I made an account there, and I realized on the recent changes page, there's a little section for who's currently logged in. I figured I'd ask you if we could possibly make this a feature here. It would make things alot easier when trying to contact users and such. --{{User:TheDenzel/sig}} 18:11, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
:[...] This would indeed be interesting, but people shouldn't have their identities exposed just because they're browsing. Part of what a lot of people like about reading a wiki is that you're not publicly logged unless you edit. And there's the thing: one should be able to tell who's online well enough just by looking at the recent changes. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
</blockquote>
Or do you mean something that only sysops and/or developers could see? If so, we already have enough behind-the-scenes access to handle our relatively minor spam load. Thanks though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
:I mean that only registered users can see, and from my knowledge of it, noone EVER uses it but me, for some reason on the other wikis I go on. It would just help alot. {{User:Red And Black/siggy}} 19:55, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
::Well, like I said last year, I don't think that information should be available to just anyone who happens to have an account. There's almost no reason (if any) to look over someone's shoulder if they're merely reading articles. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
:::However, it can help if they are about to troll. {{User:Red And Black/siggy}} 20:04, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
::::It would be nearly impossible to tell whether someone was about to vandalize based solely on what they're looking at. Even if it were possible, the vigilance required to make the extension effective would be prohibitively time-consuming. Considering the low volume of bad-faith edits we have to deal with and how easy it is to clean up pages after the fact, we simply don't have the need for an early-warning system. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, something to bring your attention to ==

Adventure Classic Gaming recently had an interview with the Brothers Chaps and the designers of their episodic adventure game series at TellTale, not sure how you usually feature new content related to the brothers chaps but figured you might not have seen it yet, it isn't on the interviews page at least: [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/439/] -MarkN
:It's actually on the SBCG4AP page, under Promotional Media. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 23:43, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

Thank you for deleting my fair-use-defying MacOrWinFinal.png image, Dot Com! — {{User:Fotoshop/sig}} 18:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
:No probalo. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

== Sensitive to Bees ==

Thanks so much for agreeeing with my statements, It's dot com! I knew someone would believe me if I posted the edit there! The second video was just my proof to make sure there wouldn't be that much of a conflict, but if that's what made you believe me, I'm glad I made it! So thanks again!

-MarioMaster2008

P.S. Speaking of which, why did you think I went overboard trying to prove my point with the video?
:I wouldn't say so. People have gone [[Template talk:commentary|crazy before]] proving their point. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 06:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
::Maybe so, but if you look on the [[Talk:Sensitive To Bees|talk page]] for the article in question, you'll see that It's Dot Com himself said I surpassed him in levels of proving my point. -MarioMaster2008
:::The above link to that template talk page has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I'm referring to people posting evidence they gather to try and answer a question of fact regarding something in one of the toons. I'm not saying I don't go overboard (my illustrations on [[Talk:car#Homestar's spinning buzzer|Homestar's spinning buzzer]] are just the latest example), but I think making a whole YouTube video trumps anything I've done. So far. By the way, MarioMaster, to sign your name, just type four tildes, like this: <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>, and the system will automatically insert your name and a timestamp, like this: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:10, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
::::Oh, okay. I was wondering how to do that. Let's try it now. [[User:MarioMaster2008|MarioMaster2008]] 17:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

== History category ==

Sorry, I didn't know we had a place to keep stuff around for historical reasons. -[[Special:Contributions/132.183.138.37|132.183.138.37]] 21:51, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, if something was widely used in the past, but isn't anymore, then we put it in the [[:Category:HRWiki History|history category]] rather than delete it completely. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

== Sandbox user subpages ==
Would it be possible for me to create a mini sand box as a sub page? {{User:Kid2255/sig}} 22:11, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
:See [[HRWiki talk:User space#Sandboxes?]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:35, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

== Redirect pages ==

Hi there It's Dot Com, hope you don't mind me asking something. I was trying to create a redirect from [[Coach Z's 110 percent]] to [[Coach Z's 110%]], but it doesn't work as an actual redirect. How do you create a redirect page, and how is it different from a normal one? Thanks! {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 01:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
:Note, it won't act like a redirect in the preview, you have to save it. And the syntax is "<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Pagename]]</nowiki>". And this is probably the wrong place to ask this kind of question. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:05, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
::Oh, so that's what happened, I only saw it in the preview. Sorry for bothering you, is there a better place for questions like that? {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 01:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
:::You can ask me on my talk page, i don't get annoyed by technical questions, but the best place is probably the talk for one of the help pages or something... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:11, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
::::[[HRWiki talk:FAQ]] is actually the place we've set aside for questions. If a discussion needs to be on a more specific page, it can be referred to the other page from there. And it is true that a question on any central or highly visible public talk page will likely be answered. Similarly, while I'm not encouraging you to post on any one user's talk page, you could do worse than this one. It's watched by a good number of users, and I have a [[#The System Is Down|whole section]] of the page devoted to technical issues. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

== Blanking the sandbox ==
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Hey, um, are you trying to make fun of me?
That userbox, Um, NOT FREAKIN FUNNY!
If you need to tell me something, tell me in my Talk page.--[[User:Record307|Record307]]
:Strictly speaking, yes, I am making fun, but I'm not trying to be mean. I just think it's funny that you've blanked the sandbox {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Record307&namespace=4&year=2009&month=1 once a day every day for the past 11 days}} (except the 9th (when you did it twice) and the 15th (which you missed)). I myself blank the sandbox on occasion, but not like clockwork. Generally speaking, having a blank or non-blank sandbox makes no difference, and so I find it interesting that you've kept it up. But I'm just teasing, not trying to be offensive. :) (By the way, if it's not obvious, the icon there is a blank sandbox.) Cheers. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:42, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. Y'know what? I'm gonna use the userbox you made. Can you do me a favor? My userboxes scroll But they mess up my page. I want it to blend in with the pictures on my userpage. Can you do that for me? Thanks!---[[User:Record307|Record307]]
:I adjusted the width of your email box. Did that fix what you were talking about? Oh, by the way, to sign your name, just type four tildes, like this: <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>, and the system will automatically insert your name and a timestamp, like this: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:03, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much! See ya round![[User:Record307|Record307]] 15:26, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

== Forum account disabled ==

Why can't I log on? --{{User:Blow Up the Ocean/sig}} 15:57, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
:I deactivated your account at the request of a lot of people. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:05, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

== Hey It's dot com, how's it hanging? ==

I've been good, nearly done hiugh school, which leaves me to my first question:

I'll be leaving Homestar Runner wiki, temporarily, for school reasons. Anyhow, can someone you tell me where i can find a banner template to place on my wikipage saying I'll be off wiki for a while?

Thanks a bunch.

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 07:59, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
:Wow, Nikolce, long time no hear from. We don't really have a template for that kind of thing, but you can make a banner by taking some code from one of our other templates and putting it on your page. Then you can update the message to suit whatever you need it to say. I'm curious how long a while is (your last edit was last April, which is what I'd consider a while). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 11:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Whoa, April, man school's been taking my time man. As well as school, sometimes my internets gets capped, meaning it becomes slow, and when it comes to wikis, they don;t load up.

Thanks for the help again.

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 12:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

== MediaWiki 1.14 ==

According to the Wikitech mailing list, MediaWiki 1.14 has been released ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-February/041636.html link]). Just notifying you. :) {{User:The Goblin/sig}} 20:03, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks. We're on the [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-February/000084.html MediaWiki announce list], so we already knew that. Based on something Tim said, we may have even been responsible for prodding them into releasing the final version after the release candidate. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

== Thanks for Your Assistance ==

Thanks for your assistance in the most recent vandal attack. Been a while since the last one, eh? Well, we all appreciate your ability to hide those edits from RC, as no one wants to read that. Also, good job getting the one everyone else overlooked--myself included. We really couldn't keep this place going without you. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks for the thanks, and you're welcome! I'm glad I could chip in with those things that only developers can do. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

== I'm confused... ==
Hey Its Dot Com, can you tell me what happened to the fanstuff? I left a long time ago but when I tried to come back everything was different.

== Invisible arms ==

When you said it was NOT better... I'm not gonna lie to you. It '''''IS''''' better. PLEASE, don't block me! --{{User:The 386/sig}} 00:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
:Block you? You're wrong though. We consistently treat scenes as though the characters have normal arms and/or fingers (regardless of what's "really" the case) and are directly manipulating objects. In other words, we say that Homestar is picking up an object (and don't worry about how), not that it mysteriously starts floating. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
::I just DON'T want my edits reverted. The INVISIBLE arms show that these objects float in mid-air. I don't mean to sound rude. --{{User:The 386/sig}} 00:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
:::Sorry, but that's not our standard. We know that the objects appear to be floating, but that's not how we describe them. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

== When will the fanstuff wiki be back? ==
Hey Dot Com, when will the fanstuff wiki be back? {{User:Raiku/sig}} 04:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, the fanstuff was a significant drain on our resources, and with funds being so tight we just can't justify it anymore. I'm afraid it will never be back. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

== My new email address ==

I recently got a Gmail account. Now my new email address is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com. So, could you change my email address on the forum to that. PS:If anyone emails me, I will send Barney to attack you. {{User:Coach z's cool/sig}} 12:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
:I will only change your forum address to whatever's in your preferences here on the wiki, and the address above (at least, what it was before) isn't it. If you don't want people to email you, don't post it here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
::Oh, yeah. I forgot to do about that. I changed it. {{User:Coach z's cool/sig}} 14:33, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

== Name change three ==

<blockquote class="lappy email" style="width:90%;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
<div>subject: name change</div>
Dear Mr. Com,
I understand that you must envisage me as a person who takes the Homestar Runner Wiki for granted, as I have created several different users. I am writing here to plead my case to change my username.
When I first created the account Jagger88, I looked at my talk page, and deleted the Welcome comment straight away. I therefore did not look at any information I may have needed. Therefore, I had no idea there was a way to change your username, and therefore created new users whenever I wanted to have a different username. If you look at recent changes, you will see that I have not used Do-Nots, Open Source Greg, or the new paper rox since you gave me a warning (the user Hremails was my brothers before he got confused with all the computer language). 
Please consider my application to change my name to TNDY, as I believe in recent times I have proved myself useful to this wiki. (I did like, the whole transcript for [[Pistols for Pandas]], discovered [[Career Day]], and the [[Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD]], aswell as along the way improving my understanding of this wiki. 
I'm only a teenager, and I actually think this wiki has what it takes to teach me some respect and responsibility. 
Sincerely, {{User:Jagger88/sig}} 09:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
</blockquote>
:This doesn't belong on my talk page. Please refer to [[HRWiki:Changing username]] for replies. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:33, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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|}

Thank you. {{User:Open Source Greg/sig}} 06:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

== Free Country Mountain Range files ==

Not to be naggy but I'm kinda wondering what's going on with ny Free Country Mountain Range files, because you said you'd put it on your to-do list about 5 months ago.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 02:50, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yup, exactly 199 days ago. I put it on my to-do list. It's still there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:08, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
::That's one big to-do list.--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 03:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

== What the pfargtl? ==

This is the edit summary from Recent Changes for one of your recent edits:

(diff) (hist) . . Talk:Main Page‎; 15:51 . . (-673) . . It's dot com (Talk | contribs) (look at the date on that reply (it was a joke))

But in the recent changes IRC it looked like:

<+HRWikiRC> [[Talk:Main Page]] [http://hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=648202&oldid=648199&rcid=607347] * It's dot com * (-673) feel free to discuss that somewhere else (off-site)

The link provided by the RC bot goes to the same diff provided on the RC page. What the pfargtl is going on? --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 23:25, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
:I have the ability to [[Special:Editeditsummary|edit edit summaries]]. Occasionally I think of something better to say. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

== Hello again ==

Hey. First of all, I'm sorry for how conceited, passive-aggressive and rude I behaved here a few years ago. Secondly, the Wiki is in ship shape! I'm very impressed with the progress you guys have made while I was away. Great work! I'll be contributing regularly again, but this time without unfairly scrutinizing you or anyone else here. Carpe diem! {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}} 23:53, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

== You're now my friend. ==

Any fan of Seinfeld is my friend. {{User:Ugozima/sig}} 06:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

== Possible Trolls/Vandals ==

Hello, sorry if this is in the wrong place, I didn't know where to put it.

On the recent changes page, there seems to be a large number of accounts being made. normally if it was 1 or 2 I wouldn't notice, but there's been 8 in the last 5 minutes. I think it might be a troll or vandal. {{User:BubbleRevolution/sig}} 01:11, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
:Yes, this is the wrong place to put this, but these accounts are all being made by the same person, because they all are common names (all having something to do with the Eragon series, I have read the books), except maybe [[User:Sbe-Mail Checker Dan]], he's probably a coincidence. Also, you probably shouldn't use the word TROLL or VANDAL yet, since the user(s) haven't made any edits yet, and might not know about the sockpuppet rule. Can someone go talk to him/her? I'm not sure how to do this. {{User:Theycallmefree/sig}} 01:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

== Would like Autocolumn extension for my own wiki ==

Hello Homestar, i would like to implement the Autocolumn and AutoPipe/AutoRedirect extensions on my own wiki, are these available? --[[User:Kevin danko|Kevin danko]] 16:09, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, I've never released them. I'd like to someday, but they need to be cleaned up a bit first. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:38, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

== Threats ==

I'm sorry if this offends anybody but there was a shocking post on [http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Heimstern_L%C3%A4ufer#Question_about_my_banning.3F this thread]. Is the threat empty, like Hiemstern said? I just felt the need to bring that to your attention -I'd rather not post my username 22:08, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
:Well, [[User:Espemon333|Espemon333]] ([[User talk:Espemon333|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Espemon333|contribs]]), I'm quite aware of that whole situation, and have been for a while. The other sysops/forum mods and I stay in touch pretty well. Thanks for the heads up, but you don't need to worry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:34, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
::OK. Don't let Heimstern know I posted this. {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 23:06, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
:::Actually, I already know. I see pretty much every edit on this wiki because I check [[Special:Recent changes|recent changes]] a lot. In fact, I think I saw this post before Dot com did. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 23:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

== The Fanstuff Wiki! ==

How long has it been now? If your not going to do anything with it, just delete it and it's all over with. It gets my hopes up every time I go there and while it's loading the title says "Main Page" {{User:The thing/sig}} 01:15, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
:What is wrong with fanstuff? Totally outta the loop, {{User:Espemon333/sig}}

== My Weight in Pencil Shavings ==

How much does a page on the wiki usually cost? {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 22:36, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
:Um, I don't know what that means... And you still smell like pea soooup! By the way, the reason you triple post is that my page is long and so it takes a bit of time to load and you get impatient and hit "Save page" three times. Only hit it once. It heard you the first time. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:53, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
::The reason we are having the fundraiser... the pages cost money... right..? {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 23:34, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
:::In a sense, yes, I guess. The [[Wikipedia:Web page|pages]] are stored in a [[Wikipedia:Database|database]], which is located on a [[Wikipedia:Hard disk drive|hard drive]], which is part of a [[Wikipedia:Web server|server]], and it takes money for us to be [[Wikipedia:Web hosting service|hosted]] on that server. See our [[HRWiki:Donations|donations]] and [[Special:Ledger|ledger]] pages if you want specific information. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:48, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

== A Probably <s>Bad</s> Good Idea ==

We all know about the decomisionning of STUFF, which I do support, but I reviewed your new version of the STUFF template and I loved it. I think we need to incorperate that template INTO the talk page. It looked great, and I liked how it condenses the entire discussion into the smallest portions. I really think we should get it into the talk page. {{User:Espemon333/sig}} 03:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
:The "new" version of the STUFF template is what we used for years, and what we decommissioned. We decided to stop using the STUFF format in favor of regular discussions. We don't have any plans to reincorporate it at this time. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

== MythBusters ==

I love MythBusters. :D --[[User:Ms. 1-Up Pie|Ms. 1-Up Pie]] 01:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks for reading my user page! Or for spouting weird non sequiturs, whichever one fits. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

== Brown and gray balloons ==

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3275461929_ae4815786d.jpg

—[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 05:28, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks! I knew what that was going to be before I even opened my talk page, based solely on the edit summary. You know what's amazing? My brother made that exact sign and hung it behind my desk at work on Friday. It's still there right now! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
::Happy birthday, DC. My you never get ink poisoning. {{User:Elcool/sig}} 07:02, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
:::have a nice last 7 minutes of <s>decemberween</s> birthday, It's dot com. (or it might be more time than i think it is, depending on which time zone you're in) and may you have a wonderful year. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 03:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

==Another Fanstuff Thing==
I don't mean to kill the already several dead horses about this topic, but I don't think the sysops are going to fix the Fanstuff Wiki. I know you have a life, n'stuff, but we want some stuff done. I don't care if you do half a page a day. Any progress is good progress. And if your schedule doesn't allow for any Fan-Wiki work, then get people that will accualy work. The regular people word be WAY more willing, and more faster, to fix these unfinished pages. In short, I hope you take some time to work on the Fan-Wiki, get better workers, and always, ALWAYS edit blank pages. [[User:Anonomous]]

== Possible spammer ==

Don't know if this is the right place to say this, please correct me if not. I have reason to believe that Drhuldaclark142 is a spammer, judging by the fact that this person has been here for a few days and that their only contribution is to their own userpage as a link to some sort of online store. [[User:McArbys|The McArby!]] 01:01, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
: You're right. We've been getting far too much spam lately; guess it's no surprise some would slip through the cracks. Spam... [[DELETED!!]] *bzzt!* --{{User:Jay/sig}} 01:25, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

== Please block this IP ==
Can you please block an IP for me? I know this IP. It's my evil friend. He found out I had a HRwiki and will stop at nothing to ruin it.--{{User:Record307/sig}} 03:27, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:Hi, Record. Has this IP actually vandalized? We don't block IPs preemptively usually (in fact, I'm not aware that we do so ever). {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::Yes. Just today he blanked a section of my userpage. Check the history. "ZaneHiturugi" is his internet name.--{{User:Record307/sig}} 03:37, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::I've given the IP a block warning; if he does it again, it'd be appropriate to block. For now, though, we'll probably just leave it as is. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Alright, that's cool. Thanks!--{{User:Record307/sig}} 03:44, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

== Why do you still do this? ==
Why do you still do this? You're managing the same website you did three years ago, and still for no reason. You're thirty three years old! You don't think that maybe it's time to start a family? To take care of your wife or something? Take a page from me and stop going here. The "friends" you make won't miss you, they'll just drown their sorrows in computer code. Please, just stop this whole thing.
:It's a hobby and I like it. In the last five (not three) years I've learned a lot of things about teamwork, management, critical thinking, and software development. Things I can carry over into my professional life. Plus it's fun, interesting, and challenging, I still think Homestar Runner is funny, and there's nothing what says you can't have a hobby and still pursue other things like work and family. By the way, if you're going to break your streak of not "going here" just to insult me, at least have the stones to sign your real name. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:04, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

== Thanks for the purge! ==

Hi Dot Com. I was just passing by to tell you that I, for one, am most delighted about how the purge took over 500 days. Without the purge, I'd still be dwelling on the Fanstuff Wiki with not much else to do, but since its absence, I've pursued other hobbies and personal projects, which most probably wouldn't have happened if the Fanstuff Wiki was still around. For example, since it went down with the purge, I've started to learn more about programming and website creation, not to mention polishing up my English skills and discovering my humble abilities as an amateur musician. That's really all I have to say. And again, thank you. No this contains no sarcasm whatsoever. -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 02:07, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

== hey you admin that dumb fanstuff thing right ==
If so, could you put away that robots.txt thing for a bit so I might be able to archive.org it for my old stuff, if possible? Just wondering.

==help==
Hey, it's Don't say jorb 101 here. As you can see by the I.P. adress, I'm not logged in. It seems that no matter how many times I type in my password and username, I can't log in, and have somehow locked myself out of my account. Please help me! (oh, and my I.P. Is different because I'm using my iPod touch.) [[Special:Contributions/198.53.214.106|198.53.214.106]] 04:05, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

:Nevermind, it works now:) [[User:Don't say jorb 101|{{User:Don't say jorb 101/sig}}]] 00:47, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

== Duplicate user problem ==

Hey. Looking at the history of [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mr._Arrow%27d_Homsar&action=history this guy], it seems him and [[User:Homsar Jean]] are one and the same. Since this is not a sockpuppet problem, what do you think should be done? {{User:Elcool/sig}} 04:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
:Probably nothing. He seems to have made one account and used it only briefly before switching to a new one. Yes, it would be better to have asked for a name change instead, but what's done is done. Used to I might merge the accounts, but it's a bit of a hassle and I don't think I'll bother unless he specifically requests it. As long as he doesn't use both accounts, it's not a big deal. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:14, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
::Ok. I just noticed because I went over the TBD and saw he tagged his own page for deletion. I just removed the template and left it blank. {{User:Elcool/sig}} 05:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

== Forum crashed ==

<pre>
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Table './[DB]/phpbb3_sessions' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145]
</pre>

I currently cannot use E-Mail, so I put it here. Thought you should look into it since you're an admin. {{User:That'sBupkis/sig}} 02:07, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
:Thanks for the heads up. I think I've got it fixed. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:56, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

== Could you help with my account? ==

Sorry to bug you! During the Fanstuff purge I asked to change my username from Chituze to Happy: now it says I've got the wrong password, and I don't receive the verification email. I'm absolutely positive I've been typing the password right, because I use the same one everywhere. Are you able to find my password for me, or maybe allocate happypants3@hotmail to the account? Thanks so much in advance!
 Also I'm so scared about how professional your talk page is, I hope I've put this in the right place. - [[Special:Contributions/222.154.8.224|222.154.8.224]]
:Well, that's a bit of bad luck, I'm afraid. The reason the password won't work is that someone else already has the name [[User:Happy|Happy]]. (The fanstuff and the knowledge base now share the same user list, and the Happy account was created here back in 2004.) You'll need to create a new account with a different name. You can choose Chituze or HappyPants or something else. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:25, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
::OH, RIGHT. Dang, somehow that never crossed my mind. Now I feel bad because I've sent about 4 verification emails to them.
::(Ack, what if during the purge I got an email about this, but it went to junk? Whoops, sorry, just thinking aloud here.) Thanks for your help! - [[Special:Contributions/222.154.16.62|222.154.16.62]]

== Regarding [[Talk:Scroll_Button_Songs#Mirror_Glitch|Mirror Glitch]] ==

Hey, man. I just went over the articles for cleanup and saw [[Scroll Button Songs]]. The article looked OK and I went over the last few talk page posts to see why it should be cleaned up. I saw no problem, and I was just about to remove the template, when I decided to dig in the history a little and came across [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Scroll_Button_Songs&diff=prev&oldid=645922 this edit] from almost exactly a year ago. That discussion started two and a half years ago, and the article has been in "cleanup" ever since. Is that REALLY such a big of an issue? I mean, it looks like some technical thing to fix that should not bother the casual reader. I didn't even notice the email list on the mirrors after I read the talk page. I just listened to the songs. What I'm suggesting is to remove the template and you'll just fix whatever you need to fix whenever you got the time, since the article itself is fine. {{User:Elcool/sig}} 06:41, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
:I'm not sure why you're asking me. I already {{p|l={{fullurl:Scroll Button Songs|diff=559384&oldid=559344}} removed that cleanup template}} once, and I didn't make the edit you linked to. The same user who made that edit is the one who {{p|l={{fullurl:Scroll Button Songs|diff=624822&oldid=606972}} put the template back}}. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:33, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
::Ah! I see I hadn't dug deep enough in the history... I contacted you because you're involved in that talk page discussion. Oh well. I agree with you - There shouldn't be a template there. I'm removing it. Thanks for sorting this up :). {{User:Elcool/sig}} 18:48, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

== Little questions ==

Hey, DC. I was wondering:
# When did you first use H*R?
# What sites, apart from the Wiki, the Wiki's forum, and the Fanstuff Wiki, are you a member on?
# What do you do for a living?
{{User:RickTommy/sig}} 12:19, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:See my user page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

== Deletion of 64.251.57.195's user-talk ==

Just wondering, can't you just discuss before going and removing something so suddenly? {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 18:36, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
:I had to remove it quickly before he saw it. Assuming the anonny was editing in good faith (and there's nothing to indicate he wasn't), then implying that he should be blocked was quite rude. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:44, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

== #hrwiki-fanstuff ==

why did you set +m on it

seriously that's uncalled for -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 17:18, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
:Uh, because it's closed now? I thought that would be obvious. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:47, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
::it wasn't really, and there's still more people in there than on #hrwiki -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 18:50, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
:::well, regularly. -[[User:20eric06|20eric06]] 18:51, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
::::It's not like you can't still talk to each other. I didn't close the Internet, or even IRC. If you want to have your own channel, then make it, post the location on your forum, ''and then go there''. Anything with the "hrwiki" name on it means one of our admins has to keep an eye on it. We don't want to do that anymore. Closing <code>#hrwiki-fanstuff</code> solves the problem. It's win-win in the long run. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:11, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

well, you caught my attention with the chat on Super Sam's talk on the fanstuff wiki, and i didn't get to put my idea in before you locked it out. i figure this is as relevant a topic as any. if the sysops and moderators are the problem, why don't you get some new ones over there? i don't think this is worth closing that wiki. I'm sure there's a lot of people that would be capable enough to run that wiki that update frequently enough to care. I'm not saying it's me, i haven't done anything on either for over a year besides now, but I'm sure there are people that care about the fanstuff wiki as much as you care about the knowledge base. and i don't believe either site deserves to die just for lack of usage after the purge. a lot of the users just said "screw it" after waiting so long for it to come back, it seems unfair to close it for good before there's time to get more people interested again.

please try to respect my idea, {{User:Homsarstrongbad150/sig}} 20:59, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

== <s>Weclome</s> Welcome Committee ==

I have a question, itsdotcom: If you are on the Welcome Committee, how do you track new users so you can introduce them with the [[User:First Time Here?|First Time Here]] template? -[[User:GChrome|El Trento]]
:The First Time Here? user is a bot that automatically puts links on new users' pages when they register. It's actually separate from the welcome committee. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

== Go Rangers!!! ==

That is all for now. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}} 00:46, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Sample of Style

Ed smildE — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:01:13 GMT

Ed smildE:

[[Image:sample of style screenshot 1.jpg|thumb|The industry secret!]]
[[Image:sample of style screenshot 2.jpg|thumb|Matt demonstrating the use of the "Old-Timey filter"]]

'''Sample of Style'''

Mike and Matt Chapman give a 110% true, behind the scenes look on how Matt does the character voices. Seriously!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Mike Chapman}}, {{Film|Matt Chapman}}

'''Running Time:''' 4:12

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== Transcript ==
''{A title screen reading simply "Sample of Style" appears. Cut to Mike standing in a doorway}''

'''MIKE:''' Hi! ''{catches a football tossed at him}'' I'm Mike Chapman from homestarrunner.com! People are all the time asking me "Mike, how do you do those stupid voices for your dumb animal characters?" and I say "I'm Mike! Matt does the voices!" Let's go!

''{cut to outside a closed wooden door. Mike looks at the camera and nods knowingly, then knocks on the door}''

'''MIKE:''' Hey Matt! It's Mike!

''{We can hear some noise from inside. Mike opens the door and we hear Matt saying some weird sound effects into a microphone. Nearby are some keyboards and computer equipment.}''

'''MIKE:''' Cut!

''{Matt now notices Mike, and stands up.}''

'''MATT:''' Hey!

'''MIKE:''' Hey, I was just telling the guys how you do the voices for homestarrunner.com.

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah! The website!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah!

''{Mike tosses the football to Matt, who catches it. The camera starts to follow Matt as he walks to the right}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah! Uh, well, you know, it's kind of an industry secret, so we keep them here under lock and key. Uh, let me just—do you have the key, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

''{Mike gives Matt a key, and Matt "unlocks" a cabinet door (or rather, makes a sound effect implying it's been unlocked). The camera angle shifts so that it's behind Mike and Matt. We can see wire boxes full of material, an old Compy 386-style computer on top of the cabinet, and a huge cork board with hair metal band photos on it. Matt produces a briefcase from inside the cabinet and sets it on top}''

'''MATT:''' So here it is.

''{The camera cuts closer to the briefcase. Matt opens it to reveal cardboard tubes with the names of the characters written on them. Matt takes one out labeled "Homestar Runner"}''

'''MATT:''' Hey, Mike. ''{starts talking into it, the Homestar voice comes out}'' Oh hello, Mike! Check me out!

'''MIKE:''' Easy there, Homestar!

'''MATT:''' Hahaha, ''{suddenly shifts tone to dead seriousness}'' stop the camera.

''{The camera cuts now to Mike, then pans back to Matt}''

'''MIKE:''' So if that's how you do Homestar Runner, how about the King of Town?

'''MATT:''' Good question, Mike. ''{takes out the cardboard tube labeled The King of Town}'' The King of Town is a little more difficult. I have to employ a little of ''this'' strategy... ''{Matt puts the tube up to his mouth and one hand on the other end of the tube to act as a mute. The King of Town voice comes out}'' Dooooo hoo hoooo! I'm so hungry! I want a lot of food items!

'''MIKE:''' ''{just off-camera}'' Wow, that's impressive. ''{camera puts him back in frame}'' The King likes food, doesn't he?

''{Matt laughs a little. Cut to Matt sitting at his computer workstation. Coach Z and Strong Mad are on the screen. Matt hits a button the keyboard, puts a Coach Z cardboard tube up to his mouth, and turns to the microphone}''

'''MATT:''' ''{Coach Z voice}'' Hey Strong Mad, you're doin' a great joraerb there! ''{quick switches the tube out for a Strong Mad tube, producing the Strong Mad voice}'' I DON'T HAVE A JOB! ''{switch}'' I say ya done a groot joob! ''{switch}'' YOU'RE A GROOT JOOB! ''{switch}'' Björn Borg! ''{switch}'' RAAAAH! ''{switch}'' Where's th—''{switch}'' RAAAH! ''{switch}'' fjords? ''{switch}'' RAAAAHHH!

''{Cut to Mike, who is standing by the briefcase}''

'''MIKE:''' That's great for you, Matt, ''{takes a cardboard tube labeled "Strong Bad"}'' but what happens if '''''I''''' use one of these things? ''{puts the tube up to his mouth, and the Powered By The Cheat version of Strong Bad comes out}'' I think this is sounding pretty good.

''{Mike puts the tube down, and grabs the King of Town cardboard tube to put up to his mouth}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{Powered by the Cheat KoT}'' I'm the King of Town!

''{Mike grabs the Strong Mad and Homsar tubes, puts them end to end, and produces an awful racket before pulling them away from his lips}''

'''MIKE:''' What happened?

''{Cut to Mike leaning on a stacked-up amp}''

'''MATT:''' ''{offscreen}'' I was really, really unhappy with what you did. I—I thought it was terrible.

'''MIKE:''' I didn't do it.

''{Cut to Mike sitting on the cabinet}''

'''MIKE:''' Now this one REALLY creeps me out!

''{Pan to Matt at the computer workstation, wearing Missy's glasses and hairband, and speaking into a Marzipan tube}''

'''MATT:''' ''{Marzipan voice}'' And then I went to the ''store'', and then I punched somebody in the face, and then I picked a flower, and then... I did something else and then I blew my nose.

''{Cut back to Mike leaning on the amps. He now has a white phone in his shirt's breast pocket. Mike makes a fake ringing noise, and "answers" the phone}''

'''MIKE:''' Hello?

''{The phone REALLY starts ringing. Matt and Mike start laughing. The frame "jumps"}''

'''MIKE:''' Hey Matt, some trucker wants to know how you do the voices for those terrible old-timey cartoons you're always making.

''{The camera pans to Matt}''

'''MATT:''' Ohhh, that's a great question, Mike. What we had to do with THAT was jury-rig a little sample of style. ''{grabs a styrofoam cup with "Old Timey Filter" written on it.}'' Take a simple voice like, say, Strong Bad ''{takes the Strong Bad tube from the briefcase}'' and add the Old Timey Filter onto it. ''{Matt holds the cup to the end of the tube}'' Let's see what we get. ''{Matt starts speaking into the tube, producing Old-Timey Strong Bad}'' I'll give you old-timey, you mountebank!

'''MIKE:''' Excuse me?

''{Matt starts laughing evilly}''

'''MIKE:''' Fresh!

''{Matt keeps laughing, until finally Mike tackles him}''

'''MATT:''' Oh I'm sorry Mike!

''{Cut to Mike looking around confusedly. We can hear The Cheat noises being made}''

'''MIKE:''' Where is that coming from?

''{More The Cheat noises. Mike looks over to the side, and the camera focuses on what he looked at; a Kick the Cheat doll.}''

'''MIKE:''' What?

''{The Cheat noises}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{poking the doll}'' Are you talking, little guy?

''{More The Cheat noises. Mike looks behind him}''

'''MIKE:''' Oh, Matt!

''{Camera pans to Matt, holding up a short cardboard tube with The Cheat written on it, and making more The Cheat noises. Cut to Matt holding up what appears to be two cardboard tubes end to end.}''

'''MATT:''' OK, ready!

''{The camera zooms out, and we can see that Mike is helping hold up more, so it looks like all of the tubes have been combined into one big mega tube. Matt speaks into the tube}''

'''MATT:''' ''{Stinkoman voice}'' '''''DOUBLE DEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU'''''- ''{runs out of breath}'' gah!

'''MIKE:''' I want to do another one, Matt!

'''MATT:''' Nah, that's all the time we've got for today, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' No, seriously!

''{Matt and Mike start scuffling over one of the tubes, resulting in the tube becoming mangled. We can see that it was labeled "Bubs". Matt gasps, then turns to Mike, angered.}''

'''MATT:''' Great. Now we have to kill off Bubs. Just like Homeschool Winner.

''{Matt throws the mangled tube at Mike angrily, hitting him}''

'''MATT:''' I'm outta here.

''{Matt walks off in a huff. Mike picks up the mangled tube and talks into it}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{Powered by The Cheat Bubs}'' My name's Bubs! This is my regulah voice! ''{stops talking into it and shrugs}'' Sounds good to me.

''{The screen fades to a cartoon tombstone, reading as follows:}''
[[Image:sample of style screenshot 4.jpg|thumb|"That'll be five dollars"]]
<blockquote>
BUBS 
19?8–2004 
"That'll be 
five dollars."
</blockquote>

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The character voices were accomplished by overdubbing the character dialogue later.

===Trivia===
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] have a mousepad from [[They Might Be Giants]]' [http://store.yahoo.com/tmbg-catalog/ online store], specifically the one with the [http://tmbg-catalog.stores.yahoo.net/m.html log] design.
*This is the only time we hear the [[Powered by The Cheat]] version of [[The King of Town]].
*"Mountebank" is a synonym for [[Wikipedia:Charlatan|Charlatan]].

===Remarks===
*The line "That'll be five dollars" was used in [[pom pom]].
*This is a [[live action]] video.
*It turns out, in [[virus]], that [[Bubs]] hasn't been killed off after all. "virus" was the first appearance of Bubs on the website after the DVD was released.
*When seen in the suitcase, there are no tubes for [[Marzipan]] or [[The Cheat]], although both tubes are seen later on.

===Inside References===
*The tombstone at the end is a reference to the end of [[replacement]].
*The [[Rejected Characters#Homeschool Winner|Homeschool Winner]] quip is an obvious jab at how various [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] fansites have made such a big deal out of such an obscure character.
*The sound Matt is making as Mike comes in sounds like the sound [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] makes when putting the toothpicks and olives in the sandwich, in the toon [[Where's The Cheat?]].
*This video has examples of [[Poor Acting]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Björn Borg|Björn Borg]] is a famous Swedish tennis player, most well known for defeating [[John McEnroe]] to win the 1980 Wimbledon Cup.
*People catching footballs after a greeting is a common theme with football players in TV commercials.

== Related Links ==
*[[strongbad_email.exe]]
*[[Sample of Style Too]]

==External Links==

*Watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlYK8GJDkH4&feature=channel_page Sample of Style] on the official H*R YouTube channel

Sample of Style Too

Ed smildE — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:59:38 GMT

Ed smildE:

[[Image:Sample of Style Too2.JPG|thumb|right|The motion capture suit]]
'''Sample of Style TOO! The Animationing!''' is a [[live action]] bonus video that appears in [[strongbad_email.exe]]. [[Mike Chapman]] referred to it as a "follow up" to [[Sample of Style]] at the [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005#Character Animation Video|talk at New York University]]. More "[[Blatant Lies|industry secrets]]" are revealed as [[The Brothers Chaps]] parody [[Wikipedia:Motion capture|motion capture]] technology.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Mike Chapman}}, {{Film|Matt Chapman}}, [[Ryan Sterritt]]

'''Running Time:''' 4:38

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|exclusive=TRUE}}

==Transcript==

''{Cheerful intro music begins to play. The words "Sample of Style" appear on screen, followed by "TOO!" stamped on like a rubber stamp. Finally, "The Animationing!" appears in an inkblot-style font.}''
<div style="background:black; color:white; padding:8px; width: 200px; text-align:center">'''Sample of Style''' '''TOO!''' The Animationing!</div>

''{Video begins to play showing Mike in a red "PACERS" shirt.}''

'''MIKE:''' Hi. ''{dodges a roll of duct tape thrown at him}'' I'm Mike Chapman. People all the time coming up to me on the street and asking me, "Mike, how do you do the animation for your characters on homestarrunner.com?" I tell them...you guys, we're about to go film something with the character Strong Bad being animated and I will show you how, to answer your question. Come on! ''{gestures with his hand}''

''{Cut to next scene where Matt is wearing an off-white mask currently flipped up on his head and he is wearing a "motion capture" suit. Behind him is a solid green screen}''

'''MIKE:''' All right, we're set.

'''MATT:''' We're ready to go. ''{As he says this, Matt flips down the mask he is wearing, which is textured like Strong Bad's face}'' Let's do this. ''{He begins to wave his arms as the camera zooms out}''

'''MIKE:''' Rolling! ''{Matt makes motions in his suit}'' That's good.

''{Cut to scene where Matt and Mike are sitting down holding video game controllers}''

'''MATT:''' You know, so a lot of people think it is just straight-up Flash animation. Which is—

'''MIKE:''' —A lot more advanced than that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, which is far from the truth. Far from it.

''{Cut. The brothers are facing a dry erase board}''

'''MATT:''' ''{Draws an arrow from a ping pong ball to a stick figure}'' —We get this. ''{Quickly circles the stick figure twice}''

'''MIKE:''' What about a cord— I mean, are you going to need to be plugged into anything?

'''MATT:''' Looks like this is the wall, right? ''{Draws an electrical cord coming out of a grid wall}''

'''MIKE:''' Oh, okay, so it's coming straight out of the wall.

'''MATT:''' Right, yeah, and then it's like— ''{Draws an electrical outlet}''

'''MIKE:''' Little smiley faces.

'''MATT:''' That's the— That's a... outlet.

'''MIKE:''' Outhouse. Too scar—

'''MATT:''' Well, I d— I— That might be— That's probab— That's better. No, I think that's better. I think that's better, you know? ''{Draws arms and legs on the electrical outlet}'' I think that's better. I think that's going to get results.

''{Cut. Matt's face is now obscured by the mask. Mike's back faces the camera}''

'''MATT:''' So tell them some more, Mike.

''{Matt waves his arms as Mike suddenly turns to face the camera.}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{gesturing to the suit}'' This is our motion capture suit. ''{Matt gradually lifts up the mask}'' On it, we have ping pong balls that are all the time sending out electronic messages ''{Matt laughs}'' through Bluetooth reactors into the air, then they bounce off this pretty green wall which is represented and sent to the computer here. ''{As he is saying this, camera pans to show a laptop computer showing an image of Strong Bad}''

''{Video cuts to show a divided screen. On the left, Strong Bad is waving his arms up and down. On the right, Matt is waving his arms in an irregular pattern; his movements and Strong Bad's don't match.}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{offscreen}'' K, now, Homestar's on your left, Homestar's on your left. Good. Good. Good.

''{Cut to Matt and Mike standing near the computer.}''

'''MATT:''' So how does the computer talk to the suit, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Well, these ping ping balls... can talk to the computer.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}''

''{Cut to show close up of Mike sitting at the desk with the laptop. An image of Strong Bad waving his arms up and down is displayed.}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{looking to the right at Matt (offscreen)}'' Keep it up, we just got a few more sec— ''{The right arm of Strong Bad's image flickers and then disappears entirely. His left arm continues to move up and down}'' Whoa, hey hey hey hey. Hold on, hold on.

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' We lost an arm.

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' We lost an arm.

'''MATT:''' ''{denyingly}'' No.

'''MIKE:''' One of his arms is— ''{he gets up from the desk}'' One of his arms came off. ''{Camera pans to the right to show Matt making motions. His face is obscured by the mask.}''

'''MATT:''' I got it! I got it!

'''MIKE:''' Hey hey. ''{he taps on the mask}'' Wake up!

'''MATT:''' Ahh! Ahh! I got it!

'''MIKE:''' ''{lifting up the mask}'' One of your arms came off. What happened?

'''MATT:''' ''{stretches out his arms and examines them}'' They look good to me.

'''MIKE:''' Take a closer look. They ''don't'' look good to me.

''{Matt studies his left arm and starts to grin.}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{grabs Matt's right arm and holds it up}'' What is this? What are these? ''{rips the irregular balls off of Matt's arm}'' This is the problem right here. ''{repeatedly hitting the two balls together as Matt grins}''

''{Matt puts his mask down}''

'''MIKE:''' These are— ''{laughs, lifts up the mask}'' These are wiffle golf balls. We need ping pong balls.

'''MATT:''' ''{pointing to the balls on his suit}'' These— I got—

'''MIKE:''' Table tennis balls. It's an Olympic sport.

'''MATT:''' ''{assuredly}'' I got ping pong balls.

'''MIKE:''' No, yeah, on everywhere else except for this part. That's why his arm disappeared. ''{holds the wiffle balls}'' These things have holes all over them.

[[Image:Sample of Style Too.JPG|thumb|"Processing" the data]]

''{Cut to show Matt sitting down and drinking a bottle of water}''

'''RYAN:''' ''{offscreen}'' How's the shooting going today?

'''MATT:''' ''{drinks more and then lowers bottle}'' Rough.

''{Cut to the green screen room. Mike is in front of the camera and Matt is behind him closer to the screen, cowering on the floor.}''

'''MIKE:''' Don't do that ''again! {throws ball at Matt}''

'''MATT:''' Oww!

''{Cut back to Matt sitting down}''

'''MATT:''' We hit some snags—

''{Cut back to scene with Mike attacking Matt}''

'''MATT:''' Why would you do that?!

'''MIKE:''' What if Strong Bad was getting pelted with a wiffle golf ball?

'''MATT:''' Wha—? ''{gets hit by a wiffle ball}'' Ah!! Jeez!! ''{Mike throws another ball at Matt.}'' Hooh!

''{Cut to Mike and Matt standing in front of the green screen.}''

'''MIKE:''' I told you to go... pick up some lunch, and some ping pong balls and duct tape.

'''MATT:''' I d— I did.

'''MIKE:''' You didn't get lunch, and you got these. ''{taps wiffle balls together}''

'''MATT:''' I got ''me'' lunch.

''{Cut to show Ryan sitting at a computer when Matt talking to him}''

'''MATT:''' Remember the other day I, uh, asked you to go get, go get some ping pong balls for the...motion capture suit.

'''RYAN:''' ''{nodding head}'' Yes.

'''MATT:''' ''{cut to close-up of a package of wiffle golf balls}'' These are wiffle golf balls ''{cut to previous shot}'' so, if you could go ahead and... take the blame for all of this, that would be— that would be great.

''{Cut}''

'''MATT:''' Cool. Thanks man. ''{drops the wiffle ball package in Ryan's lap}''

'''RYAN:''' ''{picks up the package, exhales exasperatedly}''

''{Cut to Mike sitting at the laptop with Matt in front of the green screen.}''

'''MATT:''' ''{holding the end of a cord that is attached to his suit}'' I need you to plug this in.

'''MIKE:''' Plug... this? ''{grabs the cord unsurely}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Where does this go?

'''MATT:''' That's our main input.

'''MIKE:''' This— I don't have a plug this big. This is—

'''MATT:''' In the back.

'''MIKE:''' Mm, ''{sticks the end of the cord behind the computer, humoring}'' There we go.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{humoring}'' We're all set. Okay.

[[Image:Sample of Style Too3.JPG|thumb|"You ''don't'' want to know"]]

'''MATT:''' All right. ''{Pulls the other end of the cord out of his pocket}'' I mean, this is supposed to be—

'''MIKE:''' ''{humoring}'' Do your thing.

'''MATT:''' —tucked in my pocket anyhow.

''{Cut. Matt is in front of the green screen, doing running motions. Strong Bad is in the top-left corner, running.}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{offscreen}'' Bubs' Concession Stand, there it is, ''{Matt looks and points to his left; Strong Bad continues running.}'' yeah, yup. Here comes The Stick. Watch out for The Stick. ''{Matt jumps; Strong Bad doesn't.}''

''{Cut. Mike is sitting at the computer. Matt is standing in front of the green screen. Matt no longer has a Strong Bad mask, and is holding Puppet Marshie behind his back.}''

'''MIKE:''' Are we cool here, me and you?

'''MATT:''' ''{nods}'' Totally.

''{Cut}''

'''MIKE:''' And... rolling.

''{An animated Marshie is in the top-left corner. Matt has Puppet Marshie in his right hand and a black mask with a ping pong ball is covering his face. Matt does random motions, while animated Marshie shakes back and forth a tiny bit.}''

''{Cut. Matt is standing in front of the green screen.}''

'''MATT:''' Oops, we're out of time. You may be asking, "How do you guys animate the Homestar Runner character?" Well, I've got an answer for you: ''{holds up black underwear with two ping pong balls attached}'' You ''don't'' want to know!

''{Freeze frame. Fade to black.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Inside References===

*An object is also tossed to Mike in "Sample of Style," except in that instance, he catches it (a football).
*In one portion of the video, we can see pictures of [[Dolph Hauldhagen]] and [[Sir Loodabert Comma]].

===Real-World References===

*[[Wikipedia:Bluetooth|Bluetooth]] is an industrial specification for [[Wikipedia:wireless network|wireless]] [[Wikipedia:personal area network|personal area networks]] first developed by [[Wikipedia:Ericsson|Ericsson]], later formalized by the [[Wikipedia:Bluetooth Special Interest Group|Bluetooth Special Interest Group]].

==Related Links==

*[[strongbad_email.exe]]
*[[Sample of Style Too: Some Outtakes]]

==External Links==

*Watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZaK-TAiv8M&feature=related Sample of Style Too] on the official H*R YouTube channel

HRWiki:Sandbox

Ed smildE — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:51:45 GMT

Ed smildE:

EMOBUBS

<big>[[The Fort Wayne Locomotive]] Images</big>

[[Image:qod 30 - 1936 coach z.PNG|thumb|left|The Fort Wayne Locomotive]]

[[Image:coachz1936.png]]

''oooo''

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

Ed smildE — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:40:06 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Transcript */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|bigouting|Sloshybowl|Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In a color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{stronger boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, a Close Encounter-style alien, and an unidentified creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're supposed to go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot}'' There's a knock at the door.

'''THE SNEAK:''' Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots the sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to mean your hot date down at the boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM
 
Dearest Dead Kid (stop)
Please meet for good times (stop)
at the boardwalk. (stop)
 
-Hotnessa Date
</blockquote>

'''SICKLY SAM:''' Am I gonna make romance?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{placing a bow tie on Sickly Sam}'' Let's get you dressed to the five and three-quarterses.

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I do believe you've spicked my span.

''{The bow tie turns into a bat and flies away. Sickly Sam is now in a room with Marzipan, and music is playing.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, Jackson! Cut yourself a slice of rug! Let's turn those skeleton knees into these knees!

''{Sickly Sam does a dance, and his legs fall off. Sickly Sam is now on the football field with The Homestar Runner and Fort Wayne Locomotive.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say there, Fort Wayne Locomotive, how's about a pep talk? Double-S here's about to go on his first date with a member of the opposite... persuasion.

'''FORT WAYNE LOCOMOTIVE:''' Well, I tell ya, Sickle Cell, when it comes to the ladies, you gotta turn and run the other way, like you're facin' the defense of the ''{holding flag}'' Shaboigen Booteaters! They's is trouble! T-R-U-double-E-Bubble! Hut one, hut two, and a hike!

''{Fort Wayne Locomotive hands a football to Sickly Sam and runs away screaming.}''

{{sectionstub}}

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to change shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a chemical that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color: pink.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez, a seeming relative of [[A. Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]]

===Real-World References===
* "The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*"I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is a lyric from the power ballad [[wikipedia:Love of a Lifetime|Love of a Lifetime]] by [[wikipedia:Firehouse (band)|Firehouse]]
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive sounds similar to Ed Norton, a character on [[Wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]] portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Art Carney|Art Carney]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|Watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|View the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|Forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:Old-Timey]]

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

Ed smildE — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:30:43 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Transcript */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|bigouting|Sloshybowl|Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In a color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{stronger boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, a Close Encounter-style alien, and an unidentified creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're supposed to go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot}'' There's a knock at the door.

'''THE SNEAK:''' Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots the sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to mean your hot date down at the boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM
 
Dearest Dead Kid (stop)
Please meet for good times (stop)
at the boardwalk. (stop)
 
-Hotnessa Date
</blockquote>

'''SICKLY SAM:''' Am I gonna make romance?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{placing a bow tie on Sickly Sam}'' Let's get you dressed to the five and three-quarterses.

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I do believe you've spicked my span.

{{sectionstub}}

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to change shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a chemical that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color: pink.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez, a seeming relative of [[A. Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]]

===Real-World References===
* "The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*"I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is a lyric from the power ballad [[wikipedia:Love of a Lifetime|Love of a Lifetime]] by [[wikipedia:Firehouse (band)|Firehouse]]
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive sounds similar to Ed Norton, a character on [[Wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]] portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Art Carney|Art Carney]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|Watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|View the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|Forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:Old-Timey]]

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

Ed smildE — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:28:25 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Transcript */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|bigouting|Sloshybowl|Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In a color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{stronger boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, a Close Encounter-style alien, and an unidentified creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're supposed to go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot}'' There's a knock at the door.

'''THE SNEAK:''' Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots the sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to mean your hot date down at the boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM
 
Dearest Dead Kid (stop)
Please meet for good times (stop)
at the boardwalk. (stop)
 
-Hotnessa Date
</blockquote>

{{sectionstub}}

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to change shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a chemical that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color: pink.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez, a seeming relative of [[A. Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]]

===Real-World References===
* "The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*"I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is a lyric from the power ballad [[wikipedia:Love of a Lifetime|Love of a Lifetime]] by [[wikipedia:Firehouse (band)|Firehouse]]
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive sounds similar to Ed Norton, a character on [[Wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]] portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Art Carney|Art Carney]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|Watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|View the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|Forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:Old-Timey]]

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

Ed smildE — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:27:40 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Transcript */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|bigouting|Sloshybowl|Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In a color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{stronger boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, a Close Encounter-style alien, and an unidentified creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're supposed to go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot}'' There's a knock at the door.

'''THE SNEAK:''' Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots the sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to mean your hot date down at the boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM
 
Dearest Dead Kid (stop)
Please meet for good times (stop)
at the boardwalk. (stop)
 
-Hotnessa Date</blockquote>

{{sectionstub}}

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to change shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a chemical that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color: pink.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez, a seeming relative of [[A. Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]]

===Real-World References===
* "The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*"I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is a lyric from the power ballad [[wikipedia:Love of a Lifetime|Love of a Lifetime]] by [[wikipedia:Firehouse (band)|Firehouse]]
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive sounds similar to Ed Norton, a character on [[Wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]] portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Art Carney|Art Carney]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|Watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|View the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|Forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:Old-Timey]]

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

Ed smildE — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:26:44 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Transcript */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|bigouting|Sloshybowl|Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In a color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{stronger boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, a Close Encounter-style alien, and an unidentified creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're supposed to go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot}'' There's a knock at the door.

'''THE SNEAK:''' Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots the sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to mean your hot date down at the boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM

Dearest Dead Kid (stop)

Please meet for good times (stop)

at the boardwalk. (stop)

-Hotnessa Date</blockquote>

{{sectionstub}}

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to change shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a chemical that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color: pink.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez, a seeming relative of [[A. Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]]

===Real-World References===
* "The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*"I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is a lyric from the power ballad [[wikipedia:Love of a Lifetime|Love of a Lifetime]] by [[wikipedia:Firehouse (band)|Firehouse]]
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive sounds similar to Ed Norton, a character on [[Wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]] portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Art Carney|Art Carney]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|Watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|View the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|Forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:Old-Timey]]

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

Ed smildE — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:25:53 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Transcript */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|bigouting|Sloshybowl|Homestarloween Party}}
[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}

'''Places:'''

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In a color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{stronger boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, a Close Encounter-style alien, and an unidentified creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're supposed to go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot}'' There's a knock at the door.

'''THE SNEAK:''' Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots the sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to mean your hot date down at the boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM

Dearest Dead Kid (stop)
Please meet for good times (stop)
at the boardwalk. (stop)

-Hotnessa Date</blockquote>

{{sectionstub}}

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and, often, other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to change shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a chemical that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color: pink.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez, a seeming relative of [[A. Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]]

===Real-World References===
* "The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*"I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is a lyric from the power ballad [[wikipedia:Love of a Lifetime|Love of a Lifetime]] by [[wikipedia:Firehouse (band)|Firehouse]]
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive sounds similar to Ed Norton, a character on [[Wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]] portrayed by [[Wikipedia:Art Carney|Art Carney]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|Watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|View the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|Forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:Old-Timey]]

morning routine

Ed smildE — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:48:04 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Transcript */ I think User:InterruptorJones had admitted that his name was spelled wrong... The dictionary definitions for 'interrupter' don't match this context exactly, but it is there

{{sbenav|54}}

[[Image:sbemail54.PNG|thumb|"So I got a lot of eggs, and I keep 'em in the couch."]]

Strong Bad details his morning routine, but keeps getting interrupted by Strong Sad.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, December 9, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 2:09

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD''': Augh. ''{smacks mouth}'' My mouth tastes like...emails.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad- 
 
Whats up? What is your morning 
routine? 
 
Mike S. 
Gibsonia, Pa</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "routine" as "Ha-routine," and says "Pa" as "P-A"}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Mike, as you know, the morning routine is the most important routine of the day.

''{cut to Strong Bad sleeping on the couch, mumbling}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}''

''{Strong Sad walks up}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Hey Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Wake up!

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}''

'''STRONG SAD''': I wanna watch that show on public broadcasting hosted by that British guy.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}'' 

'''STRONG SAD''': You told me not to let you sleep past noon!

'''STRONG BAD''': Super Bomberman...

'''STRONG SAD''': Wake up!

''{Strong Bad gets up from the couch, and we see that one of his hands is inside a bag of Potate brand potato chips. He starts walking off, slouching. He walks up to the computer and sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Augh. ''{smacks mouth}'' My mouth tastes like...emails.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad- 
 
Whats up? What is your morning 
routine? 
 
Mike S. 
Gibsonia, Pa</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "routine" as "Ha-routine," and says "Pa" as "P-A."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Mike, as you know, the morning routine is the most important routine of the day. The "R" in routine stands for r

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{offscreen}'' Hey Strong Bad! ''{Strong Bad turns to see Strong Sad standing there}'' I found this egg in the couch. Is this yours?

'''STRONG BAD''': Yes, it's very fragile. Put it down.

''{Strong Sad puts down the egg and walks off. Strong Bad resumes typing.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' So anyways, Mike, as I was saying, The "R" in routine stands for r

'''STRONG SAD''': Strong Bad, I found what I believe to be a goose egg in the couch.

'''STRONG BAD''': Thank you, Interrupter Jones. That is also my egg. Now put it down.

''{Strong Sad puts it down, and Strong Bad resumes typing again}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Sorry about that, Mike. So, the "R"

'''STRONG SAD''': Here's a duck egg, a nuthatch egg, ostrich egg, maybe a dinosaur egg, one of those brown eggs...

'''STRONG BAD''': What are you trying to say, Strong Sad? So I got a lotta eggs. And I keep 'em in the couch.

'''STRONG SAD''': There needs to be a better word for "weird".

''{The Cheat runs onscreen with underwear on his head and Strong Mad in pursuit}''

'''STRONG MAD''': MY PANTIES! MY PANTIES!

''{they run off}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Okay. I'm moving out.

''{Strong Sad walks off, Strong Bad resumes typing}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Fine with me, Strong Sad. I mean Mike. I mean whatever.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, you can click on where it says "COMPY 386" to see some of [[Strong Bad's EGGS|Strong Bad's "eggs"]]. The box of Strong Bad's "eggs" has the following phrases on it.
**Strong Bad's EGGS brand type [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]]
**"nut-hatch" eggs
**"goose" eggs
**"brown" eggs
**"duck" eggs
**A nutritious part of your morning routine.
**side words
**0 mg (listed seven times as the only content of the nutritional table)
**Ingredients: eggs, eggs, eggs, two more eggs

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*[[Potate]] is introduced in this email.
*The [[Couch Mumbling]] gag begins in this email.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#lode runner|lode runner]]".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad manages to type wearing not only [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|boxing gloves]], but also the potato chip bag. He may have typed one handed like he did in [[tape leg]], though in that email he typed with just his right hand (for a short while). If he wasn't typing with the potate bag, he must have been using his left hand. It is possible Strong Bad is ambidextrous.
*Strong Sad mentions seven eggs, but finds nine.
*Apparently Strong Bad's [[computer room]] was supposed to be in [[Strong Bad's Basement|the basement]] next to [[the couch]]; this concept seems to have been abandoned (see [[Arcade Game]]).
**It is also possible that Strong Bad may have used the Basement's second exit to reach the computer room.
*When the singers on the TV stop singing, you can hear [[Matt Chapman]] saying, "That's enough, [[Mike Chapman|Mike]]."

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad sits down at the computer to answer his email, the reflection of his face can be seen outside of the monitor on the right side momentarily.
*When Strong Sad is done placing the eggs on the table next to Strong Bad, the text on the Compy looks different. Half of it is not shown, because it is behind Strong Bad's head. (When Strong Bad types it, the "a>" is gone, and the word first paragraph is spaced differently; the second "routine" and the word "stands" are on the previous lines, there's no underscore after the lowercase "r", "rountine" is spelled correctly, and there's a period and the word "So" after the last "Mike".)

<blockquote class="compy email">
Mike, as you know, the morning 
routine is the most important 
routine of the day. The "R" in routine 
stands for r_ 
So anyways, Mike, as I was saying, 
The "R" in rountine stands for r 
Sorry about that, Mike, the "R"</blockquote>

*The [[Wikipedia:ostrich|ostrich]] egg should be much larger in relation to the others, as the ostrich lays the largest eggs of any living bird species. It should also be white.
*The "nut-hatch" egg should be written as "[[wikipedia:Nuthatch|nuthatch]]," without the hyphen.
*When Strong Bad is talking to Strong Sad for the last time, the left side of the monitor appears to be slightly jagged.

===Inside References===
*This email makes numerous references to [[eggs]].
*This email has an appearance of the [[couch mumbling]] gag.

===Real-World References===
*''[[Wikipedia:Bomberman|Super Bomberman]]'' is a game for the [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|SNES]] from the early '90s.
*The tune playing on the [[Telebision|TV set]] while Strong Bad is waking up is the theme song from ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124265/ Voyage of the Mimi]'', an educational TV show from the 1980s featuring [[Wikipedia:Ben Affleck|Ben Affleck]]. This is probably what Strong Sad wanted to watch.
*Interruptor Jones is a play on [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones]], the main character of a popular trilogy of adventure films.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad's line at the beginning, "My mouth tastes like...emails," is later reused during the CGI sequence on the first disc of the [[strongbad_email.exe|Strong Bad Email DVD]], but instead, says, "My mouth tastes like... DVDs."
*The phrase "the R in routine" is used later in [[Authorless Books|a book title]] in the email [[rampage|rampage]].
*Strong Mad chases The Cheat again in a [[rampage#Easter Eggs|rampage Easter egg]].
*Strong Bad sells the eggs for $54 in [[garage sale]] which also happens to be the number of this email.
*The term "Two more eggs" (which is in the ingredients on the Easter Egg cereal box) is on a post-it on a fridge later in [[pop-up]].
*Strong Bad says "My mouth tastes like backwards" in [[mini-golf]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail54.html|watch "morning routine"]]
*[[HR:sbemail54.swf|view the Flash file for "morning routine"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]

strongbad email.exe DVD Promo

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:31:26 GMT

Ed smildE: wow why did i screw this one up

{{DISPLAYTITLE:strongbad_email.exe DVD Promo}}
[[Image:Sb_Email_Promo.PNG|thumb|250px|The Promo Screen (before update)]]
A promo for the first installment of ''[[strongbad_email.exe]]'', the [[Strong Bad Email]] DVD series.

'''Date:''' November 8, 2004

== Text of the promo ==

$29.99

* The first 100 emails on 3 discs
* All Easter eggs and hidden stuff intact plus some new junk you've never seen!
* Over 1 hour of bonus stuff including:
** 3 unreleased emails
** 2 music videos
** 4 karaoke videos
** behind the scenes stuff
** puppet stuff
* 40+ hidden character/creator commentaries
* Region FREE!

CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!

== Fun Facts ==
*Initially, clicking the 'back' button would always take you to [[Main Page 13]]. It now takes you to the old [[Flash Store]] which then redirects you to the new one.
*When the promo came out, the red box contained the line, "COMING THIS WEEK!", and the price was not present. This changed to the current "click here to buy now" version on November 10, 2004.

== External Links ==
*[[Mirror:20041104_Original_Strong_Bad_DVD_Promo.html|view the original version]] (mirror)
*[[HR:sbdvd_promo.html|view the promo]]
*[[HR:sbdvd_promo.swf|view the Flash file]]
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|purchase the DVD]]
*[[Forum:1141|forum thread re: "DVD"]]

{{SBDVD}}

strongbad email.exe DVD Promo

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:24:39 GMT

Ed smildE: last one, i think... if i had known this was it, i could've done it quicker...

{{DISPLAYNAME:strongbad_email.exe DVD Promo}}
[[Image:Sb_Email_Promo.PNG|thumb|250px|The Promo Screen (before update)]]
A promo for the first installment of ''[[strongbad_email.exe]]'', the [[Strong Bad Email]] DVD series.

