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Huwmanbeing — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:32:23 GMT

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{{Main Page Talk}}
== New... Game soon? ==

[[Telltale Games]] has just released a new teaser trailer for an upcoming game to be announced on 02 Sept:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-untitled-telltale/703720?type=flv

A silhouette of [[Strong Bad]] can be clearly seen. Stay tuned for info... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 06:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

:Huh. That explains a lot. I guess we only have to wait four days for more info, if not the full game. At the end it said 9-2-2010, so... Thursday. We should finally see what's been going on Thurday. For now, the question remains: who are the other three he was posing with? One was definitely Max the rabbit, and another might have been Sam, from the same game. That leaves... The Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress? Who knows? Anyway, let's check back next Thursday and see what all the commotion is up to.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 00:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::According to Kotaku, from left to right it's one of the guys from [http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade], Max from Sam & Max, Heavy from Team Fortress 2, and, of course, [[Strong Bad]]. Based on the silhouette, there's been rumors that it's just a sequel to Telltale's poker game. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::'''Edit Conflict!''' Not to turn this into a forumy-style post, but the [http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18930 TellTale forum] people have mainly decided that the four are Thycho from Penny Arcade, Max from Sam&Max, Heavy from Team Fortress Two,  and Strong Bad from, well, duh. Since two of them are holding cards, it's speculated that it's a TellTale Texas Hold'em sequel. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 00:15, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
:::Hey, maybe after the game comes out this long period of inactivity will finally end! One can only hope.... [[Special:Contributions/71.29.168.29|71.29.168.29]] 21:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

==did it die==
lets face it, there has been no updates in months. whats going on over there. did they just stop or are they working that hard on poker night at the inventory? please whats going on with our dear website that we worship?
:TBC have been working on a few projects (baby, Poker Night at the Inventory, Jim Henson movie), so I would just be patient. They've hinted numerous times that they're not done yet. Also, this kind of thing should be posted in the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 01:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
::Jim Henson movie? Whats that? {{User:Wasd98/sig}} 02:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
:::Yessir. [http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEMOaRPMDPdJQV Here's the link]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 03:17, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

== Do we have a "Experience the Fury of..." page? ==

It's a "phrase running gag" I believe, since it's been in more than one toon. [[Special:Contributions/71.87.114.122|71.87.114.122]] 17:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Our policies say it has to be in at least three toons to merit a page. Honestly, that's one i've looked for too. Right now it is in two: [[theme park]] (thrice) and [[boring (really)]] (which i think was a direct reference back to theme park). The way I understand it, it would need to be in a third toon before we could create a page on it. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::See also: [[Talk:Experience the fury of]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, we used to have a page of it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 08:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

== jayisgames mention ==

The website jayisgames.com has posted Peasants Quest on their front page as one of their "gems from the vault." I wasn't sure if this was frontpage worthy or not.
--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:It wouldn't go on the main page, but a section in [[Website Sightings]] would be a good place. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
--Gotcha. I also noticed that on the games review page someone links to the walkthrough on hrwiki.--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Redirect for <Article Name>s? ==

Just wondering, how do we do a no-pipe redirect again? for articles that we need to redirect from <ArticleName>s to just <ArticleName>. (Without using Move feature) {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:Do you mean like this?
:<pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[</nowiki>''name of the target page''<nowiki>]]</nowiki></pre>
:{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 17:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::You don't need to manually create redirects for this... if the page name is "<something>s", and you make a link to <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]</nowiki></code> then the [[HRW:Autopipe|autopipe]] will handle it, and for vice-versa, if the page name is "<something>" and you want to make a link labelled "<something>s", then you can just use <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]s</nowiki></code>. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Nevermind! I misunderstood the question. What he said. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 21:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Apparently, the MediaWiki over at Aeria Games doesn't have autopipe :( So how do we do it then? For exa, when someone searches for [http://wiki.aeriagames.com/kitsusaga/index.php?title=Sharptooth_Stone_Ant Sharptooth Stone Ants], they get a search results page, rather than the page linked here. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 19:07, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

== In the "browse the knowledge base" thingy... ==

Should we have a link to [[The Brothers Chaps]] somewhere in the "browse the knowledge base" section on the Main Page? (most likely "miscellany") {{User: Power Pie/sig}}
:Sure, that's not a bad idea. Maybe for the name of the link, "Real Life People"? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 14 October 2010

== Special pages ==

Special pages like [[Special:Ancientpages|Ancient Pages]] and [[Special:Popularpages|Popular Pages]] only show mainspace articles. Is there a way of making them show articles from a different namespace? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 00:01, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
:I don't believe there's a way to do so in MediaWiki without being an admin, if even at all. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 19:56, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

== Halloween: Make it or break it? ==

Anyone else think that if the Brothers Chaps are gonna make a new cartoon this year it has to be for Halloween? {{unsigned|88.193.42.92|13:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)}}
:This kind of discussion would be better suited for the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 14:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
::Though perhaps also better suited for the forum, I would just like to point out that TBC have put out a Halloween toon every single year since the year 2000, they've done [[Punkin Stencils]] every year since 2003, and [[Fan Costumes]] every year since 2003 (with one exception in 2004). Anyway, here's hoping! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

== Speculation 2 ==
I know I proposed this idea in March and it got shot down, but I really feel we need to make a HR Wiki speculation page. The discussion above is happening way too often. We really need to get this thing off our chests. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 22 October 2010
:I don't really think there needs to be a speculation page, since we have a forum for that purpose. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 02:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::Is there a page that addresses the hiatus? [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:47, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::I understand your point DENNIS, but while most users understand that, it's the anonymous/new users that really need to be addressed. I think it's a rising issue that really needs to be addressed. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 23 October 2010
::::What exactly is the difference between saying "Take it to the forum!" and "Take it to the speculation page!"? {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 18:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::I agree with Strong Awesome. There is no difference, and that's why there is a forum. We don't need pages like that on a '''Knowledge''' base. A Forum is a Forum, and there's nothing wrong with it. --{{User:Record307/sig}} 21:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Yes, I see all of your points. I understand we have a forum, and that's where people speculate as much as they please. But here's the main problem: people don't know that. We are wasting our time going on each and every time it's mentioned and say, "I think this is for the forum." I understand that many people really don't see the point, but here's my main question: isn't it starting to get on people's nerves? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 24 October 2010
:::::::StrongAwesome74 and Record307 make a good point though: creating a speculation page would only change where we tell them to go. So, for example, when an anon posts in the Main Page Talk "Hey guys. I bet we're gonna get a punkin stencils this year" or something similar, instead of telling them to take it to the forum, we'd be telling them to take it to the speculation page. New users simply won't know where to go either way. And like Record307 said, it would also bring up the problem of putting non-factual things in a knowledge base dedicated to facts. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 12:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::An article on speculation isn't going to happen. Our articles are strictly for factual content. It's not going to solve any problems, anyway, since people are going to keep posting speculation on our talk pages no matter what we do. Making a speculation page isn't going to solve that problem any more than the forum does. Making notes telling people "take it to the forum" is an inevitable part of our existence here. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::I agree we don't need (and shouldn't have) a speculation page. What we need is a page that presents the known facts of the hiatus, which (let's face it) is a pretty huge event in HR history. Facts may be few, but they're in no way absent -- we know when it began, what the brothers said about it, what little has been released during the break, and a little about other projects with which they're involved. Even if it's short, it'll at least be someplace that people interested in the subject can go to see ''what's known for sure''. Then if they want to speculate, they can take it elsewhere. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:14, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
I fully see all of your points now. I just thought it might help get this stuff off. Sorry... [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 24 October 2010
:There's no need to be sorry, as you have nothing to be sorry about. It was a valid suggestion. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 01:53, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

== Hiatus page ==
I just posed the question above, but decided it's probably better as its own section. Does the HR Wiki have an article about the hiatus? If it does, I wasn't able to find it. If it doesn't, I suggest that one should be created. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:No it does not. But yes, I'd also like such an article to be created. This hiatus has gone on for a long time now, and has annoyed many fans (myself included), not so much the hiatus, but the fact that they gave no explanation about it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 12:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::I may create one then, or at least the stub of one that can be further expanded. Given that there have been occasional (though much shorter) hiatuses in the past, I wonder what an appropriate title for the article would be? ''Hiatus of 2009-2010''? (I trust it won't soon need to be renamed ''Hiatus of 2009-2011''...) [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 13:27, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::After careful deliberation, I agree. This is not just a delay. This was the longest break in Homestar Runner history, a fan crisis, and a long period of uncertainty. That, and it was likely a time where they had [[Poker Night At The Inventory|other things]] in mind. Yes, this is relevant. Perhaps as a supplementary page for Poker Night, but either way, this page has my support.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 22:54, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::So, what do you think should be on that page? "There's been a long hiatus from November 2009 to the present (with a brief interruption around April Fool's 2010)."? That's not really going to make it for an article, and that's really about all there is to say about this. We don't know why the hiatus occurred (other than the baby), and airing our complaints (which is the main thing that's been written about the hiatus thus far) is not an acceptable use of our articles. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::No one is suggesting that the page will be an airing of complaints. My thought is that the page could be about the brothers' hiatuses in general, including sections both on the earlier nine-month one and on the current ongoing absence. Certainly there's not a ''lot'' known for sure, but what little is known can at least be presented there for those who are interested (and seemingly a lot of people are). Further information can then be added as it becomes available. Also, the fact that there's not volumes of material to include certainly shouldn't be a limiting factor -- we already have scores of pages that treat subjects very briefly (e.g., [[Russ T.]]).
:::::As to whether it merits having its own article... If I understand correctly, one can usually decide if it's appropriate for a subject to have its own article by first determining if it has both relevance and significance. The hiatus meets both criteria in spades. Is there any reason why it should be considered either an insignificant or an irrelevant event in the world of HR? Personally I'd say it's quite the reverse: at the moment it's arguably the ''most'' significant and relevant HR subject, one that bears on the very existence and future of HR and is on the mind of practically every fan. It merits an article. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Articles are about content, though. The idea of an article about a lack of content doesn't seem terribly convincing to me. Of course, you're free to try, but don't be surprised if it's TBD'd. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I'm not opposed to a hiatus article in theory, but I agree with Heim that there really isn't much to say. But, who knows, maybe there is. At this point, I think the only way for us to know one way or the other is for someone to make the article and see if it has legs to stand on. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::I've made a [[User:StrongAwesome74/Hiatus|rough draft]] of such a page. If anyone wants to add more, please do so. Obviously, i also think a Hiatus page would be a good idea. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 17:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::Good start, SA74! I like that it's entitled simply ''Hiatus'', since that can be both the singular and the plural form of the word (something I didn't know until recently). One thing I'd suggest that I think would strengthen the page would be to have at least two sections: one for the brothers' earlier nine-month hiatus and one for the current one. Then the page is about their breaks in general, and covers more material/content. I'll see what I can contribute. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 18:36, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::'''EDIT CONFLICT:'''I made a few edits to said draft. I have to say, this article could have merit, but I still have a few problems. The way it is written now doesn't sound very encyclopedic. It sounds more like a high school essay. Also, there's a point where enough is enough. As Elcool said in [[Talk:Ron Planet]], we're a Homestar Runner wiki, not a Brothers Chaps wiki. We should stick to in-universe issues and what they choose to publish about themselves, and not do too much digging into their personal lives. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 18:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::I've done some rewording and have started to add some additional bits and pieces. I agree that the wiki is about HR, and in that spirit I think that addressing the year-long absence of significant material to HR is entirely pertinent. As it stands now it doesn't really speculate about anything, and just cites the brothers' own freely-made statements, as well as other publicly available information about their projects. Obviously some mention of the brothers has to be made, but I don't think it's at all prying. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 19:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::::Needs expansion. {{User:Power Pie/sig}} 23:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
The way it's going now, it looks like it'll just turn into a clone of [[Acknowledged Update Delays]] but with less information. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 23:18, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:Remember me? I used to come on this wiki before there were no edits to be made. I feel that this proposed article may not be too good of an idea to create right now because, in my opinion, it does wouldn't look too great to write an article about a hiatus and not be able to place an end date anywhere on it. A hiatus is not a hiatus unless updates resume at some point. At this point, there is no way of knowing for sure whether or not there will ever be any new updates. But if the updates resume, I think this article would be a great idea to write! {{User:Homestar-Winner/sig}} 02:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
::Interesting point. I think it's being considered a hiatus (rather than a complete termination) because of the brothers' own statements, which suggest that HR will indeed return. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 12:32, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

User:Strong Awesome/Hiatus

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:19:57 GMT

Huwmanbeing: typo

The [[Brothers Chaps]] occasionally take breaks from producing Homestar Runner content, sometimes to attend to family or to work on other projects, or for other reasons. During these hiatus periods site updates are either absent or are much less frequent than normal.

== September 2008 to June 2009 ==

== December 2009 to present ==
On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, [[Matt Chapman]] made the following announcement on the [[Feedburner]] page:

<blockquote>You loyal RSS subscriber-types get the inside scoop: A new very, very little girl has been birthed unto the Chaps family so please be patient with updates as we head into the year's end. ... Thanks for your patience and high five!</blockquote>

Since that time, site updates have consisted of the [[Xeriouxly Forxe|the annual April Fools' gag]] and a Xeriously Forxe-themed [[Main Page 26|main page]]. The brothers also released exclusively to HRWiki some rough draft scripts for [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|Sbemail 136]] and the previously unreleased [[Soap Box Doiby]] toon.

Emails received by the HRWiki's administrators from Matt and [[Mike Chapman]] have made assurances that [[Homestar Runner (universe)|Homestar Runner]] is not finished. During the hiatus, Matt is working with [[Craig Zobel]] on ''[[Ron Planet]]'' and on an animated movie entitled [[IMDb:tt1034052|''Monster Safari'']] with the Jim Henson Company. The brothers are also working with [[Telltale Games]] on ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]'', a video game slated to have more dialogue in it than an average [[Telltale Games|Sam & Max]] episode.

