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BrendianaJones: Aug 2, 2011; Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

Scudworth posted:

They're down for everyone, the archive server is being moved to cloud storage. There's a sticky thread for fund raising this in every main subforum. Plus you get a sweet random words tag!

I guess I could have realized that if I weren't being so lazy. Thanks!

# ? Nov 18, 2015 23:50

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 01:12

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

It's been probably close to 10 years now, but does anyone have a link to that thread where the guy would get a boner while making out, and crawl backwards out of the room like a cat to hide it?

# ? Dec 2, 2015 17:11

Polsy: Mar 23, 2007

Iron Crowned posted:

It's been probably close to 10 years now, but does anyone have a link to that thread where the guy would get a boner while making out, and crawl backwards out of the room like a cat to hide it?

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2768183 classic

# ? Dec 2, 2015 17:33

OldTennisCourt: Sep 11, 2011; by VideoGames

I'm looking for a thread, it's a long while back. Basically a guy stole his dad's credit card and charged a poo poo ton on it and he had been hiding the bills I think? so the dad found out and he posted a letter that he was going to send to his dad.

As I recall the letter was basically "Yeah I hosed up dad, but it's kinda your fault too so here's how you're going to have to pay this off".

Related, anyone have the thread by the guy who had been telling his parents he was in police academy but had been using the money they sent him for video games and poo poo for 2 years and he was panicking on how to explain to them?

# ? Dec 2, 2015 19:48

Instant Sunrise: Apr 12, 2007; The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

OldTennisCourt posted:

I'm looking for a thread, it's a long while back. Basically a guy stole his dad's credit card and charged a poo poo ton on it and he had been hiding the bills I think? so the dad found out and he posted a letter that he was going to send to his dad.

As I recall the letter was basically "Yeah I hosed up dad, but it's kinda your fault too so here's how you're going to have to pay this off".

11 Easy Steps to Get Out of Debt

# ? Dec 2, 2015 19:52

OldTennisCourt: Sep 11, 2011; by VideoGames

Instant Sunrise posted:

11 Easy Steps to Get Out of Debt

Oh poo poo, thanks! I totally forgot the itemized list of poo poo he bought. Also I love how he asks for a car after telling his dad he just put him 40 grand in debt.

# ? Dec 2, 2015 20:14

Mushinronsha: Apr 14, 2006; Please do not feed poinsettias to animals, its not good for them and I dont want PI to yell at me.

BrendianaJones posted:

I was trying to track down the old DIY Christmas gift threads, but archives seem to be down for me and I'm having trouble locating them.

2014 thread here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3684812
Links to previous years located in post number 6, but those require archives

# ? Dec 3, 2015 02:12

HiHo ChiRho: Oct 23, 2010

Polsy posted:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2768183 classic

~~Anyone have the link to the thread where E/N superstars got drawn as cartoons and turned partly into a fighting game? I know it included a comic of the above story.~~

Shoulda went back 11 pages. Found it.

HiHo ChiRho has a new favorite as of 23:25 on Dec 16, 2015

# ? Dec 16, 2015 23:21

Randaconda: Jul 3, 2014; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Anybody have the link to the shameful snacks thread?

# ? Dec 16, 2015 23:46

RabbitWizard: Oct 21, 2008; Muldoon

whiteyfats posted:

Anybody have the link to the shameful snacks thread?

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3550851

# ? Dec 17, 2015 10:45

great big cardboard tube: Sep 3, 2003

OK so this might not be the perfect thread to ask in (if there's a better one please point me that way) but years ago a dude posted a link to download his album for free in gbs. I think it was just the one dude with his piano for all of it, at least he had some youtube videos that were. The only lyric I can remember is "because no man is an island" but I remember really liking the whole album and no amount of googling is finding the right song and its bugging the hell out of me please help

# ? Dec 28, 2015 01:07

Phyzzle: Jan 26, 2008

I wondered if anyone else remembered the photoshop thread that started with making light sabers limp, and turning them into floppy, glowing noodles. But then someone decided to make Mace Windu's light saber larger and more erect, then other people photo shopped his light saber bulging out of buildings, then the Earth, then getting into a fight with the Death Star, then bulging out of the galaxy, then penetrating the starship Voyager, followed by a picture of a scowling captain Janeway and a positive pregnancy test.