'''Date:''' November 8, 2004

== Text of the promo ==

$29.99

* The first 100 emails on 3 discs
* All Easter eggs and hidden stuff intact plus some new junk you've never seen!
* Over 1 hour of bonus stuff including:
** 3 unreleased emails
** 2 music videos
** 4 karaoke videos
** behind the scenes stuff
** puppet stuff
* 40+ hidden character/creator commentaries
* Region FREE!

CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW!

== Fun Facts ==
*Initially, clicking the 'back' button would always take you to [[Main Page 13]]. It now takes you to the old [[Flash Store]] which then redirects you to the new one.
*When the promo came out, the red box contained the line, "COMING THIS WEEK!", and the price was not present. This changed to the current "click here to buy now" version on November 10, 2004.

== External Links ==
*[[Mirror:20041104_Original_Strong_Bad_DVD_Promo.html|view the original version]] (mirror)
*[[HR:sbdvd_promo.html|view the promo]]
*[[HR:sbdvd_promo.swf|view the Flash file]]
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|purchase the DVD]]
*[[Forum:1141|forum thread re: "DVD"]]

{{SBDVD}}

strongbad email.exe Disc Five

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:23:00 GMT

Ed smildE:

{{DISPLAYTITLE:strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}
[[Image:Strongbad email.exe Disc 5.PNG|thumb|Another successful mission for Space Captainface!]]
This is Disc Five of [[strongbad_email.exe]]. It was released June 5, 2007, separately from the first four discs. This disc contains emails #131-160, plus an [[Accent|unreleased email]].

==FBI Warning==
The FBI Warning for Disc Five.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[The Cheat]]

=== Transcript ===
''{The standard FBI warning text appears on a blue background. After a few seconds, The Cheat pops down, mumbling The Cheat noises, from the ceiling. He is dressed as an art bandit. He places the Robotank stencil over it and spray paints it. Then he spray paints "RAD, RAD ROBOTANK" underneath. He waves, makes a contented The Cheat noise, and leaves.}''

== Introduction ==
[[Image:DiscFiveDeleted.png|thumb|right|"La dee deleted!"]]
Introduction for Disc Five.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]], [[Bubs]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Coach Z]], [[Marzipan]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Homsar]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[The King of Town]], [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]], [[Nebulon]], [[Cacodemon]]

=== Transcript ===
''{Similar to the [[Intro]], lights that resemble Homestar running appear. A 3D Homestar Runs across, forming the words "HOMESTAR" and "RUNNER", while a chorus sings "Everybody, everybody!" A 3D Homestar Runner logo bursts onto the scene, rotates for a moment, and transitions to Homestar running across The Field. He runs past the Spooky Woods, The Stick, Bubs' Concession Stand (with Bubs inside), the Sports Field, Strong Badia, Strong Sad, The Cheat with Strong Bad (who gives Homestar the [[Double Deuce]]), Strong Mad, Coach Z, Marzipan, Pom Pom talking on his cell phone, Homsar, The Poopsmith with his pile of whatsit, and The King of Town with a sandwich, in turn. It then cuts to a closeup of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing, off-beat}'' Everybody! La dee dee dee doh!

''{Cut back to show that the scene is on the Lappy, with Strong Bad in front of it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' Everybody! La dee dee dee doh! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing simultaneously}'' Everybody! La dee deleted!!

''{Strong Bad hits a key on the Lappy, which causes an explosion "DELETED!" effect, with a smiling fanged Female Lappy in the foreground. After a moment, the explosion fades and the Female Lappy returns to normal. [[The Paper]] comes down with the menu options. After some time has passed, it zooms in on the Lappy. The "maze" screensaver is in place. Every time a wall is reached, graffiti resembling Nebulon with "NEB-1" below it appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, man! You took so freakin' long my screensaver turned on!

''{The next wall has a large red ball with horns and a face that resembles a devil.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! A fairly disgruntled cackle demon!

''{The screen melts away showing bloody letters reading "PICK SUMPIN ALREADY!" It then zooms back out to the menu.}''

== Contents ==

=== Emails ===
*131. [[Boring (Really)]] ''([[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] commentary)''
*132. [[Modeling]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*133. [[Bottom 10]] ''(Mike, Matt, and [[Karen Wagner]] commentary)''
*134. [[Record Book]] ''(Mike, [[Strong Bad]], and [[Ryan Sterritt]] commentary)''
*135. [[Lady...ing]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*136. [[geddup noise|Geddup Noise]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*137. [[Bedtime Story]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*138. [[Space Program]] ''(Mike, Strong Bad, and [[Homestar Runner]] commentary)''
*139. [[Portrait]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*140. [[Highschool]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Karen Wagner commentary)''
*141. [[Death Metal]] ''(Mike and Strong Bad commentary)''
*142. [[Secret Identity]] ''(Mike and Homestar Runner commentary)''
*143. [[Technology]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*144. [[Narrator]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*145. [[Myths & Legends]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Karen Wagner commentary)''
*146. [[Pop-Up]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*147. [[Lady Fan]] ''(Mike, Homestar Runner, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*148. [[Disconnected]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*149. [[Candy Product]] ''(Mike, Homestar Runner, and Karen Wagner commentary)''
*150. [[Alternate Universe]] ''(Mike, Matt, and [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] commentary)''
*151. [[Senior Prom]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*152. [[ISP]] ''(Mike, Matt, Coach Z, and Karen Wagner commentary)''
*153. [[Redesign]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*154. [[Keep Cool]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*155. [[Theme Song]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*156. [[Road Trip]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Karen Wagner commentary, and an extra Mike and Matt commentary)''
*157. [[trading cards|Trading Cards]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*158. [[Cliffhangers]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*159. [[Retirement]] ''(Mike, Strong Bad, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*160. [[Coloring]] ''(Mike, Matt, Ryan Sterritt, and [[Larry Palaroncini]] commentary)''

=== Bonus Stuff ===
* Bonus Email: [[Accent]]
* [[Email Intros, Part Two|Email Intros]]: A feature showing the intros to Emails 101-160
* [[160 Seconds]]
* [[Sbemail 150?!?|Sbemail 149.5]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
* [[Lappynapped!]]

==== Bonus Menu Transcript ====
[[Image:bonusstuffmenu.png|thumb|Did you just say bonus stuff?]]

''{Again in 3D, the camera flies through the Rec Room past Strong Mad on the couch and The Cheat in the crisper drawer, both watching TV, on its way to the Trogdor arcade machine.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Did you just say bonus stuff?

''{After a 30 second pause, the camera pulls back to reveal Strong Bad has walked up to the machine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, choosey, time's up, I'm playing Trogdor. ''{He plays.}'' Oh yeah, don't stop a-squishing. ''{He dies an in-game death.}'' Aw, man! ''{It's over screen shows up}'' What? What's wrong with this stupid game? ''{He pounds the machine.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*To access an [[Space Program Alternate Take|alternate version]] of a scene from [[space program]], select "Space Program" on the email menu 131-140 and push the left arrow button twice. A white Strong Bad head should appear. When it does, hit enter.
*To access [[Alternate Universe Video|a video]] of [[Matt Chapman]] singing, select "Alternate Universe" on the email menu 141-150 and push the left arrow button twice. A white Strong Bad head should appear. When it does, hit enter.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
[[Image:DVD5Pausescreen.png|thumb|When the DVD stops]]
* The disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#Peasants Quest and wheres an egg|where's an egg?]]".
* Although not in a toon or email, this is the first appearance of [[DELETED]] on the Lappy.
*This is the first Strong Bad Email DVD to include "Not Quite Strong Bad Email" shorts, since older shorts were released in the [[Everything Else]] DVDs.
*This is the first Strong Bad Email DVD not to feature Homestar Runner in the FBI Warning segment; instead, it's The Cheat.
**This is also the first DVD not to have constantly shifting colors in the background in the FBI warning segment.
*This is the first DVD to feature an image, called a jacket picture, to be displayed on the screen when the DVD is stopped.

===Goofs===
*On the DVD menu, there is a space missing in [[boring (really)]].

=== Inside References ===
*The Cheat spray painting "RAD, RAD ROBOTANK" is a reference to [[portrait]].
*The DELETED explosion effect is similar to the "DO OVER!" effect from [[do over]].
*The maze screensaver was first seen in [[technology]].
*[[Graffiti]] reading "NEB-1" was first seen in [[New Boots]].
*[[Cacodemons]] were previously mentioned in [[alternate universe]].
*The Cheat in the [[crisper drawer]] is a reference to "[[privileges]]."
*Strong Mad saying "Did you just say Bonus Stuff?" is a reference to "[[caffeine]]."
*The back cover mentions [[Interactive Menus]].
*The background of the DVD pause screen is from [[pizzaz]].

=== Real-World References ===
*The cacodemon's appearance is very similar to that of the [[Cacodemons]] in the original [[wikipedia:Doom|Doom]] video game. It was red, shaped like a ball, had horns and a demonic face. The font used for "PICK SUMPIN ALREADY!" also resembles the one used for Doom's menus.

==External Links==

*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five at the Homestar Runner store]]
*[[Forum:11592|forum thread re: "strongbad_email.exe Disc Five"]]

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strongbad email.exe Disc Four

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:22:15 GMT

Ed smildE:

{{DISPLAYTITLE:strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

[[Image:DVD strongbad email.exe Disc 4.JPG|thumb|This Time, It's Not Dangeresque 1]]
This is for Disc Four of [[strongbad_email.exe]], released on July 25, 2005, separately from the first three discs (around 8½ months after their release). This disc contains e-mails #101-130. To see artwork for Disc Four, see [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork]].

==FBI Warning==
The FBI Warning for Disc Four.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]]

=== Transcript ===
''{The standard FBI warning text appears on a background with constantly shifting colors.}''

'''TEXT:''' Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes or video discs. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and may constitute a felony with maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

''{Homestar walks up to the text, and then looks around quickly.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Look at me! I'm on TVD! ''{walks off}''

== Introduction ==
[[Image:strongbad emailexedisc4 mainmenu.PNG|thumb|right|Then, from the doorway, came a man. A man who forgot to turn on the lightswitch.]]
Introduction for Disc Four.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]]

=== Transcript ===
''{Open to a shot of the shotgunned wall with a flashing wire and a spiderweb on the toppled [[Floppy Disk Container]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{from offscreen}'' It is a time of desolation, chaos, and DVDs. Then one day, from offscreen, ''{trumpets are heard as the camera pans to Strong Bad's silhouette}'' comes a man. ''{He walks forward and turns the light on.}'' A man with a severely beige box. ''I MEAN LAPTOP COMPUTER!!'' ''{He tosses the Lappy onto his desk.}'' Hit me with the dong-ding, Lappy! ''{The Lappy plays its startup noise.}'' The Paper, come down have breakfast with the family!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down with the menu options. After some time has passed, the camera zooms in on the Lappy and female Lappy's icon appears and speaks.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' Strong Bad, why do they take wait, so long? Many times have prooty passed.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't know what the crap you're saying, Lappy, but I'd follow you anywhere.

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' I'm of a style.

== Contents ==

=== Emails ===
*101. [[Car]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*102. [[Lunch Special]] ''(Mike, Matt, Jonathan Howe, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*103. [[Haircut]] ''(Matt, Ryan Sterritt, and Jonathan Howe commentary)''
*104. [[Theme Park]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*105. [[Replacement]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*106. [[Dangeresque 3]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*107. [[cheatday|Cheat Day]] ''(Mike and Marzipan commentary)''
*108. [[pom pom|Pom Pom]] ''(Mike, Matt, Jonathan Howe, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*109. [[Crying]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*110. [[For Kids]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary with Ryan Sterritt on guitar)''
*111. [[Other Days]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*112. [[Old Comics]] ''(Mike, Homestar, and Strong Bad commentary) (Mike and Matt commentary)''
*113. [[Pizzaz]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*114. [[The Facts]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Marzipan commentary)''
*115. [[Time Capsule]] ''(Mike, Homestar, and Marzipan commentary)''
*116. [[Extra Plug]] ''(Mike, Jonathan Howe, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*117. [[Montage]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Marzipan commentary)''
*118. [[Virus]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Homestar Runner commentary)''
*119. [[Animal]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*120. [[Radio]] ''(Mike, Matt, Strong Sad, and Mike's Strong Sad commentary)''
*121. [[Part-Time Job]] ''(Mike and Coach Z commentary)''
*122. [[Dreamail]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''
*123. [[Origins]] ''(Mike, Homestar, Jonathan Howe, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*124. [[Secret Recipes]] ''(Mike, Strong Bad, Jonathan Howe, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*125. [[Rock Opera]] ''(Mike and Strong Bad commentary)''
*126. [[Best Thing]] ''(Mike and Strong Bad commentary)''
*127. [[Long Pants]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary) (Homestar Runner, Marzipan, and Shark-Tooth Bubs commentary)''
*128. [[Rampage]] ''(Mike, Matt, Jonathan Howe, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*129. [[Garage Sale]] ''(Mike, Matt, Jonathan Howe, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)''
*130. [[Do Over]] ''(Mike and Matt commentary)''

=== Bonus Stuff ===

* Bonus Email: [[Family Resemblence]]
* [[Sample of Style Too]]
* A puppet-style video for [[It's Like It Was Meant to Be]]
* A [[Powered by The Cheat]] video for [[Grumblecakes (video)|Grumblecakes]]
* A karaoke video for [[Because, It's Midnite (karaoke)|Because, It's Midnite]]
* A karaoke video for [[Rock Opera (karaoke)|Rock Opera]]

==== Bonus Menu Transcript ====
[[Image:bonusstuffmenu.png|thumb|Did you just say bonus stuff?]]

''{Again in 3D, the camera flies through the Rec Room past Strong Mad on the couch and The Cheat in the crisper drawer, both watching TV, on its way to the Trogdor arcade machine.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Did you just say bonus stuff?

''{After a 30 second pause, the camera pulls back to reveal Strong Bad has walked up to the machine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, choosey, time's up, I'm playing Trogdor. ''{He plays.}'' Oh yeah, don't stop a-squishing. ''{Trogdor dies.}'' Aw, man! ''{It's over screen shows up}'' What? What's wrong with this stupid game? ''{He pounds the machine.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Four extra shorts can be found via hidden Strong Bad icons on the Bonus menu:
** [[Real-Live E-Mails]]
** [[Sample of Style Too: Some Outtakes]]
** [[Puppets on the Road]]
** [[Puppets & Little Girl Outtakes]]

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Homestar's line 'I'm on TVD!' is a [[portmanteau]] of TV and DVD.

===Trivia===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#kid speedy|kid speedy]]".
*The Lappy 486 appears to be much thinner than it does in the animated emails.

===Inside References===
*The introduction is largely taken from [[animal]].
*The Female Lappy 486 is from [[dreamail]].
*The Cheat in the [[crisper drawer]] is a reference to [[privileges]].
*Strong Mad saying "Did you just say Bonus Stuff?" is a reference to [[caffeine]].

==External Links==
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four at the Homestar Runner store]]

{{SBDVD}}

strongbad email.exe Disc Three

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:21:23 GMT

Ed smildE:

{{DISPLAYTITLE:strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}
This is for Disc Three of [[strongbad_email.exe]]. This disc contains e-mails #81–100. To see artwork for Disc Three, see [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork]].

== FBI Warning ==
The FBI Warning for Disc Three.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]]

=== Transcript ===
''{The standard FBI warning text appears on a background with constantly shifting colors.}''

'''TEXT:''' Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes or video discs. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and may constitute a felony with maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

''{Homestar walks on by the text}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just passing through.

== Introduction ==
Introduction for Disc Three.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]]

=== Transcript ===
[[Image:disc3.png|thumb|"What in frig's crap?! How do you keep getting in here?"]]
''{Open to a 3-D shot of the Compy 386 at an angle. The text on the screen reads "baleeted." A two-liter of [[Mountain Dew]] is nearby, and slowly leaking all over the computer desk and two floppies reading "[[Where's an Egg?|where's an egg]]" and "[[peasant's quest]]." Slowly pans to Homestar at the computer.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{chucks a few floppies off to one side}'' What is that stupid word? ''{starts hitting head against keyboard to punctuate his words, causing some of its keys to fly out}'' WHAT! IS! THAT! STUPID! WORD! WHY! WON'T YOU! TELL ME! MR.! COMPUTER! MAN!

''{As he pounds his head on the keyboard, the text "whateeted," "is leted," "thateeted," "OUCH!," "my teeth!," and "my butt!!" appears on the screen. The Compy 386 then displays its [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#Flagrant System Error|Flagrant System Error]] screen. The camera has now panned to the door. Strong Bad walks in and views this spectacle}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What in frig's crap?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh-oh.

'''STRONG BAD:''' How do you keep getting in here?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I dunno... Picked the lock?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, touché.

''{The Paper comes down with the menu options. After about 30 seconds, Strong Bad peeks under The Paper}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, what the crap are they doing out there?

''{Homestar peeks under the paper as well}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I don't see anybody. Maybe they're fixing a sandwich.

''{Homestar sticks his head back under The Paper}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. ''{shouting}'' Hey, bring us some [[Cold Ones]] when you come back in here!

''{Strong Bad sticks his head back under The Paper}''

== Contents ==
=== Emails ===
*81. [[Date]] ''(Marzipan, Matt, and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*82. [[Impression]] ''(Easter egg)''
*83. [[labor day|Labor Day]] ''(Easter egg)''
*84. [[Kids' Book]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, enhanced Easter egg)''
*85. [[2 Years]] ''(Easter egg)''
*86. [[No Loafing]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*87. [[Mile]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*88. [[Couch Patch]]
*89. [[Local News]] ''(Strong Bad and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*90. [[Colonization]]
*91. [[Caffeine]] ''(Easter egg)''
*92. [[Kind of Cool]] ''(Easter egg)''
*93. [[Army]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*94. [[Video Games]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*95. [[The Bet]] ''(Strong Bad and Mike commentary)''
*96. [[Lackey]] ''(enhanced Easter egg)''
*97. [[Monument]]
*98. [[Stupid Stuff]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*99. [[Different Town]] ''(John Linnell, Matt, and Mike commentary)''
*100. [[Flashback]]'' (Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''

=== Bonus Stuff ===
* "[[Some Puppet Stuff]]", which features interaction between Puppet [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Mike Chapman]].
* "[[Making of Email 100]]," a time-lapse video featuring hidden commentary by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
* "[[Sample of Style]]", a goofy live-action mockumentary on how [[Matt Chapman]] does the character voices.
* "The Cheatar", a time-lapse video showing the making of The Cheatar.
* "[[Sketchbook (video)|Sketchbook]]", featuring tons of never-before-seen-sketches.
* "[[3D Menu Screen Tests]]" (with automatically enabled Strong Bad commentary).

==== Bonus Menu Transcript ====
[[Image:bonusstuffmenu.png|thumb|"Did you just say bonus stuff?"]]

''{Again in 3D, the camera flies through the Rec Room past Strong Mad on the couch and The Cheat in the crisper drawer, both watching TV, on its way to the Trogdor arcade machine.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Did you just say bonus stuff?

''{After a 30 second pause, the camera pulls back to reveal Strong Bad has walked up to the machine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, choosey, time's up, I'm playing Trogdor. ''{He plays.}'' Oh yeah, don't stop a-squishing. ''{He dies.}'' What? What's wrong with this stupid game? ''{He pounds the machine.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
* To play "[[Some Extras]]," another hidden video featuring a lot of puppet stuff outtakes and behind the scenes materials, go to the bonus menu and highlight "Some Puppet Stuff". Press right on your DVD remote until Strong Bad's head appears. Then press OK.
*To watch "[[Day at the Park]]," highlight "3D Menu Tests" on the bonus menu and press right until Strong Bad's head appears. Then press OK.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#kid speedy|kid speedy]]". Two other loose disks read "[[Floppy Disk Container#Peasants Quest and wheres an egg|where's an egg?]]" and "[[Floppy Disk Container#Peasants Quest and wheres an egg|Peasant's Quest]]".

===Inside References===
*The intro for Disc Three is a reference to "[[50 emails]]" and a bit of "[[anything]]."
*The Cheat in the [[crisper drawer]] is a reference to "[[privileges]]."
*Strong Mad saying "Did you just say Bonus Stuff?" is a reference to "[[caffeine]]."

==External Links==
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three at the Homestar Runner store]]

{{SBDVD}}

strongbad email.exe DVD Artwork

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:20:38 GMT

Ed smildE: and this

{{DISPLAYNAME:strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork}}

The artwork of the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD.
__NOTOC__
== DVD Box ==
[[Image:Front and back of DVD box.jpeg|thumb|300px|left| Front and Back of Box]]{{clear}}

=== Front ===
[[Strong Bad]]'s reflection in the screen of the [[Compy 386]], with the text:
'''strongbad_email.exe'''
<blockquote class="short compy email">the first hundred 
strong bad emails</blockquote>

=== Back ===
The [[Tandy 400]] with the following text typed on it, along with three yellow sticky notes.

<blockquote class="tandy email">a> run "dvd description" 
 
3 full DVDs including the first 
100 Strong Bad emails 
with all of the hidden scenes 
and other Easter eggs 
intact! 
 
a></blockquote>

The first sticky note reads "4 karaoke tracks! puppet stuff! 3 unreleased emails!"
The second sticky note reads "tons of bonus, hidden, and never before seen stuff!"
The third is the "DORKS!" sticky from [[vacation]].

The very bottom contains a Homestar Runner logo followed by the words "© 2004 [[Harmless Junk, Inc.]] All Rights Reserved," followed by a [[Cheap as Free]] logo.

[[Image:DVD box sides.jpeg|right|thumb|300px]]

=== Top ===
The [[No Loafing Sign]].
=== Bottom ===
Continuation of the front of the box.

== Disc One Box ==
[[Image:Disc one front and back.jpeg|thumb|disc 1 front & back]]
=== Front ===
Portrait shot of [[Strong Bad]]'s head, with the text "disc one: emails 1-50

=== Back ===
Portrait shot of [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]'s head.{{clear}}
[[Image:Disc one interior.jpeg|thumb|Disc 1 inside]]
=== Side ===
Text reading "strongbad_email.exe disc 1."

=== Interior ===
Text reading "Disc One" and featuring a list of all the names of sbemails 1-50 plus bonus features. In the background there is a screenshot from every email up to [[action figure]]

== Disc Two Box ==
[[Image:Disc two front and back.jpeg|thumb|150px| Disc Two Front and Back]]

=== Front ===
Portrait shot of [[Stinkoman]]'s head, with the text "disc two: emails 51–80."

=== Back ===
Portrait shot of [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]]'s head.

=== Side ===
Text reading "strongbad_email.exe disc 2."{{clear}}
[[Image:Disc two interior.jpeg|thumb| Disc Two Interior]]

=== Interior ===
Text reading "Disc Two" and featuring a list of all the names of sbemails 51–80 plus bonus features. In the background there are one or two screenshots from every email on the disc.

== Disc Three Box ==
[[Image:Disc three front and back.jpeg|thumb| Disc Three Front and Back]]

=== Front ===
Portrait shot of [[Senor Cardgage]]'s head, with the text "disc three: emails 81–100."

=== Back ===
Portrait shot of [[Vector Strong Bad]]'s head.

[[Image:Disc three interior.jpeg|thumb| Disc Three Interior]]
=== Side ===
Text reading "strongbad_email.exe disc 3."

=== Interior ===
Text reading "Disc Three" and featuring a list of all the names of sbemails 81–100 plus bonus features and credits. In the background there are two or three screenshots from every email on the disc.{{clear}}

== Disc Four Box ==
[[Image:Disc four front and back.jpeg|thumb| Disc Four Front and Back]]

=== Front ===
Portrait shot of [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque's]] head, with the text "disc four: emails 101-130."

=== Back ===
Portrait shot of [[Sterrance]]. Also has two sticky notes which read "over 2 hours of emails! lots of commentary and bonus stuff" and "A never before seen email!! 2 new karaoke videos Puppet stuff!"{{clear}}

=== Side ===
Text reading "strongbad_email.exe disc 4."{{clear}}
[[Image:Disc four interior.jpeg|thumb| Disc Four Interior]]

=== Interior ===
Text reading "Disc Four" and featuring a list of all the names of sbemails 101-130 plus bonus features and credits. In the background there are one or two screenshots from every email on the disc.

== Disc Five Box ==

=== Front ===
Portrait shot of [[Space Captainface]]'s head, with the text "disc five: emails 131-160".
[[Image:Sbemail disc5 outside.jpg|thumb|Disc Five Back and Front]]

=== Back ===
Portrait shot of [[Strong Badman]]'s head. Also, the caption above reads "On the back of the DVD...". Strong Badman says, in comic book fashion, "A bonus email! Much commentaries! Where on Earth is my Danish?" as he thinks "I wonder if this DVD has ''interactive menus!''"

=== Side ===
Text reading "strongbad_email.exe disc 5."{{clear}}

[[Image:Sbemail disc5 interior.JPG|thumb|Disc 5 Interior]]
=== Interior ===
Text reading "Disc Five" and featuring a list of all the names of sbemails 131-160 plus bonus features and credits. In the background there are one or two screenshots from every email on the disc.

== Main Menus ==

The main menu of all five discs is modeled after The Paper hanging down over the ending part of the Intro (just as in a Strong Bad Email), and contains blocks of emails (in increments of 10), "Bonus Stuff," and "Play All."
*As well, at the end of each email (if you choose to watch them individually), The Paper comes down reading The End, followed by choices for "again," "main," and "next" (if applicable).

===Bonus Menu===

The Bonus menu of all five discs is modeled after a Trogdor Arcade Cabinet, with whichever bonus features there are on the disc listed and Back.

===Email Menu===
The Email menu of all five discs displays the emails in groups of 10 on the screen, along with a "Play All 10" button, "Back" button (if applicable, which takes you to the previous group of ten), "Next" button (if applicable, takes you to the next group of ten), and "Main" button
*The Email menu for disc one is modeled after the Tandy 400.
*The Email menu for discs two and three is modeled after the Compy 386.
*The Email menu for discs four and five is modeled after the Lappy 486.

== Explanations ==
* Most of the Strong Bad variations featured in the DVD artwork are depicted on the covers of the disc that contains their first or most prominent email appearance.
** DVD #1: Strong Bad - [[some kinda robot]] - The first Strong Bad Email.
** DVD #1: Old-Timey Strong Bad - [[little animal]] (Easter egg) - The first email with Old-Timey Strong Bad in it.
** DVD #2: Stinkoman - [[japanese cartoon]] - The email where Stinkoman was created.
** DVD #2: Tiny-Handed Strong Bad - [[kids' book]] (Easter egg) - The first email with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad in it, featured prominently in [[flashback]], still the only exception since neither email appeared on DVD #2.
** DVD #3: Senor Cardgage - [[kind of cool]] - The email where Senor Cardgage was created.
** DVD #3: Vector Strong Bad - [[video games]] - The email where Vector Strong Bad was created.
** DVD #4: Dangeresque - [[stunt double]] - Featured prominently in the first film in the Dangeresque series, [[dangeresque 3]].
** DVD #4: Sterrance - [[animal]] - The email where Sterrance was created.
** DVD #5: Space Captainface - [[space program]] - The email where SBASAF was created.
** DVD #5: Strong Badman - [[superhero name]] - Featured prominently at the beginning of [[alternate universe]].

{{SBDVD}}

strongbad email.exe Disc Two

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:19:55 GMT

Ed smildE: this one too

{{DISPLAYTITLE:strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}
This is Disc Two for [[strongbad_email.exe]]. This disc includes e-mails #51–80. To see artwork for Disc Two, see [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork]].

==FBI Warning==
The FBI Warning for Disc Two.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]]

=== Transcript ===
''{The standard FBI warning text appears on a background with constantly shifting colors.}''

'''TEXT:''' Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes or video discs. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and may constitute a felony with maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

''{Homestar walks up, and looks at the warning. Homestar then spits a couple [[Teddy Grahams]] at the warning, and they stick.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's better!

''{Homestar walks away}''

== Introduction ==
The intro for Disc Two.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Bad Graphics Ghost]]

=== Transcript ===
[[Image:disctwomenu.png|thumb|"Get out of here, pixel ghost!"]]
''{Cut to the computer desk, which has the old, taped-up Tandy 400 on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey there, old girl. Lookin' good. ''{Strong Bad points out the window}'' Hey, what's what over there? ''{Strong Bad violently knocks the Tandy off the computer desk, and replaces it with the Compy 386}'' Now, lay it on me, 386! ''{the 386 starts up and plays the tune}'' Oh, I love that little song.

''{The Paper comes down with the menu options. After about 30 seconds, the Tandy 400 and Bad Graphics Ghost appear from the top of the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' GAH! GET OUT OF HERE, PIXEL GHOST!

''{The Bad Graphics Ghost floats away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whew, that was a close one.

== Contents ==
=== Emails ===
*51. [[Website]] ''(diminished Easter egg)''
*52. [[Island]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*53. [[Comic]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter eggs with Matt and Mike commentary)''
*54. [[Morning Routine]] ''(Easter egg)''
*55. [[Cheat Talk]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*56. [[Current Status]] ''(Easter egg)''
*57. [[Japanese Cartoon]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*58. [[Dragon]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*59. [[marzipan|Marzipan]] ''(Mike, Matt, and Marzipan commentary, Easter egg with commentary)''
*60. [[Huttah!]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*61. [[Monster Truck]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*62. [[interview|Interview]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*63. [[Fingers]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*64. [[English Paper]]
*65. [[Unused Emails]]
*66. [[the show|The Show]] ''(Homestar and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*67. [[Autobiography]] ''(Easter egg)''
*68. [[Caper]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*69. [[Personal Favorites]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*70. [[Big White Face]] ''(Easter egg)''
*71. [[2 Emails]] ''(Easter egg)''
*72. [[crazy cartoon|Crazy Cartoon]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*73. [[Mascot]] ''(Easter egg)''
*74. [[Privileges]]
*75. [[Funny]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*76. [[Sibbie]] ''(Easter egg)''
*77. [[Suntan]] ''(Marzipan, Matt, and Mike commentary)''
*78. [[Anything]] ''(Strong Bad and Mike commentary)''
*79. [[The Process]] ''(Easter egg)''
*80. [[Stunt Double]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''

===Bonus Stuff===
* [[KaraokeFun]]: Sing along with your favorite songs
:*[[Trogdor (karaoke)|Trogdor]]
:*[[Nite Mamas (karaoke)|Nite Mamas]]
:*[[Dangeresque (karaoke)|Dangeresque theme song]]
:*[[Fhqwhgads (karaoke)|Everybody to the Limit]]
*A puppet-style video for Homestar's "[[Secret Song (video)|Secret Song]]."
*A short live-action video for [[Taranchula]]'s "[[Moving Very Slowly (video)|Moving Very Slowly]]"" ''(directed by [[Teeg Dougland]])''.
==== Bonus Stuff Transcript ====
[[Image:bonusstuffmenu.png|thumb|Did you just say bonus stuff?]]

''{Again in 3D, the camera flies through the Rec Room past Strong Mad on the couch and The Cheat in the crisper drawer, both watching TV, on its way to the Trogdor arcade machine.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Did you just say bonus stuff?

''{After a 30-second pause, the camera pulls back to reveal Strong Bad has walked up to the machine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, choosey, time's up, I'm playing Trogdor. ''{He plays.}'' Oh yeah, don't stop a-squishing. ''(He gets "arrowed")'' Oh, man! ''{He dies.}'' What? What's wrong with this stupid game? ''{He pounds the machine.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*To view a video of [[Gary Palaroncini]] from [[Limozeen]] playing [[The Cheatar]] (from an [[The Cheatar#Easter Eggs|Easter egg]] found in that short), highlight the "Nite Mamas" karaoke video and press right until Strong Bad's head appears. Then press OK.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#WOTR Level 2|WOTR Level 2]]".

===Inside References===
*The FBI warning for Disc Two contains a reference to "[[couch patch]]."
*The Introduction for Disc Two is a reference to "[[invisibility]]."
*The appearance of the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] is a reference to "[[ghosts]]."
*The Cheat in the [[crisper drawer]] is a reference to "[[privileges]]."
*Strong Mad saying "Did you just say Bonus Stuff?" is a reference to "[[caffeine]]."

==External Links==
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two at the Homestar Runner store]]

{{SBDVD}}

strongbad email.exe Disc One

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:19:14 GMT

Ed smildE: oops why do i suck

{{DISPLAYTITLE:strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}
This is for Disc One of [[strongbad_email.exe]]. This disc includes e-mails #1–50. To see artwork for Disc One, see [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork]].

== FBI Warning ==
The FBI warning on Disc One of [[strongbad_email.exe]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]]

=== Transcript ===

''{The standard FBI warning text appears on a background with constantly shifting colors.}''

'''TEXT:''' Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes or video discs. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and may constitute a felony with maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

''{Homestar walks in and gives the text a glance}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' BORRRING!

''{Homestar walks away}''

== Introduction ==
Introduction to Disc One of [[strongbad_email.exe]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Sad]]

[[Image:cap035.PNG|thumb|200px|Don't mind that DVD taste!]]
=== Transcript ===

''{A 3D rendered Strong Bad enters the computer room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' ...and all the ladies say ''{high-pitched voice}'' "Strong Bad is on point!"

''{Strong Bad throws the lightswitch and a lightswitch rave starts up with [[The System Is Down (song)|The System is Down]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! ''{shuts off switch}'' Wrong switch. ''{starts walking toward the Tandy 400}'' Oh, my mouth tastes like...DVDs.

''{The Cheat walks up to Strong Bad, singing to himself, and we can see Strong Sad peering in from the other room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat.

''{Strong Bad kicks The Cheat into Strong Sad}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' GAAAHHH!

'''STRONG SAD:''' DOUGLAS!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, who starts to sit down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yes! And the foul! The Paper, show these morons what to do.

''{The Paper comes down with the menu selections. About 30 seconds later, Strong Bad turns to the camera}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, The Paper, I think you're going to have to spell it out better for these simpletons. Apparently, they're not quite grasping it.

''{A Paper comes up from the bottom of the screen reading "Make your selection and mash GO, moron!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Bottom-feeding paper! There's something you don't see every day!

== Contents ==
=== Emails ===
*1. [[Some Kinda Robot]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, new Easter egg)''
*2. [[homsar|Homsar]]
*3. [[Butt IQ]]
*4. [[Homestar Hair]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*5. [[making out|Making Out]]
*6. [[Depressio]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)
*7. [[Halloweener]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*8. [[Brianrietta]]
*9. [[I Love You]]
*10. [[Trevor the Vampire]]
*11. [[I Rule]] ''(Strong Bad and Mike commentary)''
*12. [[Credit Card]]
*13. [[I She Be]]
*14. [[duck pond|Duck Pond]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*15. [[The Basics]]
*16. [[Band Names]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*17. [[Studying]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*18. [[Stand-Up]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*19. [[Tape-Leg]]
*20. [[Spring Cleaning]]
*21. [[Cartoon]] ''(Strong Bad and Mike commentary)''
*22. [[sb_email 22]] ''(Easter egg)''
*23. [[Little Animal]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*24. [[The Bird]]
*25. [[Super Powers]]
*26. [[CGNU]] ''(Homestar Runner and Mike commentary)''
*27. [[3 Wishes]]
*28. [[1 Step Ahead]]
*29. [[Superhero Name]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*30. [[12:00]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*31. [[Sugarbob]] ''(Marzipan, Matt, and Mike commentary)''
*32. [[Flag Day]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, alternate angle)''
*33. [[Gimmicks]]
*34. [[Weird Dream]] ''(Easter egg)''
*35. [[Sisters]] ''(alternate angle)''
*36. [[Guitar]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*37. [[dullard|Dullard]] ''(alternate angle)''
*38. [[Helium]]
*39. [[Property of Ones]]
*40. [[Vacation]] ''(diminished Easter egg, alternate angle (in Historic, Over There postcard))''
*41. [[Invisibility]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*42. [[Action Figure]] ''(Easter egg)''
*43. [[Little Questions]] ''(Easter egg)''
*44. [[Lures & Jigs]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*45. [[Techno]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*46. [[Your Friends]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, alternate angle)''
*47. [[New Hands]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*48. [[Ghosts]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*49. [[Theme Party]] ''(alternate angle, modified Easter egg)''
*50. [[50 Emails]] ''(Easter egg)''

=== Bonus Stuff ===
:TROGDOR!
:HI-SCORES & BONUS STUFF
*Unreleased Emails & More
**Bonus Email 1: [[Greeting Cards]]
**Bonus Email 2: [[E-mail Birds]]
**Bonus Email 3: [[Videro Games]] ''(alternate angle)''

*[[Email Intros]]: A video featuring every sbemail intro for emails 1–100.
*[[Scroll Button Songs (video)|Scroll Button Songs]]: A video featuring every scroll button rap up until the "Huzzah, on the mic" rap.

==== Bonus Menu Transcript ====
[[Image:bonusstuffmenu.png|thumb|Did you just say bonus stuff?]]

''{Again in 3D, the camera flies through the Rec Room past Strong Mad on the couch and The Cheat in the crisper drawer, both watching TV, on its way to the Trogdor arcade machine.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Did you just say bonus stuff?

''{After a 30 second pause, the camera pulls back to reveal Strong Bad has walked up to the machine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, choosey, time's up, I'm playing Trogdor. ''{He plays.}'' Oh yeah, don't stop a-squishing. ''{He dies.}'' What? What's wrong with this stupid game? ''{He pounds the machine.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*To find an unfinished cartoon entitled "[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]" from the Trogdor bonus screen, put your selection on the first bonus email. Next, press the right button 3 times and a Strong Bad head icon will appear.

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#Cave Quest|Cave Quest]]".

===Inside References===
*The FBI Warning scene is a reference to the Easter egg in [[Legal]].
**The multicolored background may also be a reference to [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] and Paramount Pictures' old FBI Warning.
*"Oh...my mouth tastes like...DVDs" is a reference to [[morning routine]], where Strong Bad says "my mouth tastes like...e-mail...".
*This is an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat]]
*Strong Sad's shouting of "[[Douglas]]!" is a reference to "[[cheat talk]]".
**The limb outside the window is also a reference to "cheat talk"; it's the limb that rubbed in the wind and said "Douglas."
*The lightswitch rave lightswitch is from "[[techno]]".
*Strong Mad's "Did you just say bonus stuff?" is a reference to "[[caffeine]]".
*The Cheat laying in the [[crisper drawer]] is from "[[privileges]]".
*"Strong Bad is on point" is one of Marzipan's lines from the [[Extra Real Dating Sim XR]].
*This is another instance of [[mashing]].

==External Links==
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|strongbad_email.exe Disc One at the Homestar Runner store]]

{{SBDVD}}

strongbad email.exe Disc One

Ed smildE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:18:27 GMT

Ed smildE: another one of those underscore things

{{DISPLAYNAME:strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}
This is for Disc One of [[strongbad_email.exe]]. This disc includes e-mails #1–50. To see artwork for Disc One, see [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork]].

== FBI Warning ==
The FBI warning on Disc One of [[strongbad_email.exe]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Homestar Runner]]

=== Transcript ===

''{The standard FBI warning text appears on a background with constantly shifting colors.}''

'''TEXT:''' Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes or video discs. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and may constitute a felony with maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

''{Homestar walks in and gives the text a glance}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' BORRRING!

''{Homestar walks away}''

== Introduction ==
Introduction to Disc One of [[strongbad_email.exe]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Sad]]

[[Image:cap035.PNG|thumb|200px|Don't mind that DVD taste!]]
=== Transcript ===

''{A 3D rendered Strong Bad enters the computer room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' ...and all the ladies say ''{high-pitched voice}'' "Strong Bad is on point!"

''{Strong Bad throws the lightswitch and a lightswitch rave starts up with [[The System Is Down (song)|The System is Down]]}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' WAH! ''{shuts off switch}'' Wrong switch. ''{starts walking toward the Tandy 400}'' Oh, my mouth tastes like...DVDs.

''{The Cheat walks up to Strong Bad, singing to himself, and we can see Strong Sad peering in from the other room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, The Cheat.

''{Strong Bad kicks The Cheat into Strong Sad}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' GAAAHHH!

'''STRONG SAD:''' DOUGLAS!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, who starts to sit down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yes! And the foul! The Paper, show these morons what to do.

''{The Paper comes down with the menu selections. About 30 seconds later, Strong Bad turns to the camera}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, The Paper, I think you're going to have to spell it out better for these simpletons. Apparently, they're not quite grasping it.

''{A Paper comes up from the bottom of the screen reading "Make your selection and mash GO, moron!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Bottom-feeding paper! There's something you don't see every day!

== Contents ==
=== Emails ===
*1. [[Some Kinda Robot]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, new Easter egg)''
*2. [[homsar|Homsar]]
*3. [[Butt IQ]]
*4. [[Homestar Hair]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*5. [[making out|Making Out]]
*6. [[Depressio]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)
*7. [[Halloweener]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*8. [[Brianrietta]]
*9. [[I Love You]]
*10. [[Trevor the Vampire]]
*11. [[I Rule]] ''(Strong Bad and Mike commentary)''
*12. [[Credit Card]]
*13. [[I She Be]]
*14. [[duck pond|Duck Pond]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*15. [[The Basics]]
*16. [[Band Names]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*17. [[Studying]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*18. [[Stand-Up]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*19. [[Tape-Leg]]
*20. [[Spring Cleaning]]
*21. [[Cartoon]] ''(Strong Bad and Mike commentary)''
*22. [[sb_email 22]] ''(Easter egg)''
*23. [[Little Animal]] ''(modified Easter egg)''
*24. [[The Bird]]
*25. [[Super Powers]]
*26. [[CGNU]] ''(Homestar Runner and Mike commentary)''
*27. [[3 Wishes]]
*28. [[1 Step Ahead]]
*29. [[Superhero Name]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*30. [[12:00]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, Easter egg)''
*31. [[Sugarbob]] ''(Marzipan, Matt, and Mike commentary)''
*32. [[Flag Day]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, alternate angle)''
*33. [[Gimmicks]]
*34. [[Weird Dream]] ''(Easter egg)''
*35. [[Sisters]] ''(alternate angle)''
*36. [[Guitar]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary)''
*37. [[dullard|Dullard]] ''(alternate angle)''
*38. [[Helium]]
*39. [[Property of Ones]]
*40. [[Vacation]] ''(diminished Easter egg, alternate angle (in Historic, Over There postcard))''
*41. [[Invisibility]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*42. [[Action Figure]] ''(Easter egg)''
*43. [[Little Questions]] ''(Easter egg)''
*44. [[Lures & Jigs]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*45. [[Techno]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*46. [[Your Friends]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, alternate angle)''
*47. [[New Hands]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*48. [[Ghosts]] ''(Matt and Mike commentary, modified Easter egg)''
*49. [[Theme Party]] ''(alternate angle, modified Easter egg)''
*50. [[50 Emails]] ''(Easter egg)''

=== Bonus Stuff ===
:TROGDOR!
:HI-SCORES & BONUS STUFF
*Unreleased Emails & More
**Bonus Email 1: [[Greeting Cards]]
**Bonus Email 2: [[E-mail Birds]]
**Bonus Email 3: [[Videro Games]] ''(alternate angle)''

*[[Email Intros]]: A video featuring every sbemail intro for emails 1–100.
*[[Scroll Button Songs (video)|Scroll Button Songs]]: A video featuring every scroll button rap up until the "Huzzah, on the mic" rap.

==== Bonus Menu Transcript ====
[[Image:bonusstuffmenu.png|thumb|Did you just say bonus stuff?]]

''{Again in 3D, the camera flies through the Rec Room past Strong Mad on the couch and The Cheat in the crisper drawer, both watching TV, on its way to the Trogdor arcade machine.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' Did you just say bonus stuff?

''{After a 30 second pause, the camera pulls back to reveal Strong Bad has walked up to the machine.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, choosey, time's up, I'm playing Trogdor. ''{He plays.}'' Oh yeah, don't stop a-squishing. ''{He dies.}'' What? What's wrong with this stupid game? ''{He pounds the machine.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*To find an unfinished cartoon entitled "[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]" from the Trogdor bonus screen, put your selection on the first bonus email. Next, press the right button 3 times and a Strong Bad head icon will appear.

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#Cave Quest|Cave Quest]]".

===Inside References===
*The FBI Warning scene is a reference to the Easter egg in [[Legal]].
**The multicolored background may also be a reference to [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] and Paramount Pictures' old FBI Warning.
*"Oh...my mouth tastes like...DVDs" is a reference to [[morning routine]], where Strong Bad says "my mouth tastes like...e-mail...".
*This is an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat]]
*Strong Sad's shouting of "[[Douglas]]!" is a reference to "[[cheat talk]]".
**The limb outside the window is also a reference to "cheat talk"; it's the limb that rubbed in the wind and said "Douglas."
*The lightswitch rave lightswitch is from "[[techno]]".
*Strong Mad's "Did you just say bonus stuff?" is a reference to "[[caffeine]]".
*The Cheat laying in the [[crisper drawer]] is from "[[privileges]]".
*"Strong Bad is on point" is one of Marzipan's lines from the [[Extra Real Dating Sim XR]].
*This is another instance of [[mashing]].

==External Links==
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|strongbad_email.exe Disc One at the Homestar Runner store]]

{{SBDVD}}

HRWiki talk:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)

Ed smildE — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:12:23 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Underscores in titles */

Curious. Re:

The following characters are not allowed in page titles:

# + < > [ ] | { } &

What about [[myths & legends]]? That has a &. What does the above mean, then? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

:*'''#''' is an anchor.
:*'''+''' will not be accepted by MediaWiki. It shows up as nothing in a page title.
:*'''<''' and '''>''' are HTML tag indicators.
:*'''[''' and ''']''' are MediaWiki link indicators.
:*'''{''' and '''}''' are MediaWiki template indicators.
:*'''&''' is currently allowed in titles. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 01:12, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

==Underscores in titles==

Okay, how come [[sb_email_22]] gets its underscores to show up as underscores—even when it wants one to be a space—and [[strongbad_email.exe]] shows it as a space when it wants it to be an underscore? —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:31, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

:Both titles have the same problem, underscores can't exist in the title either. They can appear in the specific link if your display is set up right, but the title of the article won't display the underscore. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 16:34, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

::Abdi: You mean the difference between [[sb_email_22]] and [[sb email 22]]/[[strongbad_email.exe]] and [[strongbad email.exe]]? The articles themselves just have spaces in the titles, but when linking to them, the underscores will show up if they are used in lieu of a space. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 16:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Sorry, I was looking at the url in one case and the title in another! —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 17:15, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

::::Just thought you might want to know, I changed the display titles using the <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:correct_title}}</wiki> thing. I hope that's okay, and are there any other pages that can be changed like that? Unfortunately the category links will probably still have the wrong titles. ~~~~

== Extra info ==
HTML stuff like em dahses and middots will appear in a page title. However, I'm not sure if all of them will...— {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure they will. The list on the project page is considered to be an exhaustive list. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:55, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
::Where is this project page? I've been doing something at the fanstuff wiki that's essentially a list of all of these, so it would be a huge help. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Look at the tabs at the top of the page... What do you see? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:19, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

strongbad email.exe

Ed smildE — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:06:54 GMT

Ed smildE: might as well try this one too...

{{DISPLAYTITLE:strongbad_email.exe}}

''This is about the DVD set. For the actual emails, see [[Strong Bad Emails]].''
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="225" style="margin-left:3px;float:right;"
!align="center" bgcolor="#ffa500" colspan="3"|''strongbad_email.exe''
|-
|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:DVD_SBemails_3DiscBoxSet.jpg|220px|]]
|-
!align="center" bgcolor="#ffa500" colspan="3"|''DVD featuring Strong Bad Emails 1-160''
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Discs
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|Disc 1]] | [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two|Disc 2]] | [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three|Disc 3]] | [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|Disc 4]] | [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five|Disc 5]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Released
|colspan="2" valign="top"|November 9, 2004 (discs 1–3) July 25, 2005 (disc 4) June 5, 2007 (disc 5)
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Wikipedia:DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries|Region]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|0 - NTSC format
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|DVD authoring and encoding
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Ryan Sterritt]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Video footage and editing
|colspan="2" valign="top"|Ryan Sterritt. Mixed by Russ T. at Ruby Red Productions
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|DVD cover design
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Craig Zobel]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|3-D animation
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Ryan Bradley]], [[Jacob Slutsky]], and [[Ted Kotsaftis]].
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Music
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Y-O-U]] (karaoke), [[They Might Be Giants]] ([[different town]])
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Producers
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[The Brothers Chaps]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|The Brothers Chaps' thanks
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Willem Hartong]], [[The Future Animators of the Future]], [[Randy Dudley]] and [http://www.planetstudio.com/main.asp Planet Studio].
|}

'''''strongbad_email.exe''''' is the first [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] DVD series. It is sold as a 3-disc box set with Discs 4 and 5 sold separately.

== Disc Contents ==
*'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|Disc 1]]''' contains Strong Bad Emails 1-50 ([[some kinda robot]] through [[50 emails]]), three new, never-before-seen emails ([[Greeting Cards]], [[E-mail Birds]] and [[Videro Games]]), the first seventeen [[Scroll Button Songs (video)|Scroll Button Songs]], the first 100 [[Email Intros]], and the unfinished [[Toon]], [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]].
*'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two|Disc 2]]''' contains Strong Bad Emails 51-80 ([[website]] through [[stunt double]]), four [[KaraokeFun|karaoke music videos]], and a video of [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] playing [[The Cheatar]].
*'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three|Disc 3]]''' contains Strong Bad Emails 81-100 ([[date]] through [[flashback]]), [[Some Puppet Stuff]], and various behind-the-scenes footage, with [[Sample of Style]], [[Making of Email 100]], [[Sketchbook (video)|Sketchbook]], [[3D Menu Screen Tests]], [[Day at the Park]], and [[Some Extras]].
*'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|Disc 4]]''' contains Strong Bad Emails 101-130 ([[car]] through [[do over]]), one previously unreleased email ([[Family Resemblence]]), two karaoke videos, some puppet stuff, with [[Real-Live E-Mails]], [[Puppets on the Road]], [[Puppets & Little Girl Outtakes]], as well as [[Sample of Style Too]] and [[Sample of Style Too: Some Outtakes]]. It is sold separately from the first three discs.
*'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five|Disc 5]]''' contains Strong Bad Emails 131-160 ([[boring (really)]] through [[coloring]]), commentaries on every email, one previously unreleased email ([[Accent]]), the next 60 [[Email Intros, Part Two|Email Intros]] (post-100), [[160 Seconds]], [[Sbemail 150?!?|Sbemail 149.5]], [[Lappynapped!]], an [[Space Program Alternate Take|alternate version]] of a scene from [[Space Program]], and [[alternate universe song video|a video]] of [[Matt Chapman]] singing. It is sold separately from the first four discs.

== Artwork ==
See artwork at [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork]].

== Easter Eggs ==
*Most of the emails have three kinds of secrets:
**Audio commentary: Accessible by pressing the "Language" or "Audio" button. Not all emails have them.
**Secret "angle": Accessible by pressing the "Angle" button. Usually used to display the short pop-ups that can appear when you click on different things ''during'' the emails.
**Secret menu options: Once the email is over, you can press down from "Next" to find a hidden menu option—a little icon that looks like Strong Bad's head. (You typically have to press down several times to find the hidden icon.) Sometimes there are secret options hidden under "Again," "Main," or "Next," and sometimes you have to browse around (left/right) from other hidden options to find them all. All Easter eggs are listed in the "DVD Version" sections of the [[Strong Bad Email]] articles.
*Each menu has a secret Easter egg viewable after a short period of time.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*.exe is a file extension meaning "executable." An executable file contains code for a program and "executes" in an operating system. .exe files are used in [[Wikipedia:Disk Operating System|DOS]] (e.g., "Peasants_Quest.exe" ran the [[Peasant's Quest]] program) and Microsoft Windows, but not on a Macintosh computer (which [[The Cheat]] uses). Specifically, "strongbad_email.exe" is what Strong Bad types on his computer to begin nearly every email, except for [[secret identity]] and those on the [[Tandy 400]].

===Trivia===
*This is [[The Brothers Chaps]]'s 3D [[wikipedia:Computer-generated_imagery|CGI]] debut.
*When the DVD set was first released, it was in such high demand that the online [[store]] quickly ran out.

==External Links==
*[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|strongbad_email.exe at the Homestar Runner store]]
*[[imdb:tt0453401|IMDB page for strongbad_email.exe Disc 1-3]]
*[[imdb:tt0481029|IMDB page for strongbad_email.exe Disc 4]]
*[[imdb:tt1072451|IMDB page for strongbad_email.exe Disc 5]]

{{SBDVD}}

sb email 22

Ed smildE — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:03:42 GMT

Ed smildE: test to see if this works

{{DISPLAYTITLE:sb_email 22}}
{{sbenav|22}}

[[Image:sbemail22.PNG|thumb|Strong Bad offends the royals!]]

Strong Bad is asked by Mark from England what he thinks of the English. It's a disaster in the making.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}} (Easter egg), {{Film|The Announcer}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Press Conference (Easter Egg)

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' Wednesday, September 2, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 0:34

'''Page Title:''' The Lost Email!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Do, du, dadada do, du, dadada do... ''{stops singing}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Hi Strong Bad, 
 
I'm from England. What do you think of 
the English? 
 
Thank you, 
Mark</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, gee, Mark, if you're really from England, shouldn't you have some kinda unnecessary vowel at the end of your name? ''{adds an "e" to the end of Mark's name}'' And what is this "Thank you"? Whatever happened to "Cheers" or "Cheerio" or "Nevermind the Bullocks"? ''{changes "Thank you" into these words as he says them}'' Call yourself "English". But, anyways, what do I think of the English, huh? Oh, I'll ''tell'' you what I think of the English!

''{A big red sign with white letters appears across the screen saying "BANNED IN THE UK." Cut to an issue of ''The Guardian'', which contains pictures of a cricketer, [[The King of Town]] and a policeman, and the following article about Strong Bad on the front page.}''

<blockquote>'''Strong Bad Offends''' 
'''The Royals!''' 
 
In this Monday's edition of U.S. based "Strong Bad 
Email," the title character, Strong Bad, an odd little 
bloke with a Mexican wrestling mask for a head and 
boxing gloves for hands made such comments that 
warranted the Queen to ban the edition from UK 
shores. Strong Bad has been charged with "verbal 
crimes against the crown" and the Strong Bad Email, 
now simply being called the infamous "sbemail22," 
has been removed from broadcast in both the UK and 
the States. At a press conference held on Tuesday, 
</blockquote>

== Easter Eggs ==

*After the [[Periodicals|newspaper]] comes up, click the words "press conference" to see the press conference.

:'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Strong Bad, how do you respond to claims that your comment brought the entire royal family to tears?

:''{The Cheat whispers a response to Strong Bad. Strong Bad clears his throat and speaks into the microphone.}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Screw all y'all.

:''{Gasps are heard from the crowd.}''

:'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Cor blimey!

:''{A black-and-white photograph snaps Strong Bad and The Cheat.}''

:'''MAN:''' ''{off screen, in a Brummie accent}'' I can't believe he said that.

:''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

:*After the press conference, click on the stack of papers to see what The Cheat told Strong Bad. The paper reads, "Just say, 'Screw all ya'll'. Trust me. It'll work."

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*The reason why this is called "The Lost Email!" is because after [[The Brothers Chaps]] made email 21, [[cartoon]], they went ahead and made email 23, [[little animal]], skipping over number 22. Between [[vacation]] (#40) and [[invisibility]] (#41), The Brothers Chaps made email 22.
**The skip makes this email the last of the Tandy era.
*"[[Wikipedia:Bobby|Bobby]]" is English slang for a policeman, hence the joke about a policeman actually named Bobby.
*The article on [[Wikipedia:Cricket|cricket]] is a reference to America's stereotyped attitude to the sport of cricket which the English are renowned for embracing.
*"Some kinda unnecessary vowel at the end" refers to differences between [[Wikipedia:American English|American English]] and [[Wikipedia:British English|British English]] (especially archaic British). Examples include words like ''annexe, programme, shoppe, olde, pointe, towne,'' and ''grille,'' and famous names such as ''Locke''.
*According to [[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]: "The King Of Town Eats Treacle". Although the King of Town is known for his proclivity for strange food items, [[Wikipedia:Molasses|treacle]] is not all that strange. The word is odd-sounding to American ears, but it's really just molasses.
*"[[Wikipedia:Bollocks|Bollocks]]" literally means "testicles" in Britain and Ireland. However, it can also be used in the same general sense as "crap" or "nonsense" — although the word itself is much stronger. That said, Strong Bad misspells it as "bullocks", which refers to young bulls.

===Trivia===
*This is the shortest Strong Bad email, with a time of 34 seconds. Thus the email's Easter Egg is the most significant proportion of any email to date.

[[Image:sbemail22glitch.png|thumb|right|The see-through hand]]

===Remarks===
*This is an email in which [[The Paper]] does not come down in the main toon; here it comes down only at the end of the Easter egg. Another example of this would be the end of the email [[part-time job]].

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad covers the microphone with his hand, there is a gap between his hand and the edge of the mic.
*After the "BANNED IN THE UK" sign and cut to the newspaper, we can hear a small blip of the press conference Easter egg.
*If you change the contrast all the way to green during the beginning, the "BANNED IN THE UK" banner changes it back to black just before the newspaper appears.

===Inside References===
*''The Guardian'' describes itself as "Britain's [[Prancing|Pranciest]] Newspaper".

===Real-World References===
*The song Strong Bad sings in the beginning of the email is from [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong (arcade game)|the original ''Donkey Kong'' game]].
*"Nevermind the Bullocks" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Sex Pistols|Sex Pistols']] controversial album ''[[Wikipedia:Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols|Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'', which was also banned in the UK.
* The paper that appears is a very faithfully reproduced version of UK broadsheet [[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]], including references to that paper's supplement, [[Wikipedia:The Guardian#Supplements and features|G2]]. Also referred to are [[Wikipedia:B-2 Spirit|B2]], a class of bomber used by the USAF, and F7, a type of rail engine.
*In the corner of the photo of Strong Bad, a classic [[Wikipedia:Buses in London|London bus]] can be seen. There is also an advert on the side of it for [[Wikipedia:EasyJet|easyJet]], a British airline.
*Somebody sounding suspiciously like [[Wikipedia:Ringo Starr|Ringo Starr]] says "I can't believe he said that" at the end of the press conference. This could be in reference to the infamous [[Wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]] quote stating that [[The Beatles]] were "more popular than Jesus" and the uproar that ensued.

===Fast Forward===
*The Cheat's whispering to Strong Bad is one of the quotes on the "Learn to Speak The Cheat" record in [[cheat talk]]. It translates as "Check it out, this is going to be great! Just say, 'Screw all y'all!'"
*The Cheat's lawyer suit will later be seen in [[rough copy]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail22.html|watch "sb_email 22"]]
*[[HR:sbemail22.swf|view the Flash file for "sb_email 22"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]

strong badathlon

Ed smildE — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:05:40 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Fixed Goofs */

{{sbenav|165|looking old|some kinda robot}}
[[Image:Sbemail165.PNG|thumb|"Yeah? You think you got it like that?"]]
The residents of [[Free Country, USA]], compete in the Strong Badathlon.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Robot (storybook)}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[The Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Marzipan's House|Marzipan's Kitchen]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' January 29, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:39

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm doin' a party, I'm makin' it happen, on Strong Bad Email.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: the cheat</div>
Dear Strong bad, 
For a long time i've been wondering... How far can you 
throw the cheat? If you don't want to do that, could you 
beat the crud out of homestar for no reason? 
 
Lewis Rudkin 
Essex, England.
</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads Essex as 'S X'}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Y'know, it's funny how this always seems to work out, Rudkin... ''{clears screen}'' but those just happen to be the first two events in the Strong Badathlon!

''{cuts to Strong Badathlon logo, slowly zooming in. Strong Badia is visible in the background. Trumpet music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Unfortunately, they also happen to be my worst two events. The Cheat Chuck is consistently dominated by the Kenyans. I mean the Poopsmith. Ever since he devised the Whatsitburied Slop

''{As he says this, it cuts to the Poopsmith next to a pile of whatsit, and then uses his shovel to fling a whatsit-covered The Cheat out of the pile.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...that guy's unbeatable!

''{Cut to Coach Z standing next to the distance markers, watching The Cheat}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Cheat noises as he flies through the air}''

'''COACH Z:''' Holy gorsh! It looks like a new record!

''{Cuts to Homsar and Marzipan sitting at a table having tea}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' And that's why I believe the DNA evidence had been tampered with.

''{The Cheat flies onto the table, causing whatsit to fly onto Marzipan's face and onto the camera, smearing it on the lens.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' Well, hello, chocolate cake!

''{Cuts to results board of the Strong Badathlon}''
:''Results 2007 StrongBadathlon''
:The Cheat Chuck
:: The Poopsmith......211pts.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating is another event you'd think I'd be the best at. But the reigning champion seems to have intimate knowledge of Homestar's weak points.

''{As he speaks, it cuts to Homestar walking onto the screen with a sweat band and athletic outfit on.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{punches himself in the stomach}'' Come on you little so and so. ''{slaps himself in the face, then punches himself in the stomach}'' Is that all you got? ''{punches himself in the side, then the face}'' Oh yeah? Oh yeah? You think you got it like that? ''{punches himself 3 times}'' Whaddya think this is, you little placemat? ''{gets hit in face once}'' A diaper show? ''{gets hit in stomach once more}'' It's not a diaper show. ''{gets hit in stomach again}'' I think that's pretty obvious.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, man, we should start putting those Homestar Vs. Homestar fights on pay-per-view. Instant classics! And speaking of pay-per-view,

''{Cuts to Strong Bad sitting in the Basement, with a 'Remote Put' graphic in the upper left hand corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over}'' Next up is the Remote Put.

''{Cuts to the TV with a 'Ready?' graphic on the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voice over, reading text that appears on screen}'' Cute little girl from sit-com sings patriotic song.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dargh, I freakin' hate that little kid! Why'd they ever bring her on the show?! ''{throws remote}'' Agh!