User:Strong Awesome/Hiatus

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:19:40 GMT

Huwmanbeing: Categorization: uncomment when moving out into a proper article

The [[Brothers Chaps]] occasionally take breaks from producing Homestar Runner content, sometimes to attend to family or to work on other projects, or for other reasons. During these hiatus periods site updates are either absent or are much less frequent than normal.

== September 2008 to June 2009 ==

== Decemer 2009 to present ==
On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, [[Matt Chapman]] made the following announcement on the [[Feedburner]] page:

<blockquote>You loyal RSS subscriber-types get the inside scoop: A new very, very little girl has been birthed unto the Chaps family so please be patient with updates as we head into the year's end. ... Thanks for your patience and high five!</blockquote>

Since that time, site updates have consisted of the [[Xeriouxly Forxe|the annual April Fools' gag]] and a Xeriously Forxe-themed [[Main Page 26|main page]]. The brothers also released exclusively to HRWiki some rough draft scripts for [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|Sbemail 136]] and the previously unreleased [[Soap Box Doiby]] toon.

Emails received by the HRWiki's administrators from Matt and [[Mike Chapman]] have made assurances that [[Homestar Runner (universe)|Homestar Runner]] is not finished. During the hiatus, Matt is working with [[Craig Zobel]] on ''[[Ron Planet]]'' and on an animated movie entitled [[IMDb:tt1034052|''Monster Safari'']] with the Jim Henson Company. The brothers are also working with [[Telltale Games]] on ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]'', a video game slated to have more dialogue in it than an average [[Telltale Games|Sam & Max]] episode.

Talk:Main Page

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:15:36 GMT

Huwmanbeing: /* Hiatus page */

{{Main Page Talk}}
== New... Game soon? ==

[[Telltale Games]] has just released a new teaser trailer for an upcoming game to be announced on 02 Sept:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-untitled-telltale/703720?type=flv

A silhouette of [[Strong Bad]] can be clearly seen. Stay tuned for info... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 06:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

:Huh. That explains a lot. I guess we only have to wait four days for more info, if not the full game. At the end it said 9-2-2010, so... Thursday. We should finally see what's been going on Thurday. For now, the question remains: who are the other three he was posing with? One was definitely Max the rabbit, and another might have been Sam, from the same game. That leaves... The Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress? Who knows? Anyway, let's check back next Thursday and see what all the commotion is up to.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 00:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::According to Kotaku, from left to right it's one of the guys from [http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade], Max from Sam & Max, Heavy from Team Fortress 2, and, of course, [[Strong Bad]]. Based on the silhouette, there's been rumors that it's just a sequel to Telltale's poker game. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::'''Edit Conflict!''' Not to turn this into a forumy-style post, but the [http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18930 TellTale forum] people have mainly decided that the four are Thycho from Penny Arcade, Max from Sam&Max, Heavy from Team Fortress Two,  and Strong Bad from, well, duh. Since two of them are holding cards, it's speculated that it's a TellTale Texas Hold'em sequel. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 00:15, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
:::Hey, maybe after the game comes out this long period of inactivity will finally end! One can only hope.... [[Special:Contributions/71.29.168.29|71.29.168.29]] 21:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

==did it die==
lets face it, there has been no updates in months. whats going on over there. did they just stop or are they working that hard on poker night at the inventory? please whats going on with our dear website that we worship?
:TBC have been working on a few projects (baby, Poker Night at the Inventory, Jim Henson movie), so I would just be patient. They've hinted numerous times that they're not done yet. Also, this kind of thing should be posted in the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 01:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
::Jim Henson movie? Whats that? {{User:Wasd98/sig}} 02:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
:::Yessir. [http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEMOaRPMDPdJQV Here's the link]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 03:17, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

== Do we have a "Experience the Fury of..." page? ==

It's a "phrase running gag" I believe, since it's been in more than one toon. [[Special:Contributions/71.87.114.122|71.87.114.122]] 17:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Our policies say it has to be in at least three toons to merit a page. Honestly, that's one i've looked for too. Right now it is in two: [[theme park]] (thrice) and [[boring (really)]] (which i think was a direct reference back to theme park). The way I understand it, it would need to be in a third toon before we could create a page on it. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::See also: [[Talk:Experience the fury of]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, we used to have a page of it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 08:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

== jayisgames mention ==

The website jayisgames.com has posted Peasants Quest on their front page as one of their "gems from the vault." I wasn't sure if this was frontpage worthy or not.
--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:It wouldn't go on the main page, but a section in [[Website Sightings]] would be a good place. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
--Gotcha. I also noticed that on the games review page someone links to the walkthrough on hrwiki.--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Redirect for <Article Name>s? ==

Just wondering, how do we do a no-pipe redirect again? for articles that we need to redirect from <ArticleName>s to just <ArticleName>. (Without using Move feature) {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:Do you mean like this?
:<pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[</nowiki>''name of the target page''<nowiki>]]</nowiki></pre>
:{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 17:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::You don't need to manually create redirects for this... if the page name is "<something>s", and you make a link to <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]</nowiki></code> then the [[HRW:Autopipe|autopipe]] will handle it, and for vice-versa, if the page name is "<something>" and you want to make a link labelled "<something>s", then you can just use <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]s</nowiki></code>. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Nevermind! I misunderstood the question. What he said. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 21:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Apparently, the MediaWiki over at Aeria Games doesn't have autopipe :( So how do we do it then? For exa, when someone searches for [http://wiki.aeriagames.com/kitsusaga/index.php?title=Sharptooth_Stone_Ant Sharptooth Stone Ants], they get a search results page, rather than the page linked here. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 19:07, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

== In the "browse the knowledge base" thingy... ==

Should we have a link to [[The Brothers Chaps]] somewhere in the "browse the knowledge base" section on the Main Page? (most likely "miscellany") {{User: Power Pie/sig}}
:Sure, that's not a bad idea. Maybe for the name of the link, "Real Life People"? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 14 October 2010

== Special pages ==

Special pages like [[Special:Ancientpages|Ancient Pages]] and [[Special:Popularpages|Popular Pages]] only show mainspace articles. Is there a way of making them show articles from a different namespace? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 00:01, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
:I don't believe there's a way to do so in MediaWiki without being an admin, if even at all. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 19:56, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

== Halloween: Make it or break it? ==

Anyone else think that if the Brothers Chaps are gonna make a new cartoon this year it has to be for Halloween? {{unsigned|88.193.42.92|13:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)}}
:This kind of discussion would be better suited for the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 14:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
::Though perhaps also better suited for the forum, I would just like to point out that TBC have put out a Halloween toon every single year since the year 2000, they've done [[Punkin Stencils]] every year since 2003, and [[Fan Costumes]] every year since 2003 (with one exception in 2004). Anyway, here's hoping! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

== Speculation 2 ==
I know I proposed this idea in March and it got shot down, but I really feel we need to make a HR Wiki speculation page. The discussion above is happening way too often. We really need to get this thing off our chests. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 22 October 2010
:I don't really think there needs to be a speculation page, since we have a forum for that purpose. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 02:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::Is there a page that addresses the hiatus? [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:47, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::I understand your point DENNIS, but while most users understand that, it's the anonymous/new users that really need to be addressed. I think it's a rising issue that really needs to be addressed. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 23 October 2010
::::What exactly is the difference between saying "Take it to the forum!" and "Take it to the speculation page!"? {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 18:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::I agree with Strong Awesome. There is no difference, and that's why there is a forum. We don't need pages like that on a '''Knowledge''' base. A Forum is a Forum, and there's nothing wrong with it. --{{User:Record307/sig}} 21:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Yes, I see all of your points. I understand we have a forum, and that's where people speculate as much as they please. But here's the main problem: people don't know that. We are wasting our time going on each and every time it's mentioned and say, "I think this is for the forum." I understand that many people really don't see the point, but here's my main question: isn't it starting to get on people's nerves? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 24 October 2010
:::::::StrongAwesome74 and Record307 make a good point though: creating a speculation page would only change where we tell them to go. So, for example, when an anon posts in the Main Page Talk "Hey guys. I bet we're gonna get a punkin stencils this year" or something similar, instead of telling them to take it to the forum, we'd be telling them to take it to the speculation page. New users simply won't know where to go either way. And like Record307 said, it would also bring up the problem of putting non-factual things in a knowledge base dedicated to facts. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 12:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::An article on speculation isn't going to happen. Our articles are strictly for factual content. It's not going to solve any problems, anyway, since people are going to keep posting speculation on our talk pages no matter what we do. Making a speculation page isn't going to solve that problem any more than the forum does. Making notes telling people "take it to the forum" is an inevitable part of our existence here. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::I agree we don't need (and shouldn't have) a speculation page. What we need is a page that presents the known facts of the hiatus, which (let's face it) is a pretty huge event in HR history. Facts may be few, but they're in no way absent -- we know when it began, what the brothers said about it, what little has been released during the break, and a little about other projects with which they're involved. Even if it's short, it'll at least be someplace that people interested in the subject can go to see ''what's known for sure''. Then if they want to speculate, they can take it elsewhere. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:14, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== Hiatus page ==
I just posed the question above, but decided it's probably better as its own section. Does the HR Wiki have an article about the hiatus? If it does, I wasn't able to find it. If it doesn't, I suggest that one should be created. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:No it does not. But yes, I'd also like such an article to be created. This hiatus has gone on for a long time now, and has annoyed many fans (myself included), not so much the hiatus, but the fact that they gave no explanation about it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 12:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::I may create one then, or at least the stub of one that can be further expanded. Given that there have been occasional (though much shorter) hiatuses in the past, I wonder what an appropriate title for the article would be? ''Hiatus of 2009-2010''? (I trust it won't soon need to be renamed ''Hiatus of 2009-2011''...) [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 13:27, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::After careful deliberation, I agree. This is not just a delay. This was the longest break in Homestar Runner history, a fan crisis, and a long period of uncertainty. That, and it was likely a time where they had [[Poker Night At The Inventory|other things]] in mind. Yes, this is relevant. Perhaps as a supplementary page for Poker Night, but either way, this page has my support.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 22:54, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::So, what do you think should be on that page? "There's been a long hiatus from November 2009 to the present (with a brief interruption around April Fool's 2010)."? That's not really going to make it for an article, and that's really about all there is to say about this. We don't know why the hiatus occurred (other than the baby), and airing our complaints (which is the main thing that's been written about the hiatus thus far) is not an acceptable use of our articles. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::No one is suggesting that the page will be an airing of complaints. My thought is that the page could be about the brothers' hiatuses in general, including sections both on the earlier nine-month one and on the current ongoing absence. Certainly there's not a ''lot'' known for sure, but what little is known can at least be presented there for those who are interested (and seemingly a lot of people are). Further information can then be added as it becomes available. Also, the fact that there's not volumes of material to include certainly shouldn't be a limiting factor -- we already have scores of pages that treat subjects very briefly (e.g., [[Russ T.]]).
:::::As to whether it merits having its own article... If I understand correctly, one can usually decide if it's appropriate for a subject to have its own article by first determining if it has both relevance and significance. The hiatus meets both criteria in spades. Is there any reason why it should be considered either an insignificant or an irrelevant event in the world of HR? Personally I'd say it's quite the reverse: at the moment it's arguably the ''most'' significant and relevant HR subject, one that bears on the very existence and future of HR and is on the mind of practically every fan. It merits an article. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Articles are about content, though. The idea of an article about a lack of content doesn't seem terribly convincing to me. Of course, you're free to try, but don't be surprised if it's TBD'd. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I'm not opposed to a hiatus article in theory, but I agree with Heim that there really isn't much to say. But, who knows, maybe there is. At this point, I think the only way for us to know one way or the other is for someone to make the article and see if it has legs to stand on. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::I've made a [[User:StrongAwesome74/Hiatus|rough draft]] of such a page. If anyone wants to add more, please do so. Obviously, i also think a Hiatus page would be a good idea. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 17:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::Good start, SA74! I like that it's entitled simply ''Hiatus'', since that can be both the singular and the plural form of the word (something I didn't know until recently). One thing I'd suggest that I think would strengthen the page would be to have at least two sections: one for the brothers' earlier nine-month hiatus and one for the current one. Then the page is about their breaks in general, and covers more material/content. I'll see what I can contribute. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 18:36, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::'''EDIT CONFLICT:'''I made a few edits to said draft. I have to say, this article could have merit, but I still have a few problems. The way it is written now doesn't sound very encyclopedic. It sounds more like a high school essay. Also, there's a point where enough is enough. As Elcool said in [[Talk:Ron Planet]], we're a Homestar Runner wiki, not a Brothers Chaps wiki. We should stick to in-universe issues and what they choose to publish about themselves, and not do too much digging into their personal lives. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 18:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::I've done some rewording and have started to add some additional bits and pieces. I agree that the wiki is about HR, and in that spirit I think that addressing the year-long absence of significant material to HR is entirely pertinent. As it stands now it doesn't really speculate about anything, and just cites the brothers' own freely-made statements, as well as other publicly available information about their projects. Obviously some mention of the brothers has to be made, but I don't think it's at all prying. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 19:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Strong Awesome/Hiatus

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:06:24 GMT

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==Expansion==
StrongAwesome: Thanks again for kicking off this page! At your invitation, I did some rewording to achieve a more neutral tone, and have added both a short introduction and an empty first section that can hold details on their earlier 2009 hiatus period. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 19:06, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

User:Strong Awesome/Hiatus

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:04:15 GMT

Huwmanbeing: Expanding

The [[Brothers Chaps]] occasionally take breaks from producing Homestar Runner content, sometimes to attend to family or to work on other projects, or for other reasons. During these hiatus periods site updates are either absent or are much less frequent than normal.

