miffy495 Posted September 10, 2009 No, the forum is much older than that. We don't even have thumbs anymore. They atrophied and fell off. Strangely, Miyamoto upending the teatable still works: Anyway, welcome. We're a very nice gaming forum, promise. After years and years of trying different ones out, this is the only forum I've decided to stick with. Well, mixnmojo back in the day, but I migrated. Hope you stick around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marmot Party Posted September 11, 2009 'Ello, Someone linked me the podcast a few days ago and consider me a fan, giggled all the way through the recent Dreamcast and look forward to hearing more and chatting about vidya games here. Also i am not a spambo10000100100010001111100viagr<error> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoulChicken Posted September 14, 2009 Hello Idle Thumbs forum, I found out about Idle Thumbs through the podcast thread on Something Awful. I wrote this there the other week that pretty much breaks down why I am digging on you man-children As a 34 year old man who keeps his deep love of video and computer games a shameful secret from my real world, I cannot begin to say how much I enjoy Idle Thumbs. They dont have that predictable format that other podcasts have but still remain topical. I think they assume that if you're listening, then you are well up to date on all the news from either the internet or other podcasts. So that gives them more freedom and it turns to well-informed friends talking about video games quite naturally. They are also very very funny. When they talk about games they played, its just that, not a review. I probably enjoy it so much because none of my friends nowadays play video games or computer games and when they did, this is how you'd talk about it. Much more interesting to listen to someone's experience of playing a game. The editing pushes it up a notch, some comedy muscle being flexed there all the time. Idle Thumbs. My dirty little secret. This is the dawning of a brand new day! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted September 14, 2009 No, the forum is much older than that. We don't even have thumbs anymore. They atrophied and fell off. Strangely, Miyamoto upending the teatable still works: Give us back our thumbs!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted September 14, 2009 Hello Idle Thumbs forum, I found out about Idle Thumbs through the podcast thread on Something Awful. I wrote this there the other week that pretty much breaks down why I am digging on you man-children 'Ello,Someone linked me the podcast a few days ago and consider me a fan, giggled all the way through the recent Dreamcast and look forward to hearing more and chatting about vidya games here. Also i am not a spambo10000100100010001111100viagr<error> Welcome folks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted September 14, 2009 Give us back our thumbs!!! I'm starting to think there's some kind of deliberate behind-the-scenes reason they are missing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted September 14, 2009 I'm starting to think there's some kind of deliberate behind-the-scenes reason they are missing... I don't know why they're missing. We've messed around with the forum template and software a bunch, and at this point a lot of it is just kind of broken in ways that don't cripple anything but are sort of annoying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted September 14, 2009 All someone has to do is upload 3 little gifs to: http://www.idlethumbs.net/images/ *sniff* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted September 14, 2009 I don't know why they're missing. We've messed around with the forum template and software a bunch, and at this point a lot of it is just kind of broken in ways that don't cripple anything but are sort of annoying. Haha, I guess Kingzjester had a rant about them in a thread elsewhere a month or so ago so I figured it was a vast conspiracy theory against the thumbs. I don't think anyone but us old farts miss them and those that used them to rate games they were currently playing in their signature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted September 15, 2009 I think I am to blame for them missing now. When I made them the first time, I made them for a weird home page widget where we got to rate random things. When I inserted them into the forum smilies I vaguely remember linking outside of the designated smilies folder and into their whereabouts as the site template images proper, reasoning that there was no point in having duplicate images on the server. And then they deleted the front end of the site and took the images folder with them. Yoke is on me, so much for the initially rational-seeming web design practices. No but srsly, fix the smilies. K, thx, bye. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted September 15, 2009 TUP! I'll TUP you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted September 15, 2009 I'll TUP you. I'LL TMEH YOUR BOWELS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted September 15, 2009 Two guys, one TUP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted September 15, 2009 Two guys, one TUP? Ahahahahaah sequel to goty.cx ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moses Donut Posted September 21, 2009 Hey guys. Long time listener, first time poster. I tend towards lurking, but I just wanted to say Hi and I love Idle Thumbs and sausage biscuits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Mario Kart Posted September 21, 2009 Hello. Started listening (from the beginning) about 6 months ago. Finally decided to sign up. Some of you might have seen the handle around if you've been around the PennyArcade forums, or if you've played Smash Brothers Brawl tournaments in the southwest...or if you were a Super Mario Kart Battle Mode enthusiast... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chthonic Boom Posted September 21, 2009 Hey there thumbs! Finally signed up for your fancy forums. I'm actually a long-time reader of the site, so really should have done this yonks ago. I've never quite got the hang of forums though, so we'll have to wait and see if I manage to do better than posting 3 times and fading into the background. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted September 21, 2009 All someone has to do is upload 3 little gifs to:http://www.idlethumbs.net/images/ *sniff* Seriously, though. Can't someone just ftp the thumbs images to the above folder? Here's the files: http://www.thunderpeel2001.com/tup.gif http://www.thunderpeel2001.com/tmeh.gif http://www.thunderpeel2001.com/tdown.gif Just FTP them... go on, you know you want to... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted September 21, 2009 Fodder has not introduced himself yet, but I would like to draw attention to the fine, fine avatar his account sports, which appears to be the green guy from that ancient Bruce Lee game: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fodder Posted September 21, 2009 I loved that game. I like how they have him spending most of his time collecting lanterns and avoiding touching spikes, just like in his movies. Anyway, hello. When I'm not posting on forums and listening to excellent podcasts, I make video games. Traditionally, quite poor ones, but recently much better ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted September 21, 2009 There was a great 1:1 PC remake of that game... Great for a quick play (Oh, and welcome!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
