Assume your heroic form

April 19, 2001 9:05 AM

Assume your heroic form with this harmless, addictive bit of Flash. (Warning: probably coming to you by email soon, if not already.)
posted by argybarg (19 comments total)

No more work for me today!
posted by jennyb at 9:18 AM on April 19, 2001

oops, the server has already been MeFi'ed!
posted by briank at 9:46 AM on April 19, 2001

Look what poor MetaFilter has turned into.
posted by argybarg at 10:02 AM on April 19, 2001

No more work for you today?

the site sux bell

You must have a low boredom threshold
posted by insular at 10:42 AM on April 19, 2001

No insular, you just have no sense of entertainment value. Go watch Howard's End or something.
posted by DiplomaticImmunity at 10:48 AM on April 19, 2001

jennyb: I agree with you. I don't really like the comic genre, yet couldn't get enough of the site.
posted by mgtrott at 11:22 AM on April 19, 2001

Apologies if this is too long, Try loading up my character:
FantasyHumanoidMale*Character Name*Skin:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Eyebrows:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Eyes:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Nose:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Mouth:10,0,20,0,0,0,100,0,20,0,0,0,100;
Mask:17,0,0,0,50,80,100,0,0,0,50,80,100;
Beard:16,0,0,0,0,75,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Hair:23,0,40,70,90,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Headgear:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Undershirt:15,0,60,0,0,100,100,10,0,13,25,30,100;
Overshirt:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Gloves-lft:4,75,0,0,0,0,100,0,40,0,0,100,100;
Gloves-rt:9,75,0,0,0,0,100,0,40,0,0,100,100;
Coat:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Belt:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Leggings:7,0,0,0,77,99,100,0,0,0,0,75,100;
Foot-lft:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Foot-rt:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Pants:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Weapon-lft:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Weapon-rt:39,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Back:18,0,0,30,72,0,100,0,0,0,77,99,100;
Background:1,75,0,0,0,0,100,75,0,0,0,0,100;
Companion:12,0,20,0,0,0,100,0,30,0,50,80,100;#
posted by daver at 11:25 AM on April 19, 2001

Dang it, quit taunting me! I work at a no-fun-on-the-net company! AAARRRRGGGHHHH!
posted by aramaic at 11:52 AM on April 19, 2001

Whether or not the site "sux bell" is pretty subjective, but insular is right about my boredom threshold.

Look! A squirrel!
posted by jennyb at 11:53 AM on April 19, 2001

A squirrel?!?!? Where?!?!?

The site is back up now but obviously still overloaded, because I've been waiting over 10 minutes just for the basic hero to render.
posted by briank at 12:13 PM on April 19, 2001

It's not just you, jennyb. This one tore around our office last month and effectively halted all work for two hours. There's a whole wall of superheroes here, including "Stick Mammy" and "The Raging Kiltmeister".
posted by Zettai at 12:51 PM on April 19, 2001

Does this mean we'll finally get to see what DoublePostGuy looks like?
posted by Aaaugh! at 2:14 PM on April 19, 2001

*cough* daver, please tell me I copy and pasted that wrong... Who is that, Super Colorblind Genetic-experiment-gone-horribly-wrong Boy?
posted by whatnotever at 2:44 PM on April 19, 2001

great googly moogly, daver. you made my day.
posted by pnevares at 3:54 PM on April 19, 2001

Zow! daver, there's a butterfly gnawing on your backbone! :) On the other hand, you could go undercover at any number of festivals and carnivals.

I spent a lunch hour playing with this, and then an afternoon fiddling with screenshots in Photoshop. The result, if you care.

Oddly enough, the story of how I met my wife involves a costume party at which I was dressed up as a superhero.
posted by iceberg273 at 3:58 PM on April 19, 2001

You make fun of the outfit, you talk to the monkey. It's that simple. Who's first. ( glad you liked it ;-) )
posted by daver at 4:02 PM on April 19, 2001

Aaaugh!, ask and ye shall recieve:

DoublePostGuy (courtesy of filepile.org).

Not to be viewed by people over the age of 18.
posted by DoublePostGuy at 4:23 PM on April 19, 2001

Not to ... ? Oh, I was worried you were going here.

C'mon, don't tell me the pun didn't occur to you a long time ago.
posted by dhartung at 5:05 PM on April 19, 2001

This is fun, but a game to go with it would be even better.
posted by Zool at 8:23 PM on April 19, 2001