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openCan't find a couple of specific articles from "a certain creepy wiki"... Web Original
In other words, the SCP Foundation wiki. The articles in question are years apart in origin, and I'm absolutely sure one of them was removed and replaced with a different "anomaly". The missing one was titled "Identity-Stealing Smartphone" on the list and was a mid-00s Blackberry with a mini keyboard and low-res screen but had no charging port, and basically stole and consumed people's souls via Artifact of Doom powers. The other I do not have the name of, and may have been removed as a Go I attempt which never caught on; a series of SC Ps centered on an Eldritch Abomination illegal immigrant from who-knows-where that decided to stop doing whatever terrible things cosmic horrorterrors normally do and attain the American dream by programming anomalous software.
Provided you were willing to read the above and haven't already scarred your innocence from these kind of works (...pass the Brain Bleach...), anyone have any idea which ones these were and if a web archival site has one or both of these articles?
openRole Playing Game Story Web Original
I read it a couple years back, and I'm pretty sure I was linked to it by this site. I can't for the life of me remember the details except for certain snatches. Essentially the players all had a hand in creating the world, and they all create vast and interesting nations that interact with each other. Throughout the campaign they do crazy stuff like travelling into alternate dimensions or through time. If i remember correctly, the climactic event involves a betrayal by a changeling in the party, and a floating city becoming disenchanted and crashing into the ground. I can't for the life of me remember where I found it though.
resolved OffTheRails example without a link or works page Web Original
The trope page for Off the Rails has an example that does not have a work page or a link to it and I cannot find it anywhere because it has such a generic name. Does anybody know where to find the series that this example is referring to? The only other information that I have is that it is a web video series because the link to the nonexistent work page says web video.
The players manage to very quickly break their first quest during one of the early episodes of Role Play. Having retrieved a magical glass orb and an Infinity –1 Sword they attempt to have them identified before returning them to the quest giver. Since formal identification turned out to be too expensive one player decided to learn more about the orb by dropping it on the ground to see if it smashes. It did. Having failed the quest the players decided that they might as well ignore the quest giver and wander off with the powerful weapon. The GM sends an assassin after the party who seemed to be powerful enough to have killed them all in a fair fight, but they somehow manage to trip her and then pin her underneath an unconscious party member whilst impaling her through the arm. The following week the GM gave up on heavily planned quests and kept preparations brief since it was clear that his players were too unpredictable to railroad.
openthis website Web Original
I remember sometime back in june, or july, I used this website (I think it started with either "w" or "l", and you could make "sites" which were really just pictures/gifs, text, and sound. I know one was about the nes classic (or something) and you could change the colors, and effects of said pictures, an text.
openWhat was the name of that Webkinz ripoff? Web Original
I don't know why this is bothering me so much. But in like 2007 I saw ads for the site that was undoubtedly nothing but a Webkinz ripoff.(Maybe I'm wrong, and people who actually played on it will tell me I'm wrong, if so I apologize.) The stuffed animals you bought looked very generic. The whole thing looked very generic and honestly outdated to me from the ads. This was not associated with a known brand like Beanie Babies 2.0, or Rescue Pets Epets. It was also not Shining Stars. It just did not stand out or appear to have much of an identity besides appearing to be a ripoff of Webkinz. I also think it might have had a very generic name, or maybe a weird name, Whatever it is, I know I'll know it when I hear it. I also think this site existed until at least 2010 or 2011 because I remember it appeared as part of an April Fools joke pulled by the owner of a Webkinz fansite one of those years. Gosh I feel like I sound nutty for this though. Thanks.
Also, just to be clear, Webkinz ripoff means it was a site where you had to buy a physical stuffed animal with a secret code to adopt a virtual pet version. It was very generic animals, and didn't look to me like it was trying to be something more unique like Shining Stars.
