Ads gone horribly wrong [Archive]

P-Worm

Jul 21, 2003, 11:44 AM

Off topic, but I used to play that game all of the time. It was tricky because you couldn't do anything until you watched the demo. You see, when you just started the game, you fight a boss and he would turn you into a dragon and you couldn't do anything that way. But if you watched the demo, the guy would go into a shop and look at a password and if you put in that password, you could play the game without being a dragon. I felt so cool figuring that out. Sucks to be the people that didn't figure it out though, the game would have lasted 15 minutes for them. :eek:

P-Worm

P-Worm

Jul 21, 2003, 11:46 AM

Oh and I might have figured it out:

If I recall, there wasn't a wonderboy 1 or 2 and it started at 3. At least after playing 3 I searched for 1 and 2 but never found them.

Of course I never tried looking on the internet because this was a long time ago and I'm too lazy now.

P-Worm

Flowbee

Jul 21, 2003, 11:58 AM

Why is this thread called 'Ads gone horribly wrong" and then the topic seems to be about finding a mistake on a game's packaging?

PS - I hope the answer is better than "he's not wearing pants."

wdlove

Jul 21, 2003, 12:04 PM

The octupus looking creature is definitely out of place, he's the only sea creature. Looks to me like the snail like creatures have no shell. But at least the knight, dragon, and snails are land creatures! :p

P-Worm

Jul 21, 2003, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by wdlove
The octupus looking creature is definitely out of place, he's the only sea creature. Looks to me like the snail like creatures have no shell. But at least the knight, dragon, and snails are land creatures! :p

Well, actually the octopus was a desert octopus that would jump out of the sand and spit stuff at you. But that could be the mistake he is reffering to.

P-Worm

Flowbee

Jul 21, 2003, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by P-Worm
Well, actually the octopus was a desert octopus that would jump out of the sand and spit stuff at you. But that could be the mistake he is reffering to.

P-Worm

Oh, that might explain why the octopus has hair. It's a *desert* octopus. :confused:

mc68k

Jul 21, 2003, 12:48 PM

looks like they're all scared of him....not because he's mean, but because he looks so "happy"

Royal Pineapple

Jul 21, 2003, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by P-Worm
Well, actually the octopus was a desert octopus
never incountered one of them, and i have lived in the desert for quite some time, but i guess im not looking for octopi in the desert too often.
im inclined to go with the no pants theory. im glad i wasnt the only one who couldent fuigure this out.

iAlan

Jul 21, 2003, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by Royal Pineapple
im glad i wasnt the only one who couldent fuigure this out.

I have no idea either - it justs looks crappy!!

Hurry up with the answer already...

MrMacMan

Jul 21, 2003, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by mc68k
looks like they're all scared of him....not because he's mean, but because he looks so "happy"

He looks kinda...

Flaming... Um, yeah, look he has no pants and the word 'ACTION', I don't know it looks very um yeah happy as mc68k put it.

and you never run with a sword facing up, who taught him how to use that, thats basic sword weilding skills.

eyelikeart

Jul 21, 2003, 01:06 PM

Does Wonder Boy have Braveheart style stripes painted on his face?

sparkleytone

Jul 21, 2003, 02:50 PM

lmao..took me 15 seconds to find and another MINUTE to read everyone getting it wrong.

LOOK AT THE SHIELD!!

P-Worm

Jul 21, 2003, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by sparkleytone
lmao..took me 15 seconds to find and another MINUTE to read everyone getting it wrong.

LOOK AT THE SHIELD!!

I still don't get it... :confused:

P-Worm

sparkleytone

Jul 21, 2003, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by P-Worm
I still don't get it... :confused:

P-Worm

its backwards...

P-Worm

Jul 21, 2003, 02:58 PM

How is it backwards? Shields were designed like that all of the time. You start with wood and reinforce it with steel.

P-Worm

eyelikeart

Jul 21, 2003, 02:58 PM

but it's an illustration...

I'd say yes...if it were actual props used and somehow it was stuck up backward...

