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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 14:04 Edited at: 3rd Aug 2005 14:06
I was thinking the other day about how gay loading screens are and thought of a good idea. Whilst Dumbo & Cool (game) is loading, maybe a joke could materialize! ie: The setup would be there from the beginning, and the punchline would appear about 50% through.

But - I need 'joke' ideas. They've gotta be snappy and readable in under 6 seconds. Here's one I've thought of;

Harold Shipman... Half man, half ship.

(By the way, I made that up. I rule.) If anyones got any ideas, shoot!


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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 14:42 Edited at: 3rd Aug 2005 16:11
Yeah, I'm kinda doing something similar - I'm showing gameplay tips while my RPG starts up (Black &White does something similar too).

With the joke thing, maybe you could make the player wait to hear the punchline - for instance, when they start up a level, they hear/see the start of the joke, then, when loading the next level/section of the level, they hear the punchline. It would give the player incentive to play (well, the fact the game is fun in the first place should be enough incentive,lol but still)

Just an idea


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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 15:58
A man has been arrested for eccentic behaviour in certain London streets. He went to Pudding Lane and made a pudding of himself, he went to Goosebury Rd. and made a Fool of himself and he went to Exhibition road... and got himself arrested.

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 16:04 Edited at: 3rd Aug 2005 16:04
A man was flying over Arabia (in a plane), when he was radioed to stop by his army chief. The chief said "You idiot!" The guy said "why?"

Chief: "You shot down a load of men on magic carpets, didn't you?"
Guy: "Yeah. What about it?"
Chief: "Oh you idiot! They were allied carpets!"

(People outside of the UK may not understand that. Its not appropriate for the loading screen, but its still funny )



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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 16:07
Quote: "With the joke thing, maybe you could make the player wait to here the punchline"


Timing is essential with jokes, making them wait to hear the punch line would destroy the effect.


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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 16:12
Yeah, suppose your right.

But you did help to point out my incorrect spelling of 'hear'

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 17:39
the cpu (also known as the motherboard)...

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 18:22
maybe make a few sprites and have a little mini game if you game takes long enough to load to have one.....

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Oh yeah and just so you know its Oh-nek-a not One-ka!
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 18:25
Good idea, but sadly;

@-> That is a patented idea (software patent). Some weird MicroTechnics company own the patent to it

@-> Drew said it only takes 5/6 seconds (well, he said the joke must be readable in 5/6 secs, so I assume thats what he means)

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 18:38
why not just have some swirly particles...or something you really cant read a joke in 5/6 seconds and probably get it...

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Oh yeah and just so you know its Oh-nek-a not One-ka!
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 20:16
You can read Harold Shipman... Half man, half ship in under 6 seconds.

Any more suggestions?


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Posted: 3rd Aug 2005 20:22
do something about D&C. It makes it sound better, though I don't have and D&C jokes on me.

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Yeah it's sad about the mini-games thing. Only game I've seen that with is Broken Sword, had Breakout while installing which 2CDs on 4x Drives... trust me that was REALLY nice.

Personally rather than single jokes you could create a number of scenes with your characters that do some funny out-takes or something. That'd be cool.

Some of the voice acting that I've seen done over the years bloopers happen (some are just awesome). I like how Bungie had the idea of putting them online, and Rare if you complete thier recent games 100% your rewarded with an out-takes thing on the menus.

People love out-takes.

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Confucious says - Man Who Runs Behind Car Gets Exhausted

Still one of my favourites. Benjamin MSNed me another Confucious joke but I forgot it.


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Isn't one of them "Man with 3 balls cannot run..." referring to baseball?

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Man who sleeps under car gets tired...

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dog who pees on the car gets yelled at.

just kidding.

i am googleing as we type.

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Warning: May contain nuts

Everyone is unique, therefore nobody can possibly be unique as we all have that in common.

I would like to say something but in saying that I've already said something so should no longer say anything, though that word only came up once.

Remember the memories, and while remembering these memories, I can't help but remember all the memories that have become memories of my memory.

Tomorrow has been canceled due to lack of interest.

Tomorrow never comes, mainly as it has no gentiles.

In America:

It's illegal to chain a griaffe to a lamp post.

It's illegal to conceal a weapon of more than 6ft in length on your person.

It's illegal to pleasure yourself with a live fish.

It's LEGAL to shoot (and kill) someone entering your property without permission.

You can buy insurance against being abducted by UFO's.

General:

Your not paranoid, they really are watching you.

Stupid sayings:

Are you home? No.

Are you dead?

Are you alive?

Can you hear me?

I'm not a liar.

Don't drink and drive - you might spill some.

Its only funny until someone gets hurt - then it's hilarious!

Fish Jokes:

What's the fastest fish in the world? A motor pike.

Where do you find a child fish? In a school!

Two fish in a tank, the first says to the second 'Oi mate do you know how to drive this thing?'

Stop it! All these fish jokes are giving me a haddock!

Schizophrenia:

We don't have schizophrenia, do we Bob?

