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Offline JonLeung

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I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« on: January 24, 2006, 08:50:47 AM »
I looked up:
SUPER MARIO
LEGEND OF ZELDA
SAMUS ARAN
OPTIMUS PRIME
ADA WONG

Good stuff.  I already knew a lot of stuff there, but it's a good reference.  Also, obscure facts.  I didn't know an American legally changed his name to Optimus Prime.  o_0

Somehow I get the feeling Wikipedia is a good source for character bios.  Probably because official sources won't tell you everything, and Wikipedia is probably updated more frequently from like everyone who knows anything at all about them.

Does anyone here have their own Wikipedia bio?

*goes to look up ex-PGC guy Billy Berghammer and Louie the Cat*

EDIT: Nothing.  I must've spelled their names wrong.  
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RE: I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2006, 09:09:50 AM »
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I didn't know an American legally changed his name to Optimus Prime. o_0
Completely unrelated, but I used to know a guy who changed his name to Superman Prophets.  Or maybe it was Superman Profits.  I can't remember.
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RE: I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2006, 09:44:40 AM »
I suppose I'll ask Wikipedia the next time I need bio information for some character I know next to nothing about.
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RE: I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2006, 01:16:39 PM »
My friends and I are trying to form our own wikipedia article, but they keep deleting it.  We keep trying, though.

Wikipedia is cool.  I find it useful when I'm trying to find out details about certain films/directors/actors or whatever I'm interested in film-wise, especially.
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2006, 02:17:20 PM »
Morons on wikipedia keep deleting whatever I write. Like the known fact that George Foreman has no fingerprints.
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RE:I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2006, 03:54:04 PM »
I hate wikipedia, I cant help to hit the random link and start jumping from article to article, from fascism to pokemon, to a point when I overload of information and feel dizzy for a while.

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RE: I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2006, 04:38:14 PM »
One time i planned on going to sleep around 11. I got sidetracked, and next thing i know i look at my clock and it's 2 AM and i'm reading a Wikipedia article about Japanese toilets.

I wish i made that up.
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RE:I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2006, 09:07:05 AM »
I used to be addicted to Wikipedia. But I banned myself from using it for 3 months, and after that it was OK
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2006, 11:15:32 AM »
I got my entire school's IP address banned from editing anything on Wikipedia for my repeated harrassing of the wiki system.
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RE: I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2006, 11:33:46 AM »
it  can be  addicting..i  just spent  two  hours  reading about  roman emerors leading me  somehow  to  dvd  formats

julius caesar>roman  gods>anthropomorphic>ozzmosisi jones>live  action>video  game>playstation  2>playstation  3>blue  ray>dvd

this is like a game

hehe

ok  try to  connect mr.  rogers to pious agustus  through links.
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RE:I've been reading random Wikipedia articles. Good stuff.
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2006, 12:09:46 PM »
Mr. Rogers -> Batman (via Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (Newgrounds animation))
Batman -> Spider-Man (I'm sure there was a DC/Marvel crossover SOMEwhere/SOMEtime)
Spider-Man -> Optimus Prime (Transformers G1 comic #2)
Optimus Prime -> Solid Snake (In that wacky crossover fighting game...what was it called? DreamMix TV World Fighters? (GCN))
Solid Snake -> Silicon Knights (Twin Snakes version of MGS for GCN)
Silicon Knights -> Pious Augustus (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GCN)).

I win!

Not through Wikipedia, but I'm sure I might be close to how it would be.  The first link is weak as it's unofficial fan stuff, but whatever.

BTW, your post was 3:33, and you mentioned Pious.  OMG ETERNAL DARKNESS REFERENCES.
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« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2006, 04:41:02 PM »
Spiderman fought Supermanint he Marvel VS DC crossover so you lose.  
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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2006, 07:21:12 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2006, 07:22:29 AM »
The animal articles can be pretty interesting too.  Check out the entry for the platypus and you'll probably learn a few crazy things.  Also, while you have to be wary of spoilers, it can help by breaking down details in shows like Bleach.
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2006, 01:33:17 AM »
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