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The '''Email Processing Room''' is the nexus of all [[Strong Bad]]'s email processing. It used to be linked from an auto-reply sent up to the [[Compy 386]] era, but now it can only be accessed from the official site through the animated GIF of a mouse on [[Strong Bad's Website]].  
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The '''Email Processing Room''' is the nexus of all [[Strong Bad]]'s e-mail processing. This place exists in one Easter Egg, and nowhere else. It is definitely not a part of the normal Homestar Runner world, but it is clever enough and amusing enough to be listed here.
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}
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Linked through [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/ Strong Bad's website], (from email 51: "[[website]]") this easter egg is found in an animated GIF of a mouse.
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'''Running Time:''' 0:14
'''Page Title:''' MEN AT WORK
'''Page Title:''' MEN AT WORK
==Processing Details==
==Processing Details==
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[[The Cheat]] types on an old computer and prints out a potential email candidate. [[Strong Mad]] puts on his reading glasses and reads the email carefully. The paper is then chewed up, spat into a cylinder, and sent via pneumatic tube to Strong Bad. Strong Bad just laughs at them and rips them into tiny pieces. This cycle repeats.
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[[The Cheat]] types on an old computer (likely an [[Apple IIe|Apple II]]) and prints out a potential email candidate. [[Strong Mad]] grabs the printout, puts on reading glasses, and reads the email briefly. He then chews up the paper, spits it into a cylinder, and sends it via {{w|pneumatic tube}} to Strong Bad. Strong Bad takes the paper from the tube and reads it. He then laughs at the paper and rips it into tiny pieces, and the cycle repeats.
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==Inconsistencies==
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==Easter Eggs==
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Behind Strong Mad can be seen a poster reading "GET BACK TO WORK!"  and three signs that say, "PRIDE, DETAIL," and "ETHICS."  They originally linked to the newspaper "The Rumor". If you try the links, you will be referred to "The Rumor's" [http://www.dumpyusa.com/rumorintro.htm "new address"], which has since expired and been turned into an weight loss advertisement page. This is of particular interest, because [[The Brothers Chaps]] refer to linking in the [[EmailFAQ|FAQ]] section of their contact information:
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*Clicking on the three signs behind Strong Mad linked to [https://web.archive.org/web/20020522024622/http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~abs8286/ The Rumor]. The Rumor was a fan site for {{w|The Band}} run by Brent McNeal and Adam Sterritt (brother of [[Ryan Sterritt]]), friends of [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]]; the site similarly used the motto "Pride, Detail, and Ethics" with corresponding signs posted in Sterritt's room. As this page was on the {{w|Florida State University}} student webspace, it was no longer hosted by May 2009.
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**In 2003, The Rumor moved to [https://web.archive.org/web/20031004180627/http://www.dumpyusa.com/rumorintro.htm DumpyUSA]; this site went offline by fall 2004. One page on DumpyUSA included [http://web.archive.org/web/20030212025222/http://www.dumpyusa.com/matt.htm several photos of Matt].
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**Notably, an [[Email FAQ|early FAQ]] stated that [[The Brothers Chaps]] had a policy of "absolutely no links to other sites". This was corrected in the later [[FAQ]] to state that they "link to a couple sites here and there but only when it's appropriate."
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  Q:  Will you put up a banner or link to my site?
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==Fun Facts==
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  A:  Our policy has always been absolutely no advertising.
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===Trivia===
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      That includes banners, pop-ups, and even links to other sites.
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*Back in the [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] era, sending Strong Bad an email would get an [[Strong Bad Email#Trivia|automated response]] that linked to the Email Processing Room page.
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**The response explains the order of events in an acronym. The email gets "R.E.D. The Cheat '''R'''eads it, Strong Mad '''E'''ats it, and I [[DELETED|'''D'''eletes]] it."
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*The printer shown here is one of the printers Strong Bad has used at the end of his emails (see [[The Paper]]).
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*The Flash file for the Email Processing Room can be found by exploring [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two]] in a computer's DVD-ROM drive.
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*A Flash decompiler reveals [[Strong Bad Evolution|Strong Bad's fourth design]] (seen in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]) is being used.
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*The Cheat typing, Strong Bad typing, Strong Mad chewing and Strong Bad reading the email are all movie clips, as they still do these actions when the toon is paused.
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This is, therefore, an interesting and inexplicable exception to that rule. Perhaps [[TBC]] forgot about this page when they wrote the FAQ. This is a reasonable explanation since approximately one year had elapsed between the 51st email and the creation of the FAQ.
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===Goofs===
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*Strong Mad appears to "grow" another arm out of his right arm the second and third time he lifts it.
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*There is also a layering problem the second time he lowers his arm. He places the cylinder into the tube, then his fist moves in front of the table and disappears.
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*When Strong Bad takes the chewed-up email out of the cylinder, he doesn't unscrew the lid, but he takes the note out through the tube.
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*Just before Strong Mad sends the cylinder down the tube, the lid closes itself.
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*There is a little gray line that goes through The Cheat's computer.
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*The printer is missing a manual feed roller on the side facing the audience (usually a small wheel jutting out from the printer, used to feed the paper into the printer manually).
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*A search for "the rumor" dumpyusa on Google reveals that "The Rumor" was a website run by Adam Sterritt and Brent McNeal. Adam is a friend of [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] and brother of [[Ryan Sterritt]]. He used to run a blog called [http://www.adamscorner.blogspot.com/ "Adam's Corner"], which may or may not be where Coach Z's "More than 2 problems" joke came from. He took down the blog last year, but his entries are still accessible [http://www.adamscorner.blogspot.com/2002_04_01_adamscorner_archive.html "in archive form"] by manually typing in the URL. There may be more interesting Homestar/Matt bits there for people with a lot of time to dig around.
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===Inside References===
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*The "PRiDE," "DETAiL," and "ETHiCS" signs include [[lowercase i's]].
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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{{extlinks|processing|title=the Processing Room|noquotes=true}}
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/processing.html Visit the Processing Room]
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/processing.swf View the flash file for the Processing Room]
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Current revision as of 07:43, 3 December 2022

