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What would I do, eh? Well, you have to figure that without H*R, this forum would have never had existed. So if you eliminate H*R, you're basically eliminating the forum as well, right?

The forum is simply a forum, it can always be recreated.

He would delete the new version.

Funkstar wrote:

He would delete the new version.

I never said that. But anyway, I don't agree with Ju Ju Master's idea that "it can always be recreated." Sure, you could put up a forum with the exact same name, design and sub-forums as the original, but would you still have the same community? The same history? The same "feel"? Nuh-uh. You'd be starting from scratch, with zero users and zero posts. Sure, a lot of the users would come along to the new site (if you could get in contact with them), but it would never be even a good approximation of the old community.

The site you don't choose will be totally erased from existence forever, including all cached/archived/hard copies or saved files everywhere, as well as any DVDs, CDs, t-shirts, etc. that anyone owns.

Sure, a lot of the users would come along to the new site (if you could get in contact with them), but it would never be even a good approximation of the old community.

Incorrect, EInoo and Chekt.

In the initial post, IJ wrote:

I'd keep the H-star-R. Even if the forum didn't have all the old posts saved and such when it was recreated, all the juys would still be there and it would still be a great place to be.

Incorrect, EInoo and Chekt.

In the initial post, IJ wrote:

I'd save H*R.

IJ, let us say I have the DVD's ripped on my compy. What would happen?

Marshmallow Roast wrote:

I'd keep the H-star-R. Even if the forum didn't have all the old posts saved and such when it was recreated, all the juys would still be there and it would still be a great place to be.

Okay, I'm gonna tweak the situation: The Deranged Millionaire would also make sure no forum was ever recreated at this address (or anywhere at hrwiki.org). forum.hrwiki.org would be vanquished forever, and no page anywhere on hrwiki.org could link or even allude to any new forum.

Correct me if I'm wrong, IJ, but guys, I don't think the question is really "which would be the easiest to reproduce later" as much as "If you had to live the rest of your life without one or the other, which would you cut out?" The framing was just more creative.

So all of these "What if magic happened and all of us ended up on the same forum some other place" questions are a bit irrelevant to the matter at hand, it seems.

racerx_is_alive wrote:

Yeah, that's about right.

Yeah, the Deranged Millionaire is a jerk.

But man, that Deranged Millionaire. First, making TMBG record all of those venue songs, and now this! WHERE WILL HE STRIKE NEXT?

I hate to say it, but I'd choose to destroy here. If H*R got destroyed, then this place would still go, then both sites would be gone. So, either way, the forum loses.

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:50 pm ]
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Here's a hypothetical question: If at this very moment a deranged millionaire phoned you up and told you that today he was going to destroy Homestar Runner or the Homestar Runner Wiki Forum, and that it was up to you to choose which one to save, which one would you choose? You may only choose to save one, and there is absolutely no way to thwart or otherwise change the Deranged Millionaire's evil plan. The site you don't choose will be totally erased from existence forever, including all cached/archived/hard copies or saved files everywhere, as well as any DVDs, CDs, t-shirts, etc. that anyone owns. TELL WHAT U THINK!

Author:	Alexander [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:52 pm ]
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The wiki forum. I've met so many people here, I could never part with all of you. hugs the wiki and everyone in it

Author:	ramrod [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:53 pm ]
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What would I do, eh? Well, you have to figure that without HR, this forum would have never had existed. So if you eliminate HR, you're basically eliminating the forum as well, right?

Author:	ikwaylx [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:53 pm ]
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...Hard choice.... But I do admit. I like Homestar runner. But this forum changed me and kept me from becoming overdepressed. mmm....I'm gonna have to go with the forum on this one mainly because I'm more of a forum junkie than an actual homestar fan. I still am a HR fan anyways. Bye bye HR....

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:54 pm ]
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ramrod wrote: What would I do, eh? Well, you have to figure that without HR, this forum would have never had existed. So if you eliminate HR, you're basically eliminating the forum as well, right? No, the Deranged Millionaire is not a time-traveler and cannot erase history--he can only destroy what exists in the present.

Homestar Runner Wiki Forum http://forum.hrwiki.org/

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Author:	Ju Ju Master [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:58 pm ]
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Defenitely the HR. The forum is simply a forum, it can always be recreated. The cartoons on HR are priceless.