Edited by ProbeMeRogerSmithopenblack and white Web Original
a rabbit that turned into a man when agry and there was also a bull and a fat guy in broken glasses
openMachinima/SFM animation Web Original
I once saw a machinima or Source Filmmaker animation short involving some police or security guys busting into a restaurant to apprehend someone, resulting in a shootout. I've seen the SFM short "Prime," ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGBEqnsbedU
) which is a little similar but isn't what I'm looking for or thinking of, though the one I'm looking for may have also used Neo Tokyo assets.
openShort Videos of Bunny Creatures Web Original
I'm trying to find the name of a series of short (3-15 minutes) web videos I remember seeing about nine years ago. They were about two human-ish people with bunny ears and buck teeth; the series was about their daily lives I think. One was pink and one was green; they only spoke in gibberish.
I'm pretty sure the title of the series was their names- I think it was something like "___ and Yoyo"?
openbig green forest king Web Original
Trying to find this sitcom. i believe it was british and fairly recent. in one episode there is a little renaissance type faire for a harvest with a great big green guy they call the king of the forest a tent full of bats a tent with one of the main characters doing palm readings and a guy and a girl who take weird suppository drugs(i think just petrol rags) in a porta potty. there's also a cake competition and bobbing for apples or that duck toss game. in another episode there's a bbq with a bunch of hippies and two girls go and then realize they're hippies and leave when they start a drum circle.
Edited by Televiciousopendnd youtube show tabletop style Web Original
so, I've been stumped for a few days now and I can't stand it anymore.
the shows characters are portrayed by circles with pictures of them in it and they move by tiles that you can't see. when a character talks, a full body drawing of them is showed on the screen (like an rpg game) and all of the characters have voice actors. the show takes place in this dnd themed getaway... place, and there are 3 main characters: a mage, a fighter, and a thief. the gist, as far as i know, is that the getaway place is actually full of magic and stuff and they go on wacky adventures.
keep in mind that its been a few years since ive even thought of this show, so please excuse me if i get some details wrong. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU KNOW, THIS IS KILLING ME ON THE INSIDE!!!!
openMadden Football Video Game Online Articles (Gltiches & Series of Strange Games) Web Original
There was an old Madden football video game article series by this one guy whose name I can't remember. I wanted to revisit the series but it's difficult to look it up due to how many Madden video games there are. The articles are definitely still online somewhere, but I just can't remember where they are found.
This author did quite a number of hilarious articles covering situations that he manufactured himself, such as seeing if a team full of Tom Brady's can beat another team, or the creation of the largest character in-game (Beefstone or Beef-something, I think it was; there's even a Twitter feed for the fictional character).
I think he also did a series where, after literally thousands of games, he tried to take a particular team all the way to the top (The Packers, I think?) - the team had never won a game on his particular copy of the Madden video game (whatever year it was, 2014 maybe) and he wanted to see if they could finally do it. What happened there was that something crazy happened and he lost on the final match.
There's GI Fs of his crazy games and glitches on twitter and even videos recorded, I think, on You Tube by the guy. All I need to find out is the author's name or the website hosting this content and I will be able to read it again. Sorry, that's about all I remember of the series of articles about the fictional game...
Thanks so much!
openWeb Original Animation in the 2004-6? Web Original
It was a short (like 5 or 6 minutes) "poorly drawn" original animation parodying video game characters on You Tube in 2000s? The main characters were a murderous Scorpion-expy and a bounty-hunter sci-fi purple suit/helmet covered "man" with her idiotic Navi-expy, who was this yellow-ball thing, (Samus-expy but isn't until the live-action movie that we found out she's she or in 2nd season of the animation) fighting against a all-power absent-minded dark lord. Side characters were Princess passionfruit/plum? the leader of the organization against the dark lord and her plumber (mario-expy) boyfriend, a sonic-expy, a lara croft-expy. The dark lord also had a normal-glass wearing/office henchmen assistant who was later turned into a turtle and friends that were a deadpan vampire lord (that was dark-blue/black all over with red eyes) with his succubus henchwoman (bat wings and a black leotard) and a bowser-expy. At the end of season 1 the Scorpion-expy and Samus-expy had to find the Chosen one which was a boy name Zach? who had red goku cloths and blond goku hair.