''{The remote hits the wall, breaking in two, causing the batteries to fly out. Graphic comes on screen, accompanied with a buzzer noise, graphic reads 'DISQUALIFICATION! BATTERY FAULT!}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? These games are fixed! Check the East German's pants! Check the--

''{Cuts through static to results screen}''
:''Results 2007 StrongBadathlon''
:The Cheat Chuck
:: The Poopsmith......211pts.
:Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating
:: Homestar Runner....319pts.
:Remote Put
:: Cherry Greg........11pts.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over}'' Our coverage of the 2007 Strong Badathlon continues with the Clean and Jerk... Strong Mad's Underwears... Over His Head. Fortunately, you don't really have to clean them.

''{Cuts to Strong Bad and Coach Z standing behind Strong Mad, whose underwear is sticking out of his singlet, with a ruler against his back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhh, are you trying to tell me that this man doesn't already have a wedgie of illegal proportions?

'''COACH Z:''' Nope, that's the regulation starting point.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it, I'm boycotting these games.

'''STRONG MAD:''' THANK THE LORD!!

''{Cuts to results screen}''
:''Results 2007 StrongBadathlon''
:The Cheat Chuck
:: The Poopsmith......211pts.
:Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating
:: Homestar Runner....319pts.
:Remote Put
:: Cherry Greg........11pts.
:Clean and Jerk Strong Mad's Underwears Over His Head
:: Pom Pom............6 billion pts

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over}'' And finally, my strongest event, ''{graphic appears, and adds new picture with each word}'' Probably Something with Guitars, lasers, Robots, and Hot Girls.

''{Cut to Powered By The Cheat cartoon. A version of the Strong Badathlon logo morphs into a cloud at the top right corner as Strong Bad, with laser arms, fires at robots walking in the background. A woman with a green-and-white striped shirt walks by; when she walks past Strong Bad, he can be seen through the green stripes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laser noises, shoots robots}'' Hey, wait, look Iconic I got I won the Good medal.

''{With one laser-hand, he holds up a "Good medal". Cut to a Powered By The Cheat version of The Cheat playing the guitar. The word 'Streisand' appears across the screen (going off the right side of it) as someone says it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And after all the medals have been given to the wrong athletes, we come to the ending closimonies, celebrating poor sportsmanship, drug testing, and good ol' fashioned people twirling ribbons.

''{Cuts to Strong Sad and Marzipan twirling ribbons on a stage.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{singing}'' Togetherness.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Togetherness.

'''MARZIPAN AND STRONG SAD:''' ''{singing}'' Encircling the World.

''{Homestar jumps down and knocks Strong Sad and Marzipan off the stage.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing and dancing}'' Just take those old glasses off the shelf...

''{Fireworks go off in the background, then a cut to Strong Bad sitting at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There you have it, Rudkin Shampoo. Someteen Days of Glory! And after the closimonies, most BadAthletes immediately begin filming product endorsements while their names are still fresh in our minds.

''{Cuts to Strong Bad sitting in a kitchen with a box of cereal and a bowl.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, wipe my brow. ''{he swipes sweat off his face}'' Winning gold medals ''{he holds up one}'' takes a lot of hard cereal, and dedication. That's why I eat ''{hold up box}'' Temporarios! The official cereal of athletes you won't remember in two weeks! ''{cuts to a shot of the box and bowl of cereal with two gold medals hanging off the side of it}'' Temporarios, ''{speech bubble comes out of box}'' "Cause I'm Don't Get Paid!"

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image: Homstarvs.JPG|thumb|"C'mon ya little placemat!"]]

*Click on "Lewis Rudkin; Essex, England." to see a [[Videlectrix]] game based on his name, [[Lewis Rudkin SX: england]].
*When Strong Bad says "Homestar vs. Homestar fights", click on "fights" to see a poster.
*Click on "Rudkin Shampoo" to see a bottle of Rudkin Shampoo.

==Fun Facts==
{{checkstuffpage}}

===Explanations===
*East Germany, or the [[Wikipedia:German Democratic Republic|German Democratic Republic]], was a communist state that existed prior to the fall of the [[Wikipedia:Berlin Wall|Berlin Wall]] and dominated several Olympic events, in part because of their athletes' prolific use of [[Wikipedia:Steroids|steroids]].
*Olympic athletes often rely on product endorsements for income due to [[Wikipedia:Olympic Games#Amateurism and professionalism|Olympic amateurism regulations]].
*Kenyan athletes are noted for dominating the sport of distance running.
*The "weak points" on Homestar's body appear to be the face, kidneys, and groin, all of which are particularly sensitive parts of the human body.

===Trivia===
*Before The Paper comes down, you can see the words "Side Words" on the side of the Temporarios box.
**This is also visible when Strong Bad first holds up the box.

===Remarks===
*Even though Homestar has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible arms]], he is still somehow able to punch himself.

===Goofs===
* Strong Bad's arm disappears briefly when he wipes the sweat off his forehead.

===Fixed Goofs===
[[Image:Temporarios.png|thumb|"Cuz I'm don't get paid!]]
*The [[Mottos and Slogans|slogan]] for Temporarios cereal, "Cuz I'm don't get paid!" was originally missing the closing set of quotation marks (see right); this was quickly [[:Image:Temporarios fixed.png|corrected]].

===Inside References===
*Cableman Jorge was Strong Bad's alias in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]].
*"Someteen days of glory!" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]], where [[The Ugly One]] has a "Sweet Someteen Birthday". (See Real-World References below.)
*Guitars and lasers is possibly a reference to [[new hands]], where, near the end, Strong Bad laments not having chosen guitars and laser guns as possible prosthetics.
**Additionally, the lasers replacing Strong Bad's hands are the same style as the laser that replaces one of his hands in an Easter egg in the same email.
*[[Cherry Greg]] wins the Remote Put with 11 points.
*The music for the commercial at the end is the same as the [[Schenectady Crispies]] spot in [[labor day]].

===Real-World References===
*The Whatsitburied Slop is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Fosbury Flop|Fosbury Flop]], a technique used in high jumping.
*The "Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating" event takes its name from [[Wikipedia:Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman wrestling]], one of the three styles of wrestling contested in the [[Wikipedia:Olympic Games|Olympic Games]].
*The song Homestar starts to sing during the "ending closimonies" is sung to the tune of the song "[[Wikipedia:Old Time Rock and Roll|Old Time Rock and Roll]]" by [[Wikipedia:Bob Seger|Bob Seger]]. He replaces the word "glasses" for "records" in the song, referencing a commercial from the 1980's for the Hardees fast food franchise's collectible set of Alvin and the Chipmunks glasses. The song lyrics were changed in this commercial (and sung by The Chipmunks) to "Just take those old glasses off the shelf / Get down to Hardees and help yourself / Those other glasses ain't got the same class / I want an Alvin and the Chipmunks glass".
*"Rudkin Shampoo" is a reference to the actual brand "Redken Shampoo".
*The half-circles and circle on the corner of the Strong Badathlon logo resemble those of the [[wikipedia:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] logo. 
*"Someteen days of glory!" is also a reference to a 1985 documentary covering the [[wikipedia:1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]], [[imdb:tt0090559|Sixteen Days Of Glory]]
*The "Remote Put" event could be a possible parody on recent Nintendo [[wikipedia:Wiimote|Wii remote]] injuries. [http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com] 
*"Streisand", from the [[Powered by The Cheat]] segment, most likely refers to the famous actress/singer [[Wikipedia:Barbra Streisand|Barbra Streisand]].


==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|165|10724}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

strong badathlon

Ed smildE — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:04:43 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Trivia */

{{sbenav|165|looking old|some kinda robot}}
[[Image:Sbemail165.PNG|thumb|"Yeah? You think you got it like that?"]]
The residents of [[Free Country, USA]], compete in the Strong Badathlon.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Robot (storybook)}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[The Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Marzipan's House|Marzipan's Kitchen]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' January 29, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:39

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm doin' a party, I'm makin' it happen, on Strong Bad Email.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: the cheat</div>
Dear Strong bad, 
For a long time i've been wondering... How far can you 
throw the cheat? If you don't want to do that, could you 
beat the crud out of homestar for no reason? 
 
Lewis Rudkin 
Essex, England.
</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads Essex as 'S X'}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Y'know, it's funny how this always seems to work out, Rudkin... ''{clears screen}'' but those just happen to be the first two events in the Strong Badathlon!

''{cuts to Strong Badathlon logo, slowly zooming in. Strong Badia is visible in the background. Trumpet music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Unfortunately, they also happen to be my worst two events. The Cheat Chuck is consistently dominated by the Kenyans. I mean the Poopsmith. Ever since he devised the Whatsitburied Slop

''{As he says this, it cuts to the Poopsmith next to a pile of whatsit, and then uses his shovel to fling a whatsit-covered The Cheat out of the pile.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...that guy's unbeatable!

''{Cut to Coach Z standing next to the distance markers, watching The Cheat}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Cheat noises as he flies through the air}''

'''COACH Z:''' Holy gorsh! It looks like a new record!

''{Cuts to Homsar and Marzipan sitting at a table having tea}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' And that's why I believe the DNA evidence had been tampered with.

''{The Cheat flies onto the table, causing whatsit to fly onto Marzipan's face and onto the camera, smearing it on the lens.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' Well, hello, chocolate cake!

''{Cuts to results board of the Strong Badathlon}''
:''Results 2007 StrongBadathlon''
:The Cheat Chuck
:: The Poopsmith......211pts.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating is another event you'd think I'd be the best at. But the reigning champion seems to have intimate knowledge of Homestar's weak points.

''{As he speaks, it cuts to Homestar walking onto the screen with a sweat band and athletic outfit on.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{punches himself in the stomach}'' Come on you little so and so. ''{slaps himself in the face, then punches himself in the stomach}'' Is that all you got? ''{punches himself in the side, then the face}'' Oh yeah? Oh yeah? You think you got it like that? ''{punches himself 3 times}'' Whaddya think this is, you little placemat? ''{gets hit in face once}'' A diaper show? ''{gets hit in stomach once more}'' It's not a diaper show. ''{gets hit in stomach again}'' I think that's pretty obvious.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, man, we should start putting those Homestar Vs. Homestar fights on pay-per-view. Instant classics! And speaking of pay-per-view,

''{Cuts to Strong Bad sitting in the Basement, with a 'Remote Put' graphic in the upper left hand corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over}'' Next up is the Remote Put.

''{Cuts to the TV with a 'Ready?' graphic on the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voice over, reading text that appears on screen}'' Cute little girl from sit-com sings patriotic song.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Dargh, I freakin' hate that little kid! Why'd they ever bring her on the show?! ''{throws remote}'' Agh!

''{The remote hits the wall, breaking in two, causing the batteries to fly out. Graphic comes on screen, accompanied with a buzzer noise, graphic reads 'DISQUALIFICATION! BATTERY FAULT!}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? These games are fixed! Check the East German's pants! Check the--

''{Cuts through static to results screen}''
:''Results 2007 StrongBadathlon''
:The Cheat Chuck
:: The Poopsmith......211pts.
:Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating
:: Homestar Runner....319pts.
:Remote Put
:: Cherry Greg........11pts.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over}'' Our coverage of the 2007 Strong Badathlon continues with the Clean and Jerk... Strong Mad's Underwears... Over His Head. Fortunately, you don't really have to clean them.

''{Cuts to Strong Bad and Coach Z standing behind Strong Mad, whose underwear is sticking out of his singlet, with a ruler against his back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uhh, are you trying to tell me that this man doesn't already have a wedgie of illegal proportions?

'''COACH Z:''' Nope, that's the regulation starting point.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it, I'm boycotting these games.

'''STRONG MAD:''' THANK THE LORD!!

''{Cuts to results screen}''
:''Results 2007 StrongBadathlon''
:The Cheat Chuck
:: The Poopsmith......211pts.
:Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating
:: Homestar Runner....319pts.
:Remote Put
:: Cherry Greg........11pts.
:Clean and Jerk Strong Mad's Underwears Over His Head
:: Pom Pom............6 billion pts

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over}'' And finally, my strongest event, ''{graphic appears, and adds new picture with each word}'' Probably Something with Guitars, lasers, Robots, and Hot Girls.

''{Cut to Powered By The Cheat cartoon. A version of the Strong Badathlon logo morphs into a cloud at the top right corner as Strong Bad, with laser arms, fires at robots walking in the background. A woman with a green-and-white striped shirt walks by; when she walks past Strong Bad, he can be seen through the green stripes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laser noises, shoots robots}'' Hey, wait, look Iconic I got I won the Good medal.

''{With one laser-hand, he holds up a "Good medal". Cut to a Powered By The Cheat version of The Cheat playing the guitar. The word 'Streisand' appears across the screen (going off the right side of it) as someone says it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And after all the medals have been given to the wrong athletes, we come to the ending closimonies, celebrating poor sportsmanship, drug testing, and good ol' fashioned people twirling ribbons.

''{Cuts to Strong Sad and Marzipan twirling ribbons on a stage.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{singing}'' Togetherness.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Togetherness.

'''MARZIPAN AND STRONG SAD:''' ''{singing}'' Encircling the World.

''{Homestar jumps down and knocks Strong Sad and Marzipan off the stage.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing and dancing}'' Just take those old glasses off the shelf...

''{Fireworks go off in the background, then a cut to Strong Bad sitting at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' There you have it, Rudkin Shampoo. Someteen Days of Glory! And after the closimonies, most BadAthletes immediately begin filming product endorsements while their names are still fresh in our minds.

''{Cuts to Strong Bad sitting in a kitchen with a box of cereal and a bowl.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, wipe my brow. ''{he swipes sweat off his face}'' Winning gold medals ''{he holds up one}'' takes a lot of hard cereal, and dedication. That's why I eat ''{hold up box}'' Temporarios! The official cereal of athletes you won't remember in two weeks! ''{cuts to a shot of the box and bowl of cereal with two gold medals hanging off the side of it}'' Temporarios, ''{speech bubble comes out of box}'' "Cause I'm Don't Get Paid!"

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image: Homstarvs.JPG|thumb|"C'mon ya little placemat!"]]

*Click on "Lewis Rudkin; Essex, England." to see a [[Videlectrix]] game based on his name, [[Lewis Rudkin SX: england]].
*When Strong Bad says "Homestar vs. Homestar fights", click on "fights" to see a poster.
*Click on "Rudkin Shampoo" to see a bottle of Rudkin Shampoo.

==Fun Facts==
{{checkstuffpage}}

===Explanations===
*East Germany, or the [[Wikipedia:German Democratic Republic|German Democratic Republic]], was a communist state that existed prior to the fall of the [[Wikipedia:Berlin Wall|Berlin Wall]] and dominated several Olympic events, in part because of their athletes' prolific use of [[Wikipedia:Steroids|steroids]].
*Olympic athletes often rely on product endorsements for income due to [[Wikipedia:Olympic Games#Amateurism and professionalism|Olympic amateurism regulations]].
*Kenyan athletes are noted for dominating the sport of distance running.
*The "weak points" on Homestar's body appear to be the face, kidneys, and groin, all of which are particularly sensitive parts of the human body.

===Trivia===
*Before The Paper comes down, you can see the words "Side Words" on the side of the Temporarios box.
**This is also visible when Strong Bad first holds up the box.

===Remarks===
*Even though Homestar has [[Lack of Visible Arms|no visible arms]], he is still somehow able to punch himself.

===Goofs===
* Strong Bad's arm disappears briefly when he wipes the sweat off his forehead.

===Fixed Goofs===
[[Image:Temporarios.png|thumb|"Cuz I'm don't get paid!]]
*The [[Mottos and Slogans|slogan]] for Temporarios cereal, "Cuz I'm don't get paid!" was missing the closing set of quotation marks (see right); this was quickly [[:Image:Temporarios fixed.png|corrected]].

===Inside References===
*Cableman Jorge was Strong Bad's alias in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]].
*"Someteen days of glory!" is a reference to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]], where [[The Ugly One]] has a "Sweet Someteen Birthday". (See Real-World References below.)
*Guitars and lasers is possibly a reference to [[new hands]], where, near the end, Strong Bad laments not having chosen guitars and laser guns as possible prosthetics.
**Additionally, the lasers replacing Strong Bad's hands are the same style as the laser that replaces one of his hands in an Easter egg in the same email.
*[[Cherry Greg]] wins the Remote Put with 11 points.
*The music for the commercial at the end is the same as the [[Schenectady Crispies]] spot in [[labor day]].

===Real-World References===
*The Whatsitburied Slop is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Fosbury Flop|Fosbury Flop]], a technique used in high jumping.
*The "Greco-Roman Homestar Crud-Out-of-Beating" event takes its name from [[Wikipedia:Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman wrestling]], one of the three styles of wrestling contested in the [[Wikipedia:Olympic Games|Olympic Games]].
*The song Homestar starts to sing during the "ending closimonies" is sung to the tune of the song "[[Wikipedia:Old Time Rock and Roll|Old Time Rock and Roll]]" by [[Wikipedia:Bob Seger|Bob Seger]]. He replaces the word "glasses" for "records" in the song, referencing a commercial from the 1980's for the Hardees fast food franchise's collectible set of Alvin and the Chipmunks glasses. The song lyrics were changed in this commercial (and sung by The Chipmunks) to "Just take those old glasses off the shelf / Get down to Hardees and help yourself / Those other glasses ain't got the same class / I want an Alvin and the Chipmunks glass".
*"Rudkin Shampoo" is a reference to the actual brand "Redken Shampoo".
*The half-circles and circle on the corner of the Strong Badathlon logo resemble those of the [[wikipedia:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] logo. 
*"Someteen days of glory!" is also a reference to a 1985 documentary covering the [[wikipedia:1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]], [[imdb:tt0090559|Sixteen Days Of Glory]]
*The "Remote Put" event could be a possible parody on recent Nintendo [[wikipedia:Wiimote|Wii remote]] injuries. [http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com] 
*"Streisand", from the [[Powered by The Cheat]] segment, most likely refers to the famous actress/singer [[Wikipedia:Barbra Streisand|Barbra Streisand]].


==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

User:Ed smildE

Ed smildE — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:41:47 GMT

Ed smildE: Whoa, forgot about that

Hi, I'm Ed Smilde. I'm 17 and I live near Grand Rapids, MI.

== Homestar Runner ==
*My favorite character is [[Homestar Runner]], of course (including the 1936 and 20X6 versions of him, too).
*My favorite emails include [[secret recipies]], [[army, montage]], [[funny]], [[isp]], [[theme park]], [[high school]], [[death metal]], and [[what I want]].
*The first thing I saw was the [[Fluffy Puff Comercial]].
*Here are a few of the things I own (but I want to get more eventually):

[[Image:Homestar Runner Lite T-Shirt Close.PNG|thumb|left]]

[[Image:Homestar_10th_Birthday_shirt_close.PNG|thumb|left]]

[[Image:Everything_Else_2.PNG|thumb|left]]

And a few freebies.

== The Wiki ==

I joined the wiki in 2004 (I wish I could've been there for Ye Olde Wiki, but I missed it). My first real edit was adding the link to the [[songs]] page on the Main Page. It doesn't sound like much, but the link is still there today so I guess it was okay! I've been on the [http://forum.hrwiki.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1126 forum] more often, but I like working on the wiki. There just isn't as much stuff to do, because people get stuff done here too fast (that's a good thing, you guys pwn!).

=== Contributions ===

*I got permission to use the [[l33t Interview]] and edited it for the wiki right after the [[Interviews and Public Appearances]] page first started.
*I helped transcribe [[Happy Fireworks]], since I just happened to see it right after it came out...
*I'm on the [[HRWiki:Validation Committee|Validation Committee]], so I do lots of that.
*Since I got a DVD, I've been able to transcribe commentaries that haven't been done yet. So far the only one I've done is [[Senorial Day]], but I hope to do many more!

=== History ===
I joined this wiki in October, 2004, and the forum the following January... fun stuff...

User:Ed smildE

Ed smildE — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:41:03 GMT

Ed smildE:

Hi, I'm Ed Smilde. I'm 16 and I live near Grand Rapids, MI.

== Homestar Runner ==
*My favorite character is [[Homestar Runner]], of course (including the 1936 and 20X6 versions of him, too).
*My favorite emails include [[secret recipies]], [[army, montage]], [[funny]], [[isp]], [[theme park]], [[high school]], [[death metal]], and [[what I want]].
*The first thing I saw was the [[Fluffy Puff Comercial]].
*Here are a few of the things I own (but I want to get more eventually):

[[Image:Homestar Runner Lite T-Shirt Close.PNG|thumb|left]]

[[Image:Homestar_10th_Birthday_shirt_close.PNG|thumb|left]]

[[Image:Everything_Else_2.PNG|thumb|left]]

And a few freebies.

== The Wiki ==

I joined the wiki in 2004 (I wish I could've been there for Ye Olde Wiki, but I missed it). My first real edit was adding the link to the [[songs]] page on the Main Page. It doesn't sound like much, but the link is still there today so I guess it was okay! I've been on the [http://forum.hrwiki.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1126 forum] more often, but I like working on the wiki. There just isn't as much stuff to do, because people get stuff done here too fast (that's a good thing, you guys pwn!).

=== Contributions ===

*I got permission to use the [[l33t Interview]] and edited it for the wiki right after the [[Interviews and Public Appearances]] page first started.
*I helped transcribe [[Happy Fireworks]], since I just happened to see it right after it came out...
*I'm on the [[HRWiki:Validation Committee|Validation Committee]], so I do lots of that.
*Since I got a DVD, I've been able to transcribe commentaries that haven't been done yet. So far the only one I've done is [[Senorial Day]], but I hope to do many more!

=== History ===
I joined this wiki in October, 2004, and the forum the following January... fun stuff...

User:Ed smildE

Ed smildE — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:40:01 GMT

Ed smildE:

Hi, I'm Ed Smilde. I'm 16 and I live near Grand Rapids, MI.

== Homestar Runner ==
*My favorite character is [[Homestar Runner]], of course (including the 1936 and 20X6 versions of him, too).
*My favorite emails include [[secret recipies]], [[army, montage]], [[funny]], [[isp]], [[theme park]], [[high school]], [[death metal]], and [[what I want]].
*The first thing I saw was the [[Fluffy Puff Comercial]].
*Here are a few of the things I own (but I want to get more eventually):

**[[Image:Homestar Runner Lite T-Shirt Close.PNG|thumb|left]]

**[[Image:Homestar_10th_Birthday_shirt_close.PNG|thumb|left]]

**[[Image:Everything_Else_2.PNG|thumb|left]]

**And a few freebies.

== The Wiki ==

I joined the wiki in October of 2004. My first real edit was adding the link to the [[songs]] page on the Main Page. It doesn't sound like much, but the link is still there today so I guess it was okay! I've been on the [http://forum.hrwiki.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1126 forum] more often, but I like working on the wiki. There just isn't as much stuff to do, because people get stuff done here too fast (that's a good thing, you guys pwn!).

=== Contributions ===

*I got permission to use the [[l33t Interview]] and edited it for the wiki right after the [[Interviews and Public Appearances]] page first started.
*I helped transcribe [[Happy Fireworks]], since I just happened to see it right after it came out...
*I'm on the [[HRWiki:Validation Committee|Validation Committee]], so I do lots of that.
*Since I got a DVD, I've been able to transcribe commentaries that haven't been done yet. So far the only one I've done is [[Senorial Day]], but I hope to do many more!

=== History ===
I joined this wiki in November, 2004, and the forum the following January... fun stuff...

Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006

Ed smildE — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:01:36 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Games - 4:30 pm */

[[Image:Flashforward 2006 Seattle logo.PNG|thumb|300px|Flashforward 2006 Seattle Logo]]

From the Flashforward web site:

<blockquote>Take a step back in time as Mike and Matt Chapman show how they still use Flash® 5 to make the weekly cartoons featured on HomestarRunner.com. Learn the secrets and not-so-secrets of making a 3-5 minute cartoon every week. Hear about their six years on the web, watch some of their stuff, and learn how they've managed to make a living doing something they like.</blockquote>

[[The Brothers Chaps]] appeared at '''Flashforward 2006,''' a conference for Flash designers and developers, on February 28, 2006, in Seattle, Washington. They conducted a session called "How and Why [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] Cartoons Get Made" in Room 6B from 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. HRWiki user and [[HRWiki:Sysops|sysop]] [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] was generously given a media pass from the people at Flashforward to cover the event on behalf of the wiki.

==The Presentation==

===Introductions - 3:45 p.m.===

[[Image:Flashforward Convention.JPG|thumb|The presentation]]The presentation was hosted by [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and [[Matt Chapman]]. While booting up their laptop, one could glimpse "3726 unread emails" on Matt's user profile. After setting up and introducing themselves, they announced that they had each brought a [[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]], and had started a [[Wikipedia:PictoChat|PictoChat]] which they would carry on intermittently throughout the presentation. Before long two members of the audience had joined the conversation. Matt then showed what he had been working on during the keynote address: A humorous sketch of Mike and two gorillas. After explaining that they were Flash animators for their website, [[Homestar Runner (flash cartoon)|Homestarrunner.com]], they showed a sample of their work: [[virus]].

===Early History - 3:50 p.m.===

First they began with the site history, showing the early progression of the site.
*Stills from the [[Original Book]], and related the history of making the book during the Olympics of August 1996.
*A clip from the next thing they had made, the toon [[Super NES]] using [[Wikipedia:Mario Paint|Mario Paint]] on the SNES system.
*A clip of a toon they made to teach themselves Flash: [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]. They froze this clip and pointed out various animation problems, such as the jagged edges and inconsistent colors.
*A clip from the beginning of [[The Luau]]; from 2001. Mike commented on stealing the lens flare idea from ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'', and pointed out the bottom edge of the cube of Tofu disappearing early.
*In late 2001 they started the [[Strong Bad Emails]], along with the original intention of replying to every email in character, and animating a select email each week. That plan was quickly abandoned, but they did decide to start making a Strong Bad Email weekly around January 2002. They then showed a favorite clip of theirs, the love song from [[montage]]. They generally consider early 2002 being the point where their animation reached a "style plateau".

===Samples of Styles - 3:55 p.m.===

They went on to relate how the website is kept creatively interesting, through various animation styles. They showed stills from the different styles, namely:
*[[Teen Girl Squad]] - A badly drawn comic book about four teenage girls.
*The [[Cheat Commandos]] - A play on [[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe]] and [[Wikipedia:Transformers|Transformers]], with [[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Photoshopped]], grainy backgrounds and hairline strokes around the characters.
*[[20X6]] - The [[Wikipedia:anime|anime]] version of [[Strong Bad]], akin to a [[Wikipedia:Speed Racer|Speed Racer]] or [[Wikipedia:Robotech|Robotech]] style.
*[[Old-Timey]] - Their earliest alternate style, which was originally intended to make a fake mythology for the site. This was described as a spoof of [[Wikipedia:Steamboat Willie|Steamboat Willie]], from 1933.
*[[Saddy Dumpington]] - A character [[Strong Sad]] made up, drawn in a watercolor style.
Because they are self-employed and thus don't answer to a boss, creatively they are able to do really whatever they want, such as a "bad heavy metal song"; they can do it and call it Homestar Runner.

===More History, The Store, and Related Topics - 4:00 p.m.===

They then returned to their history of the website, starting in 2001.
*In 2001 they began selling [[Store T-Shirts|T-shirts]].
*In August of 2003 Matt quit his job at EarthLink, and began working on the site full time. Earlier Matt had gone on the EarthLink website, and found a page that still featured many of his images he had made for the company, such as a calculator and a wad of money.
They also mentioned the [[Store]], and how they sell products such as CDs, DVDs, Figurines and T-shirts. They try to keep the store a separate entity, without ramming it down visitors' throats. They recalled, with distaste, sites that would play an ad to buy some crap, and another ad after that would link you directly to the store. Their method of building their business ended up building a fan base first out of their own pocket, and then introducing merchandise, which they admit isn't traditionally a good business model. They mentioned that they now live in different houses, with wives, instead of in their parents' basement, as some may believe. They showed a still from the [[Pulse Interview - May 2004|2004 Pulse Interview]]; which was them pixelated wearing fake mustaches, posing as the [[Videlectrix]] programmers. They also mentioned that they still do all of their animation in Flash 5, and began relating the process of creating a cartoon.

===Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.===

After being momentarily distracted by the continuing Nintendo DS chatroom, they began relating the process of creating a cartoon ("which will just piss you off even more that this is what we do for a living"). When they first started creating weekly cartoons they both still had full time jobs, and therefore created the entire cartoons sometimes after watching the Falcons game in its entirety at 2:00 pm Sunday afternoon. Nowadays a typical four minute cartoon takes the entire week, with animation taking place during the last three or four days.
*Mondays or Tuesdays they begin looking through submitted Strong Bad emails; it sometimes takes four or five hours to find a usable email. They also showcased 5 different groups of emails that would most likely not be answered:
**[[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]
**What do you look like without your mask?
**What do your [[Parents|parents]] look like?
**Redoing a favorite email, usually [[Draw Trogdor Again|redrawing a dragon]].
**Referencing current events. In this case they showcased emails concerning the Olympics, but they also mentioned that emails regarding [[Wikipedia:Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]], [[Wikipedia:The Matrix series|The Matrix]], and [[Wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]] were common during their respective releases.
*They then demonstrated their brainstorming process using two small foam balls. Matt laid on the floor and threw a half-size basketball up in the air, suggesting, "So Strong Bad's going to be in like a [[Cardboard Boxes|box]], a cardboard box. That The Cheat peed in." Mike agreed with him throughout this ("Okay, okay, I like it"), then threw his foam baseball at him. They also mentioned that they have been in their office for around two years, and vacuumed it for the first time three weeks ago, so laying on the floor is much nicer now.
*In addition to brainstorming, they also wander around their neighborhood (and the depressing adult diaper and hearing aid stores found in the strip mall their offices are in) searching for inspiration.
*After they have an idea of what the cartoon will be about, they usually write separately. After their writing is done they will compare their scripts, and merge them using the best ideas. According to Mike, his writing is usually better. They once again referred to their continuing Nintendo DS conversation, saying that one person said they were giving "too much info".
*Next is recording the sound, which is done using a fairly soundproof sound room and an audio mobile USB pre-amp with an XLR mic running into it. It used to be Matt just sitting at the computer holding an old Super H film microphone or something, never a system mic. This resulted in numerous background noises, such as Matt's hand moving around, the hum of the computer fan, or Mike doing dishes in the background. In the later days Matt draped a blanket over his head and the mic to minimize background noises.

===Animation Process - 4:10 pm===

*Matt mentioned a little intro cartoon that they made for "the Festival"; Mike corrected that it was a convention (festivals are more fun). They showed a still of the end of the intro toon, and explained Easter eggs, and how they are the extent of the action script that they use. According to Matt: "So we made a little intro, so anyways we're gonna put on the site, uh, later on this week..." The intro never appeared on the website, but instead was included on the [[Everything Else, Volume 2]] DVD. Then they began to demonstrate the animation process, by adding what they described as an [[Easter eggs|Easter egg]] to the end of the finished toon (on the released DVD version it is simply an extension of the original toon).
**The scene is Homestar Runner and Strong Bad crouched down behind a podium labeled "Podium Excellens". Homestar says to Strong Bad "Strong Bad, I think the elevator's broke."
*[[Image:Flashforward Desktop.JPG|thumb|Matt Chapman's Desktop]]They began by recording the line using the old method of Matt wearing a blanket over his head, and speaking Homestar's line into the mic. Matt also pointed out his laptop's background, which is a screenshot of the [http://www.sq7.org/omnipedia/index.php/Deltaur Deltaur] from [[Wikipedia:Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter|Space Quest I]], another 1980's era video game.
*After revealing that he doesn't label any of his Flash layers, Mike demonstrated lip-synching the toon. Mike first mixes up Homestar and Strong Bad, then clarifies that ''Homestar's head'' is 3 frames, which gives three different facial expressions to work with. Mike would layer the sound down first, then click on various points of the audio. In Flash 5, this plays a microsecond of the audio, which gives them an indication of what mouth layer to cut and paste into that point. This is one of the reasons they continue to use Flash 5. At least MX 04 does not play a short sound from the point in the audio. They did challenge anybody to make Flash 8 look and act exactly like Flash 5, and they would gladly switch over. Lip-syncing the entire scene only took a few minutes to complete.
*They also talked about the design of the characters, and how they are easy to animate. Although they didn't originally design their characters with animating in Flash in mind, they lucked out that many of their characters don't have arms or legs, and none of their characters are overly complex. That's just how they generally draw and design.
*They also talked about the technical aspects of their animation. They have always animated at 12 frames per second, in a 550 x 400 window, because both of those options were the Flash 5 defaults.
*They also demonstrated "doinking", by making Homestar flinch at certain stresses of the sentence.
*They demonstrated Strong Bad's Mask design, and how they can easily turn his head just by moving the mask and having it cut off at the edge of his head.
*They also briefly explained that they storyboard their toons, then opened the floor to audience questions.

===Graphics and the Wiki - 4:20 pm===
====Who does all the voices?====
:'''Matt:''' I doos all the voices. Except for [[Marzipan]], the girl character, which is Mike's wife [[Missy Palmer|Melissa]].
:'''Mike:''' Today's our second wedding anniversary, and I'm here.
:'''Matt:''' She's at home, and pregnant. ''{sarcastically}'' Husband of the year...
:'''Mike:''' I did remember to send her flowers.
*After that first question, Mike went on to talk about something he meant to cover earlier, their drawing. They draw everything in Flash, using drawing tools and a [[Wikipedia:Wacom|Wacom tablet]]. Mike first learned with [[Wikipedia:Adobe Illustrator|Adobe Illustrator]], and by the time Flash 5 came out Mike was comfortable using program drawing tools. They generally try to always break the lines apart, which doesn't leave a rounded edge and allows you to vary the line width. Mike began to demonstrate his artistic skills by drawing something in Flash 5.
*Mike carried on talking about early Flash animations, and how everything ''looked'' like it was drawn in Flash, with gradients everywhere, line tools running into each other, and for that reason they shied away from drawing stuff in Flash, either by tracing in bitmap or scanning it in. Nowadays they are comfortable enough with drawing things in Flash without it looking like it's drawn in Flash. At this point Matt identifies Mike's drawing as a piece of toast.
*They were again sidetracked by the continuing PictoChat conversation, pointing out a drawing of Mike saying "harrump" that somebody drew on the DS.
*Mike went on to clarify the process of making a new toon, that while Matt records the voices he will generally draw any new graphics that are needed for that email or cartoon. Once Matt is done recording, Mike is generally done with the graphics, they split up the scenes, work towards the middle, and finish up by 5 am Sunday night.

====What part of creating a toon is the most fun? - Green Shirt====
*Matt explains that early writing is always hard, sometimes throwing a baseball against a wall for hours on end with no good ideas. Then usually a walk around the "creepy depressing shopping mall" their offices are at and seeing a guy at the adult diaper store, gives them inspiration of what should happen in the toon. That initial flood of creativity is generally the most fun part of the animation process. He also mentions that not speaking for sometimes 18 hours straight with headphones on as they animate things such as the text and Strong Bad's head in a Strong Bad Email gets redundant at times, but they still enjoy it somewhat. He reiterates that the initial sparks of writing ideas are always the most fun. Sometimes in the last three hours of animating a cartoon, they will come up with something else and completely rewrite it.
*Matt also explains that there isn't a whole lot of quality control. They watch the toon a couple times, tweak small parts and cut out others, and then put it right up on the website. Generally they finish the day they should be uploading the toon.
*At this point Mike chips in that he enjoys drawing toast more, as he puts the finishing touches on his toast graphic. Matt comments on the toast, that it looks a bit thin, like [[Wikipedia:Pepperidge Farm|Pepperidge Farm]] toast. Mike mentions that sometimes he'll spend hours just tweaking graphics, likening it to "peeling dried glue off the nub of a thing of glue", describing it as "very therapeutic". Mike mentions that "no one would ever be able to see this", and Matt suggests "Somebody... I don't know, maybe you should look at the..."

====The Homestar Runner Wiki====
*'''Matt:''' That's another thing, is that when we're animating, um, we have another resource that we have absolutely nothing to do with, something that's totally fan driven, it's awesome, the Homestar Runner Wiki, uh, that appeared, one day, and it's so exhaustive, it's wonderful. Mike and I, like we don't—we never figured out what the hell a shared library is or how to use it and so we will go, uh, you know "this one has Strong Bad sitting on a couch," so we have be like, "all right, which one has him on a couch," and we'd have to go back and figure it out, but now we have the Homestar Wiki and we just go on and write "couch" or "orange couch" and it brings up like five emails that have Strong Bad on the couch. ''{audience laughter}'' And so, it's pretty great. It's very, very, uh, it's extremely all-inclusive and sometimes scary. There are pictures of friends that we had never seen on there and they're like, ''{imitates wiki user voice}'' "Oh, and this is their best friend!" ''{slight pause, now with a questioning tone}'' How, did you—are these people in our house taking pictures of our friends?

===Music and Video - 4:25 pm===
At this point Mike takes stock of the time, and mentions another factor that adds to the time needed to create an email, the music.
*Almost every cartoon has one piece of original music, which is usually done in either [[Wikipedia:Adobe Audition|Audition]] or [[Wikipedia:GarageBand|GarageBand]], often with their Casio keyboard.
*At this point Mike finishes drawing his piece of toast, mentioning that this is usually at four in the morning when Mike finishes his graphic.
*Matt mentions that they also have puppet versions of some of their characters, which they sometimes do small skits or musical things with. They generally try to keep the videos short, put them into a tiny window, and compress them using a newer version of Flash. They try to keep their files at around one megabyte, which helps to keep their bandwidth costs consistent. They also demonstrated their compressed video files, by showing a clip of [[death metal]]: "the half hour death metal dungeon hour".
*Mike mentioned that Matt is an award winning stop motion claymation animator, from a [[1987]] international media festival in 7th grade. Matt clarified that they may have been stretching on it being international; that one kid maybe having an aunt from Canada was as international as it got.
*Matt also mentioned that doing stuff like the death metal hour, putting on dumb heavy metal wigs and speaking in Swedish accents, helps them branch out.
*They also mentioned the DVDs, how they came from fan demand of people wanting to watch them on a larger screen or over at a friend's house, and not limited to a computer. They use Flash AM's SWF to AVI to convert to the DVD, without having to worry about any formatting. Then they extrapolate the frame rate to twentynine-nine or whatever the video standard is, and hand it over to [[Ryan Sterritt]] to finish up with the DVD magic.
*Mike mentions that they made the decision to hire their friend Ryan, make him learn the Flash-to-broadcast conversion, having somebody in house who can do all stuff keeps them from having to go to somebody outside and being charged an arm and a leg.

===Games - 4:30 pm===
[[Image:Flashforward Stinkoman Level.PNG|thumb|TBC's sample 20X6 level]]
*Mike also began talking about the games on the site, in particular [[Stinkoman 20X6]]. He described how he used to just get a Flash book, find a sample of a Flash game, and just change the graphics, which resulted in ''really crappy'' Flash-based games.
*Eventually they were contacted by [[Jonathan Howe]] from [[Wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] via email, who said, "Hey, I noticed that your games suck. I like your website, and I would like to make your games better". After showing them some samples, they decided to collaborate with him on [[TROGDOR!]], and subsequently several other games.
*They talked in detail about Stinkoman 20X6, which is a [[Wikipedia:Mega Man|Mega Man]] type game based on the character of [[Stinkoman]]. They wanted to have a lot of input in the game without having to stand over Jonathan's shoulder, and finally got him to make a level editor for them using Flash. They demonstrated this by creating the pictured level.
:*Demonstrated choosing character.
:*Made ground and platform.
:*Added [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items#chorch|Chorch]] (at Mike's suggestion).
:*Added [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items#stobat|Stobat]], the large bone-throwing chicken.
:*Added ladder (also at Mike's suggestion).
*As Matt booted up the level, Mike explained that they made most of the graphics for the games pixely in [[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]], then import them into Flash, as there isn't a way to create pixely graphics in Flash that they know of.
*Matt then proceeded to demonstrate the game by playing the level, easily defeating the Chorch (which was stuck in place) and Stobat, and exploring to the edge of the map.
*'''Mike:''' What's up that ladder?
*'''Matt:''' I dunno Mike, let's find out.
*They explained that for the early games they would have to send them back and forth, with Jonathan changing things with his action script magic, their critiquing it, Jonathan changing more things, etc. Matt also mentioned that with Jonathan's object library with all the level elements, his action script, and his XML files, it's way more technical than what they know.
*At this point Mike added that the orange stretch bracelets that come with the admission package to Flashforward smell really funny, and almost knocked him out. After that, they invited the audience to ask any more questions.

===More Questions & Answers - 4:35 pm===
====Did you do the 3D menus on the DVDs yourself?====
*The answer is a strong ''no''. They were contacted by some people who work for a company called "[http://www.uvphactory.com/index.php UV Phactory]" in [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]], who sent them a short sample of something they did with Homestar and Strong Bad in 3D. The Brothers Chaps decided to hire them for the DVD menus, and sent them a Flash animation of what they wanted to happen.

====Can you play the cartoon you made for the Flashforward conference?====
*They agreed, and after some technical difficulties, showed the [[Flashforward]] toon.
*After the toon they explained that the PowerPoint slides shown in the toon was based on Mike's old job at [http://www.decisionquest.com/ Decision Quest] (which sounds like a magical place, but really isn't), as he made pie charts and graphs, and tried to make them fun. Matt related an anecdote where Mike had to make a chart based on Lady Justice with the scales. Mike had one side of the scales hold words like "Justice: Good thing. Family"; and the other side with things like "Evil, breaking the law, etc". Apparently a lawyer really used this visual aid in his case.

====Where do you see yourself in five years?====
*They mentioned that they would like to return to [[Wikipedia:Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] eventually, or see the [[Wikipedia:Grand Canyon|Grand Canyon]]. Five years ago they would never have guessed they would be doing Homestar Runner for a living, and they explained that they don't usually look too far ahead into the future. Matt offered the insight that "Having no plan and low expectations always makes the future look brighter". They don't usually look further ahead than the following Monday, with the exception of the [[Games]] which take several months of preparation; and Homestar Runner's 10th anniversary, which was coming up in around 6 months from then, in August of 2006.
*Matt also mentioned that while doing Homestar Runner, they have met many cool people from the Flash and entertainment industries. He mentioned that they had got an email from somebody asking if they wanted to direct a commercial of some kind. He wasn't sure if it was a car lot or something, but mentioned that a local car lot would be even better. Matt has been to film school, and they've both grown up making dumb movies, so they have other ideas they might explore one day. Mike clarified that they might still be doing Homestar with other stuff mixed in in the future.

====A question about the Podcasts. - Red Toque====
*Mike explained that a few weeks ago they began a feature called [[Podstar Runner]], putting five or six Strong Bad Emails up for download to your [[Wikipedia:IPod#Fifth generation|video iPod]]. He mentioned that [[Wikipedia:Apple Computer|Apple]] linked to them, and they even went to number one download at one point. However in making the download available for the iPod, the files become way bigger, from 1 Megabyte to upwards of 10 Megabytes. Yesterday they had taken down the backlog of downloads and only make them available one at a time in order to keep their bandwidths cost steady while they figure out if there is an alternative to the high bandwidth cost.
*Matt added that being on the iPod store seems like good exposure in terms of getting new fans, but they have to first see if those people are buying T-shirts or not, and if they can justify paying that much for bandwidth. Matt was also surprised that they managed to beat [[Wikipedia:The Onion|The Onion]] and [[Wikipedia:The Ricky Gervais Show|The Ricky Gervais Show]], which he never thought they would do, and which was pretty awesome. They asked offhand if anyone had any bright ideas or free bandwidth to throw their way. An audience member called out asking if they would be around afterwards, they replied that they would if free bandwidth would be around.
*Mike related a funny story related to bandwidth. In January of 2003 the site actually [[The System is Down|shut down]] due to bandwidth issues. For three years previous they had been on [[Wikipedia:Yahoo!|Yahoo!]] shared hosting for $30 a month, and supposedly never went over their 20 [[Wikipedia:Gigabyte|gigabyte]] bandwidth limit. Eventually they realized they were doing several [[Wikipedia:Terabyte|terabytes]] of transfer, and still just being charged $30 a month. As it turned out, some people at Yahoo were fans and were just letting it slide. After their site went down, some fans contacted them and offered them bandwidth services. They shopped around, and realized these people were offering around $1 less per Gigabyte of transfer than anywhere else.

====Who are the bandwidth providers?====
*They're called [http://www.sagonet.com/ Sagonet], and they're based out of [[Wikipedia:Tampa Bay|Tampa Bay]], [[Wikipedia:Florida|Florida]]. They're a small outfit, but they can be called at 3:00 in the morning on Sunday with a problem, and they will fix it. The company bought an old Haverdeen ''[ed. actually an old "Roberds" Furniture Store, see [http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showpost.php?p=2060650&postcount=27]]'' down there, painted it green, and put a data center inside . Matt remarked that this setup goes along perfectly with The Brothers Chaps' working in a depressing shopping center.

====Why do people love your site and characters so much? - Rainbow Toque====
*Mike explained that was a hard question to answer. They mentioned several possible reasons: It's funny stuff, good quality, free, without ads, and without affiliations to other things. Matt added that they've always just tried to do what they think is funny, and what their friends think is funny. They often ask if [[Craig Zobel|Craig]] thinks it's funny, and if he does they put it on there. As it turns out, it seems the fans are all like Craig.
*There were times they would consider trying to please the fans more consciously, and they would always back off from that, since concentrating on fan demand can mess it up. They mentioned that they often get emails from the younger fans when they make the [[Old-Timey]] cartoons, not to make them anymore. They mentally respond with "well Craig likes them".
*They mentioned that they were at a local Seattle diner the other day, and on the ceiling of the booth next to them they noticed a spiral pinwheel of [[Trogdor]]'s beefy arms printed out and glued to the ceiling. Matt suggested offhand that they should have gone to a tattoo parlor and gotten tattoos of spiral Trogdor beefy arms.
*Matt also mentioned that they have a [[Weekly Fanstuff|fanstuff]] section of the website where they put up things people send to them. They originally assumed the flow of fanstuff would taper off, but they still get things from fans, which is really cool.
*Mike changed the subject to what ''isn't fun'': Having to animate the text and Strong Bad's head wiggling around at the start of the Strong Bad Email. It's all done in movie clips, which means they have to individually go into each one. The bane of their existence is sitting there for four hours at 3:00 in the morning on Sunday, making Strong Bad's head shake around.
*Matt mentioned that they actually talked to Jonathan Howe about making Flash look at and talk to a wave form, so that when his voice peaked his head would move up so that they could totally automate that part of the email and cut straight to the regular part of the animation. He didn't have any luck thus far, but Matt mentioned that would be one of their suggestions for the next Flash version. Mike mentioned sarcastically that they should look into Flex or Apollo, then realized that not many people knew what those things were. He also mentioned that he knew he was out of his league, but he didn't know just how far out of his league until the Keynote address.

====What's your favorite cartoon?====
*Mike mentioned that his favorite toon was [[kids' book]], which was fun for them to make their own kids' book, and then draw all over it. A lot of the toons he likes are the ones that were fun to make; he also mentioned he liked the death metal stop animation movie, just because they were able to make a death metal song.
*Matt mentioned that his favorite toon was [[personal favorites]], since it starts to look as though it's going to be a clip show, until Strong Bad begins making up emails that didn't happen. It created all this confusion with people emailing them about where these shown emails are, and Matt mentioned that he loved the confusion it caused. Mike chipped in that by asking "where is the email where they get drunk on soy sauce", you're missing the joke.

====Can you entertain the audience with a conversation between the characters?====
*Matt replied with a conversation between Homestar and Strong Bad:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, what are we doing in this room?
:'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't know, I'm not in this room. I'm in the lounge with all these... women.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ummm, I need, where is the cream soda anyways around here? I need some cream soda, and some other stuff.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, well I need, um... Somewhere to get my laptop working again. You guys, does anybody know that Mike right now, we didn't even tell people this. Underneath Mike's laptop, he's got the door to his RAM opened up, and a piece of notebook paper folded up to push it into the slot, because it wouldn't work? That's the only reason Mike's crappy laptop is working, and you think I'm bad with the electronics.
*Mike explains that the day before his computer stopped working, and he was freaking out that he wouldn't have his laptop for the presentation. He eventually realized if he held the RAM, pushing it in as he booted up, it would work. So he crammed a folded up 8x10 piece of paper in there, and it works. He explained that was the kind of stuff that went on with them, and also surmised that he would keep it like that for like three months before he would get it fixed.

====Do you have any new characters coming on the horizon?====
*Mike answered that for main characters, no. Any new characters that are created such as Trogdor and Teen Girl Squad are created spur of the moment for that instance. The main core is made up of 12 main characters, and will not likely be added to. Their conscious decision was to make offshoot type things, instead of making it like [[Wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]], where there's a zillion characters. Two of the main characters, [[The Poopsmith]] and [[Homsar]] were not originally main characters, but rose to become main characters early on, and they will likely never add to that.

====Do you find any international people coming to the site? - Yellow Hat====
*There are mainly English speaking fans, [[Wikipedia:Australia|Australia]], [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], the [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|UK]], and [[Wikipedia:Scandinavia|Scandinavia]] because a large majority there speak English.
*Matt mentioned that there is a SWF that somebody made which allows subtitles to easily be added to Flash. He mentioned that they have considered using this for Spanish or Korean translations, though Mike remarked he didn't remember a discussion.
*Matt also mentioned they were blown away the first time they got an email or an order from "[[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|across the pond]]", they were amazed they had even heard of them.

====Do you have a favorite character to write or record for?====
*Matt replied that he likes good old Homestar Runner (as he stroked the Puppet Homestar), as his voice is easily done consistently. He mentioned that [[Bubs]]' voice is hard to keep consistent and quite right, how he will often record five or six takes for Bubs' line, and then pick the best one, despite Mike telling him they all sound the same.
*Mike replied that he also likes Homestar for animating. He's easy to animate, since he only has three animation symbols, and this in turn makes it easier to make him expressive. Mike also has sympathy for Homestar, since the website used to be about him, but he's become sort of the underdog to Strong Bad, and is trying to get his website back any way he can.

====What has kept you from getting a big staff?====
*They explained that the staff is basically four people. The two of them who makes the cartoon, their video guy [[Ryan Sterritt|Ryan]] who does the DVDs and video encoding, and [[Karen Wagner|their sister]] who runs the store. Their biggest reason for keeping the company small is because they don't ''want'' a big staff. A few years ago they might have hired an animator, since animating for eight hours straight at a time was becoming tedious. But they decided against it, and now hiring an animator would just be weird.
*Matt noted that one of the reasons they've been able to do the site for a living is because they've kept it small, and reiterated his advice of "expectations, keep 'em down. Ankle level." The more people you bring in, business type people, they feel it gets bloated and you lose something from the site.

====How did you create the toys?====
*Again, it fell into their laps from a fan who emailed them. He had mocked up little PVC [[Store#Collectible Figurines|figurines]] of the characters, and had all the contacts in China. He flew them up to his studio in New York, showed them the figurines, some factory did pretty much all the work, and all they did was say "hey, looks great". The same thing happened with The Cheat [[Store#Kick The Cheat|plush doll]]. According to Mike, it would never have happened if they had set out to make toys. Matt offered the advice to "wait until everything falls into your lap".
*At this point, their laptop timed out and went to screensaver, which displayed the [[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Strong Bad Screensaver]] for a second, until they bumped the laptop.

====How many Easter egg toons are there, that are not linked to from anywhere on the site?====
*Mike clarified what the person was referring to: [[Not the 100th Email!!!]]. He explained that going to <code>/sbemail100.html</code> was a fakeout, and would instead take you to a short toon. Since the [[:Template:updates-box|H*R.com update]] is usually on Monday, they put this toon up on the site instead, for those that would look in the url before it was linked. They released the [[flashback|100th email]] the next day. That was the only time they've made a toon that you have to get to from outside the toons; to say, "stop looking, stop goofing around, and when it's done it'll be done."
*Matt commented that he's always wanted to do a [[Wikipedia:Alternate reality game|crazy marketing campaign]] like [[Wikipedia:Haunted Apiary|the one]] they did for [[Wikipedia:Halo 2|Halo 2]] and [[Wikipedia:The Beast (game)|the one]] for [[Wikipedia:A.I. (film)|A.I.]], where there would be a network of 1000 websites, secret links, and they'd call your mobile phone, and finally he'd end up coming to your house and giving you a cookie cake.
*After taking stock of how much time they had left (three minutes), they opened the floor to more questions.

====Was the CD you released your personal choice, or fan demand?====
*Mike explained that [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] was their own choice, they had several bits and pieces of songs, and they wanted full, fleshed out versions of many of them. [[Y-O-U]], who were fans of Homestar Runner had emailed them, said that they had just moved to Atlanta, digged their work, and wanted to do something with them. Mike went out and saw their band, met them, and decided to collaborate with them. The collaboration worked well, in addition to being good musicians they had good ideas, and the Chaps went along with most of them. They also commented that they have since built up another collection of [[Songs]], would like to make another CD of full versions, and it was good to know that fans still wanted them.

====How does Craig get compensated?====
*Matt explained that [[Craig Zobel]] is a shareholder; he was the one that helped Mike write the [[Original Book]]. They describe him as a "billionaire gadabout", and whenever he's in town they put him to work.

====How did you come up with the name "Homestar Runner"?====
*The name Homestar Runner came from their friend Jamie, who is not very sports savvy. There was a local commercial for [[Wikipedia:Winn-Dixie|Winn-Dixie]] grocery stores, and [[LEMKE|Mark Lemke]], who was a second basemen for the Atlanta Braves at that time, endorsed the commercial. They would play a clip of Lemke doing something, and the announcer would say something like "Mark Lemke, all star second basemen for the Braves, and you can be a second basemen for savings, at Winn-Dixie". It sounded like an old-timey announcer, so their friend Jamie would make fun of that terrible ad, and say "Mark Lemke, home star runner for the braves!". Matt mentioned they liked the name "The Homestar Runner", and sort of 'filed that away'. Incidentally, Jamie doesn't get compensated since he's in a rock band, and gets "all kinds of action".

====When was the moment you knew it was time to quit the day job and do Homestar full time?====
*Mike explained that at the time he had been doing freelance work, so it was really only Matt who had to quit his job. Their [[Don and Harriet Chapman|dad]] was running everything, and was doing all of the t-shirt sales, and had been hinting for at least six months prior that if they got two or three freelance jobs every few months, they would be able to live off of the sales. Matt described quitting his job as a sort of "leap off a cliff", not knowing if they would be able to do it full time. A little while later they started selling [[Store#Hooded Sweatshirts|hooded sweatshirts]], college got back in session, and sales ramped up to a point where they felt safe.
*Matt mused that he wouldn't mind going back to being a "starving artist for Homestar Runner", eating cold pizza, and all that, just for EarthLink.

===Ending - 5:00 pm===
They asked the crowd if there were any more questions, thanked the audience, and ended right on time.

==After the presentation==
[[Image:Flashforward TBC.JPG|thumb|Taken in the lobby during the autograph session]]
[[Image:Flashforward Autograph.PNG|left|thumb|An autograph to Thunderbird]]
After the presentation had ended, they signed autographs for around 15 minutes up at the stage, usually spending a few minutes with each fan. By 5:15 the next speaker was ready to go on, so they packed up their equipment and went out to the lobby. The remaining fans followed them out, and they finished signing autographs and meeting fans out there.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*The Brothers Chaps were originally also going to appear at the next Flashforward event, in September 2006 in Austin. In early April however, they informed the officials that due to prior commitments they would be unable to attend.

==See Also==

*[[Flashforward Interview - 10 Feb 2006]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.flashforwardconference.com/home Flashforward Conference official web site]
*[http://flickr.com/photos/bluecifer2/sets/72057594078459545/ More Flashforward pictures]

[[Category:Interviews and Public Appearances]]

User:Ed smildE

Ed smildE — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:22:21 GMT

Ed smildE:

Hi, I'm Ed Smilde. I'm 16 and I live near Grand Rapids, MI.

== Homestar Runner ==
*My favorite character is [[Homestar Runner]], of course (including the 1936 and 20X6 versions of him, too).
*My favorite emails include [[secret recipies]], [[army, montage]], [[funny]], [[isp]], [[theme park]], [[high school]], [[death metal]], and [[what I want]].
*The first thing I saw was the [[Fluffy Puff Comercial]].
*Here are a few of the things I own (but I want to get more eventually):
**[[Image:Homestar Runner Lite T-Shirt Close.PNG|thumb|left]]
**[[Image:Homestar_10th_Birthday_shirt_close.PNG|thumb|left]]
**[[Image:Everything_Else_2.PNG|thumb|left]]
**And a few freebies.

== The Wiki ==
I've been on the [http://forum.hrwiki.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1126 forum] more often, but I like working on the wiki. There just isn't as much stuff to do, because people get stuff done here too fast (that's a good thing, you guys pwn!).

=== Contributions ===
*I got permission to use the [[l33t Interview]] and edited it for the wiki right after the [[Interviews and Public Appearances]] page first started.
*I helped transcribe [[Happy Fireworks]], since I just happened to see it right after it came out...
*I'm on the [[HRWiki:Validation Committee|Validation Committee]], so I do lots of that.
*Since I got a DVD, I've been able to transcribe commentaries that haven't been done yet. So far the only one I've done is [[Senorial Day]], but I hope to do many more!

=== History ===
I joined this wiki in November, 2004, and the forum the following January... fun stuff...

Talk:Main Page

Ed smildE — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:33:24 GMT

Ed smildE: /* christmas update? */

{{Main Page Talk}}

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== It bounces! ==

Odd. When I move my mouse over the bar near the top-right corner that says that "log in/create account" stuff it moves all the way to the left. What gives? Also, the edit box has itty-bitty spaces between lines. Odd. -Color Printer, I can't log in for some reason.

Uh...that would be your computer, dude. It used to happen on my laptop a lot, but never happens anymore. {{User:Strong Devon/sig}}

== Update ==
*New Quote Of The Week, Weekly Fanstuff, and Sketchbook. --[[User:205.206.196.178|205.206.196.178]] 22:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks. You win the prize for being first! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 22:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

== christmas update? ==

Aren't we supposed to update the wiki with a cool, christmas-in-the-homestar-universe-themed skin and logo?--{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:11, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

:We've never done it before, but then again, we've never done a halloween skin before, either. So I don't see why not. It's a matter of wiki-wide opinion. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 03:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
::I say we go for it. If Halloween gets a skin, Decemberween should too. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 02:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
:::We will do it. Just need to actually... ''do'' it. Dot com is pretty dang overwhelmed right now, though. You gotta give it to the guy. ''Unless'', somebody with the know-how can design and post some ideas. That would be very helpful. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 04:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Near the beginning of the logo redesign discussion, [[User:Bleed0range|Bleed0range]] proposed [[:Image:Hrwiki dween logo.gif|this Decemberween logo]]. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::I like it. Any other opinions? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::::::To clarify, I think the one Trey links to above is the way to go. I know another one was recently uploaded which is more like our current logo, with Homestar smiling. But the original seems more fitting to me: less distracting, plus mouth closed kind of makes sense if you're in the snow. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:07, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I also prefer the one Trey linked to. However, the newest one ([[:Image:Dweenlogo.gif|here]]) has a nice touch that I like: snow sitting on the letters. Unless bleed0range can add the snow to the older one (he explained that it's a difficult task to create these things), I think we should stick with the logo Trey linked to. {{User:FireBird/sig}} 03:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
I had a slightly different take on it. Here is [[:Image:HRWiki logo frozen.gif|our current logo frozen over]]. I used elements from our current logo and the ones above. I found the falling snow to be a little too much, so I didn't put it in this one. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:I like the [[:Image:HRWiki logo frozen.gif|frozen over]] one. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:47, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::I want to use the Decemberween logo until the end of Christmas (I'd choose the first one posted), then I would love to switch over to that logo for a while! All great logos, here. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 04:48, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
:::I'd prefer it if we only use one logo. I like the blue background better, but I really like the snow. It's only for a few days, so I don;t think it would be all too distracting.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 04:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::::I think we should use the one of the two red & green and falling snow logos until the end of Christmas (and change the "what's new" part of the Main page to green) — after the end of Christmas, go to the frozen-over one. I like them both, but to me, the red & green says "Decemberween" and the frozen one says "winter". {{User:Trey56/sig}} 05:01, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::To clarify myself and elaborate: [[:Image:Hrwiki dween logo.gif]] until the end of Christmas, then [[:Image:HRWiki logo frozen.gif]] for a while beyond that. Let's compromise, please. Bleedy made a very nice logo and he worked very hard to make it. These are both great Decemberween- and Winter-themed logos, respectively, and I would like to see them both used. Four days of animated falling snow is a very short time, and it deserves at least that much. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 05:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes, it's best that we don't let something like that go to waste. I suggest that we put it up now. Then change it to the Decemberween logo. And then after that we change it back to the falling snow one until after the New Years. Or we could just try that alternating thing...--[[User:Giskard|Giskard]] 05:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Just to clarify: I am calling the falling snow one the Decemberween one. The one It's dot com uploaded I would like to call Winter or Frozen, if I may. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 05:29, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Reverse what I said. Snow falling one, Decemberween one. The one that Dot com made, could be used until New Years.--[[User:Giskard|Giskard]] 05:36, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
I think we should take BazookaJoe's suggestion (D'ween colors now; switch to the frozen one after Christmas). The fast falling snow just doesn't look right, so I think we should use the original D'ween one. I wish the one with the slower falling snow looked more like the smiling pose, but oh well. I'm sure it could be tweaked, but given the lateness of the month, I think we should do whatever we're gonna do right away. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:Seconded. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 05:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, that logo looks really nice, Fantastic. Definitely a good choice. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 10:14, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:I concur. And the snowy field background is a nice touch. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::Ha, love the Archibald in the What's new section. {{User:Salty/sig}} 04:11, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Look closely at the other side as well. Adjust the size of your window if necessary. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:23, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:What's up with the logo background? [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 06:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Just kinda wonderin', when is the logo going to switch back to normal? -[[User:Brightstar Shiner|''Brightstar Shiner'']] 21:23, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
:Probably in a day or two — though it could be up there until Janusry 6th when the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Days of Christmas|Twelve Days of Christmas]] are over. {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 21:50, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::I think the red bars on the main page should be a light icy color. But I like the logo thing! {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}

== Update ==
*There's a Store update for "Holiday Savings". --[[User:205.206.196.178|205.206.196.178]] 22:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks. I just updated the Front Page section at the [[Store]] page earlier today, but I didn't see any changes except for them moving their item list order around (see my [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Store&diff=393135&oldid=389132 edit]). The latest changes are pretty well covered on the [[Main Page]], at the bottom of the "what's new" list. Is there anything that I'm missing? —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 22:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

==Blockquotes for E-mails==
Hey, you should update the e-mail blockquotes to the most recent Strong Bad, found [[Talk:Strong Bad Evolution|here at the very bottom]]--[[User:X66x66|X66x66]] 01:04, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== how long ==

How long has the server been down? This is the first time that I've been able to get through for awhile. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 16:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
:Around 12 hours or so. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
::down for maintenance, power outage, or server error? {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 16:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Did it take out the Recent Changes IRC channel? 'Cause it's down. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 17:07, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
::::The RC bot must've gotten logged out. ...Which could be bad, potentially. I think Phlip runs it, and he won't be back 'til, like, January. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
So what exactly happened? Once I finally check the site again after a long absence the site goes down for <math>1/2</math> day not long after I got here! I promise it wasn't my fault! ;) But Seriously. Inquiring minds would like to know! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:00, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
:I remember hearing the phrase "blackout at Goleman" and something about "Fellowsites", but that's really all I know. *sweatdrop* --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Well, I said something like that but it was complete speculation. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 20:13, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== Maybe it's just me... ==

Um, is the Decemberween Short Shorts image not coming up for anyone else, or is it just my computer? Everything else on the site is showing up, but on the main page and the page for Decemberween Short Shorts, the image is just not there. [[User:4kai2lyn6|kai lyn]] 17:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:I see it, personally. It may just be you, there. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 17:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
::Dag, yo... [[User:4kai2lyn6|kai lyn]] 17:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
:::It's probably because your computer is blocking that image from showing. It's happened to me already on many pages.--[[User:Giskard|Giskard]] 05:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::::I think it's because it has "short shorts" in the title. You probably have parental settings on your computer that block that. My parents did it to me before, I couldn't get on the "Teen Girl Squad" pages. :) {{User:Salty/sig}} 06:03, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ack-haying the parental controls is easier than you might think. Sometimes, all you have to do is bypass them with a different browser. There are also other methods.--{{User:The4sword/sig}} 21:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

==Fansites==
Where did the page that lists the fansites go?-Jibney
:You mean [[Links]]? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

Senorial Day

Ed smildE — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:36:52 GMT

Ed smildE: whoops, i was afraid of that happening...

