social topic

Zhs2

2008-10-28 07:58:09 am

Yo.

What's this Wiki Adventure thing? <_>

Quietus

2008-10-28 08:07:43 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

It's a bit of a joke that's been floating for a while.

In theory you can do it with any reasonably popular topic, but in tomatobob's example he used Batman.

You search for something in Wikipedia, and then click on one of it's related links. Once you reach the new page, you do the same again, and the idea is that you will eventually always end up at the same page. Sometimes it's only a few clicks, and sometimes it's hundreds of pages later, but it usually works.

Enjoy your Wikiventure! grin new

Cantonbags04

2008-10-28 01:03:00 pm

Samus Lauren

I tried the WikiAdventure once, but it got so long that I just got bored with it.

And had to get to class. xD

In other news, it still makes me damn happy when I randomly look up and see "the place that's crazy about canton". It's like I'm still here, even when I'm gone. :'D

JaggerG

2008-10-29 03:40:14 am

Shifty Leader

That M2k2 guy

I see the reigndog every time I see that quote.

Also I believe it's a variation of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon that had been created like a decade ago. It's a party game that has you connect any actor to Kevin Bacon in exactly 6 steps.

Acheron

2008-10-29 02:09:55 pm

Acclaimed Threshold

Constant Sorrows

Let's talk about tennis. Anyone play tennis? I like tennis.

/me goes to play tennis

nn12000

2008-10-29 03:02:17 pm

Mister ...

Tennis is great. I love tennis too. Too bad I've never really played it much outside of school.
* nn12000 joins Acheron86 in a game of tennis

arkarian

2008-10-29 03:03:39 pm

red chamber dream

I don't play much tennis, but I used it in an example on my German test a few minutes ago.

Im Mai spiele ich Tennis!

Zhs2

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Zhs2: 2008-10-29 03:18:23 pm

2008-10-29 03:14:57 pm

Yo.

I don't understand why most people highlight their /me actions on the forums in red (no offense to the minority that doesn't.) It makes them sound like they have a grudge or are otherwise angry. A softer color, like blue or white, would give more of an impression of calmer stature. Of course, if you're glaring or ready to smack someone, then red fits.

Observe:
* nn12000 joins Acheron86 in a game of tennis

Vs.

* nn12000 joins Acheron86 in a game of tennis
or even
* nn12000 joins Acheron86 in a game of tennis

Which looks more friendly to you? Course, italics works too. This is all strictly opinion, though; feel free to ignore me. >_>

Bolognab

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Bolognab: 2008-10-29 03:45:23 pm

2008-10-29 03:41:32 pm

Wow. I didn't know someone could write so much or think about so much about such a stupid and insignificant detail. Wow.

Actually, IUniverse could.

Zhs2

2008-10-29 04:13:41 pm

Yo.

Well, maybe some of us think it's not so stupid and insignificant as you do. We all have our vices.

I wouldn't write a three-page paper on this subject, though.

uNsane

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uNsane: 2008-10-29 04:18:09 pm

2008-10-29 04:14:40 pm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quote from Zhs2:

I don't understand why most people highlight their /me actions on the forums in red (no offense to the minority that doesn't.) It makes them sound like they have a grudge or are otherwise angry. A softer color, like blue or white, would give more of an impression of calmer stature. Of course, if you're glaring or ready to smack someone, then red fits.

Actually, typing /me at the beginning of a line gets parsed into BBCode as [me=<name>]stuff[/me], which is further parsed into HTML as

Code (html):

<div class="meaction">* <name> stuff</div>

having red text. Archeon's action had [i] as the first text, so his /me was not parsed.

* uNsane is done explaining.

Zhs2

2008-10-29 04:20:11 pm

Yo.

Wait, that's a BBCode thing? I had no idea it was automatic. Why red, though?

* This turns red, why?

Acheron

2008-10-29 04:23:10 pm

Acclaimed Threshold

Constant Sorrows

Dang. Bolongaburned!

* Acheron86 wasn't aware there was a special "/me" code, or he would've used it instead.

arkarian

2008-10-29 04:40:56 pm

red chamber dream

Someone clearly needs to use irc moar.

Acheron

2008-10-29 05:58:03 pm

Acclaimed Threshold

Constant Sorrows

Quote from Arkarian:

Someone clearly needs to use irc moar.

I use it plenty in IRC, just didn't know it worked on the forums.

And yeah you're right, I need to be on more. If only life would be so kind as to spare me free time... this semester sucks.

arkarian

2008-10-29 07:41:34 pm

red chamber dream

Nah, I was talking about Zhs2. I know you know it works in IRC. :P

tomatobob

2008-10-29 07:45:44 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Let's not encourage him.

Opium

2008-10-29 08:16:15 pm

Quote from Zhs2:

I don't understand why most people highlight their /me actions on the forums in red (no offense to the minority that doesn't.) It makes them sound like they have a grudge or are otherwise angry. A softer color, like blue or white, would give more of an impression of calmer stature. Of course, if you're glaring or ready to smack someone, then red fits.

Observe:
* nn12000 joins Acheron86 in a game of tennis

Vs.

* nn12000 joins Acheron86 in a game of tennis
or even
* nn12000 joins Acheron86 in a game of tennis

Which looks more friendly to you? Course, italics works too. This is all strictly opinion, though; feel free to ignore me. >_>

I couldn't finish reading this post because my eyes rolled so hard they got stuck.

nn12000

2008-10-29 08:33:08 pm

Mister ...

Quote from Opium:

I couldn't finish reading this post because my eyes rolled so hard they got stuck.

I managed to finish reading it only because I was mentioned so many times. wub

Bolognab

2008-10-29 09:01:56 pm

Why are the thread names in red font? It's scaring me. :|

Bioniclegenius

2008-10-29 09:11:53 pm

Fear Me! (Or else...)

Would you prefer they be purple with green polkadots? Lol, that'd be interesting. Maybe for Halloween, we could make them purple and orange striped! Wouldn't that be cool? For one day, let's all post with either orange or purple! That'd be awesome! Plus, it'd also make it easier to date the posts, so you could tell if you were responding to something days old or that day, without looking at the time/date stamp. Never mind. Just was a thought.

tomatobob

2008-10-29 09:27:50 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

I think it'd be cool if, just for one day, Toozin showed up and banned everybody who made posts that went nowhere. Then he could stick around and just ban people for the hell of it.

Bioniclegenius

2008-10-29 09:46:54 pm

Fear Me! (Or else...)

... and we'd have just maybe about 30 people around then, including moderaters. Ack! He'd have to ban himself then (just joking)! How would he go about that?

Zhs2

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Zhs2: 2008-10-29 10:04:31 pm

2008-10-29 10:00:58 pm

Yo.

I hate it when nobody reads my taglines. :|

I think it shoulda been read:

Quote from Zhs2:

This is all strictly opinion, though; ~~feel free to~~ ignore me. >_>

Poision Envy

2008-10-29 10:54:16 pm

Club 27 Goals

The orange on black looks great, better then White a little
White looks OK
and since when did purple have to do with Halloween?