445 posts! Wooow.... (and your moderator is a sad, sad, sad

Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Thu Dec 07, 2000 12:51 pm

I'm overwhelmed. Forum readers like me! They REALLY like me!!! I'm in the top 20 of the busiest forums.Actually, and now I show myself up as a Really Sad Person... I just snicked off and did a quick tally of forum posts and totals. Boring stuff!As at 20:40 07/12/00 the 20 most popular forums with over 100 posts were:Shinkutokimekisempukaku - 3798
Boxjam's Doodle - 2192
Chopping Block - 1614
Nowhere Man - 1165
Pimp Cow - 1065 
Six Foot Peter - 1023
Gene Catlow - 938
Jackie's Fridge - 825 (1468 counting all 3 JoBeth forums)
Exploitation Now - 709
The Sporkman Chronicles - 674
Unnatural, but true! - 564 
The Adventures of Ronnie Raccoon - 560
Aren't We Real - 542
Framed - 530
Pocket - 527 
Ghostz - 485
Blotto Street - 445
Diabolica - 423
JoBeth! - 368
C.Ulture Shocked - 299(and the next 10:)
Sketch Of Love - 297
Tonja Steele - 275 
Randym Thoughts - 206
What/s A Life? - 205 
Life on Forbez - 202
Untitled Again - 184 
Merlin's Crew - 157
Together We Fall - 153
Arrogance in Simplicity - 145
Psychic Dyslexia Institute - 141Well, no surprises with Shinky-and-all-the-rest-of-it there... especially as they were aptly described as "psycho posters"

but actually, you know, it more or less sums up the 'Space comics which we hear most of. But you never know what will happen, a posting flurry can dramatically change anyone's rankings and there were quite a few new forums added.Mab

Flux · Post by **Flux** » Fri Dec 08, 2000 2:38 am

Can you lend me some of your posts, I want to see the GWTP forum up there in the top 20 <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">Gijs ------------------
<A HREF="http://gwtp.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Get with program</A>

Gwalla · Post by **Gwalla** » Fri Dec 08, 2000 3:29 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Maboo:
Willis?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>American 80s TV reference. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>ps: For the records, I have nothing against Shinkokimesempublahblahblahkaku, it's just got one of those names you just have the URGE to butcher.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Heh...it's actually already butchered. It's a mishearing of a move from the Street Fighter games ("Shin tatsumakisempukyaku", meaning "Super Hurricane Kick").There are a lot of those BTW. Since most of the words are in Japanese, but American players weren't expecting that, people tried to fit what they were hearing to words they knew. For example, "tatsumakisempukyaku" (which was pretty garbled in Street Fighter 2) always sounded like "electric blue kick" to me. Likewise, "shoryuken" sounds sort of like "all you can".Capcom even made fun of that with the "Sodom" character in Street Fighter Alpha, who is an American who tries to be as Japanese as possible but fails miserably--he wears a Samurai helmet with a football outfit, and says mangled Japanese-made-into-English phrases like "Dye job death car?" (instead of "daijoubu desu ka?" which means "are you all right?")Thus ends my offtopic ramblings about Street Fighter. It won't happen again, I promise. Unless I forget. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">------------------
"Truth hides on the other side of a two-way mirror
In countless documents sent straight to the shredder
That might finally give us the whole of the picture
But until the day we decide to dig a little deeper
We know that truth will hide
Under fallen rocks and stones
At the end of a disconnected phone
Down an unmarked street
And buried, deep beneath your feet."
- Asian Dub Foundation, "Truth Hides" from Community Music

Baka_sama317 · Post by **Baka_sama317** » Fri Dec 08, 2000 6:23 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by gwalla:
 knew. For example, "tatsumakisempukyaku" (which was pretty garbled in Street Fighter 2) always sounded like "electric blue kick" to me. Likewise, "shoryuken" sounds sort of like "all you can".
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>For me, these sounded like "spinning star kick" and "sure you can" respectively.

Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Fri Dec 08, 2000 7:16 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flux:
Can you lend me some of your posts, I want to see the GWTP forum up there in the top 20 <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">Gijs <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>But hey, just because it's in the top 20 it doesn't mean it's QUALITY stuff!!! (ahem, ahem, refraining from comment about cliqu

Damonk13 · Post by **Damonk13** » Fri Dec 08, 2000 7:49 am

you best not be talkin' 'bout my forum, Willis!------------------
"Woohoo! I FINALLY thought of a witty qu~~
DAMMIT. I can't remember what it was now...
But, man. It was witty. Whoo.
Honest.
...
...
OK.
So I got nothing."
--damonk13
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Lord Emsworth · Post by **Lord Emsworth** » Fri Dec 08, 2000 9:03 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Maboo:
As at 20:40 07/12/00 the 20 most popular forums with over 100 posts were:Shinkutokimekisempukaku - 3798
Boxjam's Doodle - 2192
Chopping Block - 1614
Nowhere Man - 1165
Pimp Cow - 1065 
Six Foot Peter - 1023
Gene Catlow - 938
Jackie's Fridge - 825 (1468 counting all 3 JoBeth forums)
Exploitation Now - 709
The Sporkman Chronicles - 674
Unnatural, but true! - 564 
The Adventures of Ronnie Raccoon - 560
Aren't We Real - 542
Framed - 530
Pocket - 527 
Ghostz - 485
Blotto Street - 445
Diabolica - 423
JoBeth! - 368
C.Ulture Shocked - 299<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Not too surprising that "Boxjam's Doodle" and "Chopping Block" are up there, and actually relatively close (pretty much the same people post to both forums, including the respective artists, and most frequent "Diabolica" as well), but that both were beaten by the unpronouncable forum is rather unexpected. "Pocket" and "Blotto Street" have a certain advantage, though, only in that several vocal members of the "CRFH" coterie frequent both forums (and "Gene Catlow" has quite a lot of speculation, with Mr. Schissel again being an active participant, as he appears to be in four of the top ten, counting this forum.)I still wonder why "Blotto Street" and "Boxjam's Doodle" seem to be the only Keenspace comics whose forums link back to the strips (at least so far.)

Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Fri Dec 08, 2000 9:13 am

Willis?Would I?Nah. Actually, lets face it, I'mn referring to the Shinkime-and-all-the-rest-of-it-knickers forum. Somehow when I start trying to spell that, I keep "creatively" misspelling it. I'd quote a few examples, but a G-rated cartoon strip artist is on the forum <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"> <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/tongue.gif">. Another Keenspace cartoonist described the people on that forum, rather unkindly, but oddly aptly as "psycho posters ."Oh hang on. I said that before. Bad me. Repetition bad. Bad me. Bad me.*bap* <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">Mab ps: For the records, I have nothing against Shinkokimesempublahblahblahkaku, it's just got one of those names you just have the URGE to butcher.------------------
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Gwalla · Post by **Gwalla** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 1:03 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lord Emsworth:
I still wonder why "Blotto Street" and "Boxjam's Doodle" seem to be the only Keenspace comics whose forums link back to the strips (at least so far.)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ko Fight Club does too (not that the forum is very busy at all). I think you have to ask Keenspace to do it for you, although you'd think they'd just do it for everyone.------------------
"Truth hides on the other side of a two-way mirror
In countless documents sent straight to the shredder
That might finally give us the whole of the picture
But until the day we decide to dig a little deeper
We know that truth will hide
Under fallen rocks and stones
At the end of a disconnected phone
Down an unmarked street
And buried, deep beneath your feet."
- Asian Dub Foundation, "Truth Hides" from Community Music

Schissel · Post by **Schissel** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 1:16 am

Or in this direction. Here's to a discussion I look forward to learning much from (raises his cup of tea)
-Eric Schissel------------------
Why do you howl, night wind?

Vermininoh · Post by **Vermininoh** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 2:21 am

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote/The droughte of March hath poerced to the roote....What's not fun about that? Especially once you hit cheese, corn, and buckets? (I had a strange undergrad Chaucer class...Most famous comment from the prof: "People in most narratives don't have butts. They don't have genitals, and they certainly don't fart.")Chaucer is fun! especially having to explain Middle English as sounding like, "What would happen if Bob Dylan and The Swedish Chef had a love child and the child was learning French and German at the same time..."ni mitre, croune, nor diademe (bork, bork, Kill the chickie!!!!!!!)Then again, I just survived the Hamlet seminar from HELL!!!!! The prof is two years from retiring, and it showed. we spent most of the class talking about his latest creation: JonBenet: The Muscial (I do not kid) Not to mention his wives, his sex life, his true identity as melancholy Dane HIMSELF, and, of course, the good ol' days when profs could do their students!What area of lit are you studying?Poor Mab...what you must think of American academics, not to mention Americans as a whole, after all this... <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">Verm------------------
cultural terrorism should be the goal of all people witha good sense of humor. remember, bad taste is a terrible thing to waste--John Waters

Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 5:15 am

Jackie's Fridge also does, I believe, I think the JoBeth forums all have a link-back. You have to request a link back from Teri however.Mab

