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{{pn|Greeting Cards|Videro Games}}
[[Image:emailbirds.PNG|thumb|Welcome to Text Quest]]
[[Image:emailbirds.PNG|thumb|Welcome to Text Quest]]
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Strong Bad kills a few email birds with one stone, and answers three emails. This email seems to take place in the Tandy 400 era.
Strong Bad kills a few email birds with one stone, and answers three emails. This email seems to take place in the Tandy 400 era.
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]]
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]
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'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]
'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]
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'''Length:''' 1:02
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'''Running Time:''' 1:02
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{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One|exclusive=TRUE}}
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== Transcript ==
== Transcript ==
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''{Strong Bad reads AB as "ab"}''
''{Strong Bad reads AB as "ab"}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Strong Bad feed horse woman poison oats. *sting* Minus 15 hit points! ''{types that as "-15 hp"}'' ''{stops typing}'' Ohh. That put me in the mood for a little text adventure. I'll talk to you guys later!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Strong Bad feed horse woman poison oats. *sting* Minus 15 hit points! ''{types that as "-15 hp"}'' ''{stops typing}'' Whoa. That put me in the mood for a little text adventure. I'll talk to you guys later!
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''{Clears screen, bring up a text adventure, with the following text on the screen:}''
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''{Clears screen, bringing up a text adventure, with the following text on the screen:}''
<blockquote class="tandy email">Welcome to Text Quest<br />
<blockquote class="tandy email">Welcome to Text Quest<br />
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== Fun Facts ==
== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
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*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad checking more than one email]].
*You can hear the hum in the background when Strong Bad speaks, implying that this was recorded before [[The Brothers Chaps]] got a better microphone and thus is an authentic old email.
*You can hear the hum in the background when Strong Bad speaks, implying that this was recorded before [[The Brothers Chaps]] got a better microphone and thus is an authentic old email.
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*These emails were originally up on the now defunct [[HR:wireless.html|WAP version]] of Strong Bad Email.
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*This email was originally up on the now defunct [[Wireless Bizness|WAP version]] of Strong Bad Email.
===Real-World References===
===Real-World References===
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*"What is dagger?" is probably a reference to how many old text adventures usually wouldn't do what you told them to.
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*"What is dagger?" is a reference to the difficulty of playing many [[Wikipedia:Text_Adventure|text adventures]], particularly older ones.  Text adventures often have a very limited vocabulary and take an extremely literal translation of what the player says.  As a result, many red herrings exist in these games&mdash;for instance, objects that are described in game text but are not actually a part of the game, like the daggers in Strong Bad's text adventure.
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**The parser in this instance is probably having trouble telling the two daggers apart, another frequent problem with early text adventures.
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===Fast-Forward===
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===Fast Forward===
*The text game probably led to [[Thy Dungeonman]], seeing as it's extremely similar.
*The text game probably led to [[Thy Dungeonman]], seeing as it's extremely similar.
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**The comment on scrolls and flasks are referenced in [[Thy Dungeonman]], for these are key items in Thy Dungeonman.
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**The comment on scrolls and [[Ye Flask|flasks]] are referenced in [[Thy Dungeonman]], for these are key items in Thy Dungeonman.
**The dagger in Thy Dungeonman that you can get without even being told about it is probably a reference to this email.
**The dagger in Thy Dungeonman that you can get without even being told about it is probably a reference to this email.
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*"[[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|Over There]]" is a place Strong Bad visited in [[vacation]].
== Related Links ==
== Related Links ==
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[[strongbad_email.exe]]
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*[[strongbad_email.exe]]
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[[Category:Strong Bad DVD]]
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[[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]]  
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[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

Revision as of 18:35, 20 February 2012

Greeting Cards Videro Games
Welcome to Text Quest

strongbad_email.exe Bonus Email #2

Strong Bad kills a few email birds with one stone, and answers three emails. This email seems to take place in the Tandy 400 era.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad

Places: Computer Room

Computer: Tandy 400

Running Time: 1:02

DVD Exclusive: strongbad_email.exe Disc One

Contents

Transcript

STRONG BAD: Okay, let's see if we can't kill a few email birds here with one big email bird killing stone. {reads email}

{Strong Bad reads the email with a drone, exactly as written}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Uh, I'm fine, Bettina. Why don't you make a sentence? {stops typing, pulls up second email} Let's see what else we've got here... {reads email}

STRONG BAD: {typing} I agree. Don't you think I agree? I agree! {stops typing, pulls up third email} And lastly... {reads email}

{Strong Bad reads AB as "ab"}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Strong Bad feed horse woman poison oats. *sting* Minus 15 hit points! {types that as "-15 hp"} {stops typing} Whoa. That put me in the mood for a little text adventure. I'll talk to you guys later!

{Clears screen, bringing up a text adventure, with the following text on the screen:}

STRONG BAD: Oooh, this is gonna be good. I hope I find some scrolls. Or maybe a flask. {typing} get dagger

{Text appears on the screen reading "What is 'dagger'?"}

STRONG BAD: {angrily} Oh, you stupid game! The dagger you just told me about!

{The Paper comes down.}

Fun Facts

Trivia

Real-World References

  • "What is dagger?" is a reference to the difficulty of playing many text adventures, particularly older ones. Text adventures often have a very limited vocabulary and take an extremely literal translation of what the player says. As a result, many red herrings exist in these games—for instance, objects that are described in game text but are not actually a part of the game, like the daggers in Strong Bad's text adventure.
    • The parser in this instance is probably having trouble telling the two daggers apart, another frequent problem with early text adventures.

Fast Forward

  • The text game probably led to Thy Dungeonman, seeing as it's extremely similar.
    • The comment on scrolls and flasks are referenced in Thy Dungeonman, for these are key items in Thy Dungeonman.
    • The dagger in Thy Dungeonman that you can get without even being told about it is probably a reference to this email.
  • "Over There" is a place Strong Bad visited in vacation.

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