Steel Cage Match pre-gaming
6The first annual, or Meh.be last, Meh. Steel Cage Match is about to begin. According to the ‘rules’ established to date, these are the entrants hoping to get pickled (admittedly some in the list have already opted out): @barney, @narfcake, @froodyfrog, @carl669, @mfladd, @f00l, @OldCatLady, @baqui63, @CaptAmehrican, @Kidsandliz, @jbartus, @sohmageek, @compunaut, @miko1, @baybay11, @2many2no, @sriwanw1, @purplepawprints, @pantheist.
If y’all could reply with a ‘yea’ or ‘nay’ to confirm participation that would be great. Others can still request a spot, but yea, Meh.
If any of you are more ambitious than me and can purr (or put) a link (in a reply )to the previous thread I’ll continue with the nonsense of trying to make rules, that no one will abide by anyway…
- To stay in the game you must post at least once every 30 minutes, unless a simple majority of chosen participants rules otherwise
b) No teaming up, or other cheating schemes like robots and stuffs
- All posts must be real, no having your cat stand on the keyboard and pressing enter, or other similar unintelligible schemes
d) All posts must contain a minimum of one full line (72-ish characters)
- Topic jumping and side conversations are encouraged, but no extra points will be awarded for these schemes
f) 24 hours maximum, all standing at that time go into the final elimination rounds (I’ll make up the rules for that later if needed)
- Moderator/creator (@dmlivezey) chooses start time - take that you PDT suckers!, tentatively 00:01 EDT June 4, but expect last minute shenanigans +/- 6 hours
h) I have no idea what the rules for a steel cage match are, so any reference to that was just silly, and have I mentioned schemes lately?
- No cheating or other schemes
z) All rights reserved, other fine print mumbo jumbo, patents pending, quid pro quo, and other legal stuffs and of course schemes, one, two, three, expect changes (or not)
Entrants will be selected by some Meh.thod if more than 10 interested Meh.tizens remain, following the guidelines and explicit logic of the mystery fuko selections.
The winner will receive 1) some of my left over Meh. junk, and other stuff my spouse wants to throw out, valued at somewhere between $10 and $1,000 (think $10.50), 2) bragging rights and 3) will get to pick the Goat for December 2016 (yea, I have no authority to make that offer, so just call me a big fat liar)
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Unfortunately, I will have to opt out. My ADD does not allow me to contend. I tend to post willy-nilly and I have a known problem of following rules. But I wish all the contestants the best of luck.
@mfladd If you really have ADD, then you don’t need any sleep anyway. And if I understand correctly, there aren’t really any rules (except for the NO CHEATING part)
@compunaut undiagnosed, but according to everyone…I am.
@mfladd so honestly, you sound like a perfect participant - and you and anyone else can post one comment and then quit, no harm, no foul
but it seems the Meh.tizens are reluctant to join unless there is a fair chance they can actually win (my crap)
How did I get on the list? As fun as it sounds, I have to opt out. If it were in a few weeks (after school is out and recital season is over) I could probably join in, but it would be really irresponsible for me to try it now. I need at least four hours of sleep when I have to drive the kids to school, dance, and karate…
@PurplePawprints well, i’ll take that as one vote for a delay to July 4 weekend,
and you got in by either liking the original topic, or replying to the post that said so,
or i just f’d up
@DMlivezey I liked the original topic, so that’s why then. I like the fun stuff that the forum members come up with to keep things interesting, I’m just not much of a participant. I hope you get enough to run this, though!
Um, you have participants hoping to get pickled? Sounds like fun, but I’m still out.
I’m still in, though will likely fail within the first hour due to sleep getting in the way.
Nope not staying up all night.
@Kidsandliz yea, i knew it was a bad idea, but at the thyme it seamed so inspired…
@DMlivezey Who knows there might be a few people crazy enough to stay up all night. Probably help if they were drinking and in a frat house or something…
@Kidsandliz @DMlivezey
Some of us could do it without the drinks, though they sure help. (Not that I mix drinks & Meh. It’s a recipe for disaster.)
@FroodyFrog i’ve lived that disaster, hence too much Meh. crap around this house…
Goes without saying, I’m out.
I don’t do weekends.
Have you seen what I do to the forums as it is? Everybody goes to bed and it’s all variations of “@jbartus replied at 5:13 AM” on every thread. I feel like participating would be cheating.
