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Jenny · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:26 am

i wonder if they are just waiting until january 8th to put something out so that it is exactly a month.

TkBenMo · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:22 am **Posts:** 1

I've been lurking here for awhile. I think there was an interesting debate going on about what TBC owe the fans if they owe anything.

To give my opinion (which we all know is the true purpose of the Internet), if it is true that TBC's job is the maintaining and operating H*R and live of the sales of merchandise, than anyone who upset upset with their performance at their job should refuse to give them their benefits ie stop buying merchandises.

Think of it this way, a grocer doesn't owe you apples. If they don't have any, we don't buy them. If you don't like how they are operating the site, than don't buy anything. They don't give, they don't get.

Personally, I would like to see a new cartoon but I can't demand it unless I am willing to pay them to make it.

I am not a good typist, so if this doesn't make sense, I am sorry.

Jenny · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:52 am

precisely. TBC knows this, too. They know what they're doing. They are only human though. I mean, i could totally see this happening to me if I ever had fans... i get lazy or busy or uninspired once in a while. And i'm sure everyone on here would be the same way.

GoHomsar · **Joined:** Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:35 am **Posts:** 6

Cleverdan wrote:

The whole slow thing for the sbemails is your compy, not the site.

I've noticed a slowness to the site recently, too. Sometimes, my browser will fail to load the website the first time through, and I'll have to click "reload." Some toons were also slow in loading.

Seaborg · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:32 am

Since it's been mentioned, I too have noticed problems in loading some of the H*R pages. Maybe it's just my computer, but just mentioning it in case a lot more people are having this problem.

devil.of.firewalls · **Joined:** Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:22 pm **Posts:** 103

TheNewX wrote:

You know what I find funny?
Several things.

1. The fact that TBC can't stop updating for one month without absoutly everyone in the entire forum all coming together to turn the matter into a ridiculous and througly stupid hodgepodge of whining, crying, screaming, acting selfish, being extremly petty and horribly ungrateful.

2. The fact that no one else can stand by and let those selfish whiners continue on with their selfish whining without having to be even MORE selfish than the first group of posters are, by taking the matter and making it even more ridiculous by screaming and arguing right back, and turning the ENTIRE matter into an incredibly childish back and forth mess.

3. The fact that topics keep getting locked, 100 more get made and 100 more get locked becuase of the whiners that whine and the whiners that see the need to fight back against the original whining whiners.

4. The fact that about 2% of people are legitimatly worried about TBC, and another 2% realise that we'll hear something if and when something indeed... happens.

5. The fact that all of the childish fighting CONTINUES, despite the fact that we really can't do crap about this until they decide to update anyway.

What does this all lead up to?
Well, at the risk of probably being labeled as a hypocrite by everyone else, just for daring to actually throw my 2 cents into this whole laughable mess of childish behavior and self-important whining on both sides.... here's what I think should happen:

Everyone should just shut up and chill out! Geez.

Is there a rocket scientist amoung the general population here who has figured that this simple remedy is probably a good idea?
Becuase if they have... than it sure as shootin' has not helped.
At all.

My opinion has probably has not helped either. Becuase this is pretty much the way the internet works.
In fact, i'll bet several people are already writing up a nice, long flame to try and tell me i'm full of crap. Save it. I won't bother replying. I'll say this and leave it, becuase the internet is always situated in such a way that anyone can get flamed for anything. So if someone wants to flame me, no skin off my back. I could care less.
So, i'm just saying this and leaving it at that. Say about me what you will. But I think that this makes a lot of sense.

So in summary: CHILL. OUT. EVERYONE.

The things I have bolded above.....ARE SOOOO TRUE.....it makes me cry..

And, referring to Dr. TheDogCow....I have referred the "disease" to a professional biologist.....RESULTS : POSITIVE......

Seriously, Dr. TheDogCow......do you have a PhD

Da Chort · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:47 am

I find it odd also that most of the other flash sits I go on (excluding GEOweasal) have not updated in the pass couple of weeks. Mabye it's something with flash

StrongRad · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:18 pm

It's George Bush's fault..
"George Bush doesn't care about flash people!"
there, I said it.. *looks for shocked look from Mike Myers*

Perhaps they just enjoyed the holidays for once. I can't blame them. Sometimes the sheer joy of doing absolutely nothing is the greatest feeling on earth. Just sitting back, watching TV (yes, even for an entire month) can be good for the soul (although it's probably not too good for the waistline).

ChePibe · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:42 pm **Posts:** 2

Last year, TBC introduced the movie trailer for Peasant's Quest during the superbowl (hardly inexpensive) and released a 3 minute or so clip on the website which was also likely produced at great cost. I know the website says that "there is a full version of Peasant's Quest", but look at the video and the expense of advertising it - I strongly doubt that all they intended to make was a preview.