I don't know...

I saw durandal7 online earlier...what the hell is it?

Mr. Anderson

Jul 21, 2003, 03:01 PM

Yeah, this is kind of lame. Elf boy also has green hair and seems way too happy ;)

So durandal, what gives?

D

pEZ

Jul 21, 2003, 03:12 PM

That's not that wierd, about the shield. Shields were pretty frequently reinforced like that - imagine hitting that shield with another sword, that would be a nice clang, followed by a debilitating vibration...

Aside from the fact that the game is called "The Dragon's Trap" and everyone is scared of Wonder Boy, so what's the point of the game...otherwise i'm going with "Wonder Boy the Pantsless Wonder", even if that does sound like a game inspired by porno mags.

When I have enough posts for an avatar, I'm totally using that box cover.

Das

Jul 21, 2003, 03:19 PM

Oh, I get it now, they mistakenly took a picture from a recent gay pride parade and put it on the cover. Anyhoo, take a look at the original Mega Man game cover if you want to see the worst box art ever, they didn't even see one screen shot before making it.
http://erikpronovost.virtualave.net/pic/megaman.jpg

iGav

Jul 21, 2003, 03:26 PM

Errr... is Wonder Boy on HRT ? looks like he's developing a pair if you catch my drift!! heh-heh!!

MrMacMan

Jul 21, 2003, 03:52 PM

Originally posted by iGAV
Errr... is Wonder Boy on HRT ? looks like he's developing a pair if you catch my drift!! heh-heh!!

Yeah he is quite 'bouncy (stream.qtv.apple.com/qtv/videoc/http/benn001/benn001_http_300_ref.mov) '

This ad just has a LOT of things wrong with it.

Looks like the the marriage scene in the little mermaid all over again. Where the preiest has his ----- pointing up...

job

Jul 21, 2003, 03:55 PM

There's some sick stuff in the Little Mermaid.

From what I've read, Disney fired the lead animator during the project. However, he was supposed to see the film through to completion then empty his desk. Apparently he added all the stuff as a way to get back at Disney. It worked. Disney didn't find out until the movie was released to the general public.

solvs

Jul 21, 2003, 03:58 PM

So, why is the thread called Ads gone horribly wrong? Seems kind-of misleading. I gave up even bothering to try to find what's wrong with the picture. I just wonder what the point of this thread is...

Not that I have anything better to do.

job

Jul 21, 2003, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by solvs
So, why is the thread called Ads gone horribly wrong? Seems kind-of misleading. I gave up even bothering to try to find what's wrong with the picture. I just wonder what the point of this thread is...

Not that I have anything better to do.

I guess if someone could find a few more ads with typos/mistakes and ask us to spot them this thread would have more of a purpose.

As such we only have the one 'ad' or cover/box art to talk about.

arn

Jul 21, 2003, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by job
There's some sick stuff in the Little Mermaid.

From what I've read, Disney fired the lead animator during the project. However, he was supposed to see the film through to completion then empty his desk. Apparently he added all the stuff as a way to get back at Disney. It worked. Disney didn't find out until the movie was released to the general public.

supposedly a myth

http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/mermaid.htm

job

Jul 21, 2003, 04:04 PM

Originally posted by arn
supposedly a myth

http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/mermaid.htm

Still doesn't explain the...ahem....'aroused' priest/bishop.. :p

Flowbee

Jul 21, 2003, 04:06 PM

Here's one...

What's wrong with this ad?

Flowbee

Jul 21, 2003, 04:07 PM

Answer:

The people using Windows Media Center are *smiling*.

(or maybe they're laughing at it)

Das

Jul 21, 2003, 04:11 PM

Originally posted by job
There's some sick stuff in the Little Mermaid.

From what I've read, Disney fired the lead animator during the project. However, he was supposed to see the film through to completion then empty his desk. Apparently he added all the stuff as a way to get back at Disney. It worked. Disney didn't find out until the movie was released to the general public.

