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 Post subject: The TEF Dictionary :: Special Holiday Edition
PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:21 am 
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A mod gave me the okay, so here's a compilation of all the holidays that we "celebrate" here at the Homestar Runner Wiki Forum. Please do NOT post here, begging to add a holiday to the list for any reason. That's spam. I didn't say so, a mod did. However, DO post here to correct any mistakes I might have made.

Here it go.

May 11th: Robot Assimilation Day
Also Called: Robot Day, R. A. Day
First Celebrated: May 11, 2005
Started By: AgentSeethroo
Celebration: Users choose sides with the robots and the humans. Robots gain robot names, while humans gain ranks in front of their username. The two armies duke it out in a designated thread, occasionally spilling over into the rest of the Forum, until the day is over.
Other: In the first celebration, AgentSeethroo led the robots, though he later switched sides, and JohnTheTinyCowboy led the humans. The fighting took place in the thread Those Evil 'Bots, started by The Experimental Film.

May 29th: 1936 Day
Also Called: N/A
First Celebrated: May 28-29, 2005
Started By: Shopiom
Celebration: Users change their avatars to grayscale and usernames to "old-timey" names, and begin to talk in an upper-class kind of way. [STOP] is commonly used instead of periods, and signatures and locations are affected too.
Other: Shopiom decided to create a new holiday after suggesting that we brainstorm new ones in New forum day suggestions, started by Shopiom.

July 7th: Negative Day
Also Called: N/A
First Celebrated: July 7th, 2005
Started By: Acekirby
Celebration: Users are encouraged to change their username to something that is significantly "not them", and to invert the colors of their avatars and banners. Speech is also often changed to the opposite of the real meaning.
Other: Negative Day was cancelled about twelve hours after it began, because of the spamming in its starting thread.

August 24th: Revert-Back Day
Also Called: N/A
First Celebrated: August 24th, 2005
Started By: ramrod
Celebration: Users are encouraged to revert their avatar, signature, location, and username to whatever they had on the first day they joined the Forum.
Other: Several users found this hard to do, as many had forgotten what they once had.

Labor Day: Translate your name day
Also Called: N/A
First Celebrated: Labor Day, 2005 (can someone give me the exact date?)
Started By: Beyond the Grave
Celebration: Users are encouraged to translate their usernames to a different language, and replace their current ones with the translated ones.
Other: N/A

September 19th: (National) Talk Like a Pirate Day
Also Called: Pirate vs. Ninja Day
First Celebrated: September 19th - 20th, 2005
Started By: The Experimental Film (only PvN Day)
Celebration: Users were encouraged to choose between a pirate or a ninja, and duke it out in a predestined thread. The pirates won, as the ninjas were vastly outnumbered.
Other: The date for Pirate vs. Ninja Day was specifically intended to be on National Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the celebration was set almost a month before.

That's it (for the time being). I move that we don't have any more holidays until October, at the very least.

To reiterate (does that even make sense here?): You may post here with suggestions, but nothing for new holidays.

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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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 Post subject: Oops. Okay...
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Okay, guys, I might not have made this clear. You CAN post here, just not with requests for new Forum holidays. Suggestions and corrections are what I want and need, and I would prefer it if you posted them here rather than PM'd me with them.

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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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Wait, what's the difference of suggesting a holiday and requesting a holiday?

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He means suggestions like "I think you should include some of the major participants in Forum Holidays, such as Seethroo led the Robot Army and JTTC led the resistance."

That kinda thing. (That was a real suggestion, by the way.)

Oh, and I think we should space out the holidays more if we're going to have so many.

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 Post subject: Requestin' and suggestin'...
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Requesting is making up a holiday and begging for it to be added. That's not allowed. What IS allowed is suggesting that I change a definition, add something to a definition, or add something that has already been suggested elsewhere. (i.e., Frotzie's "Butter Battle Day". That wasn't added because we shot it down in New forum day suggestions.)

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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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Didn't I suggest 20x6 day?