The next Super Bowl is February 8th... could they be coming out with the movie for real this time? Anyone who's ever worked with video knows that editing, producing, and shooting are extremely expensive and even more time-consuming, which may be the reason they chose to shoot during the Christmas holidays when their sales go up astronomically, giving them a bit more money and time to shoot with.

I am by no means certain that this information is correct - I do not have inside sources - but I find it plausible. If they do come out with a video I'll be among the first to buy it, though! At the moment, it seems fairly logical.

:ehsteve:

Lor · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:53 pm

ChePibe wrote:

[Snip...]The next Super Bowl is February 8th... could they be coming out with the movie for real this time? Anyone who's ever worked with video knows that editing, producing, and shooting are extremely expensive and even more time-consuming, which may be the reason they chose to shoot during the Christmas holidays when their sales go up astronomically, giving them a bit more money and time to shoot with.
[Snip]
:ehsteve:

This is an interesting idea.

Bearing in mind that the FAQ on H*R.com -does- say that the trailer -is- the full movie, there are some other things to consider:
1) TBC's are in Georgia...what would the weather be like at this time of year there? Would this make filming impossible/undesirable? (I'm thinking mainly of snow - but I don't know whether Georgia gets snow. Possibly lighting conditions?).
2) One -tends- to presume that TBC would have done the filming, then used that to produce a trailer. While they could have done some of the filming, released a trailer, and then gone back to do the rest, this is unlikely, as the trailer represented a significant portion of the PeasantQuest timeline and story. It would also produce inconsistencies in environment (such as weather, see #1).
3) I (personally) think that, had they decided to start some huge project like this, they would have done something relatively big as their last update, to 'keep us going' until they had finished the Next Big Thing (tm). Of course, this is purely conjecture.

Actually, this is all conjecture. But it's an interesting point!

StrongRad · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:55 pm

ChePibe wrote:

Last year, TBC introduced the movie trailer for Peasant's Quest during the superbowl (hardly inexpensive) and released a 3 minute or so clip on the website which was also likely produced at great cost. I know the website says that "there is a full version of Peasant's Quest", but look at the video and the expense of advertising it - I strongly doubt that all they intended to make was a preview.

The next Super Bowl is February 8th... could they be coming out with the movie for real this time? Anyone who's ever worked with video knows that editing, producing, and shooting are extremely expensive and even more time-consuming, which may be the reason they chose to shoot during the Christmas holidays when their sales go up astronomically, giving them a bit more money and time to shoot with.

I am by no means certain that this information is correct - I do not have inside sources - but I find it plausible. If they do come out with a video I'll be among the first to buy it, though! At the moment, it seems fairly logical.

:ehsteve:

I thought it'd been said on the site, and here, many times.... "The 'full' version of Peasant's Quest is 3 minutes long and already on the site"

wave0babies · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:59 pm

Christmas Rose wrote:

Well, I'm pretty sure at this stage they don't give a crap about their fans.

yeah you are being pretty rude today

StrongRad · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:00 pm

wave0babies wrote:

Christmas Rose wrote:

Well, I'm pretty sure at this stage they don't give a crap about their fans.

yeah you are being pretty rude today

More importantly, "would you care about people who say things like that?".

wave0babies · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:02 pm

StrongRad wrote:

It's George Bush's fault..
"George Bush doesn't care about flash people!"
there, I said it.. *looks for shocked look from Mike Myers*

couldnt have said it better myself!

wave0babies · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:12 pm

thats it! I'm gonna go watch da classiscs

coach_hip-hop-dancer · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:20 pm **Posts:** 5

It's an interesting notion that TBC are working on a PQ movie. That sounds way too involved.

However, they may be working on the last and final stage of Stinkoman.

wave0babies · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:26 pm

ooo that would be great!

:sad:

you think we can stop clapping now?
:sm:

KEEP IT ROLLING

DigitalJourney176 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:30 am **Posts:** 17

wave0babies wrote:

thats it! I'm gonna go watch da classiscs

Yeah, well the only problem for me is, I've already watched all the classics over the past month!

wave0babies · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:41 pm

rando.

youll never knowwhat your gonna get!

ChePibe · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:42 pm **Posts:** 2

In response:

1. TBC have been known to employ "humor" and, from time to time, "sarcasm" on their website. While it's certainly possible that the trailer is the one and only film-like release we'll see from them, I just somehow doubt it - that simple trailer cost a LOT of money to produce and advertise - I imagine they'd want something more than a bandwidth drain out of it.

