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Boo .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 60
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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boojiboy7 wrote: | sawtooth wrote: | rocket-lawnchair.info |
I can only wish for this.
I can really really wish for this. |
Why ? I don't get it ? |
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Psiga .
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 124 Location: Green Valley, Henderson, NV
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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I mean, maybe the next big poll will have a more resounding winner, but so far it looks as though a lot of people like some names and a lot of people like others.
If it's set up so that appreciated contributors are allowed to link their URL and upload their banner into the rotation, it would further cement the "a community owned by the community" vibe.
I really genuinely like HSB's idea. Which may in fact be a sign of how deranged it really is! |
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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rotating domains is an idea so good I'm going to marry it _________________
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Maz .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 40
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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sawtooth wrote: | rocket-lawnchair.info |
man I always called it rocket lounger |
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Hot Stott Bot .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Psiga wrote: | If it's set up so that appreciated contributors are allowed to link their URL and upload their banner into the rotation, it would further cement the "a community owned by the community" vibe.
I really genuinely like HSB's idea. Which may in fact be a sign of how deranged it really is! |
I know what you mean! I think it is right on that border of pure genius and insanity that I almost want to see it implimented somewhere... but not somewhere I actually care about! Still, it is kind of a graceful way of dealing with the 8-million-inside-joke-domain-names-and-a-few-actually-good-ones problem... but the logistics of actually explaining this to people and how to reference the site are just mind-bending!
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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to be clear, the reason you're saying "almost" is technical feasibility, right? _________________
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Hot Stott Bot .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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What, you mean actually making a computer do that on the back-end? No that's easy. |
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Boo .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 60
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hot Stott Bot wrote: | Psiga wrote: | If it's set up so that appreciated contributors are allowed to link their URL and upload their banner into the rotation, it would further cement the "a community owned by the community" vibe.
I really genuinely like HSB's idea. Which may in fact be a sign of how deranged it really is! |
I know what you mean! I think it is right on that border of pure genius and insanity that I almost want to see it implimented somewhere... but not somewhere I actually care about! |
Multiple URLs that all connect to one main forum ? Hence multiples "names" or "domains". That would amazing... |
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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really somebody tell me this idea is unfeasible or beyond our scope before I get excited _________________
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schild .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 30
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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omfg, i'm gonna get popcorn, gimme a few, I can't wait to see how all of this plays out |
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Hot Stott Bot .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Oh god people, no. It is a horrible idea of insanity.
Oh, anyways...
Domain names are just indirection for IP addresses, you see. So you can have as many domain names you want point to a single IP address. You just have to make sure the webserver will accept those domain names, so someone would need to keep them in a text file. Then, you just have a little php script that randomly picks one and the associated banner and makes it a link. Then, just make sure you always use relative paths when setting up your site...
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boojiboy7 .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 248 Location: Yeah, THAT Cleveland.
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Boo wrote: | boojiboy7 wrote: | sawtooth wrote: | rocket-lawnchair.info |
I can only wish for this.
I can really really wish for this. |
Why ? I don't get it ? |
Metal Slug, brah. |
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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okay for real who are you schild _________________
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ajutla Moderator
Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 264 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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it's a good idea, but probably not something we should actually do. _________________
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extralife .
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 233
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Hot Stott Bot wrote: | Oh god people, no. It is a horrible idea of insanity.
Oh, anyways...
Domain names are just indirection for IP addresses, you see. So you can have as many domain names you want point to a single IP address. You just have to make sure the webserver will accept those domain names, so someone would need to keep them in a text file. Then, you just have a little php script that randomly picks one and the associated banner and makes it a link. Then, just make sure you always use relative paths when setting up your site... |
Sold. |
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Hot Stott Bot .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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ajutla wrote: | it's a good idea, but probably not something we should actually do. |
QFT |
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BalbanesBeoulve .