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 Post subject: I think.
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I think you did, but 1-UP suggested it and gave the date. Um... I'll give you both credit.

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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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I agree with JTTC - we should space the holidays out more, or this is gonna get old, fast.

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 Post subject: A'ight.
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A'ight. I'll move Zero Wing Day to November 1st. However, I need the consent of the creators of the other holidays to move the rest of them.

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The Experimental Film wrote:
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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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Just so you know, there is a real Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th.


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curse you no smorking! I was about to say that

Where might I find this "Suggestions for a new forum day" thread?

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 Post subject: You're right.
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No Smorking wrote:
Just so you know, there is a real Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th.


Yeah, I think I'll move it over to that date. All right, Jitka?

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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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That's OK by me. I don't mind at all. You are, after all, the Keeper of the Holidays. All decisions are made by you, Teffgardo.

Knock yourself out.

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 Post subject: <_<
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JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote:
Knock yourself out.


Don't tell me that. I might take it literally.

<_<

>_>

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The Experimental Film wrote:
extremejon09 wrote:
I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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No, I actually meant it. Knock yourself out. Like, with a Louisville Slugger.

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 Post subject: Gladly!
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Gladly!

...

Wait a minute...

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The Experimental Film wrote:
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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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This is gonna get annoying.... come on guys, Robot Day was really only fun because it was spontaneous. You can't plan that kind of wackiness. Even 1936 day was kind of annoying.

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No Smorking wrote:
Just so you know, there is a real Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th.


Well, it's a double-holiday for me. Because it's also my birthday. Yar.
Ya, I had a complaint about that, so I PM'd TEF. All settled now.

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Yoda day is also my little sister's birthday. My sister is yoda? :eek:


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 Post subject: Re: The TEF Dictionary :: Special Holiday Edition
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November 1st: Zero Wing Day
all your base are belong to us but i cant wait for it scince its like 5 months away but mabye should we have zero wing avatars and sigs? and other carp like that?

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I don't know, even if it loses some of the fun because of lack of spontaneousness I still think it'll be great. Probably 1/5 of the people around here are goign to participate in those anyways.

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So, tomorrow is "talk like yoda day" right?

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 Post subject: Mmm!
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Neo wrote:
So, tomorrow is "talk like yoda day" right?


"Mmm! Seems that tomorrow Yoda Day is!"

I guess. About this spontaneousness- it is a lot more fun when you don't know that it's coming, but I'm not trying to give myself a say in that. I just made this calendar so people will know what the crap is going on when a holiday hits. If need be, I'll delete Zero Wing Day completely from the calendar and just start talking like Cats at some random time.

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I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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 Post subject: Well, DO YA, PUNK?
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I think we should erase all the dates, and then someone can take it upon themself to start a holiday without warning. We'll leave all the holidays on the calendar so that people can identify the holiday that's happening, but we should have rules, like no more than one holiday per month, and whoever starts a holiday going first is the one whose holiday everyone else participates in.

Know what I'm sayin', dawg?

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 Post subject: Sounds grood.
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Sounds good to me, but I need the people's consent before I do it.

Anyone have a comment?

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The Experimental Film wrote:
extremejon09 wrote:
I see you haven't played Twilight Princess. Why is that?

I got to the water dungeon thing and got bored.

WOW. You just lost the very little respect I had left for you.


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This is gonna get annoying.... come on guys, Robot Day was really only fun because it was spontaneous. You can't plan that kind of wackiness. Even 1936 day was kind of annoying.

Yeah, I'm with you all the way. It's like Christmas every month. What fun would that be?

I ain't celebrating nothin' but Robot Day. That's the only true holiday, in my eyes.

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I'll do Pirate Day because it's a real holiday and we did it last year over at Animated Diversions. But I won't do it the way you think....

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For crying in mud! Today is YODA DAY?

*Ears lengthen and body shrinks*
Celebrate Yoda Day, I will!


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I ain't celebrating nothin' but Robot Day.
Remember grammar is our friend.

I never really celebrated these, I should but I haven't.

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