What is bob?

Relic25

<div class="IPBDescription">Do a favor for moleculor!</div>I just saw the spraypaints on readyroom.org, and it occurred to me that it would be wonderful if someone could make a spraypint that simply read, "What is Bob?".  Nothing else - no pictures or any other text.  It would be a great way to spread curiosity throughout the HL community.  If enough people see "What is Bob", they are bound to start asking what that means, and word should spread like alien crud on a derelict ship. ;)

Relic25

hehe.  I thought Moleculor would have been sucked right in by now from the title alone.

Spyder_Monkey

He seems to be asleep or something, I've noticed a distinct lack of Moleculor posts today. Maybe something as simple as "What is Bob?" and a link to the site below it. NS will take the world by storm, in a bloodless coup de' etat. (sp?)

ChromeAngel

Mabye "Who is Bob?", "what" doesn't sound right, it gives too many clues away.

Bob_the_Alien

Too confusing every one would think your talking about me with "who is bob" <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> well im going to unplug my CPU now c ya.

CrystalSnake

How about "Who or what is Bob?"

Jacius

[NOTE: The attached file does not work, but the download should work. I'm trying to make it purdier, but this one works -Jac]

How about something like...this?

<img src="http://www.thelag.net/cgi-bin/hosting/web_pages/Jacius/images/temp/bobspray.JPG" border="0">

Also available, for your spraying pleasure, in .wad format, attached, or download <a href="http://www.thelag.net/cgi-bin/hosting/web_pages/Jacius/images/temp/pldecal.zip" target="_blank">here</a>.

[EDIT -- The attached one doesnt work in game -Jac]

Spyder_Monkey

Sweet work Jacius, I'll be installing that spray as soon as I get home from work.

*Go Patriots*

liquidscript

Oh yeah.  I'm gonna use this to advertise all over the Day of Defeat servers.  Be Back L8r.

Spyder_Monkey

Slowly, but surely we all become part of "Flayra's Army".

Jacius

Ok, just chill out and check RR.org occasionally, because MonsE is making a mini-feature or something out of it.

The new and improved spray is wonderful, definitely better than the old one, and definitely worth waiting around for.

-Jacius

CrystalSnake

I think an NS-themed T-shirt would be cool.

Hida_Tsuzua

I do need a new t-shirt....

Jacius

Not a bad idea Crystalsnake!

Maybe Flay or MonsE should look into that... "Support NS, but a shirt/hat!"

-Jacius

Relic25

NOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!  You guys are missing the point with the "What is Bob?" thing!  No graphics (not even a silhouette), no other text, and no URL!  The whole idea is to get people guessing.  If left to their own curiosity, word will spread faster than if you provide them with the info too easily (like with a URL).  Also, "<b>What</b> is Bob?" lends more of a curious angle to it.

Ah well.  If I wanted to do it my way, I should have made the spray myself. :/

MonsieurEvil

Well, I will do one of my rare partial-disagreements with Relic, and say that I think the spray should be just 'What is Bob?' (still agreeing), have no silhouette (still agreeing), and the URL on the bottom (finally breaking away). I found that (using the nifty SilverFox sprays all weekend) people would often stop and look at the tag, but never ask me what it was about. This way you won't have to count on their interaction, but the URL gets out onto the street.

Similar to mLife <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->

Spyder_Monkey

God I hated those commercials. "Do you have an mLife?". "I don't have a life outside of the internet, so if if it's online, then I most probably do."

Gonna start plastering that spray around in TFC. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

pielemuis

I agree just use what is bob, i could even spam some cs forums in belgium with it <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
People'll get crazy!

Moleculor

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!! That is -so- cool! I'm grabbing the one with the silhouette, but if someone comes up with one that's lacking the silhouette I'll take that as well!!

OMG! Choices! So many sprays, so little time! And a Bob spray no less! *suggests to Bob that he should go thank Relic25 and Jacius*

Here he comes boys! Look out! <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

Spyder_Monkey

Wanna know something really sad? I'm starting to believe that somewhere, in his dorm room, there is some sort of Bob plush toy that he is always talking to at times like these. sheesh.

pielemuis

Yeah me 2, it gets kinda sad when he runs out of medicine and he starts seeing and hearing things. Poor moleculor......

Moleculor

*whispers something in Bob's ear*

*Bob goes running off to find Spyder Monkey and InterFect0r, a hungry gleam in his eye*

RhoadsToNowhere

I might actually try out the spray some time...as 1337 as my Randy Rhoads spray is, it's gettin a little old...

Spyder_Monkey

I've got a lot more than a siege turret here Moleculor, bring it. You and your pet dog.

Fox

Relic, I must say that I agree with you completely.  <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
It was a very good idea, and as soon as I get Photoshop again (it's at a friend's house), I'll see what I can do.

Relic25

I'd do it myself, but I never bothered to find/read a tutorial on making a color spray decal.  I know that there are certain requirements, but I don't know what they are.

Silver_Fox

I have created a spray ... but I will let Monsieur release it as his discretion.

Jacius

The certain requirements are Wally :-D

There's some limit to the area of it (96*96, 128*64, are ok), and if you want to it be transparent parts of it need to be absolute blue (0,0,255)

Then just get Wally, and it has its own menu option "HL Color Decal Wizard"!!! Just show it you HL folder, whick mod you want to put it in, and then the souce (clipboard, file on HD, etc) and it will whip up a pldecal.wad file (i think you still have to save is tho, it didnt automatically put it in my nstr folder)

And then you're done.

Now, as good of an idea it is to just have "What is Bob?" by itself, it really wouldn't cause as much of a stir as you'd think. Someone looks at it, thinks for a minute, and then forgets about it by next round. And they don't have any URL to visit to reinforce the idea.

Sure, if you had a hundred people spraying "What is Bob?" all over every server with more than 3 people on it, it might have an effect, but until you have those 100 people a-spraying, people aren't going to care who/what bob is, especially in the middle of a CS match.

Anyway, my spray(s) should be appearing sometime to night on RR.org, so you can see the new ones for yourself.

-Jacius

MonsieurEvil

Both Jac's and Silver's phiznat new sprays are up. Gander and grab.