What is bob?
Relic25
Pixel Punk Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 39Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<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. ;)
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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]
*Go Patriots*
The new and improved spray is wonderful, definitely better than the old one, and definitely worth waiting around for.
-Jacius
Maybe Flay or MonsE should look into that... "Support NS, but a shirt/hat!"
-Jacius
Ah well. If I wanted to do it my way, I should have made the spray myself. :/
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-->
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-->
People'll get crazy!
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-->
*Bob goes running off to find Spyder Monkey and InterFect0r, a hungry gleam in his eye*
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.
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