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Principia Discordia => Propaganda Depository => GASM Command => Topic started by: Cramulus on July 17, 2008, 03:32:47 PM

Title: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on July 17, 2008, 03:32:47 PM
It's been a while since we've had some new posters, no?

(http://www.smomashup.com/images/calvinball.jpg)

This is a brainstorm thread for the upcoming CALVINBALL poster pack.

The theme here is
-imposing / removing rules in public spaces
-creating the illusion (or reality!) that the reader is in the middle of a game

(we'll also include some miscellaneous meme bombs and fun stuff)

Please toss out any and all ideas. Discussion of ideas will lead to new and better ones. Then we'll make a sexy PDF.

(other calvinball comics located here (http://calvinandhobbes.freehostia.com/calvinball), by the way)




[Official looking poster sporting a homeland security logo]
This is a designated area approved for cellular phone use



Do not step on cracks in this zone




You are being followed. Tag him before he tags you for +5 points.





If you stand in this spot long enough, you will see some very strange things.




Tell someone about this poster
+5 points




Congratulations! You've found Clue #3! The man in the green jacket will tell you what to do next.



Congradulations! You've found Clue #5! The man smoking a cigarette will tell you what to do next.



+5 points for putting up a new poster within 100 feet of this one






All the winners from the last game get to start off knowing this game's rules.
If you don't know the rules, do your best to figure them out.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Triple Zero on July 17, 2008, 05:00:24 PM
AWESOME  (http://000.blackironprison.com/orange_grin.gif):mrgreen:(http://000.blackironprison.com/orange_grin.gif):mrgreen:(http://000.blackironprison.com/orange_grin.gif)

i live for this shit. really, tinkering with "the rules" is something i've done all my life (and quite possibly the reason why i never was any good at playing sports).

okay, i told you about the GASM Businesscard idea I had, right? I'm going to incorporate this with that. right after i'm done posting a thread about that idea for the rest of the class.

(hold on)

back.

so i have a bunch of cardboard cards here, that i got from the supermarket (they're the cards you can write your personal ads on, but the backsides are blank, so they're very useful for being generic cards).

i'll write these things on it a couple of times and then come up with some new stuff, and leave it around at places or something.

...

i'm kind of tempted scribbling an URL or some kind of short phrase/codeword on these cards. got any ideas?
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on July 17, 2008, 05:54:07 PM
(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-approved-cell.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-approved-cell.pdf)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on July 17, 2008, 06:37:38 PM
:mittens:

but shouldn't the bottom line be "You may use your cellular device-"?


or should the whole sign be opposite
"CELL PHONE USAGE FORBIDDEN IN THIS ZONE"
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on July 17, 2008, 06:58:09 PM
no. "type B" cell phone use is "no use at all"
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 17, 2008, 09:07:43 PM
I like this one. I will think.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Rumckle on July 18, 2008, 01:23:16 PM
Hmm, how about an official looking sign, like the cellphone one that says:
This is federal property, any unauthorised persons found trespassing will be detained

Or something similar, placed at entrances to parks, malls, etc
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on July 18, 2008, 01:30:42 PM
Designated Sneeze Target

Sneeze on this sign for +12 points!
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on July 18, 2008, 02:50:26 PM
pretty good so far.

It might help to think about what rules and games are already taking place on the street.




-1 Points for Checking Out a Cute Ass within 100 feet of this sign.




This is an Eye Contact zone. Make eye contact with everyone you see within 100 feet of this sign.




You are only allowed to pass this sign once per day. When you come back this way, you must take a different route.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Daruko on July 18, 2008, 03:04:26 PM
:mittens: x5
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Triple Zero on July 18, 2008, 03:13:35 PM
this is an official WIN thread. +7 points for everyone that posts a good idea ITT.

;-)

i still like my idea of using small cardboard cards with these rules, but i want a sort of overall connecting thing to it, like a (google-able) keyword or an URL. anybody got any ideas or do i need to grind over this and get original all by myself? ;-)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: fomenter on July 18, 2008, 03:27:39 PM
"in the interest of national security please remove shoes before entering " DHS (official logo)

for the entrances to bathrooms, waiting rooms etc in security conscious public buildings (airports gov offices ...)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on July 18, 2008, 03:45:12 PM
very useful: hxxp://style.auxpa.org/AppA/8_DHS.html
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on July 18, 2008, 06:44:23 PM
(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-pathead.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-pathead.pdf)

(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-cartwheel.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-cartwheel.pdf)

(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-noshoes.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-noshoes.pdf)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on July 18, 2008, 07:03:12 PM
(http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/Smileys/default/roglol.gif)

I love the combonation of Official Homeland Security layout with obvious silly game activities!


Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on July 18, 2008, 07:38:07 PM
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/5774/mittens2xi0.gif)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: fomenter on July 18, 2008, 08:58:28 PM
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk61/fnord_photo/removefootwear-1.jpg?t=1216419185)

edit -for resolution tell me if it worked
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on July 18, 2008, 09:28:56 PM
Nice! Can we get a higher resolution version of that? When we print it, it'll look pixelated. Also, try saving in .png - helps with the resolution
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: fomenter on July 18, 2008, 10:17:24 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on July 18, 2008, 09:28:56 PM
Nice! Can we get a higher resolution version of that? When we print it, it'll look pixelated. Also, try saving in .png - helps with the resolution
this request is on the outer limits of my  skills, i will try but if someone can do it fast and easy maybe they will jump in and help ?
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Voodoo on July 18, 2008, 10:22:45 PM
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll106/rev_voodoo/AttentionTravelers.jpg)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: fomenter on July 18, 2008, 10:56:22 PM
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk61/fnord_photo/Attentionfingernail.jpg?t=1216418116)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on July 18, 2008, 11:00:41 PM
 :lulz:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on July 19, 2008, 12:15:43 AM
(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-freespeech.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-freespeech.pdf)

(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-fingernails.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-fingernails.pdf)

(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-footwear.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-footwear.pdf)

(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-freedomzone.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-freedomzone.pdf)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on July 19, 2008, 12:24:02 AM
Quote from: vexati0n on July 19, 2008, 12:15:43 AM
(http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-freespeech.png) (http://www.discoflux.com/images/dhs-freespeech.pdf)

"Dispersed," but otherwise :lulz:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on July 19, 2008, 01:12:28 AM
damn openoffice not doing spellcheck on all-caps :|
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on July 19, 2008, 05:55:49 AM
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i312/P3nT4gR4m/smileys/tittens.gif)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: fomenter on July 19, 2008, 06:12:39 AM
Quote from: vexati0n on July 19, 2008, 01:12:28 AM
damn openoffice not doing spellcheck on all-caps :|
Eye halve a spelling chequer,

It came with my pea sea,

It plainly marques four my revue

Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word

And weight four it two say

Weather eye am wrong oar write

It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee fore two long

And eye can put the error rite

Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it

I'm shore your pleased two no

Its letter perfect in it's weigh,

My chequer tolled me sew.


Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on July 19, 2008, 11:13:26 AM
Quote from: fnord mote eris on July 19, 2008, 06:12:39 AM
Quote from: vexati0n on July 19, 2008, 01:12:28 AM
damn openoffice not doing spellcheck on all-caps :|
Eye halve a spelling chequer,

It came with my pea sea,

It plainly marques four my revue

Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word

And weight four it two say

Weather eye am wrong oar write

It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee fore two long

And eye can put the error rite

Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it

I'm shore your pleased two no

Its letter perfect in it's weigh,

My chequer tolled me sew.

Still, you should have a human editor review it. Remember: the red penis your friend.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: PeregrineBF on July 20, 2008, 02:54:54 AM
Also, "Area" shouldn't be split across lines. L2LaTeX.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Daruko on August 04, 2008, 07:59:24 PM
please 2 fix spelling on these

fashion, not fashon

thx   ^_^*
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on August 04, 2008, 11:38:35 PM
jesus, i must have been tired when i made those. i'll fix tonight if i get a chance.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Requia ☣ on August 05, 2008, 04:00:13 AM
I love the not so silly ones, especially the stuff about shoes, cause I can so see people trained by airport security actually walking around with no shoes thanks to the sign.

