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I cannot begin to express how excited I am about this! And so, with out further ado, I present: DEBATE: Should Earthbound 2 be 2D or 3D?
That is some Mike-tastic debatage. Tune in tomorrow for some Carpainterlicious article action. Carpy, I'll be waiting for your article Discuss your debate thoughts here. |
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Trivia has been updated again. Have fun with it this week. And can I have someone other than CPTCrunch give me his or her feedback on the facelift I gave the trivia page last week? I enjoy his opinion, but it sometimes makes me feel minimalised if only one person gives me any opinion on something. I feel like I've forgotten something. Oh yes, the winners last week. They were: AmzRigh, Andy Smith, CPTCrunch, Crazyswordsman, Cyberquad, Danitra, Daveman Deluxe, duefiglio, EB Espeon, EBisumaru, Falco, Falcon Pain, GG Crono 4, Ian White, Jeff's Radio, Mr. Tenda, Omni Falcon X, PikaChan, PSI Clark, Starman Omega, Venom. UPDATE to my update. I forgot something in question 2. All people who submitted before 9:10 PM Pacific time, Sunday March 30, please re-submit. |
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Since tuesday is April Fools, I decided to make a very special Secret Screenshot this week. Yes, you read right - the original screenshot was only 10 by 10! If you win this week, you get TWO points, so you might as well try it! And here are the regular congratulatory messages to the people that won last week and a special shout-out to Aremis251, Cromkayer, Derby Kirby, Everdraed and Gauntlet for all having over 10 points. Especially mad props go out to Gaunt who has almost 40. |
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The debate is coming! It starts tomorrow (Monday)! Here are the details: The Debate: Should Earthbound2 be 2D or 3D? After Saturday, I'll accept comment articles. That's it for now! Be looking forward to this awesome debate. Oh, and feel free to send me articles during the debate. Just cause this is going on, doesn't mean I don't want your articles! articles@starmen.net |
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Yeah, it's been fun and all, but it's time for me to give up Mailbag. For reasons that aren't personal but just a pain to explain, I just don't have time anymore, nor do I have the motivation to put my rare moments of 'free time' to Mailbag. Don't get me wrong, I still live at this site. Just not as the Mailbag dude. Oh, and I'm not leaving the job forever (depending on reid and Tomato's policy for dealing with groveling ex-staffers) - in six months, I'm going to be on my hands and knees, begging for Mailbag back. Oh, and don't bother applying for Mailbag. There is only ONE person I've seen that I'd trust to take over this job and do it right. Arad, I offer you the position of Mailbag Staffer, if reid and Tomato are okay with it. And by 'offer', I mean, TAKE THE JOB. And now, a last bit of wisdom. The best staffers are those who love their jobs. But the second-best staffers are those who know enough to quit when they realize they don't. ...er, it doesn't really apply, 'cuz I still really like Mailbag, but hey, it's a good quote. |
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 Rock Candy 4 has been set for upcoming release. WOOT WOOT! The next round of the series is coming soon and I want to announce it to everyone so they can have enough time be eligable for a set. You can check that out HERE. This is also an announcement to all musicians to start working on their music if you plan turning in tunes for the next RC. Also we have the recent art theme STILL UP because I want people to try to do some art based on FAN FICTIONS here on the site. Also, we have the APRIL FOOLS CONTEST up that can be checked out HERE IN THE FORUMS! Remember, the deadline is April 13th! The two contests above have the possibilty of making you eligable for the NEW Rock Candy 4 coming this spring. Fanart will be updated tomarrow so submit your art if ya got some and look forward to the update! [edit] - Not enough art to update with, so you'll have to wait till next week! :) |
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Hah, Jonk's not the only one who can do these! First off, let's get some reading material on your screen!
Not bad, eh? Send me more or I'll unveil my terrifying masterpiece! Whatever that means. This week's music theme is racing music! Every good video gamer likes the Speed Bike level in Battletoads and the bit where you race Johnny in Chrono Trigger, so here's a little music from both of those games for you to chill to!  CT - Robo Gang Johnny po! - level 3 RAW (Battletoads gameboy) |
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Articles has been updated! And what a swell update it is! We have article oldtimer The Artist Formerly Known As CPTCrunch giving us his insight on a number of things. We have MikeTheEBGuru swinging in with a fiesty reaction, and you know how much I love fiesty reactions. We also have an article newcomer, MadWilliamVane, who wrote a wonderful article pondering the invincibility of shopkeepers. Definitely read all of these. You want l33t points, right?