== September 2008 to June 2009 ==

== Decemer 2009 to present ==
On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, [[Matt Chapman]] made the following announcement on the [[Feedburner]] page:

<blockquote>You loyal RSS subscriber-types get the inside scoop: A new very, very little girl has been birthed unto the Chaps family so please be patient with updates as we head into the year's end. ... Thanks for your patience and high five!</blockquote>

Since that time, site updates have consisted of the [[Xeriouxly Forxe|the annual April Fools' gag]] and a Xeriously Forxe-themed [[Main Page 26|main page]]. The brothers also released exclusively to HRWiki some rough draft scripts for [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|Sbemail 136]] and the previously unreleased [[Soap Box Doiby]] toon.

Emails received by the HRWiki's administrators from Matt and [[Mike Chapman]] have made assurances that [[Homestar Runner (universe)|Homestar Runner]] is not finished. During the hiatus, Matt is working with [[Craig Zobel]] on ''[[Ron Planet]]'' and on an animated movie entitled [[IMDb:tt1034052|''Monster Safari'']] with the Jim Henson Company. The brothers are also working with [[Telltale Games]] on ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]'', a video game slated to have more dialogue in it than an average [[Telltale Games|Sam & Max]] episode.

Timeline of Homestar Runner

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:42:30 GMT

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{{Timeline of Homestar Runner}}

This is a brief overview of the history of the '''[[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]''' body of work.

==1996==

*July-August — [[Craig Zobel]] and [[Mike Chapman]] write the [[Original Book]], "The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest," and create [[Homestar Runner]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Strong Bad]], and [[The Cheat]].
*September — Sketches are made for a second kids' book, "[[Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold!]]". It is never completed.
*December — [[Matt Chapman|Matt]], Mike and Craig make [[Super NES]] for [[Donnie Chapman|Donnie]] as a Christmas present. This video marks the first appearances of [[Strong Sad]] and [[Strong Mad]].

==1999==

*[[Where My Hat Is At?]], which includes the introductions of [[Coach Z]] and [[Bubs]], is created.
*December 6 — The domain name "homestarrunner.com" is registered.

==[[H*R.com updates 2000|2000]]==

*January 1 — [[Homestarrunner.com]] debuts with at least the [[:Image:old flash stuff.png|original main page]], [[Where My Hat Is At?]], [[Super NES]], several of the early [[Games]] and [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]], the first Homestar Runner [[Flash]] cartoon. [[Marzipan]], [[The King of Town]], and [[The Poopsmith]] first appear in Marshmallow's Last Stand.
*Fall? — The first [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]] is released.
*[[Kick the Can]], a series of short toons, introduces the [[Old-Timey]] universe.

==[[H*R.com updates 2001|2001]]==

*[[Strong Bad Email]]s are released with [[some kinda robot]].
*The [[homsar|second Strong Bad Email]] introduces [[Homsar]].
*[[Marshie]] first appears in [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]], but he does not get to talk until [[Meet Marshie]] is released the following year.
*The website begins selling [[Store T-Shirts|t-shirts]].

==[[H*R.com updates 2002|2002]]==

*February 17 — The first game from [[Videlectrix]], [[Duck Pond]], is found in an Easter egg in the email [[duck pond]].
*February 25 — [[The Cheat Theme Song]] marks the first toon created in [[Powered by The Cheat]] style.
*June 24 — The [[Tandy 400]] explodes in the Strong Bad Email [[gimmicks]]. It is later repaired; the repaired version is used through [[vacation]] (August 11).
*September 9 — The [[Compy 386]] replaces the Tandy 400 in the Strong Bad Email [[invisibility]].
*November 11 — The fiftieth Strong Bad Email, [[50 emails]], released.
*November 17 — The ongoing [[Strong Sad's Lament]] is launched with the Strong Bad Email [[website]].
*December 2 — The Strong Bad Email [[comic]] begins the [[Teen Girl Squad]] series.

==[[H*R.com updates 2003|2003]]==

*January 6 — [[20X6]] debuts with the characters [[Stinkoman]], [[1-Up]] and [[Pan Pan]] in the Strong Bad Email [[japanese cartoon]].
*January 13 — [[Trogdor]] is created in the Strong Bad Email [[dragon]].
*May 5 — The [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] characters debut in [[crazy cartoon]].
*August — Matt quits his job to work on the website full-time.
*September 29 — [[Everybody Knows It]] is the first [[Puppet Stuff]] toon.
*November 17— [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] is released.
*December 3 — [[Senor Cardgage]] debuts in the Strong Bad Email [[kind of cool]].

==[[H*R.com updates 2004|2004]]==

*February 2 — The tie-in website [[Videlectrix]].com is launched with the game [[Pigs on Head]].
*March 8 — The [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2|tenth Marzipan's Answering Machine]] released.
*March 16 — The hundredth Strong Bad Email, [[flashback]], released.
*May 10 — The [[Cheat Commandos]] debut in [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]], although the concept was first mentioned in the email [[army]] (released January 5th).
*August 2 — The critically acclaimed [[Peasant's Quest]] game is released.
*November 9 — The first set of [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVDs is released.
*November 15 — The [[Compy 386]] is infected by viruses and destroyed by [[Bubs]]' shotgun in the email [[virus]].
*November 29 — The [[Lappy 486]] debuts in the Strong Bad Email [[animal]].

==[[H*R.com updates 2005|2005]]==
*March 21 — The Brothers Chaps' second large game [[Stinkoman 20X6]] is released with only three levels.
*October 10 — The [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|tenth Teen Girl Squad]] is released.
*November 14 — Volume one of the [[Everything Else]] DVD series is released.

==[[H*R.com updates 2006|2006]]==

*January 13 — [[Happy Trogday]] is released, celebrating Trogdor's 3rd birthday.
*January 30 — The [[Podstar Runner]] service is started.
*April 4 — Another [[Strong Bad Email]] milestone – the 150th email, [[alternate universe]].
*August 21 — [[Strongest Man in the World]] is released, celebrating Homestar's 10th anniversary.

==[[H*R.com updates 2007|2007]]==

*January 28 — [[Viidelectrix]] added, allowing Nintendo Wii owners to play some games with a Wii remote.
*February 12 — A [[New Stuff]] section is added to the Toons menu listing all new toons released.
*June 11 — Strong Bad gets an inkjet printer and the [[New Paper]] in the email [[the paper]]. This was hinted at in [[montage]].
*September 23 — [[Podstar Runner]] service is discontinued.

==[[H*R.com updates 2008|2008]]==
*January 10 — [[Podstar Runner]] service is reestablished with [[looking old]] as its first available email.
*January 10 — [[Trogday 08]] marks another spinoff milestone, the 5th birthday of [[Trogdor]].
*March 27 — [[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008|Limozeen Live!]] at the 10 High Club in Atlanta.
*April — The first official [[YouTube]] videos from the [[Homestar Runner body of work]] are released, including video of the [[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008|Limozeen Live!]] appearance.
*April 10 — [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] is first announced.
*August 11 — [[Homestar Ruiner]], the first episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, is released for the Nintendo Wii and PC.
*September 23 — Two hundredth Strong Bad Email, [[email thunder]], is released.

==[[H*R.com updates 2009|2009]]==
*January 26 — The first official [[Hremail]], [[Hremail 62]], is released.
*June 30 — [[Strong Bad Emails]] return after a nine month hiatus, with [[hremail3184]]. The [[Lappy 486]] is destroyed.
*July 27 — [[Where My Hat Is At?]] is adapted into [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|a cartoon]] in celebration of its 10th birthday.
*August 3 — [[Strong Bad]] buys the [[Compé]] in "[[Compy Catalog]]" and replaces the New Paper with the [[Compé-per]]
*October 11 — [[FeedBurner Page]] is launched. [[Podstar Runner]] service is soon discontinued once again.
*December 1 — Matt announces via RSS that site updates will be fewer due to the arrival of a new baby.

==See Also==
*[[Firsts]]
[[Category:Past Updates]]

Talk:Main Page

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:36:25 GMT

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{{Main Page Talk}}
== New... Game soon? ==

[[Telltale Games]] has just released a new teaser trailer for an upcoming game to be announced on 02 Sept:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-untitled-telltale/703720?type=flv

A silhouette of [[Strong Bad]] can be clearly seen. Stay tuned for info... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 06:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

:Huh. That explains a lot. I guess we only have to wait four days for more info, if not the full game. At the end it said 9-2-2010, so... Thursday. We should finally see what's been going on Thurday. For now, the question remains: who are the other three he was posing with? One was definitely Max the rabbit, and another might have been Sam, from the same game. That leaves... The Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress? Who knows? Anyway, let's check back next Thursday and see what all the commotion is up to.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 00:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::According to Kotaku, from left to right it's one of the guys from [http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade], Max from Sam & Max, Heavy from Team Fortress 2, and, of course, [[Strong Bad]]. Based on the silhouette, there's been rumors that it's just a sequel to Telltale's poker game. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::'''Edit Conflict!''' Not to turn this into a forumy-style post, but the [http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18930 TellTale forum] people have mainly decided that the four are Thycho from Penny Arcade, Max from Sam&Max, Heavy from Team Fortress Two,  and Strong Bad from, well, duh. Since two of them are holding cards, it's speculated that it's a TellTale Texas Hold'em sequel. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 00:15, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
:::Hey, maybe after the game comes out this long period of inactivity will finally end! One can only hope.... [[Special:Contributions/71.29.168.29|71.29.168.29]] 21:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

==did it die==
lets face it, there has been no updates in months. whats going on over there. did they just stop or are they working that hard on poker night at the inventory? please whats going on with our dear website that we worship?
:TBC have been working on a few projects (baby, Poker Night at the Inventory, Jim Henson movie), so I would just be patient. They've hinted numerous times that they're not done yet. Also, this kind of thing should be posted in the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 01:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
::Jim Henson movie? Whats that? {{User:Wasd98/sig}} 02:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
:::Yessir. [http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEMOaRPMDPdJQV Here's the link]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 03:17, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

== Do we have a "Experience the Fury of..." page? ==

It's a "phrase running gag" I believe, since it's been in more than one toon. [[Special:Contributions/71.87.114.122|71.87.114.122]] 17:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Our policies say it has to be in at least three toons to merit a page. Honestly, that's one i've looked for too. Right now it is in two: [[theme park]] (thrice) and [[boring (really)]] (which i think was a direct reference back to theme park). The way I understand it, it would need to be in a third toon before we could create a page on it. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::See also: [[Talk:Experience the fury of]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, we used to have a page of it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 08:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

== jayisgames mention ==

The website jayisgames.com has posted Peasants Quest on their front page as one of their "gems from the vault." I wasn't sure if this was frontpage worthy or not.
--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:It wouldn't go on the main page, but a section in [[Website Sightings]] would be a good place. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
--Gotcha. I also noticed that on the games review page someone links to the walkthrough on hrwiki.--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Redirect for <Article Name>s? ==

Just wondering, how do we do a no-pipe redirect again? for articles that we need to redirect from <ArticleName>s to just <ArticleName>. (Without using Move feature) {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:Do you mean like this?
:<pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[</nowiki>''name of the target page''<nowiki>]]</nowiki></pre>
:{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 17:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::You don't need to manually create redirects for this... if the page name is "<something>s", and you make a link to <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]</nowiki></code> then the [[HRW:Autopipe|autopipe]] will handle it, and for vice-versa, if the page name is "<something>" and you want to make a link labelled "<something>s", then you can just use <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]s</nowiki></code>. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Nevermind! I misunderstood the question. What he said. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 21:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Apparently, the MediaWiki over at Aeria Games doesn't have autopipe :( So how do we do it then? For exa, when someone searches for [http://wiki.aeriagames.com/kitsusaga/index.php?title=Sharptooth_Stone_Ant Sharptooth Stone Ants], they get a search results page, rather than the page linked here. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 19:07, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

== In the "browse the knowledge base" thingy... ==

Should we have a link to [[The Brothers Chaps]] somewhere in the "browse the knowledge base" section on the Main Page? (most likely "miscellany") {{User: Power Pie/sig}}
:Sure, that's not a bad idea. Maybe for the name of the link, "Real Life People"? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 14 October 2010

== Special pages ==

Special pages like [[Special:Ancientpages|Ancient Pages]] and [[Special:Popularpages|Popular Pages]] only show mainspace articles. Is there a way of making them show articles from a different namespace? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 00:01, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
:I don't believe there's a way to do so in MediaWiki without being an admin, if even at all. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 19:56, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

== Halloween: Make it or break it? ==

Anyone else think that if the Brothers Chaps are gonna make a new cartoon this year it has to be for Halloween? {{unsigned|88.193.42.92|13:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)}}
:This kind of discussion would be better suited for the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 14:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
::Though perhaps also better suited for the forum, I would just like to point out that TBC have put out a Halloween toon every single year since the year 2000, they've done [[Punkin Stencils]] every year since 2003, and [[Fan Costumes]] every year since 2003 (with one exception in 2004). Anyway, here's hoping! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

