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<div style="text-align:center;" class="usermessage"><div style="background-color:#EE8833;margin:2px; border:none; text-align:center;"><big>'''''Table of Contents'''''</big></div>[[User:Lapper#Welcome_to_me|Intro]] [[User:Lapper#Science_again!_I_said_science_again!|Homestar]] [[User:Lapper#No,_I'm_pretty_sure_it_was_dot-wiki|HRWiki]] [[User:Lapper#Vague_understanding|Guidelines]] [[User:Lapper#Memories|Memories]] [[User:Lapper#Contributions|Contributions]] [[User:Lapper#Homestar_Quotes|HR Quotes]] [[User:Lapper#User_Quotes|HRWiki Quotes]]<div style="background-color:#EE8833;margin:2px; border:none; text-align:center;"><big>'''''Subpages'''''</big></div>[[User:Lapper/monobook.css|Monobook CSS]] [[User:Lapper/monobook.js|Monobook JS]] [[User:Lapper/sig|Signature]] [[User:Lapper/welcome|Welcome List]]</div>
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==Welcome to me==
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Hey everyone. This is Lapper here, or you can call me Alex. I'm a 15 year old guy living in [[Wikipedia:Missouri|Missouri]], [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]]. Although I've only been active for a short time, I hope to contribute more now than ever before. Homestar Runner has been a large interest of mine for a long time, and I hope to see that it keeps doing as well as this wiki is.
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==Science again! I said science again!==
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I was turned on to Homestar at the same time the [[stunt double]] email came out, late July 2003. It was then that I first saw Homestar at a local  Science Center's Internet station, saw Strong Bad do all of his own stunts, and I was hooked immediately. Every single day I was on the site, watching the 'toons, playing the games, and exploring the easter eggs. Every part of the site was wonderful.
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==No, I'm pretty sure it was dot-wiki==
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In April of 2005, I discovered the Homestar Runner Wiki through a Google search some forgotten Saturday morning. I was amazed with how the wiki knew what was on the Homestar site before even I did. I created an account as fast as I could, for I wanted to be part of the community, to contribute my knowledge. However, during this initial period, my contributions were sparse. I mostly watched and learned, trying to pick up MediaWiki syntax while subtly making the occasional edit. More recently, a now good friend of mine welcomed me to this wiki after seeing one of my edits. I saw the array of helpful links and was suddenly enlightened. I opened my eyes and saw the wiki for the first time. It was at this point that one thing led to another. I since have become outgoing and active not only in the content of HRWiki, but also in the community.
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==Vague understanding==
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If I've learned anything from experience, it's to live by these simple guidelines:
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:1. ''Watch and wait until something interesting happens, at which point you should observe it, evaluate it, and try to pick something up from it.''
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:2. ''If, at any point, you find that you are accurately able to predict the outcome of a given action you're watching and waiting for, you are ready to join in.''
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:3. ''Do not, under any circumstances, join into something that you can't fully grasp or seem to understand.''
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It may sound a bit [[Wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker-esque]], but this is a quite fool-proof way to make sure that you at least know what you're getting into before you do it. This applies especially for a wiki, which sometimes is so excitingly big, people disregard guideline three and join right in, often causing severe misunderstandings.
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==What's the best thing you've ever seen, done, eaten?==
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===Memories===
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*4.10.05 - [[HRWiki:Why create an account%3F|Joining]] the wiki.
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*4.17.05 - Marveling at the [[HRWiki:Administrators|sysop]] [[HRWiki:April 2005 Sysop Nominations|nominations]].
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*5.13.05 - Watching the [[Talk:Strong Bad Email/Archive#New email format...|email blockquotes]] unfold.
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*9.13.05 - [[User:Rogue Leader|Rogue Leader]] [[User talk:Lapper#Welcome!|welcoming]] me to the wiki.
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*9.18.05 - Discovering the [[HRWiki:IRC channel|IRC chat channel]].
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*11.18.05 - Making my <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:A_History&diff=prev&oldid=208121 1000th]</span> edit.
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*12.7.05 - Being first to score [[User:JoeyDay/TriviaTime/10000|10000]] points on [[User:JoeyDay/TriviaTime|TriviaTime]].
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*12.29.05 - [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] making the first anonymous user <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&curid=1159&diff=224922&oldid=224820&rcid=169422 edit]</span> in 1 month and 16 days.
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===Contributions===
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*Over 2200 [[Special:Contributions/Lapper|contributions]]
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*Over 1900 edits [[HRWiki:Recent changes patrol|patrolled]].
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*Over 500 <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Lapper&namespace=0 mainspace]</span> edits.
