Red Universe

June 8, 2007 7:42 PM

Boy is this cool. Mostly useless, completely awesome. Try flying.
posted by sneakin (63 comments total)

Hm, I don't know why that's so cool, but it is.
posted by puke & cry at 7:46 PM on June 8, 2007

Pepsi Blue.
posted by pruner at 7:48 PM on June 8, 2007

Okay, I'm the soldier-type hanging out by the giant stone head on the far left.
posted by yhbc at 7:58 PM on June 8, 2007

Burhanistan, stop punching me!
posted by Liosliath at 8:11 PM on June 8, 2007

It made me a girl, with a girly dress. Suddenly, certain things seem to make sense.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:15 PM on June 8, 2007

I don't get it. Where do I get paid to dance?
posted by lazymonster at 8:21 PM on June 8, 2007

haha.


*flys around*
posted by niles at 8:25 PM on June 8, 2007

Where is everybody?

Can someone teleport me to the Paris thread?
posted by lazymonster at 8:26 PM on June 8, 2007

I can't make myself 300 pounds. Where's my Bible & cigarette? I can't dance without them. This blows.

Actually, I think it's really pretty.
posted by miss lynnster at 8:30 PM on June 8, 2007

Chat room of the damned.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 8:31 PM on June 8, 2007

I'm not a woman, but I play one on the internet. This is fun.
posted by Sailormom at 8:32 PM on June 8, 2007

Heh, that's actually quite clever.
posted by Skorgu at 8:35 PM on June 8, 2007

A most diverting amusement!
Good show, sir!
posted by lekvar at 8:35 PM on June 8, 2007

I got invited to fisticuffs a few times, someone attempted to separate me from my moneybags, and someone else asked me where to score some snuff. It's like being on a street corner in Philadelphia.
posted by iconomy at 8:36 PM on June 8, 2007

Man. I must impersonate a woman on the internet more often. That was highly educational.
posted by motty at 8:39 PM on June 8, 2007

For some reason, the setting of the place kind of leaves me at a loss for words... I feel that everything I should say must be cryptic.

The Blue runs at midnight....
posted by Mister Cheese at 8:39 PM on June 8, 2007

I can't punch. Maybe because I'm a chef?
posted by Joseph Gurl at 8:51 PM on June 8, 2007

That was excellent until firefox had a seizure. Thanks for the pugilistic exploits though.
posted by exlotuseater at 8:58 PM on June 8, 2007

That's pretty sweet, Charles.
posted by danb at 9:04 PM on June 8, 2007

Me and Citrus Freak are in there totally rocking out.

Or not. But we're there.
posted by Mid at 9:10 PM on June 8, 2007

I just like saying "GOING TO MOON BRB" and flying straight up.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 9:14 PM on June 8, 2007 [5 favorites]

It is awesome.
But ads that are not selling anything I can identify... make me nervous.
posted by Methylviolet at 9:21 PM on June 8, 2007

pfeh. laptop kbd makes some UI cmds unavailable.
posted by mwhybark at 9:37 PM on June 8, 2007

So "Nay nay give me some hay" makes you a horse and "jiminy cricket!" makes you a cricket...are there any others?
posted by internet!Hannah at 9:37 PM on June 8, 2007

Apparently, user "Hoo hoo hoo" gets turned on by me punching him.
posted by daninnj at 9:37 PM on June 8, 2007

still, neato!
posted by mwhybark at 9:40 PM on June 8, 2007

Some things to try:

jiminy cricket!
surley you jest [sic]
the last straw
posted by greatgefilte at 9:41 PM on June 8, 2007

"the last straw" turns you into a camel.
posted by Read at 9:41 PM on June 8, 2007

oh boy

i think we might be crashing it
posted by mwhybark at 9:42 PM on June 8, 2007

Someone is a fat pirate now.
posted by Read at 9:46 PM on June 8, 2007

"May I please have some blueberry pie?"
posted by internet!Hannah at 9:53 PM on June 8, 2007