Those wondering about the debate: It starts Monday. MikeTheEBGuru and Carpainter: Be prepared, I send out an email on Sunday morning. You'll know what side you take, and who goes first. After that, it's a 6 day, fast paced, article extravaganza! Everyone should look forward to it. Remember: even through all this debatastic craziness, you should send me an article or two. articles@starmen.net You really should. |
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 With April fools around the corner, I thought it would be cool, to have a contest of making EarthBound Box Art. There are prizes, and bonuses included! All the templates for GBA and GC box art are included in the discussion topic on the fan forum,.... E-mail all entries to me, or post them in the forum topic dealing with the contest. The Deadline is April 13th so get crackin and dont let the chores getta stackin or ya momma will give ya a wackin'. |
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... is because you guys haven't been too. :( It's been nearly two weeks since I last updated! Today's Updated Sites:URL Additions:Have you updated your site recently? Would you like your site to be listed in updated sites? All you have to do is email updatedsites@starmen.net with your site's name and url. Are you not in the links? Would like to get listed? Send an email to links@starmen.net containing your site's name and url, and you'll be all fixed up. |
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The polls are updated. Here are the results from last week: When was the last time you played EarthBound? A week ago or earlier: 36.16% A month ago: 18.53% Six months ago: 14.29% Three months ago: 13.62% More than a year (I'm a horrible EBer): 7.81% A year ago: 6.03% I never played! I'm looking for earthbound botanical products.: 3.57% Total Votes: 448 I have a hard time believing some of these results. But I'll take everyone's word for it and assume you're good little EBers or something. Anyway make sure to continue to vote this week! |
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Trivia has been updated yet again. I've given it a slight facelift. Mainly by shifting the archives into their own little box. Tell me what you think of the facelift. The winners were BlueAntoid, Captain Bozo, CPTCrunch, Elwood, epoch, Falco, JeffMan, Mr. Joshua, Ness2, Nesskid, OneTurnKiller, Poonaner, SimonBob, Synth, Venom, and xSteveStLoox. It looks like a pretty even split between returning champions and new champions. |
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SLings Secret Screenshots has been updated again! Huzzah! Only six people got it last week! Congrats to them! This cliche update has been brought to you by The Syndicate. The Syndicate is watching you. Never forget that. |
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 Infernal Hound by Gonmon I have been battling get all the stuff I need to get done, and an update post has been on the way side. Well, I bring you the information I completed a few days ago cause I'm lazy :D,... FANART and COMICS (including Paper's /EB comic) have been updated with a pleasant refreshment of fan-made media. I see some really good new artists in the community that I think will revive and add to the best of the bunch. You should go check out all their drawings. For the last two weeks and one more week, the RECENT ART THEME is to draw a piece of art based off a FAN FICTION. Please read the full theme on the fanart main page before starting. There is a Rock Candy DX CD in it for the top entry. As with the galleries, some are getting large and some need to be reduced. If you are an artist within these galleries or just want some art taken out of your section, please go ahead and tell me. As always, I bring you MUSICA! This week, one of the best in the series and one of most favorite NES games, MEGAMAN 2!  AE - Airman Wind Shear AE - Flashfire Remix C. Stewart - Bubbleman Remix Fro - Nuclear Heat Remix Mattias Holmgren - Dr. Wily Haunts Flashman |
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Hey all! This is PappyCat with an Unarticley update. You see, my pal Jakob Dorof is making this starmen.net Book, that contains Fanfics, Poems, Articles (yay!), art, reviews, and much much more! Jakob needs your help! He needs submissions to make this thing happen. You should swing by this topic and give it a looksy. Everyone should really check it out. No matter where your talents lay, I'm sure there is some way you could contribute to this. You can be a part of something really cool! Again, you can find that topic here and if you were too lazy to click the two previous links, that topic is again here. P.S: Send me articles! articles@starmen.net |
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*Prizes may not be exactly as shown. Oh, look, Fanfics.
All this plus rewrites, Space Pirates, and NCAA Basketball action in this week's Fanfiction Update! Don't let the groove stop - send in your Fanfiction today! |
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Hello Children.. I've only gotten TWO articles this week. One from everyone's favorite anonymous author (I've said Mystery writer too much.), and one from The Artist Formerly Known As CPTCrunch. You guys all have to read this one. The Artist Formerly Known As CPTCrunch puts the FUN in artifuncle.
