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After a recent spell of forum updates I found myself intrigued by a certain enigmatic character. He's the dismissive little fellow that tells you when things are broken or generally lovely here on the forums, and I don't think he gets enough credit. That's right: I'm talking about the SA Support Robot. Just where the gently caress does he get off? He must have a reason for being so aloof, right? Maybe he did some cool stuff before Lowtax gave him a job, and maybe he still does some stuff on the side for smack money and whores. Maybe all of these awesome life experiences shaped him into the cocky little brute we know today. Who's to say? So after some research, I found out that he was in the film industry for a while back in the day:  Click here for large clipped-out robot against white background So he apparently like the ladies, even when they're dressed in a two-piece leather space poncho. Awesomeness. After my interest was piqued by this photo I spent some time doing more extensive research, and was able to dig up a couple more evidence photos. There has to be way more stuff in this fine robot's past, present, and future. That's where you come in: Let's investigate and explore the life of the forums Support Robot. Here are the requisite lovely starter images: Which came first, the stovepipe or the corresponding hat? Our little fashion trendsetter with some tall guy and a redneck:  It even seems that he may be largely responsible for the destruction of Caprica, as well as a whole new generation of TV geekery:  (bigger here) And lastly, he creeped the hell out of thousands of children in the late 80's with this airbrushed Coney-Island-boardwalk-t-shirt-lookin' poo poo:  So there we go. I'm glad the forums work again, but I'm gonna miss my new friend. Proclaim his awesome unknown life with your pixels! See here? I already did the hard part for you. --Big clipped robot w/ a rebuilt right hand, all up in that rear end one more time-- My apologies if this has been done before (I should've made friends with the Search Robot first). fake edit-->No, I have no idea what the name of the movie from the original pic is. fake edit deux-->If The Robot doesn't have a name already, we should give him one. -UPDATE: A motion has been proposed to name the robot "Donny" in honor of Steve Buscemi's character in "The Big Lebowski" (see page 3; thanks ApeAgitator). This is due to the fact that the robot just wanders into the middle of a conversation, states his point, and derails everything. He doesn't care about the little bullshit we have going on yet he still hangs around for some reason. Please state your opinions. We have a chance to establish canon here, people. -UPDATE UPDATE: Debate/general floor votes are now being taken for the robot's being named Donny. Make yourselves heard; democracy is a participatory sport. -WE GOT IT. After much thought and consternation, the general consensus is that the SA Support Robot will be named Donny due to the aforementioned reasons and posts. Donny is now our own, and I hope you'll continue to help us welcome him to his new family. Keep it up! -DONNY'S BIRTHRIGHT: Donny is now canonized in SAclopedia under "Donny (the Support Robot)" and "Support Robot (Donny)". Please add anything to the wiki that may have been left out. -WASTE OF MONEY: I have a shiny new custom title/avatar. I specified that the money must go straight to Donny. I hope Lowtax doesn't mind. -SHUTTIN' DONNY DOWN: Well, we had a week to help our new buddy Donny find a lifestory. I'm ending this while it's still good. It sucks knowing my next PShop thread won't go over like this one has. Thanks SA! Pissed Ape Sexist fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Jun 13, 2008 |
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The Support Robot is like Radium but more awesome because he's made of steel and robots are pretty strong. The BSG starter is interesting, i must say.
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Jun 6, 2008 10:54
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Mr. Adenosine posted:The BSG starter is interesting, i must say. It's actually quite excellent, more accurately. All of the images are very good.
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Jun 6, 2008 11:05
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Verviticus posted:All of the images are very good. Well, I had a couple hours to kill while "getting to know the robot"... Hopefully some folks will be interested. I thought it was a fun idea. Pissed Ape Sexist fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Jun 6, 2008 |
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Jun 6, 2008 11:15
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Good concept, but bad timing. I think most people are asleep. Give it a couple of hours.
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Jun 6, 2008 11:44
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I see great things for this thread, but unfortunately it's a bit early and I have to leave pretty soon. I promise some images soon.
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Jun 6, 2008 11:52
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Mr. Adenosine posted:Good concept, but bad timing. I think most people are asleep. Not to mention that the forums were shut down for an entire day.
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Jun 6, 2008 11:57
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I am also intrigued by this enigmatic character.
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Jun 6, 2008 12:01
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Brand New Dance posted:I am also intrigued by this enigmatic character. I think i would actually buy that to use on poker nights... someone make it quick.