Am I crazy? Yes. No you are. What? Who?

Why isn't schizophrenia a plural word?

The Chicken:

Why did the Chicken cross the road?

Well if it didn't there'd be no joke, would there?

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here:

woman: the most efficient money-reducing agent known to mankind.

he who laughs last doesnÕt get the joke.

here are some kid ones.

what bird can lift the most?
a crane

what kind of cats like to go bowling?
alley cats


enjoy.

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Let me try:
What do you call a man with no arms and legs in water?
Bob

What do you call a woman with only one leg?
Eileen

What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No eye deer (say it fast)

What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no eye deer (best used in conjuction with previous joke)

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For some reason most of these jokes are about people without limbs. I have no idea why .

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Posted: 4th Aug 2005 07:02
There were these two muffins baking in an oven.

The temperature slowly began to increase, and one of the muffins turned to the other and said, "Hey, it's gettin' kinda hot in here."

The other muffin turned around and stared in shock yelling, "Oh my God! It's a talking muffin!"


Hmmm...any chance of a "submitted by" label?
Anyway, it's a great idea.


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What do u call a deer with no eyes? No idea

Waht do u call a deer with no eyes and no legs? Still no idea

What do u call a deer with no eyes no legs whilst chewing a razor? Still no bloody idea!

What do u call a man with a seagul on his head? Cliff



What do u call a man with a plank on his head? Edward
What do u call a man with 2 planks on his head? Edward Wood
What do u call a man with 3 planks on his head? Edward Woodward
What do u call a man with 4 planks on his head? I dunno... But Edward woodward would.

How do u get a blond on the roof? say the drink is on the house

How do u sink an irish submarine? Knock on the door

(I made the next one up)

Why cant u lie to an Xray machine? Because it will see right through you


What do u call a man with a spade in his head? doug
what do u call a man with no spade in his head? Dougless

Whats the difference between micheal jackson and a shopping bag?
One is white made out of plastic and dangerous to children.. the other u can put ur shopping in.

What did the blond girl say when eating her cheerios? Look daddy dohnut seeds!!!

There was a magic tractor driving down the road when suddenly it turned into a field.

what do u get if u cross Titanic with 6th sense? Icey Dead people


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Quote: "Why cant u lie to an Xray machine? Because it will see right through you"


But lie though them bones, and it won't do ****. jk

Quote: "what do u get if u cross Titanic with 6th sense? Icey Dead people"

Look father, I see dead people (father is staring... somewhere), yeah, it's a waste...

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i think you should tell not only jokes, but brain twisters as well, like: if somebody told you they were a liar would you believe them?

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Quote: "i think you should tell not only jokes, but brain twisters as well, like: if somebody told you they were a liar would you believe them?"


No, because they're lying


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I'd just ask them what gender they were... unless they were gay, that could be a problem...

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The amazing game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic had something similar in transitions between 3D levels: a random game related fact of the time period was shown - best level loading screens I ever saw .

-Xol

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Quote: "Quote: "i think you should tell not only jokes, but brain twisters as well, like: if somebody told you they were a liar would you believe them?"

No, because they're lying "


So they're telling the truth then. Which means they must be a liar...

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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arb???

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Quote: "So they're telling the truth then. Which means they must be a liar..."


if theyre telling the truth then that means that they are liars, but if they're not telling the truth then obviously they're lying, so no matter what, they're liars, so yes you should believe them

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Quote: " A dyslexic man walks into a bra."

What the?? Dyslexics of the world untie!

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But Zotoaster, if they're telling the truth then they are telling the truth, and if they are lying then they are telling the truth. So They are both telling the truth and lying at the same time!

So would you believe someone who is lying while telling you the truth???

-Xol

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A parapelegic walked into a bar. . .

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Hear about the dyslectic pimp, who opened a warehouse.
The dyslectic, agnostic, insomniac, who sat up all night wondering if there was a dog.

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hmm... I am Merranvo, no, I am Xolatron...

Hmm, I think it just makes the person sound like an idiot, which I wouldn't listen to them anyways!

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Posted: 6th Aug 2005 12:20
Quote: "But Zotoaster, if they're telling the truth then they are telling the truth, and if they are lying then they are telling the truth. So They are both telling the truth and lying at the same time!

So would you believe someone who is lying while telling you the truth???"


I think the key here is that liars don't lie ALL the time. You're making the assumption that everything they say is a lie, which isn't nescessarily true. On the other hand, if you're not a 'liar' then you'd never lie. So yes, he's telling the truth (in that he's a liar) and you can believe him.


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Posted: 6th Aug 2005 13:30
good point, though it did take a few days to work it out i think that should be put in the loading screen

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Posted: 8th Aug 2005 17:29
Hi all,

After fiddling around with the loading screen, I realised that the camera view was set to 0,0,1,1 - which was slowing it down loads for some reason.

The game now loads in under 3 seconds, so putting any kind of joke on the loading screen is a bit pointless.

Thanks for all of your suggestions,
and look out for the demo - Coming a week today.


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