== Speculation 2 ==
I know I proposed this idea in March and it got shot down, but I really feel we need to make a HR Wiki speculation page. The discussion above is happening way too often. We really need to get this thing off our chests. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 22 October 2010
:I don't really think there needs to be a speculation page, since we have a forum for that purpose. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 02:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::Is there a page that addresses the hiatus? [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:47, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::I understand your point DENNIS, but while most users understand that, it's the anonymous/new users that really need to be addressed. I think it's a rising issue that really needs to be addressed. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 23 October 2010
::::What exactly is the difference between saying "Take it to the forum!" and "Take it to the speculation page!"? {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 18:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::I agree with Strong Awesome. There is no difference, and that's why there is a forum. We don't need pages like that on a '''Knowledge''' base. A Forum is a Forum, and there's nothing wrong with it. --{{User:Record307/sig}} 21:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Yes, I see all of your points. I understand we have a forum, and that's where people speculate as much as they please. But here's the main problem: people don't know that. We are wasting our time going on each and every time it's mentioned and say, "I think this is for the forum." I understand that many people really don't see the point, but here's my main question: isn't it starting to get on people's nerves? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 24 October 2010
:::::::StrongAwesome74 and Record307 make a good point though: creating a speculation page would only change where we tell them to go. So, for example, when an anon posts in the Main Page Talk "Hey guys. I bet we're gonna get a punkin stencils this year" or something similar, instead of telling them to take it to the forum, we'd be telling them to take it to the speculation page. New users simply won't know where to go either way. And like Record307 said, it would also bring up the problem of putting non-factual things in a knowledge base dedicated to facts. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 12:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::An article on speculation isn't going to happen. Our articles are strictly for factual content. It's not going to solve any problems, anyway, since people are going to keep posting speculation on our talk pages no matter what we do. Making a speculation page isn't going to solve that problem any more than the forum does. Making notes telling people "take it to the forum" is an inevitable part of our existence here. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::I agree we don't need (and shouldn't have) a speculation page. What we need is a page that presents the known facts of the hiatus, which (let's face it) is a pretty huge event in HR history. Facts may be few, but they're in no way absent -- we know when it began, what the brothers said about it, what little has been released during the break, and a little about other projects with which they're involved. Even if it's short, it'll at least be someplace that people interested in the subject can go to see ''what's known for sure''. Then if they want to speculate, they can take it elsewhere. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:14, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== Hiatus page ==
I just posed the question above, but decided it's probably better as its own section. Does the HR Wiki have an article about the hiatus? If it does, I wasn't able to find it. If it doesn't, I suggest that one should be created. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:No it does not. But yes, I'd also like such an article to be created. This hiatus has gone on for a long time now, and has annoyed many fans (myself included), not so much the hiatus, but the fact that they gave no explanation about it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 12:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::I may create one then, or at least the stub of one that can be further expanded. Given that there have been occasional (though much shorter) hiatuses in the past, I wonder what an appropriate title for the article would be? ''Hiatus of 2009-2010''? (I trust it won't soon need to be renamed ''Hiatus of 2009-2011''...) [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 13:27, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::After careful deliberation, I agree. This is not just a delay. This was the longest break in Homestar Runner history, a fan crisis, and a long period of uncertainty. That, and it was likely a time where they had [[Poker Night At The Inventory|other things]] in mind. Yes, this is relevant. Perhaps as a supplementary page for Poker Night, but either way, this page has my support.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 22:54, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::So, what do you think should be on that page? "There's been a long hiatus from November 2009 to the present (with a brief interruption around April Fool's 2010)."? That's not really going to make it for an article, and that's really about all there is to say about this. We don't know why the hiatus occurred (other than the baby), and airing our complaints (which is the main thing that's been written about the hiatus thus far) is not an acceptable use of our articles. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::No one is suggesting that the page will be an airing of complaints. My thought is that the page could be about the brothers' hiatuses in general, including sections both on the earlier nine-month one and on the current ongoing absence. Certainly there's not a ''lot'' known for sure, but what little is known can at least be presented there for those who are interested (and seemingly a lot of people are). Further information can then be added as it becomes available. Also, the fact that there's not volumes of material to include certainly shouldn't be a limiting factor -- we already have scores of pages that treat subjects very briefly (e.g., [[Russ T.]]).
:::::As to whether it merits having its own article... If I understand correctly, one can usually decide if it's appropriate for a subject to have its own article by first determining if it has both relevance and significance. The hiatus meets both criteria in spades. Is there any reason why it should be considered either an insignificant or an irrelevant event in the world of HR? Personally I'd say it's quite the reverse: at the moment it's arguably the ''most'' significant and relevant HR subject, one that bears on the very existence and future of HR and is on the mind of practically every fan. It merits an article. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Articles are about content, though. The idea of an article about a lack of content doesn't seem terribly convincing to me. Of course, you're free to try, but don't be surprised if it's TBD'd. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::I'm not opposed to a hiatus article in theory, but I agree with Heim that there really isn't much to say. But, who knows, maybe there is. At this point, I think the only way for us to know one way or the other is for someone to make the article and see if it has legs to stand on. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::I've made a [[User:StrongAwesome74/Hiatus|rough draft]] of such a page. If anyone wants to add more, please do so. Obviously, i also think a Hiatus page would be a good idea. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 17:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::Good start, SA74! I like that it's entitled simply ''Hiatus'', since that can be both the singular and the plural form of the word (something I didn't know until recently). One thing I'd suggest that I think would strengthen the page would be to have at least two sections: one for the brothers' earlier nine-month hiatus and one for the current one. Then the page is about their breaks in general, and covers more material/content. I'll see what I can contribute. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 18:36, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:14:02 GMT

Huwmanbeing: /* Speculation 2 */

{{Main Page Talk}}
== New... Game soon? ==

[[Telltale Games]] has just released a new teaser trailer for an upcoming game to be announced on 02 Sept:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-untitled-telltale/703720?type=flv

A silhouette of [[Strong Bad]] can be clearly seen. Stay tuned for info... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 06:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

:Huh. That explains a lot. I guess we only have to wait four days for more info, if not the full game. At the end it said 9-2-2010, so... Thursday. We should finally see what's been going on Thurday. For now, the question remains: who are the other three he was posing with? One was definitely Max the rabbit, and another might have been Sam, from the same game. That leaves... The Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress? Who knows? Anyway, let's check back next Thursday and see what all the commotion is up to.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 00:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::According to Kotaku, from left to right it's one of the guys from [http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade], Max from Sam & Max, Heavy from Team Fortress 2, and, of course, [[Strong Bad]]. Based on the silhouette, there's been rumors that it's just a sequel to Telltale's poker game. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::'''Edit Conflict!''' Not to turn this into a forumy-style post, but the [http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18930 TellTale forum] people have mainly decided that the four are Thycho from Penny Arcade, Max from Sam&Max, Heavy from Team Fortress Two,  and Strong Bad from, well, duh. Since two of them are holding cards, it's speculated that it's a TellTale Texas Hold'em sequel. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 00:15, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
:::Hey, maybe after the game comes out this long period of inactivity will finally end! One can only hope.... [[Special:Contributions/71.29.168.29|71.29.168.29]] 21:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

==did it die==
lets face it, there has been no updates in months. whats going on over there. did they just stop or are they working that hard on poker night at the inventory? please whats going on with our dear website that we worship?
:TBC have been working on a few projects (baby, Poker Night at the Inventory, Jim Henson movie), so I would just be patient. They've hinted numerous times that they're not done yet. Also, this kind of thing should be posted in the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 01:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
::Jim Henson movie? Whats that? {{User:Wasd98/sig}} 02:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
:::Yessir. [http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEMOaRPMDPdJQV Here's the link]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 03:17, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

== Do we have a "Experience the Fury of..." page? ==

It's a "phrase running gag" I believe, since it's been in more than one toon. [[Special:Contributions/71.87.114.122|71.87.114.122]] 17:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Our policies say it has to be in at least three toons to merit a page. Honestly, that's one i've looked for too. Right now it is in two: [[theme park]] (thrice) and [[boring (really)]] (which i think was a direct reference back to theme park). The way I understand it, it would need to be in a third toon before we could create a page on it. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::See also: [[Talk:Experience the fury of]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, we used to have a page of it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 08:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

== jayisgames mention ==

The website jayisgames.com has posted Peasants Quest on their front page as one of their "gems from the vault." I wasn't sure if this was frontpage worthy or not.
--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:It wouldn't go on the main page, but a section in [[Website Sightings]] would be a good place. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
--Gotcha. I also noticed that on the games review page someone links to the walkthrough on hrwiki.--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Redirect for <Article Name>s? ==

Just wondering, how do we do a no-pipe redirect again? for articles that we need to redirect from <ArticleName>s to just <ArticleName>. (Without using Move feature) {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:Do you mean like this?
:<pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[</nowiki>''name of the target page''<nowiki>]]</nowiki></pre>
:{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 17:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::You don't need to manually create redirects for this... if the page name is "<something>s", and you make a link to <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]</nowiki></code> then the [[HRW:Autopipe|autopipe]] will handle it, and for vice-versa, if the page name is "<something>" and you want to make a link labelled "<something>s", then you can just use <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]s</nowiki></code>. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Nevermind! I misunderstood the question. What he said. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 21:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Apparently, the MediaWiki over at Aeria Games doesn't have autopipe :( So how do we do it then? For exa, when someone searches for [http://wiki.aeriagames.com/kitsusaga/index.php?title=Sharptooth_Stone_Ant Sharptooth Stone Ants], they get a search results page, rather than the page linked here. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 19:07, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

== In the "browse the knowledge base" thingy... ==

Should we have a link to [[The Brothers Chaps]] somewhere in the "browse the knowledge base" section on the Main Page? (most likely "miscellany") {{User: Power Pie/sig}}
:Sure, that's not a bad idea. Maybe for the name of the link, "Real Life People"? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 14 October 2010

== Special pages ==

Special pages like [[Special:Ancientpages|Ancient Pages]] and [[Special:Popularpages|Popular Pages]] only show mainspace articles. Is there a way of making them show articles from a different namespace? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 00:01, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
:I don't believe there's a way to do so in MediaWiki without being an admin, if even at all. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 19:56, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

== Halloween: Make it or break it? ==

Anyone else think that if the Brothers Chaps are gonna make a new cartoon this year it has to be for Halloween? {{unsigned|88.193.42.92|13:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)}}
:This kind of discussion would be better suited for the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 14:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
::Though perhaps also better suited for the forum, I would just like to point out that TBC have put out a Halloween toon every single year since the year 2000, they've done [[Punkin Stencils]] every year since 2003, and [[Fan Costumes]] every year since 2003 (with one exception in 2004). Anyway, here's hoping! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

== Speculation 2 ==
I know I proposed this idea in March and it got shot down, but I really feel we need to make a HR Wiki speculation page. The discussion above is happening way too often. We really need to get this thing off our chests. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 22 October 2010
:I don't really think there needs to be a speculation page, since we have a forum for that purpose. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 02:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::Is there a page that addresses the hiatus? [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:47, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::I understand your point DENNIS, but while most users understand that, it's the anonymous/new users that really need to be addressed. I think it's a rising issue that really needs to be addressed. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 23 October 2010
::::What exactly is the difference between saying "Take it to the forum!" and "Take it to the speculation page!"? {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 18:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::I agree with Strong Awesome. There is no difference, and that's why there is a forum. We don't need pages like that on a '''Knowledge''' base. A Forum is a Forum, and there's nothing wrong with it. --{{User:Record307/sig}} 21:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Yes, I see all of your points. I understand we have a forum, and that's where people speculate as much as they please. But here's the main problem: people don't know that. We are wasting our time going on each and every time it's mentioned and say, "I think this is for the forum." I understand that many people really don't see the point, but here's my main question: isn't it starting to get on people's nerves? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 24 October 2010
:::::::StrongAwesome74 and Record307 make a good point though: creating a speculation page would only change where we tell them to go. So, for example, when an anon posts in the Main Page Talk "Hey guys. I bet we're gonna get a punkin stencils this year" or something similar, instead of telling them to take it to the forum, we'd be telling them to take it to the speculation page. New users simply won't know where to go either way. And like Record307 said, it would also bring up the problem of putting non-factual things in a knowledge base dedicated to facts. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 12:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::An article on speculation isn't going to happen. Our articles are strictly for factual content. It's not going to solve any problems, anyway, since people are going to keep posting speculation on our talk pages no matter what we do. Making a speculation page isn't going to solve that problem any more than the forum does. Making notes telling people "take it to the forum" is an inevitable part of our existence here. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::I agree we don't need (and shouldn't have) a speculation page. What we need is a page that presents the known facts of the hiatus, which (let's face it) is a pretty huge event in HR history. Facts may be few, but they're in no way absent -- we know when it began, what the brothers said about it, what little has been released during the break, and a little about other projects with which they're involved. Even if it's short, it'll at least be someplace that people interested in the subject can go to see ''what's known for sure''. Then if they want to speculate, they can take it elsewhere. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:14, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== Hiatus page ==
I just posed the question above, but decided it's probably better as its own section. Does the HR Wiki have an article about the hiatus? If it does, I wasn't able to find it. If it doesn't, I suggest that one should be created. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:No it does not. But yes, I'd also like such an article to be created. This hiatus has gone on for a long time now, and has annoyed many fans (myself included), not so much the hiatus, but the fact that they gave no explanation about it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 12:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::I may create one then, or at least the stub of one that can be further expanded. Given that there have been occasional (though much shorter) hiatuses in the past, I wonder what an appropriate title for the article would be? ''Hiatus of 2009-2010''? (I trust it won't soon need to be renamed ''Hiatus of 2009-2011''...) [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 13:27, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::After careful deliberation, I agree. This is not just a delay. This was the longest break in Homestar Runner history, a fan crisis, and a long period of uncertainty. That, and it was likely a time where they had [[Poker Night At The Inventory|other things]] in mind. Yes, this is relevant. Perhaps as a supplementary page for Poker Night, but either way, this page has my support.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 22:54, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::So, what do you think should be on that page? "There's been a long hiatus from November 2009 to the present (with a brief interruption around April Fool's 2010)."? That's not really going to make it for an article, and that's really about all there is to say about this. We don't know why the hiatus occurred (other than the baby), and airing our complaints (which is the main thing that's been written about the hiatus thus far) is not an acceptable use of our articles. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::No one is suggesting that the page will be an airing of complaints. My thought is that the page could be about the brothers' hiatuses in general, including sections both on the earlier nine-month one and on the current ongoing absence. Certainly there's not a ''lot'' known for sure, but what little is known can at least be presented there for those who are interested (and seemingly a lot of people are). Further information can then be added as it becomes available. Also, the fact that there's not volumes of material to include certainly shouldn't be a limiting factor -- we already have scores of pages that treat subjects very briefly (e.g., [[Russ T.]]).
:::::As to whether it merits having its own article... If I understand correctly, one can usually decide if it's appropriate for a subject to have its own article by first determining if it has both relevance and significance. The hiatus meets both criteria in spades. Is there any reason why it should be considered either an insignificant or an irrelevant event in the world of HR? Personally I'd say it's quite the reverse: at the moment it's arguably the ''most'' significant and relevant HR subject, one that bears on the very existence and future of HR and is on the mind of practically every fan. It merits an article. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:07:15 GMT