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Jun 6, 2008 12:04
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I wish I had photoshop skills, involving more than digital painting. Great job OP, I love it.
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Jun 6, 2008 12:24
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There are times when the forum goes down, or the many many weeks we've been without search functionality that I get sad.. But then I see support robot and I know deep down, that everything is going to be OK.. 
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Jun 6, 2008 12:46
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HoboZero posted:
I wholeheartedly support this concept. Hellequin posted:I wish I had photoshop skills, involving more than digital painting. Great job OP, I love it. https://www.gimp.org : You should give them a try anyways.
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Jun 6, 2008 12:59
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What I want to know is if the support robot has a voice, what does it sound like when he says I should reflect on my recent numerous failures?
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Jun 6, 2008 13:05
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Jun 6, 2008 13:06
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You should upload the clean robot in a transparent .png instead.
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Jun 6, 2008 13:15
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friend of the family Cumlord posted:You should upload the clean robot in a transparent .png instead. One magic wand later in Paint.NET... Quick and dirty I know, but Paint.NET doesn't have a 'feather' selection tool, so had to balance the edges out with a bit of blur. Bah. proddo fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Jun 6, 2008 |
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Jun 6, 2008 13:32
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From the support bot's short-lived stint fighting the paranormal.
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Jun 6, 2008 13:37
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friend of the family Cumlord posted:You should upload the clean robot in a transparent .png instead. Anyone willing to do anything to this robot should have the knowledge of removing the white background, wanting anything more is just laziness.
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Jun 6, 2008 13:40
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There are things some people might be willing to do to the robot that don't involve removing ANYTHING from the back.
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Jun 6, 2008 13:45
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looking.glass.eyes posted:From the support bot's short-lived stint fighting the paranormal. This is absolutely fantastic... but I think it'd be that little extra bit better if he was smoking a cigar.
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Jun 6, 2008 14:03
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Jun 6, 2008 14:15
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Unfortunately they fired Support Bot 2 weeks into filming and replaced him with Robbie, who was reportedly less rude to Leslie Nielsen.
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Jun 6, 2008 14:29
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KoopaPoopa posted:This is absolutely fantastic... but I think it'd be that little extra bit better if he was smoking a cigar. How's this? 
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Jun 6, 2008 14:30
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this is truly a brilliant idea, keep up the good work also, greatly anticipating MST3K reference... USMCBrown fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Jun 6, 2008 |
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Jun 6, 2008 14:33
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looking.glass.eyes posted:How's this? Thank you! Now that's the surly robot I've come to know over the last few forums updates...
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Jun 6, 2008 14:44
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Dismay!
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Jun 6, 2008 15:06
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^^^ Very nice. The Support Bot spent a bit of time in the land of academia as well. Unfortunately, he had a lot of progressive ideas on human/robot relations that attracted some negative attention. 
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Jun 6, 2008 15:22
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Willfor posted:Dismay! Wow, his arms are even in the right place.
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Jun 6, 2008 15:25
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I wish Aviary had better filters. And I wish I wasn't stuck on a PC with half a gig of RAM. And I wish I wasn't at work, so that I could do this properly.  
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Jun 6, 2008 15:29
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 Great idea, can't wait to see what this churns out.
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Jun 6, 2008 15:38
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A brief stint in the film industry.
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Jun 6, 2008 16:12
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Maecenas posted:A brief stint in the film industry. I love the touch of details at the bottom.
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Jun 6, 2008 16:19
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Maecenas posted:A brief stint in the film industry. Oh God. The positioning of the train makes it look like he's stroking his robo-cock.
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Jun 6, 2008 16:28
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It should come as no surprise that SA Support Robot is metal.
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Jun 6, 2008 16:33
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 Sorry for the Futurama slant, but it just sort of went that way. Fragmaster reference a bit too much maybe? Also, awesome submissions so far...
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Jun 6, 2008 16:40
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When not telling people to leave him the hell alone he goes to the local park with his local breakdance crew: Due to his limited movement all he can really do is stand there doing the b-boy stance and tap his foot.
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Jun 6, 2008 16:41
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 Aw hell naw. He'll never find him
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Jun 6, 2008 16:55
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looking.glass.eyes posted:^^^ Very nice. While scrolling and seeing the top of this pic, I feverishly looked down to see if it was the famous "Rapist Search" pic.
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Jun 6, 2008 16:56
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CrakSt posted:
this is just awesome ... I always wondered who did the robotic talking in Kraftwerk
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 He spends his holidays at the beach.
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