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 84
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Guys. It's a gimick. If it was a game, you'd be bitching about how gimicky it was. It's a "lol that's cool" idea, but it's get annoying. |
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Psiga .
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 124 Location: Green Valley, Henderson, NV
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hot Stott Bot wrote: | Oh god people, no. It is a horrible idea of insanity. |
Let me put it this way: I want to say fuck you because I totally intend to not get into this ic revival thing and your crazy idea is making me doubt my own decision.
I don't want to be in the top 5 posters again! I don't want my fingers to habitually hit the three keystrokes that take me to the forum!
Curse your idea! |
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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that comparison makes absolutely no sense _________________
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Hot Stott Bot .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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I am so confused. |
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ajutla Moderator
Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 264 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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guys psiga thinks tetris was made by russians so he has kind of a different worldview _________________
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Maz .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 40
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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famicomplex.com |
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extralife .
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 233
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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check it out: this shit is genius. When all the haters try to get on us, they won't even know what the fuck to say. It'll be great. Anyone that would be interested in a site with six hundred domain names and a million banners is probably someone we would want posting. |
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schild .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 30
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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heh |
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ajutla Moderator
Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 264 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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but extralife that would take a lot of money cash and hoes
maybe not the hoes _________________
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extralife .
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 233
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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negativedge.com
that shit is good because if you know what a negative edge is, well, that "e" is kind of negative edging right there. ZOMG
I had another one that I thought sounded good but I forgot it |
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extralife .
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 233
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Hell, why don't we just be dicks and call it newgamesjournalism.com? |
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Psiga .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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extralife wrote: | Anyone that would be interested in a site with six hundred domain names and a million banners is probably someone we would want posting. |
I'm not saying that we need to go out and register all these things at ten bucks per year a pop (after the first year discounts and so forth). Just that anybody who's part of the community and has a domain that they want to be part of the Fight Club can get that done.
Freeman, for example, could call it newgamesjournalism.com and ajutla could register tetulisu.co.jp and both of them could make banners and so forth. But they'd have to actively want to do this! It has to have a personal investment, more than just "oh shit, now we have to buy all these domains." |
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sawtooth .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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dark steve wrote: | okay for real who are you schild |
at least we know schild's mysterious website now _________________
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Psiga .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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sawtooth wrote: | dark steve wrote: | okay for real who are you schild |
at least we know schild's mysterious website now |
The one with the pop-over flash ad!
I'm glad that it was a mystery before. ;_; |
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AlphaNemesis .
Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 36
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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I can see it now! At some point the whole internet will link to the same forum! The perfect webbertron. The internet finally unified!
Also imagine the good spirited cussing and fighting in the forums about whos url is the real one.
Honestly that's some crazy shit. Exactly how I like it. |
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Swimmy .
Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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Guys you should vote using a Borda count. That way you'll get the least offensive choice. _________________
"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin |
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Jeff Garneau .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 49
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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also it would make the gimmick names that much more gimmicky
i mean
gamesarentfun.com
1down.com
lastgeneration.biz
notaku.com
boredstiq.com
lamersquarter.com
they aren't even funny!!!! |
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ajutla Moderator
Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 264 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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you must be kidding
lamersquarter is priceless _________________
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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You can't actually have that many domains without paying to register them. It'd have to be more of a hobbyist frontend thing. _________________
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Hot Stott Bot .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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youmustbekidding.com |
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Hot Stott Bot .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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dark steve wrote: | You can't actually have that many domains without paying to register them. It'd have to be more of a hobbyist frontend thing. |
Well, if people really wanted a "sane" way to do this you could have it popup a random banner underneath "the real" banner or something... or require the "real" name to be included in the banner somehow... or I don't know! And then instead of having the site actually reside with those domains, you could just have the site do a 301 Redirect of those names to the actual site.
Like you could imagine a big banner with 2ps in his Halloween costume and the text "TOUPSE.CZ", and then the real website address in the lower right hand corner...