A no fake fingernails would be great if you could get it up in the airport and somehow not get arrested for it.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on August 05, 2008, 05:26:00 AM
okay fixed:

"Freedom Appreciation Zone" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/freezone.pdf)
"No False Fingernails" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/fingernails.pdf)
"Not a Free Speech Zone" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/freespeech.pdf)
"Remove Footwear" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/footwear.pdf)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Daruko on August 05, 2008, 05:26:47 AM
Quote from: vexati0n on August 05, 2008, 05:26:00 AM
okay fixed:

"Freedom Appreciation Zone" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/freezone.pdf)
"No False Fingernails" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/fingernails.pdf)
"Not a Free Speech Zone" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/freespeech.pdf)
"Remove Footwear" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/footwear.pdf)

:mittens:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: fomenter on August 05, 2008, 06:11:45 AM
Quote from: vexati0n on August 05, 2008, 05:26:00 AM
okay fixed:

"Freedom Appreciation Zone" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/freezone.pdf)
"No False Fingernails" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/fingernails.pdf)
"Not a Free Speech Zone" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/freespeech.pdf)
"Remove Footwear" (http://www.discoflux.com/pdfs/footwear.pdf)
:lulz: :mittens:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: LMNO on August 05, 2008, 01:03:34 PM
We should run with the idea of "earning National Security Points".
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Voodoo on August 05, 2008, 06:10:17 PM
100 Security Points and you get Secret Clearance
500 Security Points and you get Top Secret Clearance
1000 Security Points and you get Majestic Clearance

for each 500 Security Points you earn, you get to direct one laser guided missile strike

after 1000 Security Points you get a coupon for 10% off at Denny's

with 10,000 points you get to "frisk" a TSA Agent
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Voodoo on August 05, 2008, 06:26:06 PM
fixed:

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll106/rev_voodoo/AttentionTravelers2.jpg)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on August 05, 2008, 06:55:05 PM
That's AWESOME

the font on the blue text is a giveaway though. The dept. of homeland security probably wouldn't use an old english caligraphy font.


nevermind that they wouldn't forbid bluejeans, but whatever :p
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Voodoo on August 05, 2008, 06:57:10 PM
WOMP the shit out of it!
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Triple Zero on August 11, 2008, 03:04:36 PM
so at the local supermarkets you can put up cards with ads like how you lost your cat or got a couch to sell and such.

so last week i wrote one that said

----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
  CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE FOUND CLUE #3 !!!

     HIDE THIS CARD FOR EXTRA ++GOOD LUCK

           PRINCIPIADISCORDIA.COM
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----


and when this morning i checked back to see if the card was still there, i couldnt find it at first (they tend to remove the more zany stuff i've put up there--if they keep it up i'm going to complain about it)

but then i noticed

somebody had "hidden" it in plain sight by flipping the card with the blank backside in front :D

he/she shall get extra ++LUCK now!

maybe i could do a followup? replace it with exactly the same card that says CLUE #4 instead and see if the same person notices?
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on August 11, 2008, 03:07:54 PM
 :lulz: I love it! that's awesome. Whenever one of these little pranks actually connects to someone, it's so rewarding. I'd say yeah, do a followup. If you can engage this mystery character in a clue hunt, you may have found a real cool person.

What I'd do, is break my e-mail address into three parts, then put each part on a clue...

if the person e-mail you, you've found a really playful character who could probably benefit from some of our jokes and pamphlets, maybe a free PDF of the Principia.  :wink:  Best case scenario, you found a fellow trickster in your hometown.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Triple Zero on August 11, 2008, 03:23:27 PM
ok i hope the card will be still there later on, cause to play a clue hunt i need to stick to the original wording (which i forgot) .. i can at least use "PRINCIPIADISCORDIA.COM" as a connection.

i can either write something on the blank back of the current card, but small, so it's still mostly blank and recognizable as the same card.

or i can put up a new card that says clue #2 and later another clue #1

it might be fun to see if i can continue the clue hunt in another supermarket, but the chances are not big he'll follow around, i mustn't make it too hard.

the email is a nice idea. i'm probably going to have to reg myself a new email for this, then.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: nostalgicBadger on August 11, 2008, 06:40:22 PM
I love 000's idea of using cards. If we want to be ambitious about this, I think we could really turn it into something. What if we had a name for a game like what 000 is doing, and set up a web site with "rules" and templates for making your own cards? I can't imagine exactly how we would do it right now, but maybe we could even attach it to a mySQL or some other database that would keep track of people's points, like, the web site would have a card creator that would register people's cards as official and assign them unique IDs, that way if someone finds the card and does what they need to do (how we verify this I have no idea), they could enter the card's ID on the web site and gain points. There would be a limit of creating one card per person per month or something too, so people can't cheat by just creating a billion cards and giving all the IDs to their friends -- there would be some incentive to get other people playing too.

