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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Aardwolf on September 12, 2008, 04:52:31 am

Title: Festivus 2008
Post by: Aardwolf on September 12, 2008, 04:52:31 am
Wikipedia on Festivus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus)
Wikipedia on 2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008)

Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.
Cosmo Kramer: What happened to the doll?
Frank Costanza: It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us!

Edit: apparently creating an event using the calendar simply amounts to dumping the post in the General FreeSpace Discussion forum...
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: WMCoolmon on September 12, 2008, 05:04:47 am
Sweet, looking at years that haven't happened yet in Wikipedia is like looking into the future. I never thought to do that before. :D
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Grimper on December 21, 2008, 07:09:22 am
I just noticed that 2008 is "The Year of the Potato" according to wikipedia. :lol:
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 21, 2008, 07:18:56 am
Who are you and why are you using the [mobius] tag?  :eek2:

By the forums it appears that his name is Grimper, and he has a number of posts to his name
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Grimper on December 21, 2008, 07:33:37 am
??? Aka who are you talking to?

EDIT: Ah mobius must have deleted his post for some reason..
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 21, 2008, 07:38:06 am
??? Aka who are you talking to?

EDIT: Ah mobius must have deleted his post for some reason..

Yeah I guess Mobius doesn't like you using his colours and format because his posts are now less uniquely annoying
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Grimper on December 21, 2008, 07:41:33 am
Well I would use my own but i'd have to be a mod to make my own custom code thingy right?

*notices aka's font*
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 21, 2008, 10:49:20 am
Well I would use my own but i'd have to be a mod to make my own custom code thingy right?

*notices aka's font*

I'm just using this font to bug mobius
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: karajorma on December 21, 2008, 11:20:58 am
Back on subject guys.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 21, 2008, 11:35:31 am
      I'm not even sure what the purpose of this thread is, but speaking of festivals . . . I wonder has the forum ever considered contests. Why not have something like a modelling contest along specific lines. Like, have a contest about HTLing an older model, or a contest to fill a missing link in say the Vasudan fleet (Vasudan argo). Long time ago there was a FRED contest, which was never finished from a judging perspective . . . of course, people are busy with their own projects anyway. But nothing like a deadline to get people motivated.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: ssmit132 on December 21, 2008, 06:04:22 pm
have a contest about HTLing an older model

I'm not sure about that. Is it constructive to have about ten people trying to make a HTL Thoth (for example)?

or a contest to fill a missing link in say the Vasudan fleet (Vasudan argo)

This idea is better, as all the models could be used whether they won or not as they would probably be different.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 21, 2008, 07:04:44 pm
I'm not sure about that. Is it constructive to have about ten people trying to make a HTL Thoth (for example)?

       Well I was thinking more about 3rd party models since I think most of the FS models have been updated already.
       But even so, wouldn't be my first choice.

This idea is better, as all the models could be used whether they won or not as they would probably be different.

       Yup yup.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Droid803 on December 23, 2008, 10:34:48 pm
I still don't get this.
But apparently this is today?
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 24, 2008, 11:23:20 am
I still don't get this.
But apparently this is today?

      Festivus is some made up hoilday from the sitcom Seinfeld. What it has to do with HLP I don't know.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Mongoose on December 24, 2008, 01:43:39 pm
I don't know whether I should lock this, dump it on someone else's board...or float it...
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: IceFire on December 24, 2008, 03:18:13 pm
Moving to General Discussion. We can decide what to do from there :)
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Stormkeeper on December 24, 2008, 08:08:24 pm
In that case I shall use this thread to wish you all Merry Christmas.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: tinfoil on December 24, 2008, 09:23:24 pm
WTF is this thread all about?

oh well
In that case I shall use this thread to wish you all Merry Christmas.

ditto
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Aardwolf on December 30, 2008, 12:57:54 am
FYI this thread was created when I discovered a) the calendar at the bottom of the board index and b) that you could post 'events.'

However I did not realize that posting an event basically just made a normal forum post in General FreeSpace Discussion (I guess because that's board #1) ... although there was also a little thing on the calendar as well.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: BS403 on December 30, 2008, 12:23:02 pm
Somebody actually put up an aluminum pole for festivus in Washington D.C.  They got arrested for it.
Title: Re: Festivus 2008
Post by: Aardwolf on December 31, 2008, 07:53:45 pm
There are people who take it seriously (and it was around before the Seinfeld episode, actually)