Author:	Funkstar [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:24 pm ]
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The forum. Homestar Runner is something to watch and talk about. Without homestar runner, we couldn't talk about homestar runner. But without the forum, we couldn't talk about ANYTHING, as this is how we keep in contact. Ju Ju Master wrote: The forum is simply a forum, it can always be recreated. He would delete the new version.

Author:	Einoo T. Spork [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:45 pm ]
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Me? I would explode. No, just kidding. I would probably choose the Wiki Forum. But it would be painful to part with Teh Homestaw Runnew. Thankfully, these hypothetical things usually don't happen. And even if one of them DOES vanish, it won't be because of some Deranged Millionaire. And I'd still have the DVDs.

Author:	PianoManGidley [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:51 pm ]
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InterruptorJones wrote: Funkstar wrote: He would delete the new version. I never said that. But anyway, I don't agree with Ju Ju Master's idea that "it can always be recreated." Sure, you could put up a forum with the exact same name, design and sub-forums as the original, but would you still have the same community? The same history? The same "feel"? Nuh-uh. You'd be starting from scratch, with zero users and zero posts. Sure, a lot of the users would come along to the new site (if you could get in contact with them), but it would never be even a good approximation of the old community. I've been through forums with totally awesome communities (no more than a few thousand people, with hundreds of regular posters, and shiploads of very close friendships) that have had to, for one reason or another, get rid of their boards and start with a new forum. Nothing saved--everyone has to reregister and start from scratch all over again. And the communities pulled through, and within a month, that feeling of community was back again...only with some people's added excitement of the new place and/or lament of losing the old place. So I'd get rid of the forum. We could rebuild. Rebuilding the original HSR, though, would be a lot harder. Before I had my own computer, I was using the family computer to write music. One day, my mother decided she needed to reformat the computer...and without consulting me (or anyone else), she just went ahead and did it without saving anything. I lost all my original music as well as digital photos I took from my trip to Germany--stuff I could never get back and still have never gotten back. Keep HSR. Rebuild the forum.

Author:	Marshmallow Roast [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:58 pm ]
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I'd keep the H-star-R. Even if the forum didn't have all the old posts saved and such when it was recreated, all the juys would still be there and it would still be a great place to be.

Author:	Chekt [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:59 pm ]
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hmm... which isa the lesser of two evils, i would save the forum because like Einoo said, the DVD's are always there and this forum can keep me occupied all day, while I cant watch the same toons all day every day.

Author:	Ju Ju Master [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:12 pm ]
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Incorrect, EInoo and Chekt. In the initial post, InterupterJones wrote: The site you don't choose will be totally erased from existence forever, including all cached/archived/hard copies or saved files everywhere, as well as any DVDs, CDs, t-shirts, etc. that anyone owns. Anyways, InterupterJones wrote: Sure, a lot of the users would come along to the new site (if you could get in contact with them), but it would never be even a good approximation of the old community. Ah, I disagree. The WikiForum would be destroyed, but the wiki would be untouched. Mosdt people who would try to go to the forum and find it down would then head to the wiki to a) see if it was a problem throughout all of hrwiki.com, or b) see what the problem was. The wiki could simply have an announcment pointing peoiple to the new forum, and the majority of the users would be back. You're right, it wouldn't be the same, but the fix would be much better than losing H*R.

Author:	Chekt [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:17 pm ]
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Ju Ju Master wrote: Incorrect, EInoo and Chekt. In the initial post, IJ wrote: The site you don't choose will be totally erased from existence forever, including all cached/archived/hard copies or saved files everywhere, as well as any DVDs, CDs, t-shirts, etc. that anyone owns. erg, well still i couldn't watch those toons forever. so i would still save the forum.

Author:	racerx_is_alive [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:22 pm ]
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I made my choice just by which gives me more enjoyment on a weekly/daily basis. Even the very best HR week gives me an hour of fun a week? That's only if I watch the new stuff multiple times, and spend a bit of time talking with others about how sweet the update was. I spend lots more time here. I mean, without this forum, I'd be totally bored everyday that isn't monday or a small part of thursday. Now, I suppose there is a qualitative measure along with the quantitative one. Quantitatively, the forum gets way more of my time than HR does. However, I've laughed harder at many many more H*R things than Forum stuff. Plenty of chuckles here, but not nearly as many laugh out louds.

