Be Excellent To Each Other

Hullo Forum,

Our own inestimable Friend of the Working Man, The Internet's The Famous Richard Gaywood had the soopah idea of the BeeXWeex announcement thread thingy, in which we record and/or link to all of the bestest and most notable ^{[citation needed]}things that happen each week. This is a splendid way for us BeeXers what have been busy at work, on holiday, or spending time in a non-extradition country without internet access to catch up on recent events. However, people have mentioned that this place can be a little on the confusing side for new arrivals, what with all the in-jokes, cleekery and general silliness and Emogasms, and they may not want/be able to read a year's worth of BeeXWeex summaries to get up to speed.

So, as we do seem to be attracting the odd new arrival, and as there are doubtless current members who have no idea what most of the other posters are talking about half the time, I thought it might be a spiffing/slightly good/okay/meh idea to have a BeeX Guide - a sort of Glossary of Beex to aid the new reader.

This would combine the more notable of things contained in BeeXWeex (e.g. Burt tank) as well as an explanation of all those in-jokes (e.g. "Craster and Badgers", ""whatever, dick" etc) and catch phrases and whatnot. Any new and/or confused BeeXer, when confronted with something they don't understand, could turn to said handy guide to look up the offending words. This may not necessarily be able to entirely explain Shin, of course.

Anyone at all think this is a worthwhile idea? If so I'll get on with writing one (submissions welcome, of course).

Toodles,

Mr C.

xx

snore

Banned.

Feex: (an amalgam of Beex (a short version of BeExcellentToEachOther) and Fix)

I quite like this idea, as I still don't get half the jokes that go on here. I mean, I didn't even have any idea of the badger running joke. Did he have a badger problem, or likes mashed potato excessively, or what?

I have a suspicion that I lack a running joke. Not sure if this is a good thing or not.

BolshyPete?

Phew. Yeah. And those who don't like it, fuck 'em.

I don't understand - CLEEK!

Durr. You are running away from a pylon. It is a running joke.

Some sort of Beextionary? Or a Beexicon, if you will.

With a massive cigar.

So's your face.



Hoorah! The Acey seal of approvaldisinterested acquiescence!

I was called 'bolshy', I think by Dr Glyndwr, on account of my allegedly forthright opinions and bluntly 'Ey you guys!!' gregarious nature - which was found to be amusingly at odds with my forum persona.

Don't worry, chap. I'm not actually that concerned that sometimes I don't understand what goes on outside of the forum. That's life, innit?

He says, masking his tears of dejection at not being included.

Ahh yes. We need more pylon activity on this forum to keep it a running joke though, currently it's just sort of a stationary one. In the old War of the Worlds forum I was on a long time ago (before I became a pariah for admitting that I actually didn't like the Jeff Wayne tripod design) there was a bloke who was pretty obsessed with different types of pylon, Felicity Kendal and prog rock.

"Hey, Prog guy? Who should the new Dr's companion be?"
"Felicity Kendal."
"Oh. Well what should they do next?"
"Bring back the Rani. She was ace."
"Err. And who should play her?"
"Felicity Kendal."

(etc.)

Actually, before leaving I also told them I hated prog rock. And my defending Spielberg's Half-Awesome film didn't go down well with them either. God, internety life was so different back then. Thank God for you lot. (Clutches Beex like he would a teddy bear.)

A Beex Wiki? Or a Biki. Mmm... Hobnobs.

We should do this 'welcome guide', and for a laugh make it really unwelcoming and incomprehensible.

Like the rest of the forum, you mean?

Your avatar always a) makes me think of the video to Sledgehammer and b) slightly disturbs me. Good work, Taxo!

I've been giggling quietly to myself at the idea.

whatever, dick

Pylons
Please keep all pylon discussion to the pylon subfora.

Even more so.



a, meh
b, awesome

You mean there's more than one?!

Electricity and telegraph, innit.

Aren't they telegraph poles?

Yes, and those catenary bastards want to start their own separate one as well. Splitters.

Bad idea. As said above it's self important. There should be a landing page explaining that we're friendly and happy to accept new members. Sign up, start posting, we don't bite, etc. But explaining the in-jokes and stuff is probably more exclusive than you think. It's kinda "ooh hark at us, aren't we funny?!", although I realise that wouldn't be deliberate, it would just seem like that.

edit: And as much as I hate in-jokes and what have you, explaining them completely ruins them. There are no other forums that have to explain themselves like this. Just make it as welcoming as possible and people will pick up on the in-jokes if they're interested enough.

You're all breaking the pylon discussion rules in this very thread.

The world is about to disintegrate, because I actually agree with Rubber Jonny.

See my edit, too, for more agreement!

Indeed. Agreement + 5XP.

Correct.

And keep the gardening discussion to the subflora.

Ahem.



Not quite.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php

Not sure if that works for non-members.

It's doesn't works for non-member.

I agree with Jonarob, too. I've been wondering how best to phrase my objection and he's come close enough to my thoughts for me not to bother.

does it work for silver members?

Cunt!

Fair enough. That's one for and many against. Idea unstickied and scrapped.

Fair enough, it's just a topic list really but members can add to the entry almost forum like.

Dammit, it's wednesday and we haven't had an argument yet! I think it's a GREAT idea and I insist that it includes a biography of all the posters. ALL of them mind. Even 'Stephen'.

I only know Monty...

Nobody? Nobody's going to do anything with this? sheesh.

Fuck newcomers.

Not today. I'm feeling a bit highly strung.

Lube?

Maybe once the Beex empire has become a sprawling mass across the internet and there are thousands of active users.

Alternatively, when it all caves in and someone creates an Amiga Power style dictionary of past jokes.