# ? Jan 2, 2016 04:08

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Phyzzle posted:

I wondered if anyone else remembered the photoshop thread that started with making light sabers limp, and turning them into floppy, glowing noodles. But then someone decided to make Mace Windu's light saber larger and more erect, then other people photo shopped his light saber bulging out of buildings, then the Earth, then getting into a fight with the Death Star, then bulging out of the galaxy, then penetrating the starship Voyager, followed by a picture of a scowling captain Janeway and a positive pregnancy test.

Hahaha, I don't remember that last part, but I do recall the thread, mainly for the first-page criticism of "ok, so what else are we supposed to photoshop here? The joke was pretty much covered on the OP", and I agreed and closed my tab. I had no idea it got good again, even briefly.

# ? Jan 2, 2016 05:45

SgtScruffy: Dec 27, 2003; Babies.

Does anyone have the old FYAD flag that is a gif of some cheesy word art that dramatically flies in, saying "WHAT IF I'M GAY?"

# ? Jan 2, 2016 15:45

CopywrightMMXI: Jun 1, 2011; One time a guy stole some downhill skis out of my jeep and I was so mad I punched a mailbox. I'm against crime, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Seizure Robot posted:

OK so this might not be the perfect thread to ask in (if there's a better one please point me that way) but years ago a dude posted a link to download his album for free in gbs. I think it was just the one dude with his piano for all of it, at least he had some youtube videos that were. The only lyric I can remember is "because no man is an island" but I remember really liking the whole album and no amount of googling is finding the right song and its bugging the hell out of me please help

Was this Satellite High? I remember he posted the Dad Rock EP in GBS a few years back.

# ? Jan 4, 2016 13:50

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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I swear there was a thread called something similar to "Post your injuries" back around 2011 in GBS. I tried finding it, but no luck.

# ? Jan 5, 2016 04:06

Polsy: Mar 23, 2007

Picnic Princess posted:

I swear there was a thread called something similar to "Post your injuries" back around 2011 in GBS. I tried finding it, but no luck.

Post photos of your injuries - NMS!! (edit: the grossest GBS thread) pretty accurately named. You're going to need a waffleimages fix for most of it, though.

# ? Jan 5, 2016 12:03

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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That's the one. I was hoping to get the pics of my own injuries in there for story-telling purposes, but I don't know how to do the waffleimages thing. Ah well.

# ? Jan 6, 2016 01:45

Scudworth: Jan 1, 2005; When life gives you lemons, you clone those lemons, and make super lemons.; Dinosaur Gum

Picnic Princess posted:

That's the one. I was hoping to get the pics of my own injuries in there for story-telling purposes, but I don't know how to do the waffleimages thing. Ah well.

* How to do the Waffleimages thing *

# ? Jan 6, 2016 01:57

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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Scudworth posted:

* How to do the Waffleimages thing *

That's super cool! Turns out my photos weren't even waffleimages, I just suck at searching. But that's a handy thing to know!

# ? Jan 6, 2016 02:11

Mycroft Holmes: Mar 26, 2010; by Azathoth

So, I've been searching, but I haven't been able to find a thread I started in the Ask/Tell forum some time ago. I was asking about something to do with fusion power for a story I was going to write. Now that I have time to write it, I can't find the thread. Could someone help?

# ? Jan 8, 2016 22:45

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

Mycroft Holmes posted:

So, I've been searching, but I haven't been able to find a thread I started in the Ask/Tell forum some time ago. I was asking about something to do with fusion power for a story I was going to write. Now that I have time to write it, I can't find the thread. Could someone help?

Tried the forums search with "userid:162062 fusion" but it appears to have fallen into archives. Do you know when you started it (circa)?

# ? Jan 9, 2016 01:22

Sizone: Sep 13, 2007; by LadyAmbien

It was a goon electronic band/dj act. two dudes, their gimmick was wearing those creepy horse masks when they performed. who were they?

# ? Jan 9, 2016 07:59

Mycroft Holmes: Mar 26, 2010; by Azathoth

Snapchat A Titty posted:

Tried the forums search with "userid:162062 fusion" but it appears to have fallen into archives. Do you know when you started it (circa)?

2013? 2014? It was a while ago.

# ? Jan 9, 2016 09:09

titties: May 10, 2012; They're like two suicide notes stuffed into a glitter bra

Does anyone remember the thread(s) about how Dragonsven hated his wife and hit out in his room secretly smoking pot for years while never speaking to her?

I always wanted to find out what happened, but it wasn't a particularly interesting e/n thread so it didn't get a ton of attention and I wonder if anyone still has a link.