So if someone went to:
forums.toupse.cz/viewtopic.php?t=9378
It would just redirect them to:
forums.therealname.com/viewtopic.php?t=9378
That way people will still browse the site at the real name, and the real name would always be there, but everyone could still have hi-larious inside-jokey domain names with banners and links that actually work.
So... you know... uuh... that's actually something that might be kind of cool (WITHOUT EXPLODING THE INTERNET) to discuss once the site is up!
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ajutla Moderator
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I think it's really important that, regardless of what we do, there be a clear Real Name. Mostly for reasons of focus and identity. Keeps things from being murky from the start. _________________
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chompers po pable .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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kingofposters
rocketlawnchair (awesome)
enemiedartist
onecoin
hardtype
becausevideogames
gamesarentfun
what else do we have so far?
edit)) ajutla, that banner you used for ic was legendary. i remember the thread it came from...classic.
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Boo .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Psiga wrote: | extralife wrote: | Anyone that would be interested in a site with six hundred domain names and a million banners is probably someone we would want posting. |
Just that anybody who's part of the community and has a domain that they want to be part of the Fight Club can get that done.
Freeman, for example, could call it newgamesjournalism.com and ajutla could register tetulisu.co.jp and both of them could make banners and so forth. But they'd have to actively want to do this! It has to have a personal investment, more than just "oh shit, now we have to buy all these domains." |
This is the greatest invention of the universe, ever. |
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dmauro .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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chompers po pable wrote: | kingofposters
rocketlawnchair (awesome)
enemiedartist
onecoin
hardtype
becausevideogames
gamesarentfun
what else do we have so far? |
arcadeconsole
insertcartridge
2cc
saveandcontinue
heylisten (no one gave this one any attention, but it's really clever)
edit: rocket lawnchair is awesome of course, but it's an internet in-joke instead of an IC in-joke, which is even worse.
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Psiga .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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insertcartridge and saveandcontinue are two good donations from the TGQ end.
I propose that the one true and real name be a name that nobody registers a domain for. It can be called something, like "postmodern" or whatever, but all referring domains and rotating banners will be other names. |
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dmauro .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Also, I think if there were multiple domain names, no matter what you entered, it should automatically force you to a random alternate domain for the site. So when you go to newgamesjournalism.com, you end up at toups.cx, but your'e still at the forums all the same.
It's such a stupid idea that it's perfect for a bunch of people just trying to make some new forums to hang out at. |
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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i'm cooling on this idea wherefore went my earlier excitement guys _________________
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Boo .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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dmauro wrote: | Also, I think if there were multiple domain names, no matter what you entered, it should automatically force you to a random alternate domain for the site. So when you go to newgamesjournalism.com, you end up at toups.cx, but your'e still at the forums all the same.
It's such a stupid idea that it's perfect for a bunch of people just trying to make some new forums to hang out at. |
+ new sites can add their domain. It can grow. |
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Hot Stott Bot .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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I made it uncool by proposing a slight variation that made it not as chaotic or as mindbendingly fucked up in the head? |
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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actually no I like that idea
I think initially I envisioned it where each domain would present the site with a completely different layout and various forum people could build and swap them and we'd have topics and it'd be like playing house but with bold industrial design _________________
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Psiga .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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dark steve wrote: | actually no I like that idea
I think initially I envisioned it where each domain would present the site with a completely different layout and various forum people could build and swap them and we'd have topics and it'd be like playing house but with bold industrial design |
I proposed something like that initially, but figured that it was too bitchy to implement. HSB's idea of randomness leading to a single thing is nice. If people want alternate color schemes, they can configure something in their profile. |
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Mr Mustache .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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What about something onomatopoeic, like pewpewpew.com, or some such?
I also like heylisten.com quite a lot. _________________ Straight up |
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chompers po pable .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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quartercirclejerk.com
videogameforumfullofscenekids.com |
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