Huwmanbeing: /* Hiatus page */

{{Main Page Talk}}
== New... Game soon? ==

[[Telltale Games]] has just released a new teaser trailer for an upcoming game to be announced on 02 Sept:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-untitled-telltale/703720?type=flv

A silhouette of [[Strong Bad]] can be clearly seen. Stay tuned for info... {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 06:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

:Huh. That explains a lot. I guess we only have to wait four days for more info, if not the full game. At the end it said 9-2-2010, so... Thursday. We should finally see what's been going on Thurday. For now, the question remains: who are the other three he was posing with? One was definitely Max the rabbit, and another might have been Sam, from the same game. That leaves... The Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress? Who knows? Anyway, let's check back next Thursday and see what all the commotion is up to.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 00:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::According to Kotaku, from left to right it's one of the guys from [http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade], Max from Sam & Max, Heavy from Team Fortress 2, and, of course, [[Strong Bad]]. Based on the silhouette, there's been rumors that it's just a sequel to Telltale's poker game. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
::'''Edit Conflict!''' Not to turn this into a forumy-style post, but the [http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18930 TellTale forum] people have mainly decided that the four are Thycho from Penny Arcade, Max from Sam&Max, Heavy from Team Fortress Two,  and Strong Bad from, well, duh. Since two of them are holding cards, it's speculated that it's a TellTale Texas Hold'em sequel. {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 00:15, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
:::Hey, maybe after the game comes out this long period of inactivity will finally end! One can only hope.... [[Special:Contributions/71.29.168.29|71.29.168.29]] 21:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

==did it die==
lets face it, there has been no updates in months. whats going on over there. did they just stop or are they working that hard on poker night at the inventory? please whats going on with our dear website that we worship?
:TBC have been working on a few projects (baby, Poker Night at the Inventory, Jim Henson movie), so I would just be patient. They've hinted numerous times that they're not done yet. Also, this kind of thing should be posted in the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 01:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
::Jim Henson movie? Whats that? {{User:Wasd98/sig}} 02:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
:::Yessir. [http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEMOaRPMDPdJQV Here's the link]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 03:17, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

== Do we have a "Experience the Fury of..." page? ==

It's a "phrase running gag" I believe, since it's been in more than one toon. [[Special:Contributions/71.87.114.122|71.87.114.122]] 17:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:Our policies say it has to be in at least three toons to merit a page. Honestly, that's one i've looked for too. Right now it is in two: [[theme park]] (thrice) and [[boring (really)]] (which i think was a direct reference back to theme park). The way I understand it, it would need to be in a third toon before we could create a page on it. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::See also: [[Talk:Experience the fury of]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, we used to have a page of it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 08:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

== jayisgames mention ==

The website jayisgames.com has posted Peasants Quest on their front page as one of their "gems from the vault." I wasn't sure if this was frontpage worthy or not.
--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
:It wouldn't go on the main page, but a section in [[Website Sightings]] would be a good place. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 07:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
--Gotcha. I also noticed that on the games review page someone links to the walkthrough on hrwiki.--[[User:Shaggy|Shaggy]] | [[User talk:Shaggy|talk]] 07:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

== Redirect for <Article Name>s? ==

Just wondering, how do we do a no-pipe redirect again? for articles that we need to redirect from <ArticleName>s to just <ArticleName>. (Without using Move feature) {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 15:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:Do you mean like this?
:<pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[</nowiki>''name of the target page''<nowiki>]]</nowiki></pre>
:{{User:DENNIS/sig}} 17:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::You don't need to manually create redirects for this... if the page name is "<something>s", and you make a link to <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]</nowiki></code> then the [[HRW:Autopipe|autopipe]] will handle it, and for vice-versa, if the page name is "<something>" and you want to make a link labelled "<something>s", then you can just use <code><nowiki>[[<something>]]s</nowiki></code>. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 21:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Nevermind! I misunderstood the question. What he said. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 21:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Apparently, the MediaWiki over at Aeria Games doesn't have autopipe :( So how do we do it then? For exa, when someone searches for [http://wiki.aeriagames.com/kitsusaga/index.php?title=Sharptooth_Stone_Ant Sharptooth Stone Ants], they get a search results page, rather than the page linked here. {{User:ColdReactive/sig}} 19:07, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

== In the "browse the knowledge base" thingy... ==

Should we have a link to [[The Brothers Chaps]] somewhere in the "browse the knowledge base" section on the Main Page? (most likely "miscellany") {{User: Power Pie/sig}}
:Sure, that's not a bad idea. Maybe for the name of the link, "Real Life People"? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 14 October 2010

== Special pages ==

Special pages like [[Special:Ancientpages|Ancient Pages]] and [[Special:Popularpages|Popular Pages]] only show mainspace articles. Is there a way of making them show articles from a different namespace? {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 00:01, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
:I don't believe there's a way to do so in MediaWiki without being an admin, if even at all. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 19:56, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

== Halloween: Make it or break it? ==

Anyone else think that if the Brothers Chaps are gonna make a new cartoon this year it has to be for Halloween? {{unsigned|88.193.42.92|13:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)}}
:This kind of discussion would be better suited for the [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum]. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 14:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
::Though perhaps also better suited for the forum, I would just like to point out that TBC have put out a Halloween toon every single year since the year 2000, they've done [[Punkin Stencils]] every year since 2003, and [[Fan Costumes]] every year since 2003 (with one exception in 2004). Anyway, here's hoping! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

== Speculation 2 ==
I know I proposed this idea in March and it got shot down, but I really feel we need to make a HR Wiki speculation page. The discussion above is happening way too often. We really need to get this thing off our chests. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 22 October 2010
:I don't really think there needs to be a speculation page, since we have a forum for that purpose. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 02:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::Is there a page that addresses the hiatus? [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:47, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::I understand your point DENNIS, but while most users understand that, it's the anonymous/new users that really need to be addressed. I think it's a rising issue that really needs to be addressed. [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 23 October 2010
::::What exactly is the difference between saying "Take it to the forum!" and "Take it to the speculation page!"? {{User:StrongAwesome74/sig}} 18:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::I agree with Strong Awesome. There is no difference, and that's why there is a forum. We don't need pages like that on a '''Knowledge''' base. A Forum is a Forum, and there's nothing wrong with it. --{{User:Record307/sig}} 21:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::Yes, I see all of your points. I understand we have a forum, and that's where people speculate as much as they please. But here's the main problem: people don't know that. We are wasting our time going on each and every time it's mentioned and say, "I think this is for the forum." I understand that many people really don't see the point, but here's my main question: isn't it starting to get on people's nerves? [[User:doctorwho295|doctorwho295]] 24 October 2010
:::::::StrongAwesome74 and Record307 make a good point though: creating a speculation page would only change where we tell them to go. So, for example, when an anon posts in the Main Page Talk "Hey guys. I bet we're gonna get a punkin stencils this year" or something similar, instead of telling them to take it to the forum, we'd be telling them to take it to the speculation page. New users simply won't know where to go either way. And like Record307 said, it would also bring up the problem of putting non-factual things in a knowledge base dedicated to facts. {{User:DENNIS/sig}} 12:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::An article on speculation isn't going to happen. Our articles are strictly for factual content. It's not going to solve any problems, anyway, since people are going to keep posting speculation on our talk pages no matter what we do. Making a speculation page isn't going to solve that problem any more than the forum does. Making notes telling people "take it to the forum" is an inevitable part of our existence here. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== Hiatus page ==
I just posed the question above, but decided it's probably better as its own section. Does the HR Wiki have an article about the hiatus? If it does, I wasn't able to find it. If it doesn't, I suggest that one should be created. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 11:56, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:No it does not. But yes, I'd also like such an article to be created. This hiatus has gone on for a long time now, and has annoyed many fans (myself included), not so much the hiatus, but the fact that they gave no explanation about it. {{User:RickTommy/sig}} 12:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::I may create one then, or at least the stub of one that can be further expanded. Given that there have been occasional (though much shorter) hiatuses in the past, I wonder what an appropriate title for the article would be? ''Hiatus of 2009-2010''? (I trust it won't soon need to be renamed ''Hiatus of 2009-2011''...) [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 13:27, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
:::After careful deliberation, I agree. This is not just a delay. This was the longest break in Homestar Runner history, a fan crisis, and a long period of uncertainty. That, and it was likely a time where they had [[Poker Night At The Inventory|other things]] in mind. Yes, this is relevant. Perhaps as a supplementary page for Poker Night, but either way, this page has my support.--[[User:Jellote|Jellote]] [[User talk:Jellote|wuz]] [[Special:Contributions/Jellote|here]] 22:54, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::So, what do you think should be on that page? "There's been a long hiatus from November 2009 to the present (with a brief interruption around April Fool's 2010)."? That's not really going to make it for an article, and that's really about all there is to say about this. We don't know why the hiatus occurred (other than the baby), and airing our complaints (which is the main thing that's been written about the hiatus thus far) is not an acceptable use of our articles. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 13:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::No one is suggesting that the page will be an airing of complaints. My thought is that the page could be about the brothers' hiatuses in general, including sections both on the earlier nine-month one and on the current ongoing absence. Certainly there's not a ''lot'' known for sure, but what little is known can at least be presented there for those who are interested (and seemingly a lot of people are). Further information can then be added as it becomes available. Also, the fact that there's not volumes of material to include certainly shouldn't be a limiting factor -- we already have scores of pages that treat subjects very briefly (e.g., [[Russ T.]]).
:::::As to whether it merits having its own article... If I understand correctly, one can usually decide if it's appropriate for a subject to have its own article by first determining if it has both relevance and significance. The hiatus meets both criteria in spades. Is there any reason why it should be considered either an insignificant or an irrelevant event in the world of HR? Personally I'd say it's quite the reverse: at the moment it's arguably the ''most'' significant and relevant HR subject, one that bears on the very existence and future of HR and is on the mind of practically every fan. It merits an article. [[User:Huwmanbeing|Huw]] 14:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

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Huwmanbeing — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:56:20 GMT

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Huwmanbeing — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:47:34 GMT

Huwmanbeing: /* Speculation 2 */ Page addressing hiatus?

FeedBurner Page

Huwmanbeing — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:50:17 GMT

Huwmanbeing: un-splitting infinitive

[[File:Homestar_Runner_-_powered_by_FeedBurner.png|thumb|300px|Burning Feeds the right way, all the time.]]
Starting in October 2009, [[The Brothers Chaps]] began an [[Wikipedia:RSS|RSS feed]] with updates to the website and commentary, using Google's [[Wikipedia:FeedBurner|FeedBurner]] service. The page seems to be run mostly by [[Matt Chapman]]. The entries are archived below, with wiki links added where appropriate.

==Feed Content==
===[[Games]] - Strong Bad's Cool Game for MAC===
'''Posted:''' Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:45:00 EST
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'''Strong Bad hollers''' - Telltale Games, the mouth-breathers who brought HomestarRunner.com to unholy videogame life with 'Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People', are finally bringing their games to something called "the Mac" and they're letting peeps vote for the next game to receive the portjob. Currently, ol' SBCG4AP is LOSING to Sam and Max! Travesties! Come on people, let's put those crime fighting anthropomorphs to shame! Even if you don't own a Mac, don't you want to be a part of making someone else feel really, really bad about themselves? Who doesn't, right? [http://www.telltalegames.com/macgames/| Click here to humiliate Rabbit Dog and Bunnym'n!]