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*Over 120 <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=newusers new users]</span> [[HRWiki:Welcoming committee|welcomed]].
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*25 trolls added to [[HRWiki:WikiTroll|WikiTroll]].
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*15 [[Help:Contents#Specific Help|help pages]] created.
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**[[Help:List]] - Help creating a list.
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**[[Help:Sbemail]] - Help creating a Strong Bad Email blockquote.
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**[[Help:Signature]] - Help creating a signature.
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**[[Help:Table]] - Help creating a table.
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*Destubbed [[Chad Eikhoff]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Chad_Eikhoff&diff=223592&oldid=223576 diff])''</span>, [[Definite Article]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Definite_Article&diff=249467&oldid=249423 diff])''</span>, [[Irregular Loading Screens]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Irregular_Loading_Screens&diff=223813&oldid=223745 diff])''</span>, and [[Flash Store]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Flash_Store&diff=225760&oldid=225730 diff])''</span>.
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*Created and wrote [[Twin Characters]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Twin_Characters&diff=prev&oldid=201596 diff])''</span> and [[Internet Slang]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Internet_Slang&diff=prev&oldid=211599 diff])''</span>.
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*Fully transcribed [[highschool]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=highschool&diff=233493&oldid=233326 diff])''</span>.<!--My difference is only the transcript. Not anything else.-->
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*Largly contributed to  [[Fonts]]<!--Added ''[http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/aboutype/antique-central/medium-italic/ Antique Central Medium Italic]'', ''[http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/anzeigen-grotesk/ef/ Anzeigen Grotesk EF]'', ''[http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=205412 Arial Narrow MT]'', ''[http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/testpilot/screwtop/light/ Screwtop Light]'', ''[http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itfmecanorma/script-bold/bold/ Script Bold MT]'', ''[http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/snap/snap/ Snap], and ''[http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/traffic-type/sweden-d/ Traffic Type Sweden D]''.-->, [[HRWiki:A History]]<!--Wrote totality of the [[HRWiki:A History#IRC channel|IRC]] and [[HRWiki:A History#Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] sections.-->, and [[HRWiki:FAQ]] <span class="plainlinks">''([http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:FAQ&diff=prev&oldid=246067 diff])''</span>.
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===Homestar Quotes===
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*'''Strong Bad:''' The martinis have gone straight to their heads. The neighbors will probably call the cops.
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*'''Strong Sad:''' {embarassed} Uhh, why don't you shut up, Homestar?
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*'''Homestar Runner:''' I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... {singing} gets run over by a lawnmower blade!
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*'''Homestar Runner:''' And you guys are sure this won't emancipate me from my ridiculous striped pants?
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*'''Strong Bad:''' {to someone off screen} You get back here with that remote, Jeffrey Beffrey Mudgeman. I'm not afraid to smack— {holds up his glove menacingly}
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*'''Strong Bad:''' Unless some girl asks what room Strong Bad's in. And she's at least a seven out of ten. Or uh {thinks} six if she's naked.
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===User Quotes===
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*[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] - "Heck, I don't even know what exactly you do sometimes. But you do a dang good job at doing it!"
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*[[User:E.L. Cool|E.L. Cool]] - "For crapping out loud..."
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*[[User:Homestramy20|Homestramy20]] - "It didn't go so well after he virtually cut off my head with a sword."
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*[[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] - "Note to self: DorianGray seems to have stumbled upon my plans. Take steps to eliminate. Muahaha."
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*[[User:JoeyDay|JoeyDay]] - "Increasing line height to compensate for Tom's freakin' big name."
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*[[User:Rogue Leader|Rogue Leader]] - "Holy crap! My dog is white and poofy!"
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*[[User:Some HSR themed username|Some HSR themed username]] - "I like the idea of the lotto better, personally."
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*[[User:Tom|Tom]] - "For some reason though, this isn't too bad an article. And he's so ''cute''!"
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<div style="text-align:center;" class="usermessage"><div style="background-color:#EE8833;margin:2px; border:none; text-align:center;"><big>'''''Contact'''''</big></div>[[User talk:Lapper|Talk page]] [http://tinyurl.com/e3j8n AIM] [mailto:tkdguy50@gmail.com Gmail] [mailto:tkdguy50@yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail] [mailto:tkdguy50@aim.com AIM Mail] [irc://irc.freenode.net/gmailthis IRC #gmailthis]</div>
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Table of Contents
Intro Homestar HRWiki Guidelines Memories Contributions HR Quotes HRWiki Quotes
Subpages
Monobook CSS Monobook JS Signature Welcome List