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[[Image:senorialday.png|thumb|"What are you doing just sitting around?"]]

Commercials collide as both Senor Cardgage and Bubs attempt to draw people to their respective Senorial Day sales.

'''Cast (in order of appearance): '''[[Balding Man]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]], {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner]], [[Bear holding a Shark]], {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' Balding Man's Living Room, [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Alleyway]]

'''Date:''' May 30, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 2:50

'''Page Title:''' Battle of the Network Stars!!

==Transcript==

''{Balding Man sits looking depressed in his wood-paneled living room in an aqua-green lounge chair while holding a canned cold one and watching TV. Light music plays in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Say there, "husband of the year," ''{Balding Man looks at the camera}'' what are you doing just sitting around?

''{Balding Man gives a loud, long sigh.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' When you could be sitting around ''huge'' savings ''{Balding man gives a big smile}'' at the Senorial Day Tent Event Supra Sale!!!

''{The last six words are printed across the screen, and "Supra Sale" is echoed.}''

''{Balloons float up as the scene wipes to reveal Senor Cardgage standing in the Field in front of a portable tent covering the small shrub. Two strands of multicolored pennant streamers hang in front of and behind the tent.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Gamble ''{or Gambol}'' around the campfire, children! It's Senor Cardgage with the Senorial Day Tent thing that guy talked about.

''{The next scene tumbles in from the center. Still in the Field, Senor Cardgage stands in front of the [[Gremlin]] with a strand of pennant streamers overhead.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' It won't be here forever. So come see me ''{pull back to reveal the Wagon Fulla Pancakes at Senor Cardgage's feet}'' and this little dog ''{indicating the wagon}'' for vera low prices!!

''{"VERA LOW PRICES!!" flashes on the screen.}''

''{The screen shifts to a blue screen with "Tent Event" printed all over it. As the narrator names off the following years, the numbers fly across the screen.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' 2005! 2004! 1999!

''{Scene shifts back to the awning and the shrub.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Those were all good years. Don't let another minute go you by.

''{The screen turns to static for a moment as the channels apparently change, and we now see Bubs at his concession stand.}''

'''BUBS:''' Hey there, every peoples! Come check out my circumstance this Senorial Day Weekend for Bubsotathon!!

''{The screen pans out, and we can see a star-spangled "BUBSOTATHON!!" banner above the concession stand. Two Homestar Runners can barely be seen flanking the stand. Both throw confetti.}''

'''LEFT HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{fireworks noises}'' Pekyoo! Hgyoo! Pghyoo! Doo! Pehw! Wehw! ''{normal voice}'' Explosions! Fireworks!

''{Cut to Strong Badia. Bubs is standing next to the [[Stop Sign]] and the [[Tire]]. The Tire has been painted to read "LOW SAViNGS".}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{holding up the Tire}'' We're so ''tired'' of low savings, we're givin' 'em this boot!

''{He pulls a [['Lectric Boots|'Lectric Boot]] out from behind his back and hits the tire with it. An unseen audience groans. Bubs throws both props over his shoulder.}''

'''BUBS:''' Would I lie to my own flesh and blood?

''{Homestar walks in from stage right, with false Bubs teeth drawn on his jaw in marker and a paper ring taped over his left eye.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right, Bubba daddy!

''{The Tire and the Boot are seen falling behind the fence. The Bear holding a Shark gets triggered and pops up as they land. The channel changes back to Senor Cardgage, back in front of the Gremlin. Strong Bad walks up from stage right with an American football in hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, excuse me, sir. Can I have some tremendous savings? And your autograph? ''{holds up the ball}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{writing on the football with a marker}'' My left name is "Tremendous Savings", Ms. America! ''{grabs the football and winds up to throw it, indicating for Strong Bad to go long}'' Go out for a pass!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{smiling}'' You bet! Hit me on the slant! ''{runs offscreen}''

''{Senor Cardgage pauses for a moment, then drops his arms, still holding the football.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Bring on down your whole fambly! We'll set up some tents ''{an image of a tent hovers on the left side of the screen}'' and hot dogs ''{an image of a hot dog hovers on the right}'' for your... babies. ''{scratching his head}'' Those like those, right?

''{Channel changes back to Bubs, who is back at his concession stand. He's wearing a pink baby bonnet and holding a rattle.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're going ''gaga'' ''{rattles the rattle}'' over slashed prices!

''{As he says this, a serrated blade emerges from the end of the rattle and the word "PRICES" appears at the bottom of the screen. He slashes "PRICES" in two with the blade. The audience groans. Bubs ducks down, then returns with a wig and a tennis racquet.}''

'''BUBS:''' Our competition is a total ''racket!''

''{The audience groans again. Bubs ducks down again and returns with a bean bag that looks vaguely like Strong Sad's head on a plate.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're getting a''head'' of the rest.

''{More groans. Bubs now switches the plate for a giant frog mask.}''

'''BUBS:''' I'm the hoppity-frog of value!

''{Audience says "Huh?" in unison. Bubs switches props to a rubber chicken.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're holding up a novelty rubber chicken and playing a cartoony sound effect ''{He raises his left hand to cue a pair of cartoony "boing" sound effects}'' of savings!

''{Channel changes back to Senor Cardgage, who is back in front of the awning and shrub.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' You doe NOT want to miss ''{"Doe NOT Miss Out" appears at the bottom of the screen.}'' any Senorial Day savings action!

''{Cut to file footage of an urban alley, where Senor Cardgage is sleeping in an orange sleeping bag, using his [[Aldi Bag|Aldi bags]] as a pillow. A box labeled "UNLABELED BOX" can be seen to the left. Senor Cardgage snores loudly as cars honk their horns in the background. Cut back to the Gremlin, where Senor Cardgage is still holding Strong Bad's football.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Wake up! Senorial Day is here with the vengeance!

''{Strong Bad returns.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{uncertain}'' Uh, Mister Senor, sir? Can I have my football back?

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' You bet! How 'bout I hitcha on the slant?

''{Senor Cardgage winds up to throw the ball, and Strong Bad dashes off again. After a moment's pause, Senor Cardgage again drops his arms, still holding the football. He then walks off, stage left. We cut to Strong Bad, still running in the other direction.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna get me a touchdown!

''{Channel changes back to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' So come down around my Bubba Concession Stand — my Buh — my cassette — ''{music screeches to a halt}'' Ough! I even wrote this stuff and I can't remember my own lins ''{sic}'' .

''{Another Bubs wearing devil horns and carrying a pitchfork rips open the screen.}''

'''DEVIL BUBS:''' So come on by for Bubsotathon ''{The banner from earlier comes up from the bottom of the screen}'' where you'll save like a demon, or my name ain't ''{holds up a "VERY OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD"}'' Bubs Concession Stand!

''{The channel changes to the wall of the Balding Man's living room, with ID cards that read "BACK" and "AGAIN".}

==Easter Eggs==
[[image:mustachioedHR.png|78px|thumb|'stache]]

*If you view the Flash file directly in the scene with two Homestars, you can see that the Homestar on the right has a moustache.

*When Senor Cardgage holds up Strong Bad's football the first time, click on the football to see what Senor Cardgage wrote (in very scrawly handwriting): "This pen doesn't work, small girl T. Mendous Savings"
*At the very end, click on the narrow wood panel just to the left of the AGAIN card.

:''{The Field at night. Crickets chirp in the background. Strong Sad walks on from stage left.}''

:'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, there's nothing like going out for a lonely lurk on a lovely Spring night.
:''{Strong Bad's football flies in from off in the distance and nails Strong Sad squarely in the back, knocking him over.}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' OHGH! Somebody hit me on the slant!
{{clear}}

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*Senorial Day was released on and is a takeoff of the U.S. holiday [[Wikipedia:Memorial Day|Memorial Day]], during which there are often many much-hyped retail sales events.
*A slant pattern is an [[Wikipedia:American football|American football]] play in which a potential receiver initially runs directly toward the endzone, but then, in an attempt to fake out a defender, changes direction and runs at an angle, or "slant."

===Trivia===
[[Image:bubsid.PNG|thumb|Bubs' ID card]]
*Bubs' ID card reads:<blockquote style="width:20em"><big style="color:red">'''''VERY OFFICIAL'''''</big> IDENTIFICATION CARD BUBS C. STAND Entrepreneur FREE COUNTRY USA<div style="text-align:center;font:x-large monospace">[SUSPENDED]</div><div style="float:right;text-align:right">"I don't look half bad!" -Bubs</div>CLASS F</blockquote>
*The shading on the football in the first (close-up Easter egg) is a repeated heart shape, on its side.

===Remarks===
*If Bubs can be trusted, then we learn his full name is "Bubs Concession Stand", a fact hinted at in the email [[other days]] where Bubs signs his "snail mail" to Strong Bad in the same manner.
*Notice that when Strong Bad says "Mister Senor, sir," he is saying three different synonyms of the same word in a row (assuming we substitute "Señor" for "Senor").
*This is the second instance of [[Twin Characters|twin characters]], the first being [[pizzaz]].

===Goofs===
*Bubs uses the rattle-knife to cut from upper left to lower right (from the viewer's perspective) but the cut which appears on the word "prices" goes from the upper right to lower left.
*One of the [[Gremlin]]'s back wheels is not visible.

===Inside References===
*Senor Cardgage signs the football with a [[Permanent Marker|Fine Tip Permanent Marker]].
*Bubs wears the same [[Wikipedia:John McEnroe|John McEnroe]] wig that Homestar wore in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*This is another appearance of [[Strong Sad's Severed Head]].
*In the email [[montage]], the Wagon Fulla Pancakes was said to have gone on to do commercial spots for used car dealerships. This explains its appearance in this cartoon, which is an obvious parody of said commercials.
*The serrated knife that Bubs uses looks similar to the [[Stinkoman_20X6_Enemies|Hash-Haw]] from [[Stinkoman 20X6]] level 6.
*Bubs also said, "Hey there every peoples!" in his [[Bubs#Character Video Transcript|character video]].
*The shrub under the tent is the same as the shrub that Senor Cardgage suspiciously comes out from behind in [[kind of cool]].
*Strong Sad's "lurk" may be a reference to [[garage sale]], where Strong Bad calls him a Lurker.
*The word "Supra" appears in an Easter egg in [[50 emails]]. The header of [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]'s telegram reads, "SUPRA MODERN TELEGRAM."
*The Tire painted to say "LOW SAViNGS" is another instance of [[Lowercase i's]] on the site.



===Real-World References===
*Senor Cardgage calls Strong Bad "[[Wikipedia:Miss America|Miss America]]," which is a title given in a popular annual beauty pageant.
*"[[Wikipedia:Battle_of_the_Network_Stars|Battle of the Network Stars]]" was an annual TV special in the late 70s that pitted stars from various TV shows teamed up by network (ABC vs NBC vs CBS) competing in various olympic-style events.
*"Bubsotathon" has a very similar name to a sales event held by [[Wikipedia:Toyota|Toyota]] dealers called "Toyotathon."

*Senor Cardgage's Tent Event Supra Sale could be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Toyota Supra|Toyota Supra]], a Japanese sports car.

===Fast Forward===
*Senor Cardgage sleeps in an alleyway again in [[candy product]].
*Homestar also sports a moustache in an Easter egg in [[lady...ing]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' I love that guy, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' I like that guy too, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I wanna make a cartoon with him.

'''MIKE:''' I wanna hang out in his living room. I like that wooden paneling and the orange carpet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah... I wanna drink one of them cold ones he's got, too. ''{pause}'' Oh! There he is, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, uh, settle down-

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, oh! Look, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, settle down...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at... the shine on that belly o' his.

'''MIKE:''' Well, you got a littel shine on your belly, too.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, what it is is- Well, he's got a belly button. I'm very jealous. I think I have one in a couple cartoons.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I was gonna say I think you used to have one.

'''STRONG BAD:''' W- why did we put a tent over his... shrub over there?

'''MIKE:''' It's protecting it from the rain, probably.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right, right...

'''MIKE:''' You know what rain does to bushes.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, it'll... kill 'em. ''{pause}'' Wait a minute, aren't there, hey, aren't there...?

'''MIKE:''' Two Homestars.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Two Homestars?!

'''MIKE:''' If you... doesn't one of those have a mustache if you actually break apart the SWF and-

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno, you'll have to ask Matt.

'''MIKE:''' Matt? Uh, yeah, I think he would confirm that ''(laughs)''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's gross. He turned into melty Bubs. Doesn't look like Bu- Oh! Look, there he is, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Who, you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah! I look so good...

'''MIKE:''' So, I guess... there's still the... The verdict not in as to whether or not Senor Cardgages actually exists or not.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I hope he does, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Initially he just seemed to be this hypothetical thing, a ver-, a version of you...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Right. That I made up- I made 'em up!

'''MIKE:''' That you made up...

'''STRONG BAD:''' But he's sort of loosely based on this dude who used to live down the street from us when we was kids.

'''MIKE:''' But now he just exists... in the world.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe!

'''MIKE:''' ...And interacts with you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' But then he was in an altrenate universe with me one time, so maybe he only sort of- What do you think that Strong Sad head is made out of, cheese cloth?

'''MIKE:''' ''(laughs)'' Heh, yeah, I was gonna say white burlap, but cheese cloth, eh, you're right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can get white burlap now? Oh, I'd be makin' everything outta white burlap. Let's go to the fabric store.

'''MIKE:''' There's one right above us; I'll throw you through the ceiling.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Doe not miss out, Mike. I love 'doe nots'. That- I can't watch that, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' That's sad, it's-

'''STRONG BAD:''' This makes me wanna throw up and cry at the same time.

''(Both laugh)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, wait a minute. This imaginary guy stole my football.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he just keeps it. You never got it back?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, I don't think so... I was never 'hit on the slant'. I was runnin' the picket fence at 'em.

'''MIKE:''' That's a basketball.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, don't get caught watching the paint dry. That's what I know about that. ''{pause}'' Oh, he didn't get that thing right either, did he, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''(laughs)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So does this mean his real middle name is ''Concession''?

'''MIKE:''' That's what I get from it.


'''STRONG BAD:''' Take.......

'''MIKE:''' Remember?

==External Links==
*[[HR:senorialday.html|watch Senorial Day]]
*[[HR:senorialday.swf|view the Flash file for Senorial Day]]
*[[Forum:3525|forum thread re: "Senorial Day"]]

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Senorial Day

Ed smildE — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:36:02 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Commentary Transcript */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|senorialday|HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!|Happy Fireworks}}
[[Image:senorialday.png|thumb|"What are you doing just sitting around?"]]

Commercials collide as both Senor Cardgage and Bubs attempt to draw people to their respective Senorial Day sales.

'''Cast (in order of appearance): '''[[Balding Man]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]], {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner]], [[Bear holding a Shark]], {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' Balding Man's Living Room, [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Alleyway]]

'''Date:''' May 30, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 2:50

'''Page Title:''' Battle of the Network Stars!!

==Transcript==

''{Balding Man sits looking depressed in his wood-paneled living room in an aqua-green lounge chair while holding a canned cold one and watching TV. Light music plays in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Say there, "husband of the year," ''{Balding Man looks at the camera}'' what are you doing just sitting around?

''{Balding Man gives a loud, long sigh.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' When you could be sitting around ''huge'' savings ''{Balding man gives a big smile}'' at the Senorial Day Tent Event Supra Sale!!!

''{The last six words are printed across the screen, and "Supra Sale" is echoed.}''

''{Balloons float up as the scene wipes to reveal Senor Cardgage standing in the Field in front of a portable tent covering the small shrub. Two strands of multicolored pennant streamers hang in front of and behind the tent.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Gamble ''{or Gambol}'' around the campfire, children! It's Senor Cardgage with the Senorial Day Tent thing that guy talked about.

''{The next scene tumbles in from the center. Still in the Field, Senor Cardgage stands in front of the [[Gremlin]] with a strand of pennant streamers overhead.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' It won't be here forever. So come see me ''{pull back to reveal the Wagon Fulla Pancakes at Senor Cardgage's feet}'' and this little dog ''{indicating the wagon}'' for vera low prices!!

''{"VERA LOW PRICES!!" flashes on the screen.}''

''{The screen shifts to a blue screen with "Tent Event" printed all over it. As the narrator names off the following years, the numbers fly across the screen.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' 2005! 2004! 1999!

''{Scene shifts back to the awning and the shrub.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Those were all good years. Don't let another minute go you by.

''{The screen turns to static for a moment as the channels apparently change, and we now see Bubs at his concession stand.}''

'''BUBS:''' Hey there, every peoples! Come check out my circumstance this Senorial Day Weekend for Bubsotathon!!

''{The screen pans out, and we can see a star-spangled "BUBSOTATHON!!" banner above the concession stand. Two Homestar Runners can barely be seen flanking the stand. Both throw confetti.}''

'''LEFT HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{fireworks noises}'' Pekyoo! Hgyoo! Pghyoo! Doo! Pehw! Wehw! ''{normal voice}'' Explosions! Fireworks!

''{Cut to Strong Badia. Bubs is standing next to the [[Stop Sign]] and the [[Tire]]. The Tire has been painted to read "LOW SAViNGS".}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{holding up the Tire}'' We're so ''tired'' of low savings, we're givin' 'em this boot!

''{He pulls a [['Lectric Boots|'Lectric Boot]] out from behind his back and hits the tire with it. An unseen audience groans. Bubs throws both props over his shoulder.}''

'''BUBS:''' Would I lie to my own flesh and blood?

''{Homestar walks in from stage right, with false Bubs teeth drawn on his jaw in marker and a paper ring taped over his left eye.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right, Bubba daddy!

''{The Tire and the Boot are seen falling behind the fence. The Bear holding a Shark gets triggered and pops up as they land. The channel changes back to Senor Cardgage, back in front of the Gremlin. Strong Bad walks up from stage right with an American football in hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, excuse me, sir. Can I have some tremendous savings? And your autograph? ''{holds up the ball}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{writing on the football with a marker}'' My left name is "Tremendous Savings", Ms. America! ''{grabs the football and winds up to throw it, indicating for Strong Bad to go long}'' Go out for a pass!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{smiling}'' You bet! Hit me on the slant! ''{runs offscreen}''

''{Senor Cardgage pauses for a moment, then drops his arms, still holding the football.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Bring on down your whole fambly! We'll set up some tents ''{an image of a tent hovers on the left side of the screen}'' and hot dogs ''{an image of a hot dog hovers on the right}'' for your... babies. ''{scratching his head}'' Those like those, right?

''{Channel changes back to Bubs, who is back at his concession stand. He's wearing a pink baby bonnet and holding a rattle.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're going ''gaga'' ''{rattles the rattle}'' over slashed prices!

''{As he says this, a serrated blade emerges from the end of the rattle and the word "PRICES" appears at the bottom of the screen. He slashes "PRICES" in two with the blade. The audience groans. Bubs ducks down, then returns with a wig and a tennis racquet.}''

'''BUBS:''' Our competition is a total ''racket!''

''{The audience groans again. Bubs ducks down again and returns with a bean bag that looks vaguely like Strong Sad's head on a plate.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're getting a''head'' of the rest.

''{More groans. Bubs now switches the plate for a giant frog mask.}''

'''BUBS:''' I'm the hoppity-frog of value!

''{Audience says "Huh?" in unison. Bubs switches props to a rubber chicken.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're holding up a novelty rubber chicken and playing a cartoony sound effect ''{He raises his left hand to cue a pair of cartoony "boing" sound effects}'' of savings!

''{Channel changes back to Senor Cardgage, who is back in front of the awning and shrub.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' You doe NOT want to miss ''{"Doe NOT Miss Out" appears at the bottom of the screen.}'' any Senorial Day savings action!

''{Cut to file footage of an urban alley, where Senor Cardgage is sleeping in an orange sleeping bag, using his [[Aldi Bag|Aldi bags]] as a pillow. A box labeled "UNLABELED BOX" can be seen to the left. Senor Cardgage snores loudly as cars honk their horns in the background. Cut back to the Gremlin, where Senor Cardgage is still holding Strong Bad's football.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Wake up! Senorial Day is here with the vengeance!

''{Strong Bad returns.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{uncertain}'' Uh, Mister Senor, sir? Can I have my football back?

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' You bet! How 'bout I hitcha on the slant?

''{Senor Cardgage winds up to throw the ball, and Strong Bad dashes off again. After a moment's pause, Senor Cardgage again drops his arms, still holding the football. He then walks off, stage left. We cut to Strong Bad, still running in the other direction.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna get me a touchdown!

''{Channel changes back to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' So come down around my Bubba Concession Stand — my Buh — my cassette — ''{music screeches to a halt}'' Ough! I even wrote this stuff and I can't remember my own lins ''{sic}'' .

''{Another Bubs wearing devil horns and carrying a pitchfork rips open the screen.}''

'''DEVIL BUBS:''' So come on by for Bubsotathon ''{The banner from earlier comes up from the bottom of the screen}'' where you'll save like a demon, or my name ain't ''{holds up a "VERY OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD"}'' Bubs Concession Stand!

''{The channel changes to the wall of the Balding Man's living room, with ID cards that read "BACK" and "AGAIN".}

==Easter Eggs==
[[image:mustachioedHR.png|78px|thumb|'stache]]

*If you view the Flash file directly in the scene with two Homestars, you can see that the Homestar on the right has a moustache.

*When Senor Cardgage holds up Strong Bad's football the first time, click on the football to see what Senor Cardgage wrote (in very scrawly handwriting): "This pen doesn't work, small girl T. Mendous Savings"
*At the very end, click on the narrow wood panel just to the left of the AGAIN card.

:''{The Field at night. Crickets chirp in the background. Strong Sad walks on from stage left.}''

:'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, there's nothing like going out for a lonely lurk on a lovely Spring night.
:''{Strong Bad's football flies in from off in the distance and nails Strong Sad squarely in the back, knocking him over.}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' OHGH! Somebody hit me on the slant!
{{clear}}

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*Senorial Day was released on and is a takeoff of the U.S. holiday [[Wikipedia:Memorial Day|Memorial Day]], during which there are often many much-hyped retail sales events.
*A slant pattern is an [[Wikipedia:American football|American football]] play in which a potential receiver initially runs directly toward the endzone, but then, in an attempt to fake out a defender, changes direction and runs at an angle, or "slant."

===Trivia===
[[Image:bubsid.PNG|thumb|Bubs' ID card]]
*Bubs' ID card reads:<blockquote style="width:20em"><big style="color:red">'''''VERY OFFICIAL'''''</big> IDENTIFICATION CARD BUBS C. STAND Entrepreneur FREE COUNTRY USA<div style="text-align:center;font:x-large monospace">[SUSPENDED]</div><div style="float:right;text-align:right">"I don't look half bad!" -Bubs</div>CLASS F</blockquote>
*The shading on the football in the first (close-up Easter egg) is a repeated heart shape, on its side.

===Remarks===
*If Bubs can be trusted, then we learn his full name is "Bubs Concession Stand", a fact hinted at in the email [[other days]] where Bubs signs his "snail mail" to Strong Bad in the same manner.
*Notice that when Strong Bad says "Mister Senor, sir," he is saying three different synonyms of the same word in a row (assuming we substitute "Señor" for "Senor").
*This is the second instance of [[Twin Characters|twin characters]], the first being [[pizzaz]].

===Goofs===
*Bubs uses the rattle-knife to cut from upper left to lower right (from the viewer's perspective) but the cut which appears on the word "prices" goes from the upper right to lower left.
*One of the [[Gremlin]]'s back wheels is not visible.

===Inside References===
*Senor Cardgage signs the football with a [[Permanent Marker|Fine Tip Permanent Marker]].
*Bubs wears the same [[Wikipedia:John McEnroe|John McEnroe]] wig that Homestar wore in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*This is another appearance of [[Strong Sad's Severed Head]].
*In the email [[montage]], the Wagon Fulla Pancakes was said to have gone on to do commercial spots for used car dealerships. This explains its appearance in this cartoon, which is an obvious parody of said commercials.
*The serrated knife that Bubs uses looks similar to the [[Stinkoman_20X6_Enemies|Hash-Haw]] from [[Stinkoman 20X6]] level 6.
*Bubs also said, "Hey there every peoples!" in his [[Bubs#Character Video Transcript|character video]].
*The shrub under the tent is the same as the shrub that Senor Cardgage suspiciously comes out from behind in [[kind of cool]].
*Strong Sad's "lurk" may be a reference to [[garage sale]], where Strong Bad calls him a Lurker.
*The word "Supra" appears in an Easter egg in [[50 emails]]. The header of [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]'s telegram reads, "SUPRA MODERN TELEGRAM."
*The Tire painted to say "LOW SAViNGS" is another instance of [[Lowercase i's]] on the site.



===Real-World References===
*Senor Cardgage calls Strong Bad "[[Wikipedia:Miss America|Miss America]]," which is a title given in a popular annual beauty pageant.
*"[[Wikipedia:Battle_of_the_Network_Stars|Battle of the Network Stars]]" was an annual TV special in the late 70s that pitted stars from various TV shows teamed up by network (ABC vs NBC vs CBS) competing in various olympic-style events.
*"Bubsotathon" has a very similar name to a sales event held by [[Wikipedia:Toyota|Toyota]] dealers called "Toyotathon."

*Senor Cardgage's Tent Event Supra Sale could be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Toyota Supra|Toyota Supra]], a Japanese sports car.

===Fast Forward===
*Senor Cardgage sleeps in an alleyway again in [[candy product]].
*Homestar also sports a moustache in an Easter egg in [[lady...ing]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' I love that guy, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' I like that guy too, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I wanna make a cartoon with him.

'''MIKE:''' I wanna hang out in his living room. I like that wooden paneling and the orange carpet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah... I wanna drink one of them cold ones he's got, too. ''{pause}'' Oh! There he is, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, uh, settle down-

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, oh! Look, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, settle down...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at... the shine on that belly o' his.

'''MIKE:''' Well, you got a littel shine on your belly, too.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, what it is is- Well, he's got a belly button. I'm very jealous. I think I have one in a couple cartoons.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I was gonna say I think you used to have one.

'''STRONG BAD:''' W- why did we put a tent over his... shrub over there?

'''MIKE:''' It's protecting it from the rain, probably.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right, right...

'''MIKE:''' You know what rain does to bushes.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, it'll... kill 'em. ''{pause}'' Wait a minute, aren't there, hey, aren't there...?

'''MIKE:''' Two Homestars.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Two Homestars?!

'''MIKE:''' If you... doesn't one of those have a mustache if you actually break apart the SWF and-

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno, you'll have to ask Matt.

'''MIKE:''' Matt? Uh, yeah, I think he would confirm that ''(laughs)''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's gross. He turned into melty Bubs. Doesn't look like Bu- Oh! Look, there he is, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Who, you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah! I look so good...

'''MIKE:''' So, I guess... there's still the... The verdict not in as to whether or not Senor Cardgages actually exists or not.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I hope he does, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Initially he just seemed to be this hypothetical thing, a ver-, a version of you...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Right. That I made up- I made 'em up!

'''MIKE:''' That you made up...

'''STRONG BAD:''' But he's sort of loosely based on this dude who used to live down the street from us when we was kids.

'''MIKE:''' But now he just exists... in the world.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe!

'''MIKE:''' ...And interacts with you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' But then he was in an altrenate universe with me one time, so maybe he only sort of- What do you think that Strong Sad head is made out of, cheese cloth?

'''MIKE:''' ''(laughs)'' Heh, yeah, I was gonna say white burlap, but cheese cloth, eh, you're right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can get white burlap now? Oh, I'd be makin' everything outta white burlap. Let's go to the fabric store.

'''MIKE:''' There's one right above us; I'll throw you through the ceiling.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Doe not miss out, Mike. I love 'doe nots'. That- I can't watch that, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' That's sad, it's-

'''STRONG BAD:''' This makes me wanna throw up and cry at the same time.

''(Both laugh)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, wait a minute. This imaginary guy stole my football.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he just keeps it. You never got it back?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, I don't think so... I was never 'hit on the slant'. I was runnin' the picket fence at 'em.

'''MIKE:''' That's a basketball.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, don't get caught watching the paint dry. That's what I know about that. ''{pause}'' Oh, he didn't get that thing right either, did he, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''(laughs)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So does this mean his real middle name is ''Concession''?

'''MIKE:''' That's what I get from it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Take.......

'''MIKE:''' Remember?

==External Links==
*[[HR:senorialday.html|watch Senorial Day]]
*[[HR:senorialday.swf|view the Flash file for Senorial Day]]
*[[Forum:3525|forum thread re: "Senorial Day"]]

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[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Senorial Day

Ed smildE — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:59:59 GMT

Ed smildE: /* DVD Version */ transcript, sorry if i didn't get all the standards right, i'ma go check those now.

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[[Image:senorialday.png|thumb|"What are you doing just sitting around?"]]

Commercials collide as both Senor Cardgage and Bubs attempt to draw people to their respective Senorial Day sales.

'''Cast (in order of appearance): '''[[Balding Man]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]], {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner]], [[Bear holding a Shark]], {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' Balding Man's Living Room, [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Alleyway]]

'''Date:''' May 30, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 2:50

'''Page Title:''' Battle of the Network Stars!!

==Transcript==

''{Balding Man sits looking depressed in his wood-paneled living room in an aqua-green lounge chair while holding a canned cold one and watching TV. Light music plays in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' Say there, "husband of the year," ''{Balding Man looks at the camera}'' what are you doing just sitting around?

''{Balding Man gives a loud, long sigh.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' When you could be sitting around ''huge'' savings ''{Balding man gives a big smile}'' at the Senorial Day Tent Event Supra Sale!!!

''{The last six words are printed across the screen, and "Supra Sale" is echoed.}''

''{Balloons float up as the scene wipes to reveal Senor Cardgage standing in the Field in front of a portable tent covering the small shrub. Two strands of multicolored pennant streamers hang in front of and behind the tent.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Gamble ''{or Gambol}'' around the campfire, children! It's Senor Cardgage with the Senorial Day Tent thing that guy talked about.

''{The next scene tumbles in from the center. Still in the Field, Senor Cardgage stands in front of the [[Gremlin]] with a strand of pennant streamers overhead.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' It won't be here forever. So come see me ''{pull back to reveal the Wagon Fulla Pancakes at Senor Cardgage's feet}'' and this little dog ''{indicating the wagon}'' for vera low prices!!

''{"VERA LOW PRICES!!" flashes on the screen.}''

''{The screen shifts to a blue screen with "Tent Event" printed all over it. As the narrator names off the following years, the numbers fly across the screen.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' 2005! 2004! 1999!

''{Scene shifts back to the awning and the shrub.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Those were all good years. Don't let another minute go you by.

''{The screen turns to static for a moment as the channels apparently change, and we now see Bubs at his concession stand.}''

'''BUBS:''' Hey there, every peoples! Come check out my circumstance this Senorial Day Weekend for Bubsotathon!!

''{The screen pans out, and we can see a star-spangled "BUBSOTATHON!!" banner above the concession stand. Two Homestar Runners can barely be seen flanking the stand. Both throw confetti.}''

'''LEFT HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{fireworks noises}'' Pekyoo! Hgyoo! Pghyoo! Doo! Pehw! Wehw! ''{normal voice}'' Explosions! Fireworks!

''{Cut to Strong Badia. Bubs is standing next to the [[Stop Sign]] and the [[Tire]]. The Tire has been painted to read "LOW SAViNGS".}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{holding up the Tire}'' We're so ''tired'' of low savings, we're givin' 'em this boot!

''{He pulls a [['Lectric Boots|'Lectric Boot]] out from behind his back and hits the tire with it. An unseen audience groans. Bubs throws both props over his shoulder.}''

'''BUBS:''' Would I lie to my own flesh and blood?

''{Homestar walks in from stage right, with false Bubs teeth drawn on his jaw in marker and a paper ring taped over his left eye.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right, Bubba daddy!

''{The Tire and the Boot are seen falling behind the fence. The Bear holding a Shark gets triggered and pops up as they land. The channel changes back to Senor Cardgage, back in front of the Gremlin. Strong Bad walks up from stage right with an American football in hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, excuse me, sir. Can I have some tremendous savings? And your autograph? ''{holds up the ball}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{writing on the football with a marker}'' My left name is "Tremendous Savings", Ms. America! ''{grabs the football and winds up to throw it, indicating for Strong Bad to go long}'' Go out for a pass!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{smiling}'' You bet! Hit me on the slant! ''{runs offscreen}''

''{Senor Cardgage pauses for a moment, then drops his arms, still holding the football.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Bring on down your whole fambly! We'll set up some tents ''{an image of a tent hovers on the left side of the screen}'' and hot dogs ''{an image of a hot dog hovers on the right}'' for your... babies. ''{scratching his head}'' Those like those, right?

''{Channel changes back to Bubs, who is back at his concession stand. He's wearing a pink baby bonnet and holding a rattle.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're going ''gaga'' ''{rattles the rattle}'' over slashed prices!

''{As he says this, a serrated blade emerges from the end of the rattle and the word "PRICES" appears at the bottom of the screen. He slashes "PRICES" in two with the blade. The audience groans. Bubs ducks down, then returns with a wig and a tennis racquet.}''

'''BUBS:''' Our competition is a total ''racket!''

''{The audience groans again. Bubs ducks down again and returns with a bean bag that looks vaguely like Strong Sad's head on a plate.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're getting a''head'' of the rest.

''{More groans. Bubs now switches the plate for a giant frog mask.}''

'''BUBS:''' I'm the hoppity-frog of value!

''{Audience says "Huh?" in unison. Bubs switches props to a rubber chicken.}''

'''BUBS:''' We're holding up a novelty rubber chicken and playing a cartoony sound effect ''{He raises his left hand to cue a pair of cartoony "boing" sound effects}'' of savings!

''{Channel changes back to Senor Cardgage, who is back in front of the awning and shrub.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' You doe NOT want to miss ''{"Doe NOT Miss Out" appears at the bottom of the screen.}'' any Senorial Day savings action!

''{Cut to file footage of an urban alley, where Senor Cardgage is sleeping in an orange sleeping bag, using his [[Aldi Bag|Aldi bags]] as a pillow. A box labeled "UNLABELED BOX" can be seen to the left. Senor Cardgage snores loudly as cars honk their horns in the background. Cut back to the Gremlin, where Senor Cardgage is still holding Strong Bad's football.}''

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Wake up! Senorial Day is here with the vengeance!

''{Strong Bad returns.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{uncertain}'' Uh, Mister Senor, sir? Can I have my football back?

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' You bet! How 'bout I hitcha on the slant?

''{Senor Cardgage winds up to throw the ball, and Strong Bad dashes off again. After a moment's pause, Senor Cardgage again drops his arms, still holding the football. He then walks off, stage left. We cut to Strong Bad, still running in the other direction.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna get me a touchdown!

''{Channel changes back to Bubs.}''

'''BUBS:''' So come down around my Bubba Concession Stand — my Buh — my cassette — ''{music screeches to a halt}'' Ough! I even wrote this stuff and I can't remember my own lins ''{sic}'' .

''{Another Bubs wearing devil horns and carrying a pitchfork rips open the screen.}''

'''DEVIL BUBS:''' So come on by for Bubsotathon ''{The banner from earlier comes up from the bottom of the screen}'' where you'll save like a demon, or my name ain't ''{holds up a "VERY OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD"}'' Bubs Concession Stand!

''{The channel changes to the wall of the Balding Man's living room, with ID cards that read "BACK" and "AGAIN".}

==Easter Eggs==
[[image:mustachioedHR.png|78px|thumb|'stache]]

*If you view the Flash file directly in the scene with two Homestars, you can see that the Homestar on the right has a moustache.

*When Senor Cardgage holds up Strong Bad's football the first time, click on the football to see what Senor Cardgage wrote (in very scrawly handwriting): "This pen doesn't work, small girl T. Mendous Savings"
*At the very end, click on the narrow wood panel just to the left of the AGAIN card.

:''{The Field at night. Crickets chirp in the background. Strong Sad walks on from stage left.}''

:'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, there's nothing like going out for a lonely lurk on a lovely Spring night.
:''{Strong Bad's football flies in from off in the distance and nails Strong Sad squarely in the back, knocking him over.}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' OHGH! Somebody hit me on the slant!
{{clear}}

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*Senorial Day was released on and is a takeoff of the U.S. holiday [[Wikipedia:Memorial Day|Memorial Day]], during which there are often many much-hyped retail sales events.
*A slant pattern is an [[Wikipedia:American football|American football]] play in which a potential receiver initially runs directly toward the endzone, but then, in an attempt to fake out a defender, changes direction and runs at an angle, or "slant."

===Trivia===
[[Image:bubsid.PNG|thumb|Bubs' ID card]]
*Bubs' ID card reads:<blockquote style="width:20em"><big style="color:red">'''''VERY OFFICIAL'''''</big> IDENTIFICATION CARD BUBS C. STAND Entrepreneur FREE COUNTRY USA<div style="text-align:center;font:x-large monospace">[SUSPENDED]</div><div style="float:right;text-align:right">"I don't look half bad!" -Bubs</div>CLASS F</blockquote>
*The shading on the football in the first (close-up Easter egg) is a repeated heart shape, on its side.

===Remarks===
*If Bubs can be trusted, then we learn his full name is "Bubs Concession Stand", a fact hinted at in the email [[other days]] where Bubs signs his "snail mail" to Strong Bad in the same manner.
*Notice that when Strong Bad says "Mister Senor, sir," he is saying three different synonyms of the same word in a row (assuming we substitute "Señor" for "Senor").
*This is the second instance of [[Twin Characters|twin characters]], the first being [[pizzaz]].

===Goofs===
*Bubs uses the rattle-knife to cut from upper left to lower right (from the viewer's perspective) but the cut which appears on the word "prices" goes from the upper right to lower left.
*One of the [[Gremlin]]'s back wheels is not visible.

===Inside References===
*Senor Cardgage signs the football with a [[Permanent Marker|Fine Tip Permanent Marker]].
*Bubs wears the same [[Wikipedia:John McEnroe|John McEnroe]] wig that Homestar wore in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*This is another appearance of [[Strong Sad's Severed Head]].
*In the email [[montage]], the Wagon Fulla Pancakes was said to have gone on to do commercial spots for used car dealerships. This explains its appearance in this cartoon, which is an obvious parody of said commercials.
*The serrated knife that Bubs uses looks similar to the [[Stinkoman_20X6_Enemies|Hash-Haw]] from [[Stinkoman 20X6]] level 6.
*Bubs also said, "Hey there every peoples!" in his [[Bubs#Character Video Transcript|character video]].
*The shrub under the tent is the same as the shrub that Senor Cardgage suspiciously comes out from behind in [[kind of cool]].
*Strong Sad's "lurk" may be a reference to [[garage sale]], where Strong Bad calls him a Lurker.
*The word "Supra" appears in an Easter egg in [[50 emails]]. The header of [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]'s telegram reads, "SUPRA MODERN TELEGRAM."
*The Tire painted to say "LOW SAViNGS" is another instance of [[Lowercase i's]] on the site.



===Real-World References===
*Senor Cardgage calls Strong Bad "[[Wikipedia:Miss America|Miss America]]," which is a title given in a popular annual beauty pageant.
*"[[Wikipedia:Battle_of_the_Network_Stars|Battle of the Network Stars]]" was an annual TV special in the late 70s that pitted stars from various TV shows teamed up by network (ABC vs NBC vs CBS) competing in various olympic-style events.
*"Bubsotathon" has a very similar name to a sales event held by [[Wikipedia:Toyota|Toyota]] dealers called "Toyotathon."

*Senor Cardgage's Tent Event Supra Sale could be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Toyota Supra|Toyota Supra]], a Japanese sports car.

===Fast Forward===
*Senor Cardgage sleeps in an alleyway again in [[candy product]].
*Homestar also sports a moustache in an Easter egg in [[lady...ing]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Transcript ===

'''STRONG BAD:''' I love that guy, Mike.

''''''MIKE:'''''' I like that guy too, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I wanna make a cartoon with him.

'''MIKE:''' I wanna hang out in his living room. I like that wooden paneling and the orange carpet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah... I wanna drink one of them cold ones he's got, too. ''{pause}'' Oh! There he is, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, uh, settle down-

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, oh! Look, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, settle down...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at... the shine on that belly o' his.

'''MIKE:''' Well, you got a littel shine on your belly, too.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, what it is is- Well, he's got a belly button. I'm very jealous. I think I have one in a couple cartoons.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I was gonna say I think you used to have one.

'''STRONG BAD:''' W- why did we put a tent over his... shrub over there?

'''MIKE:''' It's protecting it from the rain, probably.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right, right...

'''MIKE:''' You know what rain does to bushes.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, it'll... kill 'em. ''{pause}'' Wait a minute, aren't there, hey, aren't there...?

'''MIKE:''' Two Homestars.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Two Homestars?!

'''MIKE:''' If you... doesn't one of those have a mustache if you actually break apart the SWF and-

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno, you'll have to ask Matt.

'''MIKE:''' Matt? Uh, yeah, I think he would confirm that ''(laughs)''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's gross. He turned into melty Bubs. Doesn't look like Bu- Oh! Look, there he is, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' Who, you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah! I look so good...

'''MIKE:''' So, I guess... there's still the... The verdict not in as to whether or not Senor Cardgages actually exists or not.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I hope he does, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Initially he just seemed to be this hypothetical thing, a ver-, a version of you...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Right. That I made up- I made 'em up!

'''MIKE:''' That you made up...

'''STRONG BAD:''' But he's sort of loosely based on this dude who used to live down the street from us when we was kids.

'''MIKE:''' But now he just exists... in the world.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe!

'''MIKE:''' ...And interacts with you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' But then he was in an altrenate universe with me one time, so maybe he only sort of- What do you think that Strong Sad head is made out of, cheese cloth?

'''MIKE:''' ''(laughs)'' Heh, yeah, I was gonna say white burlap, but cheese cloth, eh, you're right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can get white burlap now? Oh, I'd be makin' everything outta white burlap. Let's go to the fabric store.

'''MIKE:''' There's one right above us; I'll throw you through the ceiling.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Doe not miss out, Mike. I love 'doe nots'. That- I can't watch that, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' That's sad, it's-

'''STRONG BAD:''' This makes me wanna throw up and cry at the same time.

''(Both laugh)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, wait a minute. This imaginary guy stole my football.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he just keeps it. You never got it back?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, I don't think so... I was never 'hit on the slant'. I was runnin' the picket fence at 'em.

'''MIKE:''' That's a basketball.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, don't get caught watching the paint dry. That's what I know about that. ''{pause}'' Oh, he didn't get that thing right either, did he, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''(laughs)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So does this mean his real middle name is ''Concession''?

'''MIKE:''' That's what I get from it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Take.......

'''MIKE:''' Remember?

==External Links==
*[[HR:senorialday.html|watch Senorial Day]]
*[[HR:senorialday.swf|view the Flash file for Senorial Day]]
*[[Forum:3525|forum thread re: "Senorial Day"]]

{{subtitlesLinks|senorialday}}

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Seriously

Ed smildE — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:30:34 GMT

Ed smildE: nvm, too crowded

[[Image:Homestar puppet as McEnroe.jpg|thumb|"Seriously! You can't be serious!"]]
'''Seriously''' (pronounced ''SEEW-ee-uhs-lee'' by Homestar) is [[Homestar Runner]]'s [[Wikipedia:catch phrase|catch phrase]].

==Homestar Runner's catch phrase==
*[[A Jumping Jack Contest]] — "Seriously, Pom Pom, I'm about to pee my pants."
*[[First Time Here?]] — "Okay, this time I'm totally gonna get it. Seriously you guys."
*[[Fluffy Puff Commercial]] — "Seriously, folks, they're the best."
*[[Wallpaper]] — "Seriously."
*[[Toons Menu]] — "Ummm... Seriously."
*[[lunch special]] — "Oh man, that is so fake. Seriously. You can totally see the strings!"
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] (Easter egg) — "Seriously! You can't be serious! That ball was on the line!"

==Other appearances==
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]] (April 27, 2006) — "Seriously talented clown"
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]] (September 22, 2005) — A barbeque with "seriously" painted on it.
*[[Hallrunner]] — "Seriously. Time to call it quits."
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — "Behold the TrogShield! No seriously, behold it."

===Strong Bad===
*[[First Time Here?]] — "No, seriously. I'm Strong Bad, and you don't know it yet, but I'm the reason you're here. Check me out! No, seriously, check me out."
*[[i she be]] — "Okay, seriously. All I gotta say about this is... GET IN LINE SISTER!!!"
*[[kids book]] — "Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book."
*[[the facts]] — "Homestar, a cartoon starring you would be horrible. It'd just be you saying 'Sewiously' all the time and acting like a moron...all the time."
*[[long pants]] — "You made Homestar go nuts and you've seriously creeped me out."

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[[Category:Word running gags]]

Seriously

Ed smildE — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:30:05 GMT

Ed smildE: another pic

[[Image:Homestar puppet as McEnroe.jpg|thumb|"Seriously! You can't be serious!"]]
'''Seriously''' (pronounced ''SEEW-ee-uhs-lee'' by Homestar) is [[Homestar Runner]]'s [[Wikipedia:catch phrase|catch phrase]].

==Homestar Runner's catch phrase==
*[[A Jumping Jack Contest]] — "Seriously, Pom Pom, I'm about to pee my pants."
*[[First Time Here?]] — "Okay, this time I'm totally gonna get it. Seriously you guys."
*[[Fluffy Puff Commercial]] — "Seriously, folks, they're the best."
*[[Wallpaper]] — "Seriously."
*[[Toons Menu]] — "Ummm... Seriously."
*[[lunch special]] — "Oh man, that is so fake. Seriously. You can totally see the strings!"
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] (Easter egg) — "Seriously! You can't be serious! That ball was on the line!"

[[Image:Seriously.PNG|thumb|left|"Ummm... Seriously."]]

==Other appearances==
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]] (April 27, 2006) — "Seriously talented clown"
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]] (September 22, 2005) — A barbeque with "seriously" painted on it.
*[[Hallrunner]] — "Seriously. Time to call it quits."
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — "Behold the TrogShield! No seriously, behold it."

===Strong Bad===
*[[First Time Here?]] — "No, seriously. I'm Strong Bad, and you don't know it yet, but I'm the reason you're here. Check me out! No, seriously, check me out."
*[[i she be]] — "Okay, seriously. All I gotta say about this is... GET IN LINE SISTER!!!"
*[[kids book]] — "Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book."
*[[the facts]] — "Homestar, a cartoon starring you would be horrible. It'd just be you saying 'Sewiously' all the time and acting like a moron...all the time."
*[[long pants]] — "You made Homestar go nuts and you've seriously creeped me out."

{{stub}}

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Seriously

Ed smildE — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:28:35 GMT

Ed smildE:

Seriously

Ed smildE — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:58:32 GMT

Ed smildE: whoops

[[Image:Homestar puppet as McEnroe.jpg|thumb|"Seriously! You can't be serious!"]]
'''Seriously''' is [[Homestar Runner]]'s catchphrase.

==Homestar Runner's catchphrase==
*[[A Jumping Jack Contest]] — "Seriously, Pom Pom, I'm about to pee my pants."
*[[First Time Here?]] — "Okay, this time I'm totally gonna get it. Seriously you guys."
*[[Fluffy Puff Commercial]] — "Seriously, folks, they're the best."
*[[Wallpaper]] — "Seriously."
*[[Toons Menu]] — "Ummm... Seriously."
*[[lunch special]] — "Oh man, that is so fake. Seriously. You can totally see the strings!"
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] (Easter egg) — "Seriously! You can't be serious! That ball was on the line!"

==Other appearances==
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]] (April 27, 2006) — "Seriously talented clown"
*[[Hallrunner]] — "Seriously. Time to call it quits."
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — "Behold the TrogShield! No seriously, behold it."

===Strong Bad===
*[[First Time Here?]] — "No, seriously. I'm Strong Bad, and you don't know it yet, but I'm the reason you're here. Check me out! No, seriously, check me out."
*[[i she be]] — "Okay, seriously. All I gotta say about this is... GET IN LINE SISTER!!!"
*[[kids book]] — "Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book."
*[[the facts]] — "Homestar, a cartoon starring you would be horrible. It'd just be you saying 'Sewiously' all the time and acting like a moron...all the time."
*[[long pants]] — "You made Homestar go nuts and you've seriously creeped me out."

==Another Catchphrase==
Homestar claims to have another catchphrase, "That's bupkis!". In [[the facts]] after [[Strong Bad]] says "Homestar, a cartoon starring you would be horrible. It'd just be you saying 'Sewiously' all the time and acting like a moron...all the time." and Homestar responds with "I'd be all the time sayin' "That's bupkis!" {whispering} Oh, sorry. 'That's bupkis!'". "That's bupkis" was featured on a [[Quote of the Week]] on October 7, 2004.
[[Category:Word running gags]]

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Seriously

Ed smildE — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:57:58 GMT

Ed smildE:

[[Image:Homestar puppet as McEnroe.jpg|thumb|"Seriously! You can't be serious!"]]
'''Seriously''' is [[Homestar Runner]]'s catchphrase.

==Homestar Runner's catchphrase==
*[[A Jumping Jack Contest]] — "Seriously, Pom Pom, I'm about to pee my pants."
*[[First Time Here?]] — "Okay, this time I'm totally gonna get it. Seriously you guys."
*[[Fluffy Puff Commercial]] — "Seriously, folks, they're the best."
*[[Wallpaper]] — "Seriously."
*[[Toons Menu]] — "Ummm... Seriously."
*[[lunch special]] — "Oh man, that is so fake. Seriously. You can totally see the strings!"
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] (Easter egg) — "Seriously! You can't be serious! That ball was on the line!"

==Other appearances==
*[[Weekly Fanstuff]] (April 27, 2006) — "Seriously talented clown"
*[[Hallrunner]] — "Seriously. Time to call it quits."
*[[Peasant's Quest]] — "Behold the TrogShield! No seriously, behold it."

===Strong Bad===
*[[First Time Here?]] — "No, seriously. I'm Strong Bad, and you don't know it yet, but I'm the reason you're here. Check me out! No, seriously, check me out."
*[[i she be]] — "Okay, seriously. All I gotta say about this is... GET IN LINE SISTER!!!"
*[[kids book]] — "Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book."
*[[the facts]] — "Homestar, a cartoon starring you would be horrible. It'd just be you saying 'Sewiously' all the time and acting like a moron...all the time."
*[[long pants]] — "You made Homestar go nuts and you've seriously creeped me out."

{{stub}}

==Another Catchphrase==
Homestar claims to have another catchphrase, "That's bupkis!". In [[the facts]] after [[Strong Bad]] says "Homestar, a cartoon starring you would be horrible. It'd just be you saying 'Sewiously' all the time and acting like a moron...all the time." and Homestar responds with "I'd be all the time sayin' "That's bupkis!" {whispering} Oh, sorry. 'That's bupkis!'". "That's bupkis" was featured on a [[Quote of the Week]] on October 7, 2004.
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Talk:Seriously

Ed smildE — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:50:56 GMT

Ed smildE:

I just realized ''seriously'' is also written as ''sewiously'' sometimes in the transcripts too. So, don't forget to search those too... {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}

Article Sightings

Ed smildE — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:05:58 GMT

Ed smildE:

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HRWiki talk:Thank You!

Ed smildE — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:01:05 GMT

Ed smildE: $100 or more

== Not Linked? ==
See someone here (maybe even you) who's not linked properly? Please let us know! Leave a message on this page and we'll try to fix it. We want to give these generous people the recognition they deserve. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 00:58, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

:Is this not linked properly or not linked at all? →''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>''

::Either/or. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 14:59, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

:::Oh. I'm pretty sure that Leith is [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]]. →''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>''

::::Yuppers, you're right on that one Fire. ''<tt>[[User:Thunderbird L17|?Leith?]]</tt>'' 14:22, 13 Mar 2005 (MST)

I (Eliot Frost) would appreciate having my name changed to TheJapaneseGeek and having it link to my userpage. Many thanks.

:Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:14, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Could you switch my user name to display my real name (Sean Fennel)? I thought that's what I'd said earlier, but, whatever. I've asked for it now. {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 05:26, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

:Done. (It had been fixed in the ledger earlier, but not here on this page.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:29, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

::Oh, I'm sorry about that Sean. As Dot Com said, I fixed it on the ledger but forgot to fix it here. I'm spacey like that some (okay, most) of the time. Sorry. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 15:29, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

:::Hey there, just so you know, I'm on the thank you page as Nathaniel Paulsen, if you want to link to me. Also, could you change my name to read "Nat Paulsen" (which is the name I always go by)? [[User:Heimstern Läufer|Heimstern Läufer]] 16:19, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

::::Fixed.[[User:Tom|<nowiki></nowiki>]] -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 18:35, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

::::This is now fixed in the Ledger and my Excel spreadsheet as well. Thanks for the heads-up, Heimstern. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 04:17, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

:Jonnny = Jonathan Pobre. :) [[User:Jonnny|Jonnny]] 21:54, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

::Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:58, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I never did get a mention on this page for my donation. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

:All i know is that your username's not linked to anywhere in this page or in the [[HRWiki:Ledger|ledger]]. And I don't know your real name so... --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:26, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

::My real name is Matt Kellner (I'm not afraid to give that out on the Wiki, since you can visit my website and see it there as well). I sent a donation via PayPal to JoeyDay on November 21st. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

:::And incidentally, that transaction was never entered on the ledger, though I suspect it should have been. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:29, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::::You'll have to as the Big 3 about this one. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:40, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, and conveniently enough, JoeyDay is "taking a break". :P {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 17:28, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Well, it's not exactly [[User_talk:JoeyDay#hm....i_smell_procrastination...|a break]], and you can always ask Tom or Dot Com. They are close enough to wiki business that they could give you some kind of definitive answer, or something. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:43, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::::Kiefer, I'm sorry about the delay here. You've now been added to the ledger and the thank you page. I'm a little worried now that there may be others I forgot to add to the ledger, so I'll be going through my PayPal account with a fine tooth comb the next chance I get. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 23:25, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

::::::::No problem. Thanks for adding me. It doesn't really matter all that much to me if I get public recognition for things like that, but I do know it's important to make sure your accounting is straight for such an expensive project. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 00:05, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

:If you feel like linking my name to my page, my name is [[User:Trey56|David Hansen]]. Thanks! 22:35, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
::Done. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 23:32, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

:Hilary Simpson is me. Booya. Only saying so since you should discover another donation sometime today. ;) You can leave my "RL" name on there, though. [[User:ModestlyHotGirl|ModestlyHotGirl]] 15:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

== Name Sizes ==
Is this dumb? Should we go back to normal sized names? Is there something I can change to make it look different/better? — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 14:59, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

:Eh... I like it better with the normal sizes. The random sizes look kind of weird, and I'm having a hard time figuring out why some are hugenormous and some are tiny. →[[User:FireBird|''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>'']]

:Yeah, I think it just looks strange having them all different sizes. {{User:Rainer/sig}}

: Maybe just put them in order based on how much donated and show the amount. [[User:nintendorulez|nintendorulez]] 18:16, 14 Mar 2005 (MST)

:: I agree with nintendorulez. It's very odd looking at the page when all of the names are in different sizes. You can just put them in the correct rank. You don't even need to mention that that is the rank... →[[User:evin290|evin290]] 18:40, 14 Mar 2005 (MST)

:Personally, I liked it the way it was. I don't think this is really the place to recognize amounts donated. I think this page should look particularly professional. Maybe we could find some other way to show relative amounts donated by users. -- [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]] 12:53, 28 Mar 2005 (MST)

::Is someone going to change it? IMO, it looks alright with names being ''slightly'' bigger, but seeing a gigantic, blue coloured "Joey Day" and "Tom Preuss" looks kinda strange. {{User:Rainer/sig}} 12:46, 5 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:I personally like it like this. If I donated $200 dollars, I'd like to have more credit than someone who only donated $2. (Although I know that we should be grateful that we get credit at all.) Anyway, that's my two cents. (pardon the pun) - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''

Okay, I think it needs to change now. Tom's has taken over the whole page, practically. It looks awkward now. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:I like how it looks now, except for Tom's name (still too big, IMO). I think it is important to have some names slightly bigger if that person donated a lot of money, but not so much that it is distracting. {{User:Rainer/sig}} 08:31, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

== Screenshot ==

Anyone else think it would be a nice touch to add a screenshot of the "Thank You" poster over Marzipan's couch to this page? [[User:ComputerBox|Tom]] 15:30, 9 Mar 2005 (MST) -Tom as in "ComputerBox", not the admin.

:I don't think it would look very good. →[[User:FireBird|''<tt>[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]</tt>'']]

::I think it's worth a shot at least to see what it'd look like. Dangit. -- [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]] 07:20, 30 Mar 2005 (MST)

==Sizage==

Is it just me, or did everybody just shrink? {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 01:02, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
:I think they did. On purpose. Some names were getting just too big. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

The entry <code><nowiki>[[User:JelloB|JelloB]],</nowiki></code> is missing a closing "span" tag. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:Done. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 23:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== Matt Chapman ==

What happened to the (legendary?) Matt Chapman wiki donation? Why isn't it listed here? -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 15:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:I guess JoeyDay still have problams with the check. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:00, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
::Now it's on. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 20:34, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
:::Matt Chapman's name perhaps could be linked to his article. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:33, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh, [[HRWiki_talk:Ledger#TBC.27s_Donation|nevermind]]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 01:58, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== notice ==
Why is tom's name so big when he didn't donate nearly as much as thunderbird? This page needs to be updated, or the ledger. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 23:32, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

:Tom donated way more. The levels are exactly the way they should be. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 23:34, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

::Really? Maybe I missed one, but I thought he donated 529$, 100# something, and 48$. You in just one donation did over 1500$. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 23:37, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== Looks great ==

But "The bigger the name, the more the individual donated." is unnecessary now. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

:I agree. This is more like the plaques on a wall showing lists of names divided into groups by amounts given. Besides, I believe someone's name was getting quite large from the heaps of money donated. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 12:18, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

== ... ==

I really don't think this is a great setup. I mean, organizing people by the money they give will just lead to "don't break the bank!" and "What a cheapskate!" comments. You should just list them normally, no large/small text. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:14, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

== not on the list yet ==

Hi Joey,

I hope you can add me to the list of donors. Here's my receipt from paypal and best wishes from the Wikia team

--[[User:Gil|Gil]] 19:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Web Accept Payment Sent (ID # 5JN294513J0632239)

Original Transaction
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Jun. 27, 2006 Payment To Joey Day Completed ... -$20.00 USD

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Can we change that heading to say that? Just for clarification. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}} 15:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Ed smildE

Ed smildE — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:39:30 GMT

Ed smildE:

Hello, and welcome to the [[Main Page|Homestar Runner Wiki]]! We hope you like it here, and we encourage you to stay and help contribute!

Here are some links to help you get started editing:
* If you need help, be sure to read the [[Help:Contents|Help]] section thoroughly
* Be sure to read the [[HRWiki:Standards|Wiki Standards]] before editing
* Check out the [[HRWiki:Projects|Projects]] page to see how you can help out

Good luck, and most importantly, have fun! If you have any questions, be sure to ask [[User:Kilroy|me]] or any other members on the [[HRWiki:Welcoming committee|welcoming committee]] and we will be glad to help you.

Have fun!
--[[User:Kilroy|Kilroy]]

==Interviews Permissions==

Hi there Ed, I noticed you sent an email to the leet people, asking for permission to reprint their article. What I'm wondering is, did they ever send permission to reprint it to you? If so, would you be able to post the email conversation on the [[Talk:l33t Interview|talk page]] for the [[l33t Interview|interview]]? Thanks, ''<tt>[[Special:Contributions/Thunderbird L17|⇔]][[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird]][[User talk:Thunderbird L17|⇔]]</tt>'' 16:19, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
:Yeah, I'll post it there.

== Banned ==

Hey man. Do you have any idea why I'm banned from the IRC chat? --[[User:Homsar999|Homsar]]

:Again? I have no idea why this time... Maybe it will just be for a short time, like it was for me. [[User:Ed smildE|EDSMILDE]]

== Sig recommendations ==

Ed, I got looking at some pages on the wiki that have validation issues, and it looks like your sig could be creating some of them. You're using a <code>font</code> tag in your sig, which has actually been deprecated in current specs, meaning it's no longer a valid tag. It isn't keep our pages from validating since we're using the XHTML 1.0 Transitional DOCTYPE, but if we ever switch to a more strict DOCTYPE in the future it might become a problem. I also couldn't help but notice you're working awfully hard to create a small-cap effect. There's an easier way to do that with CSS.

