Hi!

In the other community where I hang out I'd seen messages with the subject 'All your base are belong to us!' but I never opened them, assuming that they were posted by people to whom correct English is a second language.

So I thank you for bringing it to my attention. I've watched it a bunch of times now, with sincere admiration and appreciation. My wife likes it, too. In my earlier message I got it wrong: I should have written "For great justice, take off every zig!"

Thanks also for the link to the Tribe thread. It was quite interesting! As I said before, those retouches are a lot harder to make than they look.

There's a way to get traffic from fads like this. Make a little SWF file with Swish that has a headline and your website URL, and rename it allyourbase.swf and post it on file sharing sites--of course, don't leave yourself open to easy retaliation. Traffic you get like this won't be high quality traffic, of course, but I maintain that traffic is the seed from which all else grows. (I know I differ from many in this internet marketing community in this, though people like Sanford would probably agree. This is the global internet, after all, not a local neighborhood with a small constituency.)

Concerning fads, some time ago I suggested people read the *beautiful* Connie Willis book _Bellwether_. If anyone read it, tell me how you liked it, OK?

Best,

- Boyd

> Hi Boyd!

> I see you're already aware of it... You're a
> pretty "plugged in" fellow to
> what's going on online.... :)

> You can find this Flash file, along with the
> phrase "All Your Base Are Belong To
> Us" on an increasing number of web
> pages! It's growing.... (Do a search for the
> phrase to see for yourself!)

> Remember the Hampsterdance? It's that kind
> of thing.... :)

> How do these fads start?

> I found the origin.... It started on a
> discussion forum for the game Tribes....

> I've linked to it below, for those who like
> to know about these things, how do fads
> start and how do they spread...

> If you go to the Tribes forum linked to
> below, you'll see that in December, a guy
> named "Bad_CRC" created a little
> animated GIF file, with screen shots taken
> from an old video game (with bad English
> translation), called " Zero Wing
> "....

> From there, he started creating altered
> images, with the phrase "All Your Base
> Are Belong To Us". And others got into
> the act too....

> Before long, there were hundreds of these
> altered images, with "All Your Base Are
> Belong To Us" over them.... If you look
> at that thread in the "Tribes"
> forum, it goes for 96 pages!

> Others got into the act. It spread beyond
> that Tribes forum, and outside....

> From there, Bad_CRC made a Flash movie,
> combining the opening scenes from this video
> game, along with these altered images, and a
> sound track... Which many found hilarious!

> And it's kept on spreading... :)

> Here in Australia (and probably lots of
> other places), the Hampsterdance song has
> made it into the music charts....

> I don't know if "Bad_CRC" has
> profited from the fad he has created yet,
> but I wouldn't be surprised if we'll see the
> "All Your Base Are Belong To Us"
> song becoming a music hit too! I've heard
> that some people already play it at dance
> parties....

> :)

> (Don't forget the link below....)

> - Dien

>