That's happened in a lot of Disney flicks from flashing nude pics to spelling naughty words in clouds. They're run by a bunch of pervs. I mean, how blind to you have to be not to see a priest having an erection in The Little Mermaid?

MrMacMan

Jul 21, 2003, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by arn
supposedly a myth

http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/mermaid.htm
Yeah I doubt it was meant to look like that but the preist thing is genuine.

Originally posted by job
Still doesn't explain the...ahem....'aroused' priest/bishop.. :p
Nope, it doesn't.

I forget what other Disney movie has the 'Mickey Mouse Killing some other character, it was one frame and no one noticed it, also it was cut out of later versions of the movie'

Originally posted by Flowbee
Here's one...

What's wrong with this ad?
His hand went... yeah.

I'm sure it was an accident. :p

rainman::|:|

Jul 21, 2003, 04:36 PM

First off, as representative of the gay community, that guy is NOT gay... we don't want to claim him either...

secondly... while that particular Disney rumor is false, some are true, yes. Like, there is a frame of pornography in the window during like 1/2 a second that they fly by... much too fast to see, most people can't even find it on frame-by-frame...

And of course "sex" in lion king... which could have been an accident...

i don't buy that "all the teenagers take off your clothes!" line from aladin tho... BS.

pnw

dstorey

Jul 21, 2003, 04:39 PM

is it that he has his leg up and ready to break wind? ;)

scem0

Jul 21, 2003, 05:26 PM

Do you know what I think is wrong with the picture?

The fact that the "desert" :rolleyes: octopus is floating in the air.

Cool, I didn't know disney were a bunch of pervs.

I wonder what my mom will say when I tell her I want to rent the little mermaid. :eek: ;)

scem0

pEZ

Jul 21, 2003, 05:30 PM

Where on Earth has this thread gone???

That Microsoft ad is a damn good example of an ad gone bad though.

mymemory

Jul 21, 2003, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
this is like a mymemory thread where he lights a fuse then runs away... :eek:

so come on...tell us what's so wrong about it?

and technically...it's not an ad...it's a package design... ;)

Hey!!! I always show up!!! (a few days later:rolleyes: )

colocolo

Jul 21, 2003, 05:51 PM

Hey, I played WonderBoy I in arcade, and 2 and 3 in my sega master system.

And i finished the game starting as a dragon.. I have never seen the demo!
:D

It did las a long time, after you figured out where to go as a dragon, you turned into a mouse, bird, lion, etc until you fought the last dragon and turned back.. the whole storyline consisted in finding the last dragon and turning back into human shape

Originally posted by P-Worm
Oh and I might have figured it out:

If I recall, there wasn't a wonderboy 1 or 2 and it started at 3. At least after playing 3 I searched for 1 and 2 but never found them.

Of course I never tried looking on the internet because this was a long time ago and I'm too lazy now.

P-Worm

Abstract

Jul 21, 2003, 08:20 PM

Little Mermaid: The word "Sex" was spelled in the clouds.

Aladdin: Theres a scene where he flies over to Princess Jasmine's window and whispers "take off your clothes." Supposedly, he's actually saying "take off and go", but that's not what it sounds like. ;)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit: There's a scene where Jessica Rabbit and Bob Hoskin and travelling in a taxicab, crash into something (a pole), and Jessica Rabbit springs out of the taxi. The wind lifts her skirt up, and you see her "pubic region". In Canada, we call that a "beaver", but that's because Canadians are obsessed with beavers.

The spire in the Little Mermaid cartoon IS a *****. Look at it!!! The minister also gets an erection when she sits on his lap. Its supposedly his knee, but who has a knee that looks like a peepee. Ewww......and yet it turns me on.

Watching a Disney cartoon is like watching a porn for some people. Some people are sick, I tellz ya. Sick sick sick!!! :mad:

vniow

Jul 21, 2003, 08:26 PM

Originally posted by Abstract

Watching a Disney cartoon is like watching a porn for some people. Some people are sick, I tellz ya. Sick sick sick!!! :mad:

In that one movie (I forget what its called) where it had the mouse Sherlock Holmes or something, there was a small nude pic in the fire in one scene...

