
Come and get it while it's hot!
m3tatweening phase 001
(requires divx 4 or higher) - Under 5MB :)
See www.fnord.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/m3tatweening.htm for more info.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:39,
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m3tatweening phase 001
(requires divx 4 or higher) - Under 5MB :)
See www.fnord.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/m3tatweening.htm for more info.

i'm only halfway through, but i'm already confident that this is the best thing i have ever seen!
it gets a

/unclicks pause
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:12,
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it gets a

/unclicks pause

And I just now that the next set of peeps will rise to the challenge.
This could run and run. Count me in again!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:17,
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This could run and run. Count me in again!

I really want to do more for it. But I reckon there may be a bit of a clamour to take part in the next part!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:21,
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i'm sure you'll understand, I might get the next one going by Tuesday and then that may go on for another week or so.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:42,
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There are lots of peeps who didn't take part in that who should really be involved. Good luck with the co-ordinating - seems to be quite a big job!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:55,
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and a big woupla yow and hay for getting all that together!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:41,
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hoorah
hoorah
hoorah
it's on its way now!
and to think i nearly went to bed.
/reaches for port
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:41,
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hoorah
hoorah
it's on its way now!
and to think i nearly went to bed.
/reaches for port

after all this. I'm sure you'll all find it at the very least amusingly weird.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:48,
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btw Fnord : Everstoned sent you something...
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:50,
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i've forgotten none of you have seen anything other than 1 part at the most.
It all goes together well, and really it always should do.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:53,
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It all goes together well, and really it always should do.

that was an Audiovisual Inferno (without the audio obviously) of the highset Archuberpotage!
I am liberated and spent. MORE!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:58,
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I am liberated and spent. MORE!

shame about mine being the shortest + crappest one on there + the fact i was about 3 pixels too short around the edges. Ah well :¬)
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03,
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like the horse at the start turning back and forth.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:05,
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a lot of work putting 10 minutes together. I might try a bit tomorrow
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:14,
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that the soundtrack could work in much the same way... with each musician getting a bit of animation to score for, and a start and end sound...
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:24,
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but it might compete with the images then. your attention would oscillate between weird aural and weird visual acrobatics...
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:28,
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would be in for that, of course. Someone let me know if this goes ahead.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:30,
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i could compile a mailing list of interested musos (via email) and we could divide the task like gentlemen. sound good?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:35,
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mail me, people!
spacefish at glastonbridge dot co dot yookay
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:40,
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spacefish at glastonbridge dot co dot yookay

not all of us have our own choir! but i suspect the nature of it will be instrumental anyway
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:48,
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should be made rather than a minute by minute approach as the images are not time specific.
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Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:03,
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and see you were talking about scoring to the animation so that's more what i meant.
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Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:05,
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I dread to think what would happen if it got wet.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:04,
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do you have an airtight container big enough to hold so much brilliance?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:10,
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on my 40kbps connection...
that would take...calculates
over a fortnight...
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:44,
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that would take...calculates
over a fortnight...

how the fuck do I play this? Winamp doesn't show anything and gets confused, the dreaded Windows Media Player can't. RealPlayer says I need a divX player?
Help?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:48,
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Help?

divx 5 is quite easy to find, you can also download a divx player that contains divx5 codecs already.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:49,
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i have ever seen in my entire life!
could we have credits in order of tweening?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:49,
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could we have credits in order of tweening?

you'll be submitting this to the newsletter, i hope?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:50,
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encoding at the moment.. that might turn out crap though.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:09,
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Feel free to suggest any improvements to it. I know the names at the end aren't that big or clear but I can fix that a bit tomorrow.
As long as the animation works alright. :)
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:51,
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As long as the animation works alright. :)

the associated web page should show what keyframes each contributor was given?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:58,
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it just doesn't have the actual keyframes :)
You know what I mean though.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:11,
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You know what I mean though.

I had no idea what other people were doing, and I'm not totally sure which are the keyframes, but it's very funny, very silly and darned impressive! Well done to all. Long live m3tatweening!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:56,
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that deserves a bleeding prize!
i'm going to watch it again
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:59,
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i'm going to watch it again

trying to read the board and watch that at the same time. After a few more ov these we'll be able to release 'B3ta: The movie'!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:01,
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where the cow's coat is blown of to reveal a hippo underneath.
Absolute genius.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:52,
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Absolute genius.

the whole thing's blown me completely away!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:54,
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and god's spelling being corrected by that germanic heraldic emblem thingy. and so much more!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:56,
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It is so amazing how all this appeared out of nowhere. It was just there humming along, waiting to be examined.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:59,
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if i ever meet you i am going to shake your hand and buy you a drink
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:02,
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I feel bad for not making my bit longer now. I didn't realise that some people were doing fucking feature films!!!
As a whole it is just extraordinary.
edit - and nearly 10 minutes!!!!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03,
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As a whole it is just extraordinary.
edit - and nearly 10 minutes!!!!