===[[Store]] - 2010 Wall Calendar===
'''Posted:''' Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:18:00 EST
[[File:calendar.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Bubs say''' - I've always said that calendars are the flattest way to make money and now here's the proof! It may surprise your face, but I managed to squeeze all 12 months into this full color job. Each month features one of each of your favorite styles: Trogdor, Dangeresque, Videlectrix, Limozeen, even regular old Strong Bad and Homestar. And don't get me started on that Halloween month! 'Doozy' wouldn't even describe the half of it! If calling this a 'swimsuit calendar' gets you to buy it more, I'll say that too! Features all the significant dates like Trogday, Not The Cheat's Birthday, and more! 2010 will be a bum year without this thing! [[HRStore:20hoca.html|Click here to getcha one!]]
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===Stuff - [[:image:babylady.jpg|New Baby vs. Updates!]]===
'''Posted:''' Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:18:00 EST
[[File:babylady.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Matt says''' - You loyal RSS subscriber-types get the inside scoop: A new very, very little girl has been birthed unto the Chaps family so please be patient with updates as we head into the year's end. In celebration, here's a Homestar Store coupon code for 10% off any order of $20 or more. Just paste 'holiday10' into the 'Coupon or Promotional Code' box during checkout to claim that discount. Thanks for your patience and high five!
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===[[Store]] - Decemberween Greeting Cards===
'''Posted:''' Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST
[[File:greetingcards.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Strong Sad says''' - Since I spend every Decemberween locked inside a bathtub, the only shred of festivity I get to experience is sending out Decemberween cards. And now you can share in the wonder of writing something extremely dark and depressing inside and cheerful holiday card. Each box of nine cards comes with 3 of each design. There's a folky woodcut of The Stick that Marzipan made, Homestar wishing you and yours Death Defying Entertainment this season, and finally my very own family adorned with soft focus and sparkle filters. [[HRStore:decane.html|Click here to start Decemberweening!]]
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===[[Halloween|Ween]] - [[Punkin Show|The Pumpkin Show and Contest Winners!]]===
'''Posted:''' Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:43:00 EST
[[File:feedburnerpumpkin.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Homestar says''' - Welcome back to The Punkin Show, ladies and gentletypes! We've taken our tried and true approach to having no formula and added a whole 12oz can of punkin puree! The result is a mixed bag of mixed metaphors, carved punkins, and FABULOUS PRIZES!! This episode of The Show features real fan-carved punkins from real carved-fans. Did yours make the cut? Or did you just paint some stuff on a pumpkin and take a tiny .25 megapixel photo of it with your phone? This is the last of the Halloween related updates! I promise! [[HR:punkinshow.html|Click here to see the punkins and WIN BIG!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Store]] - [[Store Baby Clothes#tshirt_homestar_babies|Baby Homestar and Strong Bad Clothes]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:00 EST
[[File:babyhsb.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Matt says''' - Since people all the time seem to be having babies, we decided to put this impossible meeting of Baby Strong Bad and Baby Homestar on some kids' sized rompers! These melon-headed babies will look adorable on your melon-headed babies! I think the design may have been based on a crappy sketch I drew on our white board that Mike took a picture of and traced like four years ago when we made the sbemail [[HR:sbemail140.html|'highschool.']] Way to go Mike! [[HRStore:trposh.html|Click here to pick one up for your diaper child!]]
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===[[Halloween|Ween]] - [[Fan Costumes '09|Fan Costumes and Contest Winners!]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:28:00 EST
[[File:costumes09.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Strong Bad says''' - Listen tightly as I unload on all the unfortunate saps that decided to try and dress up like me or somebody less cool than me for Halloween this year. I also announce the winners of the Costume Contest. Man, those winners are losers. But seriously, thanks to all the lame-o's that dressed up. If I didn't make fun of you specifically this year, just know that deep down in my heart of hearts, I'm always making fun of you, regardless of the crap you have painted on your face, or the paper you have taped to your shirt. [[HR:costumes2009.html|Click to let the verbal slaughter begin!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Store]] - [[Store T-Shirts#tshirt_citycommastate_filmcrew|City (Comma) State T-Shirt]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
[[File:citycommastate.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Strong Bad says''' - Once again my genius has spawned a cool t-shirt for you to wear. Inspired by my sbemail 'independent' it's the official film crew shirt for the indie film City (Comma) State. On the front of the shirt, there's a totally off-beat quirky irreverent dysfunctional polaroid image of the thirty-something hipster protagonists. The back of the shirt boasts, in stylish hand-drawn font of course, that you're part of the film crew for 'Indier Than Thou Productions,' acclaimed makers of 20-30 million dollar indie films. What are you waiting for? Get extra-elitist with this sweet brown deal! Stylishly ironic and self-aware and hip and subversive and all that crap! [[HRStore:citycommastare.html|Click here to buy you some o' dat!!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Halloween|Ween]] - [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre|New Halloween Toon!]]===
'''Posted:''' Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:33:00 EST 
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'''Strong Sad says''' - At long last my prose takes center stage in our latest Halloween adventure! Witness my Lovecraftian/Poe-lian/Blochy opus, 'Doomy Tales of the Macabre!' Since I'm a notoriously bad prankster (although I thought replacing everyone's iodized salt with sea salt was pretty genius), I decided to go with what I know and hit everybody with my best weapon: weird gloomy fiction! No one is spared! All will suffer! Have a safe and pleasant Halloween! [[HR:ween09.html|Click if you dare!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Halloween|Ween]] - [[Halloween 2009 Teaser|Costumes Teaser]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST 
[[File:ween09teaser.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Homestar says''' - Pointy silhouettes! It must mean it's almost time for a new Hallowed Ween cartoon! Gather round the water cooler or water fountain or keg and discuss among friends and coworkers who you think everybody's dressed up as this year! Is it an obscure 70's reference? 80's reference? NINETIES reference?!?! Or is it just more dumb crap from a video game? Only times will tells! [[HR:ween09_teaser.html|Click here to start guessing!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Weeklies]] - Butcher Bros Represent!===
'''Posted:''' Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:33:00 EST 
[[File:butcherbros.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Matt says''' - This week's '''sketchbook''' is the cover of the instruction booklet for the abandoned Pigs On Head sequel Butcher Bros. You controlled both brothers in their Sausage Truck, handing out sausage to cooks who would appear out of doorways. Never seemed worth the trouble to execute I suppose.
[[File:hrdoorknock.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Fanstuff''' comes from Alex Jackson, possibly in the UK, who made this awesome Homestar door knocker. Let me in, dun dun dun, let me in! And don't forget the '''Quote of the Week''' which is the full mp3 of [[Mirror:brainkrieg_pumpkins.mp3|Brainkrieg's Halloween jam Decomposing Pumpkins]].
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===[[Halloween|Ween]] - [[Decomposing Pumpkins|Brainkrieg Halloween Song]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST 
[[File:brainkrieg.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Strong Bad says''' - Cheerleader's favorite black-wristband wearing high school band Brainkrieg is BACK with their Halloween single 'Decomposing Pumpkins!' Now I know what you're thinking. 'But, Strong Bad, since you DRAW the [[HR:tgsmenu.html|Teen Girl Squad]], doesn't this mean that technically YOU made this song?' And the answer is this: I kinda black out a lot lately and when I wake up sometimes things I made up in my brain come to life. I practically pee my pants every time a [[HR:ccdo7.html|Cheat Commandos]] comes on. [[HR:brainkriegween.html|Listen to those practice amps BUZZ!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Halloween|Ween]] - [[Main Page Pop-Ups#halloween contests!|Costume/Pumpkin Contest]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:33:00 EST 
[[File:contest09.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Matt says''' - Here's something we've probably never done before. Instead of just having [[HR:costumes08.html|Strong Bad unload]] on all the cool costumes folks send us, we're gonna let Homestar pick his favorite carved pumpkin and have Strong Bad pick the 'best' costume. With those two, the criteria for judging could vary wildly. Homestar could find a picture of an avocado in a cooking magazine and decide THAT wins first prize. And speaking of prizes, the sender of the winning pumpkin and winning costume will get a $20 gift code for the Homestar store. So break out the cardboard and duct tape and {{pl|l=mailto:costumes@homestarrunner.com send us your costumes}} and also {{pl|l=mailto:punkins@homestarrunner.com send us your pumpkins!}}
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===[[Halloween|Ween]] [[Punkin Stencils|New Pumpkin Stencils!]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:33:00 EST 
[[File:stencils09.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Homestar says''' - Hey look! There's new pumpakin stencils for 2009! But, OH, what's this? Why is there some type pumpakin meter in my upper left hand screens? And why come do I sometimes get a verbal treat when I click on a pumpakin? Well, it's all a part of what I've just decided to start calling, 'Some Minor Changes to the Pumpkin Stencils Thing 2009.' Pretty catchy, huh? Rolls right off that tongue-o. [[HR:ween_stencils.html|Start hacking up those bulbous, orange squash!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Main Page Pop-Ups#support the wiki|Support Your Local Wiki]]===
'''Posted:''' Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST 
[[File:wikithon.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Matt says''' - The Homestar Wiki is such an insanely detailed knowledge base about all things Homestar that it has a whole section devoted to [[Googly-eyed Objects|'GOOGLY-EYED OBJECTS'!]] I can only think of two and I have to be at least partially responsible for every instance of googly-eyed objects on the website! When you try and make a cartoon every week or so for 10 years, the details start to get fuzzy. The wiki brings them back into stark, arresting focus. Like those close-up mirrors hotel bathrooms sometimes have that make your skin look terrible no matter how much Sea Breeze you dunk your head in. Anyhow, they need to cover their hosting costs like anybody else. [[HRWiki:DO YOU HAS?|Donate Now!]]
{{clear}}

===[[Store]] - [[Store Other 2-D Stuff#Laptop Skins|New LamaLaminated Laptop Skins!]]===
'''Posted:''' Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:18:00 EST 
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'''Videlectrix Guy says''' - These 3 new laminated laptop skin designs available in 5 different sizes have taken our good graphics to new high-resolutions! Pretend you bought a more expensive laptop with the brushed metal look of Seriously Titanium Homestar. Or pretend you like shiny stars with Shiny Star. And finally, pretend the character Bubs has taken your laptop to 'a better place' with the Slightly Shotugnned Lappy 486 design. Who among us hasn't secretly wished there was a gaping hole through their laptop that a potential half-decent date might peer through while you work diligently in a hospital cafeteria? [[HRStore:skins.html|Buy em!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Strong Bad Email|Sbemail]] - [[Videography]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST 
[[File:videography.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Strong Bad says''' - A self-proclaimed Video Media Technologist apparently needs to hire me as 'videographer' to videotape his wedding. If I ignore the inherent creepitude that comes from putting 'videographer' in quotes *shudder*, then I'm still left with the fact that a Video Media Technologist couldn't figure out how to put a tripod in a corner and press REC. That's like King Tut asking you to mummify his cat for him, right? That analogy is solid gold! [[HR:sbemail205.html|Watcha!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Powered by The Cheat]] - [[Crystal Fortress]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST 
[[File:crystal.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Matt says''' - Here's a little something we made years ago with the They Might Be Giants boys that we never really did anything with (they released it on a podcast one time, though). So we figured we'd give the keys to The Cheat (in his first video since hip-hop/death metal smash hit [[HR:trudgemank.html|Trudgemank]])and mix it with a healthy dose of 'Stave it Off Guy' from the 'for kids' sbemail. I've just been calling him Stave for short. My dream was always to get Linnell dressed up like Stave and have puppet Strong Bad harrass and harangue him but that puppet weighs too freaking much to take anywhere. [[HR:crystal.html|Check outs!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Toons#Shorts|Short]] - [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]]===
'''Posted:''' Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST 
[[File:puppetmation.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Homestar says''' - Everybody loves the Puppet Homestar. He is a terrific hand-in-the-headthlete. At short last, I bring the hit [[HR:main25.html|homepage No. 25]] to life! What do you get when you cross a cartoon with photos of puppets? Why, something that defeats the purpose of BOTH those things, THAT'S what you get! This puts Muppets, Supermarionation, and the sham marriage known as Gumby to shame! I mean, who can resist that ol'Shark-Tooth Bubs?! [[HR:puppetmation.html|Click it out, kids!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Strong Bad Email|Sbemail]] - [[Dictionary]]===
'''Posted:''' Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST 
[[File:dictionary.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Strong Bad says''' - Like two sides of an extremely rare, valuable, and attractive coin, there's Strong Bad the grammar policeman on one hand, and Strong Bad the guy that makes up a buncha crap all the time on t'other. And nothing fuses the two together like a made-up dictionary. Count Longardeaux from [[HR:sbemail134.html|sbemail 134: record book]] makes his first appearance in 70 sbemails! [[HR:sbemail204.html|Click here to watchmail Strong Bad!]]
{{clear}}
===[[Toons#Shorts|Short]] - [[On Break]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST 
[[File:onbreak.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Matt says''' - When you unintentionally create [[HR:sbemail73.html|three different]] [[HR:sbemail121.html|giant foam]] [[HR:blubbos.html|mascot costumes]] several years apart, you KNOW you're doing something right. Mike and I were walking from the car place to Oga's on a very pedestrian unfriendly highway when we wrote most of this short. There were lotsa car dealerships though, with all types of undualting, inflatable eye-catchers to help inspire us. Mike lost his flip flop crossing the 8-lane street and had to wait for the light to change to run back and get it. [[HR:onbreak.html|Click this HTML hyperlink to watch some embedded Flash content!]]
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===[[Strong Bad Email|Sbemail]] - [[Independent]]===
'''Posted:''' Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST 
[[File:independent.jpg|left|150px]]
'''Strong Bad says''' - Some nerd asks about some crap that I hate like usual and I get a new computer. This is an instance of somebody asking me for something very specific and I instead do an ever-so-gentle dance around what they really want me to say and do. I love to sit back and imagine their dissatisfaction as an increasingly frustrated bald programmer type sitting in a cubicle filled with greasy empty fast food bags. But then again, I like to imagine a lotta things are frustrated bald fast food bag swimmers so, y'know, wahtever. [[HR:sbemail203.html|Check out my new computer!]]
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===[[Toons#Shorts|Short]] - [[Compy Catalog]]===
Unsolicited mail order catalogs are the best way to do ANYTHING.

==Fun Facts==

===Trivia===
*The image used in the "Support Your Local Wiki" update is an edited version of what was the first [http://www.museum4kids.net/05cartelethn/05telethon19.jpg image] that appeared when telethon was [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=telethon&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g2g-m2 searched in Google Images] at the time.

===Remarks===
*Puppet Homestar's giant pile has been removed from the screenshot of [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]].

===Goofs===
*"Whatever" is misspelled as "wahtever".
*"Undulating" is misspelled as "undualting".
*"Harass" is misspelled as "harrass".
*There are several instances where a space between words/punctuation has been omitted.

===Inside References===
*"Let me in, dun dun dun, let me in!" (in the Butcher Bros Represent entry) is a line from [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], in which Homestar knocks on Marzipan's door with his head.
*Strong Sad mentions being locked in the [[bath]]tub, as he was in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] and [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].

==External Links==
*[http://feeds.feedburner.com/HomestarRunner view the Homestar Runner feed]

[[Category:Regular Updates]]

marzipan

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:44:44 GMT

Huwmanbeing: /* Real-World References */ one shares thing "with something, not to something

{{sbenav|59}}

[[Image:sbemail59picture.png|thumb|"Say you like me."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forcharacter|Marzipan}}

Strong Bad tries to prove that Marzipan loves him.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]]

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

'''Date:''' Monday, January 20, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:15

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' There once was a man named email, and he did his best for a while.

''{Reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Strong Bad, 
So, if you're so good with the ladies, 
how come I never see you with any? The 
only female I've seen even near you is 
Marzipan, and she doesn't seem to 
like you very much. 
 