If I were to participate, I need to know, how are GIFs treated? I mean, a picture says a thousand words so it feels like it should qualify provided the GIF is in some way relevant to the conversation it’s providing commentary on.
@jbartus yea, a GIF is totally worth a thousand words, or at least 72 characters, esp. if it is new material - Meh.be if we stay up thru the 24 hours, you can teach me some GIF tricks?
@DMlivezey GIF lesson one:
An animated GIF is technically made up of several pictures run in a sequence. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a GIF is worth at least two thousand.
@DMlivezey slight retraction/revision - GIFs not OK if using the new /giphy slash command, that’s just TOO easy
/giphy cheating
@DMlivezey I would agree with that anyhow, they often don’t work in context.
@jbartus yea, like wtf is theshaderoom?
@DMlivezey @jbartus
Well if we exclude the notion that it’s an animal, plant or mineral,due to the fact that it is a news/ "entertainment"website, then we have to conclude that I have no idea how to phrase this comment decently.
@FroodyFrog so in otherwords…
/giphy indecent phrasing
I vote for July 4th. Will still fail but might last a bit longer.
PS I’m not on your list. Oversight or not wanted?
@f00l you are there, i even copy/pasted since i don’t know the characters of your UN, check it: @f00l,
@DMlivezey
Thats right you did. Sorry, v little sleep, so too tired to actually read. Me clueless.
@DMlivezey what about @baqui63 - it is also greyed out font colour
@DMlivezey and i feel kinda bad since i called him(er) a test poser, i’m such adope
I’m out. I have plans for Saturday. Sorry
sure, fuck it. i’m in. i guarantee nothing though. now, if i could just teach the kid to find and post gifs. he’s got a hell of a lot more energy than i do.
@carl669
I didn’t read the rules carefully, but I don’t think that’s allowed (but I won’t tell on you).
@FroodyFrog my child is not a robot.
@carl669
Wouldn’t it be teaming up though?
However, I’m all for you getting your son to take your place, although if the two of you win, he should get the lion’s share of the spoils.
@FroodyFrog he already gets the lion’s share. probably why i haven’t bought a new phone yet. he’d see it and somehow figure out a way to lay claim to it.
You want me to stay up all night hitting F5 on a web site and you aren’t even going to offer crap for sale on occasion?!
(Back when you could easily get multiple BOCs in a woot-off, I’d stay up for the entire thing… yeah, you’d start to get a bit tired on the third day, but no pain no gain.)
And maximum 24 hours? Why have a cut off? Why not minimum 24 hours and the person who lasts the longest wins? (Trust me, 24 hours should be doable for any relatively normal person and trivial for the sick fucks like me.)
My problem will be remembering to get started, not staying up. Someone wanna call me and remind me when it starts?
Oh… that’s a yea for me.
I would like to participate, but not as a participant.
I mean, every 30 minutes is not nearly random enough for me, since I can’t concentrate on anything for that much ti… … …
Didn’t most of you people stay connected for God-only-knows-how-long during Woot-offs back in the day? Aren’t you already checking in @ 11 (or midnight or whenever) anyway? It’s not about the destination - it’s the journey (meaning: even tho it’s Mehrica, doesn’t have to be about winning, only playing)
@compunaut Never had. Still won’t.
This sounds like a lot of fun!
@Boomdabah is that a request for entry into the steel cage?
also, @2many2no and @compunaut, i’m unclear if you are in our out based on your posts. i’m guessing in?
@DMlivezey Bah. Unlike the other party poopers, I plan to start. I’m OK with ‘Fall Fast, Crash Hard’
@DMlivezey Probably out. I like to spend time on the forums, but my opportunities are intermittent at best. I can’t honestly make a 24 hour commitment.
@2many2no lol - don’t look at it as a commitment, but more like a failed attempt
but whatever works is just Meh. with me
@DMlivezey Nah, I’m a tired EST guy, thanks for the offer…
/giphy steel cage match
Start time moving up to 20:00 EDT, June 3
Google sheet with usernames of those that have expressed interest, and latest of who’s in/out:
Score sheet
/giphy really bad idea
@DMlivezey 8pm, so 5pm PDT. You know some west coaster is going to whine about it being too early.