# ? Jan 29, 2016 04:36

dirksteadfast: Oct 10, 2010

Does anyone remember the name of that children's book that was pictures of realistic horses drinking and smoking? I remember goons finding it and buying all the available Amazon stock in a few minutes, making it jump to the best-selling title for the day.

Edit: http://www.amazon.com/Latawnya-Naughty-Horse-Learns-Drugs/dp/0533091020
That's what I get for not trusting that Google would provide. Holy poo poo, this is apparently difficult to get a copy of.

dirksteadfast has a new favorite as of 23:55 on Jan 29, 2016

# ? Jan 29, 2016 23:51

BiggerBoat: Sep 26, 2007; Don't you tell me my business again.

I remember the Kuuenbu Helldump thread and someone posted a bunch of weird songs he did singing as a woman. The only audio I can find is the classic "Shut the gently caress up, Dad!" one but there was a bunch of other wacky poo poo I can't find.

# ? Jan 30, 2016 21:13

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

Does anyone remember a CYOA thread a couple years ago (it must have been before GBS 2.0), the details of which were these:

The setup was that the OP found an old floppy disk of a beta version of a game that was never developed. You (the GBS collective) played the main character and followed him from birth until, presumably, death, and each year of his life was marked by a song title. The character the thread played was a kid named Ethan who had a little sister and among other things, had divorced parents and (I think?) at some point came out as gay.

I lost track of the thread after the character hit about age 20 or so, and I'm wondering if the game ever finished and how it turned out if so.

# ? Feb 3, 2016 23:24

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Zamboni_Rodeo posted:

Does anyone remember a CYOA thread a couple years ago (it must have been before GBS 2.0), the details of which were these:

The setup was that the OP found an old floppy disk of a beta version of a game that was never developed. You (the GBS collective) played the main character and followed him from birth until, presumably, death, and each year of his life was marked by a song title. The character the thread played was a kid named Ethan who had a little sister and among other things, had divorced parents and (I think?) at some point came out as gay.

I lost track of the thread after the character hit about age 20 or so, and I'm wondering if the game ever finished and how it turned out if so.

The game was called "Moments" (with a subtitle I can't remember) and the OP was ExtraNoise, I believe. Awesome thread, btw.

# ? Feb 4, 2016 02:05

ibntumart: Mar 18, 2007; Good, bad. I'm the one with the power of Shu, Heru, Amon, Zehuti, Aton, and Mehen.; College Slice

Zamboni_Rodeo posted:

Does anyone remember a CYOA thread a couple years ago (it must have been before GBS 2.0), the details of which were these:

The setup was that the OP found an old floppy disk of a beta version of a game that was never developed. You (the GBS collective) played the main character and followed him from birth until, presumably, death, and each year of his life was marked by a song title. The character the thread played was a kid named Ethan who had a little sister and among other things, had divorced parents and (I think?) at some point came out as gay.

I lost track of the thread after the character hit about age 20 or so, and I'm wondering if the game ever finished and how it turned out if so.

Moments: A Game of Consequence.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 04:12

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

The game was called "Moments" (with a subtitle I can't remember) and the OP was ExtraNoise, I believe. Awesome thread, btw.

ibntumart posted:

Moments: A Game of Consequence.

You are both full of awesome. Thanks!

# ? Feb 6, 2016 01:51

Instant Sunrise: Apr 12, 2007; The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

Does anybody remember an LP thread of one of the Knight of the Old Republic games where the gimmick was that the player character was a 1930's gangster, complete with tommy gun?

# ? Feb 6, 2016 01:54

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Instant Sunrise posted:

Does anybody remember an LP thread of one of the Knight of the Old Republic games where the gimmick was that the player character was a 1930's gangster, complete with tommy gun?

Holy poo poo, this sounds awesome. Reminds me of the Xcom playthrough with Andrew Jackson and the Excombs.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 02:09

RoboChrist 9000: Dec 14, 2006; Mater Dolorosa

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Holy poo poo, this sounds awesome. Reminds me of the Xcom playthrough with Andrew Jackson and the Excombs.

...Got a link to this?

# ? Feb 6, 2016 02:27

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

RoboChrist 9000 posted:

...Got a link to this?

I should mention that Jackson was only part of it, but it's one of the best LPs to ever be done!

http://lparchive.org/X-COM-UFO-Defense/

# ? Feb 6, 2016 03:28

Talorat: Sep 18, 2007; Hahaha! Aw come on, I can't tell you everything right away! That would make for a boring story, don't you think?