Or maybe that's too complicated? I just like connecting real life games to computer applications. I did this the last time I hosted a game of assassins, a login system with IDs for reporting tags and receiving your new target, because it's the only way I could manage a 70 player game that went on for two months while I was a full-time student.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on August 19, 2008, 11:43:57 PM
that's a really cool idea..

I like the idea of a website that participants can check to log their "score".

riffing on that idea--

"Take a picture of yourself next to this sign, upload to http://website, score 10 points."

The website would have instructions which rewarded you for distributing posters. And each poster would contain a pointer to the website, the rules itself, or whatever.
Maybe the objective could be to get people from your neighborhood to interact with the posters. Like each poster has a unique URL, and if someone from your neighborhood connects and says Hi, you get points.

Or maybe you get points for going on Missions. A mission is like "put up posters in a train station. Come back the next day and photograph the ones that are still up. You get 5 points for each poster that's still up."

woah, I'm having a postergasm just thinking about this



Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on August 20, 2008, 12:27:34 AM
Hey Net / font people:

what are some good fonts for "official" signs? Are there any dingbats you can point me at which lend to that illusion?
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cain on August 20, 2008, 12:33:06 AM
whysoserious.com did something like this, I believe.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on August 20, 2008, 12:58:29 AM
hey, check this out:

(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/official_notice_discordian_society.png)

made with OFFICIAL SEAL GENERATOR:
http://www.says-it.com/seal/circle.php
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞ on August 20, 2008, 06:29:18 AM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2008, 12:27:34 AM
Hey Net / font people:

what are some good fonts for "official" signs? Are there any dingbats you can point me at which lend to that illusion?

This is where bold Arial does well. It's a stiff, mechanical, default typeface—perfect for most "official" applications. Aesthetic concerns are generally not considered at all for these, legibility is the only issue. Since it's so common and basic, no attention is paid to the font when read, which is the point for such signs.

More elements that adds to its officialness is to put the headline in all caps and in a graphic box (a shorter, fancy way to say a solid rectangle of color or black) with a knockout (more jargon meaning white type on a darker background). Then add a border that is approximately the same thickness as the stroke of the letters and the same color as the graphic box.

The dingbat situation really depends on what you're saying in the sign, but, Fnord - Hodge and Podge (http://www.dafont.com/fnord-hodge-podge.font) is fucking fantastic. Just use them prominently and sparingly. I'm not sure if the key combinations are the same for PCs but there are a ton of glyphs that you need to hold the alt key and alt + shift to access.

Blue Highway (http://www.dafont.com/blue-highway.font?text=blue+highway) is another one that looks official and has a condensed version for packing more words into a smaller space.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 20, 2008, 07:47:02 AM
At last, an explanation for my fondness of Arial! i am a utilitarian kind of girl. ;)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞ on August 20, 2008, 09:02:53 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 20, 2008, 07:47:02 AM
At last, an explanation for my fondness of Arial! i am a utilitarian kind of girl. ;)

:awesome:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on August 22, 2008, 06:07:19 PM
FIRST DRAFT DONE:

today's new posters at : http://www.cwyohba.org/noexit/cramulus/Postegasm_Calvinball.pdf
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: LMNO on August 22, 2008, 06:21:19 PM
This is really cool.


I like the 000 idea about cards, so you can be unobtrusive about putting them up.

I really like the idea of participating in some unknown game, connected to a website.

I envision an almost imposing webpage, either very complex to the point of absurdity, or incredibly empty and mysterious.

The complex one would have lots of entry fields and buttons, but would only produce errors or password challenges if clicked.

The empty one would only have an upload link, and a point score field.

Either way, both would only allow you to do a small number of things; upload pics, and see your current score.

This might heighten the sense of mystery.



Anyway, the small card idea is cool, because you can slip them into almost any situation; in a cab, on the train, any supermarket or bookstore, in restaraunts... and usually you can do it so no one notices (unlike posters, where it's pretty obvious).