@narfcake i’ll offer them some cheese to go with their whine
i thought twice about the sharing of the score sheet, i’ll come up with a better way after sleep
@DMlivezey
/giphy cheese and whine
@narfcake
Cough cough
@DMlivezey @narfcake @dashcloud
Why’d i bother reading this ???
@FroodyFrog inherent mistrust of Disney?
@jbartus
Not sure. I just watched something completely ridiculous on YouTube with regards to cartoons, that my brain is refusing to fully cooperate.
@FroodyFrog meh.be so you could figure out wtf mickey is doing, is he scratching his butt then whistling the holes into the gouda to make it swiss?
@DMlivezey while attempting not to be crass, it’s a faked GIF and if you look carefully Mickey has an erect penis and is thrusting into the cheese wedges.
@jbartus yea, toats missed that, thanks for the visual though, now i won’t sleep
@jbartus doesn’t everyone whistle while they work?
@DMlivezey says the person who just allowed a giphy post of self-human-caterpillaring
@jbartus i didn’t pick it, Meh.be a bad choice of words, but i don’t even know what that means… i’ll ask my 20-something kids next time i’m drunk with them
@FroodyFrog I’m being honest that I didn’t catch that myself last night.
ok, less than 22 hours from the big kickoff, these are the losers that are planning to get wasted, i mean waste their time, i mean bond with their fellow Meh.tizens in hopes of winning the Grand Prize:
@baqui63
@carl669
@compunaut
@jbartus
@narfcake
if i missed you or you still want to join, we are well below the expected 1,000 entrants, wait maybe that was 1.000 entrants…
Anyway, not too late if you want to join the ‘fun’, just let me NO
Look for a new thread at 20:00 EDT June 3, Steel Cage Match QTR 1, then another thread every 6 hours until we’ve all lost interest, or fallen into a stupor or slumber
@DMlivezey
To be honest, I’m still kinda disappointed you chose to do this on the weekend. This may have finally gotten the average number of posts I make daily to go above 4.
@FroodyFrog sorry frog, most people seem to have more 24 hour internet access while not being the normal working stiff bots
but i’d be honored if you would host the second bi-monthly steel cage match on, or around, july 4, some interested (a little) were hoping for that option
/giphy flattery
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Imitation+is+the+sincerest+form+of+flattery
/giphy frogster maniac
@DMlivezey That is…ummmm…wtf is that??? Holy Crap! (if it creepy and bad, I like it)
@mfladd It IS creepy & bad. You may be the only one who likes it
@DMlivezey @mfladd @giphy @compunaut
WHY IS THAT MAN HUMAN CATERPILLARING HIMSELF?
@DMlivezey Man, look at the pros I’m up against. I feel like Montana St. against Kentucky
/giphy Kentucky Wildcats posterize
@compunaut Such is my life here. Tell me something I don’t already now.
@jbartus you’re welcome.
@giphy oh, of course lonesome had to go and change their UN to giphy
/giphy giphy that
@compunaut Pros? I’m in California and some nights, I’m asleep before 9pm!
Score Sheet v0.1
@DMlivezey
The title of the sheet should be changed from 0.0 to 0.1
@FroodyFrog fuck off
@DMlivezey there, that’s my first and last fuck in this forum, AWE SHIT i just did another, FUCK!
@FroodyFrog it’s on another account, so i consider 0.0 appropriate, unless you have proof of a previous 0.0 Mr. Froody?
@DMlivezey
I’ll pass on this.
@FroodyFrog FINE! don’t engage
@DMlivezey
@FroodyFrog i clicked on ‘this’, then [crickets]
@FroodyFrog i missed your point on 0.0 vs. 0.1 last night, one too many ta-kill-yas on my part perhaps…
update/correction done
/giphy version control
@baqui63, @carl669, @compunaut, @jbartus, @narfcake
Meh.be this goes without saying, but to stay in the game you have to post in the QTR 1, QTR 2, QTR 3, QTR 4 trhead, not just any random thread.
I’ll create them as things progress, unless I drop before y’all, then I’ll check for the winner later
/giphy duh!
@Yoda_Daenerys i’m a little confused
hard to believe this was that long ago @baqui63 @carl669 @compunaut @jbartus @narfcake @tickledlizard
@dmlivezey srsly