Anyone have that extremely detailed story about a train derailment that is caused by a truck stalled out on the tracks which ends with both conductors dead and the conclusion that "his cellphone was on at the time of the crash so he must have been texting."?

It's an oft requested quote, but Google is no help and I can't find it anywhere.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 03:41

TITTIEKISSER69: Mar 19, 2005; SAVE THE BEES
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Talorat posted:

Anyone have that extremely detailed story about a train derailment that is caused by a truck stalled out on the tracks which ends with both conductors dead and the conclusion that "his cellphone was on at the time of the crash so he must have been texting."?

It's an oft requested quote, but Google is no help and I can't find it anywhere.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3394711&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=22#post407153083

B4Ctom1 posted:

Pretty much this. It is hard to explain not just the physics, but the amounts of forces involved.

We use throttle to create stretching or "draft" forces and dynamic braking (think of downhill engine braking in a car) to create bunching or "buff" forces.

To start with, when you are running the train, you are feathering the throttle or dynamic braking to keep "in train forces" at acceptable levels. This is based upon the terrain each part of the train is passing over.

Even small changes in grade, if there are enough of them under the length of the train, are enough to break knuckles, rip out draw bars, or derail cars simply by doing "nothing at all" at the wrong time.

In these situations heavier applications of power or dynamic brake are required to keep these "in train forces" down.

Think of a large sliced loaf of bread. I take the wrapper off of it and ask you to carry it across the room. One hand on each end should suffice. A small amount of pressure to keep the bread from being crushed and across the room you go.

The knuckle and drawbar connections between the cars seem very strong to the layman, but when compared to the amount of weight of loaded freight cars, and all of the cars behind them piled upon it, it may as well be dental floss.

You can break dental floss easily, but the difference is that it is hard to "crush" dental floss.

The poster I have quoted above is addressing something we call "train make up". THe "in train forces" can be additionally effected by the way cars or groups of cars are placed in the train. Long cars next to short cars, loads next to empties.

Generally freight trains that are not hauling a bulk of the same commodity are mixed freight. A bulk commodity train would be an entire train of wheat or coal. These trains are very heavy, and have their own set of problems, but in general do not have any issue of train make up because all of the cars are generally the same weight and type. Mixed freight trains are the most common types of trains on the main rail thoroughfares.

A mixed freight train I haul might have 25 heavy loaded lumber cars, 15 empty or loaded auto racks, 20 empty or loaded tank cars of various lengths, 30 empty or loaded covered hopper cars of various lengths, and 30 loaded or empty boxcars of two different lengths.

So for this example train of 120 cars. Lets say it weighs 7900 tons and is 9000 feet (2.75KM) long.

I am traveling along at 50 MPH.

The "head end" of the train has passed the bottom of the grade and the train is still descending the grade. As about half of the train leaves the grade I am looking ahead at the next grade to climb directly ahead. I have been using dynamic brake and need to "transition" from braking to power. I move the lever into the idle position and begin waiting my 10 seconds. In my my mind, from experience, I know that I need to rapidly, but gently begin notching through my power notches without allowing my train to accelerate past 50 MPH which I am restricted to.

The very head of the train is traveling around a slight curvature in the track. I also need to see that the next signal is green "clear" so that I do not have to formulate an entire other plan as a reduction of speed might be required instead. I see that the signal is flashing yellow "advanced approach". This will mean a reduction of speed to 40 MPH and a possible stop short of the second signal ahead.

As I am thinking of what I am to do next and waiting for the 10 seconds to pass, the next crossing becomes visible and I see that there is a truck hauling a low slung trailer with a heavy piece of equipment on it. He is blocking the crossing because his low slung trailer is stuck on the raised rail and crossing lumber that you drive across.

Without hesitation or further consideration, I slam the brake handle into the emergency position, dumping all the trainline air. I reach up and toggle the switch that ensures that the "End Of Train" device dumps from the rear as well. I bail off the locomotive air brakes because they are so powerful in a situation like this, that they can cause such a massive buff forces which will certainly derail a train. Additionally they can crumple or destroy the track beneath them.

While in earlier transition from dynamic braking to power "slack" had developed in the train. Slack is neither draft or buff, but more of a null position like rail cars standing in a yard not connected to a train. A developed space between cars where they are sort of relaxed.

As the air dumped from the train-line, the brake valves on each car sense this emergency and dump the full value of air contained within their emergency reservoir into the large cylinder that applies the brakes giving each car higher than usual stopping power.