I was pleased with my bit but didn't relaise there were going to be so many epics in there! :OP
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:07,
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Mine was all of 10 seconds, max.
Must try harder next time.
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Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:09,
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Must try harder next time.

on putting all this together, fnord. this is for you, for the brilliant idea, and for making it all happen:

big WOO to you!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:04,
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big WOO to you!

you deserve to hear from the Dog Rock Oracle too:

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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:05,
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is the list on the webpage right, fnord? A couple of people dropped out didn't they?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:09,
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but they're earmarked for phase 2 i think.
(oh cripes just got an e-mail from everstoned)
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15,
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(oh cripes just got an e-mail from everstoned)

it's still one of my all time faves!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:31,
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That was fantastic. Massive woos and yays to everyone involved.
The badger sequence in particular was awesome.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:53,
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The badger sequence in particular was awesome.

an awful lot of b3tanhours were put into this and everyone's done their bit very well. I loved how some bits came together.
I'll be putting the keyframes on the webpage so you can see exactly what the breakpoints were.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:01,
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I'll be putting the keyframes on the webpage so you can see exactly what the breakpoints were.

screen flashes, that was a break-point - it might flow even better if you remove those?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03,
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to try and get rid of these. I overlapped each segment by a part of a second to try and get rd of them but couldn't face another attempt and encoding tonight.
They're on the list though. Cheers.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:24,
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They're on the list though. Cheers.

just to seehow all the bits join.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03,
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Wooness in the field of Yay goes to...
B3ta, and Fnord!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:01,
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B3ta, and Fnord!

A woo, a yay, a houpla and a panowie for Fnord and all the other geniuses involved in that!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03,
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but i don't care, that is deserving of
AND 
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:04,
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That's amazing.
Part of me wants to know who did what, but the other part says that's missing the point.
Awestruck wooyays...
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:05,
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Part of me wants to know who did what, but the other part says that's missing the point.
Awestruck wooyays...

i had no idea where each bit ended and what not. is that a sign?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:06,
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this definitely reveals a hive mind at work.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:17,
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There aren't really any major crashing transformations, and a lot of them are really pretty smooth. I don't know where some of the keyframes are at all...
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:22,
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Thank you so much. Near-flawless editing - although at the end there's a full screen shot of the medal twice, why is that?
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:06,
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the reappearance of the medal is due to me messing up in giving out the keyframes so 2 versions of that segment were made so i jammed them both together.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:27,
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...boyond Fnord... lies "m3tatween meltdown"!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:11,
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Got the avi
My mind is messed.
Absolutely *superb*! Woo Yay Houpla!!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:12,
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My mind is messed.
Absolutely *superb*! Woo Yay Houpla!!

Very funny.
Made me wish I'd ......
a) had better start and end frames
b) spent more time on my gif
c) had a stranger brain, like some of the strange python inspired lunatics who were also involved.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15,
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Made me wish I'd ......
a) had better start and end frames
b) spent more time on my gif
c) had a stranger brain, like some of the strange python inspired lunatics who were also involved.

the longest string of most extreme praise i've seen on here too!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15,
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and yay..........best thing ever !!!
not just because I was involved........oh no........brilliance all round :)
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:21,
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not just because I was involved........oh no........brilliance all round :)

I was actually a bit scared when things went a bit TOO well. I was just glad everyone didn't use the same kitten otherwise i'd have had to run off and hide away for 6 months.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:30,
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it reinforces my belief in the weird but brilliant nature of the human spririt.
chuck a couple more wooyays on the barbie


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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:21,
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chuck a couple more wooyays on the barbie



17 minutes of downloading left, but im sure its going to be great!!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:16,
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it's at least that to the power of woo good.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:20,
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you can't anticipate how good it will be. because you've never seen anything like it!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:23,
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I think you're damning it with faint praise there... it's even better than that!!!
sorry
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:26,
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sorry

we should have all said it was crap.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:31,
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while we all say how amazing it is.
They'll see soon enough though :)
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:33,
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They'll see soon enough though :)

im just about to finish downloading Divx!!!
getting excited:D
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:41,
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getting excited:D

got DivX on, unfortunately the vid clip didnt download properly (only got 1.63M) so now im downloading it again!!
(still quite excited, though)
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:56,
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(still quite excited, though)

woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
hoo!
superb.
god, i wish i'd done more for mine. i love the badger sequence. /ovation for all involved!
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:20,
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woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
hoo!
superb.
god, i wish i'd done more for mine. i love the badger sequence. /ovation for all involved!

look what you've made me do. capitals and expletives. two things i don't normally do. but i also don't normally see anything that makes my mind do as many backflips as that did.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:22,
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I'm going to bed.
Well done everybody.
I'm going to be dreaming that.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:28,
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Well done everybody.
I'm going to be dreaming that.

while that's still in my mind. i should have most excellent dreams tonight!
thanks to all of you who were involved. most especially fnordus.
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Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:35,
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thanks to all of you who were involved. most especially fnordus.