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[[The Brothers Chaps]]' office/workplace in Decatur, [[Georgia]], has frequent appearances in DVD bonus content. It is a multi-room office residing in the basement of Suburban Plaza, a "depressing [[Wikipedia:strip mall|strip mall]]" that they began using around the beginning of 2004.
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[[The Brothers Chaps]] home in Atlanta, Georgia, has frequent appearences in DVD Bonus Content. It combines as a one or two floor house with an office where they work, a sound room, a gaming lounge, and much more.
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==The Office==
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[[Image:Making of 100 email.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Working at the office.]]
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The Brothers' main office is the room where (presumably) most of the animation and graphics work for Homestar Runner is done. Its walls are painted just like the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], and it contains of 2 or 3 Dell laptops on a desk, a TV, and a water cooler just beside the entrance door.
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The desk also has a Mac, on which the work for the DVDs is done. It has a [[Wikipedia:Apple Cinema Display|Cinema Display]] and Apple keyboard. What its model is is unknown. Since it uses a first-generation model of Apple's Cinema Display that was sold from late 1999 to mid 2004, the most logical choices are that this Mac is either a [[Wikipedia:Power Mac G4#DDR Models|MDD Power Mac G4]] or an early [[Wikipedia:Power Mac G5|Power Mac G5]], assuming they bought it when they began working on [[strongbad_email.exe]]. However, it's uncertain how long they've used a Mac, so this could very well be as old as an original PowerMac G4.
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[[Image:Making of 100 email.jpg|thumb|right|220px||Working at the office.]]
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==The Sound Room==
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The office is a room with the walls painted like the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]. This is where The Brothers Chaps spend most of their day, animating. Walking in through the space where there should be a door, present on the just right of you, against a wall, is a [[Water Cooler]]. Pushed to the right wall of the room, is a teacher's desk, with a computer with a compltetely white keyboard, and white moniter. Possibly an Apple II, which during normal hours of Homestar Runner is used by [[Ryan Sterritt]]. Directly North of there, on the desk is a gray laptop with a dark keyboard, and a real, non laptop, white computer mouse with a small printer on the left of it. Mainly used by [[Matt Chapman]]. To the left, a seperate, greenish, table is pushed right next to the desk. There in the middle of the table is a black laptop, with a real mouse (white). Mainly used by [[Mike Chapman]].
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[[Image:sample_of_style_screenshot_2.jpg|thumb|right|200px||[[Matt Chapman]] with the [[Old-Timey]] filter in the Sound Room.]]
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The sound room is where the vocals, music and other audio for the website are produced. It is "fairly soundproofed", and has about 5 keyboards, a cabinet, a microphone, and one of The Brothers Chaps' Dell computers (specifically, either a 2300C or 2400C Dimension) with A215 computer speakers and a [[They Might Be Giants]] [http://tmbg-catalog.stores.yahoo.net/m.html mousepad]. A window in it looks out to [[Office_of_The_Brothers_Chaps#Videlectrix Office|another part]] of their office.
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==[[Videlectrix Office]]==
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[[Image:Videlectrix Office.png|thumb|right|220px|Home to Videlectrix, uh, where is everybody?]]
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[[Videlectrix]]'s office is, as you would expect, where Videlectrix uses computers, to make video games. The blue walls have the Videlectrix logo, with a window leading to the [[Office_of_The_Brothers_Chaps#The Sound Room|sound room]] just under it. There are some framed cover artworks of their video games, such as [[StrongBadZone]] and [[Thy Dungeonman]]. An old [[Apple IIe]] computer lays on a wooden table.
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This room is a white room in which The Brothers Chaps make all of the sound, like music, voices for characters, sound effects. It consists of a metal cabinet against a wall, and above that, a huge cork board is hanging on the wall with hair metal band photos on it. To the left, there are two elctronic pianos on a stand. One which is standing in normal position, is entirely made of wood, except for the keys. As for the other one, which is much bigger then the other and black, standing higher then the first keyboard, is slanted a bit so the keys are facing you. At the wall, there is one more black keyboard, which is normal, yet standing on it's left side, and against a wall. To the right, a computer table is present. A computer, small, which is standing on the table. Just in front of that, there is a dell mouse on [http://tmbg-catalog.stores.yahoo.net/m.html a mousepad], with to the left you can see a black, thin, dell moniter, right of that there is a dell speaker, with a black handle, and gray head. A black keyboard is around there. Also, on the floor standing is a silver mic stand with a gray headed, black handeled microphone.
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[[Image:Sample of Style Too2.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Matt and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] in the green room.]]
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Some of the [[Puppet Stuff]] is filmed within this room. The wall has been painted a fluorescent green color, so [[Wikipedia:Chroma key|chroma key]] software can be used to replace the green with an image or video background. Within it lie a tripod, some various props, and lighting fixtures. The room appeared in various [[Peasant's Quest]] bonus content on [[Everything Else, Volume 1]], and in [[Sample of Style Too]]. It is not known whether it is a full room in the office or just a part of another room. It has been shown to have an original version of the [[Wikipedia:iMac G5|iMac G5]]. However, it has not been shown running, so it is not known if it is used regularly, if at all. Also, the puppet version of [[Tangerine Dreams]] lies within the floor of the room, which, as it is in animation, an orange [[Wikipedia:iMac G3#iMac (slot-loading)|slot-loading iMac G3]]. This was probably bought between late 1999 to mid 2000, when the slot-loading G3 was available in that color.
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==Storage Room==
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A storage room, consisting of many random objects and used props, some extra water bottles for the water cooler, along with a microwave and mini-fridge, is also present in the office. It has so far only been seen in the [http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=theinterview Emotion Eric Interview].
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Revision as of 15:45, 28 December 2016

