Talk:Strong Bad Email

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Protection

I think that this page should be protected. The barrage of trolls has been pretendous. Nobody wants to open the sbemails page and see a bunch of gibberish and swears. Your thoughts?

Protecting the Main Page was one thing; it's a page that, by its very nature, shouldn't change very often or contain any particular insight into the H*R site. This page, though, changes every week (if TBC are feeling industrious) and allows for Fun Facts. I think that if we locked down this page, it would discourage new editors and be antithetical to the concept of a Wiki. -- FortyTwo 22:14, 30 Jan 2005 (MST)

Maybe a semi-protection. Only members can edit. Very few logged in people troll pages, as they're easier to bust. This would cut down on trolling without killing the point of a wiki. -- nintendorulez 09:34, 14 Mar 2005 (MST)

Has this page been trolled? Pop tire 21:51, 24 Mar 2005 (MST)

nintendorulez- this is impossible. Only full protection or none.

Pop tire- yes. Check the history. →[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

Opening the Menu

Did anyone else notice that Strong Bad no longer types "dir/p" to load the e-mails menu? (He types "strongbad_email.exe" now.) I'm wondering where to put it (if it belongs at all).—StrongstarRunbad 21:08, 10 Dec 2004 (MST)

Eh, it probably doesn't belong. Besides, he changed from "list_files" on the Tandy to "dir/p," and that wasn't noted. Dropping the idea.—StrongstarRunbad 21:13, 13 Dec 2004 (MST)

a> Prompt Location

In some of the e-mails, the a> prompt appears just below the e-mail when it loads. In others, it appears on the bottom of the screen. Should that be noted somewhere for each of the emails? Or is it just an insignifigant technicality, like the number of times SB moves his head back and forth in the e-mail? Wait-maybe we should put that in too... I would be glad to work on this if people think its worthwhile. -pianoplayerontheroof

Hmm... I'm curious. I'm sure if you were going to go through every email you could come up with a whole page for the prompt. And there's also the prompt in the main Strong Bad Email menu too. Go for it. -- Tom 09:08, 3 Jan 2005 (MST)

Oooh, and you could include the stuff they are talking about in Talk:Strong Bad Email#Opening the Menu. -- Tom 09:10, 3 Jan 2005 (MST)

but-looking back- does this info really have a purpose? I mean, it kinda makes sense to have all the page titles, but the position of the prompt and what SB types, all on different pages? maybe some kind of chart with them all on it... I don't know how to make charts in de Wiki. guess I could try to figure it out. --Pianoplayerontheroof

Purpose? Well, we are the place to learn everything there is to know about Homestar Runner. And don't worry about any kind of table format or anything, someone else could do that. -- Tom 09:43, 4 Jan 2005 (MST)

No Fun Facts any longer

I noticed that User:Kemek changed all fun facts to "Trivia", as well as made some other sections. I rather have a full fun facts section back. Anyone? →[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

I didn't intend to eliminate the Fun Facts section. Rather, the plan is to separate them into categories to prevent the kind of confusion that ensues each time a new Strong Bad Email is released. There's been discussion on several pages as to what to do and this seemed like the consensus. If I'm mistaken please accept my apologies; I only want to do what's best for the Wiki. Kamek 19:02, 11 Jan 2005 (MST)

Personally I'm fond of Jay and Kamek's ideas, but there's plenty of room for differing opinions, so please take your comments to the page(s) Kamek mentioned. — InterruptorJones[[]] 19:05, 11 Jan 2005 (MST)

And now he's changed them all back?! Did someone not like the new format or something? --Jay 19:08, 16 Jan 2005 (MST)

Superbowl Dealie

I put a message similar to this on the page for Superbowl Dealie, but since it's recieved no response yet, I may as well ask here.

Basically, I feel Superbowl Dealie deserves to be on the list of Not Quite Strong Bad Emails (since it mentions outright at the end of that toon that the SBemail was going to be late that week), but I don't know when it was put up chronologically speaking. Does anyone have any ideas? --TheNintenGenius 22:51, 19 Jan 2005 (MST)

That's ironic that your discoveries of the Not Quite Strong Bad Emails coincidedished with my quest to make complete updates lists for

'03 and '02. So there's your spot in the sequence of e-mails. 59-60. Hope that helped. [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 23:54, 28 Feb 2005 (MST)

It's not a "Strong Bad Email," It's more like a notice. -Poofy

Confirmation by TBC

I just noticed the (Note: It has been confirmed by the Chapman Brothers that Coach Z says "crack") following the Coach Z rap. I've removed the note, as we don't like to have things like that in articles. However, is this true? Did The Brothers Chaps actually confirm this? And if so, how? -- Tom 12:13, 28 Jan 2005 (MST)

Huzzah?

I don't know about any of you other guys, but I didn't hear Strong Bad say "huzzah"... it sounded more like "hey hah". Am I the only one who heard this? -Cirrial

I clearly hear "huzzah" both at the beginning and end of the rap. Due to his accent and the sound quality, though, it may not be clear, but the Zs (almost Ss, especially the first) are audible. But I know some third party is going to come in and contradict me as someone always does when I make assertions like these. 9_9 --Jay 01:35, 9 Feb 2005 (MST)

Never mind, I hear it now. ^^ -Cirrial

Yeah, I hear "Hey Hah", too. Maybe we should change it.

