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Strong Bad Creators Interviewed

Posted by timothy on from the oh-one-thirty-oh-three dept.

Bill Hughes writes "The folks over at ResExcellence have posted an interview with the Brothers Chapman, the two guys who create and run the Homestar Runner/Strong Bad web site." If you have not seen homestarrunner, prepare to be baffled and amused. This site has mostly justified Flash to me :)

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  1. The system is down! by RoguePsion · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good to see that the slashdot community knows about this hillarious website. I discovered it just a few months ago, and have been laughing my ass off at it ever since.

  2. Wonderful... by Valgar · · Score: 4, Funny

    So for the past few weeks homestarrunner.com has been spottily reachable at best...

    A day or two ago they were back up to full speed...

    And now they are slashdotted...

    Just as I was going to check the latest strongbad email...

  3. Oh no.... by Chester+K · · Score: 4, Informative

    Homestar Runner is being slashdotted? Just what we need... they just got through a month of having server trouble due to increasing traffic, and now with all the new viewers they're going to get by being mentioned here, looks like we'll be in for another month of slow page loads on Mondays.

    That said, Strong Bad emails have quickly become a weekly tradition in the office. We all gather around every Monday to see the newest installment, and we're rarely disappointed. If the Brothers Chaps don't end up with a TV show before too long, I'll be surprised.

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  4. "Prepare to be baffled and amused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Page can not be displayed"

    Truly I am baffled, but not that amused.

  5. Come on, fhwqwhgads by dragonfly_blue · · Score: 5, Funny


    I see you jocking me; trying to play like, u no me.


    Everybody to the limit, the Cheat is to the limit.


    I said, come on, fhwqwhgads!

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    Free music from Jack Merlot.
  6. Slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Oh well. At least homestarrunner.net is still up.

    Homestarrunner.net. It's dot com!


    Note: You can get to the forums from there, which seem to be up as well despite the main site being down.

  7. Homsar is the best character. by jwriney · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hu-woah-whoa-whoa! This interview shanked my jengaship!

    --riney

  8. TROGDOR!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    TROGDOR THE BURNINATOR!!!
    The majesty! The burninating!

  9. a couple of other interviews by martyn+s · · Score: 5, Informative

    here
    and here

  10. Strongbad's e-mail is the only reason I go there by NeMon'ess · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The e-mail is funny. Most of the other flash there simply isn't. The flash is justified, because as a graphical platform it works great. The amount of effects that can be created with vectors in a small file size are excellent. Having a Microsoft OS installed, I see no problem with installing flash because it works like it should and isn't intrusive, unlike Real One Player.

  11. Re:there is no justified flash by orangesquid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, lemme know where I can download the Lynx plugin for Flash...
    (seriously! what about AAlib? or maybe just an "external handler" that uses SDL:SVGAlib? They ought to write a Flash engine in Java---sure it's slow, but it's portable.)

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  12. Since the site's down by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: 3, Informative
    Here are the 5 funniest Web sites in my opinion:

    The Onion.com

    The Best Page in the Universe

    Something Awful

    Consumption Junction

    The Bastard Operator from Hell

    Don't forget

    *nix.org either

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    Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate. Ex-O'Reilly/MIT employee, now a full-time Google employee.
  13. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  14. No way! by Richard+Mills · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Undoubtedly, Strong Bad's email is the best part of the site, but how can you not like "A Jumping Jack Contest" or "The Luau"? Some of the 'toons are pretty funny, and they add a lot to the appreciation of Strong Bad. Some of the menus are fantastic. Not to mention some of the incredibly stupid "music videos". And check out some of the old "Marzipan's answering machine" episodes under "games". And while you're there, try out the "Dancin' Bubs" game.

    There's pleny of good stuff there. You just have to dig around for it, and there's a LOT of content to dig through.

  15. Re:Dear Strongbad by Space+Coyote · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Website,

    Maybe if your audience had any kind of a freakin' life they would have something better to do than all rush to the computer to watch me answer my emails. Ya' gotta admit, that is pretty sad. And I live with Strong Sad, so I know pathetic, believe me.

    Sincerely,

    Strong Bad

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    Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum.
  16. Re:there is no justified flash by fahrvergnugen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Someone actually moderated this insightful?

    There's a flash viewer in java. Use that. Every time I see another niche whiner complain about language_x not being ported to his .00001% of the market on this website, it makes me wanna kick some ass.

    Further, this is the world of open source, pal. You want flash on PPC Linux? Get cracking.

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    Even Jesus hates listening to Creed.
  17. Pro Wrestling by apetime · · Score: 3, Informative
    I laughed my head off when I first saw the Strong Bad stuff. I thought I was one of the few who actually remembered the awful, ugly, hilarious game for the NES.

    I remember a few wasted hours with my friends watching the Ricky Fighters wrestle the Strong Bads.

    The move names were the best part:
    "N. Hang!"
    "Sasori!"

  18. Support SVG! by Khopesh · · Score: 3, Informative

    Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an open-standard alternative to Flash.
    it is a W3C recommendation.
    there is a partially-implemented SVG native plugin for mozilla.
    Adobe has a fully functional SVG plugin.

    there is a Call for Participation at the SVG Open 2003 (in canada this july).

    sites like homestarrunner.com could really boost SVG acceptance. if anybody out there is looking at homestarrunner.com as a model by which to base their plans for a similar site, please consider SVG!

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  19. Support Strongbad! by bcliftondotcom · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you like the cartoons, and want to see them with more bandwidth, get yourself a T-Shirt today!
    http://shop.store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/index.h tml

    I hate to be such a blatant advertisement, but bandwith can get pretty expensive, and these guys are paying for it with the profits from their online store.

  20. Easter Eggs... by Malic · · Score: 4, Informative

    I hate to be the cause of a Slashdot Effect at Homestarrunner.com again but...

    ...you people DO realize that almost ALL Strong Bad Email's have easter eggs in them at the end? Try clicking around things on the screen at the end of a SB Email movie...

    Can you find them all? ;)

    Shameless Plug : The Brothers Chaps like http://www.robotbastard.com - could Rob Schrab and the Chaps work together someday? Who knows...?

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