Somewhere near the head end of the train a group of empty tank cars having such massive braking power begin to stop the train, but right behind them a group of heavy loaded hoppers presses against them, their own braking being less substantial. A tank car of Anhydrous Ammonia right between the groups which has been taking the brunt of these two opposing forces has a wheel that lifts off the rail as it is being pressed around a curve. This car, the car ahead of it, and nine of the loaded hopper cars behind it all leave the rail and head into a tiny quiet suburb in the middle of the night.

Half way back in the train where the most of the box cars are, they settle down for their stop. Still bunched because they were still descending the hill. The heavy loads of lumber fighting them as they come to a stop. Even though on straight track the, one end of an empty boxcar in the group begins to lift into the air. The opposing force of the heavy lumber cars and the stopping train ahead of it is too much. As it sets back down the wheels miss the track and begin to erase the track, all of the cars behind it having no track to ride on begin to take paths of their own in each direction.

Near the back of the train the auto-rack settle down hard. Harder than the group of heavy lumber cars ahead of them. This causes one of the long 500+ pound (230kg) draw-bars in the third auto-rack to be sheared from place. For a moment it tumbles through space, whistling though the wind in contact with only the air. Then it strikes a tie and the car passing above it in vaulted, only inches off of the rail, and a carload of new rangerovers tumbles end over end into a reservoir of drinking water.

The drawbar is angry, propelled by its last impact it drops onto the rail for a moment derailing a load of mini coopers, a load of corvettes, a load of ford diesel pickups, and a load of prius. The last of the autoracks ram into those derailed and the drawbar impales itself through the bottom of a boxcar piercing 20 cases of aged Glenfiddich.

Back on the locomotive, pressed forward by the loads behind, we cover the half mile to the stuck trailer in about 45 seconds. My conductor sees that the piece of equipment is a D9 Caterpillar bulldozer and screams like a woman as he jumps from his window at 35 mph. The fall from 15 feet in the air certainly would have killed him but instead he tumbled and struck feet first shattering his legs in 20 places and cartwheeling to his death as his head exploded when it struck the hard granite ballast some 20 times or so in the cartwheeling tumble. It takes 24 hours for them to find his body under crumpled boxcars.

I run out the back door to the second locomotive where I lay down in the cab. The impact at 35 mph is brutal. The second locomotive which I am on climbs under the front locomotive. The third locomotive does the same to mine. When the locomotive comes to a rest, is on its side, and both my arms are broken.

I drown, face down, in 200 gallons of brownish, blueish sewage from a chemical toilet long overdue for a cleaning. But my dignity is preserved because a fire from the combined 12,000 gallons (45.5 Kiloliters) of fuel burns for 3 days incinerating me and most of the locomotives completely.

The undocumented worker driving the truck with the wedged trailer disappears.

During the conductor's autopsy, trace amounts of THC from a brownie he consumed 3 weeks earlier while on vacation in Amsterdam are found to be the cause of the accident.

It was also noted in the government report that the cellphone of an engineer on a different train following ours was "on" at the time of our impact, and this may have contributed to the wreck.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 04:13

Traxus IV: Sep 11, 2001; it's our time now
let's get this shit started

Instant Sunrise posted:

Does anybody remember an LP thread of one of the Knight of the Old Republic games where the gimmick was that the player character was a 1930's gangster, complete with tommy gun?

I remember this, the main character had a hat like a fedora or something to go with the tommy gun and I think his nickname was "The Nose" but for the life of me I can't seem to dig up a link.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 17:38

Polsy: Mar 23, 2007

Traxus IV posted:

I remember this, the main character had a hat like a fedora or something to go with the tommy gun and I think his nickname was "The Nose" but for the life of me I can't seem to dig up a link.

It's this, but he was hosting the images himself so it's even more lost forever than a waffleimages LP.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 15:36

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 01:12

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Zamboni_Rodeo posted:

Does anyone remember a CYOA thread a couple years ago (it must have been before GBS 2.0), the details of which were these:

The setup was that the OP found an old floppy disk of a beta version of a game that was never developed. You (the GBS collective) played the main character and followed him from birth until, presumably, death, and each year of his life was marked by a song title. The character the thread played was a kid named Ethan who had a little sister and among other things, had divorced parents and (I think?) at some point came out as gay.

I lost track of the thread after the character hit about age 20 or so, and I'm wondering if the game ever finished and how it turned out if so.

Just watch Boyhood.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 18:26

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