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Author:	JTHomeslice [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:30 pm ]
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I'd save H*R. IJ, let us say I have the DVD's ripped on my compy. What would happen?

Author:	Ju Ju Master [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:59 pm ]
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JTHomeslice wrote: I'd save H*R. IJ, let us say I have the DVD's ripped on my compy. What would happen? They'd be destroyed, too. He has super powers, apparently. he doesn't even need to be a millionaire.

Author:	PianoManGidley [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:23 pm ]
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InterruptorJones wrote: Marshmallow Roast wrote: I'd keep the H-star-R. Even if the forum didn't have all the old posts saved and such when it was recreated, all the juys would still be there and it would still be a great place to be. Okay, I'm gonna tweak the situation: The Deranged Millionaire would also make sure no forum was ever recreated at this address (or anywhere at hrwiki.org). forum.hrwiki.org would be vanquished forever, and no page anywhere on hrwiki.org could link or even allude to any new forum. Well, we'd either just set up a forum for HR fans totally independent of the Wiki...or if the Millionaire's super magic powers extend that far to prevent ANY HR-fan forum from EVER being reproduced ever again, then we'd all find a way to meet up IRL and party, boogie, and buttdance again (like the rhythm's down our pants ). And as long as it's in a public place, it'd be totally legal in America thanks to the freedom of assembly deal in the 1st Amendment. And if the Millionaire tries to do anything further to disrupt that, then I'll kick his Millionaire butt.

Author:	racerx_is_alive [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:32 pm ]
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Correct me if I'm wrong, IJ, but guys, I don't think the question is really "which would be the easiest to reproduce later" as much as "If you had to live the rest of your life without one or the other, which would you cut out?" The framing was just more creative. So all of these "What if magic happened and all of us ended up on the same forum some other place" questions are a bit irrelevant to the matter at hand, it seems. But man, that Deranged Millionaire. First, making TMBG record all of those venue songs, and now this! WHERE WILL HE STRIKE NEXT?

Author:	Jello B. [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:36 pm ]
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The forum. I couldn't live without it.

Author:	Ju Ju Master [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:57 pm ]
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InterruptorJones wrote: racerx_is_alive wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, IJ, but guys, I don't think the question is really "which would be the easiest to reproduce later" as much as "If you had to live the rest of your life without one or the other, which would you cut out?" The framing was just more creative. So all of these "What if magic happened and all of us ended up on the same forum some other place" questions are a bit irrelevant to the matter at hand, it seems. Yeah, that's about right. Aw peas. I like loopholes. Then I'd probably change my vote to the forum. I spend a lot more time here than I do at H*R.

Author:	damik [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:07 pm ]
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homestarrunner.com

Author:	Acekirby [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:29 pm ]
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Someone remember this poll at the next awards. This is the best one I've seen in a long while. As for my decision, I'd save the forum. Homestar is a great, great site, but the forum has become such a large part of my life. Even if it could magically be re-created somewhere else, it wouldn't have the same flair. InterruptorJones wrote: Yeah, the Deranged Millionaire is a jerk. No kidding.

Author:	DumDeDum [ Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:37 pm ]
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This is the toughest choice. I chose the easy way out and didn't vote.

Author:	Einoo T. Spork [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:31 am ]
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racerx_is_alive wrote: But man, that Deranged Millionaire. First, making TMBG record all of those venue songs, and now this! WHERE WILL HE STRIKE NEXT? Make us all wear underpants..... ON OUR HEADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dun dun DUNNNNNN!!!!!!!

Author:	Shopiom [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:18 am ]
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I hate to say it, but I'd choose to destroy here. If H*R got destroyed, then this place would still go, then both sites would be gone. So, either way, the forum loses.

Author:	Lunar Jesty [ Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:23 am ]
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Shopiom wrote: I hate to say it, but I'd choose to destroy here. If HR got destroyed, then this place would still go, then both sites would be gone. So, either way, the forum loses. We could still reminice about it, although I do agree that Joey might not want to keep a website about something that doesn't exist. Would our HR emoticons dissappear too?