WinterMute

Jul 21, 2003, 08:40 PM

There's a mural of pornographic Disney scenes in an echo chamber in the CBS recording studios in NYC I think, my personal favourite was Snow White, well, the dwarves seemed to be enjoying thmselves anyway...:D

beez7777

Jul 21, 2003, 08:45 PM

so when are we gonna find out what's horribly wrong, durandal?

MrMacMan

Jul 21, 2003, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by WinterMute
There's a mural of pornographic Disney scenes in an echo chamber in the CBS recording studios in NYC I think, my personal favourite was Snow White, well, the dwarves seemed to be enjoying thmselves anyway...:D

What the hell... I've never heard that one, and I could throw a baseball into the city (meaning I'm 2 houses away from living in the city). I've love to see that mural, seems to strange to be true.

edit:
Originally posted by Abstract The minister also gets an erection when she sits on his lap. Its supposedly his knee, but who has a knee that looks like a ...
If you seen that scene, and I was trying to figure it out it pokes at her tell me how that is possible and I'll give you our grand prize* !!

*Grand Prize can be anything, everything or nothing.
The grand Prize can and will nothing you accept as reality and will force you to rethink the whole scheme in life.
Void where prohibited.

Its weird how stuff gets randomly placed, of coarse in Cartoons it was draw in and therefore no mistake, unlike movies where things can be accidental.

Like in the matrix revolution, he comes off the ship and only Neo doesn't have the wholes in the back of his head like the rest of them do. (wtf) or when they zoom into morpehus's glasses and they see the cameras refection back. :rolleyes:

eyelikeart

Jul 21, 2003, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by mymemory
Hey!!! I always show up!!! (a few days later:rolleyes: )

he he...eventually... ;)

so come on...do I have to threaten shutting this down before something happens?!

medea

Jul 21, 2003, 10:02 PM

well since this has strayed horribly away from the original posts and there have been more posts on topic about disney I'll clue you guys in on a few more (thanks to http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Disney.html ):
In "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". While Daffy and Donald have a piano duel Daffy sprouts an erection.

WDIV -TV in Detroit found a dirty word spoken in the cartoon short "The Clock Cleaner", Daffy Duck was clearly heard to say "**** You". When this was discovered, Wal-Mart pulled the video from the shelves and even though Disney denied it they still edited it and re-released it for sale.

In the movie 'The Santa Clause" the wife was given an emergency '800' phone number which was the actual number of a phone sex service.

The New York Times commented that the Pocahontas character was an "animated Playboy Centerfold that has no place in a children's movie". Disney said she was designed to "appeal to the adult male". Why adult males need to be appealed to in a children's animation? Are adult males now masturbating to Disney animations? Did Playboy increase their prices or something? Also the real Pocahontas was 12 when she met John Smith.

In 1989 Disney threatened to sue three Florida day care centers that had Mickey Mouse painted on their walls as decoration. The murals were removed. The Hanna-Barbera company contacted the centers and sent them some of their wall-ready, pre-made characters to use, and even threw them a party.

In "Toy Story", Woody mocks Buzz Lightyear's gadgets and is told he has "Laser envy"...hardly a joke a 5 year old would get..

There's more out there of course, and Disney has pulled plenty of trully evil stunts in the past other than the film stuff.

P-Worm

Jul 21, 2003, 10:06 PM

Originally posted by medea
Disney has pulled plenty of trully evil stunts in the past other than the film stuff.

Yeah, like convincing a whole generation that lemmings jump off cliffs to commit suicide.

P-Worm

MrMacMan

Jul 21, 2003, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by P-Worm
Yeah, like convincing a whole generation that lemmings jump off cliffs to commit suicide.

P-Worm
Meh, even I thought that.

Now I need to tell my smart (jerk) friend that he was wrong, oh he will be soo pleased.