"rumpelstiltskin is my name"
posted by iconomy at 10:00 PM on June 8, 2007

"Dead men tell no tales"
"I dreamt I was a butterfly"
posted by internet!Hannah at 10:01 PM on June 8, 2007

How are people figuring those out?
posted by Mid at 10:04 PM on June 8, 2007

Damn the cool for being so cool.
posted by frecklefaerie at 10:06 PM on June 8, 2007

Other users tell you or you watch them tell someone else.
posted by iconomy at 10:07 PM on June 8, 2007

Okay, now that I actually flew... that's so fucking awesome.
posted by frecklefaerie at 10:08 PM on June 8, 2007

Yeah, but like how did people figure them out at first?
posted by Mid at 10:13 PM on June 8, 2007

"i shot a man in reno"
posted by iconomy at 10:18 PM on June 8, 2007

Whhheeeee!!! That is fun.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 10:22 PM on June 8, 2007

I imagine plants were there feeding the codes to the users.

I just found this list, now that we know them all....
posted by iconomy at 10:27 PM on June 8, 2007

It made me a woman when I logged in.

And then I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to play while dodging skeevy come-ons from weirdos.
posted by darkstar at 11:27 PM on June 8, 2007

So this site... it raises consciousness?
posted by Methylviolet at 11:53 PM on June 8, 2007

OK this is definitely the weirdest chat room ever. I got hit on by a camel, two guys got in a fistfight over who was going to rip my dress off first, and some other guy wanted me to touch his "moobs."

On second thought, this sounds like a normal chat room.

I'm going back to my normal life now...
posted by Watsonne at 12:51 AM on June 9, 2007

I saw a horse running around and I noticed there was no username over it, and I thought "I just know there's a joke in here somewhere..."
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 1:00 AM on June 9, 2007

It's funny, you know, no matter how pretty and different you make a chat room, it's still a chat room.

I was flying around while people asked each other a/s/l.
posted by blacklite at 2:41 AM on June 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Wow! That is absolutely amazing!
posted by Hates_ at 5:34 AM on June 9, 2007

Big fun. I'm going back there now.
posted by Mcable at 5:35 AM on June 9, 2007

Nothin' but goodness here. I can fly.
posted by MarshallPoe at 6:12 AM on June 9, 2007

It is strangely beautiful. Designer/artsy types: what would you call the style of the whole thing? It seems familiar. Sort of like Edward Gorey stuff.
posted by Mid at 6:37 AM on June 9, 2007

Mid, I think the term "Victorian" comes closest, but that falls woefully short. I love the art direction though, it's all gorgeous.
posted by Brainy at 7:20 AM on June 9, 2007

Nice use of parallax scrolling, but they really need to add more interesting things to find in the sky.
posted by Kikkoman at 7:59 AM on June 9, 2007

I'm so pretty.
posted by unknowncommand at 8:30 AM on June 9, 2007

I don't know which of you Mefites was just trying to chop at me with a sword, but I'm the one who turned into a horse & kicked your sorry Victorian fat ass.
posted by miss lynnster at 8:35 AM on June 9, 2007

I'm not fat, it was the dress.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:52 AM on June 9, 2007

Heh, I formed a band of soldiers who did Village People style dances. The Macarena, Everybody dance now, In the navy.
We mobbed gatherings and turned them into dance gigs.
Loads of fun.
posted by jouke at 1:36 PM on June 9, 2007

That was awesome.
posted by cowbellemoo at 2:27 PM on June 9, 2007

not. working. ><
posted by Baby_Balrog at 3:27 PM on June 9, 2007

I just kept getting punched by a big cricket.
posted by triggerfinger at 3:30 PM on June 9, 2007

You killed it. You had to spoil all the fun. I didn't even get a go.

Boohoo
posted by knapah at 3:59 PM on June 9, 2007

digg killed it
posted by jouke at 8:06 PM on June 9, 2007

I'm the army cook sailing through the clouds.

Wow.
posted by dreamsign at 2:55 AM on June 11, 2007

I Hate period pieces. ha. Love the concept tho.
posted by petersn1 at 8:08 AM on June 12, 2007