For those of you who frequented The Flood around last Christmas, you may remember a certain phenomenon that swept this community. Something that captured the hearts and souls of everyone who witnessed it.
I am pleased to inform you that in the coming weeks, this legendary marvel will once again be upon us. That thing that made us stay up until unreasonable hours waiting for cats to appear, that thing that some of us enjoyed enough to donate money to, that thing that so many of us loved so dearly, will soon return.
I'm talking of course about the [url=http://tree.schwippy.com/2008/index.php]Schwippy Christmas Tree.[/url]
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, I'll break it down for you:
The Schwippys are a family from somewhere in California that had the fantastic idea of posting a live webcam feed of their Christmas tree on [url=http://www.schwippy.com/blog/]their site[/url] and giving control of the lights to the people who visited the page.
Essentially, they said "Here, play with our tree and watch it change."
There's an explanation of how it works [url=http://plasma2002.com/tree/]here.[/url]
But the best part about the Schwippy Tree wasn't playing with light switches, it was talking to the Schwippys in the live chat, watching them chase cats around the house, and forcing them to write things on signs and hold them up to the camera.
Yes, it was slightly creepy, but more than that, it was a damn good time. And on top of all that, [url=http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6682/floodztreefv3.jpg]they loved[/url] [url=http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/1750/43670118xa1.jpg]us.[/url]
So that's the deal. Soon, the Schwippy Christmas Tree will be up and running for the 2008 season. Hopefully, starting the thread this early will help contain the madness this year so that we don't overrun the forum again. If this thread still exists when it's up, I'll update this with all breaking news and pertinent information.
Also, happy holidays.
[quote]Link updated.
-Foman[/quote]
[Edited on 12.01.2008 1:57 AM PST by x Foman123 x]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Mrs schwippy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] T3hLemming The chat room isn't loading for me, I just get a constant "Disconnect (Security) Reconnect..." error message thing. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?[/quote] you're probably behind a firewall.[/quote] Well that sucks. Don't think I can turn that off and still get access to the network I'm on right now...
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So it's a family that decorates a christmas tree, lame.
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This is funny.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] T3hLemming The chat room isn't loading for me, I just get a constant "Disconnect (Security) Reconnect..." error message thing. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?[/quote] you're probably behind a firewall.
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The chat room isn't loading for me, I just get a constant "Disconnect (Security) Reconnect..." error message thing. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?
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Completely pointless much? Crap idea.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Mrs schwippy fyi saying 4chan or fap make ustream pemaban you, indefinately...not 15 minutes. [/quote] Ah if only that rule could be applied to the internet as a whole. This whole thing is pretty cool . Missed it last year, but I'll pop in from time to time this year.
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fyi saying 4chan or fap make ustream pemaban you, indefinately...not 15 minutes. its not us. we do the kick, or 15 minute ban if youre being extra annoying. lol. gotta have some regulation. we still love ya tho. <3 if any of you are still banned, let me know
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BahamutZER0 You get an automatic 15 minute IP ban if you say 4chan. They say it's some weird ustream thing.[/quote]That explains a lot.
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I just made a lot of people say 4chan. They must hate me now. I am banned now. :O How long? [Edited on 12.02.2008 6:13 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BahamutZER0 You get an automatic 15 minute IP ban if you say 4chan. They say it's some weird ustream thing.[/quote]Oh, lol What exactly is 4chan.. I've never visited it, and I don't want to..? Half an hour later...still banned? [Edited on 12.02.2008 5:42 PM PST]
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You get an automatic 15 minute IP ban if you say 4chan. They say it's some weird ustream thing.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Primo84 They just booted me from their chat room. I knew that story was too dirty. EDIT: Scratch that, I just got my entire [i]school[/i] banned from their chat room. Apparently they tap the IP address.[/quote]LOL? What was the story/ how long is the ban/ who exactly banned you; is it automatic or the tree owners? I typed "4chan" and got kicked lol? Is this a ban? [Edited on 12.02.2008 5:03 PM PST]
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They just booted me from their chat room. I knew that story was too dirty. EDIT: Scratch that, I just got my entire [i]school[/i] banned from their chat room. Apparently they tap the IP address. [Edited on 12.02.2008 5:01 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Primo84 I was taking one of my 5 month breaks from B.net around last Christmas. This is weird dude. EDIT: I think I broke it; all their lights just went out. [/quote]You really missed out =/ It was awesome. It's pretty awesome this year too though.
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I was taking one of my 5 month breaks from B.net around last Christmas. This is weird dude. EDIT: I think I broke it; all their lights just went out. [Edited on 12.02.2008 3:49 PM PST]
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On....Off.....ON.....OFF..... The POWER I can't CONTROL the POWER!!!!!
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The fact that they actually contribute to the website actually makes this pretty cool and not just a gimmick.
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Great!
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It's lovely!
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[url=http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll271/YubenMeatslapt/Picture10.png?t=1228190878]Yuben Meatslapt Flood!!![/url]
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oeww!
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I had totally forgotten about this, its good to see it come back.
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Ah yes, was a good time back in the day.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dukiduke You have just distracted me from HW for another 5 minutes. TYVM[/quote] I've clocked up 12 hours looking at this tree already.