Abstract

Jul 21, 2003, 11:01 PM

Hey, I have a great!! idea. Lets hang Durandal by the nuts for leaving us hanging....... http://forums.fanhost.com/forums/graemlins/icon_thumbs.gif

I can't stand it anymore. I need to know what is wrong with the Sega advert. I NEED TO KNOW!!!!

This is the worlds most belated April fools joke. :( I can just see Durandal jumping into this thread by page 5, yelling "April Fools, mofo's!!

medea

Jul 21, 2003, 11:13 PM

Ok, I've actually spent my time looking at the package and there is nothing wrong per say with it, the only thing is that the other wonder boy games featured much more serious packaging art and this is very uh, comical to say the least. that's it and I'd bet money on it.
Unless of course Durandal considers the floating octopus or the lack of shorts etc. to be "horribly wrong."

job

Jul 21, 2003, 11:18 PM

In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". not only does Animated Playboy Fantasy Esmerelda do a sexy stipper pole-dance, but Kirk Wise, director of the film, said, "I think she's the first Disney heroine to carry a concealed weapon and we're proud of that fact".

I thought that was pretty funny.

Re Sega box cover: What if he was just having a laugh? Maybe there isn't anything wrong with it, or maybe whatever he saw as wrong is trivial in comparison to what we have posted here.

job

Jul 21, 2003, 11:19 PM

Originally posted by medea
Unless of course Durandal considers the floating octopus or the lack of shorts etc. to be "horribly wrong."

What about those humping worms? ;) :p

MrMacMan

Jul 21, 2003, 11:37 PM

Originally posted by Abstract
Hey, I have a great!! idea. Lets hang Durandal by the nuts for leaving us hanging....... http://forums.fanhost.com/forums/graemlins/icon_thumbs.gif

I can't stand it anymore. I need to know what is wrong with the Sega advert. I NEED TO KNOW!!!!

This is the worlds most belated April fools joke. :( I can just see Durandal jumping into this thread by page 5, yelling "April Fools, mofo's!!

haha yeah I think someone needs to be hung for this thread.

Just tell us already.

Tho it would be great if he did do an april fools joke:

'Lozer, you gotz pwned! lol0l!' :rolleyes:

3rdpath

Jul 22, 2003, 01:38 AM

re:disney

i don't remember which pic it was in but on a wall in the background of a scene was micheal eisner's (CEO disney) home phone number. that really happened. i hear he's not well liked by many disney employees.

many disney employees refer to it as:

" the crappiest place on earth"
or
" mouse-shawitz"

among other things...

the company has a long history of unethical dealings, lost lawsuits and sanctions against their lawyers. if there was 3 strikes law for businesses, they'd a been shut down years ago.

i had a horrible experience producing two artists for them...i won't work with them anymore...i'd sling latte's at starbucks first.

BaghdadBob

Jul 22, 2003, 01:57 AM

Having worked on their ASO account for CIGNA, I can say that their health benefits are pretty good by most comparisons. They forgo a lot of prerequisite crap for alternative treatment, although they are pretty hard line about their limits. They get absolute red-phone quality service from their special account consultant(s) too, so when they need to make special exceptions it happens like a snippety-snap...the consultant says "pay it" and it gets paid.

Same benefits for the ABC and ESPN employees, of course...not that good benefits make someplace a good place to work...

Anyway. So what's so horrible wrong with the idiotically NES-typical (http://www.seanbaby.com/nes.htm) box, anyway?

krossfyter

Jul 22, 2003, 06:03 AM

okay ill give it a shot.

does the problem revolve around the contradicting image of the octopus with a canine/feline type nose? i understand its an exaggerated personified stylized cartoon illustration (which explains every other exageration... like human teeth, hair etc. ) but giving the octopus which is a sea creature a land animals breathing apparatus is going too far perhaps.

well thats my guess. im probably off because somehow i dont think that the nose issue on the octopus is a big enough issue that would go along with this "horribly wrong" thing... but again i could be wrong.

and another thing... i dont know a got dang thing about octopus other then the usual... sea creatures, have tentacles, slippery as hell and so on.

medea

Jul 22, 2003, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
Anyway. So what's so horrible wrong with the idiotically NES-typical (http://www.seanbaby.com/nes.htm) box, anyway?