Ok, bye. 
Emily C., Ohio</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stumbles with the second sentence, saying "The only female I've eev see sageento—". He starts the sentence over, this time without stumbling. Also, he pronounces "Ohio" as "Owa-hoh"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' What are you talkin about, Emily? Marzipan can't keep her hands offa me! In fact, I had to change my screen name cause she was buggin me so much. ''{clears screen}'' I'd be like, tryin' to write an email like... ''{typing}'' "Dear The Cheat" ''{stops typing}'' And then—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: 'sup strong bad? i heart you so much."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — it'd come up, and I'd be like close the window. ''{closes message, continues typing}'' "Anyways, The Cheat, I was going"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: i like all your muscles," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "to ask you"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: do you go hooray 4 dolphins? i do," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "if I could borrow"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: (a long string of characters typed in Webdings font)," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "that big knife"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: are you trying to fade me?," Strong Bad closes it, clears the screen, and continues typing}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And if that's not enough proof ''{types "enüff prüf"}'', just watch this...

''{Scene cuts to Marzipan out in the field next to a sign laying against a cinder block saying '''Free Concert For Birds'''}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Oh yeah, oh yeah, and I really don't like him at all.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, uh... ''{Combs back nonexistent "hair" and puts his comb into the back of his pants}'' Is that another song about Homestar?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, it's about you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' About being in love with me?

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's disgusting. And I don't like your outfit.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I'm not telling you my new screen name.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well... I don't even know what a scream name is, so there you go. And if you'd please leave now, because I'm tinkering with my guitar.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah, well? Say you like me.

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, leave me alone.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Say you like me?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then do you like ''{quickly and quietly}'' Strong Bad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No! You're just saying your name fast. Go away.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What about that guy who's brothers with Strong Mad and ''{quickly and quietly}'' Strong Sad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's still you! No!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then how about this one? Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh... I guess...

'''STRONG BAD:''' See! I told you you loved me! Ooh! I knew it all along! Wait until my friend Emily from Ohio ''{pronounces it "O-hee-oh"}'' hears this!!! Oooh, I knew she loves me! ''{gibberish}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Whatever... Come on Carol, let's rock.

''{Scene cuts back to Strong Bad's computer room. Three messages pop up from The Cheat:}''

'''cheatachu72:''' yo SB! you there? you still want that knife? 
'''cheatachu72:''' ello? 
'''cheatachu72:''' i gots to jet. makin' a video for a client 
'''cheatachu72 has signed off''' ''{sign off is punctuated by a vocalized imitation of AOL Instant Messenger's sign off sound}''

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

''{After a while, a message pops up from Strong Sad:}''

'''depressio111117:''' vinegar toast? did you really think i'd fall for that?

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on "video for a client" in The Cheat's last message to see a [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for Marzipan's song. See also the [[Oh Yeah Yeah Visuals|visuals]] from the music video.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, Carol, let's rock.
:''{Marzipan sings:}''
:Yeah yeah
:Yeah yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah yeah
:Oh yeah yeah
:Oh yeah yeah
:And I really don't like him at all.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Thank you! ''{Birds chirp}'' Those are the birds.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
[[Image:don't decode this.png|thumb|Don't decode this]]
*The Webdings message translates to:<blockquote>'''hooray4dolphins:''' i seriou sly hope you didn't somehow decode this. it would make me real sad.</blockquote>
*Strong Sad's message is a reference to how [[Mike Chapman]] once tried to feed his brother [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] cupcakes with toothpaste in them, only to have the younger brother retaliate with vinegar toast. (From [[Atlanta Journal Constitution Interview - 21 Jul 2003|ajc interview]])
*When this email first came out, [[The Brothers Chaps]] registered the AIM screen name hooray4dolphins. It was always online with an away message, saying that Marzipan wasn't really using that screen name, since she doesn't use computers.
*This email marks the first appearance of Marzipan's guitar [[Carol]]. She had previously been seen in [[The Luau]] playing a ukelele with an M on it.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad says that "Marzipan can't keep her hands offa" him, but Marzipan [[Lack of Visible Arms|doesn't have any visible hands]].
*Besides "Do you like Strong Bad," the [[Wikipedia:Double negative#Triple and quadruple negatives|quadruple negative]] "Don't not dislike not Strong Bad" could be interpreted to mean that Marzipan dislikes everyone except Strong Bad, rather than specifically liking him.
*In The Cheat's video, Marzipan's guitar reads "Carl" instead of "Carol".
*In the shot when Marzipan claims she doesn't know what a screen name is, the field behind her is a much older version of the current field.

===Glitches===
*If you turn up the contrast at the very end of the email when the IMs are on the screen, the IM boxes don't change with the rest of the screen. They just stay black.
**Strong Bad's reflection is also not visible in the IMs, even though they are the same color as the screen.
* Also, after Strong Sad's message pops up, if you watch Marzipan's video, Strong Sad's message reappears afterwards.
*Marzipan blinks over her closed eyes twice, and when this happens, a dot appears next to her closed eyes.

===Inside References===
*When hooray4dolphins Instant Messages Strong Bad, she says "Are you trying to fade me?", which is a reference to the name of [[Coach Z]]'s new hit single, "[[These Peoples Try to Fade Me]]", included on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD.
*Marzipan's "Free Concert for Birds" sign leans up against a cinder block, just like the [[stop sign]] in [[Strong Badia]].
*This email mentions a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]].
*The Cheat's screen name, cheatachu72, was originally seen in the email [[i she be]].
*Strong Sad's screen name is the same as his email address, as shown in [[depressio]].
*The title of the pop-ups is the first appearance of the word [[Thyme]].
*The [[Name Tags|"Hello, my name is _____" sticker]] in the Easter egg first appeared in [[The Luau]].

===Real-World References===
*The IM boxes that pop up on Strong Bad's computer look like those seen in [[Wikipedia:Windows 3.x|Microsoft Windows 3.X]], which definitely fits with Strong Bad's computer, as the 3.X series was made for the then-state-of-the-art [[Wikipedia:Intel 80386|386]] PCs.
*This email is the second time we see The Cheat's screen name, which is cheatachu72. This is obviously a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]] [[Wikipedia:Pikachu|Pikachu]], with whom The Cheat shares a likeness.
*Marzipan's supposed screen name, "hooray4dolphins", is an example of [[Internet Slang]].

===Fast Forward===
*[[Oh yeah yeah|Marzipan's song]] would later be on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|Strong Bad Sings CD]].
*Marzipan holds another free concert in [[Seasonal Sweaters]].
*"Cheatachu72" is also The Cheat's username when he bids on the breakfast burrito in [[english paper]].
*Strong Bad uses "Video Thyme" (similar to "Message Thyme") to communicate with Larry in [[death metal]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
**The commentary continues into the "Yeah Yeah" music video Easter egg.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Marzipan]])

'''MIKE:''' Marzipan.

'''MATT:''' Speaking of Marzipan, look who's here.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, guys.

'''MIKE:''' Hi—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Hi, Marzipan.

'''MIKE:''' How does it feel to be featured in your very own Strong Bad Email?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It feels about normal.

'''MATT AND MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It's got your name. It's got your name all over it.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' There it is, I'm pointing to it right now.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I see. I, uh—I thought this was a particularly thoughtful email.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''MARZIPAN:''' And, um, I thought the costume design was very good.

'''MIKE:''' There's... Yeah?

'''MARZIPAN:''' My—my outfit.

'''MIKE:''' It's the same one you're always wearing.

'''MATT:''' Well... It's a good outfit, right?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well... Sometimes I change.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, okay.

'''MATT:''' Oh, an interesting note about that last one that popped up was, uh, it spelled out something, and, what was it—

'''MIKE:''' It was in, like—

'''MATT:''' —it spelled out "I really hope you didn't translate this. That would make me sad." And of course—

'''MIKE:''' And it was in, like, Webdings—

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Or some Dingbats or something and people translated it.

'''MATT:''' It made me really sad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Did you notice you reversed my eyes on this one?

'''MATT:''' I—look, I—

'''MIKE:''' I think they are—

'''MATT:''' I don't know...

'''MIKE:''' I think we did something wrong.

'''MATT:''' But they'd be—make sense in perspective, right? The smaller eyes...

'''MIKE:''' But that wasn't why—that's not why...

'''MATT:''' She just has one—one eye smaller than the other?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, just like Strong... Just like Strong Ma—er, uh...

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's why I get confused later, because I can barely see Strong Bad while I'm talking to him.

'''MATT:''' Oh-ho, see Mike, it's ''your'' fault. You put her eyes on backwards.

'''MIKE:''' Well... uh, we'll look into that.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Plus everyone forgot to bring the birds in that day, so no one showed up. There were no extras.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I don't think anyone wanted to hear your song, maybe.

'''MATT:''' Mmm, it was a pretty good song.

'''MIKE:''' How was the, uh, did you market it very much? That concert? What promoter did you use?

'''MATT:''' Pass out flyers?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well...

'''MATT:''' Go down to the Whole Foods?

'''MARZIPAN:''' You've got to realize this is all acting. You know, this is just not what I usually do.

'''MATT:''' What do you usually do?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well I'm usually gardening.

'''MATT:''' So is—is the playing a guitar all just part of your character?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah. I mean, I play it sometimes, but...for this, you know. I'm—I have a much better guitar than that, usually.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' What's its name?

'''MIKE:''' Carol... Is that just a prop?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It ''is'' a prop.

'''MATT:''' What's your guitar's name?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh, Joan.

'''MIKE:''' Carol and Joan, huh?

=== Easter Egg Commentary ===
'''MIKE:''' So here's your video...Marzipan.

'''MATT:''' The Cheat misspelled the name of your—your prop guitar there.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he calls it Carl.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I know, I know. That's okay.

'''MATT:''' Did you help, like, do the art direction on this one?

'''MIKE:''' ''{almost simultaneously}'' Have you ever been before?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh, uh, I did actually. I—I like The Cheat a lot. ''{slight pause}'' See? There was only one bird there.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/ Whole Foods] is a grocery store specializing in organic food (the kind of place Marzipan would shop).

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail59.html|watch "marzipan"]]
*[[HR:sbemail59.swf|view the Flash file for "marzipan"]]
*[[HR:ohyeahyeah.mp3|download the mp3 of the original "Oh Yeah Yeah"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]] [[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

marzipan

Huwmanbeing — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:43:51 GMT

Huwmanbeing: /* Real-World References */ removing "incredible", since it's not.

{{sbenav|59}}

[[Image:sbemail59picture.png|thumb|"Say you like me."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forcharacter|Marzipan}}

Strong Bad tries to prove that Marzipan loves him.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]]

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

'''Date:''' Monday, January 20, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:15

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' There once was a man named email, and he did his best for a while.

''{Reading email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Strong Bad, 
So, if you're so good with the ladies, 
how come I never see you with any? The 
only female I've seen even near you is 
Marzipan, and she doesn't seem to 
like you very much. 
 
Ok, bye. 
Emily C., Ohio</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stumbles with the second sentence, saying "The only female I've eev see sageento—". He starts the sentence over, this time without stumbling. Also, he pronounces "Ohio" as "Owa-hoh"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' What are you talkin about, Emily? Marzipan can't keep her hands offa me! In fact, I had to change my screen name cause she was buggin me so much. ''{clears screen}'' I'd be like, tryin' to write an email like... ''{typing}'' "Dear The Cheat" ''{stops typing}'' And then—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: 'sup strong bad? i heart you so much."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — it'd come up, and I'd be like close the window. ''{closes message, continues typing}'' "Anyways, The Cheat, I was going"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: i like all your muscles," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "to ask you"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: do you go hooray 4 dolphins? i do," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "if I could borrow"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: (a long string of characters typed in Webdings font)," Strong Bad closes it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' — "that big knife"—

''{message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: are you trying to fade me?," Strong Bad closes it, clears the screen, and continues typing}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And if that's not enough proof ''{types "enüff prüf"}'', just watch this...

''{Scene cuts to Marzipan out in the field next to a sign laying against a cinder block saying '''Free Concert For Birds'''}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing}'' Oh yeah, oh yeah, and I really don't like him at all.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, uh... ''{Combs back nonexistent "hair" and puts his comb into the back of his pants}'' Is that another song about Homestar?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, it's about you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' About being in love with me?

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's disgusting. And I don't like your outfit.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I'm not telling you my new screen name.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well... I don't even know what a scream name is, so there you go. And if you'd please leave now, because I'm tinkering with my guitar.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah, well? Say you like me.

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, leave me alone.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Say you like me?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then do you like ''{quickly and quietly}'' Strong Bad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' No! You're just saying your name fast. Go away.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What about that guy who's brothers with Strong Mad and ''{quickly and quietly}'' Strong Sad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's still you! No!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then how about this one? Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh... I guess...

'''STRONG BAD:''' See! I told you you loved me! Ooh! I knew it all along! Wait until my friend Emily from Ohio ''{pronounces it "O-hee-oh"}'' hears this!!! Oooh, I knew she loves me! ''{gibberish}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Whatever... Come on Carol, let's rock.

''{Scene cuts back to Strong Bad's computer room. Three messages pop up from The Cheat:}''

'''cheatachu72:''' yo SB! you there? you still want that knife? 
'''cheatachu72:''' ello? 
'''cheatachu72:''' i gots to jet. makin' a video for a client 
'''cheatachu72 has signed off''' ''{sign off is punctuated by a vocalized imitation of AOL Instant Messenger's sign off sound}''

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

''{After a while, a message pops up from Strong Sad:}''

'''depressio111117:''' vinegar toast? did you really think i'd fall for that?