Check out this code:

<nowiki>EdSmilde</nowiki>

That should render your sig like this: [[User:Ed smildE|EdSmilde]]. Let me know if you have any questions about this recommendation. Thanks. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 19:33, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

:Fixed, thanks :-) [[User:Ed smildE|EdSmilde]]
:I probably should have known that, being on the validation committee and stuff...

==This quote is for my twin brother!==
So, you know you listed your favorite quote twice, right? —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

== Color ==

Hey, check out [http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/syndata.html#value-def-color here] - CSS requires the #. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:42, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[[User_talk:Qermaq#Re:_Hey.2C_check_out_here|[Reply...]]]

You know the ; at the end of the last property/value statement is optional? It merely needs to be in between sets of properties and values. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:23, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

== class vs id ==

Hey, noticed you changed an id to a class. It wasn't wrong to do so, but then again in contexxt it was right to begin with. You cannot have more than one identical id on a page, that's when you def do not want to use id. Class can be used to style, just like id, but it cannot serve as a link destination like id can. That's the essential difference. So if id is used to style, and it's the only such id on the page, it's not best practice but it's not wrong per se. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

:'''[[User talk:Qermaq#Re:class_vs_id|View reply...]]'''

== Hola ==

Hey, it's iKipapa from the forum. I just wanted to stop by and say that your page is pretty awesome. Hope you have a good rest of summer! :)
{{User:TheiPodGuru/sig}}

:Heh, thanks. (It took a while for me to respond because I was gone for a few days.) {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}

User talk:It's dot com

Ed smildE — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:06:11 GMT

Ed smildE: /* Old main page style */

{{User talk:It's dot com/teasers}}
= <div style="background:#BE0023; color:#fff; width:98%; padding-bottom:0.3em; padding-top:0.3em; padding-left:2%"> Trogdor! </div> =

== Mean to young people? ==

You're my least favorite admin ever.
:Well, <s>''Bubsty''</s> (I was close. See below), one of the things you learn as an admin is that you can't please everybody all the time. I am, however, open to constructive criticism, so I'm a little disappointed that you didn't give me any more to go on than that one line. Or that you didn't at least sign your name. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
::What? Did Bubsty write that? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 20:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Indeed. ''EDIT: Actually, his sister said that it was she who wrote the comment.'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
::::Or perhaps somebody from his computer or something. He did [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Da_Basement&diff=prev&oldid=241561 refer to Bubsty in the third person]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did this person edit da Basement? Didn't you block him for 3 days, TBird? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes, he did, but I unblocked the IP, since the edit wasn't trolling or vandalism. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:38, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I see. And in response to Thunderbird's comment: I don't know that third person is really evidence it wasn't he; he could have been covering his tracks. What ''does'' baffle me, however, is that that IP wrote false information about Bubsty's guestbook being gone, when in fact Bubsty himself removed the deletion tag from his guestbook, something one would think Bubsty would know. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 01:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Haha, I just mentioned that point a minute ago. But on IRC- I didn't bother updating my theory here. Thanks for pointing that out. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 01:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::That was me! Not Erik! And he told me he left the wiki, so I thought he had deleted his guestbook too. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>Sigh*. So much for me leaving. Seems I have some explaining to do. Some things to clear this whole thing up:
::::::::::First off, I '''''DID NOT''''' write that comment above. I recently showed Sarah the comment you left on my user talk page a while ago telling me to stop using the list of users list to welcome people. Although I really didn't care that much about what you had written, she seemed to think of it as rude and insulting. I assume that comment was her "blowing off steam".
::::::::::It seems Dot Com thinks Thekillerdynamo is me. If you still have any questions about this whole thing, ''please'' tell me. I'll try to explain it.
::::::::::Finally, I'm really sorry (not to mentioned embarrased), that this whole thing happened. I'll '''try''' to have something like this ''never'' happen again. (Depends if a certain family member agrees).
::::::::::Sincerely,
::::::::::{{User:Bubsty/sig}} 04:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Well, as you can see below, all I knew for sure was that the edits were coming from your house. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
You do a lot on this wiki, but you're mean to the young people here. 10, 11, 12, and 13 year olds shouldn't have to act like a 28-year-old!
Can't you just be a ''bit'' nicer? I think more people would like you then.
Please; I'm not trolling - although I did blank your talk page. But that was so you would see this easier.
If you revert it (which I'm sure you will) can you at least think about being ''nicer''?
Once again, sorry for messing up your talk page. Just please read. Thanks! [[User:24.18.208.18|24.18.208.18]] 04:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:PS: I think you're still a good admin. Just show some commen sense. (Of course, I should talk; Look who's about to get themselves blocked!)
:PPS: Oh, and about my first edit on this page; I admit that was me. But that was back when I didn't know what a wiki was and didn't know who you were. You ''aren't'' my least favorite admin ever. In fact, you're one of my favs! If you want to block me for that, go ahead; I deserve it.
::Why don't you log in so we can discuss this. Talking through an IP address isn't the kind of conversation we should be having. I'm not going to block you. If I wanted to block you, I would have blocked your IP a long time ago. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Ok, I made a user. [[User:That One User|That One User]] 06:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I don't mean make a sockpuppet, I mean log in as yourself. You have obviously been around for a bit for you to hold the opinion you do, and, looking closely, you are either Bubsty or, at the very least, someone inside his house. So, c'mon now, Erik, Sarah, whoever... log in for real if you actually want to talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did you know? [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 00:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Hang on now, let me make sure I have this right... You're telling me that someone who has [[Special:Contributions/Thekillerdynamo|18 total contributions]] (as of this writing, none of which are in the article namespace) and to whom the only thing [[User talk:It's dot com/These Peoples Try to Fade Me#Hi_from_Thekillerdynamo|I've ever said]] is "Welcome to the wiki, Sarah! Ask your brother to show you how to sign your name," would suddenly and for no apparent reason get so annoyed with me as to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=240812&oldid=240757 put this] on my page? I'm sorry, but that just doesn't add up. Perhaps you could explain yourself a little... or come clean. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Seems odd right? Actully, I've just seen what you've said to other people (like the thing) and what you said to Bubsty that one time. That was why I said "you're my least favorite admin ever". When you said that thing about user welcoming... something like that. But I'm not mad anymore. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::: Oh, okay then. Please allow me to speak to your points: Occasionally messages must be posted that are stern because it's urgent that the message be understood. (In the case of the message I sent your brother, it was because of the fact that edit summaries can't be changed, and so we have to be careful what we put in them.) I do try, however, never to be insulting, and as I said way back when, I do apologize if he took it that way. Also, I have nothing against young users, and I will happily give assistance to anyone who needs it (just have a look around this talk page). It should be noted that several of our exceptional users, including a sysop, are quite young, relatively speaking. Even though actual age doesn't matter, I don't see anything wrong with expecting a certain level of maturity from our users, once they've had a chance to get the hang of things. The wiki, after all, is not a toy. I think BazookaJoe put it quite well in his message to The thing when he talked about what [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:The_thing&oldid=242251 the purpose] of this wiki is. All of this can only bring us to one conclusion: ...Strong Sad's [[caffeine#Transcript|adopted]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== Well this is (not) nice... ==

I'd just like to bring this to your attention: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Homestar_Coder&diff=242152&oldid=242150]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 03:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I noticed that. I don't know what that guy's deal is. He is addressing Coder, so I'd prefer she be the one to respond to him. That edit could be called trolling (in the true sense of the word), but it's not vandalism. Until and unless he causes more, bigger trouble, I'ma stay out of it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::I was thinking it was more along the lines of harassment. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:43, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Still, if she wants to block him, she has the power. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:45, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. Very well I just thought I'd bring that up. Have a good night. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thanks for bringing it up. I'll be keeping an eye on that guy for sure. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::This guy has some kind of anger management problem, and I think not responding to him is the best course of action. I don't even know where he gets this stuff; I've never blocked him (although I did warn him that he might be blocked for mucking up the Sandbox), called him any names (especially not "incredibly gay" - all the people I've known who are actually incredibly gay are far more mature than that guy ;) ), or confused him with Willy on Wheels. If he wants to periodically upchuck on my talk page, whatever. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Apparantly this is all because of [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Character_Evolution&diff=next&oldid=175719 this revert]. I'm really confused as to how posting a few images constitutes two to three hours work as well as hating Homestar Coder for reverting it. Additionally, it didn't really fit; those images were all over the place. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 01:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought I [[User talk:Homestar Coder/MayAug2005#character evolution|explained reasonably]] that the pictures made the page cluttery; at the time, I was also trying to get that page deleted as I considered it redundant with [[:Category:Character Evolution]]. *shrug* {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== Whoa! ==

[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=243608&oldid=242626 Wow.] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:02, 21 January 2006 (UTC) (And here I was trying to come up with some cool archive style for mine...)
:It's dot com has archived his talk page? Saddle up my flying pig; I'm goin' ice skating in hell! (But seriously—I'm digging the topical groupings.) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 07:24, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow. I love that format! Keep on... making-great-stuff! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 08:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Quite impressive. Looks snazzy, and loads alot faster. Now we've just gotta convince [[User talk:Tom|Tom]]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 08:45, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::::This is the greatest thing ever. Would you mind terribly if I bit your style and did a similar thing? :) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 19:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::With a comment like that, how could I possibly refuse? You are more than welcome to take my coolness and rework it to achieve your own brand of awesomeness. (Never mind all that GFDL nonsense.) :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::YAYZ. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

== what happened ==

Hey it's dot com, what happened to your discussion page? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

:well, he archived it. this means that at the top, you can just go to the links and they will lead you to the headlines. pretty cool, huh?

::Yeah, I just couldn't take all the whining from all you guys anymore. ;) But I figured out a compromise between keeping all the talk on this page and moving it all to an archive, so I went with it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::i wasn't whining. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 00:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::::I know. But take a look through the archives and you'll find quite a few requests for me to do so, and there were innumerable chat conversations to that effect as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== i believe... ==
that you are an amazing user. you are just in everything you do. i think it is inspiring how much you care for the betterment of the wiki. you block only the most important users. you recently blocked someone i know. i just want you to know that you are doing the right thing. thank you.
:Is this from [[User:Thatkidyoualllove|Thatkidyoualllove]]? If so, why would you want me to block your brother? You guys must be like my brothers and I are. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::yeah, he hates my guts. and that's why he will never disobey me and come on a website too cool for him again. heheheh....{{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== I want to be a sysop ==

Do you no wen the next sysop election is gonna be? {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:Depends on several things. Why do you ask? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::I wanna be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Really? How come? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I want to be a sysop. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Right. You just said that. I'm asking why you want to be a sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Because I want to be able to: Block, Delete, Edit special pages... all the stuff sysops can do. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:48, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Why do you want to be able to do all those things? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I can't really explain it but I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, ''try'' to explain. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. Like people that should of been blocked pages that needed deletion plus I want to help the wiki as much as I can. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Who needs to be blocked? Which pages need deletion? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::Well there gone now but there used to be some. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::What's gone? The people, or the pages? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:17, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::If there is a person abusing the Wiki, or a page that doesn't have any need, there are ways of alerting sysops even if you're not one (add abusers to [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]] and add the "tobedeleted" template to bad pages.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Both are gone but the main reason I want to be a sysop is so I can help the wiki as much a possible. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::It's admirable to want to help the wiki. We need as many people—sysops and users alike—who will do that.     Around here, we consider several factors when choosing whom to make sysops, and the most important consideration is trustworthiness. A close second is participation in the project. Rounding out the top six are the ability to deal with other users (especially in mediating disputes or deciding when to step in), technical know-how, the necessity for another position (that is, whether or not the wiki needs more sysops at any given time), and finally seniority. ([[bottom 10|Number seven]] on the top-six list is [[Senor Cardgage|senority]], which is the ability to make bad H*R-related jokes.)     With those things in mind, at this time I would not be comfortable with making you a sysop. Not long ago, you vandalized this wiki and less than a day ago you were blocked from the fanstuff wiki for persistent trolling. I think it will take a while for people to trust you again after that. Additionally, you currently don't meet the [[User_talk:It%27s_dot_com/Let%27s_Get_Started_on_Doing_All_Those_Awesome_Things_I_Suggested#How_to_become_a_sysop|participation requirements]]. That is, you really don't have that many edits in the main or talk namespace nor have you done a big project. I haven't seen how you handle stress or abuse from problematic users and I don't know the status of your technical know-how (again, because I don't have a large sample of edits from which to judge). Last (and this one matters the least to me but is nevertheless important) there's the question of seniority: In other words, even if all else were equal, quite a few deserving people have been here a lot longer than you, and would thus be ahead of you in line whenever we promote the next user(s).     Please don't think I'm trying to be overly discouraging, but your persistence in asking has made me want to be as unambiguous as possible. (By the way, asking for a position of power—no matter where you are (except maybe Wikipedia)—is a sure way to guarantee that the position will ''not'' be handed to you. Just so you know.) I encourage you to read the link above about the requirements and follow its advice. Over time, perhaps a long time, if you make good contributions and keep your nose clean, then you might be more seriously considered. Until then, keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::::Darn --{{User:The thing/sig}} 19:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

To The Thing: Personally, I'd love to be able to do all those things as well, but being given a position of power doesn't come free - [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|You just gotta ''earn'' it!]] And to It's dot com: I found this whole conversation quite amusing. :) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps there should be a page devoting to answering the question "How do I become a sysop?" I see it asked a LOT. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Perhaps part of the FAQ? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:57, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I really liked your idea, KieferSkunk, and decided to '''be bold''' and add it myself. It's composed mainly from the large paragraph above, but also from the talk section it links to, and my personal knowledge. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::'''It's dot com:''' Yada yada yada sysop yada yada trust yada seniority yada yada yada edits yada yada yada long speech yada yada... 
:::'''The thing:''' Darn 
{{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 01:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC) P.S. No offense to either of you. I just found that funny.
::::One other thing, Thing: as I'm sure any of the sysops can tell you, it might not be as fun as it looks from the other side of the fence. It means a butteload of ''work'', and a commitment to a certain amount of involvement and responsibilities. It's like the Spiderman thing (you know, "With great power...). (Except it ''doesn't'' come with the ability to swing through Manhattan streets in spandex.) Also, about helping the wiki: yeah, deleting pages and blocking folks help, but it's really only a small percentage of the work that improves the wiki: the bulk of it is regular users editting and reviewing each other's edits. In other words, you ''already'' have the power for the single biggest part of wiki-helping that goes on. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 04:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::Nevermind I'm a sysop on [http://weirdal.wikicities.com/ My own wiki] now. But it would still be cool to be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

If I may throw in my own perspective on this, "with great power comes great responsibility." From what I've observed, being a sysop means making a lot of tough judgement calls, speaking nicely to people when you'd rather not, getting blamed for just about anything that goes wrong (real or perceived) and a lot of really hard work. Given all that, I'm not really clear on why someone would want that job so much, but I have nothing but admiration for the people who do it. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 01:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== i'm back ==
hey, it's dot com. i just got unblocked this morning. i want to say you did the right thing, and that now i will probably be spending less time on the wiki, so when i get blocked the next time it won't suck so bad. ah well. anyway, like i said, you did the completely right thing, and i hope you become an admin for what you did. thanks.
p.s. if i get blocked another time, please make it indefinite. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:02, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:um....[[User: Yeltensic]] just made a rude remark on the guestbook discussion page, and you should check it out. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:55, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I am aware of it and have posted comments. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::good. that was just plain crude. if he pulls some stunt like that again just because [[User: Darth Katana X|Darth Katana X]] told him to, i suggest you block him. look on yeltensic's talk page if you don't know what i am talking about. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 15:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Well I found out about the discussion from Darth, but I didn't "pull some stunt like that" because Darth told me to, he didn't tell me to do that. So leave Darth out of it, he didn't do anything (well maybe he did, but if so it was unrelated). [[User:Yeltensic|Yeltensic]] [[User talk:Yeltensic|Save the guestbooks]] 21:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::I apoligize. I now understand. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 23:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== That image ==

Just so you know, the reason I restored that image for "[[It's like it was meant to be]]" is just because Homestar Coder and Abdi both expressed their support for it and I felt that the person who removed it was acting rather unilaterally. I don't mind its removal as much if there's actually someone else who agrees about removing it, though. Anyway, keep on tranglin'. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, and Thunderbird has added a different image. Maybe this one will work well? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::I don't have a super-strong opinion that page, but the first image just didn't seem to fit, in my opinion. I did have an idea, though (the Wagon Fulla Pancakes). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Yeah, I'd say the same about not having a super-strong opinion; I just wanted to see things done fairly. (I try not to be too committed to my own ideas around the wiki. I find it only leads to disappointment when your edit gets reverted or your Fun Fact gets crushingly declined in STUFF. Not to mention you get along in the community better if you just go with the flow and be ready to get REVERT'd a few times, eh?) And yeah, I saw your new idea, and I think it's hilarious. "Rondelman, you crack me up! Crack! Me! Up! That's why you're my doge!" Anydangway, talk atcha later! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 07:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I added a link to the article cuz i wasn't sure at first which article you were talking about. I definitely like the new pic! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== CAPTCHA ==

I wanted to know what you did to get CAPTCHA up and running on 1.5.6. I stopped by the IRC channel & was told to ask you about it. :) On freenode, I am earthsound (registered user). Also, you can reach me at gmail.com (same user name).
Thanks!
:(He and I spoke via the chat channel, and the gist of the discussion was that I was not the author of the software, just an assistant implementor, and I directed him to the software author. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 25 January 2006 (UTC))

== The ongoing saga ==
um, someone left a message on my talk page stating that it was weird that trendy totebag did not sign on while i was blocked. i know i may be wrong, but i suspect the anonymous user was, well, you know enough to figure it out. the writing, the splling....it's all the same. you probably can't match the ip addresses, but i would like it if you did. or he just didn't leave a sig, and you can check the contribs. thank you. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 21:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Um, there's really no mystery, since he was logged in when he made that edit. I have taken care of it. *sigh* — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, you must be tired of our bickering. It seems i am stupid enough to not stop until i get blocked, so i guess i deserved to be. '''ah well.''' {{User:Seriously/sig}} 00:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:::I don't mean to rub it in, but EIGHT MINUTES?! Nice, real nice. Eight min. is all it takes to get blocked. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== Has Matt? ON WHEELS! ==

Thanks for clearing up all those page moves on my user space. I seriously was actually ''laughing'' the whole time it was happening. I think my userpage had at least 12 "ON WHEELS!" in the page title. My first time being WoW'd. Ever. Well, anyway, thanks a lot! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 04:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:No probalo. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:17, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow! someone must really like you! Ooo! ooo! Here's an idea (stemming from our basement discussion that should really go there but i'm sure the discussion has been archived): use the Captcha (ok maybe it's not such as hot of an idea now that i see the page move history) for making moves for all users (since we move pages seldom). But i guess these moves ''were'' done manually! Interesting. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:21, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Actually, I believe the CAPTCHA image is used in move processes for all users. I had to use it. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 04:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh yeah! you're right! It is! I just saw it when i hit the move button in your pa— *points* LOOK! *Runs away* --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== .swf decompiler ==

Where did you find a .swf decompiler? Stuntman021

:I use [http://www.eltima.com/products/flashdecompiler/ Flash Decompiler] by Eltima. A free download is available (which is the version I have, and it meets my needs pretty well), and the full version looks to have a lot of features. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== G'bye ==
dot, I think I am going to take a break from the wiki. I just wanted you to answer a question of mine: do you ever feel like the wiki ends up affecting more than just the wiki aspect of your life? I mean, Ciberdude's got my IM screenname and my email address, and he won't stop from either. I know you can't help me with this, but I think I have to make myself a little more discreet the next time I come on here. That's why I'm taking a break. Just act like I'm gone for good, okay? I'll be back soon, just not for a while. Thanks for all the privelages. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, giving out personal info can be useful, but it can come back to haunt you sometimes. Take care, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:44, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::I will. And even if you lose your sysop privelages, block ciberdork while I am gone. I'll still edit anonymously. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:46, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Seriously, Seriously, you say the weirdest things. Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Seriosuly, Seriously. I mean Seriously. What. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::So, i finally learned to block email addresses, and IM ones too. So.....I guess I'm on the wiki again, and once again I am wildly exaggerating like I always do. Ah well. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 22:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== What did you do ==
I would just like to make a counterpoint to hating guestbooks, even though the discussion is over. Have you ever thoguht how much sigs should be deleted? You must have, because if you are going to delete guestbooks like you did, the exact same reasons apply to sigs. People working on their sigs clutters up the recent changes, I know because I do it '''all the time'''. Sigs are not contributing to the wiki, just like you insist guestbooks don't. And finally, They give no proof that someone ever read your userpage, something that by the way is something that people either do or don't but that shouldn't matter to anyone else. I just think that What you and the admins did was entirely opinionated. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:No proof, eh? Well, I guess that someone could read a user page in a matter of seconds and then promptly sign a guestbook. Not all sigs clog recent changes, just yours. Sigs are a means of identifying a user, and thus serve a purpose. I am not meaning to reply for It's dot com, but I just wanted to say this. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 22:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::Also, I bet a lot of sig flooding could be stopped if people just used "Show Preview". --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::: Sigs exist anyway; you edit them in your user preferences (which does not show up on Recentchanges). The custom, however, is to create a User/sig template and use ''that'' as your sig. The User/sig versions are used because:
:::# They're easier to edit.
:::# If you edit one, ''all'' of your signatures change. If you edit the sig in your preferences, only ''future'' signatures change.
::: What's more, custom sigs of any sort allow links to your Talk or Contributions page, and make it easier to tell who's who (if you see a light blue sig with a green "Talk" area, it's probably me. If you see a gold-colored sig with symbols on both sides, it's likely Thunderbird. etc.) I'd take that over not being able to tell if I've previously read a user page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:29, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:::And, by the way, it was not the admins' decision to remove them; they may have started the voting, but ''everyone with a user name'' could vote. I abstained voting entirely because I don't really care. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Got it. Reluctantly. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

Sorry about re-making those User_talk:Drwho? pages. I wuz trying to mark them delete but you already deleted them. {{User:The thing/sig}} 23:47, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
:That's okay. Just remember to wait a couple of minutes between postings if you think that might be happening. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== Two Questions ==

Hey Dot com, what's up? I have two questions. First, where did you post that discussion where someone was asking how to do links that were not underlined and you tried an example which didn't quite work correctly? (This is indirectly related:) I was wondering if you could take a look at [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects|this]] issue. Thanks! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
:See [[#Super-plain_link]]. Note: old how-to questions from my talk page are filed under ''The System Is Down → Technical help''. On your second question, I'm not sure what you're asking. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
::For the first question, I looked briefly and couldn't find it (actually i scanned the page twice) but couldn't find it. I was scanning too quickly. As for the second issue, it turns out to be a firefox issue :(. Nerd42's sig goes beyond the table borders for some reason. I looked at the sig code and all the tags were closed off. I hope you have a copy of firefox to look at this cuz i'm not gonna provide a screenshot of it right away! ;) I gotta eat! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I'd post it in a more central place, like the FAQ talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Good idea! Just so you know, I found out another reason why you wouldn't be able to see it: resolution. The problem only happens when you wrap text a certain way. As a result, I have [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects#Strange|posted]] an [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects&oldid=255516#Timeline_project update] and a [[:Image:Nerd42sigProblem.png|screenshot]] of the problem, as well as an inquiry in the [[HRWiki_talk:FAQ#Sig_image_bug|FAQ talk page]]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== trolling ==

Just so I can learn the game a little more, how did you know that those last few blocks were Yeltensic, I looked in the user contribs and didn't see much. Teach me OB1, your my only hope :-P {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 16:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, often times he makes a remark that identifies him as, in fact, yeltensic. If he didn't do that, then I'll step aside and let dot comster answer this. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 17:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I just looked at the blcok log, and I have to admit I am confused. He must have matched the IP addresses. Also, there are two new users that are created. How do we know they're not yeltensic? {{User:Seriously/sig}}

:User:18593095NSMC90531234 wasn't trolling. I heard about the NSMC people but mabe this wasn't. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yes he was. I didn't say vandalism, I said trolling. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::How? {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::I agree with The thing on this one. Even though he might look like NSMC at first glance, take a look at the article on Uncyclopedia [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/HRWIKI about our wiki]. At the near bottom, it says "If you happen to be new, register with the username: 18593095NSMC90531234 - Trust me, it'll be fun." This is the ''exact same username''. It seems to me that this guy just didn't know anything about NSMC or this wiki and got Punk'd. He wasn't doing anything bad (yet), so why block him because of "trolling"? Although I would suggest that he get a better username. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 22:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::Yea. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:13, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::LLok at this '''North Shore Medical Center''' same first letters. {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::::I know exactly where he got the username, and it's the reason I knew what his intentions were. Trolling is the (usually intentional) provocation of a person or community with the aim of getting a negative reaction. Even if he just did it on a lark (which I doubt), he should know better than to blindly follow instructions he came across in a place like that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== seriosly ==

i dont think its fair to bann me every tiem I talk to seriously, he is a big user on the wiki and if i am to become a good contributor i will have to stop pretending he doesnt exist. i think i've been banned enough to know not to fight with him.— {{user:Ciberdude444/sig}} 22:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

:<s>I think your mom goes to college is not the person who sent this. But that's just me.</s> {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:24, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Troll==
Really bad troll attacking for 2 days at the fanstuff wiki, Joshua says he needs help. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

:What do you mean? I'm not sure that dot comster is a sysop there. If he is, please elaborate. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yeah, he is. [[HRFWiki:User:Riley|Riley]]

:::Seriously: This is the third time ''in a row'' you have replied to messages on my page that weren't addressed to you. And in two of the three times, your reply was either wrong or didn't give any useful information. Please let me have the opportunity to reply to my own messages. Thank you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::::Riley: What's this guy's deal? Is he Clan or someone who just doesn't like Clan? What course of action would you like me to take? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

It's dot com: Sorry. Just trying to be helpful. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

:Um, he stopped, joshua wanted me to tell you earlier. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

::I enabled some more security that should limit him to one new vandal account at a time, and I scrubbed out some of the filthier usernames. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:49, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==
Thanks for all the work with Babel! -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:06, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Babel ==

I understand why you think that the [[HRWiki:Babel|Babel]] towers will be better with the source code rather than the templates, but I really think that templates will make it a lot easier to use and more user friendly. I understand that there would be a lot, but noinclude tags could be used to keep track of them. Source code is fine, but do you think that I could at least try with Templates, and if it gets too confusing switch back to source code? -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:I think we should try with the source code first. It's not too hard to get the hang of. (Besides, it's just copy and paste for most people. ;) ) I don't have a problem with a generic template, but we don't need to create a whole slew of them for a non-mainspace thing such as this. Plus, this way, people won't be limited by just the ones in the templates (although we do ask that they be Homestar Runner (or wiki) related). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== ciberdude444 ==

im not ciberdude, hes my brother, my computer is auto loged on and he used it to post that talk, i didnt say anyhting cause of the warm welcome i had at the wiki compared to my brother's fued and destruction it was better not to connect me with him in any way. — {{user:Yourmomgoestocollege/sig}} 20:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recent block ==
Umm... are you sure that IP you blocked recently is the right guy? Because I checked his contribs and he hasn't done anything vaguely trollish. Except, maybe for editing Tampo's sig and page, but Tampo din't seem to mind, which leads me to believe he ''is'' Tampo. If he's not, he still seems like a fine user. Any reason why you blocked him? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as A fweakin' chair
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Reverted
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Christian
:Yep, I'm pretty sure. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
You've blocked a troll with the same IP adress as [[User:Tampo|Tampo]]. He is blocked for no reason. [[User:Stongbah|Stongbah]]
:Yea! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
::The IP in question was not blocked for no reason. It was being used (as you can see above) to create multiple accounts in a short amount of time, which were then being used for vandalism. I will unblock the IP for now, but I'll be keeping an eye on it. P.S. The thing: Exactly what was the point of your post? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I have no idea just kinda wanted to be in the conversation. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

== Arrested Development-apalooza ==
I wanted to make sure you heard about this. Fox is airing the last four episodes back to back on Friday, starting at 8pm. From one fan to another, {{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 23:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, we've already got the party planned! :) It's going to be bittersweet. I don't know whether to hold out hope for Showtime or not. And I wonder how they'll tie up the loose ends while leaving the door open a crack in case they do change networks. Hmm. Thanks for posting! Talk atcha later, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:47, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::Such a good show.....It pains me to see it go....{{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:59, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Admin sigs ==
Why do none of the admins excepy JoeyDay have customized their sigs? I'm thinking maybe you guys are too busy to do that stuff. Just wondering if you knew. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:Well, that's not quite true, unless you have a very narrow definition of admin. If by admin you mean someone on the [[Template:adminteam|Admin Team]], then [[User:Stu|Stu]] definitely has a [[User:Stu/sig|signature]]. If you mean people who are on the Admin Team and are currently active in the day-to-day maintenance of the site, then you're right, only Joey has really customized his signature. Of the six of us, however, only [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]] has no customization to speak of. [[User:Tom|Tom]], [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], and I all have subtle modifications from the standard. If, on the other hand, when you say admins you mean sysops, then there is quite a bit of customization. [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird]] and [[User:FireBird|FireBird]] have had special sigs for as long as I can remember, as have [[User:Jay|Jay]], [[User:Homestar Coder|Homestar Coder]], [[User:Kilroy|Kilroy]], and [[User:The Paper|The Paper]]. [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]]'s modification is a slight tweak, and [[User:FortyTwo|FortyTwo]] and [[User:Furrykef|Furrykef]] haven't been here in a while. Even [[User:GrapeNuts|GrapeNuts]] (a bot) has a [[User:GrapeNuts/sig|sig]]. As for the heart of your question: Why do Tom, [[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]], and I have more or less "plain" signatures? Well, Tom's is like that because he's ornery about such things. BazookaJoe's and mine are like that because it just looks right. Since everyone else goes to such great lengths to customize their signatures, ''not'' doing so becomes a customization in itself. — [[User:It's dot com|''It's dot com'']] 23:30, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool font. I meant the admin team, without the sysops, By the way. Stu, well I've never actually seen him make an edit. Although I did hear that he was joey's friend. I just think that if you have a sig, you should make it have more convenience, like having a link to your talk page. Thnaks for the answer. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

:And Dot com has toyed with his signature in the past [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 8#Towards a more standards-compliant signature|once or twice]], a long while back. That special sig you just made looks pretty cool, if you ever did decide to change it for good. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::GrapeNuts has a sig? Dot com customizing his!? What is the world coming to!? ''This message is {{User:GrapeNuts/sig}} approved (not really, I just wanted an excuse to use his sig :).'' --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

:::Weird. And ''you'', thunderbird, had a blue sig. That scares me. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 05:10, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Um, I just wanted to know what subtle modifications you, Tom, and InterruptorJones have on your sig. Do you mean past versions? Also, what is DrHaggis's slight tweak? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Tom has a nonbreaking space in front of his (and used to have an empty link). I have an em dash. Interruptor Jones has both of those and uses small tags. Dr Haggis's real username is Drhaggis. All of us put the modifications directly in the preferences box, instead of using a sig template. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::So you don't have to put an em dash alll the time? That's really cool. I think Ill do that. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff on the knowledge base ==
By the way, you say I have to delete my caption contest, yet you don't seem to think about the amazing amount of people doing translations on their userpages. Also, you should think about Has Matt?'s page that includes homsar quotes that other people can edit. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:I can't realy think of many people who do translations. Even then, the translations themselves are direct quotes and the replies are occurring on the talk pages. The reason I had a problem with your activity is because not only were you inviting people to edit your user page, you were asking them to ''create new H*R-related content'' based on the toons, which is the very definition of fanstuff. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::Ah. I realize that my above comment was a little bit too harsh; I apologize for that. I try to stay nice with users, since most already have a reason to hate my guts (including you). So, yeah. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, okaaay.... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, DBK does, after the extremely insolent remark I made on his user page, And you have a reason because of [[User: Ciberdude444|Something I can't mention.]] Also, Firebird has an excuse because I was blocked by him for trolling, and Yeltensic has a reason (although he's not a user anymore) because I was one of the people who asked him to stop most. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::One of the coolest things in this wiki is that everybody generally treats each other with respect and with maturity. Most of the people I know here do their job (be it editing pages, commenting on behavior, or taking action nobody wants to have to take but that needs to be taken) and then move on if need be, and so we try not to harbor little things that may be divisive or in the long run inconsequential. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recap ==
Can I get a recap (no need to be brief, I have time) of the things that have happened here since the start of December? - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
:''See [[Talk:Main Page#Recap|Talk:Main Page → Recap]]'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:36, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== guess what happened to me ==

Heloo there It's dot com, how are you, i've been doing great. About the heading, check out my talk page and user page, and you'll see what happened. Have you every got a similar award? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 07:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
:Cool, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, keep in mind, Nikolce, that the pizza trophy is superior to the Iron cup of <strike>beef</strike> brunswick stew. This means that that trophy is one of the greatest trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

wow, is there some sort of "lost of tropies or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

:Yes. Check the [[Hrwiki: Barnstars|Barnstars]] page. There's a lot of trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

== Mirrors and Such ==
Hello, It's dot com. I'm now direction your admin-y attention to [[Talk:Scroll Button Songs#HRWiki Mirror|this little discussion]] in the far reaches of the knowledge base. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
:Tom currently handles all the mirror-type stuff. I would ask him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
::Okay... - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:35, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes? ==

Hey there dotty, how are these last couple of days. can i ask you something, i've been looking at people user pages, and i've been finding these things called userboxes? what are they?

is there a list of them or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:I might be able to help here. A list is located at [[HRWiki:Userboxes]], as well as directions on how to add them to your page. Let me know if you need any help adding some, if you want to do so. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thunderbird, let me say sorry, about this message. Its because i don't like to order people around, but my user page is a bit of a mess, actually its chaos, please help its urgent. thanks a bunch. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 08:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:Nikolce, if you say please, it's perfectly fine. Don't worry about politeness, because it seems you almost unconsciously type in polite ways. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

== Idea and it's potential ==
Hi. Nikolce Kocovski sent me something on my talk page. It's the newest headline, I think you should check it out. I want to see if you think either his idea or mine would be of any potential. Thanks. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

== NSMC thing ==
What's the purpose of that page? Also, why'd you delete the talk page for it? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:Also, I'd like to congrat yoyu on the amazing amount of users you've managed to obtain. Truly amazing. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:48, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::"Amount of users"? What? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:49, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I mean the amount of sockpuppets that NSMC created. You just made a page listing all of the addresses. It looked cool. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. Well, for an explanation of the page, see the section in [[HRWiki:A_History#NSMC|A History]]. I deleted the talk page because it was a user talk page, and therefore comments on it weren't addressed to me but to the vandal. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I find this extremely interesting. Y'know, I was here when NSMC hit. I didn't know how revert it, though, so I just didn't go on the Cheat Commandos section. Of Cuorse, that wasn't enough. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

== Paradoxes ==

So which came first? The [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse/Please_leave_this_line_alone chicken], or the [[HRWiki:Introduction|egg]]? ref:[http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:21, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure ours was modeled after [[Wikipedia:Template:Please leave this line alone|this]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::I hate it when we're not original. :(. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Ahhhh .... hence the similarities. I *now* remember seeing that before a long long time ago, once you showed it to me, even though it looks exactly like the other one... :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool! Where did you find [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&diff=269724&oldid=269553 this one]? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 06:45, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I wrote it myself. See the fourth userbox on my user page. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==18,000 views==

Hey, you've got a cool userpage. I agree, Marzipan's answering machine is underrated. {{User:Granola/sig}} 05:02, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks, man. Welcome aboard! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:03, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::With over 18,000 views, it ''has'' to be good. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::18,000 views?? When did that happen?! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm not sure I trust those counters anyway... The one at the bottom of this talk page currently shows only about 800 views, but surely ''that'' can't be right. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I've been having a similar situation on my user page. For some ''extremely'' odd reason, it says I have ''28,000'' page views. Seriously, I'm not that popular. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 19:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::You were talking to Dot com, not Seriously. {{User:Granola/sig}} 21:51, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh, Granola. That's one of the worst jokes I've heard all day. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Of course, I, being a retard, do not understand that joke a bit. Also, dot com, you might as well delete that thing on the bottom I wrote, cause you asked the smoking monkey to delort it. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:58, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, you see, "Seriously" can mean both your username or "in a serious manner". Has Matt? meant that ''in reality'' he is not as popular as 28,000 page views would seem to indicate, but Granola took it to mean that he was addressing you directly. Hilarity ensued. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Or a total lack of hilarity, as it was a crappy joke. {{User:Granola/sig}} 22:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Oh good, I knew you weren't that popular :P Maybe with all the code fiddling you do, you somehow reversed the number of talk page views with the number of userpage views or something. I've gotta say this has shattered my confidence in those little counter things, before I would have trusted those things with my life. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::And I jumped from 2500 to 6000 in less than 24 hours awhile ago. That can't be right, either. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::The number is so small because the counter was reset to zero when this page was moved back incorrectly from a vandal. It had to be deleted and recreated, and that's probably what caused the problem. And Heimstern, do you have your preferences set to hold page caches? If you do, that's probably what caused the view count to jump. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 06:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Aw, man! You're probably right, HSRusername. That really bums me out. I would reset my counter, except that I have no idea what to set it to. By the way, as far as I know, I've never messed with anything that would affect those numbers. Maybe they've gone up dramatically because an outside bot is gathering data or something (like for Google). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::At the very least, as of [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 16#6,000 views!|06:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)]], you had over 6,000 talk page views, and just under 6,000 userpage views. I think it's safe to give yourself at least a 10,000 talk page view head start, as long as you give your userpage a 10,000 view handicap. That should get you somewhat back on track. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::Well, I found an archive just before all the hubbub that put the count at 10,071. I added that to the 958 currently showing to get 11,029, and used that figure to reset my counter. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

==Autocolumn==

Btw, I wanted to say excellent work on the autocolunm feature. I was looking at the Strong Bad Email tables yesterday, thinking an autocolumn thing would be a nice feature, and lo and behold not two hours later it had been converted. Nice work. (I suppose for colunms such as the ones on my userpage though, it doesn't have any useful application, correct?) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I tried to use it for the ones in my page, but it just screwed things up. Although I did put it on [[The Field]] and [[Strong Badia]] and Has Matt? used it on [[Homestar Talker]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:47, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks! Yeah, when the columns are independent lists, they still have to be done the regular way. The autocolumns are for when you have one long list that just needs to be split up. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Very nice script, It's dot com. No more tiring counts of items-per-column to make sure each one is equal. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, what was the difference? I don't see anything new...at least I don't think...{{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== The Smoking Monkey's talk page ==
Why isn't what he did bad to you? Before you say no, let me explain. First of all, he embarassed me ''and'' The thing on his talk page '''on purpose''', second of all, he said apology's to dot com, which means he knew this would have a certain outcome to certain people like me, you (which for some reason you find fine), and the thing. This is a perfect example of premeditated malice. And third of all, would you like it if someone made fun of you on their talk page for everyone to see? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I have asked The Smoking Monkey to revert or remove the thread. If you find it insulting, then it is a personal attack, which we don't want. I assure you this was not The Smoking Monkey's intent, but that is beside the point. Let me take this opportunity, however, to suggest that learning to laugh at one's self is one of the most difficult yet rewarding things a person can do. In addition, I think you should ''stop'' apologizing and ''start'' adding more content to this site. Whenever I click on your contribs, I notice that over the last week your user talk contribs outnumber your main namespace contribs 7 to 1. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::yes. I understand. Also, I've been adding to the wooky (a major overhaul of the site just because I feel sorry for it), so I havn't had much of a chance. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== Finding vandalism ==

Hey, just wanted to flag a sysop. [[other days]] was mildly vandalized. I fixed it but figured you might want to know about it. Feel free to delete this from your talk if you want. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:22, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Simple nuisance vandalism can just be fixed and then ignored. The best way to let us know about more serious vandalism is to post it on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]]. Then we'll get it taken care of. Thanks for reverting that page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:41, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== The thing ==
Now that he's unblocked, I'm thinking you can put that template for his block reason on his talk page. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== Did I just miss that? ==

Did I miss something or is this just deja vu? I *just* noticed that the order of the "diff" and "hist" buttons are out of order from the other wiki's. In wikipedia, they are before the page title, here they are after the page title. How long has it been like that, and was that part of your recent tinkerings? Confused in Connecticut. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:You live in connecticut? Bodacious in Buffalo {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::I don't see what you're saying at all. Whistlin' in Washington, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You sure? On the Bonus Stage Wiki, they also go (diff)(hist), so... I dunno. Not Doing A Name Thingy Like The Rest Of You in Pennsylvania. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::I think what he meant, although I don't see it, is that he thinks that it was "{page title} (diff)(hist)" here. Lazing Around in Lynnwood, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Hm. Odd. I see it the other way around. I mean, the correct way. Maybe Stux's internet is just going spastic. Not telling anyone my location, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Maybe it's a certain bug in the mediawiki 1.5 software, there were many other ones. {{User: Seriously/sig}}
::::::OT: Jay? Lynn would wash? Silly in Sammamish, {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:23, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::How very Strong Bad-ish of you. :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Wait, did anyone else just realizing us having this discussion that is getting off-topic on another user's talk page that isn't even responding? Confused in Crapland, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Yeah, I'm thinking it's either a bug in the software, or a bug in Stux's compy. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I doubt that it's a bug in my compy since my watchlist is getting the code from the server as it's all server-generated. I know I have the "enhanced" recent changes turned on (I turned it off for a moment and it indeed showed it the other way, with (diff)(hist) first. But this must've been deja vu, cuz of that. Cuz I've had it "enhanced" for the longest time. So I dunno. I probably need sleep. As for my domicile: I actually don't live in Connecticut, nor have I ever even been in the state (sadly). I just picked the two words cuz they made good alliteration! (And I was surprised to be able to spell the state's name right.) I didn't think people would assume I lived in Connecticut. In fact I am Mindless in Michigan. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Mindless south of Montreal, Bamboozled west of Boston, Really Confused north of Rio, Dazed east of Dallas. {{User:Granola/sig}} 19:14, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==
The thing has recently vandalized a wiki. Check Benol's talk page for info. I suggest you block him, as per your rule posted on the main page. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:Sorry I <big>LOVE</big> this wiki the trolling was my evil cousin! Plus it wasn't this wiki. I swear I'm crying right now. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::You should have thought about that '''BEFORE''' You trolled!!!--{{User:Benol/sig}} 16:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Please I'm really sorry! That was my evil cousin! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm crying harder than I ever have before! :'-( --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:01, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I'm sorry. Nothing we can do. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Please I '''LOVE''' this wiki! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::You probably won't be ''Permanently'' blocked.--{{User:Benol/sig}} 17:03, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I'm to sorry to even say it in words! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:05, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Look, you guys. I'm pretty sure all this trolling went on before Dot com posted that message on the Main Page talk. Besides, he's now trying ''extremely'' hard to clean up the mess he's made, so he obviously knows what he did is wrong. Therefore, will a block ''really'' do anything to help this situation? I think not. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 17:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Do u see how hard I'm trying to get rid of the vandalizm! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Ok guys, The thing has more than repented for that vandalism. Seriously, I suggest that you keep your nose out of matters that do not involve you. The thing is currently reverting the vandalism with extreme diligence, and this situation is misunderstood by both Benol and Seriously. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 01:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::It wasn't that I was not minding my own business, but I saw many changes to Benol's talk page on the recent changes and decided to see what was up about it. I only meant to help, and I'm sorry if I failed to do so. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 12:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I wasn't party to this at all, so I don't really know what happened in this particular case. But I will say this: I said once before that I thought the ops here were being too lenient on The Thing, as he's had a history of vandalism and trolling in the past, and everyone seems to be very quick to defend him. (Lots of "I'm sorry's" and "I won't do it again!'s".) I don't deny he's also made good edits here, but I have not seen discipline executed equally to him as has been to others who've done similar things, or less. That's kinda frustrating to see. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

You all need to complain to your teachers for not teaching you how to read. While you're at it, Seriously and The thing, go ahead and post a mailing address where I can send a bill to your parents for babysitting you. On the main page talk, I said that anyone caught vandalizing in our name would be dealt with. I have neither the time nor the resources to try and police other wikis. The message regarding other wikis means that if you vandalize Uncyclopedia, for example, ''in retaliation'' for something that happens here, then at that point you are speaking for ''all'' of us here, and I care very much that you don't do that. But random vandalism doesn't concern me. To The thing: I can't believe that you think vandalism is funny, especially given that you're an administrator at a wiki. To Seriously: you need to learn what is and what isn't important, and stop being such a tattletale. And stop speaking for me. In one place you say "No matter what, you must get blocked." You have neither the authority nor the experience to be making claims like that. To KieferSkunk: The thing didn't actually do anything (in this case) to harm our wiki or its good name, and therefore there are no grounds for blocking him. (And he ''has'' been blocked recently by BazookaJoe for spamming.) To anyone who needs to hear this: Stop vandalizing. Stop behaving so immaturely (and don't blame your actions on your age; I know several young good contributors). Wiki usage is not a right; it's a privilege. And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing. You've said you're sorry so much that the words have no meaning. Let your future actions be your apology. That's all for now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:In reply to your comment to me: I understand, and I'm not asking for him to be blocked in this case. I was making a more general comment about The Thing's history, seeing as how I have witnessed vandalism from him in the past and saw people, even sysops, defending him and going way out of their way to reason with him, rather than treating him as a vandal. I didn't understand it at the time, and I still don't, so I left my comments on the matter at "I think you're being too lenient with him". This was mainly just a follow-up on that, more to mention that I'm not surprised another "incident" has come up than anything else. That's all. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::Well, unless an account is being used for nothing but vandalism, then [[HRWiki:Blocking_Policy#Vandalism|reasoning should always be exhausted]] before blocking is implemented. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Just who do you think you are? ''Babysitting''? Y'know, it's not like I've ever done anything mean to you. Yes, I spoke for you. Just trying to help and to see it in the eyes of an admin. Yes, I've answered your talk page questions for you with crappy answers. Again, jsut trying to help. These things don't mean you have to insult me like that. Y'know, I've really never done anything bad to you on purpose. I always had great respect for you, and I've never purposely insulted you like you just did. You need to learn how a simple misinterpretation of a comment on the main page talk should'nt be an excuse for acting like that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::When I vandalized I thought you were suppose to vandalize there. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:12, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::To Seriously: As one who has been an admin several times in other places, one thing I can say with certainty is that many admins feel very put off and are easily annoyed by non-admins (and especially relatively new people) trying to speak for them. Dictating policy to other users on behalf of the admins is usually a no-no unless you are an admin or are trusted by the admins to do so. (Obviously, I can't speak for It's dot com, but if I were in his place dealing with this crap, that's how I'd feel.) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 23:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::And if you haven't figured it out by now who I am, Seriously, then you've got deeper problems than I can fix in one afternoon. To The thing: whatever, man. To KieferSkunk: Hear, hear. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Okay. Here it goes, time for me to swallow my pride:

Look, Dot com, I just don't want to be treated like a baby. In my opinion, I think being a tattletale is the wrong was to think about it, I prefer "fighting trolls, and trying to help you with your rule". Yes, I was disrespectful to you. I just needed to prove my point and express my anger at you. Also, I know you are an admin. Maybe I ''was'' a bit overboard with you; that doesn't mean what I said was entirely wrong. I mean, I apologize, but it's not like I'll kiss your ring and beg for forgiveness. I've got to be a bit more defiant than that to ever prove my point. Just remember: I've always, ''always'' tried to help you, and I just found your comment a bit mean. Just forgive me, please, and let this whole thing disappear. Thanks a lot. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:Seriously, have you been reading this thread and understanding it? It's dot com has stated just 8 posts up: "And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing." You are still relatively new to this wiki, and your experience has been limited to editing User and User talk pages. You said yourself you give "crappy answers" to questions that don't concern you. When I first joined, I watched conversations like this unfold and saw how responsible admins reacted. I didn't try to solve everybody's problems; I knew I didn't have the knowledge. Just keep to yourself for a while and maybe see what it's like to make some main namespace contrubutions. (That is the idea of a wiki, you know.) {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 00:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Check this out: ==

Ok, so check out the current [[:Category:To_be_deleted|delete category]]. See something strange? The "Timeline" article is listed under the U's! Even though the tobedeleted tag uses the <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> tag. Strange, no? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:51, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who ==

HOW DOES HE KEEP COMING BACK! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:Hey man, I want you to know that Dr. Who vandalized your talk page. Could you block his IP for me? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::First of all, this is nothing to get excited about. He's a garden-variety vandal, nothing more, and he comes back because (a) he apparently doesn't have anything constructive to do and (b) he has access to a dynamic IP. Second, yes, I'm aware that he vandalized this page. Third, I already blocked him before you posted your message. Fourth, please list future vandals on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]], not this page. Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:11, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Also, he never does much damage, besides vulgar content and stuff like that. What's weird, though, is how he always manages to come when there's no sysops around. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:03, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You know what I hate? When this guy writes vulgar edit summaries. For people who patrol recent changes, especially kids, we don't have to see that. Really. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Yea. I'm 10 he on my page said This user is fulla ****. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ugh. At least NSMC was was just racist. This guy swears like nobody's business. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::He can go to jail for this. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:17, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I doubt that severely... Though one can always wish... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::To this point: would it be possible to introduce a language filter? The rare times a swear is needed (an interview transcript, for example) a sysop can override. ?? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:24, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Probably impossible. That would interfere with this wiki, though, because the cartoon says crap all the time, among other things. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::We could allow the program to accept crap. Still, there are a lot of other issues... {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::It's definitely possible, but currently it's not worth the effort it would take to install it. As for "crap", we just wouldn't put that word on the bad list. Finally, I would appreciate it if comments that aren't actually directed to me be posted in a more public place: [[Talk:Main Page]], [[HRWiki talk:FAQ]], or [[HRWiki:Da Basement]], to name a few. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::OK. Although I think that everyone comes to you because you are the central hub of the wiki, pretty much. Everyone comes to you in hardships, whcih if I were you, I would be honored with. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Oh, I know, and don't think I'm not honored, but I, like most people, don't like new-message false alarms, and would rather talk about projects I'm currently working on. Also, there are a lot of questions that anyone could more easily answer if they were just put in a more public place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Flashforward ==

I'm still at the conference, it was really great. IRC doesn't work on the terminals, but suffice it to say, I was here, got autographs, (not many questions) and it was really great. I'll try and get a writeup on Wednesday evening. --TBird

:That was not Tbird. Look [here]. The editor's IP starts with a 6. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 01:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thunderbird is not at home, so the IP address would be different. It could still be him, but I would like him to log in if possible. If he can't log in at the convention, he'll figure something out or log in when he gets home later tonight. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Too late. His IP's been blocked. He'll log in when he needs to, but I have one question: If he was TBird, why did he sign TBird instead of his IP (accidentally typed <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> without knowing he wasn't logged in) or with his sig (or siggie, I guess)? It doesn't seem right. I mean, if he can edit annonymously, he can edit logged on, and I think the first thing he'll ask if he can't log in is why he can't. Plus, he would know that an IP editing as a user would most likely be reverted. We could unblock the IP and see if TBird can log on now, I guess. Wouldn't hurt, but I still think it wasn't him. I dunno. Oh, also, if it was him, sorry, just don't want anybody impersonating you. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 03:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::We didn't block the IP. There are several reasons why he might not have been able to log in (if the computer he was using didn't accept cookies, for example). I think the edits by the IP match TBird's style, but I'm being cautious for now. I'm patient; if I have to I can wait for him to get home to confirm. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ye of little faith :-P You didn't recognize my unique writing style? I just didn't really feel like logging in for one or two edits. I probably should have, but meh. In any case, all I said was true, and more. I left a message on the IRC with Phlip, but it should still be there if you scroll up, to see a brief summary of the event. I'll get a writeup started tomorrow night. For now, I've gotta be up in five and a half hours for work, so I'm going to bed. '''EDIT:''' Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention on IRC. Let's just say I'll be kicking myself for months for not bringing my DS to Flashforward... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 09:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::I thought it was you (see above where I say it sounds like your style), but the info was too good, so I thought it was best to wait for confirmation. I guess you'll log in from now on. :-P Actually, the only reason I had any question was because the IP you were using came up as being based in ''Chicago'', which was pretty weird. I admit it would have been quite unlikely for someone to be imitating you, but we've been burned before. Anyways, great jaerb!!! Many combolations on your successful mission!! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Parse error! ==

In HomsarQuote.php. You sure are good at bringing the Wiki to its knees ;) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I always seem to forget semicolons at the end of lines. And it never fails that someone notices my mistakes, even when they're there for less than a minute. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ah, missing semicolons, the bane of a programmer's existence. (Unless you're coding in Lisp. Then it's missing parens.) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:39, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I used to do C++ so remember the semi-colon plight, now I do mostly webdesign and so am plagued to make sure I have the same number of <nowiki><div>'s and </div>'s</nowiki>. If I don't comment every single one I'm lost. My lastest creation is [http://www.odua.org this] It's mostly done although I can't seem to get things to line-up the way I want and no matter what changes that I make, it will only look right on one browser at a time! Grrrrr. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

== You are s-smart ==

Brilliant random Homsar quote thingy!

You're pretty good at this, obviously. Take a look at [[Talk:Sound Effects#Ogg? why not mp3?|this discussion]] and my idea at the end - would this be something possible to improve usability? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you're gonna have to s-spell out what your idea is, because I'm not quite s-seeing it. S-sorry if that cancels out the s-smart. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::The ogg files. They confuse people, many players in use don't use them right out of then box. But Wikipedia has an interesting solution which we might be able to emulate. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I should have been more s-specific. What I meant was, when I went to the page about the s-symphony, I wasn't s-sure what their s-solution was. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::In the 1st paragraph, there's the Listen link (after the musical example) - there's a (listen (help·info)) thingy. The "Help" goes to instructions on how to get your player to play oggs. I mean, I was stymied by them until I was researchiong (on that page, actually) and stumbled upon that.

::::Of course, I don't know enough about Wiki to know a) if this can be done on our system, 2) how to do it even if it can be done, and III) if this sort of a thing would require "discussion" "someplace". SO that's why I ask you, Mr. S-smart. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

:::::Just copy the source code of [[Wikipedia:Template:Audio]] to [[Template:Audio]] (or something like that), adjust the help link to the media help page on this Wiki, and it should work fine (apart from maybe the speaker icon). --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 20:46, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::It's that easy, eh? :\ Well, it'd take me a few days to figure all that out! (I spent a good part of today trying, haven't gotten far. Will keep trying.) But if someone who already has all that figured out wants to take up the cause, we could have better usability sooner. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Talk page rate ==
These days, I've been trying to make more main namespace contribs and less user talk page contribs. The question is, has my diet (sorta) done any good for me? Check my contribs. On a rate of 1 to 10, how much would you say I've improved? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 04:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:Er, maybe we should give it a little more time before making a 1 to 10 rating. I say that because in the last three days, you have made more user edits than and ''twice'' as many user talk edits as all your main, main talk, HRWiki, and HRWiki talk edits ''combined'' (not counting sandbox). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gulp. Back to work on the random refreshings. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:59, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I just did like fifteen. Sweet. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:11, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, you've been doin' a LOT of edits, Seriously. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 19:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Um, sorry about those things on tyhe videlectrix games. You're gonna be doing that for a long time. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:27, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Nah, you're fine. I've always been bugged by the word "exist" on those pages. How can we say that the games don't exist? I can see a screenshot right next to them! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, that's true. At least I added some good edits to my reh—zoom. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

==WikiTroll==

OK then, I'll stop, but why don't you want me editing that page? {{User:Granola/sig}} 02:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:Because it's fine the way it is, and you really don't need to be editing meta-information about yourself. Besides, as you said on the talk page, that record isn't even that important anyway. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Fair enough. I just wanted it to be accurate, even though it isn't necessary in the first place. {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:15, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

==Granola==

Why did you delete my old userpage? {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:That is not your user page. If you continue to claim that name, I will treat you as though it was still your username (i.e. I will go back to blocking you). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:07, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::OK...I just thought it would be useful to redirect it, so that people who went looking for it would come to the right place...<strike>can at least have the talkpage redirect? People have been known to still post on the old one, and I think it's useful to redirect that one, so that posts won't lie around unanswered for a long time.</strike> {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Never mind about the talkpage, I logged in as Yeltensic, went into my preferences, and enabled the notification e-mail in case the old talkpage is edited, so it's covered now. {{User:Granola/sig}} 08:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:::You've said that I can't have "Yeltensic" as my sig, as I did for a while, or have "I'm Yelt" in parentheses; would it be OK if I included in my sig a link to my Wikipedia userpage, without the word "Yeltensic" visibly included, in this way: [[Wikipedia:User:Yeltensic42|With crap]], '''[[User:Granola|Granola]]''' '''([[User talk:Granola|T]]''' '''•''' '''[[Special:Contributions/Granola| C]])'''? I won't change it until you approve that suggestion (if you do). {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:57, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I see that you have a mention of it on your user page as well as a userbox linking to Wikipedia. Those are both fine with me. (By the way, just thought I'd point out that (H*R/wiki-related) userboxes are allowed here.) But I don't think it's appropriate for your sig at this time. You need to stop focusing on your old name and work on making a new, better name for yourself here. Crapfully crappy, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::That sounds reas-ON-able. I'm pretty attached to the name Yeltensic, since I've been using it for quite some time before HRWiki, but it ''is'' my fault that the name is tainted here. Oh well. {{User:Granola/sig}} 04:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== Cheddarlebbon ==
I hate to butt in with that conversation, especially because I've been under fire for that recently, but I am sure that IP address is not him. Cheddarlebbon does not type in caps, for example. He also has several spelling errors in his sentences. I'm just putting this up, because I want to make sure he does not get the password. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for your concern. Don't worry though: Per our policy, I will not be resetting the account without some kind of proof. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
::<s>grood</s>Good. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

== My Userbox ==

Hey! Jerk! Why don't you stay offa my userpage and let me make my own userbox there! I didn't put it on the userbox list! It was isolated to my page! I really don't know what your deal is, but you need to get over it if it upset you that much. Maybe I should edit your page without asking you, huh? I think I can safely say that I was following the guidelines for my personal image. Now If you'll excuse me, I'm going to put it back up. No thank you very much, {{User:Republic of Stan/sig}}
:''This discussion was originally continued at <nowiki>[[</nowiki>User talk:Republic of Stan → Userboxes]]. I had originally suspected him of being a sockpuppet of Drwho?, and that turned out to be correct.''