Actually it's not a typical NES box, it's a typical Sega Mastersystem box, they are the ones that always seemed to have the graph in the background...
the cheesy factor though was very typical in original NES packaging.

Oh here is another really bad example of Sega box art.

MrMacMan

Jul 22, 2003, 01:02 PM

Originally posted by medea
Actually it's not a typical NES box, it's a typical Sega Mastersystem box, they are the ones that always seemed to have the graph in the background...
the cheesy factor though was very typical in original NES packaging.

Oh here is another really bad example of Sega box art.

haha, great stuff.

'Pro Wrestling, WHERE YOU CAN WRESTLE EVERYTHING, INCLUDING YOUR OWN HEAD!' :eek:

Um, is he coming back to the thread, somebody e-mail him or something.

mymemory

Jul 22, 2003, 01:42 PM

I do not know about you but I have a crush on Thinkerbell, I actually have a girlfriend in Germany that looks just like her, the same legs, the same but but a bit more boobs, her eyes and hair are just the same, including her hips!!!:rolleyes:

vniow

Jul 22, 2003, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by mymemory
I do not know about you but I have a crush on Thinkerbell

I remember when i was little I had a huge crush on the Little Mermaid, mmm...that full head of red hair, mmmm...

MrMacMan

Jul 22, 2003, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by mymemory
I do not know about you but I have a crush on Thinkerbell, I actually have a girlfriend in Germany that looks just like her, the same legs, the same but but a bit more boobs, her eyes and hair are just the same, including her hips!!!:rolleyes:
Very nice. :p

vniow -- if you were little don't you think you just liked the little mermaid instead of having a crush? ;)

edit: someone kill durandel. :rolleyes:

solvs

Jul 22, 2003, 03:16 PM

I had a friend who used to get wasted and talk about how much he liked the Little Mermaid. "If only she were real, man".

BTW, Durandal, did you forget about this or something? I noticed that you posted this morning.

Yes, I have no life!

question fear

Jul 22, 2003, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by vniow
I remember when i was little I had a huge crush on the Little Mermaid, mmm...that full head of red hair, mmmm...

its all about belle.
she was a NERD. she totally would have used macs. had their been macs in 1800s cartoon france.
gotta love belle.
too bad she went for the beast.
--carly

Flowbee

Jul 22, 2003, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by solvs

BTW, Durandal, did you forget about this or something? I noticed that you posted this morning.

I think he's embarrased. He was going to say "The dude's not wearing any pants! Haw haw haw."

Das

Jul 22, 2003, 04:19 PM

Alright, enough, there is nothing really incorrect about the box art, graphics aside.

Since this was clearly spawned from Slashdot's spotlight, here's the site which talked about it (http://www.kidfenris.com/wbthree.html). While your there, sit back and enjoy countless (unless you can count I guess) other examples of the need for good designers.

Mr. Anderson

Jul 22, 2003, 06:25 PM

Great find there Das! Looks like I was right about the no pants issue.

I never saw the game, sounds interesting. I played Zelda II and remember at the time that it was pretty damn cool....if they're saying this was better in some ways, guess I missed out. :D

D

Durandal7

Jul 22, 2003, 06:37 PM

Actually I didn't find anything wrong with it. It was a psychological experiment to see how worked up people would get over the lack of a response.

In short, a mind game.

Why Wonder Boy? Because it was a badly designed image that is vaguely suggestive if that is how your mind works. It was poorly designed and ridiculous enough for people to invent something that wasn't there.

Kudos on tracking it to it's original source. You may now hang me by my nuts.

eyelikeart

Jul 22, 2003, 06:37 PM

what a gyp... :rolleyes:

Mr. Anderson

Jul 22, 2003, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by Durandal7
In short, a mind game.