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on "video for a client" in The Cheat's last message to see a [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for Marzipan's song. See also the [[Oh Yeah Yeah Visuals|visuals]] from the music video.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, Carol, let's rock.
:''{Marzipan sings:}''
:Yeah yeah
:Yeah yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah
:Oh yeah yeah
:Oh yeah yeah
:Oh yeah yeah
:And I really don't like him at all.
:'''MARZIPAN:''' Thank you! ''{Birds chirp}'' Those are the birds.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
[[Image:don't decode this.png|thumb|Don't decode this]]
*The Webdings message translates to:<blockquote>'''hooray4dolphins:''' i seriou sly hope you didn't somehow decode this. it would make me real sad.</blockquote>
*Strong Sad's message is a reference to how [[Mike Chapman]] once tried to feed his brother [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] cupcakes with toothpaste in them, only to have the younger brother retaliate with vinegar toast. (From [[Atlanta Journal Constitution Interview - 21 Jul 2003|ajc interview]])
*When this email first came out, [[The Brothers Chaps]] registered the AIM screen name hooray4dolphins. It was always online with an away message, saying that Marzipan wasn't really using that screen name, since she doesn't use computers.
*This email marks the first appearance of Marzipan's guitar [[Carol]]. She had previously been seen in [[The Luau]] playing a ukelele with an M on it.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad says that "Marzipan can't keep her hands offa" him, but Marzipan [[Lack of Visible Arms|doesn't have any visible hands]].
*Besides "Do you like Strong Bad," the [[Wikipedia:Double negative#Triple and quadruple negatives|quadruple negative]] "Don't not dislike not Strong Bad" could be interpreted to mean that Marzipan dislikes everyone except Strong Bad, rather than specifically liking him.
*In The Cheat's video, Marzipan's guitar reads "Carl" instead of "Carol".
*In the shot when Marzipan claims she doesn't know what a screen name is, the field behind her is a much older version of the current field.

===Glitches===
*If you turn up the contrast at the very end of the email when the IMs are on the screen, the IM boxes don't change with the rest of the screen. They just stay black.
**Strong Bad's reflection is also not visible in the IMs, even though they are the same color as the screen.
* Also, after Strong Sad's message pops up, if you watch Marzipan's video, Strong Sad's message reappears afterwards.
*Marzipan blinks over her closed eyes twice, and when this happens, a dot appears next to her closed eyes.

===Inside References===
*When hooray4dolphins Instant Messages Strong Bad, she says "Are you trying to fade me?", which is a reference to the name of [[Coach Z]]'s new hit single, "[[These Peoples Try to Fade Me]]", included on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD.
*Marzipan's "Free Concert for Birds" sign leans up against a cinder block, just like the [[stop sign]] in [[Strong Badia]].
*This email mentions a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]].
*The Cheat's screen name, cheatachu72, was originally seen in the email [[i she be]].
*Strong Sad's screen name is the same as his email address, as shown in [[depressio]].
*The title of the pop-ups is the first appearance of the word [[Thyme]].
*The [[Name Tags|"Hello, my name is _____" sticker]] in the Easter egg first appeared in [[The Luau]].

===Real-World References===
*The IM boxes that pop up on Strong Bad's computer look like those seen in [[Wikipedia:Windows 3.x|Microsoft Windows 3.X]], which definitely fits with Strong Bad's computer, as the 3.X series was made for the then-state-of-the-art [[Wikipedia:Intel 80386|386]] PCs.
*This email is the second time we see The Cheat's screen name, which is cheatachu72. This is obviously a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]] [[Wikipedia:Pikachu|Pikachu]], to whom The Cheat shares a likeness.
*Marzipan's supposed screen name, "hooray4dolphins", is an example of [[Internet Slang]].

===Fast Forward===
*[[Oh yeah yeah|Marzipan's song]] would later be on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|Strong Bad Sings CD]].
*Marzipan holds another free concert in [[Seasonal Sweaters]].
*"Cheatachu72" is also The Cheat's username when he bids on the breakfast burrito in [[english paper]].
*Strong Bad uses "Video Thyme" (similar to "Message Thyme") to communicate with Larry in [[death metal]].

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
**The commentary continues into the "Yeah Yeah" music video Easter egg.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Marzipan]])

'''MIKE:''' Marzipan.

'''MATT:''' Speaking of Marzipan, look who's here.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi, guys.

'''MIKE:''' Hi—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Hi, Marzipan.

'''MIKE:''' How does it feel to be featured in your very own Strong Bad Email?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It feels about normal.

'''MATT AND MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It's got your name. It's got your name all over it.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' There it is, I'm pointing to it right now.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I see. I, uh—I thought this was a particularly thoughtful email.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''MARZIPAN:''' And, um, I thought the costume design was very good.

'''MIKE:''' There's... Yeah?

'''MARZIPAN:''' My—my outfit.

'''MIKE:''' It's the same one you're always wearing.

'''MATT:''' Well... It's a good outfit, right?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well... Sometimes I change.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, okay.

'''MATT:''' Oh, an interesting note about that last one that popped up was, uh, it spelled out something, and, what was it—

'''MIKE:''' It was in, like—

'''MATT:''' —it spelled out "I really hope you didn't translate this. That would make me sad." And of course—

'''MIKE:''' And it was in, like, Webdings—

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Or some Dingbats or something and people translated it.

'''MATT:''' It made me really sad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Did you notice you reversed my eyes on this one?

'''MATT:''' I—look, I—

'''MIKE:''' I think they are—

'''MATT:''' I don't know...

'''MIKE:''' I think we did something wrong.

'''MATT:''' But they'd be—make sense in perspective, right? The smaller eyes...

'''MIKE:''' But that wasn't why—that's not why...

'''MATT:''' She just has one—one eye smaller than the other?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, just like Strong... Just like Strong Ma—er, uh...

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's why I get confused later, because I can barely see Strong Bad while I'm talking to him.

'''MATT:''' Oh-ho, see Mike, it's ''your'' fault. You put her eyes on backwards.

'''MIKE:''' Well... uh, we'll look into that.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Plus everyone forgot to bring the birds in that day, so no one showed up. There were no extras.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I don't think anyone wanted to hear your song, maybe.

'''MATT:''' Mmm, it was a pretty good song.

'''MIKE:''' How was the, uh, did you market it very much? That concert? What promoter did you use?

'''MATT:''' Pass out flyers?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well...

'''MATT:''' Go down to the Whole Foods?

'''MARZIPAN:''' You've got to realize this is all acting. You know, this is just not what I usually do.

'''MATT:''' What do you usually do?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well I'm usually gardening.

'''MATT:''' So is—is the playing a guitar all just part of your character?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah. I mean, I play it sometimes, but...for this, you know. I'm—I have a much better guitar than that, usually.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' What's its name?

'''MIKE:''' Carol... Is that just a prop?

'''MARZIPAN:''' It ''is'' a prop.

'''MATT:''' What's your guitar's name?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh, Joan.

'''MIKE:''' Carol and Joan, huh?

=== Easter Egg Commentary ===
'''MIKE:''' So here's your video...Marzipan.

'''MATT:''' The Cheat misspelled the name of your—your prop guitar there.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he calls it Carl.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I know, I know. That's okay.

'''MATT:''' Did you help, like, do the art direction on this one?

'''MIKE:''' ''{almost simultaneously}'' Have you ever been before?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Uh, uh, I did actually. I—I like The Cheat a lot. ''{slight pause}'' See? There was only one bird there.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/ Whole Foods] is a grocery store specializing in organic food (the kind of place Marzipan would shop).

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail59.html|watch "marzipan"]]
*[[HR:sbemail59.swf|view the Flash file for "marzipan"]]
*[[HR:ohyeahyeah.mp3|download the mp3 of the original "Oh Yeah Yeah"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]] [[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]

User:Huwmanbeing

Huwmanbeing — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:20:02 GMT

Huwmanbeing:

'''Huwmanbeing''' joined the HR Wiki on January 14, 2005.

Marzipan

Huwmanbeing — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:18:35 GMT

Huwmanbeing: Removed the editorial 'incredibly' from before 'poor quality'

[[Image:marzipan.png|thumb|"Say hi, Carol."]]

{{aboutcharacter}} {{foremail|marzipan}}

== Biography ==
'''Marzipan''' is [[Homestar Runner]]'s girlfriend, although during the course of the website's run she's become more and more annoyed with her sweetheart. She has actually broken up with him on numerous occasions. Some of these break-ups were due to Homestar's unintentional mean streak, but most are simply a means of demonstrating her independence. Luckily for Homestar, Marzipan continues to love him dearly and the two always seem to wind up together again. As [[Strong Bad]] says, she's a "dirty hippie without the dirt." She is a strict vegetarian and enjoys tofu and soy products. She's a huge animal-rights activist, and she likes to sit outside and play songs about happiness. [[Marzipan's Answering Machine|Her answering machine]] is a target of pranks from Strong Bad and others.
Marzipan is the only character voiced by the talented [[Missy Palmer]], and the only main female character on the entire site. This has earned her the somewhat unwanted romantic attentions of the other characters, particularly [[Coach Z]], [[Bubs]], and [[Strong Mad]]. She tends to anthropomorphize inanimate objects, as seen with her guitar [[Carol]], [[Homestar Jr.]] from [[Where's The Cheat?]], and "Mr. Corn" and the Butternut Squashes from [[Halloween Fairstival]].

Like Homestar, Marzipan has [[Lack of Visible Arms|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 [[Wikipedia:telekinesis|telekinetic powers]]. This is never directly explained in any cartoon, nor is it expected to be explained in the future. There is a slight amount of evidence that she has invisible arms, as displayed by her slap of (and subsequent handprint on) Homestar in the [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|Search of the Yello Dello]] cartoon, but the credibility of this instance must be weighed against the toon's poor quality.

On occasion she has been easily fooled by poor attempts to imitate Homestar, such as [[Tofu Homestar]] and The Cheat's costume in [[do over#Easter Eggs|do over]]. Like the Homestar Jr. and her [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|Halloween potion]], these may simply reflect a desire to change, replace, or accept altered versions of her boyfriend. She is one of the kindest characters and is friends with pretty much everybody (even [[Strong Sad]] and [[Homsar]]) except Strong Bad and [[The King of Town]]. She also hosts a [[Fall Float Parade]] with [[Coach Z]].

There is actually proof that Homestar holds a deep, inwards feeling of contempt and resentment towards Marzipan, as shown in [[Happy Fireworks]] , when Homestar replaces Marzipan with a [[Cardboard Marzipan|cardboard cutout]] while she is out of town. When imitating her, he uses a low and sad voice, and tends to say very exaggerated complaints. In the end of the cartoon, when Cardboard Marzipan claims that fireworks promote violence, Homestar blatantly adds, "Shut up, Marzipan."

*'''Domicile:''' [[Marzipan's House]]

*'''Debut:''' [[She Loves Me!]]
*[[:Category:Marzipan Filmography|Complete Filmography]]

== Character Video Transcript ==
''{'''Page Title''': Oh Yeah Yeah!!}'' ''{'''Place:''' [[Marzipan's Gazebo]]}''

'''MARZIPAN''': Hi, I'm Marzipan, and this is my guitar Carol. Say hi, Carol. ''{performs a scale in E major}'' Ooh, E scale. Nice choice. When I'm not rockin' out, I like to dig in my garden and eat. I'm a fiercely independent woman, and I'm fiercely independent about the soy products that I choose. Homestar Runner and I ''{Homestar leans in frame}'' are one hot item when I say we are. And today we are (not).

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Yay!/Boo! ''{leans out of frame}''

'''MARZIPAN''': I like baby animals, and cats and dogs. But it makes me sad to see cats and dogs in the same room together. Okay, bye. I'm off to the Chinchilla protest.
''{She pulls out a protest sign that reads "Chinchillas OUT!! (of my basement)" and walks away}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{leaning in frame}'' Boo!/Yay! ''{leans out of frame}''

''(Sometimes Marzipan says "And today we are," to which Homestar responds "Yay!" and sometimes she says "And today we are not," in which case Homestar says "Boo!" Whichever response Homestar gives here, he gives the opposite at the end.)''

== Fun Facts ==
[[Image:grinning marzipan.png|thumb|Yes, she does have teeth.]]
* The old characters page in the museum says Marzipan's father is The King of Town, but this is the only reference to it on the site, and [[The Brothers Chaps]] have said that this was an idea they had early in the site's development but have since thrown it out.
*[[Wikipedia:Marzipan|Marzipan]] is also a confectionery consisting primarily of ground almonds and sugar that derives its characteristic flavor from bitter almonds, which constitute 4% to 6% of total almond content by weight. Most marzipan is also flavored with [[Wikipedia:rosewater|rosewater]].
*In an interview with Wired magazine, Missy Palmer said that Marzipan started out as a hippie, but over time her personality has changed to match Missy's own.
*The character page title is a reference to Marzipan's [[Oh yeah yeah|song]] from the email [[marzipan]].
{{clear}}

== Also known as... ==
*[[Old-Timey Marzipan]] ([[Old-Timey]])
*[[20X6 Marzipan]] ([[20X6]])
*[[The Angel]] ([[A Decemberween Pageant|Decemberween]])
*[[Cutesy Buttons]] ([[Dangeresque]])
*[[Cardboard Marzipan]]

=== [[Halloween Costumes]] ===
*[[Wikipedia:I Dream of Jeannie|Jeannie]] in [[Homestarloween Party]].
*[[Wikipedia:Joey Ramone|Joey Ramone]] in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
*[[Wikipedia:Scooby Doo|Velma Dinkley]] (designed, but never used in a Halloween toon).
*[[Wikipedia:Lisa Lopes|Left Eye Lopes]] in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*[http://www.tvacres.com/dolls_log_lady.htm The Log Lady] in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*[[Wikipedia:Willie Nelson|Willie Nelson]] in [[Halloween Fairstival]].
*[[Wikipedia:Beaker (Muppet)|Beaker]] in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].

==See Also==
*[[Marzipan Evolution]]
*[[Marzipan Other Costumes|Other Costumes]]
*[[Nicknames#Marzipan|Nicknames]]

== External Links ==
*[[HR:vcr_marzy.html|watch Marzipan’s character video]]
*[[HR:vcr_marzy.swf|view the Flash file for Marzipan’s character video]]
{{Characters|Marzipan}}