Did I calls it or did I calls it? --Jay 12:12, 24 Feb 2005 (MST)

I clearly hear "hazzah," there are z's in there →evin290 12:23, 24 Feb 2005 (MST)

Pictures

Hey, I was wondering where I could get jpgs of emails 17-125. I'm working on an email collage. -68.100.170.134

Each Strong Bad Email has it's own article with an image included, so you might want to look there. All the Strong Bad Email articles can be found on this the Strong Bad Email page. -- Tom 12:14, 25 Feb 2005 (MST)

Don't forget your print screen button for screenshots. -- nintendorulez 08:18, 6 Apr 2005 (MDT)

Email Raps on separate page

I'm thinking that the various raps could be spun off onto a separate page. Strong Bad Email Raps perhaps. Thoughts? - Dr Haggis - Talk 20:06, 28 Feb 2005 (MST)

Sounds do-able to me. How about the same for page titles and menus? Would Strong Bad Email Menus and Strong Bad Email Page Titles be worth it? I know the page title section is a bit long. -- Tom 20:33, 28 Feb 2005 (MST)

I third that motion. It'll condence this page, and make the raps more distinguished. I like grouping the raps with the menus on a seperate page, but is a special page just for 'page titles' really needed? I feel that can still live comfortably on the main Strong Bad Emails page for the time being. Or alternativly group all three on the same page, under ummm... I can't think of a good name. Just something that sums up all three catergories. Up to you guys though. That's just my two cents.

[[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 00:02, 1 Mar 2005 (MST)

Suggestions for a page consising of the Strong Bad Email raps, page titles, adn additional menu pages : - Dr Haggis - Talk 17:38, 2 Mar 2005 (MST)

Strong Bad Email Details
Strong Bad Email Appendix
Strong Bad Email Supplement

I'm liking what Tom suggested- Strong Bad Email Menus and Strong Bad Email Page Titles, as is follows along with Strong Bad Email By Place and Strong Bad Email By Name. But I do agree something needs to be done- it looks pretty bad right now. →[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

SBEmail by Time

I don't know about you guys, but I for one would really like to be able to see all the e-mail lengths at a glance. I think it would be nice if someone made a page which had all the e-mails in order from biggest to smallest. --Joshua 16:11, 19 Mar 2005 (MST)

i think it would be cool to have a running poll of the best email ever. i dont know how u would go about somthing like that, so any thoughts would be nice.

Time those DVD ones

Can anyone time the DVD-only emails? - Joshua 02:24, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'll do it. I can do it nine times! But I'll only do it once. --Jay 02:30, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

All right, I got 'em. Time to add 'em to the articles and the By Length page. --Jay 02:39, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Question: Why cant someone record the DVD emails and post it on the wiki? --Posted by -erson 01:17, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If we recorded the stuff from the DVD there would be no reason to buy it, which mean TBC will lose money. →FireBird

True true. Plus, It could be breaking Fair Use. Stupid me--Posted by -erson 01:24, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Homsar not main character

correct me if in wrong but he has been in like two or three cartoons or emails combined

Homsar is a main character. Homsar has a character page, which classifies him as a main character. --Gafaddict 23:42, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

He's appeared in around 24 episodes, actually. Go here for the full list. -- Joshua 18:31, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Homsar has:

A character video

A figurine. In fact, said figurine is currently sitting on my shelf.

Directly interacted with the main characters (of the characters SB has "created", I'm pretty sure Senor Cardgage was the only other character to do that.)

A larger filmography than any non-main character AFAIK (smaller than all the other main characters, though.)

When the main cast is assembled or referred to for whatever reason (all recent Halloween toons if he's unlocked, flashback, your friends, rock opera), Homsar is there.

Homsar is a main character. --Jay (Talk) 20:03, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Computer?

Should we really have the computer Strong Bad uses up at the top of every email? That doesn't seem like useful information. -- Joshua 18:31, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Answer

I've heard some people here got their E-mail answered in the weekly Sbemail. I'm wondering, does Strong Bad actually send something back? Kvb 20:33, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

He did. See Fun Facts on the Strong Bad Email page to see what he used to write back to you. →FireBird

I read that. But you won't get a real answer, not even if your E-mail made it to that weeks Sbemail? Kvb 20:39, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Nope. Not anymore. →FireBird

New email format...

For a long while now, I've been somewhat annoyed that we use pre tags to do Strong Bad Emails (even though I think it was initially my idea). I've set up a blockquote class in the stylesheet, so we can now do Strong Bad Emails like this (edit this page to see how I did this):

Dear Strong Bad,

Do you take your wrestling mask and boxing
gloves off before you go to bed?

Sincerely,
Abdi LaRue
San Diego, CA

I want to throw this out there and see if the community would support this. The only annoyance is we have to start adding br tags so we can keep the formatting. If people like this, we can add it to the projects page and start editing all 129 emails. What does everyone think? — Joey (talk·edits) 18:06, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

At the very least, I think the style should be amended to keep the border and the different colored background. It makes it easily recognizable and distinguished. But I also like the old Courier font... maybe because it just says "email" to me. I dunno—I guess I could live without the font, but I really think the border should stay. — It's dot com 18:54, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I am using the Courier font in the stylesheet. It shows up correctly for me. Just to make sure you're seeing it correctly, could you do a hard-refresh of the page for me? Thanks. —

Joey (talk·edits) 19:03, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm thinking no. Too fancy. --Gafaddict 18:57, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

What do you mean, too fancy? Can you be more specific? Thanks. —

Joey (talk·edits) 19:04, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Strong Bad's head. I find that to just be going a bit extreme. The Lappy-colored border and black background, however, I like. --Gafaddict 19:05, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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