Damonk13 · Post by **Damonk13** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 7:42 am

hmm... i should get on that link-back thing, then...good idea, and thanks for unwittingly providing me with info! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">umm, anyone wanna unwittingly provide me with large sums of money now?...or a finished Shakespeare grad paper?------------------
"Woohoo! I FINALLY thought of a witty qu~~
DAMMIT. I can't remember what it was now...
But, man. It was witty. Whoo.
Honest.
...
...
OK.
So I got nothing."
--damonk13
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(now with Beta-Carotine and new, minty <A HREF="http://www.keenspace.com/cgi-bin/ubb/fo ... LastLogin=" TARGET=_blank>Forum</A>!)

Vermininoh · Post by **Vermininoh** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 8:59 am

A Shakespeare paper, damon???Only if you fill out my PhD apps for me this week. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">Vermin

Damonk13 · Post by **Damonk13** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 10:42 am

What's the field?

Vermininoh · Post by **Vermininoh** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 11:15 am

damon..at the moment, progressive era american lit and psychoanalysis...check my profile for my email address...we shant waste any more fo Mab's space, that is, unless he is an english major type person as well <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">Verm------------------
cultural terrorism should be the goal of all people witha good sense of humor. remember, bad taste is a terrible thing to waste--John Waters

Damonk13 · Post by **Damonk13** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 11:36 am

Chaucer, huh?This Absalon gan wype his mouth ful drie.
Dirk was the nyght as pich, or as the cole,
And at the wyndow out she put hir hole,
And Absolon, hym fil no bet ne wers,
But with his mouth he liste hir naked ers
Ful savourly, er he were war of this.
Abak he stirte, and thoughte it was amys,
For wel he wiste a wommanhath no berd.
He felte a thyng al rough and long yherd,
And seyde, "Fy, allas! what have I do?"
"Tehee," quod she and clapte the wyndow to.Now if that isn't quality literature, I don't know what is. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/eek.gif ... .....My paper was basically on Shakespeare and his conscious use of Pauline scripture in a certain grouping of plays...Prog AmLit? Psychoanalysis? Whoa, that's pretty heavy. How'd you get on that?I'm just doing a Creative Writing MA right now ~~ nothin' special, really... Though I have a few plans already for my PhD (one of them would require me to become highly proficient in Spanish, but I might have to save that one 'till after a get tenure...) And you, Mab? What's your field/specialty/particular realm of interest?

Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Sat Dec 09, 2000 12:53 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by vermininoh:
we shant waste any more fo Mab's space, that is, unless he is an english major type person as well <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.g ... OTE>Yes I am. And whilst Shakespeare may be your bugbear, mine is Chaucer. Do carry on with the literary discussion! I find this interesting.Actually - hmmm... I wasnt expecting THIS thread to take off like it did.Mab------------------
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Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Sun Dec 10, 2000 4:05 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by damonk13:
And you, Mab? What's your field/specialty/particular realm of interest? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'm particularly interested in women authors - though for a while I hated Charlotte with a vengenance after doing four solid years of Jane Eyre, first for GCSE and then for A Levels, and then I mutinied and refused to do it for a fifth year running when I retook A Level English to try and improve on my C pass - I got a B but I should have had an easy A, apparently. I wuz robbed. Anyway I no longer think Rochester should have roasted and Jane should have gone headalong over the roof, but I still don't fancy rereading Jane Eyre for a while yet. Though Villette is pretty good! (Emily, on the other hand, stinks, stinks, stinks. Wuthering Heights is a load of mewling, self-indulgently miserable pap.)Hard to say what my area is - I think Fanny Burney is rather underrated (the 18th century woman writer, and IMHO, the true creator of the popular novel - they all say it was Jane Austen, but I say it was Fanny Burney, and after all, FB was a great influence on Austen.But poetry I live for. Though I don't much care for the drippy Wordsworth/Coleridge stuff, I much prefer modern poetry and if I can, I want to concentrate on 20th century verse. Women authors and poetry, they're my two passions.Mab.------------------
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Vermininoh · Post by **Vermininoh** » Sun Dec 10, 2000 4:12 am

Mab radiates:
"But poetry I live for. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> Though I don't care much for the drippy Wordsworth Coleridge stuff, I much prefer modern poetry and if I can, I want to concentrate on 20th century verse."Who are you into? What period--early 20th, modernist, beat confessional, nature, etc...Verm, who has taught John Berryman and Diane DiPrima to unsuspecting frosh.