I think the name of that show had words like press, start, go, play, player 2 or 1.
openHarry Potter fansite? Web Original
This is an old one but I remember back before the movies/in the early days of harry potter fandom there was this one website where people submitted song parodies about harry potter or little musical skits where the characters sing.
It was primarily a text based site but had image illustrations on the main page and as headers where it was fanart of the harry potter characters in some sort of music related scenario, always black and white if I remember correctly.
I can't remember what the site was called but would love to see even an archived/cache'd version of any part of it for nostalgia/fandom history reasons.
openAdventure Web Game with Fluffy Dinosaur-Like Critters Web Original
I originally found it on Jay Is Games, but I can't remember the title or think of a specific enough key word to search for it. It was a turn-based game where you had a fluffy dinosaur-like creature (I can't remember what they were called) which you could customize and give weapons and upgrades (I believe it could also use magic). You went through your typical forest, desert, beach and cloud levels by walking left or right only and would encounter enemies until you reached the boss of the level. The final boss was a black and white dragon with one or more heads. I believe it had either 'adventure' or 'quest' in the name. It also had a Bandcamp page for the soundtrack, which was very catchy. As you can probably tell, I remember almost everything about it but the name >.<
openI really need help finding this fanfic please help. Web Original
July 27 I really need help finding this fanfiction called fluttershy's bad day. I keep getting different fanfictions but they aren't the one I'm looking for. I've read it 2 years ago and I'm still searching. It start's like this.
Fluttershy was having a bad day. It all started when she stubbed her toe then she spilled coffee on her leg. Then the mailman gave her the wrong mail AGAIN!. Then she yells at him and she keeps having horrific nightmares and angel tried to keep her awake by smashing her dead mother's vase which had her yell at him Then she looks at the sky and says "Dear Luna/Celestia. What am I doing wrong?" I've been searching for years!.
openOld Youtube Analyzer/Reviewer/Critic Web Original
I'm 99% sure their account was deleted but does anyone at least know their name? I used to watch them year ago, around 2008-2010. She critiqued... Things. I can't actually remember. I think it was either bad OCs or rants. I remember her using an avatar of Shadow Link from the Legend of Zelda: Four Swords manga.
openOld Runescape Machinima Web Original
I'm pretty sure it was a Machinima but I haven't been able to find it lately and it was amazing. There was an epic shot at the beginning of the video with lots of players sitting around a long table discussing serious matters. I think it was assassination or something? Someone said something wrong and they had a bad edit of him dying with screaming and a skeleton costume and zombie emote? Then one of the members was elected to kill some famous British Runescape player? He went into his in-game house and sneaked around to pink panther, disguised himself as a banana and poisoned the guy's tea. The poison didn't work and he farted. The assassin came out of hiding and said something like he had learnt Kungfu for 20 yrs and then was shot and the British guy just said "And I have a shotgun" as a one-liner. I'm worried it was deleted but I really loved this video as a kid I hope someone knows where I can find it :)
openOld YouTube Poop Web Original
I'm looking for this old YTP that involves Mario and Luigi getting piss drunk, with the former literally pissing all over the bar. (Referencing Conker's Bad Fur Day) King Harkinian loses it when Mario pisses on him and shoots him (and Luigi) with a shotgun.
What's the title of this Poop?

I found a website in the late 2000s (2009-ish) which listed practically, if not literally, every Massively Multiplayer Online game ever made, including foreign ones from southeast Asia. Some of these were extremely obscure, like Yogurting or Ray City, and sometimes very short-lived. I'd search the internet archive except I don't have a clue on the URL and it's been gone since around 2010. Does anyone know this site or sites like it?
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