2. I can't think of any weather conditions in Georgia that would necessarily prohibit filming. It rarely snows there.

3. The filming done for the trailer may not have been enough for a feature-length film (let's say it's an hour long).

4. I seem to remember reading quite some time ago an interview with TBC which mentioned they were considering making a movie... anyone know where this is or have a link to disprove it?

Like I said, I can't be certain at all, but it's a possibility that merits some thought. I don't think their claim that the trailer is the full-length film should be taken seriously.

I'm hoping this whole thing leads up to a DVD release... it's a bit late for Christmas, but I'd pick one up

matthias201 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:00 pm

Seaborg said: "Since it's been mentioned, I too have noticed problems in loading some of the H*R pages. Maybe it's just my computer, but just mentioning it in case a lot more people are having this problem."

It's true. I myself, as well as all of my closest Homestar Runner fan friends, have noticed a considerable slowdown at the website, and we all have high speed connections, and use three different companies, so it's not like our provider's problem or anything.

Did someone sneak in a buy homestarruner.com out from under TBC noses and is holding it for ransom?

:coachz:

These peoples try to faaaaaaade me.

wave0babies · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:01 pm

DragonMan · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:11 pm

Seaborg wrote:

Since it's been mentioned, I too have noticed problems in loading some of the H*R pages. Maybe it's just my computer, but just mentioning it in case a lot more people are having this problem.

The same thing's been happening to me. I thought it was just my compy but it looks like there are more people with this problem.

bpgisme · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:34 pm

Quote:

The same thing's been happening to me. I thought it was just my compy but it looks like there are more people with this problem.

Me too. I just got an operation timed out message a few times when clicking "main"....

-Bonnie

Jenny · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:56 pm

They could be upgrading something... the site, the computers, software... that would slow up a site, wouldn't it?

Or, there are so many people obsessively checking the site for an update that it is slowing it down... I find that highly possible :mrgreen:

wave0babies · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:57 pm

yeah yeah, wight wight.

bpgisme · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:08 pm

Quote:

Or, there are so many people obsessively checking the site for an update that it is slowing it down... I find that highly possible

I agree with that... :mrgreen:

I'm one of them!

-Bonnie

Power Crunch · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:17 pm

ChePibe wrote:

Last year, TBC introduced the movie trailer for Peasant's Quest during the superbowl (hardly inexpensive) and released a 3 minute or so clip on the website which was also likely produced at great cost. I know the website says that "there is a full version of Peasant's Quest", but look at the video and the expense of advertising it - I strongly doubt that all they intended to make was a preview.

Wait. What? You make it sound like the clip was actually a commercial DURING the Super Bowl with that "hardly inexpensive" line. You do know it was ONLY on the site and not also a commercial during the super bowl right? They never advertised it like that. It came out DURING the super bowl ON THE SITE. Which is why the site went down. So many people accessing it all at once during the bowl.

The movie trailer is just a parody of movie trailers. It's a cool, funny and easy way to show what a Peasant's Quest movie would be like without actually making it. It's just a trailer though. That's all it ever was meant to be. It reveals nearly the whole storyline in that trailer alone. It's funny but I doubt they actually were planning on making an entire movie.

HOWEVER.

Obviously there was an enormous reaction by fans. They would want this. TBC could make millions if they made a full length movie and put it on DVD only (since that would be hard to just have it on the website). This alone dispells all the bull about TBC being in this for just money and not the fans too. If they really wanted to, I bet they could SELL H*R to some bigger company and make tons of money... imagine if Warner Bros. approached them with the proposition to make a Homestar Runner movie or a Peasant's Quest movie... a real one. They would want the rights (a million dollars alone I'm sure)... and if it were a H*R movie probably their voices (another million I'm sure) and also TBC would most certainly acquire a percentage of merchandising profits.

The demand is out there I think for them to make more money than they do. I really don't believe TBC are in it for JUST the money. However, this absence could be the result of something like that above. Some major corporation having talks with them about something even bigger than what they can do with Flash and a computer.

All speculation. It's a ridiculous idea really, I doubt any of that is true. Probably just a break. But it's a huge possibility that they have been or will be approached. There IS money to be made off of H*R.

Really though, this reply was just to point out that the PQ movie trailer (as cool as it is

) is.. and always was... just that. A movie trailer. That's all it was meant to be.

Seaborg · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:25 pm

Well whenever they do come back, it better be one heck of an update!

ramrod · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:27 pm

Seaborg wrote:

Well whenever they do come back, it better be one heck of an update!

Knowing them, it will be. Heck, any type of update will be grand.

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