So, where are the rest of my articles? I was expected more. articles@starmen.net We'll be getting the debate underway soon. I'll choose sides for them. They will be debating whether the next EB should be 2D or 3D. On an unrelated note, today (the 21st) is Wampa's 16 birthday. Happy Birthday Wampa! |
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| I said I was leaving the forums for a little while, but I never said anything about not updating. And yes, I’m still trying to leave the forums for a little while, but it’s so hard; you all still own me. :( I think some people have caught some of my recent posts and are going: “wtf, I thought he left!”. I’m getting better, though. I’ve been busy pursuing a social life at school. Enough about me, here’s a poem: Send your poems to me! :) | ||||||
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Listen! The polls are updated with a new fantastic question! Be honest with it too! Here are the results from last week's poll: Which Topic should MikeTheEBGuru and Carpainter Debate? The next EarthBound: Should it be 2D or 3D?: 45.48% Is Starmen.net far off track from the subject of EarthBound? : 23.14% Which 1/128 Object is harder to get? Sword of Kings or Gutsy Bat?: 12.23% The Hint Guy's Advice: Useful, or useless?: 10.11% Is EarthBound TOO easy? : 9.04% Total Votes: 376 So there you have it. Hopefully Carpy and MikeTheEBGuru will duke it out in a clash of wits and other stuff in a new Debate. Those would make good poll questions too! Like I said earlier, be honest with answering this poll. We (usually) can't come and grab you from the screen and say you're horrible for being a bad EBer. So vote! |
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Hooray, it's my birthday today. I told you I wouldn't update today but I was too busy yesterday to update. Therefore, SLings Secret Screenshots has been updated again! Go try it! I really have nothing else to say! |
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| Trivia has been updated. AmzRigh, Blue Antoid, CaptainSpam, CodeHunter64, CPTCrunch, Crazyswordsman, Daveman Deluxe, directmac8, EarthBound Andy, EBisumaru, Geekspeaker, Ghost of Foppy, Mad William Vane, napa, Ness255, Roo2468, ShivnDragon, SimonBob, soursurfer, STAREYe and WhoopA earned Tomatoes in the Hall of Fame for answering all five questions correctly. | ||||||
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Articles has been updated! Yay! I want to be the first to wish SLing a happy birthday! Happy Barfday SLang! "Put your hands in the air, recognize SLing shady, over there" Thats a little bit from "SLing Shady" by Sephy. One of my favs of the Sephster. I'd link ya to it if I knew the Link. Anyway, here are your articles, for only 3 easy payments of $99.95
Make sure you vote in the Carpy/Mikey Debate poll. Thanks again, Ebounding, for putting that up. Send me some articles. articles@starmen.net Give in to your grown up tastes. |
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That subject? It's a funny story, actually. I was talking to someone online the other night, and my computer kept freezing. Every time I came back, I said that, since it was the first thing I said when I went online in the first place. Now, isn't your life enriched from having read that? Hah, you're obliged to read my update now! :DThese Fanfics may seem a little early, but it's March Break so I figured I'd get 'em out of the way a little sooner this time.
Hey, check out that Art Week Topic. How come for the last two topics, there were big forum topics full of art, but this time there's diddly squat? Are all the artists at this site illiterate? (Just kidding, I'm sure you're all just planning to surprise me. Right?) Take me down to the paradise city... I mean, send me Fanfics. Oh, and happy birthday Pi. (At least, I'm assuming you were born on March 14th, 1592, which would make you 411 years old today. 3/14/1592? See? Haha funny? No? Dang.) |
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Anyone who has a POP3 account and uses starmen.net's SMTP server should change the settings for the SMTP port number to 777(normally it is 25). This is not necessary to do right away, but it should be done soon, otherwise you might not be able to send mail once I enable some anti-spam measures. |
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Here are your poems:
Send your poems to me. That was simple. |
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 Sorry Frieza, I didn't even know I had a fanapp email seperate from the fangame one. Your submission automatically went to the spam box. I changed the fanapp page accordingly. Yeah, like Tomato said, SAINT checks every 10 minutes if Starmen.Net has new updates, and alerts you. I also fixed the saint/saint ZIP thing. For extra credit, name all 11 icons I have on my taskbar. The Today's Updated Sites:
Are you not in the links? Would like to get listed? Send an email to links@starmen.net containing your site's name and url, and you'll be all fixed up. |
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Frieza/Zushiba has made a dinky little Windows program that some people may find useful. Every 10 minutes it automatically checks Starmen.Net for new updates, and alerts you if there are. ROFISH hasn't updated yet and Frieza's bugging me so I'm just letting people know about it for now. ROFISH can officially put the program up when he next updates. Get the program here. Also, I've been real busy lately but I'm gonna try to get another Forward to the Past article up sometime this weekend, and maybe start having more Mother 3 Cancellation Discussion Translation stuff up starting next weekend. Yes I still need to choose a new Merchandise guy, I haven't forgotten about it, but I've been really busy lately. Also there may be a job or 2 opening in the near future, get ready for that. And because of my current crappy net connection it's making it hard to set up a thing for people to choose which webcomic they want to be SM.Net's official webcomic. But I'll try to get that done eventually. OK, bye. |
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