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Print. Chew. Crumple. Repeat!

The Email Processing Room is the nexus of all Strong Bad's email processing. It used to be linked from an auto-reply sent up to the Compy 386 era, but now it can only be accessed from the official site through the animated GIF of a mouse on Strong Bad's Website.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat

Running Time: 0:14

Page Title: MEN AT WORK

Contents

[edit] Processing Details

The Cheat types on an old computer (likely an Apple II) and prints out a potential email candidate. Strong Mad grabs the printout, puts on reading glasses, and reads the email briefly. He then chews up the paper, spits it into a cylinder, and sends it via pneumatic tube to Strong Bad. Strong Bad takes the paper from the tube and reads it. He then laughs at the paper and rips it into tiny pieces, and the cycle repeats.

[edit] Easter Eggs

  • Clicking on the three signs behind Strong Mad linked to The Rumor. The Rumor was a fan site for The Band run by Brent McNeal and Adam Sterritt (brother of Ryan Sterritt), friends of Matt Chapman and Craig Zobel; the site similarly used the motto "Pride, Detail, and Ethics" with corresponding signs posted in Sterritt's room. As this page was on the Florida State University student webspace, it was no longer hosted by May 2009.
    • In 2003, The Rumor moved to DumpyUSA; this site went offline by fall 2004. One page on DumpyUSA included several photos of Matt.
    • Notably, an early FAQ stated that The Brothers Chaps had a policy of "absolutely no links to other sites". This was corrected in the later FAQ to state that they "link to a couple sites here and there but only when it's appropriate."

[edit] Fun Facts

[edit] Trivia

  • Back in the Tandy era, sending Strong Bad an email would get an automated response that linked to the Email Processing Room page.
    • The response explains the order of events in an acronym. The email gets "R.E.D. The Cheat Reads it, Strong Mad Eats it, and I Deletes it."
  • The printer shown here is one of the printers Strong Bad has used at the end of his emails (see The Paper).
  • The Flash file for the Email Processing Room can be found by exploring strongbad_email.exe Disc Two in a computer's DVD-ROM drive.
  • A Flash decompiler reveals Strong Bad's fourth design (seen in A Jumping Jack Contest) is being used.
  • The Cheat typing, Strong Bad typing, Strong Mad chewing and Strong Bad reading the email are all movie clips, as they still do these actions when the toon is paused.

[edit] Goofs

  • Strong Mad appears to "grow" another arm out of his right arm the second and third time he lifts it.
  • There is also a layering problem the second time he lowers his arm. He places the cylinder into the tube, then his fist moves in front of the table and disappears.
  • When Strong Bad takes the chewed-up email out of the cylinder, he doesn't unscrew the lid, but he takes the note out through the tube.
  • Just before Strong Mad sends the cylinder down the tube, the lid closes itself.
  • There is a little gray line that goes through The Cheat's computer.
  • The printer is missing a manual feed roller on the side facing the audience (usually a small wheel jutting out from the printer, used to feed the paper into the printer manually).

[edit] Inside References

  • The "PRiDE," "DETAiL," and "ETHiCS" signs include lowercase i's.

[edit] External Links

Retrieved from "http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Email_Processing_Room"
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