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For the uninitiated... A contingent of tropers (mostly from across America) holds regular get-togethers over the Interwebs on this site called Synchtube which lets individuals, such as ourselves, open and join in text-based chatrooms within typical web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, et. al.) that allow the chat participants to view YouTube videos in synchronization with everyone else present (without even needing to set up an account)... and we've decided to use said chatrooms to play cheeseball webvideos and feature-length movies found in the public domain which stretch all the way from letters B to Z, which everyone subsequently riffs on a la MST3K.

For over EIGHT years, everybody who gets involved mostly finds good enjoymentnote  in calling out tropes that are recognized in the videos and stories and coming up with jokes to fling back at whatever's happening on the screen, many of which turn into various in-jokes and running gags (a Coven Glossary is kept and maintained for everyone's help and convenience HERE) to repeat in the chat.

We're always looking for new ways to better coordinate and expand our activities and are more than happy to welcome newcomers interested in joining our gatherings.


Complete List of Past Features (and Their Respective Ratings)

Suggestions List for Future Features

Coven Glossary of In-Jokes, Memes, and Other Useful Terms to Know

Coven .gif Gallery (Our favorite moving images composed in the simplest of digital formats)

Edited by SeanMurrayI on Oct 12th 2020 at 1:47:43 PM

Rockonman Since: Oct, 2011
#2376: Mar 12th 2013 at 10:25:11 AM

Sorry I haven't been making it as much as I'd like - finals are this week, finish a week from yesterday.

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2377: Mar 12th 2013 at 3:57:05 PM

Tonight I am excited (in a masochistic way) to say that I've found our movie. We will be partaking in the cheese and sleaze of a Sci-Fi Channel Original "classic" by the name of Mansquito AKA: Mosquito Man. It's exactly as it sounds.

FOREWARNING: This film is pretty gory.

War is God.
Indigo12ash from Aperture Science Since: Feb, 2012
#2378: Mar 12th 2013 at 4:02:24 PM

I can't make it because too gory I have too much homework to do.

Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2379: Mar 12th 2013 at 4:24:30 PM

Goodness! What a shocker! Synchtube is down! Fuck Synchtube, come here: http://35wmyy7sfhtl-35wmyy7sfhtl.watch2gether.com/

War is God.
Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2380: Mar 12th 2013 at 4:33:15 PM

Never mind, the site is up again. Just go back http://www.synchtube.com/r/Prometheus136# there for now. Be prepared to fall back on the other site.

War is God.
Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#2381: Mar 13th 2013 at 5:16:56 AM

Well that movie...

cool

...sucked!

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#2382: Mar 13th 2013 at 7:24:03 AM

Man, this group must desperate for a [awesome][awesome][awesome].

Hmmmm... may I recommend... the biggest and most "successful" of Jim Varney's Ernest P. Worrell movies?

Movie Link.

edited 13th Mar '13 7:24:38 AM by SeanMurrayI

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2383: Mar 13th 2013 at 12:51:46 PM

I guess we can gopher it. I'm reluctant to host if we get such a small turnout. Lately it's been pretty meager.

War is God.
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#2384: Mar 13th 2013 at 3:12:07 PM

We gotta keep trying to reach out to new blood. If PMing potential converts ain't working out, we try something else. Announce gatherings (and leave appropriate links) in the Troper Updates thread, turn this thread into a launchpad for conversations about our fondest memories here, shamelessly namedrop (and link) the Coven at every possible opportunity without any real rhyme or reason.

Just keep getting the word out.

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2385: Mar 13th 2013 at 4:21:21 PM

Synchtube is down (big surprise) so just come here: http://35wmyy7sfhtl-35wmyy7sfhtl.watch2gether.com/

War is God.
Rockonman Since: Oct, 2011
#2386: Mar 13th 2013 at 5:50:12 PM

No pressure to watch it any time soon, but could you guys tell me if you're watching Surf Ninjas?

Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#2387: Mar 14th 2013 at 5:07:44 AM

Not sure if I`ll be able to make it for a day or two. My laptop's down.sad

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Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2388: Mar 14th 2013 at 10:31:53 AM

Since the going has been rough as of late, I say we rewatch something we know is "good". What say you all to a showing of either a Weng Weng or Barbarian Bros movie?

War is God.
PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#2389: Mar 14th 2013 at 11:08:03 AM

I could be down for Think Big.

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2390: Mar 14th 2013 at 11:11:30 AM

Also, I'm technically on Spring Break (though I have three papers due when it ends), so I'll be able to stay up later.

I actually wouldn't mind seeing D'Wild Weng again, but I'd go with Think Big also.

War is God.
PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#2391: Mar 14th 2013 at 12:10:13 PM

[up]We could poll it tonight if ST isn't down.

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2392: Mar 14th 2013 at 12:50:26 PM

[up]By default, I expect it to be down. It's been down consistently for varying times and then coming back. It's highly erratic and annoying.

War is God.
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#2393: Mar 14th 2013 at 12:58:24 PM

Lately, I think Synchtube has been down then back up while we endure watch2gether's inadequacies for 90 mins.

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2394: Mar 14th 2013 at 1:01:10 PM

We can certainly give Synchtube another go. It's without a doubt the superior site, but of course there's the obvious issues.

I really hope the maker of the site follows through with setting up private servers. Though... I hope the assholes who plague the site don't find a way to fuck THAT up as well.

War is God.
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#2395: Mar 14th 2013 at 1:19:31 PM

[up]Infuriatingly, Synchtube's creator has removed every mention of planning to open source from all blogs and Twitter. Perhaps this is an acknowledgement that the lack of code testing makes it far, far more difficult for other developers to make use of the coding or even modify it. Or maybe the creator is an idiot who constantly lets himself get distracted by the repeated DDoS attacks and never bothers to focus on opening source.

There is, however, one new interesting twist in the website's battle with the Internet Hate Machine—Synchtube's main page is no longer showing public rooms.

Indigo12ash from Aperture Science Since: Feb, 2012
#2396: Mar 14th 2013 at 1:23:18 PM

Sorry I haven't been there lately. Finals week and job hunting and other catch-up work I need to do. I'll be back within the next few weeks or so.

Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2397: Mar 14th 2013 at 3:41:06 PM

Ha. Can't say I'm sad, really. But I think this will only infuriate the DDoS attackers more.

edited 14th Mar '13 3:41:18 PM by Prometheus136

War is God.
Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2398: Mar 14th 2013 at 4:07:03 PM

I say we watch Double Trouble again before we lose it.

Yeah, I've decided we're watching Double Trouble.

edited 14th Mar '13 4:14:39 PM by Prometheus136

War is God.
CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from a place where folks put cream cheese on hot dogs (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#2399: Mar 14th 2013 at 4:20:44 PM

I might be a bit late.

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Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#2400: Mar 14th 2013 at 4:40:52 PM

GEE WHAT A SURPRISE THE SITE CRASHED

War is God.

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