The Brothers Chaps' office/workplace in Decatur, Georgia, has frequent appearances in DVD bonus content. It is a multi-room office residing in the basement of Suburban Plaza, a "depressing strip mall" that they began using around the beginning of 2004.

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The Office

Working at the office.

The Brothers' main office is the room where (presumably) most of the animation and graphics work for Homestar Runner is done. Its walls are painted just like the Basement of the Brothers Strong, and it contains of 2 or 3 Dell laptops on a desk, a TV, and a water cooler just beside the entrance door.

The desk also has a Mac, on which the work for the DVDs is done. It has a Cinema Display and Apple keyboard. What its model is is unknown. Since it uses a first-generation model of Apple's Cinema Display that was sold from late 1999 to mid 2004, the most logical choices are that this Mac is either a MDD Power Mac G4 or an early Power Mac G5, assuming they bought it when they began working on strongbad_email.exe. However, it's uncertain how long they've used a Mac, so this could very well be as old as an original PowerMac G4.

The Sound Room

Matt Chapman with the Old-Timey filter in the Sound Room.

The sound room is where the vocals, music and other audio for the website are produced. It is "fairly soundproofed", and has about 5 keyboards, a cabinet, a microphone, and one of The Brothers Chaps' Dell computers (specifically, either a 2300C or 2400C Dimension) with A215 computer speakers and a They Might Be Giants mousepad. A window in it looks out to another part of their office.

Videlectrix Office

Home to Videlectrix, uh, where is everybody?

Videlectrix's office is, as you would expect, where Videlectrix uses computers, to make video games. The blue walls have the Videlectrix logo, with a window leading to the sound room just under it. There are some framed cover artworks of their video games, such as StrongBadZone and Thy Dungeonman. An old Apple IIe computer lays on a wooden table.

Green Screen Room

Matt and Mike in the green room.

Some of the Puppet Stuff is filmed within this room. The wall has been painted a fluorescent green color, so chroma key software can be used to replace the green with an image or video background. Within it lie a tripod, some various props, and lighting fixtures. The room appeared in various Peasant's Quest bonus content on Everything Else, Volume 1, and in Sample of Style Too. It is not known whether it is a full room in the office or just a part of another room. It has been shown to have an original version of the iMac G5. However, it has not been shown running, so it is not known if it is used regularly, if at all. Also, the puppet version of Tangerine Dreams lies within the floor of the room, which, as it is in animation, an orange slot-loading iMac G3. This was probably bought between late 1999 to mid 2000, when the slot-loading G3 was available in that color.

Storage Room

A storage room, consisting of many random objects and used props, some extra water bottles for the water cooler, along with a microwave and mini-fridge, is also present in the office. It has so far only been seen in the Emotion Eric Interview.

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