== Most of it? ==

Query: Why do you only own "most of" the figurine set 1? Don't use that old excuse of "oh, my dog ate Marzipan!" :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:54, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:My friend gave me them for Christmas... except he apparently gave some of them to his brothers first. Hmm... Well, he did at least assure me that I got the best ones of the bunch. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:: Oookay. Which ones didn't you get? (Looks up at all fourteen Homestar Runner figures - from both sets - currently sitting above his computer.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::: Oh, I knew you would ask that, but I'm really comfy here on the couch right now. :) I know for sure I have Homestar and Strong Bad, and Pom Pom I think. I don't have The Cheat or the KOT. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::: KoT was the second set anyway. Sucks you wouldn't get The Cheat, though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Aren't you supposed to get those free when you buy stuff? Don't you have like every single DVD and CD ever. Like ever. Ok so at least all the H*R related ones...--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Well, I got these ''years'' ago, back when you didn't get them free with everything. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== Blocking durations ==

As a senior sysop and an admin here, if we are being trolled by someone, for how long he or she should be blocked. I know that known trolls like NSMC, Dr. Who and others are blocked forever, but what about small calibar trolls? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's pretty much a judgment call in almost all cases. For IP addresses, 1 to 3 days, depending on the severity of the vandalism. For ''really'' bad stuff, a week or so. If a vandal is obviously changing IPs within a narrow range, blocking the range X.X.X.0/24 (or 23) usually works. Users who make useful contributions should be reasoned with first if possible, not blocked. Accounts created for no purpose other than to vandalize should be blocked infinitely. Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thank you very much. It sure will help! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== New sysops ==

Was there a sysop nomination? If so, I'm surprised that Lapper wasn't one. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:''Anyone'' who had made any edit since around the beginning of February was considered. Of the ones we took, they were each chosen not only because they are deserving but also to fill certain niches. As we say, we will add new sysops as our circumstances warrant, and this time circumstances warranted the number and specific users that we took. I can name a half dozen other users who will someday make excellent sysops, and anyone who was not chosen this time should ''not'' read into it negatively in any way. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:58, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::When I posted the above, I couldn't say what I can say now: We were still considering some people, and some people simply don't check their email often enough! (Or they don't make their primary email available to the wiki, which is pretty much the same thing.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey, It's dot com, I see you having a lot of new sysops. Does that mean there won't be any new sysops for a while? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yes, I believe the seven new sysops that we have just inducted are it for a while. We've always got our eyes open, though. Remember also that ''all'' users can be important users. I did some of my best stuff (including STUFF) before I was promoted. (It's kinda funny too... what a lot of people don't realize is that sysop = more headaches.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::So like how long? Because I signed on on Feb. 24th. {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:51, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:::It would be impossible to guess at this time, as there are just [[HRWiki:FAQ#How_do_I_become_an_admin_or_sysop.3F|too many factors]] that go into it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I missed something - is there a page that lists the new sysops? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:[[Special:Listusers/sysop]] or [[HRWiki:A History#Later additions]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gotcha, thanks. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== User groups ==
I have a question: I know what a sysop does, and I know what a beaurucrat does, but what do you get to do as a developer that nobody else can? I'm just wondering what it means it have the promotion. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
:For those of you following along at home, I was technically made a bureaucrat and a developer on the same day. The only reason I wasn't added to the developer group in the wiki software is because there's a subtle difference between being a developer and being in the developer group. At the time I was made a developer, the wiki developer group was inactive. Since then, we reenabled it, and when we did, I was put in the group, even though for practical purposes I was already in it. Make sense? Okay, now that we have that out of the way: Bureaucrats can assign and unassign users to groups (usually to make sysops), and can also rename users. People in the developer group can lock and unlock the database. That originally was the only function available, but since then I have extended it somewhat using my developer abilities. And here's the distinction: a developer has direct access to the server and database. They can see server logs, view raw database data, and modify system software (to improve upon it). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
::And is there anything special about Joey Day's "proprietor" group? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:::No, it was created for purely narcissistic purposes (Joey's words, not mine). -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 22:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

:::: This is true. There is nothing special about the [[Special:Listusers/proprietor|proprietor]] user group. I'm not usually one to be so narcissistic, but I thought it made some sense, and I did it mostly because I could. We've never been able to create custom user groups before MediaWiki 1.5, or I might've created a proprietor group a long time ago. Actually, in a way this is the opposite of narcissistic, as it allows for the possibility of others having proprietorship at some time in the future, and adds a layer of abstraction between myself and the title of proprietor. In the past, we've always linked directly to my user page in places where we mention the proprietor, but we should change all those places to link to the proprietor list. I'll get right on that. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 23:26, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who Never Strikes Again ==

Ok. I've got to admit, somewhat grudgingly, that you caught me earlier. I AM in fact Dr. Who. But I really wasn't planning on using this account for vandalism. Yesterday after I attacked the fanstuff wiki I saw that I had hurt someone's feelings and I felt terrible when it put a personal face on what I'd done. I'm ready and willing to talk to you about why and how I did all of that trolling if you just give me this chance. Of course, I would understand if you banned me right away, but I'm asking you to give it a try. Sincerely, [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:I can't speak for all the other sysops, but I won't ban you if you're willing to talk civilly. The whole reason I posted on your talk page was to find out about you and talk to you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ok then, here goes. I believe the first trolling I ever did was under the name "you smell", where I added that phrase several times to the [[Characters]] page. I decided that it was funny that someone coming to learn would see that (yes, I know, very immature and stupid of me). That was the full extent that I knew of what I was doing. I later learned of the concept of wiki vandalism from Uncyclopedia. I have been using this wiki for years without knowing exactly how maintenance worked; when I did I became jealous of the sysops. I wished to make a name for myself here without doing years of work (rather like WoW, I was trying to gain infamy). My attacks became somewhat meaner as I went on, and I attacked users when I got tired of simply tampering with content. I started thinking of ways to justify it to myself, such as that injustice was being done to me over userboxes, or that my name alone had gotten me banned. I guess I saw it as a way to "break loose" because I am normally NOT a rude or confrontational person. I just stopped for two reasons: I was ashamed of myself, and I was inspired by the way [[User:Granola|Yeltensic]] had turned himself around. In any case, I am deeply sorry. The least I can do is tell you how I did the vandalism so that you can better protect against anything that might happen in the future.
::I used two dynamic IP's: Safari and AOL. Aol has a set of three or four dynamic IP's that change within a narrow range from page to page. Safari's IP changes once every day, but it usually retains the first two segments (75.123.12.32, 75.123.32.34.... and so on). I opened numerous windows at once and typed in my edits and (sigh) summeries. This way the vandalism was at a high speed. I hope at least me telling you this helps (or rather, that you won't need it). [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:::I am willing to give you a chance. Several of your latest incarnations have actually showed some promise, and I hope you can build on that. Once again, I can't speak for all users and sysops, but in general we're a pretty forgiving bunch. I caution you that you will have to prove yourself (assuming others also give you a chance), and our collective patience with you might not be what it would be for a normal new user.
:::Thanks for the technical info (although I did already know that, by the way; that's how I was able to post on your talk page before you'd even made any real edits). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


== Message from Nikolce Kocovski ==

Greetings Dotty, how are you. I havn't spoken with you in a while. how have you been these couple of weeks? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 11:32, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:Uhh Dotty, where are you, are you busy or something? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::Hello, Nikolce. I'm fine, and I hope you're well. Yeah, life can be kind of hectic sometimes. But we gotta keep on tranglin'! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== SPONGE 001 ==

Who is your favorite H*R character?[[User:SPONGE 001|SPONGE 001]] 19:18, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

== Documentary ==
Thanks for that page move. As I saw the whole thing unfold on Recent changes, I thought "what the heck is he doing"? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:54, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. Hey, do me a favor: Instead of pressing [edit] over on the right to start a new topic, please press the [ + ] (plus) button at the top of the page (in between the main edit button and the history button). (Or, at the very least, please clear the old subheading from the edit summary.) Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I always wondered what that button did. Cool, I'll try hard to remember to. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

== New special page ==

I've been seeing a lot of pages with the name Test being deleted, along with images. May I ask what going on? {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 03:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:We're testing something. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 06:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

::What I meant was what are you testing. {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 11:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:::It's a special page that has to do with [[Special:Personalimages|image management]]. <s>It's not ready yet,</s> but when it is, it will be linked from an HRWiki page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
::::That's really, really cool. I've been waiting for something like that... A way to see who owns what image(s) quickly. This should certainly be helpful in managing 'em, eh? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::Indeed. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

==H*bad==

I would like to request to have my user name changed from H*bad to something else, at the fanstuff wiki, how do I do that?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 03:56, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

:If the name of our [[HRWiki:Changing username|changing username]] page is any indication, I estimate it would be at [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki:Changing username|HRFWiki:Changing username]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

== IP Checking ==

There's been a fair amount of debate about accounts that seem to be all created by H*bad. Since we lack any ability to check for IP addresses, would you be able to see if the following accounts share the same IP?: [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad|H*bad]], [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad1|H*bad1]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar Runner|Darth Homestar Runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar runner|Darth Homestar runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Guyforerunner|Guyforerunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Godzillarunner|Godzillarunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Homestarrunner101|Homestarrunner101]], [[HRFWiki:User:Running along|Running along]]. Any info you could get would be much combobulated. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 01:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:They're the same (except I'm not sure about Guyforerunner). See also [[User_talk:Tom#Emergency|this discussion]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:41, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::What in the world. My friend created H*bad1 at my house. Thats why he has the same IP address as mine, I believe. He called me up and told me that you guys are like people who want to put salt in an open wound. Why you do this to him? I will keep on fighting this little thing about H*bad1. I explained all of this cwap at [[HRFWiki:My dark side|My dark side]]--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 05:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Um... yeah. Okay. First of all, don't let people make accounts using your computer, and if you do, have them choose a different name from you. (That still doesn't explain all the other names, by the way.) But I don't really want to get into it here, as it has been discussed on other pages, like you point out. Super Sam simply asked me whether the IPs matched and I answered him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Extensions ==

Cool, two headings in a row. Alrighty, I have two things to talk about. One - would you be able to post your source code for the extensions you wrote somewhere, such as [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions here]? Two - do you know how to add a tab from within an extension? I figured out how to do it by editing SkinTemplate.php, but is there any way to have the same effect through an extension? (I'm trying to add a purge tab next to watch/unwatch). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 10:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:I do plan to publish the extensions I have written. They need a bit of polishing, standardizing, and commenting before I would post them in a public place, however. As for the tab thing, I'm guessing you want more of an add-on file rather than a patch in the original file? I'm not currently familiar enough with how the tabs are generated to be able to give you a good answer to that one, but I would be surprised if it could be done with a standalone extension. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 10:37, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty, thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 11:42, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

:::Here's a little way to add a purge button using [[User:Super Sam/monobook.js|your monobook.js]] that I came up with and Dot com fixed to actually work properly:
<pre>//Add purge cache button
function addPurgeButton()
{
var href = document.location.href;
{
var historyHref = document.getElementById( "ca-history" ).firstChild.href;
var div = document.getElementById( "p-cactions" );
var ul = div.getElementsByTagName( "ul" )[0];
var newLi = document.createElement( "li" );
var newA = document.createElement( "a" );
newA.setAttribute( "href" , historyHref.replace( "=history" , "=purge" ) );
var text = document.createTextNode( "Purge" );
newA.appendChild( text );
newLi.appendChild( newA );
ul.appendChild( newLi );
}
}
if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( "load" , addPurgeButton , false );
else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( "onload", addPurgeButton );</pre>
:::Let us know how that works. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr.... Who? ==

Who was Dr. Who? why did he/she get kicked off so many times? I am asking this because as I travel around this Wiki I saw alot about Dr. Who. Just curious, {{User:Grit7/sig}}
:See [[#Dr. Who Never Strikes Again]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

== Captcha on move page ==

I'd like to ask you a question, and if it's been asked before, I'm very sorry. I'd just like to ask what the purpose of applying a CAPTCHA to the Move Page over on the Fanstuff Wiki is. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's to prevent a bot from being able to move pages as vandalism, and to discourage human vandals from doing the same. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
::If that's the case, why isn't it the same here? If I recall correctly (which is unlikely), this knowledge base has had more page-move vandalism than the Fanstuff. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Er... It ''is'' the same here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. I must be out of date then. Never mind. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Actually, it's not. Well, at least, it's not for me with my almighty sysoply privilages. Is it like that for ordinary users? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:20, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, it is. I had to use it until a couple weeks ago when I was sysopped. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:26, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh. Huh. I didn't even realize. That puts WoW in a whole new light of non-life. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:27, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Grizzly Chomps ==

Hi It's dot com,

I had a question, and I'm not sure where else to put it. Can you explain why you didn't you think my "Grizzly chomps" fun fact in the Candy Product was a good one? I may be biased, but I think it applies pretty well. TBC have been known to reference old and obscure pop-culture items in the past, and I can't think of any other "pre-bitten" candy product sold in stores. I'd like to think they had this product in mind when they made the toon. You can even Google for it and read up on it.

Anyhow, I just wanted to know what my options were for debating this fact. Is this is something I could put in STUFF for debate? And if so, how?

The submission was:
*The "built-in bite" shape of SBLOUNSKCHED! may refer to Grizzly Chomps, a [[Wikipedia:Hostess|Hostess]]-brand treat introduced in 1992. The package included two chocolate cupcakes with a bite-mark shape cut out of them, and the package bore a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."

:I removed it because the Grizzly Chomps are so old and obscure that any similarity to SBLOUNSKCHED is likely just a coincidence. None of the secondary details match, especially the reason for the bite. In the case of Grizzly Chomps, the bear helps you eat it for some reason, but Strong Bad calls the bite in his candy a security measure to deter others from eating it. I think that TBC independently thought it was funny to have a bite missing from the candy, and to suggest otherwise is too much speculation for my taste.
:    That said, I am more than willing to help you set up a STUFF item. The relevant instructions are at [[HRWiki:STUFF/Newfact]]. You need to start at "2. The STUFF subpage". Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::I went ahead and STUFF'd it for you. You can have the next one. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Thanks! I appreciate that. [[User:Compdude|Compdude]]

== Another recent block ==

Looking at the [[Special:Ipblocklist|Block list]], I saw that you banned User:Fire Man. Are you sure you've got the right guy? Looking at [[Special:Contributions/Fire Man|his contribs]] he only made one edit and it wasn't anything bad. He seems like a perfectly fine user. I think he's innocent so you should unblock him. Any reason why you blocked him in the first place? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 02:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
:You are correct about the number and type of contribs for that account. I am unblocking it on a provisional basis. I remind whoever needs to hear it that vandalism and flagrant abuse of the wiki's policies will not be tolerated. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== The Clamburger ==

Could you please mark [[HRFWiki:User:Clamburger|Clamburger]] as a bot on the fanstuff? It's really cluttering Recent Changes. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 13:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:Why are you asking ''me'' when [[User:Tom|Tom]] has [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 4#The Clamburger Bot|already given you an answer]] on this one? If you want to appeal, you'll have to take it up with him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Extensions ==

Can you please put the autocolumn and random Homsar quote extensions onto the Fanstuff? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 12:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
:Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Declaring War ==

Isn't there a rule against declaring war? Isn't that anti-Wiki? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I don't think anyone's ever enumerated a list here that specifically included "do not declare war," but I can say for sure that it's a very [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=It%27s+dot+com&page=User%3AHeadbad+and+strongbody bad idea]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&curid=18299&diff=295049&oldid=295009&rcid=242036 Indeed]. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::: *sigh* Yeah, that. If he keeps it confined to what he's already said, then I'm probably not going to worry about it too much (although I did have to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=295074&oldid=295057 remove some trolling] ''(for those just passing by, note the difference between trolling and vandalism)''), but if he actually moves the article against consensus or tries to escalate his "war" in any other way, there will be trains dropped. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm just glad I'm on your side. Trains are dangerous! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::See, that's the thing. I hate that sides even have to be taken. I had hoped when I made [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=293660&oldid=293654 this edit] that we could reach a suitable compromise (which seems to be fine with everyone except him). *sigh* again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Politics are inevitable. Take it from an old man. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Heh. If you're older than me, I'll be surprised. I tried to find it in your user space but came up empty. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Hmm... I've just been informed that you ''are'' in fact older than me. Huh. Now I'm just the ''third''-oldest user (that I know of). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::So who's the oldest (or 2nd oldest, if it's me)? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::[[User:Bill|Bill]] is in his early forties. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::That makes me #2, and you #3 AFAWK. Interesting. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::I left a note on his talk page, and I think it knocked some sense into him. He's actually a good guy—assuming that he doesn't offend people so much anymore. Anyway, back to my wikivacation. Preeow. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

==[[HRFWiki:User:Stinkobad1|Stinkopuppet]]==
Super Sam was going to ask you this, but he says he did not have enough time. There is a user by the name of Stinkobad1 on the Fansguff Wiki. He requests an IP address check to make sure there is not another feud, and another reason to hate H*Bad. ;) Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
:Um, please? I know you're on, and it's urgent...:( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
::I think I'd like Super Sam to ask his own questions. If he doesn't have the time, then it must not be that urgent. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Hooray! It's me! Anyway, could you please crosscheck the IP addresses of Stinkobad1, H*bad, and while you're at it, The thing? Many thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:35, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::None of those users coincide. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Flagrant System Error ==
Your userpage is [[car|pimp-ed out]]! How'd you get it like that? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oops! You bwoke it! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::Now that it's all over, you can tell me how you did it! [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Wheeeeeeee!]] - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 05:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, well, I put special clauses in the PHP code itself (that actually builds each page) that suppressed the header and footer and changed the background to blue and the text to white for any page called "[[User:It's dot com]]". Then I just changed the text to the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&oldid=299269 error message]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== My editing a-broke ==
Hey. This is Seriously. For somereason, my account can't edit. An internal error keeps happening. I'm seeing if I can use this to edit...The thing is, though, is that everyone else is still editing. It's getting strange. {{unsigned|Seriously}}
:What is the error? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'll look into it and try to fix the problem. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== 'Tavi monobook ==

Look, 'Tavi is somehow halting the appear of my monobook.css. Is there anyway to make it so that there are styled links to homestarrunner.com, and other sites? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:21, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Try editing [[Special:Mypage/tavistyle.css|the right page]]. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 04:24, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I wouldn't even bother doing that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:26, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Okay. I'll do it, and you won't. ;-> (Ima try!) {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Actually, it's working, but, you may have another reason for telling me not to bother doing that. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:33, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::::Who, me? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== what happen to your userpage ==

Hey dotty, last time i checked your userpage, there was the blue fragment erroe page, what happen? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:55, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, 'twas an April Fool's joke. See [[#Flagrant System Error|Flagrant System Error]] above. (By the way, I'm really not very keen on "dotty", just so you know. See the top of my (working) user page.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
OOO i'm sorry, i'll just call youi dot com then, if you like?
:"It's dot com". Or "Dot com". Either one, really. They both fit. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I just thought I'd thank you for unblocking me. Sorry about that joke, I guess I'm just ''way'' different than everyone else here. What I did was still kind of disruptive, though, sorry. {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}

==IP check==
Can you please do me a favor? I need you to check if Crusaders IP is 69.160.0.227. Please answer as soon as you can.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
:Access to that information is restricted, and unfortunately it's above your paygrade. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
::I need to know, because I believe that he trolled the Funny Stuff in which he is on. Come to the [http://www.editthis.info/funny_wiki Funny Wiki] and tell me there please?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Theme song ==

There's some sort of unwritten rule that I live my life by: Every awesome person, by default, needs a theme song. Yes, you heard me right, a theme song. Why don't you try a song already titled after you: [http://www.msu.edu/~larowebr/Brent%20LaRowe%20-%20Dot%20Com.mp3 Dot Com]. (Just to note, we still need one for Abdi. ;)) - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}

==My bro==
Is it ok if my brother creates a user on here. This is so you guys don't think that I am creating sockpuppets. He is also wanting the User:lil H*bad.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:He should ''not'' have that name. Have him pick something original. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:13, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
::He said "The cheatman". Would that be fine? Just you know FYI.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:41, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes ==

Hey there Dot com, I just have a question about my [[User:DBK/userbox|userboxes]]. When I try to make it align to the left side, it only goes to the right. Then, when I put it in my about me section, it goes above my text so it looks weird. Do you know what to do? {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:I tweaked it a bit, removing divs in certain spots and putting in some in other places. It was mostly trial and error, though. Maybe that will get you started. (I can't really say that all the scroll boxes make your page especially easy to read, but that's just my opinion.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah I realized that, I was pretty much experimenting with that stuff before. I got rid of some and just kept scroll buttons on the lists in my page, like my favorite music and cool users. Any way I was just curious why it wasn't aligning to the right, and now I'll experiment more. Thanks! {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:::No probalo! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

== TaviStyle ==

Hello. Is there any way to put the TaviStyle skin as a choosable skin on the Fanstuff Wiki? Thank you. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 14:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
:Hello? --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 22:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'm not ignoring you. TaviStyle will be included when we upgrade to 1.6 soon. Until then, we've frozen changes to the software so that we have a correct frame of reference. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Oh, okay. Thank you. (I just wanted to know when it will be uploaded.) --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:14, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

::::Any chance we could get a version we could use on Wikipedia? Or one that I could at least install on the test Wiki I've got on my PC? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 04:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== Email ==
Hey Dot comster. Can you check this email I sent you real quick? Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:I saw that. Why don't you ask a fanstuffer to send that for you. Better yet, use the fanstuff's email features to send it to him. By the way, what happened to pressing the [+] button at the top for new topics? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, forgot about that. I'll try to be better (though it doesn't really matter anymore, I'm just here for the email). I tried emailing it to him, but he doesn't have an email address in his preferences. I'll copy the sent email and send it to someone. Sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, I can't. Since I did it from the wiki and not from Gmail, I can't cut and paste from any source. Looks like you're stuck with the burden. Once again, sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== <nowiki>[[Wikipedia: </nowiki> Extension]] ==

I'm not sure whether you made the extension that lets you link directly to Wikipedia articles using the <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Article]]</nowiki> syntax, but if you did, can you share it? I'd like to use it on my own wiki. If you didn't, do you happen to know who did or where it's available? Thanks. --{{User:Soapergem/sig}} 06:59, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

:That's a standard feature of every MediaWiki install. See [[Meta:Help:Interwiki linking]] for more information. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 07:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet vandels ==

They might just have the same IP. Maybe not the same peson. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:There are only a few ways that could be true, The Thing, and that's been taken into account, I'm sure. With only a few exceptions, if it's the same IP it's the same user. That's just how they work. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== IP ==

Do you use a special page to find the IPs? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, I got special pages all right, The thing. I'm like, Discount Special Pages Warehouse over here. Some of my special pages are of such significance that they can't be shown in anything but WIDESCREEEEEEEEEEEEN. Left side: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAH! Right side... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::What do you use? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 22:53, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::I've got ones on this wiki. The fanstuff wiki. Even wikis we've just made up! How can I make these pages any cooler? Just ask for me, the guy that works here at the special page place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Question ==

If I wanted to program a WikiBot, would it be HAVE to be in PHP, Python, or MySQL? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 22:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I'm pretty sure the answer there is yes in most cases, it's moot if you want to use one here. Only developers can run Wikibots. - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
::While that's true, Kookykman, he might asking in general. Sorry, Bluebry. I'm not the one to ask about bots. You might try Joey, Tom, Phlip, or even others. I'm much more content to hack the software from the inside rather than use a bot from the outside. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Unless you have über-1337 haxx0r access like our friend It's dot com here, the only way you're going to be doing anything to the wiki is with normal page loads, ie exactly as if you were editing it by hand, just automated. So any language that you can use to access the net you could theoretically use to write a bot. However since many languages have packages to simplify HTTP, these languages would be easier to use, and some languages (like Python) even have pre-built wikibot frameworks for you to work off. But this doesn't say you can't go and write your wikibot in pretty much any language – it's simply a matter of how hard it is to write. Python is a simple-to-learn language anyways. I doubt you would ever write a bot that used PHP, and rarely would you write one that used MySQL. And of course if you prefer to work with <code>socket</code> and <code>connect</code> in C, there's nothing stopping you from doing that either... it would just be extremely tedious to write. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 23:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Now, I'm still new to programing, but I heard C. Would C be anything like C++? And I don't want to hear anything about developer status either. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 23:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Dangeresque change ==

(First off I'm new here so I don't know if I'm doing this right. Just so you know)

I'm the guy that changed the Dangeresque character page to note that dangeresque's glasses somehow stay on his head despite his total lack of ears. You changed it back, saying "(that's true, but it's not really very notable)"

Not notable? This is homestarwiki! You've got an entire page on the battle of strongbadia, despite the fact that it only applies to one email. And allow me to quote some other character pages...

Homestar: "Though he lacks a visible pair of arms, he is still able to function as though he has them, being able to carry and throw things and even type proficiently. It's generally accepted that either he does have arms, but for reasons that are never explained, they are invisible, or that he has limited telekinetic powers. "

Bubs: "His facial configuration is puzzling; in Pumpkin Carve-nival, he appears to have a safety pin stuck through his face above an internal ear."

Marsipan: "Like Homestar, Marzipan has no visible arms, though she is able to interact with the world as though she did, being able to pick up and move objects, and even play a guitar. It is generally accepted that either her arms are invisible, or that she has limited telekinetic powers."

Strong Bad:"He has boxing gloves for hands (that always have square window reflections on them, no matter where he is), and a lucha libre mask for a head [...] Strong Bad may also have a Homestar-like telekinesis"

Um...so yeah. I'm not mad or anything. I just wanted to point out that dangeresque's floating glasses can probably be considered significant if all this other stuff is on the site. (Hey, you could even tie it in with Strong Bad's rumored telekinesis, right?)

In conclusion, sorry this comment was so long. I guess I'll check back on this page later to see if you offer a counter-argument. Thanks for reading!

:First of all, let me say thank you for taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. Why not take a second and [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]]? I agree with you that Dangeresque's glasses do not seem to have anything supporting them (although I suppose one could argue that they are held to his face by tension or even glue). My main problem with noting it on the Dangeresque page is that it really breaks up the flow of that sentence (which is based largely on the [[Dangeresque (theme)|Dangeresque theme]]). In addition, the information isn't really that central to the character; it's more like [[TBC]] just worked in the glasses as best they could given the features of Strong Bad's head. I'm not suggesting that we not note the information ''anywhere''. Perhaps you could put it in the list of [[Lack of Visible Arms#References to Other Apparently Invisible Body Parts|references to other apparently invisible body parts]]. Again, thanks for your note, and welcome to the wiki! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:07, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

== Broken link ==

Just letting you know, the link near the bottom of your page that is supposed to lead to the discussion concerning the email blockquote styles is broken. That discussion was archived, so it should link to [[Talk:Strong Bad Email/Archive#New email format...]] instead. See ya! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

== I need some help ==

Hey there its dot com, how are you, how;s easter in america(if you celebrate it?)?

I need to ask you something, do you happen to know any Homestar runner wikipedias that are star wars fans?

by the way, happy easter

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

:A [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Search?ns2=1&ns3=1&search=star+wars&searchx=Search quick search] in the user and user talk namespaces turns up a number of users who may be fans of Star Wars. Hope this helps. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 02:05, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== Just a little hello ==

Hey there, It's dot com.
Homsarroks here. I just wanted to drop by and say hey and that you're cool.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Just out of curiosity, why did you revert my edits on the HR Wiki article on wikipedia? I tried to include the most important users on the wiki there (e.g. you, Tom, BazookaJoe, Some H*R Themed Username, etc.) and put accurate descriptions on what you did there. I'm not mad or anything, just a bit confused. Get back to me when you can. 

P.P.S. I left this message on your account on Wikipedia first, but I decided to put it on both your accounts so that you might get it sooner.

See yas!

:Actually, you didn't include BazookaJoe. I put him in shortly before removing the list. The reason I took it out is that it's so subjective. What makes a user notable? That list could have easily been four times as long. I decided that it would be better not to have it at all. As something of a compromise, I inserted a link that pointed to the list of sysops (even though I know that not all of the sysops are active). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:20, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I can understand that. THanks for the reply.--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 22:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== We need the "Recent Changes" notice to be at the top of every page. ==

Yeah. Not everybody checks that. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:Why do you need a sitenotice? People who don't check the recent changes just won't find out. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::So it's not really that big of a deal? --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Personally, I'd recommend putting the notice, or something like it, on the Main Page. This is big news, and there are a lot of fans who may not find out because they don't have accounts, don't check their user pages, Watchlist or Recent Changes, etc. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 19:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

:::::People who visit the wiki on such an informal basis as you describe are not likely to have the same feelings towards the situation as regular and power users like us. These types of users are the ones the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:recentchangesnotice&oldid=310518 current message] is directed towards. We've added it to the [[H*R.com updates 2006|historical record of events]], but we will not add it to the [[Template:whatsnew|current updates]] if [[The Brothers Chaps]] don't mention it on H*R.com. The general community can find out through the [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman]] article, as well as various other mentions throughout several articles. Death is a touchy subject, especially when it effects our heroes. The Admins are treating this with the utmost discretion, please respect our decisions and the feelings of the Chapman family. Thanks. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

== hAcKEr ==

Why did you write hAcKEr in binary in your User Box? Oh well... You don't have to answer. By the way, people say your cool. I guess I agree. [[User:Steve|Steve]] 22:01, 22 April 2006
:I wrote hAcKEr, eh Steve? Heh, that's been there for months, and to the best of my knowledge you're the first one to decode it. (If you're not the first to decode it, then you're certainly the first to say anything.) I write extensions and make changes to the [[MW:How does MediaWiki work?|MediaWiki]] software at the [[Wikipedia:Source code|source-code]] level, which is called [[Wikipedia:Hacker|hacking]]. I am a MediaWiki [[Meta:How to become a MediaWiki hacker|hacker]] for this wiki. Thanks for noticing and posting! Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

== Special Pages ==

Can only Sysops edit Special Pages? --{{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 00:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:Generally, pages listed as [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]] are ones that are protected or generated by the wiki. As such, they are not editable by the common user, or by anyone. What makes a page uneditable to a common user like you or I is the protect template. See the image on the Main Page for an example, no edits can be made to it by someone lower than sysop. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
::I understand, but how did someone add the template to recent changes? --01:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC){{User:Dacheatbot/sig}}
:::The text on most special pages (including the recent changes page) is handled by pages in the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=8 MediaWiki namespace]. And yes, only sysops can edit these pages. The text in the message at the top of the recent changes, watchlists, and login screen is sub-controlled by a template ({{tl|recentchangesnotice}}) that we placed on the relevant MediaWiki pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:34, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

==Appropriate Username==
I have a question about the user [[User:Old timey Strong Bad|Old timey Strong Bad]]. Is that username appropriate, because I think it isn't really due to the similarity to [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]. {{unsigned|Lopp3|21:35, 26 April 2006}}
:Our general prohibition against using the name of a character only seems to extend to the main characters. Secondary or variant characters are generally okay. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

==Username Change==
If at all possible, please get around to changing my username. I left two notes on the [[HRWiki:Changing username]] page, but I still haven't had my name changed after a few days. {{User:Lopp3/sig}} 14:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

:You left your first request for a username change at 00:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC), fourteen hours and twenty-one minutes before posting your note here. You left your second request for a username change at 12:37, 27 April 2006 (UTC), only twelve hours and sixteen minutes after your first request. It has not even been one day, let alone a "few days." Please be patient. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 21:38, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== 65.167.69.XX ==

Hey, I did a little investigation. This IP range is notorious. I found blocks on it back to November, and comments that it is probably WoW. I know we gotta be reluctant to block a range, but I wanted to call your attention to this particular case. Take a look at the Block Log for the last 6 months to see what I am saying. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 13:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

== Poughwhatsie? ==

Actually, that's what I thought when that addition showed up a few days ago. It seemed like ''completely'' random trivia until I looked down at the context; "Poughkeepsie" is the destination in Homestar's word problem about trains entering tunnels. I guess this addition was an attempt to explain its significance (otherwise, why should two guys in Atlanta choose it aside from the funny-sounding name?). But if it's reinstated, it would need some rewrite to explain that (so the reader doesn't have to do the same thing I did). —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
:Meh, I don't see the point of including all that info, especially if there's any kind of link that can be clicked. It's barely mentioned in the toon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

== Patrolling ==

Perhaps you can clear something up for me? Are all users allowed/encouraged to patroll recent changes, or only those who have committed to the official "recent changes patrol"? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:It's not necessary to sign up (although it's nice to know who has committed to the work). I never patrol an edit unless I am pretty sure of (1) the overall content of the article, (2) the intent of the editor, and (3) whether or not the edit is good for the article. (Vandal edits still get marked as patrolled, but the article is immediately reverted. Likewise, edits that add incorrect information are either reverted or reworked as the situation warrants. By marking an edit as patrolled, I am saying either that an edit was good or that I'll fix it.) Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
::It does. Someday I may sign up for the patrol, but I think I want to observe for a while first. I'm still really new at determining the validity of edits, as my [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Template:STUFF/senior_prom| recent adventure]] with STUFF demonstrates. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== Even more recent block ==

I was wondering about the IP address you just blocked. I looked at his contributions, and his vandalism wasn't much. At least it didn't deserve a month-long block, in my opinion. So why did you blcok him for that long? Also, how did you know he was using the computer system at that school? Quizzical in someplace beginning with Q, — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
: I understand that you want to feel like you're in the loop, but unfortunately you do not have the standing here to question my actions in this way. Rest assured that I know exactly what I'm doing and have discussed matters with other admins. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:49, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:: Sorry. I wasn't trying to question your authority. I know well enough through my experience here that you have some of the best judgment I've ever seen. I would never question your actions. If you took it seriously, I apologize. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== Recent change of the template that says "do not create this page"==
Absolutely brilliant. I had tried to edit the weather in london before, and it had the normal template. Now it's completely redone, including hatred by Strong Bad. Dot com, you truly do rock. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, now I get it. There's a template for each one. Both are really funny, actually. Great job. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:05, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

== Expanded basic cable ==

Hi. Master Chief has this friend and Masterchief always goes to his house. Yesterday i went to his house and When I went on this site, I saw that he had the same IP as me. So when Master Chief went to his friend's house he created sockpuppets and vandalized the wiki. Now he isn't Master Chief's friend anymore because they got into some fight. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:Dude, you've fed us all so much crap over these last few months that I'm amazed that you think we're listening anymore. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::WHAT?!?! I didn't type that! It was probaly My brother or my cousin because I left myself logged on when I had to answer the phone. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 22:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Sure. Please see my above reply, and treble it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Is the rule about, "my (Some family member) did this" not allowed here as well.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 23:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::It isn't a rule per se, but without proof it is sure looked at with skepticism here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

==Checking IPs==
I know I can't check them on here, but I was wondering were you go to check who has what IP.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 21:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:There are around half a dozen ways, none of which I'm going to elaborate on here. If you look through the MediaWiki documentation, it might give you some insights. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
::What is the link in the special pages that let me check Ip addresses. (The reason for my asking is because of my wiki.) The thing that I know that if I go there here, I will just get an error.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 16:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::If you installed your wiki yourself, then you already have the access necessary to check IPs. If it's a wiki-in-a-can, then it's likely that you don't have the extensions installed that you would need for that. Again, check your documentation. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:04, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

== Dot com & Tom ==

Do both of you guys live in New York, as both of you were at a Yankees game? [[User:72.150.230.125|72.150.230.125]] 01:40, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

:No, I'm from Texas (see my user page for more info). The cap I have on is the official hat of the [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=tex Texas Rangers Baseball Club]. I was in the Tri-State area for three games that particular week: starting with Mets–Phillies (in Philadelphia), then Yankees–A's ([[:Image:Dot com & Tom.jpg|pictured]]), and finishing with Rangers–Yankees (which I am pleased to report [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20060515&content_id=1455525&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away Texas won], 4–2). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
::Wow, so you were right near me and I didn't know it. (I'm about 45 minutes or so west of Philly with good traffic.) You shoulda stopped by. ;)
::Also, I jus' have to say it, coz you know someone's thinking it: as one collective entity, you make It's Dot Tom. =3 --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::You see, Dorian? That joke was already thought of on IRC. Why won't you log there some time? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you ==
Thank you very much. I don't appreciate being spoken about, especially when it was way back when. I've been thinking for a long time about how truly ungrateful he is, and it seems he's lost his privilege. Thanks so much. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:54, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:Do you think he'll go crazy like last time? Do you think he'll make tons of sockpuppets? Is he immature enought o retaliate like this every time he gets blocked? {shudders} — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Meh, I don't really care that much. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, I don't think many people care at all. I suppose we can just revert it again and again. It's not even like he's doing much inconvenience. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==IP address change==
My Ip I think has changed. I need you to check my Ip address and tell me what it is. If I am right then my Ip address has changed for some reason.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:To check your IP, just log out. It will tell you your IP where your username usually is. If it doesn't show it there, then edit the sandbox and check the history. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Am I allowed to say what it is?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Um, if you want to. Some people try to protect that kind of info. (It won't be news to me, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:33, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Here is the difference, this is my now 68.184.181.214, and here is what it was, 66.169.190.116. What is up with that?-{{User:H*bad/sig}}
::::Those IPs are both used by the [[isp|ISP]] in your area. Speaking of, are you a Rangers, Mavs, or Cowboys fan? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Mavs fan. I also love the rangers. Do you happen live in the Dallas/ fort worth area?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::No, but I do live in Texas. (I did live in Mesquite and work in Plano for a summer, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:51, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Hey, maybe we will run into each other at like a mavs or rangers game. I'll hear your name and look over and see you. Wouldn't that be nice?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::That'd be cool. I'm planning on going to the one about a week from now (Sunday night). You can see what I look like (in a Rangers cap even) in the photo on my user page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:There is a major problem though, I kind of told my parents that I know everyone here from school, so I can't say hi to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::That's okay. Although I traditionally wear my Homestar running shirt to ballgames, so that other H*R fans can spot me. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Although, I could make up a story that would make it ok for me to be talking to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==Idea'd==
I have thought of something, that I think that needs changing. I believe that the fanstuff wiki should be able to use the Tavi style for our skin. Can that be arranged?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:Well, is there a way to put it in a monobook? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::I was talking about a way to have it as a seperate option.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::I know. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::::See [[#TaviStyle|above]]. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 15:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Wait we haven't upgraded yet??--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

==User page==

Are we allowed to have Wikipedia links on our userpages? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, yes. Check [[User:DorianGray|my page for a lot of them]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::See also [[HRWiki:User space]] for restrictions and conditions. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:::OK, thanks. I wasn't sure if maybe it causes a problem, like there being offensive content on Wikipedia articles (vandalism or not) that HRWiki can't do anything about. Well then, going to add my links... [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

== Contribs ==
Do you think you could add the 'ctrbs' extension to the Fanstuff Wiki's recent changes? It'd make my job there a little easier. Thanks in advance. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 17:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:That is standard in 1.6 (where it will be spelled 'contribs', incidentally). I recognize that it's taking us longer than we originally anticipated to make the upgrade. Don't give up hope of its happening, though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:01, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
::You added it here... is it difficult to implement? - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, it involves making changes in about six spots of existing code. It's not just like adding an extension. If we don't upgrade real soon, then I'll see about making an exception to our lockout of changes to 1.5. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Troll sockpuppet==

Could you please not be so quick to assume that's what I am? Chris/Yeltensic/Granola has relatives just like everyone else. [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Should I..==

..remove the vandalism thing from Darth's userpage? Or should I wait for him to do that or what? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 23:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Where's the page?==

When I try to get into the "Where's the Cheat?" page from the H*R updates page, it says "no page with that title exists," but when I get into it from the "Toons" section, it works fine. Is there a broken link, or is the problem at my end? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 14:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:To clarify, the link found at [[H*R.com updates 2002#Tuesday, February 26, 2002]] for [[Where's The Cheat?]] doesn't work, but the one at [[Toons#Big Toons]] does? What's really odd is that the error you're receiving is [[MediaWiki:Nogomatch]], which I thought was only shown when there's no exact match for a search done with the "Go" button. Is that the message you're seeing? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 14:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

::The closest I came to duplicating this problem is to type "Where's The Cheat" (without a question mark) in the search box. It also gives a similar error if you type "Where's The Cheat?" (with or without the question mark) in the URL. I'm going to make a redirect to fix those two things, but otherwise I can't recreate the problem as described. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

== When STUFF gets contradicted... ==

Hi, It's dot com. Here's a question that's been on my mind for a very, very long time (4 months):

What happens if we decline a STUFFed reference, thinking that it's unlikely, but then it turns out it was a reference after all? Say, for example, and I'm not saying that it is (even though I admit voting in favor), [[Happy Trogday]] WAS a homage to All Your Base, and that it is confirmed by TBC themselves on, say, the DVD commentary? {{User:The Chort/sig}} 18:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:Well, we just write a nice letter to TBC explaining how they must be mistaken. Once we vote here, that's the end of it. :) Actually, this has happened several times (none springs to mind right this second, but I'm sure someone will list an example here shortly). In cases like that, we simply overturn our vote and note that TBC said so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:33, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:: I haven't yet looked it up, but I believe that "Ryan S." from [[theme park]] was such an example. You're welcome. :D --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:38, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:::[[Talk:rampage#I.27m_on_a_Rainbow_.28originally_DECLINED.2C_now_ACCEPTED.29|Here]] is the one example of which I'm aware. And concerning AYB: Even though I voted to decline, I have always felt it was ''possible'' that fact was correct, and will not be surprised if we do have to un-decline it (nor will I be surprised if we don't). {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 18:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

==Sockpuppetness==
I know sockpuppetry when I see it and I know that kk is a definate sockpuppet person. (I know how ironic) Anyways, I was wondering why it is that when someone creates an account on here, 2-3 others are created. So my question is, that do you beaucrats check every new user if they have another log in name?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 17:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
:You have already asked me questions like this two or three times on this page, but I'm still not going to give you a straight answer. Nothing against you, but I don't like to post details of something like that. Nevertheless, it's probably not hard to infer certain things by posts I've made elsewhere. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thatkidsysop ==
Do you think you could make [[HRFWiki:User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] a sysop on the Fanstuff Wiki? There's been a concensus for him to be added to the team. (I actually posted this on the official forum's admin thread a little while ago, but it's been hours without a response and there's already a bit of excitement on the wiki.) - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 19:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:No wait. Lets make a discussion about this.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. For some reason that forum wasn't showing as having new messages for me. I know what it's like to be offered a promotion and then have to wait and wait for it to go through (in my case, the whole wiki was locked down for the server move). So I will not tell you to keep your pants on, for real. ;) H*bad, this talk page is not the right venue for a discussion on the promotion. In fact, simply by Joshua's posting here I assume that all the necessary discussion has already taken place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry. The reason was only because I was just wondering about it. Thats all.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

== For you and all the others... ==

For You, Tom, Thunderbird, Joey, Stu, Bazooka, Rogue Leader, Phlip, Heimstern, Abdi Viklas, Drhaggis, E. L. Cool, Firebird, Qermaq, Coder, Jones, Jay, Kilroy, Lapper, Username, Dorian, Paper, and all the others...
Hey, I just want to thank all of you for what you do for the Wiki. I used your page because you seem to be the only one logged on. [[User:65.6.55.229|65.6.55.229]] 20:17, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Hey, Anonymous, why don't you write a really nice thank-you note and then not attribute it to yourself. (Oh, kids can be so cruel. Just kidding.) Thanks, man! It's nice to be appreciated! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks from me, too! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 22:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Why thank you very much, it's always nice to hear that our work is appreciated. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks, man. That really makes a sysop feel good. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 03:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thenk you very much, Mister .229! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 06:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::Thanks! (And gee; if you know all of us well enough to abbreviate names, you really ought to think about getting one of your own!) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 23:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I'm very flattered. Thank you for your kind words, 65.6.55.229. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Note: DprianGray isn't a sysop. Just a note. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Neither is Qermaq, but there you go. =) --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::::::::Both DorianGray and Qermaq, if I may speak for the community, are quite respected users. They have the right to be named in that list of thanks. And after all, 65.6.55.229 never once said the word "sysop" in his note. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 00:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Okay, it seems I misunderstood. Since almost every user on that list was a sysop, I figured it was thanking the sysops only. >.> — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

== Magical Sysop Powers? ==

I've noticed that you and the other sysops around here are able to identify a user by their IP number. I have my own little personal wiki, running on the exact same version of MediaWiki as this one, of course without any changes made to this wiki after installation. As far as I can tell, I have no such all knowing, ip reading powers as the sysop of my wiki. Is this something you guys have edited the HRWiki to be able to do or am I completely missing a huge power of being a sysop? —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:I have already asked. They won't say.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::Eh, okay then. Another mystery of the HRWiki goes unsolved. —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I think they want to do this to us.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::::The bureaucrats at this wiki have installed the position of "developer". On some wikis it is called checkuser. It allows users to check IP addresses of users in addition to the normal sysop powers. So yes, it's edited in. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:::::That's not quite right, but it's kind of close, so, yeah, let's go with that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== Paranormal Idol ==

Could you check the IPs of Paranormal Idol and HomeTron V20 on the fanstuff wiki? I think they might be the same person. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:Sorry, but a request for that info would have to come from a fanstuff sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
::Okay, could you please check the IPs of the following Fanstuff users: [[HRFWiki:User:HomeTron V20|HomeTron V20]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol|Paranormal Idol]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol2|Paranormal Idol2]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol3|Paranormal Idol3]] and [[HRFWiki:User:Ytmnd Boy|Ytmnd Boy]]. Here's the reason. (edited version of reasons written by Bub on [[HRFWiki:User talk:Joshua]].)
::HomeTron V20 was a player on an interactive game which Bub created. HomeTron apparently quit the wiki because his Fake Characters were getting deleted by Joshua (as per a different discussion). A couple of days later, a new user, Paranormal Idol joined the wiki. He then created two new accounts, Paranormal Idol2 and Paranormal Idol3, claiming that he lost the password to his original account. Paranormal Idol3 then joined the same interactive game. After playing it for a while and then dying (in the game), he left the wiki. A few minutes after this, Ytmnd Boy signed up and requested to be in Bub's interactive game using the same character as HomeTron V20. All of these users share the same style of grammar, spelling and the way they transcribe.
::In my opinion, this seems like valid grounds for an IP check. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Based on the IPs, they are the same user. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::A few minutes ago, I got the new messages flag, and an e-mail saying that my talk page had been created by you. Do you know why this has occurred? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes. I edited and saved your page without making any changes in order to force the system to send you that message but without creating a new version of your page. I hoped you would then guess that I had replied to you here, which you did, so it worked. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

==Help Another Wiki?==
Greetings from [[Wookieepedia:|Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki]]. :) I'm one of the administrators over there ([[Wookieepedia:User:Jaymach|Jaymach]], if you'd like to check) and I have been told by [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] that you may be able to help us with something we are attempting to implement over there. We're looking into possibly using your "Image Code" verification, but only want to use it for Page Moves rather than every Page Edit. Do you know if this is possible at all and, if it is, is there any chance you could inform us how to do so? Feel free to contact me on [[Wookieepedia:User_talk:Jaymach|my talk page]]. Many thanks. (I'd sign this, but it'd be from my anon IP so there seems little point)
:We are pleased to help you here, Andrew. Tom is sending you more info by email right now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== hello from Nikolce ==

Hi Its dot com, how have you been these last couple of uummm time?? Anyway how are you doing in school? By the way, are there any user that play warcraft 3 on battle net by any chance? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
: I've been doing well, Nikolce. I hope you're well as well. I don't currently go to school (I graduated from college six years ago). Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the game you mention. Keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

== Finals ==
Do you watch the Dallas Mavericks?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 14:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:I checked in on them four or five times yesterday [Game 1 of the NBA Finals, for those reading along] during the game, and I was happy they won. I'll probably see more of the later games in the series. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Also, their next game is Sunday, Sunday, Someday. Ok, bye.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Interwiki links ==
Hey It's dot com. I need some help with a link, it's [[Meta:Help:User style]]. It works here, but not on the Fanstuff User Preferences. Do you know why this is?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:30, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It should work now. (I updated and synchronized the knowledge base and fanstuff interwiki tables.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Ok, thanks. Now I can continue to make it more updated like.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== The latest most recent block ==
Why did you block Strong bad roks!, because it doesn't appear that he did anything wrong.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:No, but he was going to. Thanks for your concern. Please look over my talk page here and find every thread with the words "recent block" in the title before posting another thread like this one. Thanks again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Archives ==
Sorry if my last post was worded rude, mainly because I didn't word it very well. Anyways the reason I bring it up, is because anytime I post something on your talk page it takes forever for it to bring up your talk page.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 20:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's okay, but you should be aware that people generally already know when their talk page has gotten pretty long. Pestering them about it rarely does more than annoy them. If you look at the top of the page, you'll see that I've already archived once before. Maybe I will again someday. Who knows, maybe even soon. There are a lot of other projects I'm working on, however, that require more of my attention right now (like the long-overdue upgrade). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Master Chief's name ==

Hey, dot com. How did you know Master Chief's real name was Ryan? That is his real name. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:Well, Brendan, you'd be surprised what information is out there if you know where to dig. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::You mean on my talk page's history? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:28, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, there's that, but he created [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Log?user=!!!!_Ryan_ON_WHEELS! this account] as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, how'd you know my name? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Like you said. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::But you knew my name before I said On my talk page's history. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::That's true. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

== Upgrade to 1.6 at the fanstuff wiki ==
Hey, awesome job, you and Tom really work harder than most people notice. The log in page is the best part, though. however, do you think you'll be able to add the poopsmith border again? I'm just wondering if 1.6 can't do that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
:I love the RSS upgrade....But one question: Why did you upgrade the HRFWiki before the HRWiki? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 02:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
::We try to shake down any problems we're going to encounter there before we apply the upgrade here. Not all fanstuffers are happy with this arrangement, but it's the best we've got, as it allows us to identify problems using a database that already has an enormous amount of content. If it's any consolation to them, we did spend an extensive amout of time testing the new features before we committed them to the live wiki. As for the Poopsmith, I don't know when or whether we'll be seeing him again soon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

==Unblock==
Please unblocking 82.42.237.114 on a provisional basis. the vandals
are gone! [[User:Go-glow|Go-glow]] 13:42, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
:Forget it. I have records of at least a dozen vandal accounts from that address over the last six months, and the content of the vandalism is worse than most. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

== Hi ==

I was just lookin around on the wiki this morning and decided that I'd leave a brief hello message for you. 

Hi, It's Dot Com. 
I haven't really talked with you too much, so I felt like leaving you a message. What's up with you in real life lately? Anything cool happening that you'd like to talk about? Any interesting stories or other stuff? Are there any Wiki projects that need serious cleaning up or any pages that need creating? If so, I'd be glad to help with them. I don't really have too much wiki time any mroe, but I have a chance to be on this morning for a little while. I'd be glad to assist with any ongoing projects that are in need of serious help. If you get a chance, please reply on my talk page.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:27, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Could I add you to my friends list? I'd like to recognize you on my userpage for your remarkable work on this wiki over the time you've been here. Thanks for your time.

:Well, sure. You can't have too many friends. To answer your other questions: The Rangers are still doing well, and that makes me happy. I can't think of any projects off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's some good ideas over at [[HRWiki:The Stick]]. I also can't think of any pages that need to be created. I wish they would release the next toon so we can make a page for ''it''. (By the way, I replied here instead of your talk page because it's generally better to keep discussion in one place.) Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty then. ADD'D!!!!!--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 16:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki pages==
What exactly do MediaWiki pages do? I'm confuzzled...— {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
:See [[Meta:Help:MediaWiki namespace]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

== A troll's IP ==
Hey, Dot com. I found a trolls IP address, and I was wondering what I should do with it.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you should just hang on to it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:46, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, but he is a pain in the neck. I know him. He has trolled on the fanstuff before. And I just want to be done with him.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:50, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

== Deleting user names ==
Hey Dot com. I heard from some very reliable sources that you guys can delete user names.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:09, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:"Can" is such a big word. Of course I ''can'' delete usernames. I can delete the whole wiki. (Not that I'm going to.) As for whether I ''will'' delete usernames, the answer is no; in general our [[HRWiki:Privacy policy#Removal of user accounts|policy]] is not to do that. Who said otherwise? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::It just seems like its not a very good idea to keep a username on the list, like NSMC, some inappropriate usernames, Willy on wheels, etc. Well maybe not NSMC, for historical reasons. And I never said anyone said otherwise.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, can can also just change there username to something else. I'm not saying that he's going to. He ''might'' but I doubt it. --{{User:the thing/sig}} 14:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yes you did. You said, "I heard from some very reliable sources." — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, well, I was on the mediawiki channel asking questions.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Yes, it is technically possible, and yes, in certain very unusual circumstances it has been done, but no, we don't do it otherwise. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:43, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Really? When was it done? Also, I found out mediawiki 1.7 will be coming out in July.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Great. I'd hate for them to actually use a version for a while. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Yeah, they told me that its going to look much better than 1.6.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::In reply to the other question: It was used after NSMC's vandalism was cleaned up. All the individual accounts were deleted and consolidated into [[User:NSMC vandal|one account]]. - {{User:Bub/sig}}

== El Cid... lcid... Are Cid... rcid... ==

Hey! [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Cutepetsrus&diff=next&oldid=338955 What's] "rcid"? —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's the "Recent Changes ID". Each entry in the [[Meta:Recentchanges table|`recentchanges` table]] has a unique ID, which shows up in the URL when you click "diff" from [[Special:Recentchanges]] on an edit that hasn't been patrolled. The "rcid" part tells the system to display the "park as patrolled" link as you view the diff (even if the edit has [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=710&diff=338906&oldid=338904&rcid=287736 already been patrolled]), and so it's not necessary to be included in a link on a talk page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

== Rangers ==
Hey just in case you didn't get my memo, I am going to a rangers game on wednesday. I know your most likely going to erase this, but just so you know.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:That's cool. I am thinking about going on Tuesday for the Fourth and the fireworks, but I'll have to see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::I would figure thats when its going to be the most crowded.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
:::And I just got back. They won! Back to back homeruns. It was cool. Hey were you there? Or were you there at the July 4th game?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
::::No, I didn't get to go to that one. (That's too bad, 'cause I love patriotic-themed fireworks.) Glad your game was good, and hey, they're tied for first right now! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== Bad wording... ==
Hey Dot com. I was wondering about your accually typing the word (A good way of saying it) whatsit on a page. I know you already know this, but there are little kids on here. Can you reword it, please?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:No, I'm not going to reword it. There is a difference between ''using'' a word and referring to a word ''as a word''. Assuming that the user doesn't already know what his name means, then there would be no way to explain to him what the problem is without resorting to pedantic euphemism or a click-through, both of which are unnecessary given that (1) we should be mature enough to calmly discuss any subject, (2) the whole name itself is already as offensive as or more offensive than its components, and (3) the likelihood that a random user will find that page is close to zero. If it makes you feel better, I'll put a language warning there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, I was just making sure that everything is G or Pg rated here.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

== Marshie Face ==
[[Image:foodfaces.png|thumb|Both a little creepy]]
Okay, you win. I hadn't compared them side-by-side and was going solely by memory. They DO, after all, have a similar artistic style, even though I can now see that I was wrong in thinking they were the same. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:09, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
:Cool. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

== Subst signatures ==

Hi, this is CapitalQ from TMBW.net. We just upgraded to MW 1.6 yesterday (only to see 1.7 stable released today, but that's another story), and after seeing that templates in signatures automatically turn into substrings, ACupOfCoffee pointed us [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki talk:Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.6#Substituted Signatures of Death|here]], where you state "I have created a new variable that allows me to disable this so-called feature, which I now have done." If you could tell me exactly how you went about doing that, I'd be very greatful. Thanks. :) -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 02:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. I have replied on [[TMBW:User talk:CapitalQ#Subst'd sigs|your talk page]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks, all set up! You rock. -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 12:09, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== Homsar's Speech ==

DaAaaAAaaAaahhh! Hi, It's dot cayommm! It's KieferSkuunnk! I just wanted to thank you for the <s>flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital</s> help on my Homsar's Speech project! We're almost done now, but I still can't feel my leeeggs. Okay, bye-dee-bye! {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:Nowowowow, this is the thrill of a lifetime. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== /wiki/ redirect ==

I asked Interruptor Jones about this, and he told me to tell you, so... I think /wiki/ should redirect to /index.php/ because whenever I want to look something up in HRWiki by typing in the URL, I invariably end up typing "/wiki/" and getting the ol' 404. I'd just add <tt>Redirect permanent /wiki/ http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/</tt> somewhere in the .htaccess file, and it should work automatically. I think it'd be even better to do it the other way around and make "/wiki/" the canonical form and have index.php redirect to that instead, but not having used the MediaWiki software, I don't know the exact configuration options. Oh... and ever thought about moving some of the stuff on this huge talk page to an archive page? ;) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 16:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:Isn't typing the URL out a bit cumbersome? Why not create a [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html smart-keyword] instead? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 20:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

::It's the way I've always done it, and it doesn't feel so cumbersome after having done it a million times with Wikipedia. Other people might not be aware of smart keywords (I wasn't until just now). Besides, what's the harm in setting up a redirect? :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 21:26, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:::I'm not inclined to hack the wiki to aid one person's "way of always doing it". There are easier client-side options for what I percieve to be a client-side issue. Sorry. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 00:38, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

::::But is it just one person's way of always doing it, or are other people doing it, too? And I still don't see the harm in just adding a line to .htaccess; you wouldn't even have to restart the server or anything. - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 03:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

:::::It's not that your request isn't easy to fulfill. I presented you with an alternative that would actually be quicker than if I made the change and you typed the entire URL. I don't see this as a problem with the wiki, I see it as an issue that is unique to a single user's behavior. Though I have to admit, I still might consider changing the <tt>index.php</tt> in the URL to <tt>wiki</tt> (making <tt>wiki</tt> the canonical form), but I'd want to go over the consequences of such a change with others first. (Note that this was [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 2#Mod rewrite to remove index.php from URLs|discussed once before]].) -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm unindenting so this doesn't get too wide... anyway, we still haven't even established that I'm the only one who types /wiki/ -- do you have error log statistics to back it up, maybe? I also think the redirect would be a good idea because it would be more consistent with other wikis (I believe most of the most popular MediaWiki sites use /wiki/); inconsistency is why I make this error in the first place. I could make further arguments, for example, that the URL is part of the user interface of a website, and any user interface should anticipate user error. (It's not uncommon for a text-based program to understand both "exit" and "quit", for example.) I could make an analogy with "typo redirects" on wikis. I know, it sounds silly to back up such a little thing like this with so much, but it just feels like a redirect is the Right Thing. (I guess becoming a webmaster is having this effect on me.) Well, I don't suppose there's any more I can say on this subject, so do what you're gonna do. :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 20:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

== PHP upgrade ==

[[Special:Version]] still says that we're running PHP 4.4.2. Upgrade to PHP 5 unsccessful? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:Delayed. Turns out we need to upgrade [[Wikipedia:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|RHEL]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] so that we can upgrade [[MW:|MediaWiki]]. We're going to try again over the weekend. (We ''did'' upgrade from 4.3.x to 4.4.2, for any of you keeping score at home.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
::Upgrading RHEL and Apache might not be necessary after all. We should have the CAPTCHA problem (which is really a missing libraries problem) fixed with the upgrade as well, which according to my information should be any time now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Special:Countedits ==
Could you please install the Count Edits extension on the Fanstuff? Many combolations, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 08:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:That function is a server-intensive function (which is why it's restricted to sysops on this wiki). Perhaps you could elaborate on why you need it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
::Honestly, we don't. I was simply interested (in counting edits). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

== Ni hao! ==

Hey, Dot com, just wanted to say hello from China! Hope all's going well for you. Things have been crazy in China (in an awesome way), but I can't imagine I'll get much time to tell all you guys until I return to the USA... anyway, just wanted to give you a long-distance greeting. Zaijian! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:China man that's gotta be fun! Some day I hope to visit China. Just won't be any time soon. I do plan to go to Kansas City Missouri for a few days this summer! Hi Dot com! :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
::Hey juys! Looking forward to your return! (Although, Heimstern, it's kinda like you never left. What an increasingly small world we live in.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I think I'm in a bit of an abnormal situation here, to be honest. I'm in about the nicest hotel in Shuangliu county and stuff like that. So in some ways, I have a lot of the conveniences of home. A lot of places in China aren't like that, or so I hear. But then again, China is growing like crazy in terms of technology and modernization. It seems like ''everyone'' here has a cell phone. Like, ''more'' oft than in the USA. I don't have time to say much more now, though. We'll talk more when I return. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Olsen Twin'd!! ==

How did you know that the pictures in Teen Girl Squad 11 came from that M magazine? {{User:Salty/sig}} 01:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I have to admit that I'm a big Mary-Kate and Ashley fan (Ash is my fav), and I've had a subscription to ''M'' since I was a twelve-years-old boy.  — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Old main page style ==

Don't get me wrong, I love the new style, but there are still people complaining (well, on the forum). Is there a way to put that old style as one of the skins in the preferences? If it's too much work, it's fine with me, I like this style better, but some people don't. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}
:We're not going to create and maintain another skin just for that old style. There are instructions out there somewhere on customizing one's personal CSS to make the main page like the old style. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
::That works. I'll just tell people that. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}

User talk:It's dot com

Ed smildE — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:31:23 GMT

Ed smildE: Is there any way to make the old style available in preferences?

{{User talk:It's dot com/teasers}}
= <div style="background:#BE0023; color:#fff; width:98%; padding-bottom:0.3em; padding-top:0.3em; padding-left:2%"> Trogdor! </div> =

== Mean to young people? ==

You're my least favorite admin ever.
:Well, <s>''Bubsty''</s> (I was close. See below), one of the things you learn as an admin is that you can't please everybody all the time. I am, however, open to constructive criticism, so I'm a little disappointed that you didn't give me any more to go on than that one line. Or that you didn't at least sign your name. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
::What? Did Bubsty write that? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 20:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Indeed. ''EDIT: Actually, his sister said that it was she who wrote the comment.'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
::::Or perhaps somebody from his computer or something. He did [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Da_Basement&diff=prev&oldid=241561 refer to Bubsty in the third person]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did this person edit da Basement? Didn't you block him for 3 days, TBird? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes, he did, but I unblocked the IP, since the edit wasn't trolling or vandalism. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:38, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I see. And in response to Thunderbird's comment: I don't know that third person is really evidence it wasn't he; he could have been covering his tracks. What ''does'' baffle me, however, is that that IP wrote false information about Bubsty's guestbook being gone, when in fact Bubsty himself removed the deletion tag from his guestbook, something one would think Bubsty would know. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 01:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Haha, I just mentioned that point a minute ago. But on IRC- I didn't bother updating my theory here. Thanks for pointing that out. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 01:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::That was me! Not Erik! And he told me he left the wiki, so I thought he had deleted his guestbook too. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>Sigh*. So much for me leaving. Seems I have some explaining to do. Some things to clear this whole thing up:
::::::::::First off, I '''''DID NOT''''' write that comment above. I recently showed Sarah the comment you left on my user talk page a while ago telling me to stop using the list of users list to welcome people. Although I really didn't care that much about what you had written, she seemed to think of it as rude and insulting. I assume that comment was her "blowing off steam".
::::::::::It seems Dot Com thinks Thekillerdynamo is me. If you still have any questions about this whole thing, ''please'' tell me. I'll try to explain it.
::::::::::Finally, I'm really sorry (not to mentioned embarrased), that this whole thing happened. I'll '''try''' to have something like this ''never'' happen again. (Depends if a certain family member agrees).
::::::::::Sincerely,
::::::::::{{User:Bubsty/sig}} 04:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Well, as you can see below, all I knew for sure was that the edits were coming from your house. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
You do a lot on this wiki, but you're mean to the young people here. 10, 11, 12, and 13 year olds shouldn't have to act like a 28-year-old!
Can't you just be a ''bit'' nicer? I think more people would like you then.
Please; I'm not trolling - although I did blank your talk page. But that was so you would see this easier.
If you revert it (which I'm sure you will) can you at least think about being ''nicer''?
Once again, sorry for messing up your talk page. Just please read. Thanks! [[User:24.18.208.18|24.18.208.18]] 04:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:PS: I think you're still a good admin. Just show some commen sense. (Of course, I should talk; Look who's about to get themselves blocked!)
:PPS: Oh, and about my first edit on this page; I admit that was me. But that was back when I didn't know what a wiki was and didn't know who you were. You ''aren't'' my least favorite admin ever. In fact, you're one of my favs! If you want to block me for that, go ahead; I deserve it.
::Why don't you log in so we can discuss this. Talking through an IP address isn't the kind of conversation we should be having. I'm not going to block you. If I wanted to block you, I would have blocked your IP a long time ago. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Ok, I made a user. [[User:That One User|That One User]] 06:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I don't mean make a sockpuppet, I mean log in as yourself. You have obviously been around for a bit for you to hold the opinion you do, and, looking closely, you are either Bubsty or, at the very least, someone inside his house. So, c'mon now, Erik, Sarah, whoever... log in for real if you actually want to talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did you know? [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 00:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Hang on now, let me make sure I have this right... You're telling me that someone who has [[Special:Contributions/Thekillerdynamo|18 total contributions]] (as of this writing, none of which are in the article namespace) and to whom the only thing [[User talk:It's dot com/These Peoples Try to Fade Me#Hi_from_Thekillerdynamo|I've ever said]] is "Welcome to the wiki, Sarah! Ask your brother to show you how to sign your name," would suddenly and for no apparent reason get so annoyed with me as to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=240812&oldid=240757 put this] on my page? I'm sorry, but that just doesn't add up. Perhaps you could explain yourself a little... or come clean. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Seems odd right? Actully, I've just seen what you've said to other people (like the thing) and what you said to Bubsty that one time. That was why I said "you're my least favorite admin ever". When you said that thing about user welcoming... something like that. But I'm not mad anymore. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::: Oh, okay then. Please allow me to speak to your points: Occasionally messages must be posted that are stern because it's urgent that the message be understood. (In the case of the message I sent your brother, it was because of the fact that edit summaries can't be changed, and so we have to be careful what we put in them.) I do try, however, never to be insulting, and as I said way back when, I do apologize if he took it that way. Also, I have nothing against young users, and I will happily give assistance to anyone who needs it (just have a look around this talk page). It should be noted that several of our exceptional users, including a sysop, are quite young, relatively speaking. Even though actual age doesn't matter, I don't see anything wrong with expecting a certain level of maturity from our users, once they've had a chance to get the hang of things. The wiki, after all, is not a toy. I think BazookaJoe put it quite well in his message to The thing when he talked about what [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:The_thing&oldid=242251 the purpose] of this wiki is. All of this can only bring us to one conclusion: ...Strong Sad's [[caffeine#Transcript|adopted]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== Well this is (not) nice... ==

I'd just like to bring this to your attention: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Homestar_Coder&diff=242152&oldid=242150]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 03:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I noticed that. I don't know what that guy's deal is. He is addressing Coder, so I'd prefer she be the one to respond to him. That edit could be called trolling (in the true sense of the word), but it's not vandalism. Until and unless he causes more, bigger trouble, I'ma stay out of it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::I was thinking it was more along the lines of harassment. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:43, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Still, if she wants to block him, she has the power. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:45, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. Very well I just thought I'd bring that up. Have a good night. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thanks for bringing it up. I'll be keeping an eye on that guy for sure. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::This guy has some kind of anger management problem, and I think not responding to him is the best course of action. I don't even know where he gets this stuff; I've never blocked him (although I did warn him that he might be blocked for mucking up the Sandbox), called him any names (especially not "incredibly gay" - all the people I've known who are actually incredibly gay are far more mature than that guy ;) ), or confused him with Willy on Wheels. If he wants to periodically upchuck on my talk page, whatever. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Apparantly this is all because of [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Character_Evolution&diff=next&oldid=175719 this revert]. I'm really confused as to how posting a few images constitutes two to three hours work as well as hating Homestar Coder for reverting it. Additionally, it didn't really fit; those images were all over the place. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 01:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought I [[User talk:Homestar Coder/MayAug2005#character evolution|explained reasonably]] that the pictures made the page cluttery; at the time, I was also trying to get that page deleted as I considered it redundant with [[:Category:Character Evolution]]. *shrug* {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== Whoa! ==

[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=243608&oldid=242626 Wow.] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:02, 21 January 2006 (UTC) (And here I was trying to come up with some cool archive style for mine...)
:It's dot com has archived his talk page? Saddle up my flying pig; I'm goin' ice skating in hell! (But seriously—I'm digging the topical groupings.) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 07:24, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow. I love that format! Keep on... making-great-stuff! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 08:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Quite impressive. Looks snazzy, and loads alot faster. Now we've just gotta convince [[User talk:Tom|Tom]]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 08:45, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::::This is the greatest thing ever. Would you mind terribly if I bit your style and did a similar thing? :) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 19:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::With a comment like that, how could I possibly refuse? You are more than welcome to take my coolness and rework it to achieve your own brand of awesomeness. (Never mind all that GFDL nonsense.) :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::YAYZ. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

== what happened ==

Hey it's dot com, what happened to your discussion page? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

:well, he archived it. this means that at the top, you can just go to the links and they will lead you to the headlines. pretty cool, huh?