Welcome to me

Hey everyone. This is Lapper here, or you can call me Alex. I'm a 15 year old guy living in Missouri, United States. Although I've only been active for a short time, I hope to contribute more now than ever before. Homestar Runner has been a large interest of mine for a long time, and I hope to see that it keeps doing as well as this wiki is.

Science again! I said science again!

I was turned on to Homestar at the same time the stunt double email came out, late July 2003. It was then that I first saw Homestar at a local Science Center's Internet station, saw Strong Bad do all of his own stunts, and I was hooked immediately. Every single day I was on the site, watching the 'toons, playing the games, and exploring the easter eggs. Every part of the site was wonderful.

No, I'm pretty sure it was dot-wiki

In April of 2005, I discovered the Homestar Runner Wiki through a Google search some forgotten Saturday morning. I was amazed with how the wiki knew what was on the Homestar site before even I did. I created an account as fast as I could, for I wanted to be part of the community, to contribute my knowledge. However, during this initial period, my contributions were sparse. I mostly watched and learned, trying to pick up MediaWiki syntax while subtly making the occasional edit. More recently, a now good friend of mine welcomed me to this wiki after seeing one of my edits. I saw the array of helpful links and was suddenly enlightened. I opened my eyes and saw the wiki for the first time. It was at this point that one thing led to another. I since have become outgoing and active not only in the content of HRWiki, but also in the community.

Vague understanding

If I've learned anything from experience, it's to live by these simple guidelines:

1. Watch and wait until something interesting happens, at which point you should observe it, evaluate it, and try to pick something up from it.
2. If, at any point, you find that you are accurately able to predict the outcome of a given action you're watching and waiting for, you are ready to join in.
3. Do not, under any circumstances, join into something that you can't fully grasp or seem to understand.

It may sound a bit Hitchhiker-esque, but this is a quite fool-proof way to make sure that you at least know what you're getting into before you do it. This applies especially for a wiki, which sometimes is so excitingly big, people disregard guideline three and join right in, often causing severe misunderstandings.

What's the best thing you've ever seen, done, eaten?

Memories

Contributions

Homestar Quotes

  • Strong Bad: The martinis have gone straight to their heads. The neighbors will probably call the cops.
  • Strong Sad: {embarassed} Uhh, why don't you shut up, Homestar?
  • Homestar Runner: I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... {singing} gets run over by a lawnmower blade!
  • Homestar Runner: And you guys are sure this won't emancipate me from my ridiculous striped pants?
  • Strong Bad: {to someone off screen} You get back here with that remote, Jeffrey Beffrey Mudgeman. I'm not afraid to smack— {holds up his glove menacingly}
  • Strong Bad: Unless some girl asks what room Strong Bad's in. And she's at least a seven out of ten. Or uh {thinks} six if she's naked.

User Quotes

  • BazookaJoe - "Heck, I don't even know what exactly you do sometimes. But you do a dang good job at doing it!"
  • E.L. Cool - "For crapping out loud..."
  • Homestramy20 - "It didn't go so well after he virtually cut off my head with a sword."
  • It's dot com - "Note to self: DorianGray seems to have stumbled upon my plans. Take steps to eliminate. Muahaha."
  • JoeyDay - "Increasing line height to compensate for Tom's freakin' big name."
  • Rogue Leader - "Holy crap! My dog is white and poofy!"
  • Some HSR themed username - "I like the idea of the lotto better, personally."
  • Tom - "For some reason though, this isn't too bad an article. And he's so cute!"
Contact
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