After there were many replies and you hadn't showed up again - I was thinking you were playing games.

Don't do it in the future - someone might get upset, then we have to clean things up and that causes us more work, which means we'll take care of the source of the extra work ;)

D

Durandal7

Jul 22, 2003, 06:51 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
After there were many replies and you hadn't showed up again - I was thinking you were playing games.

Don't do it in the future - someone might get upset, then we have to clean things up and that causes us more work, which means we'll take care of the source of the extra work ;)

D

Will do, it was a one-time thing. Just curious.

I am leaving on vacation tommarow so just be grateful I didn't string you along all week ;)

Mr. Anderson

Jul 22, 2003, 06:55 PM

After Das provided the link to the art review it pretty much settled it - I imagine if you came back in a week you would have had to resurrect it.

Have a good vacation :D

D

Abstract

Jul 22, 2003, 06:56 PM

Originally posted by Durandal7
Kudos on tracking it to it's original source. You may now hang me by my nuts.

*grabs the noose, realizes that it's too big, and grabs the small noose*

Bastard. :p

So I guess this WAS basically a belated April Fools joke. :mad:

Durandal7

Jul 22, 2003, 07:05 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Have a good vacation :D

D

Thanks :)

I really didn't think it would escalate this far. I was amazed when I logged on and saw 71 posts in such an incredibly inane thread :eek:

I have now proved that chaos theory can be easily applied to a group of people. A single short post that alludes to something somehow caused a large group of people to begin arguing amongst themselves and going after the poster. I find it all rather educational. :p

Flowbee

Jul 22, 2003, 07:24 PM

Originally posted by Durandal7

I have now proved that chaos theory can be easily applied to a group of people. A single short post that alludes to something somehow caused a large group of people to begin arguing amongst themselves and going after the poster. I find it all rather educational. :p

Um... isn't that proved on this site every day?

And now how will you apply your new-found knowledge?

Dros

Jul 22, 2003, 07:32 PM

Originally posted by Flowbee
I think he's embarrased. He was going to say "The dude's not wearing any pants! Haw haw haw."

Yeah, I think you're right with this one. He then attempts to cover up with bluster about chaos theory to make it seem like he was setting up a clever experiment rather than having come up with a lame punch line.

I didn't realize chaos theory had anything to do with asking people to find a mistake and then being surprised they take some guesses. :D

solvs

Jul 22, 2003, 07:43 PM

I'm glad I didn't bother trying to find the answer. Just thought it was funny that this thread was still going. Was kinda curious to see if there was an answer, but now I'm kinda disappointed it was just a joke... I mean, experiment.

Figured you'd be gone for days, but then I saw that you had posted this morning.

I still don't care enough to be angry.

MrMacMan

Jul 22, 2003, 07:46 PM

Originally posted by Durandal7
Thanks :)

I really didn't think it would escalate this far. I was amazed when I logged on and saw 71 posts in such an incredibly inane thread :eek:

I have now proved that chaos theory can be easily applied to a group of people. A single short post that alludes to something somehow caused a large group of people to begin arguing amongst themselves and going after the poster. I find it all rather educational. :p

In Short -- I'm gonna frikken kill you.

There were so many things wrong, its not even funny.

Look you made people wait, that was key to your sicko experiment, if you had done it yesterday it wouldn't of worked, and if you had done it tommorow everyone would be pissed at you because you suck anyway.

No Offense, I don't like being playied, you suck.

applemacdude

Jul 22, 2003, 07:58 PM

LOL, durandel7 got us all. I really tought that there was something wrong with it.

Das

Jul 22, 2003, 07:59 PM

I think you're missing the most horrible thing of all, he made us look a man marching around with no pants on for hours! I tell ya, I didn't like it at my family reunion and I don't like it now. And don't pull Chaos Theory into it, what does Jurassic Park have to do with anything? However, I will say it was the best trick ever and as such, list your address for your commemorative trophy...hmm...where's that shovel...always the last place you look I swear...