::Yeah, I just couldn't take all the whining from all you guys anymore. ;) But I figured out a compromise between keeping all the talk on this page and moving it all to an archive, so I went with it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::i wasn't whining. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 00:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::::I know. But take a look through the archives and you'll find quite a few requests for me to do so, and there were innumerable chat conversations to that effect as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== i believe... ==
that you are an amazing user. you are just in everything you do. i think it is inspiring how much you care for the betterment of the wiki. you block only the most important users. you recently blocked someone i know. i just want you to know that you are doing the right thing. thank you.
:Is this from [[User:Thatkidyoualllove|Thatkidyoualllove]]? If so, why would you want me to block your brother? You guys must be like my brothers and I are. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::yeah, he hates my guts. and that's why he will never disobey me and come on a website too cool for him again. heheheh....{{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== I want to be a sysop ==

Do you no wen the next sysop election is gonna be? {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:Depends on several things. Why do you ask? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::I wanna be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Really? How come? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I want to be a sysop. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Right. You just said that. I'm asking why you want to be a sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Because I want to be able to: Block, Delete, Edit special pages... all the stuff sysops can do. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:48, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Why do you want to be able to do all those things? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I can't really explain it but I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, ''try'' to explain. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. Like people that should of been blocked pages that needed deletion plus I want to help the wiki as much as I can. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Who needs to be blocked? Which pages need deletion? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::Well there gone now but there used to be some. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::What's gone? The people, or the pages? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:17, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::If there is a person abusing the Wiki, or a page that doesn't have any need, there are ways of alerting sysops even if you're not one (add abusers to [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]] and add the "tobedeleted" template to bad pages.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Both are gone but the main reason I want to be a sysop is so I can help the wiki as much a possible. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::It's admirable to want to help the wiki. We need as many people—sysops and users alike—who will do that.     Around here, we consider several factors when choosing whom to make sysops, and the most important consideration is trustworthiness. A close second is participation in the project. Rounding out the top six are the ability to deal with other users (especially in mediating disputes or deciding when to step in), technical know-how, the necessity for another position (that is, whether or not the wiki needs more sysops at any given time), and finally seniority. ([[bottom 10|Number seven]] on the top-six list is [[Senor Cardgage|senority]], which is the ability to make bad H*R-related jokes.)     With those things in mind, at this time I would not be comfortable with making you a sysop. Not long ago, you vandalized this wiki and less than a day ago you were blocked from the fanstuff wiki for persistent trolling. I think it will take a while for people to trust you again after that. Additionally, you currently don't meet the [[User_talk:It%27s_dot_com/Let%27s_Get_Started_on_Doing_All_Those_Awesome_Things_I_Suggested#How_to_become_a_sysop|participation requirements]]. That is, you really don't have that many edits in the main or talk namespace nor have you done a big project. I haven't seen how you handle stress or abuse from problematic users and I don't know the status of your technical know-how (again, because I don't have a large sample of edits from which to judge). Last (and this one matters the least to me but is nevertheless important) there's the question of seniority: In other words, even if all else were equal, quite a few deserving people have been here a lot longer than you, and would thus be ahead of you in line whenever we promote the next user(s).     Please don't think I'm trying to be overly discouraging, but your persistence in asking has made me want to be as unambiguous as possible. (By the way, asking for a position of power—no matter where you are (except maybe Wikipedia)—is a sure way to guarantee that the position will ''not'' be handed to you. Just so you know.) I encourage you to read the link above about the requirements and follow its advice. Over time, perhaps a long time, if you make good contributions and keep your nose clean, then you might be more seriously considered. Until then, keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::::Darn --{{User:The thing/sig}} 19:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

To The Thing: Personally, I'd love to be able to do all those things as well, but being given a position of power doesn't come free - [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|You just gotta ''earn'' it!]] And to It's dot com: I found this whole conversation quite amusing. :) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps there should be a page devoting to answering the question "How do I become a sysop?" I see it asked a LOT. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Perhaps part of the FAQ? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:57, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I really liked your idea, KieferSkunk, and decided to '''be bold''' and add it myself. It's composed mainly from the large paragraph above, but also from the talk section it links to, and my personal knowledge. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::'''It's dot com:''' Yada yada yada sysop yada yada trust yada seniority yada yada yada edits yada yada yada long speech yada yada... 
:::'''The thing:''' Darn 
{{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 01:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC) P.S. No offense to either of you. I just found that funny.
::::One other thing, Thing: as I'm sure any of the sysops can tell you, it might not be as fun as it looks from the other side of the fence. It means a butteload of ''work'', and a commitment to a certain amount of involvement and responsibilities. It's like the Spiderman thing (you know, "With great power...). (Except it ''doesn't'' come with the ability to swing through Manhattan streets in spandex.) Also, about helping the wiki: yeah, deleting pages and blocking folks help, but it's really only a small percentage of the work that improves the wiki: the bulk of it is regular users editting and reviewing each other's edits. In other words, you ''already'' have the power for the single biggest part of wiki-helping that goes on. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 04:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::Nevermind I'm a sysop on [http://weirdal.wikicities.com/ My own wiki] now. But it would still be cool to be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

If I may throw in my own perspective on this, "with great power comes great responsibility." From what I've observed, being a sysop means making a lot of tough judgement calls, speaking nicely to people when you'd rather not, getting blamed for just about anything that goes wrong (real or perceived) and a lot of really hard work. Given all that, I'm not really clear on why someone would want that job so much, but I have nothing but admiration for the people who do it. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 01:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== i'm back ==
hey, it's dot com. i just got unblocked this morning. i want to say you did the right thing, and that now i will probably be spending less time on the wiki, so when i get blocked the next time it won't suck so bad. ah well. anyway, like i said, you did the completely right thing, and i hope you become an admin for what you did. thanks.
p.s. if i get blocked another time, please make it indefinite. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:02, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:um....[[User: Yeltensic]] just made a rude remark on the guestbook discussion page, and you should check it out. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:55, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I am aware of it and have posted comments. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::good. that was just plain crude. if he pulls some stunt like that again just because [[User: Darth Katana X|Darth Katana X]] told him to, i suggest you block him. look on yeltensic's talk page if you don't know what i am talking about. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 15:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Well I found out about the discussion from Darth, but I didn't "pull some stunt like that" because Darth told me to, he didn't tell me to do that. So leave Darth out of it, he didn't do anything (well maybe he did, but if so it was unrelated). [[User:Yeltensic|Yeltensic]] [[User talk:Yeltensic|Save the guestbooks]] 21:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::I apoligize. I now understand. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 23:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== That image ==

Just so you know, the reason I restored that image for "[[It's like it was meant to be]]" is just because Homestar Coder and Abdi both expressed their support for it and I felt that the person who removed it was acting rather unilaterally. I don't mind its removal as much if there's actually someone else who agrees about removing it, though. Anyway, keep on tranglin'. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, and Thunderbird has added a different image. Maybe this one will work well? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::I don't have a super-strong opinion that page, but the first image just didn't seem to fit, in my opinion. I did have an idea, though (the Wagon Fulla Pancakes). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Yeah, I'd say the same about not having a super-strong opinion; I just wanted to see things done fairly. (I try not to be too committed to my own ideas around the wiki. I find it only leads to disappointment when your edit gets reverted or your Fun Fact gets crushingly declined in STUFF. Not to mention you get along in the community better if you just go with the flow and be ready to get REVERT'd a few times, eh?) And yeah, I saw your new idea, and I think it's hilarious. "Rondelman, you crack me up! Crack! Me! Up! That's why you're my doge!" Anydangway, talk atcha later! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 07:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I added a link to the article cuz i wasn't sure at first which article you were talking about. I definitely like the new pic! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== CAPTCHA ==

I wanted to know what you did to get CAPTCHA up and running on 1.5.6. I stopped by the IRC channel & was told to ask you about it. :) On freenode, I am earthsound (registered user). Also, you can reach me at gmail.com (same user name).
Thanks!
:(He and I spoke via the chat channel, and the gist of the discussion was that I was not the author of the software, just an assistant implementor, and I directed him to the software author. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 25 January 2006 (UTC))

== The ongoing saga ==
um, someone left a message on my talk page stating that it was weird that trendy totebag did not sign on while i was blocked. i know i may be wrong, but i suspect the anonymous user was, well, you know enough to figure it out. the writing, the splling....it's all the same. you probably can't match the ip addresses, but i would like it if you did. or he just didn't leave a sig, and you can check the contribs. thank you. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 21:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Um, there's really no mystery, since he was logged in when he made that edit. I have taken care of it. *sigh* — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, you must be tired of our bickering. It seems i am stupid enough to not stop until i get blocked, so i guess i deserved to be. '''ah well.''' {{User:Seriously/sig}} 00:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:::I don't mean to rub it in, but EIGHT MINUTES?! Nice, real nice. Eight min. is all it takes to get blocked. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== Has Matt? ON WHEELS! ==

Thanks for clearing up all those page moves on my user space. I seriously was actually ''laughing'' the whole time it was happening. I think my userpage had at least 12 "ON WHEELS!" in the page title. My first time being WoW'd. Ever. Well, anyway, thanks a lot! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 04:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:No probalo. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:17, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow! someone must really like you! Ooo! ooo! Here's an idea (stemming from our basement discussion that should really go there but i'm sure the discussion has been archived): use the Captcha (ok maybe it's not such as hot of an idea now that i see the page move history) for making moves for all users (since we move pages seldom). But i guess these moves ''were'' done manually! Interesting. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:21, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Actually, I believe the CAPTCHA image is used in move processes for all users. I had to use it. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 04:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh yeah! you're right! It is! I just saw it when i hit the move button in your pa— *points* LOOK! *Runs away* --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== .swf decompiler ==

Where did you find a .swf decompiler? Stuntman021

:I use [http://www.eltima.com/products/flashdecompiler/ Flash Decompiler] by Eltima. A free download is available (which is the version I have, and it meets my needs pretty well), and the full version looks to have a lot of features. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== G'bye ==
dot, I think I am going to take a break from the wiki. I just wanted you to answer a question of mine: do you ever feel like the wiki ends up affecting more than just the wiki aspect of your life? I mean, Ciberdude's got my IM screenname and my email address, and he won't stop from either. I know you can't help me with this, but I think I have to make myself a little more discreet the next time I come on here. That's why I'm taking a break. Just act like I'm gone for good, okay? I'll be back soon, just not for a while. Thanks for all the privelages. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, giving out personal info can be useful, but it can come back to haunt you sometimes. Take care, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:44, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::I will. And even if you lose your sysop privelages, block ciberdork while I am gone. I'll still edit anonymously. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:46, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Seriously, Seriously, you say the weirdest things. Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Seriosuly, Seriously. I mean Seriously. What. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::So, i finally learned to block email addresses, and IM ones too. So.....I guess I'm on the wiki again, and once again I am wildly exaggerating like I always do. Ah well. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 22:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== What did you do ==
I would just like to make a counterpoint to hating guestbooks, even though the discussion is over. Have you ever thoguht how much sigs should be deleted? You must have, because if you are going to delete guestbooks like you did, the exact same reasons apply to sigs. People working on their sigs clutters up the recent changes, I know because I do it '''all the time'''. Sigs are not contributing to the wiki, just like you insist guestbooks don't. And finally, They give no proof that someone ever read your userpage, something that by the way is something that people either do or don't but that shouldn't matter to anyone else. I just think that What you and the admins did was entirely opinionated. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:No proof, eh? Well, I guess that someone could read a user page in a matter of seconds and then promptly sign a guestbook. Not all sigs clog recent changes, just yours. Sigs are a means of identifying a user, and thus serve a purpose. I am not meaning to reply for It's dot com, but I just wanted to say this. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 22:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::Also, I bet a lot of sig flooding could be stopped if people just used "Show Preview". --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::: Sigs exist anyway; you edit them in your user preferences (which does not show up on Recentchanges). The custom, however, is to create a User/sig template and use ''that'' as your sig. The User/sig versions are used because:
:::# They're easier to edit.
:::# If you edit one, ''all'' of your signatures change. If you edit the sig in your preferences, only ''future'' signatures change.
::: What's more, custom sigs of any sort allow links to your Talk or Contributions page, and make it easier to tell who's who (if you see a light blue sig with a green "Talk" area, it's probably me. If you see a gold-colored sig with symbols on both sides, it's likely Thunderbird. etc.) I'd take that over not being able to tell if I've previously read a user page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:29, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:::And, by the way, it was not the admins' decision to remove them; they may have started the voting, but ''everyone with a user name'' could vote. I abstained voting entirely because I don't really care. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Got it. Reluctantly. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

Sorry about re-making those User_talk:Drwho? pages. I wuz trying to mark them delete but you already deleted them. {{User:The thing/sig}} 23:47, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
:That's okay. Just remember to wait a couple of minutes between postings if you think that might be happening. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== Two Questions ==

Hey Dot com, what's up? I have two questions. First, where did you post that discussion where someone was asking how to do links that were not underlined and you tried an example which didn't quite work correctly? (This is indirectly related:) I was wondering if you could take a look at [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects|this]] issue. Thanks! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
:See [[#Super-plain_link]]. Note: old how-to questions from my talk page are filed under ''The System Is Down → Technical help''. On your second question, I'm not sure what you're asking. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
::For the first question, I looked briefly and couldn't find it (actually i scanned the page twice) but couldn't find it. I was scanning too quickly. As for the second issue, it turns out to be a firefox issue :(. Nerd42's sig goes beyond the table borders for some reason. I looked at the sig code and all the tags were closed off. I hope you have a copy of firefox to look at this cuz i'm not gonna provide a screenshot of it right away! ;) I gotta eat! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I'd post it in a more central place, like the FAQ talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Good idea! Just so you know, I found out another reason why you wouldn't be able to see it: resolution. The problem only happens when you wrap text a certain way. As a result, I have [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects#Strange|posted]] an [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects&oldid=255516#Timeline_project update] and a [[:Image:Nerd42sigProblem.png|screenshot]] of the problem, as well as an inquiry in the [[HRWiki_talk:FAQ#Sig_image_bug|FAQ talk page]]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== trolling ==

Just so I can learn the game a little more, how did you know that those last few blocks were Yeltensic, I looked in the user contribs and didn't see much. Teach me OB1, your my only hope :-P {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 16:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, often times he makes a remark that identifies him as, in fact, yeltensic. If he didn't do that, then I'll step aside and let dot comster answer this. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 17:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I just looked at the blcok log, and I have to admit I am confused. He must have matched the IP addresses. Also, there are two new users that are created. How do we know they're not yeltensic? {{User:Seriously/sig}}

:User:18593095NSMC90531234 wasn't trolling. I heard about the NSMC people but mabe this wasn't. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yes he was. I didn't say vandalism, I said trolling. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::How? {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::I agree with The thing on this one. Even though he might look like NSMC at first glance, take a look at the article on Uncyclopedia [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/HRWIKI about our wiki]. At the near bottom, it says "If you happen to be new, register with the username: 18593095NSMC90531234 - Trust me, it'll be fun." This is the ''exact same username''. It seems to me that this guy just didn't know anything about NSMC or this wiki and got Punk'd. He wasn't doing anything bad (yet), so why block him because of "trolling"? Although I would suggest that he get a better username. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 22:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::Yea. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:13, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::LLok at this '''North Shore Medical Center''' same first letters. {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::::I know exactly where he got the username, and it's the reason I knew what his intentions were. Trolling is the (usually intentional) provocation of a person or community with the aim of getting a negative reaction. Even if he just did it on a lark (which I doubt), he should know better than to blindly follow instructions he came across in a place like that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== seriosly ==

i dont think its fair to bann me every tiem I talk to seriously, he is a big user on the wiki and if i am to become a good contributor i will have to stop pretending he doesnt exist. i think i've been banned enough to know not to fight with him.— {{user:Ciberdude444/sig}} 22:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

:<s>I think your mom goes to college is not the person who sent this. But that's just me.</s> {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:24, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Troll==
Really bad troll attacking for 2 days at the fanstuff wiki, Joshua says he needs help. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

:What do you mean? I'm not sure that dot comster is a sysop there. If he is, please elaborate. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yeah, he is. [[HRFWiki:User:Riley|Riley]]

:::Seriously: This is the third time ''in a row'' you have replied to messages on my page that weren't addressed to you. And in two of the three times, your reply was either wrong or didn't give any useful information. Please let me have the opportunity to reply to my own messages. Thank you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::::Riley: What's this guy's deal? Is he Clan or someone who just doesn't like Clan? What course of action would you like me to take? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

It's dot com: Sorry. Just trying to be helpful. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

:Um, he stopped, joshua wanted me to tell you earlier. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

::I enabled some more security that should limit him to one new vandal account at a time, and I scrubbed out some of the filthier usernames. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:49, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==
Thanks for all the work with Babel! -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:06, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Babel ==

I understand why you think that the [[HRWiki:Babel|Babel]] towers will be better with the source code rather than the templates, but I really think that templates will make it a lot easier to use and more user friendly. I understand that there would be a lot, but noinclude tags could be used to keep track of them. Source code is fine, but do you think that I could at least try with Templates, and if it gets too confusing switch back to source code? -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:I think we should try with the source code first. It's not too hard to get the hang of. (Besides, it's just copy and paste for most people. ;) ) I don't have a problem with a generic template, but we don't need to create a whole slew of them for a non-mainspace thing such as this. Plus, this way, people won't be limited by just the ones in the templates (although we do ask that they be Homestar Runner (or wiki) related). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== ciberdude444 ==

im not ciberdude, hes my brother, my computer is auto loged on and he used it to post that talk, i didnt say anyhting cause of the warm welcome i had at the wiki compared to my brother's fued and destruction it was better not to connect me with him in any way. — {{user:Yourmomgoestocollege/sig}} 20:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recent block ==
Umm... are you sure that IP you blocked recently is the right guy? Because I checked his contribs and he hasn't done anything vaguely trollish. Except, maybe for editing Tampo's sig and page, but Tampo din't seem to mind, which leads me to believe he ''is'' Tampo. If he's not, he still seems like a fine user. Any reason why you blocked him? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as A fweakin' chair
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Reverted
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Christian
:Yep, I'm pretty sure. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
You've blocked a troll with the same IP adress as [[User:Tampo|Tampo]]. He is blocked for no reason. [[User:Stongbah|Stongbah]]
:Yea! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
::The IP in question was not blocked for no reason. It was being used (as you can see above) to create multiple accounts in a short amount of time, which were then being used for vandalism. I will unblock the IP for now, but I'll be keeping an eye on it. P.S. The thing: Exactly what was the point of your post? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I have no idea just kinda wanted to be in the conversation. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

== Arrested Development-apalooza ==
I wanted to make sure you heard about this. Fox is airing the last four episodes back to back on Friday, starting at 8pm. From one fan to another, {{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 23:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, we've already got the party planned! :) It's going to be bittersweet. I don't know whether to hold out hope for Showtime or not. And I wonder how they'll tie up the loose ends while leaving the door open a crack in case they do change networks. Hmm. Thanks for posting! Talk atcha later, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:47, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::Such a good show.....It pains me to see it go....{{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:59, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Admin sigs ==
Why do none of the admins excepy JoeyDay have customized their sigs? I'm thinking maybe you guys are too busy to do that stuff. Just wondering if you knew. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:Well, that's not quite true, unless you have a very narrow definition of admin. If by admin you mean someone on the [[Template:adminteam|Admin Team]], then [[User:Stu|Stu]] definitely has a [[User:Stu/sig|signature]]. If you mean people who are on the Admin Team and are currently active in the day-to-day maintenance of the site, then you're right, only Joey has really customized his signature. Of the six of us, however, only [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]] has no customization to speak of. [[User:Tom|Tom]], [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], and I all have subtle modifications from the standard. If, on the other hand, when you say admins you mean sysops, then there is quite a bit of customization. [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird]] and [[User:FireBird|FireBird]] have had special sigs for as long as I can remember, as have [[User:Jay|Jay]], [[User:Homestar Coder|Homestar Coder]], [[User:Kilroy|Kilroy]], and [[User:The Paper|The Paper]]. [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]]'s modification is a slight tweak, and [[User:FortyTwo|FortyTwo]] and [[User:Furrykef|Furrykef]] haven't been here in a while. Even [[User:GrapeNuts|GrapeNuts]] (a bot) has a [[User:GrapeNuts/sig|sig]]. As for the heart of your question: Why do Tom, [[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]], and I have more or less "plain" signatures? Well, Tom's is like that because he's ornery about such things. BazookaJoe's and mine are like that because it just looks right. Since everyone else goes to such great lengths to customize their signatures, ''not'' doing so becomes a customization in itself. — [[User:It's dot com|''It's dot com'']] 23:30, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool font. I meant the admin team, without the sysops, By the way. Stu, well I've never actually seen him make an edit. Although I did hear that he was joey's friend. I just think that if you have a sig, you should make it have more convenience, like having a link to your talk page. Thnaks for the answer. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

:And Dot com has toyed with his signature in the past [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 8#Towards a more standards-compliant signature|once or twice]], a long while back. That special sig you just made looks pretty cool, if you ever did decide to change it for good. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::GrapeNuts has a sig? Dot com customizing his!? What is the world coming to!? ''This message is {{User:GrapeNuts/sig}} approved (not really, I just wanted an excuse to use his sig :).'' --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

:::Weird. And ''you'', thunderbird, had a blue sig. That scares me. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 05:10, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Um, I just wanted to know what subtle modifications you, Tom, and InterruptorJones have on your sig. Do you mean past versions? Also, what is DrHaggis's slight tweak? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Tom has a nonbreaking space in front of his (and used to have an empty link). I have an em dash. Interruptor Jones has both of those and uses small tags. Dr Haggis's real username is Drhaggis. All of us put the modifications directly in the preferences box, instead of using a sig template. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::So you don't have to put an em dash alll the time? That's really cool. I think Ill do that. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff on the knowledge base ==
By the way, you say I have to delete my caption contest, yet you don't seem to think about the amazing amount of people doing translations on their userpages. Also, you should think about Has Matt?'s page that includes homsar quotes that other people can edit. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:I can't realy think of many people who do translations. Even then, the translations themselves are direct quotes and the replies are occurring on the talk pages. The reason I had a problem with your activity is because not only were you inviting people to edit your user page, you were asking them to ''create new H*R-related content'' based on the toons, which is the very definition of fanstuff. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::Ah. I realize that my above comment was a little bit too harsh; I apologize for that. I try to stay nice with users, since most already have a reason to hate my guts (including you). So, yeah. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, okaaay.... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, DBK does, after the extremely insolent remark I made on his user page, And you have a reason because of [[User: Ciberdude444|Something I can't mention.]] Also, Firebird has an excuse because I was blocked by him for trolling, and Yeltensic has a reason (although he's not a user anymore) because I was one of the people who asked him to stop most. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::One of the coolest things in this wiki is that everybody generally treats each other with respect and with maturity. Most of the people I know here do their job (be it editing pages, commenting on behavior, or taking action nobody wants to have to take but that needs to be taken) and then move on if need be, and so we try not to harbor little things that may be divisive or in the long run inconsequential. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recap ==
Can I get a recap (no need to be brief, I have time) of the things that have happened here since the start of December? - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
:''See [[Talk:Main Page#Recap|Talk:Main Page → Recap]]'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:36, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== guess what happened to me ==

Heloo there It's dot com, how are you, i've been doing great. About the heading, check out my talk page and user page, and you'll see what happened. Have you every got a similar award? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 07:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
:Cool, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, keep in mind, Nikolce, that the pizza trophy is superior to the Iron cup of <strike>beef</strike> brunswick stew. This means that that trophy is one of the greatest trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

wow, is there some sort of "lost of tropies or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

:Yes. Check the [[Hrwiki: Barnstars|Barnstars]] page. There's a lot of trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

== Mirrors and Such ==
Hello, It's dot com. I'm now direction your admin-y attention to [[Talk:Scroll Button Songs#HRWiki Mirror|this little discussion]] in the far reaches of the knowledge base. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
:Tom currently handles all the mirror-type stuff. I would ask him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
::Okay... - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:35, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes? ==

Hey there dotty, how are these last couple of days. can i ask you something, i've been looking at people user pages, and i've been finding these things called userboxes? what are they?

is there a list of them or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:I might be able to help here. A list is located at [[HRWiki:Userboxes]], as well as directions on how to add them to your page. Let me know if you need any help adding some, if you want to do so. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thunderbird, let me say sorry, about this message. Its because i don't like to order people around, but my user page is a bit of a mess, actually its chaos, please help its urgent. thanks a bunch. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 08:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:Nikolce, if you say please, it's perfectly fine. Don't worry about politeness, because it seems you almost unconsciously type in polite ways. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

== Idea and it's potential ==
Hi. Nikolce Kocovski sent me something on my talk page. It's the newest headline, I think you should check it out. I want to see if you think either his idea or mine would be of any potential. Thanks. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

== NSMC thing ==
What's the purpose of that page? Also, why'd you delete the talk page for it? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:Also, I'd like to congrat yoyu on the amazing amount of users you've managed to obtain. Truly amazing. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:48, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::"Amount of users"? What? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:49, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I mean the amount of sockpuppets that NSMC created. You just made a page listing all of the addresses. It looked cool. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. Well, for an explanation of the page, see the section in [[HRWiki:A_History#NSMC|A History]]. I deleted the talk page because it was a user talk page, and therefore comments on it weren't addressed to me but to the vandal. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I find this extremely interesting. Y'know, I was here when NSMC hit. I didn't know how revert it, though, so I just didn't go on the Cheat Commandos section. Of Cuorse, that wasn't enough. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

== Paradoxes ==

So which came first? The [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse/Please_leave_this_line_alone chicken], or the [[HRWiki:Introduction|egg]]? ref:[http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:21, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure ours was modeled after [[Wikipedia:Template:Please leave this line alone|this]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::I hate it when we're not original. :(. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Ahhhh .... hence the similarities. I *now* remember seeing that before a long long time ago, once you showed it to me, even though it looks exactly like the other one... :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool! Where did you find [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&diff=269724&oldid=269553 this one]? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 06:45, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I wrote it myself. See the fourth userbox on my user page. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==18,000 views==

Hey, you've got a cool userpage. I agree, Marzipan's answering machine is underrated. {{User:Granola/sig}} 05:02, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks, man. Welcome aboard! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:03, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::With over 18,000 views, it ''has'' to be good. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::18,000 views?? When did that happen?! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm not sure I trust those counters anyway... The one at the bottom of this talk page currently shows only about 800 views, but surely ''that'' can't be right. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I've been having a similar situation on my user page. For some ''extremely'' odd reason, it says I have ''28,000'' page views. Seriously, I'm not that popular. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 19:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::You were talking to Dot com, not Seriously. {{User:Granola/sig}} 21:51, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh, Granola. That's one of the worst jokes I've heard all day. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Of course, I, being a retard, do not understand that joke a bit. Also, dot com, you might as well delete that thing on the bottom I wrote, cause you asked the smoking monkey to delort it. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:58, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, you see, "Seriously" can mean both your username or "in a serious manner". Has Matt? meant that ''in reality'' he is not as popular as 28,000 page views would seem to indicate, but Granola took it to mean that he was addressing you directly. Hilarity ensued. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Or a total lack of hilarity, as it was a crappy joke. {{User:Granola/sig}} 22:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Oh good, I knew you weren't that popular :P Maybe with all the code fiddling you do, you somehow reversed the number of talk page views with the number of userpage views or something. I've gotta say this has shattered my confidence in those little counter things, before I would have trusted those things with my life. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::And I jumped from 2500 to 6000 in less than 24 hours awhile ago. That can't be right, either. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::The number is so small because the counter was reset to zero when this page was moved back incorrectly from a vandal. It had to be deleted and recreated, and that's probably what caused the problem. And Heimstern, do you have your preferences set to hold page caches? If you do, that's probably what caused the view count to jump. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 06:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Aw, man! You're probably right, HSRusername. That really bums me out. I would reset my counter, except that I have no idea what to set it to. By the way, as far as I know, I've never messed with anything that would affect those numbers. Maybe they've gone up dramatically because an outside bot is gathering data or something (like for Google). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::At the very least, as of [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 16#6,000 views!|06:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)]], you had over 6,000 talk page views, and just under 6,000 userpage views. I think it's safe to give yourself at least a 10,000 talk page view head start, as long as you give your userpage a 10,000 view handicap. That should get you somewhat back on track. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::Well, I found an archive just before all the hubbub that put the count at 10,071. I added that to the 958 currently showing to get 11,029, and used that figure to reset my counter. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

==Autocolumn==

Btw, I wanted to say excellent work on the autocolunm feature. I was looking at the Strong Bad Email tables yesterday, thinking an autocolumn thing would be a nice feature, and lo and behold not two hours later it had been converted. Nice work. (I suppose for colunms such as the ones on my userpage though, it doesn't have any useful application, correct?) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I tried to use it for the ones in my page, but it just screwed things up. Although I did put it on [[The Field]] and [[Strong Badia]] and Has Matt? used it on [[Homestar Talker]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:47, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks! Yeah, when the columns are independent lists, they still have to be done the regular way. The autocolumns are for when you have one long list that just needs to be split up. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Very nice script, It's dot com. No more tiring counts of items-per-column to make sure each one is equal. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, what was the difference? I don't see anything new...at least I don't think...{{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== The Smoking Monkey's talk page ==
Why isn't what he did bad to you? Before you say no, let me explain. First of all, he embarassed me ''and'' The thing on his talk page '''on purpose''', second of all, he said apology's to dot com, which means he knew this would have a certain outcome to certain people like me, you (which for some reason you find fine), and the thing. This is a perfect example of premeditated malice. And third of all, would you like it if someone made fun of you on their talk page for everyone to see? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I have asked The Smoking Monkey to revert or remove the thread. If you find it insulting, then it is a personal attack, which we don't want. I assure you this was not The Smoking Monkey's intent, but that is beside the point. Let me take this opportunity, however, to suggest that learning to laugh at one's self is one of the most difficult yet rewarding things a person can do. In addition, I think you should ''stop'' apologizing and ''start'' adding more content to this site. Whenever I click on your contribs, I notice that over the last week your user talk contribs outnumber your main namespace contribs 7 to 1. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::yes. I understand. Also, I've been adding to the wooky (a major overhaul of the site just because I feel sorry for it), so I havn't had much of a chance. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== Finding vandalism ==

Hey, just wanted to flag a sysop. [[other days]] was mildly vandalized. I fixed it but figured you might want to know about it. Feel free to delete this from your talk if you want. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:22, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Simple nuisance vandalism can just be fixed and then ignored. The best way to let us know about more serious vandalism is to post it on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]]. Then we'll get it taken care of. Thanks for reverting that page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:41, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== The thing ==
Now that he's unblocked, I'm thinking you can put that template for his block reason on his talk page. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== Did I just miss that? ==

Did I miss something or is this just deja vu? I *just* noticed that the order of the "diff" and "hist" buttons are out of order from the other wiki's. In wikipedia, they are before the page title, here they are after the page title. How long has it been like that, and was that part of your recent tinkerings? Confused in Connecticut. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:You live in connecticut? Bodacious in Buffalo {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::I don't see what you're saying at all. Whistlin' in Washington, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You sure? On the Bonus Stage Wiki, they also go (diff)(hist), so... I dunno. Not Doing A Name Thingy Like The Rest Of You in Pennsylvania. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::I think what he meant, although I don't see it, is that he thinks that it was "{page title} (diff)(hist)" here. Lazing Around in Lynnwood, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Hm. Odd. I see it the other way around. I mean, the correct way. Maybe Stux's internet is just going spastic. Not telling anyone my location, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Maybe it's a certain bug in the mediawiki 1.5 software, there were many other ones. {{User: Seriously/sig}}
::::::OT: Jay? Lynn would wash? Silly in Sammamish, {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:23, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::How very Strong Bad-ish of you. :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Wait, did anyone else just realizing us having this discussion that is getting off-topic on another user's talk page that isn't even responding? Confused in Crapland, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Yeah, I'm thinking it's either a bug in the software, or a bug in Stux's compy. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I doubt that it's a bug in my compy since my watchlist is getting the code from the server as it's all server-generated. I know I have the "enhanced" recent changes turned on (I turned it off for a moment and it indeed showed it the other way, with (diff)(hist) first. But this must've been deja vu, cuz of that. Cuz I've had it "enhanced" for the longest time. So I dunno. I probably need sleep. As for my domicile: I actually don't live in Connecticut, nor have I ever even been in the state (sadly). I just picked the two words cuz they made good alliteration! (And I was surprised to be able to spell the state's name right.) I didn't think people would assume I lived in Connecticut. In fact I am Mindless in Michigan. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Mindless south of Montreal, Bamboozled west of Boston, Really Confused north of Rio, Dazed east of Dallas. {{User:Granola/sig}} 19:14, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==
The thing has recently vandalized a wiki. Check Benol's talk page for info. I suggest you block him, as per your rule posted on the main page. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:Sorry I <big>LOVE</big> this wiki the trolling was my evil cousin! Plus it wasn't this wiki. I swear I'm crying right now. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::You should have thought about that '''BEFORE''' You trolled!!!--{{User:Benol/sig}} 16:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Please I'm really sorry! That was my evil cousin! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm crying harder than I ever have before! :'-( --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:01, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I'm sorry. Nothing we can do. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Please I '''LOVE''' this wiki! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::You probably won't be ''Permanently'' blocked.--{{User:Benol/sig}} 17:03, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I'm to sorry to even say it in words! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:05, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Look, you guys. I'm pretty sure all this trolling went on before Dot com posted that message on the Main Page talk. Besides, he's now trying ''extremely'' hard to clean up the mess he's made, so he obviously knows what he did is wrong. Therefore, will a block ''really'' do anything to help this situation? I think not. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 17:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Do u see how hard I'm trying to get rid of the vandalizm! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Ok guys, The thing has more than repented for that vandalism. Seriously, I suggest that you keep your nose out of matters that do not involve you. The thing is currently reverting the vandalism with extreme diligence, and this situation is misunderstood by both Benol and Seriously. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 01:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::It wasn't that I was not minding my own business, but I saw many changes to Benol's talk page on the recent changes and decided to see what was up about it. I only meant to help, and I'm sorry if I failed to do so. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 12:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I wasn't party to this at all, so I don't really know what happened in this particular case. But I will say this: I said once before that I thought the ops here were being too lenient on The Thing, as he's had a history of vandalism and trolling in the past, and everyone seems to be very quick to defend him. (Lots of "I'm sorry's" and "I won't do it again!'s".) I don't deny he's also made good edits here, but I have not seen discipline executed equally to him as has been to others who've done similar things, or less. That's kinda frustrating to see. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

You all need to complain to your teachers for not teaching you how to read. While you're at it, Seriously and The thing, go ahead and post a mailing address where I can send a bill to your parents for babysitting you. On the main page talk, I said that anyone caught vandalizing in our name would be dealt with. I have neither the time nor the resources to try and police other wikis. The message regarding other wikis means that if you vandalize Uncyclopedia, for example, ''in retaliation'' for something that happens here, then at that point you are speaking for ''all'' of us here, and I care very much that you don't do that. But random vandalism doesn't concern me. To The thing: I can't believe that you think vandalism is funny, especially given that you're an administrator at a wiki. To Seriously: you need to learn what is and what isn't important, and stop being such a tattletale. And stop speaking for me. In one place you say "No matter what, you must get blocked." You have neither the authority nor the experience to be making claims like that. To KieferSkunk: The thing didn't actually do anything (in this case) to harm our wiki or its good name, and therefore there are no grounds for blocking him. (And he ''has'' been blocked recently by BazookaJoe for spamming.) To anyone who needs to hear this: Stop vandalizing. Stop behaving so immaturely (and don't blame your actions on your age; I know several young good contributors). Wiki usage is not a right; it's a privilege. And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing. You've said you're sorry so much that the words have no meaning. Let your future actions be your apology. That's all for now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:In reply to your comment to me: I understand, and I'm not asking for him to be blocked in this case. I was making a more general comment about The Thing's history, seeing as how I have witnessed vandalism from him in the past and saw people, even sysops, defending him and going way out of their way to reason with him, rather than treating him as a vandal. I didn't understand it at the time, and I still don't, so I left my comments on the matter at "I think you're being too lenient with him". This was mainly just a follow-up on that, more to mention that I'm not surprised another "incident" has come up than anything else. That's all. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::Well, unless an account is being used for nothing but vandalism, then [[HRWiki:Blocking_Policy#Vandalism|reasoning should always be exhausted]] before blocking is implemented. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Just who do you think you are? ''Babysitting''? Y'know, it's not like I've ever done anything mean to you. Yes, I spoke for you. Just trying to help and to see it in the eyes of an admin. Yes, I've answered your talk page questions for you with crappy answers. Again, jsut trying to help. These things don't mean you have to insult me like that. Y'know, I've really never done anything bad to you on purpose. I always had great respect for you, and I've never purposely insulted you like you just did. You need to learn how a simple misinterpretation of a comment on the main page talk should'nt be an excuse for acting like that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::When I vandalized I thought you were suppose to vandalize there. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:12, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::To Seriously: As one who has been an admin several times in other places, one thing I can say with certainty is that many admins feel very put off and are easily annoyed by non-admins (and especially relatively new people) trying to speak for them. Dictating policy to other users on behalf of the admins is usually a no-no unless you are an admin or are trusted by the admins to do so. (Obviously, I can't speak for It's dot com, but if I were in his place dealing with this crap, that's how I'd feel.) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 23:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::And if you haven't figured it out by now who I am, Seriously, then you've got deeper problems than I can fix in one afternoon. To The thing: whatever, man. To KieferSkunk: Hear, hear. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Okay. Here it goes, time for me to swallow my pride:

Look, Dot com, I just don't want to be treated like a baby. In my opinion, I think being a tattletale is the wrong was to think about it, I prefer "fighting trolls, and trying to help you with your rule". Yes, I was disrespectful to you. I just needed to prove my point and express my anger at you. Also, I know you are an admin. Maybe I ''was'' a bit overboard with you; that doesn't mean what I said was entirely wrong. I mean, I apologize, but it's not like I'll kiss your ring and beg for forgiveness. I've got to be a bit more defiant than that to ever prove my point. Just remember: I've always, ''always'' tried to help you, and I just found your comment a bit mean. Just forgive me, please, and let this whole thing disappear. Thanks a lot. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:Seriously, have you been reading this thread and understanding it? It's dot com has stated just 8 posts up: "And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing." You are still relatively new to this wiki, and your experience has been limited to editing User and User talk pages. You said yourself you give "crappy answers" to questions that don't concern you. When I first joined, I watched conversations like this unfold and saw how responsible admins reacted. I didn't try to solve everybody's problems; I knew I didn't have the knowledge. Just keep to yourself for a while and maybe see what it's like to make some main namespace contrubutions. (That is the idea of a wiki, you know.) {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 00:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Check this out: ==

Ok, so check out the current [[:Category:To_be_deleted|delete category]]. See something strange? The "Timeline" article is listed under the U's! Even though the tobedeleted tag uses the <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> tag. Strange, no? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:51, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who ==

HOW DOES HE KEEP COMING BACK! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:Hey man, I want you to know that Dr. Who vandalized your talk page. Could you block his IP for me? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::First of all, this is nothing to get excited about. He's a garden-variety vandal, nothing more, and he comes back because (a) he apparently doesn't have anything constructive to do and (b) he has access to a dynamic IP. Second, yes, I'm aware that he vandalized this page. Third, I already blocked him before you posted your message. Fourth, please list future vandals on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]], not this page. Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:11, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Also, he never does much damage, besides vulgar content and stuff like that. What's weird, though, is how he always manages to come when there's no sysops around. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:03, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You know what I hate? When this guy writes vulgar edit summaries. For people who patrol recent changes, especially kids, we don't have to see that. Really. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Yea. I'm 10 he on my page said This user is fulla ****. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ugh. At least NSMC was was just racist. This guy swears like nobody's business. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::He can go to jail for this. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:17, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I doubt that severely... Though one can always wish... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::To this point: would it be possible to introduce a language filter? The rare times a swear is needed (an interview transcript, for example) a sysop can override. ?? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:24, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Probably impossible. That would interfere with this wiki, though, because the cartoon says crap all the time, among other things. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::We could allow the program to accept crap. Still, there are a lot of other issues... {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::It's definitely possible, but currently it's not worth the effort it would take to install it. As for "crap", we just wouldn't put that word on the bad list. Finally, I would appreciate it if comments that aren't actually directed to me be posted in a more public place: [[Talk:Main Page]], [[HRWiki talk:FAQ]], or [[HRWiki:Da Basement]], to name a few. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::OK. Although I think that everyone comes to you because you are the central hub of the wiki, pretty much. Everyone comes to you in hardships, whcih if I were you, I would be honored with. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Oh, I know, and don't think I'm not honored, but I, like most people, don't like new-message false alarms, and would rather talk about projects I'm currently working on. Also, there are a lot of questions that anyone could more easily answer if they were just put in a more public place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Flashforward ==

I'm still at the conference, it was really great. IRC doesn't work on the terminals, but suffice it to say, I was here, got autographs, (not many questions) and it was really great. I'll try and get a writeup on Wednesday evening. --TBird

:That was not Tbird. Look [here]. The editor's IP starts with a 6. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 01:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thunderbird is not at home, so the IP address would be different. It could still be him, but I would like him to log in if possible. If he can't log in at the convention, he'll figure something out or log in when he gets home later tonight. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Too late. His IP's been blocked. He'll log in when he needs to, but I have one question: If he was TBird, why did he sign TBird instead of his IP (accidentally typed <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> without knowing he wasn't logged in) or with his sig (or siggie, I guess)? It doesn't seem right. I mean, if he can edit annonymously, he can edit logged on, and I think the first thing he'll ask if he can't log in is why he can't. Plus, he would know that an IP editing as a user would most likely be reverted. We could unblock the IP and see if TBird can log on now, I guess. Wouldn't hurt, but I still think it wasn't him. I dunno. Oh, also, if it was him, sorry, just don't want anybody impersonating you. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 03:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::We didn't block the IP. There are several reasons why he might not have been able to log in (if the computer he was using didn't accept cookies, for example). I think the edits by the IP match TBird's style, but I'm being cautious for now. I'm patient; if I have to I can wait for him to get home to confirm. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ye of little faith :-P You didn't recognize my unique writing style? I just didn't really feel like logging in for one or two edits. I probably should have, but meh. In any case, all I said was true, and more. I left a message on the IRC with Phlip, but it should still be there if you scroll up, to see a brief summary of the event. I'll get a writeup started tomorrow night. For now, I've gotta be up in five and a half hours for work, so I'm going to bed. '''EDIT:''' Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention on IRC. Let's just say I'll be kicking myself for months for not bringing my DS to Flashforward... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 09:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::I thought it was you (see above where I say it sounds like your style), but the info was too good, so I thought it was best to wait for confirmation. I guess you'll log in from now on. :-P Actually, the only reason I had any question was because the IP you were using came up as being based in ''Chicago'', which was pretty weird. I admit it would have been quite unlikely for someone to be imitating you, but we've been burned before. Anyways, great jaerb!!! Many combolations on your successful mission!! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Parse error! ==

In HomsarQuote.php. You sure are good at bringing the Wiki to its knees ;) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I always seem to forget semicolons at the end of lines. And it never fails that someone notices my mistakes, even when they're there for less than a minute. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ah, missing semicolons, the bane of a programmer's existence. (Unless you're coding in Lisp. Then it's missing parens.) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:39, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I used to do C++ so remember the semi-colon plight, now I do mostly webdesign and so am plagued to make sure I have the same number of <nowiki><div>'s and </div>'s</nowiki>. If I don't comment every single one I'm lost. My lastest creation is [http://www.odua.org this] It's mostly done although I can't seem to get things to line-up the way I want and no matter what changes that I make, it will only look right on one browser at a time! Grrrrr. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

== You are s-smart ==

Brilliant random Homsar quote thingy!

You're pretty good at this, obviously. Take a look at [[Talk:Sound Effects#Ogg? why not mp3?|this discussion]] and my idea at the end - would this be something possible to improve usability? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you're gonna have to s-spell out what your idea is, because I'm not quite s-seeing it. S-sorry if that cancels out the s-smart. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::The ogg files. They confuse people, many players in use don't use them right out of then box. But Wikipedia has an interesting solution which we might be able to emulate. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I should have been more s-specific. What I meant was, when I went to the page about the s-symphony, I wasn't s-sure what their s-solution was. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::In the 1st paragraph, there's the Listen link (after the musical example) - there's a (listen (help·info)) thingy. The "Help" goes to instructions on how to get your player to play oggs. I mean, I was stymied by them until I was researchiong (on that page, actually) and stumbled upon that.

::::Of course, I don't know enough about Wiki to know a) if this can be done on our system, 2) how to do it even if it can be done, and III) if this sort of a thing would require "discussion" "someplace". SO that's why I ask you, Mr. S-smart. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

:::::Just copy the source code of [[Wikipedia:Template:Audio]] to [[Template:Audio]] (or something like that), adjust the help link to the media help page on this Wiki, and it should work fine (apart from maybe the speaker icon). --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 20:46, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::It's that easy, eh? :\ Well, it'd take me a few days to figure all that out! (I spent a good part of today trying, haven't gotten far. Will keep trying.) But if someone who already has all that figured out wants to take up the cause, we could have better usability sooner. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Talk page rate ==
These days, I've been trying to make more main namespace contribs and less user talk page contribs. The question is, has my diet (sorta) done any good for me? Check my contribs. On a rate of 1 to 10, how much would you say I've improved? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 04:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:Er, maybe we should give it a little more time before making a 1 to 10 rating. I say that because in the last three days, you have made more user edits than and ''twice'' as many user talk edits as all your main, main talk, HRWiki, and HRWiki talk edits ''combined'' (not counting sandbox). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gulp. Back to work on the random refreshings. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:59, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I just did like fifteen. Sweet. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:11, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, you've been doin' a LOT of edits, Seriously. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 19:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Um, sorry about those things on tyhe videlectrix games. You're gonna be doing that for a long time. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:27, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Nah, you're fine. I've always been bugged by the word "exist" on those pages. How can we say that the games don't exist? I can see a screenshot right next to them! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, that's true. At least I added some good edits to my reh—zoom. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

==WikiTroll==

OK then, I'll stop, but why don't you want me editing that page? {{User:Granola/sig}} 02:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:Because it's fine the way it is, and you really don't need to be editing meta-information about yourself. Besides, as you said on the talk page, that record isn't even that important anyway. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Fair enough. I just wanted it to be accurate, even though it isn't necessary in the first place. {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:15, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

==Granola==

Why did you delete my old userpage? {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:That is not your user page. If you continue to claim that name, I will treat you as though it was still your username (i.e. I will go back to blocking you). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:07, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::OK...I just thought it would be useful to redirect it, so that people who went looking for it would come to the right place...<strike>can at least have the talkpage redirect? People have been known to still post on the old one, and I think it's useful to redirect that one, so that posts won't lie around unanswered for a long time.</strike> {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Never mind about the talkpage, I logged in as Yeltensic, went into my preferences, and enabled the notification e-mail in case the old talkpage is edited, so it's covered now. {{User:Granola/sig}} 08:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:::You've said that I can't have "Yeltensic" as my sig, as I did for a while, or have "I'm Yelt" in parentheses; would it be OK if I included in my sig a link to my Wikipedia userpage, without the word "Yeltensic" visibly included, in this way: [[Wikipedia:User:Yeltensic42|With crap]], '''[[User:Granola|Granola]]''' '''([[User talk:Granola|T]]''' '''•''' '''[[Special:Contributions/Granola| C]])'''? I won't change it until you approve that suggestion (if you do). {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:57, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I see that you have a mention of it on your user page as well as a userbox linking to Wikipedia. Those are both fine with me. (By the way, just thought I'd point out that (H*R/wiki-related) userboxes are allowed here.) But I don't think it's appropriate for your sig at this time. You need to stop focusing on your old name and work on making a new, better name for yourself here. Crapfully crappy, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::That sounds reas-ON-able. I'm pretty attached to the name Yeltensic, since I've been using it for quite some time before HRWiki, but it ''is'' my fault that the name is tainted here. Oh well. {{User:Granola/sig}} 04:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== Cheddarlebbon ==
I hate to butt in with that conversation, especially because I've been under fire for that recently, but I am sure that IP address is not him. Cheddarlebbon does not type in caps, for example. He also has several spelling errors in his sentences. I'm just putting this up, because I want to make sure he does not get the password. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for your concern. Don't worry though: Per our policy, I will not be resetting the account without some kind of proof. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
::<s>grood</s>Good. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

== My Userbox ==

Hey! Jerk! Why don't you stay offa my userpage and let me make my own userbox there! I didn't put it on the userbox list! It was isolated to my page! I really don't know what your deal is, but you need to get over it if it upset you that much. Maybe I should edit your page without asking you, huh? I think I can safely say that I was following the guidelines for my personal image. Now If you'll excuse me, I'm going to put it back up. No thank you very much, {{User:Republic of Stan/sig}}
:''This discussion was originally continued at <nowiki>[[</nowiki>User talk:Republic of Stan → Userboxes]]. I had originally suspected him of being a sockpuppet of Drwho?, and that turned out to be correct.''

== Most of it? ==

Query: Why do you only own "most of" the figurine set 1? Don't use that old excuse of "oh, my dog ate Marzipan!" :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:54, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:My friend gave me them for Christmas... except he apparently gave some of them to his brothers first. Hmm... Well, he did at least assure me that I got the best ones of the bunch. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:: Oookay. Which ones didn't you get? (Looks up at all fourteen Homestar Runner figures - from both sets - currently sitting above his computer.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::: Oh, I knew you would ask that, but I'm really comfy here on the couch right now. :) I know for sure I have Homestar and Strong Bad, and Pom Pom I think. I don't have The Cheat or the KOT. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::: KoT was the second set anyway. Sucks you wouldn't get The Cheat, though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Aren't you supposed to get those free when you buy stuff? Don't you have like every single DVD and CD ever. Like ever. Ok so at least all the H*R related ones...--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Well, I got these ''years'' ago, back when you didn't get them free with everything. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== Blocking durations ==

As a senior sysop and an admin here, if we are being trolled by someone, for how long he or she should be blocked. I know that known trolls like NSMC, Dr. Who and others are blocked forever, but what about small calibar trolls? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's pretty much a judgment call in almost all cases. For IP addresses, 1 to 3 days, depending on the severity of the vandalism. For ''really'' bad stuff, a week or so. If a vandal is obviously changing IPs within a narrow range, blocking the range X.X.X.0/24 (or 23) usually works. Users who make useful contributions should be reasoned with first if possible, not blocked. Accounts created for no purpose other than to vandalize should be blocked infinitely. Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thank you very much. It sure will help! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== New sysops ==

Was there a sysop nomination? If so, I'm surprised that Lapper wasn't one. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:''Anyone'' who had made any edit since around the beginning of February was considered. Of the ones we took, they were each chosen not only because they are deserving but also to fill certain niches. As we say, we will add new sysops as our circumstances warrant, and this time circumstances warranted the number and specific users that we took. I can name a half dozen other users who will someday make excellent sysops, and anyone who was not chosen this time should ''not'' read into it negatively in any way. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:58, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::When I posted the above, I couldn't say what I can say now: We were still considering some people, and some people simply don't check their email often enough! (Or they don't make their primary email available to the wiki, which is pretty much the same thing.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey, It's dot com, I see you having a lot of new sysops. Does that mean there won't be any new sysops for a while? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yes, I believe the seven new sysops that we have just inducted are it for a while. We've always got our eyes open, though. Remember also that ''all'' users can be important users. I did some of my best stuff (including STUFF) before I was promoted. (It's kinda funny too... what a lot of people don't realize is that sysop = more headaches.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::So like how long? Because I signed on on Feb. 24th. {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:51, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:::It would be impossible to guess at this time, as there are just [[HRWiki:FAQ#How_do_I_become_an_admin_or_sysop.3F|too many factors]] that go into it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I missed something - is there a page that lists the new sysops? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:[[Special:Listusers/sysop]] or [[HRWiki:A History#Later additions]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gotcha, thanks. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== User groups ==
I have a question: I know what a sysop does, and I know what a beaurucrat does, but what do you get to do as a developer that nobody else can? I'm just wondering what it means it have the promotion. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
:For those of you following along at home, I was technically made a bureaucrat and a developer on the same day. The only reason I wasn't added to the developer group in the wiki software is because there's a subtle difference between being a developer and being in the developer group. At the time I was made a developer, the wiki developer group was inactive. Since then, we reenabled it, and when we did, I was put in the group, even though for practical purposes I was already in it. Make sense? Okay, now that we have that out of the way: Bureaucrats can assign and unassign users to groups (usually to make sysops), and can also rename users. People in the developer group can lock and unlock the database. That originally was the only function available, but since then I have extended it somewhat using my developer abilities. And here's the distinction: a developer has direct access to the server and database. They can see server logs, view raw database data, and modify system software (to improve upon it). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
::And is there anything special about Joey Day's "proprietor" group? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:::No, it was created for purely narcissistic purposes (Joey's words, not mine). -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 22:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

:::: This is true. There is nothing special about the [[Special:Listusers/proprietor|proprietor]] user group. I'm not usually one to be so narcissistic, but I thought it made some sense, and I did it mostly because I could. We've never been able to create custom user groups before MediaWiki 1.5, or I might've created a proprietor group a long time ago. Actually, in a way this is the opposite of narcissistic, as it allows for the possibility of others having proprietorship at some time in the future, and adds a layer of abstraction between myself and the title of proprietor. In the past, we've always linked directly to my user page in places where we mention the proprietor, but we should change all those places to link to the proprietor list. I'll get right on that. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 23:26, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who Never Strikes Again ==

Ok. I've got to admit, somewhat grudgingly, that you caught me earlier. I AM in fact Dr. Who. But I really wasn't planning on using this account for vandalism. Yesterday after I attacked the fanstuff wiki I saw that I had hurt someone's feelings and I felt terrible when it put a personal face on what I'd done. I'm ready and willing to talk to you about why and how I did all of that trolling if you just give me this chance. Of course, I would understand if you banned me right away, but I'm asking you to give it a try. Sincerely, [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:I can't speak for all the other sysops, but I won't ban you if you're willing to talk civilly. The whole reason I posted on your talk page was to find out about you and talk to you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ok then, here goes. I believe the first trolling I ever did was under the name "you smell", where I added that phrase several times to the [[Characters]] page. I decided that it was funny that someone coming to learn would see that (yes, I know, very immature and stupid of me). That was the full extent that I knew of what I was doing. I later learned of the concept of wiki vandalism from Uncyclopedia. I have been using this wiki for years without knowing exactly how maintenance worked; when I did I became jealous of the sysops. I wished to make a name for myself here without doing years of work (rather like WoW, I was trying to gain infamy). My attacks became somewhat meaner as I went on, and I attacked users when I got tired of simply tampering with content. I started thinking of ways to justify it to myself, such as that injustice was being done to me over userboxes, or that my name alone had gotten me banned. I guess I saw it as a way to "break loose" because I am normally NOT a rude or confrontational person. I just stopped for two reasons: I was ashamed of myself, and I was inspired by the way [[User:Granola|Yeltensic]] had turned himself around. In any case, I am deeply sorry. The least I can do is tell you how I did the vandalism so that you can better protect against anything that might happen in the future.
::I used two dynamic IP's: Safari and AOL. Aol has a set of three or four dynamic IP's that change within a narrow range from page to page. Safari's IP changes once every day, but it usually retains the first two segments (75.123.12.32, 75.123.32.34.... and so on). I opened numerous windows at once and typed in my edits and (sigh) summeries. This way the vandalism was at a high speed. I hope at least me telling you this helps (or rather, that you won't need it). [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:::I am willing to give you a chance. Several of your latest incarnations have actually showed some promise, and I hope you can build on that. Once again, I can't speak for all users and sysops, but in general we're a pretty forgiving bunch. I caution you that you will have to prove yourself (assuming others also give you a chance), and our collective patience with you might not be what it would be for a normal new user.
:::Thanks for the technical info (although I did already know that, by the way; that's how I was able to post on your talk page before you'd even made any real edits). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


== Message from Nikolce Kocovski ==

Greetings Dotty, how are you. I havn't spoken with you in a while. how have you been these couple of weeks? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 11:32, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:Uhh Dotty, where are you, are you busy or something? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::Hello, Nikolce. I'm fine, and I hope you're well. Yeah, life can be kind of hectic sometimes. But we gotta keep on tranglin'! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== SPONGE 001 ==

Who is your favorite H*R character?[[User:SPONGE 001|SPONGE 001]] 19:18, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

== Documentary ==
Thanks for that page move. As I saw the whole thing unfold on Recent changes, I thought "what the heck is he doing"? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:54, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. Hey, do me a favor: Instead of pressing [edit] over on the right to start a new topic, please press the [ + ] (plus) button at the top of the page (in between the main edit button and the history button). (Or, at the very least, please clear the old subheading from the edit summary.) Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I always wondered what that button did. Cool, I'll try hard to remember to. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

== New special page ==

I've been seeing a lot of pages with the name Test being deleted, along with images. May I ask what going on? {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 03:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:We're testing something. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 06:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

::What I meant was what are you testing. {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 11:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:::It's a special page that has to do with [[Special:Personalimages|image management]]. <s>It's not ready yet,</s> but when it is, it will be linked from an HRWiki page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
::::That's really, really cool. I've been waiting for something like that... A way to see who owns what image(s) quickly. This should certainly be helpful in managing 'em, eh? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::Indeed. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

==H*bad==

I would like to request to have my user name changed from H*bad to something else, at the fanstuff wiki, how do I do that?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 03:56, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

:If the name of our [[HRWiki:Changing username|changing username]] page is any indication, I estimate it would be at [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki:Changing username|HRFWiki:Changing username]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

== IP Checking ==

There's been a fair amount of debate about accounts that seem to be all created by H*bad. Since we lack any ability to check for IP addresses, would you be able to see if the following accounts share the same IP?: [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad|H*bad]], [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad1|H*bad1]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar Runner|Darth Homestar Runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar runner|Darth Homestar runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Guyforerunner|Guyforerunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Godzillarunner|Godzillarunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Homestarrunner101|Homestarrunner101]], [[HRFWiki:User:Running along|Running along]]. Any info you could get would be much combobulated. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 01:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:They're the same (except I'm not sure about Guyforerunner). See also [[User_talk:Tom#Emergency|this discussion]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:41, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::What in the world. My friend created H*bad1 at my house. Thats why he has the same IP address as mine, I believe. He called me up and told me that you guys are like people who want to put salt in an open wound. Why you do this to him? I will keep on fighting this little thing about H*bad1. I explained all of this cwap at [[HRFWiki:My dark side|My dark side]]--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 05:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Um... yeah. Okay. First of all, don't let people make accounts using your computer, and if you do, have them choose a different name from you. (That still doesn't explain all the other names, by the way.) But I don't really want to get into it here, as it has been discussed on other pages, like you point out. Super Sam simply asked me whether the IPs matched and I answered him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Extensions ==

Cool, two headings in a row. Alrighty, I have two things to talk about. One - would you be able to post your source code for the extensions you wrote somewhere, such as [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions here]? Two - do you know how to add a tab from within an extension? I figured out how to do it by editing SkinTemplate.php, but is there any way to have the same effect through an extension? (I'm trying to add a purge tab next to watch/unwatch). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 10:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:I do plan to publish the extensions I have written. They need a bit of polishing, standardizing, and commenting before I would post them in a public place, however. As for the tab thing, I'm guessing you want more of an add-on file rather than a patch in the original file? I'm not currently familiar enough with how the tabs are generated to be able to give you a good answer to that one, but I would be surprised if it could be done with a standalone extension. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 10:37, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty, thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 11:42, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

:::Here's a little way to add a purge button using [[User:Super Sam/monobook.js|your monobook.js]] that I came up with and Dot com fixed to actually work properly:
<pre>//Add purge cache button
function addPurgeButton()
{
var href = document.location.href;
{
var historyHref = document.getElementById( "ca-history" ).firstChild.href;
var div = document.getElementById( "p-cactions" );
var ul = div.getElementsByTagName( "ul" )[0];
var newLi = document.createElement( "li" );
var newA = document.createElement( "a" );
newA.setAttribute( "href" , historyHref.replace( "=history" , "=purge" ) );
var text = document.createTextNode( "Purge" );
newA.appendChild( text );
newLi.appendChild( newA );
ul.appendChild( newLi );
}
}
if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( "load" , addPurgeButton , false );
else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( "onload", addPurgeButton );</pre>
:::Let us know how that works. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr.... Who? ==

Who was Dr. Who? why did he/she get kicked off so many times? I am asking this because as I travel around this Wiki I saw alot about Dr. Who. Just curious, {{User:Grit7/sig}}
:See [[#Dr. Who Never Strikes Again]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

== Captcha on move page ==

I'd like to ask you a question, and if it's been asked before, I'm very sorry. I'd just like to ask what the purpose of applying a CAPTCHA to the Move Page over on the Fanstuff Wiki is. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's to prevent a bot from being able to move pages as vandalism, and to discourage human vandals from doing the same. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
::If that's the case, why isn't it the same here? If I recall correctly (which is unlikely), this knowledge base has had more page-move vandalism than the Fanstuff. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Er... It ''is'' the same here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. I must be out of date then. Never mind. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Actually, it's not. Well, at least, it's not for me with my almighty sysoply privilages. Is it like that for ordinary users? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:20, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, it is. I had to use it until a couple weeks ago when I was sysopped. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:26, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh. Huh. I didn't even realize. That puts WoW in a whole new light of non-life. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:27, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Grizzly Chomps ==

Hi It's dot com,

I had a question, and I'm not sure where else to put it. Can you explain why you didn't you think my "Grizzly chomps" fun fact in the Candy Product was a good one? I may be biased, but I think it applies pretty well. TBC have been known to reference old and obscure pop-culture items in the past, and I can't think of any other "pre-bitten" candy product sold in stores. I'd like to think they had this product in mind when they made the toon. You can even Google for it and read up on it.

Anyhow, I just wanted to know what my options were for debating this fact. Is this is something I could put in STUFF for debate? And if so, how?

The submission was:
*The "built-in bite" shape of SBLOUNSKCHED! may refer to Grizzly Chomps, a [[Wikipedia:Hostess|Hostess]]-brand treat introduced in 1992. The package included two chocolate cupcakes with a bite-mark shape cut out of them, and the package bore a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."

:I removed it because the Grizzly Chomps are so old and obscure that any similarity to SBLOUNSKCHED is likely just a coincidence. None of the secondary details match, especially the reason for the bite. In the case of Grizzly Chomps, the bear helps you eat it for some reason, but Strong Bad calls the bite in his candy a security measure to deter others from eating it. I think that TBC independently thought it was funny to have a bite missing from the candy, and to suggest otherwise is too much speculation for my taste.
:    That said, I am more than willing to help you set up a STUFF item. The relevant instructions are at [[HRWiki:STUFF/Newfact]]. You need to start at "2. The STUFF subpage". Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::I went ahead and STUFF'd it for you. You can have the next one. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Thanks! I appreciate that. [[User:Compdude|Compdude]]

== Another recent block ==

Looking at the [[Special:Ipblocklist|Block list]], I saw that you banned User:Fire Man. Are you sure you've got the right guy? Looking at [[Special:Contributions/Fire Man|his contribs]] he only made one edit and it wasn't anything bad. He seems like a perfectly fine user. I think he's innocent so you should unblock him. Any reason why you blocked him in the first place? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 02:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
:You are correct about the number and type of contribs for that account. I am unblocking it on a provisional basis. I remind whoever needs to hear it that vandalism and flagrant abuse of the wiki's policies will not be tolerated. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== The Clamburger ==

Could you please mark [[HRFWiki:User:Clamburger|Clamburger]] as a bot on the fanstuff? It's really cluttering Recent Changes. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 13:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:Why are you asking ''me'' when [[User:Tom|Tom]] has [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 4#The Clamburger Bot|already given you an answer]] on this one? If you want to appeal, you'll have to take it up with him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Extensions ==

Can you please put the autocolumn and random Homsar quote extensions onto the Fanstuff? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 12:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
:Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Declaring War ==

Isn't there a rule against declaring war? Isn't that anti-Wiki? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I don't think anyone's ever enumerated a list here that specifically included "do not declare war," but I can say for sure that it's a very [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=It%27s+dot+com&page=User%3AHeadbad+and+strongbody bad idea]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&curid=18299&diff=295049&oldid=295009&rcid=242036 Indeed]. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::: *sigh* Yeah, that. If he keeps it confined to what he's already said, then I'm probably not going to worry about it too much (although I did have to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=295074&oldid=295057 remove some trolling] ''(for those just passing by, note the difference between trolling and vandalism)''), but if he actually moves the article against consensus or tries to escalate his "war" in any other way, there will be trains dropped. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm just glad I'm on your side. Trains are dangerous! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::See, that's the thing. I hate that sides even have to be taken. I had hoped when I made [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=293660&oldid=293654 this edit] that we could reach a suitable compromise (which seems to be fine with everyone except him). *sigh* again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Politics are inevitable. Take it from an old man. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Heh. If you're older than me, I'll be surprised. I tried to find it in your user space but came up empty. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Hmm... I've just been informed that you ''are'' in fact older than me. Huh. Now I'm just the ''third''-oldest user (that I know of). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::So who's the oldest (or 2nd oldest, if it's me)? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::[[User:Bill|Bill]] is in his early forties. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::That makes me #2, and you #3 AFAWK. Interesting. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::I left a note on his talk page, and I think it knocked some sense into him. He's actually a good guy—assuming that he doesn't offend people so much anymore. Anyway, back to my wikivacation. Preeow. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

==[[HRFWiki:User:Stinkobad1|Stinkopuppet]]==
Super Sam was going to ask you this, but he says he did not have enough time. There is a user by the name of Stinkobad1 on the Fansguff Wiki. He requests an IP address check to make sure there is not another feud, and another reason to hate H*Bad. ;) Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
:Um, please? I know you're on, and it's urgent...:( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
::I think I'd like Super Sam to ask his own questions. If he doesn't have the time, then it must not be that urgent. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Hooray! It's me! Anyway, could you please crosscheck the IP addresses of Stinkobad1, H*bad, and while you're at it, The thing? Many thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:35, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::None of those users coincide. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Flagrant System Error ==
Your userpage is [[car|pimp-ed out]]! How'd you get it like that? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oops! You bwoke it! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::Now that it's all over, you can tell me how you did it! [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Wheeeeeeee!]] - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 05:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, well, I put special clauses in the PHP code itself (that actually builds each page) that suppressed the header and footer and changed the background to blue and the text to white for any page called "[[User:It's dot com]]". Then I just changed the text to the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&oldid=299269 error message]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== My editing a-broke ==
Hey. This is Seriously. For somereason, my account can't edit. An internal error keeps happening. I'm seeing if I can use this to edit...The thing is, though, is that everyone else is still editing. It's getting strange. {{unsigned|Seriously}}
:What is the error? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'll look into it and try to fix the problem. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== 'Tavi monobook ==

Look, 'Tavi is somehow halting the appear of my monobook.css. Is there anyway to make it so that there are styled links to homestarrunner.com, and other sites? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:21, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Try editing [[Special:Mypage/tavistyle.css|the right page]]. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 04:24, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I wouldn't even bother doing that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:26, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Okay. I'll do it, and you won't. ;-> (Ima try!) {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Actually, it's working, but, you may have another reason for telling me not to bother doing that. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:33, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::::Who, me? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== what happen to your userpage ==

Hey dotty, last time i checked your userpage, there was the blue fragment erroe page, what happen? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:55, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, 'twas an April Fool's joke. See [[#Flagrant System Error|Flagrant System Error]] above. (By the way, I'm really not very keen on "dotty", just so you know. See the top of my (working) user page.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
OOO i'm sorry, i'll just call youi dot com then, if you like?
:"It's dot com". Or "Dot com". Either one, really. They both fit. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I just thought I'd thank you for unblocking me. Sorry about that joke, I guess I'm just ''way'' different than everyone else here. What I did was still kind of disruptive, though, sorry. {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}

==IP check==
Can you please do me a favor? I need you to check if Crusaders IP is 69.160.0.227. Please answer as soon as you can.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
:Access to that information is restricted, and unfortunately it's above your paygrade. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
::I need to know, because I believe that he trolled the Funny Stuff in which he is on. Come to the [http://www.editthis.info/funny_wiki Funny Wiki] and tell me there please?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Theme song ==

There's some sort of unwritten rule that I live my life by: Every awesome person, by default, needs a theme song. Yes, you heard me right, a theme song. Why don't you try a song already titled after you: [http://www.msu.edu/~larowebr/Brent%20LaRowe%20-%20Dot%20Com.mp3 Dot Com]. (Just to note, we still need one for Abdi. ;)) - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}

==My bro==
Is it ok if my brother creates a user on here. This is so you guys don't think that I am creating sockpuppets. He is also wanting the User:lil H*bad.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:He should ''not'' have that name. Have him pick something original. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:13, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
::He said "The cheatman". Would that be fine? Just you know FYI.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:41, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes ==

Hey there Dot com, I just have a question about my [[User:DBK/userbox|userboxes]]. When I try to make it align to the left side, it only goes to the right. Then, when I put it in my about me section, it goes above my text so it looks weird. Do you know what to do? {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:I tweaked it a bit, removing divs in certain spots and putting in some in other places. It was mostly trial and error, though. Maybe that will get you started. (I can't really say that all the scroll boxes make your page especially easy to read, but that's just my opinion.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah I realized that, I was pretty much experimenting with that stuff before. I got rid of some and just kept scroll buttons on the lists in my page, like my favorite music and cool users. Any way I was just curious why it wasn't aligning to the right, and now I'll experiment more. Thanks! {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:::No probalo! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

== TaviStyle ==

Hello. Is there any way to put the TaviStyle skin as a choosable skin on the Fanstuff Wiki? Thank you. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 14:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
:Hello? --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 22:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'm not ignoring you. TaviStyle will be included when we upgrade to 1.6 soon. Until then, we've frozen changes to the software so that we have a correct frame of reference. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Oh, okay. Thank you. (I just wanted to know when it will be uploaded.) --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:14, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

::::Any chance we could get a version we could use on Wikipedia? Or one that I could at least install on the test Wiki I've got on my PC? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 04:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== Email ==
Hey Dot comster. Can you check this email I sent you real quick? Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:I saw that. Why don't you ask a fanstuffer to send that for you. Better yet, use the fanstuff's email features to send it to him. By the way, what happened to pressing the [+] button at the top for new topics? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, forgot about that. I'll try to be better (though it doesn't really matter anymore, I'm just here for the email). I tried emailing it to him, but he doesn't have an email address in his preferences. I'll copy the sent email and send it to someone. Sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, I can't. Since I did it from the wiki and not from Gmail, I can't cut and paste from any source. Looks like you're stuck with the burden. Once again, sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== <nowiki>[[Wikipedia: </nowiki> Extension]] ==

I'm not sure whether you made the extension that lets you link directly to Wikipedia articles using the <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Article]]</nowiki> syntax, but if you did, can you share it? I'd like to use it on my own wiki. If you didn't, do you happen to know who did or where it's available? Thanks. --{{User:Soapergem/sig}} 06:59, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

:That's a standard feature of every MediaWiki install. See [[Meta:Help:Interwiki linking]] for more information. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 07:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet vandels ==

They might just have the same IP. Maybe not the same peson. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:There are only a few ways that could be true, The Thing, and that's been taken into account, I'm sure. With only a few exceptions, if it's the same IP it's the same user. That's just how they work. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== IP ==

Do you use a special page to find the IPs? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, I got special pages all right, The thing. I'm like, Discount Special Pages Warehouse over here. Some of my special pages are of such significance that they can't be shown in anything but WIDESCREEEEEEEEEEEEN. Left side: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAH! Right side... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::What do you use? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 22:53, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::I've got ones on this wiki. The fanstuff wiki. Even wikis we've just made up! How can I make these pages any cooler? Just ask for me, the guy that works here at the special page place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Question ==

If I wanted to program a WikiBot, would it be HAVE to be in PHP, Python, or MySQL? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 22:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I'm pretty sure the answer there is yes in most cases, it's moot if you want to use one here. Only developers can run Wikibots. - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
::While that's true, Kookykman, he might asking in general. Sorry, Bluebry. I'm not the one to ask about bots. You might try Joey, Tom, Phlip, or even others. I'm much more content to hack the software from the inside rather than use a bot from the outside. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Unless you have über-1337 haxx0r access like our friend It's dot com here, the only way you're going to be doing anything to the wiki is with normal page loads, ie exactly as if you were editing it by hand, just automated. So any language that you can use to access the net you could theoretically use to write a bot. However since many languages have packages to simplify HTTP, these languages would be easier to use, and some languages (like Python) even have pre-built wikibot frameworks for you to work off. But this doesn't say you can't go and write your wikibot in pretty much any language – it's simply a matter of how hard it is to write. Python is a simple-to-learn language anyways. I doubt you would ever write a bot that used PHP, and rarely would you write one that used MySQL. And of course if you prefer to work with <code>socket</code> and <code>connect</code> in C, there's nothing stopping you from doing that either... it would just be extremely tedious to write. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 23:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Now, I'm still new to programing, but I heard C. Would C be anything like C++? And I don't want to hear anything about developer status either. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 23:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Dangeresque change ==

(First off I'm new here so I don't know if I'm doing this right. Just so you know)

I'm the guy that changed the Dangeresque character page to note that dangeresque's glasses somehow stay on his head despite his total lack of ears. You changed it back, saying "(that's true, but it's not really very notable)"

Not notable? This is homestarwiki! You've got an entire page on the battle of strongbadia, despite the fact that it only applies to one email. And allow me to quote some other character pages...

Homestar: "Though he lacks a visible pair of arms, he is still able to function as though he has them, being able to carry and throw things and even type proficiently. It's generally accepted that either he does have arms, but for reasons that are never explained, they are invisible, or that he has limited telekinetic powers. "

Bubs: "His facial configuration is puzzling; in Pumpkin Carve-nival, he appears to have a safety pin stuck through his face above an internal ear."

Marsipan: "Like Homestar, Marzipan has no visible arms, though she is able to interact with the world as though she did, being able to pick up and move objects, and even play a guitar. It is generally accepted that either her arms are invisible, or that she has limited telekinetic powers."

Strong Bad:"He has boxing gloves for hands (that always have square window reflections on them, no matter where he is), and a lucha libre mask for a head [...] Strong Bad may also have a Homestar-like telekinesis"

Um...so yeah. I'm not mad or anything. I just wanted to point out that dangeresque's floating glasses can probably be considered significant if all this other stuff is on the site. (Hey, you could even tie it in with Strong Bad's rumored telekinesis, right?)

In conclusion, sorry this comment was so long. I guess I'll check back on this page later to see if you offer a counter-argument. Thanks for reading!

:First of all, let me say thank you for taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. Why not take a second and [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]]? I agree with you that Dangeresque's glasses do not seem to have anything supporting them (although I suppose one could argue that they are held to his face by tension or even glue). My main problem with noting it on the Dangeresque page is that it really breaks up the flow of that sentence (which is based largely on the [[Dangeresque (theme)|Dangeresque theme]]). In addition, the information isn't really that central to the character; it's more like [[TBC]] just worked in the glasses as best they could given the features of Strong Bad's head. I'm not suggesting that we not note the information ''anywhere''. Perhaps you could put it in the list of [[Lack of Visible Arms#References to Other Apparently Invisible Body Parts|references to other apparently invisible body parts]]. Again, thanks for your note, and welcome to the wiki! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:07, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

== Broken link ==

Just letting you know, the link near the bottom of your page that is supposed to lead to the discussion concerning the email blockquote styles is broken. That discussion was archived, so it should link to [[Talk:Strong Bad Email/Archive#New email format...]] instead. See ya! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

== I need some help ==

Hey there its dot com, how are you, how;s easter in america(if you celebrate it?)?

I need to ask you something, do you happen to know any Homestar runner wikipedias that are star wars fans?

by the way, happy easter

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

:A [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Search?ns2=1&ns3=1&search=star+wars&searchx=Search quick search] in the user and user talk namespaces turns up a number of users who may be fans of Star Wars. Hope this helps. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 02:05, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== Just a little hello ==

Hey there, It's dot com.
Homsarroks here. I just wanted to drop by and say hey and that you're cool.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Just out of curiosity, why did you revert my edits on the HR Wiki article on wikipedia? I tried to include the most important users on the wiki there (e.g. you, Tom, BazookaJoe, Some H*R Themed Username, etc.) and put accurate descriptions on what you did there. I'm not mad or anything, just a bit confused. Get back to me when you can. 

P.P.S. I left this message on your account on Wikipedia first, but I decided to put it on both your accounts so that you might get it sooner.

See yas!

:Actually, you didn't include BazookaJoe. I put him in shortly before removing the list. The reason I took it out is that it's so subjective. What makes a user notable? That list could have easily been four times as long. I decided that it would be better not to have it at all. As something of a compromise, I inserted a link that pointed to the list of sysops (even though I know that not all of the sysops are active). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:20, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I can understand that. THanks for the reply.--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 22:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== We need the "Recent Changes" notice to be at the top of every page. ==

Yeah. Not everybody checks that. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:Why do you need a sitenotice? People who don't check the recent changes just won't find out. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::So it's not really that big of a deal? --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Personally, I'd recommend putting the notice, or something like it, on the Main Page. This is big news, and there are a lot of fans who may not find out because they don't have accounts, don't check their user pages, Watchlist or Recent Changes, etc. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 19:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

:::::People who visit the wiki on such an informal basis as you describe are not likely to have the same feelings towards the situation as regular and power users like us. These types of users are the ones the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:recentchangesnotice&oldid=310518 current message] is directed towards. We've added it to the [[H*R.com updates 2006|historical record of events]], but we will not add it to the [[Template:whatsnew|current updates]] if [[The Brothers Chaps]] don't mention it on H*R.com. The general community can find out through the [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman]] article, as well as various other mentions throughout several articles. Death is a touchy subject, especially when it effects our heroes. The Admins are treating this with the utmost discretion, please respect our decisions and the feelings of the Chapman family. Thanks. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

== hAcKEr ==

Why did you write hAcKEr in binary in your User Box? Oh well... You don't have to answer. By the way, people say your cool. I guess I agree. [[User:Steve|Steve]] 22:01, 22 April 2006
:I wrote hAcKEr, eh Steve? Heh, that's been there for months, and to the best of my knowledge you're the first one to decode it. (If you're not the first to decode it, then you're certainly the first to say anything.) I write extensions and make changes to the [[MW:How does MediaWiki work?|MediaWiki]] software at the [[Wikipedia:Source code|source-code]] level, which is called [[Wikipedia:Hacker|hacking]]. I am a MediaWiki [[Meta:How to become a MediaWiki hacker|hacker]] for this wiki. Thanks for noticing and posting! Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

== Special Pages ==

Can only Sysops edit Special Pages? --{{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 00:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:Generally, pages listed as [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]] are ones that are protected or generated by the wiki. As such, they are not editable by the common user, or by anyone. What makes a page uneditable to a common user like you or I is the protect template. See the image on the Main Page for an example, no edits can be made to it by someone lower than sysop. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
::I understand, but how did someone add the template to recent changes? --01:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC){{User:Dacheatbot/sig}}
:::The text on most special pages (including the recent changes page) is handled by pages in the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=8 MediaWiki namespace]. And yes, only sysops can edit these pages. The text in the message at the top of the recent changes, watchlists, and login screen is sub-controlled by a template ({{tl|recentchangesnotice}}) that we placed on the relevant MediaWiki pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:34, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

==Appropriate Username==
I have a question about the user [[User:Old timey Strong Bad|Old timey Strong Bad]]. Is that username appropriate, because I think it isn't really due to the similarity to [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]. {{unsigned|Lopp3|21:35, 26 April 2006}}
:Our general prohibition against using the name of a character only seems to extend to the main characters. Secondary or variant characters are generally okay. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

==Username Change==
If at all possible, please get around to changing my username. I left two notes on the [[HRWiki:Changing username]] page, but I still haven't had my name changed after a few days. {{User:Lopp3/sig}} 14:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

:You left your first request for a username change at 00:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC), fourteen hours and twenty-one minutes before posting your note here. You left your second request for a username change at 12:37, 27 April 2006 (UTC), only twelve hours and sixteen minutes after your first request. It has not even been one day, let alone a "few days." Please be patient. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 21:38, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== 65.167.69.XX ==

Hey, I did a little investigation. This IP range is notorious. I found blocks on it back to November, and comments that it is probably WoW. I know we gotta be reluctant to block a range, but I wanted to call your attention to this particular case. Take a look at the Block Log for the last 6 months to see what I am saying. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 13:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

== Poughwhatsie? ==

Actually, that's what I thought when that addition showed up a few days ago. It seemed like ''completely'' random trivia until I looked down at the context; "Poughkeepsie" is the destination in Homestar's word problem about trains entering tunnels. I guess this addition was an attempt to explain its significance (otherwise, why should two guys in Atlanta choose it aside from the funny-sounding name?). But if it's reinstated, it would need some rewrite to explain that (so the reader doesn't have to do the same thing I did). —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
:Meh, I don't see the point of including all that info, especially if there's any kind of link that can be clicked. It's barely mentioned in the toon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

== Patrolling ==

Perhaps you can clear something up for me? Are all users allowed/encouraged to patroll recent changes, or only those who have committed to the official "recent changes patrol"? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:It's not necessary to sign up (although it's nice to know who has committed to the work). I never patrol an edit unless I am pretty sure of (1) the overall content of the article, (2) the intent of the editor, and (3) whether or not the edit is good for the article. (Vandal edits still get marked as patrolled, but the article is immediately reverted. Likewise, edits that add incorrect information are either reverted or reworked as the situation warrants. By marking an edit as patrolled, I am saying either that an edit was good or that I'll fix it.) Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
::It does. Someday I may sign up for the patrol, but I think I want to observe for a while first. I'm still really new at determining the validity of edits, as my [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Template:STUFF/senior_prom| recent adventure]] with STUFF demonstrates. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== Even more recent block ==

I was wondering about the IP address you just blocked. I looked at his contributions, and his vandalism wasn't much. At least it didn't deserve a month-long block, in my opinion. So why did you blcok him for that long? Also, how did you know he was using the computer system at that school? Quizzical in someplace beginning with Q, — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
: I understand that you want to feel like you're in the loop, but unfortunately you do not have the standing here to question my actions in this way. Rest assured that I know exactly what I'm doing and have discussed matters with other admins. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:49, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:: Sorry. I wasn't trying to question your authority. I know well enough through my experience here that you have some of the best judgment I've ever seen. I would never question your actions. If you took it seriously, I apologize. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== Recent change of the template that says "do not create this page"==
Absolutely brilliant. I had tried to edit the weather in london before, and it had the normal template. Now it's completely redone, including hatred by Strong Bad. Dot com, you truly do rock. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, now I get it. There's a template for each one. Both are really funny, actually. Great job. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:05, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

== Expanded basic cable ==

Hi. Master Chief has this friend and Masterchief always goes to his house. Yesterday i went to his house and When I went on this site, I saw that he had the same IP as me. So when Master Chief went to his friend's house he created sockpuppets and vandalized the wiki. Now he isn't Master Chief's friend anymore because they got into some fight. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:Dude, you've fed us all so much crap over these last few months that I'm amazed that you think we're listening anymore. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::WHAT?!?! I didn't type that! It was probaly My brother or my cousin because I left myself logged on when I had to answer the phone. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 22:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Sure. Please see my above reply, and treble it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Is the rule about, "my (Some family member) did this" not allowed here as well.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 23:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::It isn't a rule per se, but without proof it is sure looked at with skepticism here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

==Checking IPs==
I know I can't check them on here, but I was wondering were you go to check who has what IP.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 21:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:There are around half a dozen ways, none of which I'm going to elaborate on here. If you look through the MediaWiki documentation, it might give you some insights. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
::What is the link in the special pages that let me check Ip addresses. (The reason for my asking is because of my wiki.) The thing that I know that if I go there here, I will just get an error.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 16:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::If you installed your wiki yourself, then you already have the access necessary to check IPs. If it's a wiki-in-a-can, then it's likely that you don't have the extensions installed that you would need for that. Again, check your documentation. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:04, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

== Dot com & Tom ==

Do both of you guys live in New York, as both of you were at a Yankees game? [[User:72.150.230.125|72.150.230.125]] 01:40, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

:No, I'm from Texas (see my user page for more info). The cap I have on is the official hat of the [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=tex Texas Rangers Baseball Club]. I was in the Tri-State area for three games that particular week: starting with Mets–Phillies (in Philadelphia), then Yankees–A's ([[:Image:Dot com & Tom.jpg|pictured]]), and finishing with Rangers–Yankees (which I am pleased to report [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20060515&content_id=1455525&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away Texas won], 4–2). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
::Wow, so you were right near me and I didn't know it. (I'm about 45 minutes or so west of Philly with good traffic.) You shoulda stopped by. ;)
::Also, I jus' have to say it, coz you know someone's thinking it: as one collective entity, you make It's Dot Tom. =3 --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::You see, Dorian? That joke was already thought of on IRC. Why won't you log there some time? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you ==
Thank you very much. I don't appreciate being spoken about, especially when it was way back when. I've been thinking for a long time about how truly ungrateful he is, and it seems he's lost his privilege. Thanks so much. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:54, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:Do you think he'll go crazy like last time? Do you think he'll make tons of sockpuppets? Is he immature enought o retaliate like this every time he gets blocked? {shudders} — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Meh, I don't really care that much. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, I don't think many people care at all. I suppose we can just revert it again and again. It's not even like he's doing much inconvenience. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==IP address change==
My Ip I think has changed. I need you to check my Ip address and tell me what it is. If I am right then my Ip address has changed for some reason.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:To check your IP, just log out. It will tell you your IP where your username usually is. If it doesn't show it there, then edit the sandbox and check the history. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Am I allowed to say what it is?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Um, if you want to. Some people try to protect that kind of info. (It won't be news to me, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:33, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Here is the difference, this is my now 68.184.181.214, and here is what it was, 66.169.190.116. What is up with that?-{{User:H*bad/sig}}
::::Those IPs are both used by the [[isp|ISP]] in your area. Speaking of, are you a Rangers, Mavs, or Cowboys fan? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Mavs fan. I also love the rangers. Do you happen live in the Dallas/ fort worth area?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::No, but I do live in Texas. (I did live in Mesquite and work in Plano for a summer, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:51, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Hey, maybe we will run into each other at like a mavs or rangers game. I'll hear your name and look over and see you. Wouldn't that be nice?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::That'd be cool. I'm planning on going to the one about a week from now (Sunday night). You can see what I look like (in a Rangers cap even) in the photo on my user page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:There is a major problem though, I kind of told my parents that I know everyone here from school, so I can't say hi to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::That's okay. Although I traditionally wear my Homestar running shirt to ballgames, so that other H*R fans can spot me. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Although, I could make up a story that would make it ok for me to be talking to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==Idea'd==
I have thought of something, that I think that needs changing. I believe that the fanstuff wiki should be able to use the Tavi style for our skin. Can that be arranged?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:Well, is there a way to put it in a monobook? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::I was talking about a way to have it as a seperate option.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::I know. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::::See [[#TaviStyle|above]]. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 15:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Wait we haven't upgraded yet??--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

==User page==

Are we allowed to have Wikipedia links on our userpages? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, yes. Check [[User:DorianGray|my page for a lot of them]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::See also [[HRWiki:User space]] for restrictions and conditions. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:::OK, thanks. I wasn't sure if maybe it causes a problem, like there being offensive content on Wikipedia articles (vandalism or not) that HRWiki can't do anything about. Well then, going to add my links... [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

== Contribs ==
Do you think you could add the 'ctrbs' extension to the Fanstuff Wiki's recent changes? It'd make my job there a little easier. Thanks in advance. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 17:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:That is standard in 1.6 (where it will be spelled 'contribs', incidentally). I recognize that it's taking us longer than we originally anticipated to make the upgrade. Don't give up hope of its happening, though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:01, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
::You added it here... is it difficult to implement? - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, it involves making changes in about six spots of existing code. It's not just like adding an extension. If we don't upgrade real soon, then I'll see about making an exception to our lockout of changes to 1.5. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Troll sockpuppet==

Could you please not be so quick to assume that's what I am? Chris/Yeltensic/Granola has relatives just like everyone else. [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Should I..==

..remove the vandalism thing from Darth's userpage? Or should I wait for him to do that or what? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 23:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Where's the page?==

When I try to get into the "Where's the Cheat?" page from the H*R updates page, it says "no page with that title exists," but when I get into it from the "Toons" section, it works fine. Is there a broken link, or is the problem at my end? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 14:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:To clarify, the link found at [[H*R.com updates 2002#Tuesday, February 26, 2002]] for [[Where's The Cheat?]] doesn't work, but the one at [[Toons#Big Toons]] does? What's really odd is that the error you're receiving is [[MediaWiki:Nogomatch]], which I thought was only shown when there's no exact match for a search done with the "Go" button. Is that the message you're seeing? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 14:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

::The closest I came to duplicating this problem is to type "Where's The Cheat" (without a question mark) in the search box. It also gives a similar error if you type "Where's The Cheat?" (with or without the question mark) in the URL. I'm going to make a redirect to fix those two things, but otherwise I can't recreate the problem as described. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

== When STUFF gets contradicted... ==

Hi, It's dot com. Here's a question that's been on my mind for a very, very long time (4 months):

What happens if we decline a STUFFed reference, thinking that it's unlikely, but then it turns out it was a reference after all? Say, for example, and I'm not saying that it is (even though I admit voting in favor), [[Happy Trogday]] WAS a homage to All Your Base, and that it is confirmed by TBC themselves on, say, the DVD commentary? {{User:The Chort/sig}} 18:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:Well, we just write a nice letter to TBC explaining how they must be mistaken. Once we vote here, that's the end of it. :) Actually, this has happened several times (none springs to mind right this second, but I'm sure someone will list an example here shortly). In cases like that, we simply overturn our vote and note that TBC said so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:33, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:: I haven't yet looked it up, but I believe that "Ryan S." from [[theme park]] was such an example. You're welcome. :D --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:38, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:::[[Talk:rampage#I.27m_on_a_Rainbow_.28originally_DECLINED.2C_now_ACCEPTED.29|Here]] is the one example of which I'm aware. And concerning AYB: Even though I voted to decline, I have always felt it was ''possible'' that fact was correct, and will not be surprised if we do have to un-decline it (nor will I be surprised if we don't). {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 18:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

==Sockpuppetness==
I know sockpuppetry when I see it and I know that kk is a definate sockpuppet person. (I know how ironic) Anyways, I was wondering why it is that when someone creates an account on here, 2-3 others are created. So my question is, that do you beaucrats check every new user if they have another log in name?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 17:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
:You have already asked me questions like this two or three times on this page, but I'm still not going to give you a straight answer. Nothing against you, but I don't like to post details of something like that. Nevertheless, it's probably not hard to infer certain things by posts I've made elsewhere. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thatkidsysop ==
Do you think you could make [[HRFWiki:User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] a sysop on the Fanstuff Wiki? There's been a concensus for him to be added to the team. (I actually posted this on the official forum's admin thread a little while ago, but it's been hours without a response and there's already a bit of excitement on the wiki.) - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 19:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:No wait. Lets make a discussion about this.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. For some reason that forum wasn't showing as having new messages for me. I know what it's like to be offered a promotion and then have to wait and wait for it to go through (in my case, the whole wiki was locked down for the server move). So I will not tell you to keep your pants on, for real. ;) H*bad, this talk page is not the right venue for a discussion on the promotion. In fact, simply by Joshua's posting here I assume that all the necessary discussion has already taken place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry. The reason was only because I was just wondering about it. Thats all.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

== For you and all the others... ==

For You, Tom, Thunderbird, Joey, Stu, Bazooka, Rogue Leader, Phlip, Heimstern, Abdi Viklas, Drhaggis, E. L. Cool, Firebird, Qermaq, Coder, Jones, Jay, Kilroy, Lapper, Username, Dorian, Paper, and all the others...
Hey, I just want to thank all of you for what you do for the Wiki. I used your page because you seem to be the only one logged on. [[User:65.6.55.229|65.6.55.229]] 20:17, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Hey, Anonymous, why don't you write a really nice thank-you note and then not attribute it to yourself. (Oh, kids can be so cruel. Just kidding.) Thanks, man! It's nice to be appreciated! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks from me, too! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 22:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Why thank you very much, it's always nice to hear that our work is appreciated. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks, man. That really makes a sysop feel good. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 03:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thenk you very much, Mister .229! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 06:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::Thanks! (And gee; if you know all of us well enough to abbreviate names, you really ought to think about getting one of your own!) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 23:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I'm very flattered. Thank you for your kind words, 65.6.55.229. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Note: DprianGray isn't a sysop. Just a note. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Neither is Qermaq, but there you go. =) --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::::::::Both DorianGray and Qermaq, if I may speak for the community, are quite respected users. They have the right to be named in that list of thanks. And after all, 65.6.55.229 never once said the word "sysop" in his note. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 00:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Okay, it seems I misunderstood. Since almost every user on that list was a sysop, I figured it was thanking the sysops only. >.> — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

== Magical Sysop Powers? ==

I've noticed that you and the other sysops around here are able to identify a user by their IP number. I have my own little personal wiki, running on the exact same version of MediaWiki as this one, of course without any changes made to this wiki after installation. As far as I can tell, I have no such all knowing, ip reading powers as the sysop of my wiki. Is this something you guys have edited the HRWiki to be able to do or am I completely missing a huge power of being a sysop? —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:I have already asked. They won't say.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::Eh, okay then. Another mystery of the HRWiki goes unsolved. —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I think they want to do this to us.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::::The bureaucrats at this wiki have installed the position of "developer". On some wikis it is called checkuser. It allows users to check IP addresses of users in addition to the normal sysop powers. So yes, it's edited in. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:::::That's not quite right, but it's kind of close, so, yeah, let's go with that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== Paranormal Idol ==

Could you check the IPs of Paranormal Idol and HomeTron V20 on the fanstuff wiki? I think they might be the same person. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:Sorry, but a request for that info would have to come from a fanstuff sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
::Okay, could you please check the IPs of the following Fanstuff users: [[HRFWiki:User:HomeTron V20|HomeTron V20]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol|Paranormal Idol]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol2|Paranormal Idol2]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol3|Paranormal Idol3]] and [[HRFWiki:User:Ytmnd Boy|Ytmnd Boy]]. Here's the reason. (edited version of reasons written by Bub on [[HRFWiki:User talk:Joshua]].)
::HomeTron V20 was a player on an interactive game which Bub created. HomeTron apparently quit the wiki because his Fake Characters were getting deleted by Joshua (as per a different discussion). A couple of days later, a new user, Paranormal Idol joined the wiki. He then created two new accounts, Paranormal Idol2 and Paranormal Idol3, claiming that he lost the password to his original account. Paranormal Idol3 then joined the same interactive game. After playing it for a while and then dying (in the game), he left the wiki. A few minutes after this, Ytmnd Boy signed up and requested to be in Bub's interactive game using the same character as HomeTron V20. All of these users share the same style of grammar, spelling and the way they transcribe.
::In my opinion, this seems like valid grounds for an IP check. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Based on the IPs, they are the same user. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::A few minutes ago, I got the new messages flag, and an e-mail saying that my talk page had been created by you. Do you know why this has occurred? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes. I edited and saved your page without making any changes in order to force the system to send you that message but without creating a new version of your page. I hoped you would then guess that I had replied to you here, which you did, so it worked. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

==Help Another Wiki?==
Greetings from [[Wookieepedia:|Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki]]. :) I'm one of the administrators over there ([[Wookieepedia:User:Jaymach|Jaymach]], if you'd like to check) and I have been told by [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] that you may be able to help us with something we are attempting to implement over there. We're looking into possibly using your "Image Code" verification, but only want to use it for Page Moves rather than every Page Edit. Do you know if this is possible at all and, if it is, is there any chance you could inform us how to do so? Feel free to contact me on [[Wookieepedia:User_talk:Jaymach|my talk page]]. Many thanks. (I'd sign this, but it'd be from my anon IP so there seems little point)
:We are pleased to help you here, Andrew. Tom is sending you more info by email right now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== hello from Nikolce ==

Hi Its dot com, how have you been these last couple of uummm time?? Anyway how are you doing in school? By the way, are there any user that play warcraft 3 on battle net by any chance? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
: I've been doing well, Nikolce. I hope you're well as well. I don't currently go to school (I graduated from college six years ago). Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the game you mention. Keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

== Finals ==
Do you watch the Dallas Mavericks?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 14:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:I checked in on them four or five times yesterday [Game 1 of the NBA Finals, for those reading along] during the game, and I was happy they won. I'll probably see more of the later games in the series. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Also, their next game is Sunday, Sunday, Someday. Ok, bye.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Interwiki links ==
Hey It's dot com. I need some help with a link, it's [[Meta:Help:User style]]. It works here, but not on the Fanstuff User Preferences. Do you know why this is?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:30, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It should work now. (I updated and synchronized the knowledge base and fanstuff interwiki tables.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Ok, thanks. Now I can continue to make it more updated like.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== The latest most recent block ==
Why did you block Strong bad roks!, because it doesn't appear that he did anything wrong.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:No, but he was going to. Thanks for your concern. Please look over my talk page here and find every thread with the words "recent block" in the title before posting another thread like this one. Thanks again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Archives ==
Sorry if my last post was worded rude, mainly because I didn't word it very well. Anyways the reason I bring it up, is because anytime I post something on your talk page it takes forever for it to bring up your talk page.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 20:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's okay, but you should be aware that people generally already know when their talk page has gotten pretty long. Pestering them about it rarely does more than annoy them. If you look at the top of the page, you'll see that I've already archived once before. Maybe I will again someday. Who knows, maybe even soon. There are a lot of other projects I'm working on, however, that require more of my attention right now (like the long-overdue upgrade). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Master Chief's name ==

Hey, dot com. How did you know Master Chief's real name was Ryan? That is his real name. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:Well, Brendan, you'd be surprised what information is out there if you know where to dig. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::You mean on my talk page's history? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:28, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, there's that, but he created [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Log?user=!!!!_Ryan_ON_WHEELS! this account] as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, how'd you know my name? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Like you said. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::But you knew my name before I said On my talk page's history. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::That's true. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

== Upgrade to 1.6 at the fanstuff wiki ==
Hey, awesome job, you and Tom really work harder than most people notice. The log in page is the best part, though. however, do you think you'll be able to add the poopsmith border again? I'm just wondering if 1.6 can't do that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
:I love the RSS upgrade....But one question: Why did you upgrade the HRFWiki before the HRWiki? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 02:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
::We try to shake down any problems we're going to encounter there before we apply the upgrade here. Not all fanstuffers are happy with this arrangement, but it's the best we've got, as it allows us to identify problems using a database that already has an enormous amount of content. If it's any consolation to them, we did spend an extensive amout of time testing the new features before we committed them to the live wiki. As for the Poopsmith, I don't know when or whether we'll be seeing him again soon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

==Unblock==
Please unblocking 82.42.237.114 on a provisional basis. the vandals
are gone! [[User:Go-glow|Go-glow]] 13:42, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
:Forget it. I have records of at least a dozen vandal accounts from that address over the last six months, and the content of the vandalism is worse than most. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

== Hi ==

I was just lookin around on the wiki this morning and decided that I'd leave a brief hello message for you. 

Hi, It's Dot Com. 
I haven't really talked with you too much, so I felt like leaving you a message. What's up with you in real life lately? Anything cool happening that you'd like to talk about? Any interesting stories or other stuff? Are there any Wiki projects that need serious cleaning up or any pages that need creating? If so, I'd be glad to help with them. I don't really have too much wiki time any mroe, but I have a chance to be on this morning for a little while. I'd be glad to assist with any ongoing projects that are in need of serious help. If you get a chance, please reply on my talk page.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:27, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Could I add you to my friends list? I'd like to recognize you on my userpage for your remarkable work on this wiki over the time you've been here. Thanks for your time.

:Well, sure. You can't have too many friends. To answer your other questions: The Rangers are still doing well, and that makes me happy. I can't think of any projects off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's some good ideas over at [[HRWiki:The Stick]]. I also can't think of any pages that need to be created. I wish they would release the next toon so we can make a page for ''it''. (By the way, I replied here instead of your talk page because it's generally better to keep discussion in one place.) Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty then. ADD'D!!!!!--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 16:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki pages==
What exactly do MediaWiki pages do? I'm confuzzled...— {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
:See [[Meta:Help:MediaWiki namespace]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

== A troll's IP ==
Hey, Dot com. I found a trolls IP address, and I was wondering what I should do with it.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you should just hang on to it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:46, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, but he is a pain in the neck. I know him. He has trolled on the fanstuff before. And I just want to be done with him.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:50, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

== Deleting user names ==
Hey Dot com. I heard from some very reliable sources that you guys can delete user names.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:09, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:"Can" is such a big word. Of course I ''can'' delete usernames. I can delete the whole wiki. (Not that I'm going to.) As for whether I ''will'' delete usernames, the answer is no; in general our [[HRWiki:Privacy policy#Removal of user accounts|policy]] is not to do that. Who said otherwise? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::It just seems like its not a very good idea to keep a username on the list, like NSMC, some inappropriate usernames, Willy on wheels, etc. Well maybe not NSMC, for historical reasons. And I never said anyone said otherwise.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, can can also just change there username to something else. I'm not saying that he's going to. He ''might'' but I doubt it. --{{User:the thing/sig}} 14:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yes you did. You said, "I heard from some very reliable sources." — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, well, I was on the mediawiki channel asking questions.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Yes, it is technically possible, and yes, in certain very unusual circumstances it has been done, but no, we don't do it otherwise. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:43, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Really? When was it done? Also, I found out mediawiki 1.7 will be coming out in July.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Great. I'd hate for them to actually use a version for a while. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Yeah, they told me that its going to look much better than 1.6.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::In reply to the other question: It was used after NSMC's vandalism was cleaned up. All the individual accounts were deleted and consolidated into [[User:NSMC vandal|one account]]. - {{User:Bub/sig}}

== El Cid... lcid... Are Cid... rcid... ==

Hey! [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Cutepetsrus&diff=next&oldid=338955 What's] "rcid"? —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's the "Recent Changes ID". Each entry in the [[Meta:Recentchanges table|`recentchanges` table]] has a unique ID, which shows up in the URL when you click "diff" from [[Special:Recentchanges]] on an edit that hasn't been patrolled. The "rcid" part tells the system to display the "park as patrolled" link as you view the diff (even if the edit has [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=710&diff=338906&oldid=338904&rcid=287736 already been patrolled]), and so it's not necessary to be included in a link on a talk page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

== Rangers ==
Hey just in case you didn't get my memo, I am going to a rangers game on wednesday. I know your most likely going to erase this, but just so you know.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:That's cool. I am thinking about going on Tuesday for the Fourth and the fireworks, but I'll have to see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::I would figure thats when its going to be the most crowded.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
:::And I just got back. They won! Back to back homeruns. It was cool. Hey were you there? Or were you there at the July 4th game?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
::::No, I didn't get to go to that one. (That's too bad, 'cause I love patriotic-themed fireworks.) Glad your game was good, and hey, they're tied for first right now! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== Bad wording... ==
Hey Dot com. I was wondering about your accually typing the word (A good way of saying it) whatsit on a page. I know you already know this, but there are little kids on here. Can you reword it, please?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:No, I'm not going to reword it. There is a difference between ''using'' a word and referring to a word ''as a word''. Assuming that the user doesn't already know what his name means, then there would be no way to explain to him what the problem is without resorting to pedantic euphemism or a click-through, both of which are unnecessary given that (1) we should be mature enough to calmly discuss any subject, (2) the whole name itself is already as offensive as or more offensive than its components, and (3) the likelihood that a random user will find that page is close to zero. If it makes you feel better, I'll put a language warning there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, I was just making sure that everything is G or Pg rated here.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

== Marshie Face ==
[[Image:foodfaces.png|thumb|Both a little creepy]]
Okay, you win. I hadn't compared them side-by-side and was going solely by memory. They DO, after all, have a similar artistic style, even though I can now see that I was wrong in thinking they were the same. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:09, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
:Cool. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

== Subst signatures ==

Hi, this is CapitalQ from TMBW.net. We just upgraded to MW 1.6 yesterday (only to see 1.7 stable released today, but that's another story), and after seeing that templates in signatures automatically turn into substrings, ACupOfCoffee pointed us [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki talk:Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.6#Substituted Signatures of Death|here]], where you state "I have created a new variable that allows me to disable this so-called feature, which I now have done." If you could tell me exactly how you went about doing that, I'd be very greatful. Thanks. :) -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 02:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. I have replied on [[TMBW:User talk:CapitalQ#Subst'd sigs|your talk page]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks, all set up! You rock. -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 12:09, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== Homsar's Speech ==

DaAaaAAaaAaahhh! Hi, It's dot cayommm! It's KieferSkuunnk! I just wanted to thank you for the <s>flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital</s> help on my Homsar's Speech project! We're almost done now, but I still can't feel my leeeggs. Okay, bye-dee-bye! {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:Nowowowow, this is the thrill of a lifetime. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== /wiki/ redirect ==

I asked Interruptor Jones about this, and he told me to tell you, so... I think /wiki/ should redirect to /index.php/ because whenever I want to look something up in HRWiki by typing in the URL, I invariably end up typing "/wiki/" and getting the ol' 404. I'd just add <tt>Redirect permanent /wiki/ http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/</tt> somewhere in the .htaccess file, and it should work automatically. I think it'd be even better to do it the other way around and make "/wiki/" the canonical form and have index.php redirect to that instead, but not having used the MediaWiki software, I don't know the exact configuration options. Oh... and ever thought about moving some of the stuff on this huge talk page to an archive page? ;) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 16:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:Isn't typing the URL out a bit cumbersome? Why not create a [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html smart-keyword] instead? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 20:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

::It's the way I've always done it, and it doesn't feel so cumbersome after having done it a million times with Wikipedia. Other people might not be aware of smart keywords (I wasn't until just now). Besides, what's the harm in setting up a redirect? :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 21:26, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:::I'm not inclined to hack the wiki to aid one person's "way of always doing it". There are easier client-side options for what I percieve to be a client-side issue. Sorry. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 00:38, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

::::But is it just one person's way of always doing it, or are other people doing it, too? And I still don't see the harm in just adding a line to .htaccess; you wouldn't even have to restart the server or anything. - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 03:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

:::::It's not that your request isn't easy to fulfill. I presented you with an alternative that would actually be quicker than if I made the change and you typed the entire URL. I don't see this as a problem with the wiki, I see it as an issue that is unique to a single user's behavior. Though I have to admit, I still might consider changing the <tt>index.php</tt> in the URL to <tt>wiki</tt> (making <tt>wiki</tt> the canonical form), but I'd want to go over the consequences of such a change with others first. (Note that this was [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 2#Mod rewrite to remove index.php from URLs|discussed once before]].) -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm unindenting so this doesn't get too wide... anyway, we still haven't even established that I'm the only one who types /wiki/ -- do you have error log statistics to back it up, maybe? I also think the redirect would be a good idea because it would be more consistent with other wikis (I believe most of the most popular MediaWiki sites use /wiki/); inconsistency is why I make this error in the first place. I could make further arguments, for example, that the URL is part of the user interface of a website, and any user interface should anticipate user error. (It's not uncommon for a text-based program to understand both "exit" and "quit", for example.) I could make an analogy with "typo redirects" on wikis. I know, it sounds silly to back up such a little thing like this with so much, but it just feels like a redirect is the Right Thing. (I guess becoming a webmaster is having this effect on me.) Well, I don't suppose there's any more I can say on this subject, so do what you're gonna do. :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 20:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

== PHP upgrade ==

[[Special:Version]] still says that we're running PHP 4.4.2. Upgrade to PHP 5 unsccessful? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:Delayed. Turns out we need to upgrade [[Wikipedia:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|RHEL]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] so that we can upgrade [[MW:|MediaWiki]]. We're going to try again over the weekend. (We ''did'' upgrade from 4.3.x to 4.4.2, for any of you keeping score at home.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
::Upgrading RHEL and Apache might not be necessary after all. We should have the CAPTCHA problem (which is really a missing libraries problem) fixed with the upgrade as well, which according to my information should be any time now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Special:Countedits ==
Could you please install the Count Edits extension on the Fanstuff? Many combolations, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 08:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:That function is a server-intensive function (which is why it's restricted to sysops on this wiki). Perhaps you could elaborate on why you need it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
::Honestly, we don't. I was simply interested (in counting edits). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

== Ni hao! ==

Hey, Dot com, just wanted to say hello from China! Hope all's going well for you. Things have been crazy in China (in an awesome way), but I can't imagine I'll get much time to tell all you guys until I return to the USA... anyway, just wanted to give you a long-distance greeting. Zaijian! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:China man that's gotta be fun! Some day I hope to visit China. Just won't be any time soon. I do plan to go to Kansas City Missouri for a few days this summer! Hi Dot com! :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
::Hey juys! Looking forward to your return! (Although, Heimstern, it's kinda like you never left. What an increasingly small world we live in.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I think I'm in a bit of an abnormal situation here, to be honest. I'm in about the nicest hotel in Shuangliu county and stuff like that. So in some ways, I have a lot of the conveniences of home. A lot of places in China aren't like that, or so I hear. But then again, China is growing like crazy in terms of technology and modernization. It seems like ''everyone'' here has a cell phone. Like, ''more'' oft than in the USA. I don't have time to say much more now, though. We'll talk more when I return. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Olsen Twin'd!! ==

How did you know that the pictures in Teen Girl Squad 11 came from that M magazine? {{User:Salty/sig}} 01:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I have to admit that I'm a big Mary-Kate and Ashley fan (Ash is my fav), and I've had a subscription to ''M'' since I was a twelve-years-old boy.  — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Who is bigger? ==
Who is bigger the fanstuff wiki or the HRWiki? Do you compare it with the amount of users or the amount of pages?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 07:32, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
:The HRWiki is much bigger. A lot of the pages on the fanstuff wiki are small text adventure pieces anyway. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 13:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

== Is there any way to make the old style available in preferences? ==

Don't get me wrong, I love the new style, but there are still people complaining (well, on the forum). Is there a way to put that old style as one of the skins in the preferences? If it's too much work, it's fine with me, I like this style better, but some people don't. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}

Kid Speedy

Ed smildE — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:44:53 GMT

Ed smildE: /* The King of Town */ spelling

{{gamenav|New Game|kidspeedy|Thy Dungeonman 3|TROGDOR!}}
[[Image:kidspeedy.PNG|thumb|The slowest poke]]

''"Who's faster than Kid Speedy? EVERYBODY!! This little fatso is the slowest poke in the bunch. Try not to get dead last while avoiding sweets and insults in this hilarious arcade-style race 'em up."'' — Videlectrix

'''Kid Speedy''' is a game in which you play the character Kid Speedy, trying to win a race (or, at least, not come in last). The game was originally mentioned in the [[Videlectrix]] game catalog; it was made available for play on July 10, 2006.

'''Page Title:''' Don't Forget Your Inhaler!

==The Game==
[[Image:Kidspeedy intstructions.PNG|thumb|Instructions]]
To qualify for the next race, you must finish the four-man race third place or above. By collecting vegetables and happy faces, you make your character go faster (with one exception, see [[#Trivia|trivia]]). Collecting junk food or [[Swears|swears]] causes your character to lose all speed.
The player can race the chosen character on eleven different courses: Jelly Woods Fun Run, Cheese Puff Hills 2 Mile, Porkchop Wilds 5K, Egg Mountain Minithon, Probate Flats Walk-a-thon, [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]], The Loop, Demon's Rub Marathon, Doomed Schools Charity Trudge, Caramel Canyon Walk, and Crumble Star Sprintup (the last four tracks are only accesible if you are playing as a specific character, see trivia). Each track has borders resembling the name (example: Cheese Puff Hills has orange borders).

The game consists of two modes: 1 Player and "Online Play". However, all of the runners, in both modes, are computer controlled. The loading online players screen is just for show.

If you do not finish dead last, you "Qualify". If you lose, you get the message "You Came Dead Last."

==The Ending==
===As Kid Speedy===
[[Image:Kidspeedy ending.PNG|thumb|YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Kid Speedy, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Kid Speedy walks off-screen to the left and enters a city scene. He is walking down a sidewalk beside a brick wall.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' KID SPEEDY WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{Kid Speedy enters a room with a woman and television set inside. Kid Speedy bounces up and down again. Kid Speedy's dialogue is in white subtitles while his mom's is black.}''

'''KID SPEEDY:''' ''{subtitled}'' MOM! I WON 2 BUCKS!

'''KID SPEEDY'S MOM:''' ''{subtitled}'' NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THE ORPHANAGE ITS OPERATION!

'''KID SPEEDY'S MOM:''' ''{subtitled}'' HOORAY! 
'''KID SPEEDY:''' ''{simutaneously; subtitled}'' HOORAY!

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED STRONG SAD MODE!
===As Strong Sad===
[[Image:Kidspeedy strong sad ending.PNG|thumb|CORRECTION: YOU WON ME 2 BUCKS.]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Strong Sad, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Strong Sad walks off-screen to the left and enters Strongbadia, with the white fence in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' STRONG SAD WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{Strong Sad enters Strong Bad's Basement. Strong Bad is here, along with the Trogdor arcade game.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' STRONG BAD! I WON 2 BUCKS!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' CORRECTION: YOU WON ME 2 BUCKS.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' HOORAY! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simutaneously; subtitled}'' HOORAY!

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED KOT MODE!
===As The King of Town===
[[Image:Kidspeedy kot ending.PNG|thumb|(I THINK HE ATE THE 2 BUCKS.)]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to The King of Town, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{The King walks off-screen to the left and enters a green pasture, with mountains in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' THE KOT WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{The King enters the castle, and walks past The Poopsmith.}''

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{subtitled}'' (I THINK HE ATE THE 2 BUCKS.)

'''THE POOPMITH:''' ''{subtitled}'' (HOORAY.)

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED HOMESTAR MODE!
===As Homestar Runner===
[[Image:Kidspeedy hr ending.PNG|thumb|SOMEHOW HOMESTAR WON LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS...]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Homestar, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Homestar walks off-screen to the left and enters a field, with trees in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' SOMEHOW HOMESTAR WON LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS...

''{Homestar enters Marzipan's house.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{subtitled}'' MARZIPAN! I WON A MILLS BILLS!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{subtitled}'' NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR A HYBRID CAR, OR MAYBE...

''{Homestar and Marzipan drive for a while in their new car. A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*While Homestar and Marzipan are driving at the end of the game, you can control the car with the left and right keys.

==Fun Facts==
[[Image:Kidspeedy strong sad mode.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad mode]]
===Explanations===
*The term "Race 'em up" is based on the more logically named term "Shoot 'em up".
*Kid Speedy is most likely a parody of "educational" computer games that often promote nutrition.

===Trivia===
*Each race starts with the message "Ready! Set! OK, now go."
*If you win the game, you unlock "Strong Sad Mode", where your character becomes {{Film|Strong Sad}}. Beating the game as Strong Sad unlocks "KOT Mode" where you play as {{Film|The King of Town}}. Beating the game again finally unlocks "Homestar Mode" where you play as {{Film|Homestar Runner}}.
*When you play the last race, a group of runners will pass you and your opponents very quickly. If your last race is the shortest race, Egg Mountain Minithon (#4), then these runners can finish the race in under seven seconds.
[[Image:Kid speedy box art.PNG|thumb|Kid Speedy box art]]
*Currently, the box art for Kid Speedy reads "BOX ART UNAVAILABLE!".
* The gameplay is very random: It is possible to acquire every healthy food item in the course and only them, and still lose.
*"The Loop" is the only level in the game whose preview shows a design that doesn't loop.
*On July 17, 2006, version 1.new was released, with several changes:
**Added The King of Town and Homestar Runner as unlockable characters – previously, only Strong Sad could be unlocked, and Kid Speedy would still appear at the end of each level and the end of the game.
**Added tomato and cookie items.
**Food items bob up and down on some levels now.
**The 8th level now changes depending on your character:
***Kid Speedy—Demon's Rub Marathon
***Strong Sad—Doomed Souls Charity Trudge (the map resembles Strong Sad's head)
***The King of Town—Caramel Canyon Walk-Take (the map resembles a ham)
***Homestar Runner—Crumble Star Sprintup (the map resembles a star)
*Your three opponents behave like this: two of them run at a constant speed all the way to the finish line, the third changes every 3 seconds (on average - it can be anywhere from 0 to 6) to be slightly faster than you (how much faster depends on what level you're playing). When you collect a power-down item, the third opponent will always match speeds a second and a half later.

===Differences between the characters===
====Strong Sad====
*There's a chance one of your opponents will be Kid Speedy.
*Speed-up items work 50% better than they do for Kid Speedy.
*Strong Sad slows down twice as fast as Kid Speedy.
*When you collect a speed-down item, the third opponent (see [[#Trivia|trivia]]) will match speeds with you, plus a large amount (more than they usually beat you by), right before you slow down (so if you're going full speed when you hit one, they'll race ahead of you for that 1.5 seconds).
====The King of Town====
*There's a chance of one or two of your opponents being Kid Speedy or Strong Sad.
*The "good" and "bad" collectables are reversed – junk food speeds you up and good food slows you down.
*He trips and falls on the qualification movie, causing the victory music to abruptly change.

====Homestar Runner====
*Your opponents will always be Kid Speedy, Strong Sad and The King of Town.
*Homestar's maximum running speed is 25% higher than the others'.
*Speed-up items work twice as well as they do for Kid Speedy.

===Glitches===
*On certain browsers (Such as Netscape Communicator 4.7) Kid Speedy's slowest opponent is absent. While getting second place is extremely difficult it's impossible to lose since he can rank no lower than third.
*When the game first came out, the player had to cross the center of the finish line to finish the level, while the computer players needed only touch the edge of the line. Thus it was possible to finish barely ahead of the last runner, but still lose the level. This has since been fixed.
*If you qualify for a level, but play it again and lose, you will have to beat it again to win the game.
* After completing any race with Strong Sad or Homestar Runner, it will show the icon for the Doomed Souls Charity Trudge or Crumble Star Sprintup, respectively, at the end.

===Inside References===
*"NEB", a possible opponent in Online Mode, may be a reference to [[Nebulon]].
*One of the tracks is the "EGG MOUNTAIN MiNiTHON", making this another instance of [[Lowercase i's]].

===Real-World References===
*The "Indiana" and "The Loop" levels are likely inspired by the the arcade racing game, [[Wikipedia:Cruis'n USA|Cruis'n USA]], which features Chicago and Indiana venues.
*"Wide Loading" (on the [[Irregular Loading Screens|loading screen]]) is a reference to the "Wide Load" sign which appears on trucks carrying large items. It is also used as a slang term for "fat".
*On the flash file of Kid Speedy, there are three other runners to the left of the screen and they seem to be wearing colors of flags: [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]] and [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]]. The other runner wears white, red, and green. This may be the flag of [[Wikipedia:Burundi|Burundi]], [[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]], [[Wikipedia:Algeria|Algeria]], [[Wikipedia:Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], [[Wikipedia:Hungary|Hungary]], [[Wikipedia:Iran|Iran]], or [[Wikipedia:Oman|Oman]]. These runners are later seen racing ahead to the finish line in the 8th race, as well as in the ending.
*At the ending podium, the three "winning" runners each have an animation similar to the animations made by the characters at the end of [[wikipedia:Super Mario Kart|Super Mario Kart]]. Notably, the "first place" winner's ending looks like he is clanging champagne bottles, similar to Koopa Troopa's victory animation in Mario Kart.
*When Kid Speedy trips on the finish line, he does so in the same manner and sound as does the character in [[wikipedia:NES|NES's]] Track & Field I.
*Kid Speedy's ending sequence is a reference to the common movie theme of competing in a race or other competition to win money to either save an orphanage or pay for an operation.
*The setup of the so-called "Online Mode" strongly resembles that of Nintendo's WiFi Connection service.

===Possible Names in Online Mode===
*There are several possible names that you can get as opponents in Online Mode. Each three-letter name includes a number following their name, while four-letter names do not.
**BAM
**BOB
**BSI
**[[Dan|DAN]]
**DING
**[[Wikipedia:Full Motion Video|FMV]]
**FOOP
**GOB
**JAM
**JIM
**[[Nebulon|NEB]]
**[[Wikipedia: Pogs|POG]]
**QUA
**RIT
**SOT
**STAN
**TOD
*The following names were added in version 1.new.
**GOBI
**JILL
**[[Leomard Sportsinterviews|LEM]]
**BSI
**FRUM
**[[Wikipedia:Eight ball|8BAL]]
**PIGG
**GUMB
**KSPE (Kid Speedy, only available if not playing as him)
**SSAD (Strong Sad, only available if playing as The King of Town or Homestar Runner)
**KOT8 (The King of Town, only available if playing as Homestar Runner)

==External Links==
*[[Videlectrix:kidspeedy.html|Play 'Kid Speedy']]
*[[Videlectrix:kidspeedy.swf|Play 'Kid Speedy' (Flash file)]]
*[[Forum:9062|forum thread re: "Kid Speedy"]]
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Ed smildE — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:35:06 GMT

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