There.  $0.02.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 22, 2008, 07:52:51 PM
Those are awesome, Cram!
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Tempest Virago on September 02, 2008, 05:18:06 AM
Quote from: LMNO on August 22, 2008, 06:21:19 PM
I really like the idea of participating in some unknown game, connected to a website.

I envision an almost imposing webpage, either very complex to the point of absurdity, or incredibly empty and mysterious.

The complex one would have lots of entry fields and buttons, but would only produce errors or password challenges if clicked.

I like the idea of a website that gives you a series of "prove you're a human" challenges, each more complex (and strange) than the previous, until you make a mistake. (Upon which it would give you a blank page with, "Clearance request denied." or something similar.)

ETA: I downloaded the poster pack, and will print some out and post them around town tonight or whenever I get a chance. I especially like the "If you stand in this spot long enough, you will some very strange things." (Though I would've gone for a more official, less Discordian style. Still, pretty neat.)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Triple Zero on September 02, 2008, 07:33:03 AM
Quote from: Tempest Virago on September 02, 2008, 05:18:06 AM
I like the idea of a website that gives you a series of "prove you're a human" challenges, each more complex (and strange) than the previous, until you make a mistake. (Upon which it would give you a blank page with, "Clearance request denied." or something similar.)

whoa i love this idea! :D

it could start with a few simple CAPTCHAs, then a couple of those weird "pick out the three kittens" selectors, then a "pick the three cute chicks" captcha, then some vague reference to robot sex (it's mandatory), then something reall absurd, and from there it should move on to slightly more active/real life kinds of challenges, finally stuff like "to prove you're not a robot, download these posters, paste them all over town, take pics and post them to Flickr tagged as 'postergasm'".

ironic thing being, if they carry out all these tasks, they're pretty much programmed like a robot :-)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cain on September 02, 2008, 01:01:31 PM
That would be brilliant, in fact.

It would also spread like wildfire, like so many of these sites do, when their purpose is unknown.  Digg, Stumble, reddit etc would mean crazy hits for the site.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on September 02, 2008, 02:04:08 PM
Quote from: Tempest Virago on September 02, 2008, 05:18:06 AM
ETA: I downloaded the poster pack, and will print some out and post them around town tonight or whenever I get a chance. I especially like the "If you stand in this spot long enough, you will some very strange things." (Though I would've gone for a more official, less Discordian style. Still, pretty neat.)

Yeah, to some extent I agree - I've put up two or three complete rounds of Calvinball, and I think the Discordian Shtick is a bit much in places. Effort depending, I may tone it down a bit in the next PDF.

Let me remind people that it's still not too late to submit stuff for Calvinball - the last PDF I released was a draft, the final version will be coming when I can be arsed to do it.

Glad you had fun putting 'em up!
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: fomenter on September 02, 2008, 03:09:40 PM
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk61/fnord_photo/sex.jpg?t=1220364482)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on September 02, 2008, 03:15:31 PM
 :lulz:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Voodoo on September 02, 2008, 03:22:32 PM
This is a designated Pants Free Zone.  Please remove your pants and give them to the nearest law enforcement official.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Tempest Virago on September 02, 2008, 11:05:47 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on September 02, 2008, 02:04:08 PM
Yeah, to some extent I agree - I've put up two or three complete rounds of Calvinball, and I think the Discordian Shtick is a bit much in places. Effort depending, I may tone it down a bit in the next PDF.

Let me remind people that it's still not too late to submit stuff for Calvinball - the last PDF I released was a draft, the final version will be coming when I can be arsed to do it.

Glad you had fun putting 'em up!

I ended up not putting them up, because I decided it would be lame to do it in my neighborhood. I'm waiting until I go downtown tomorrow, where there's more people and more people who would be susceptible to this sort of thing. (I guess I could go today, but I'm already meeting a friend there tomorrow, so I think I'll stick with that.)
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Telarus on September 30, 2008, 01:42:48 AM
Cram, those are excellent. There's a big postering/flyering push the week before EsoZone. I think I'll participate if possible, and throw up some posterGasm materials next to the wicked green illuminati pyramid Danny designed.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Golden Applesauce on October 07, 2008, 04:00:22 AM
http://ifile.it/2wtqfoa/free_speech_zone.pdf

My take on the "Designated Free Speech Zone" idea.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞ on October 07, 2008, 08:59:53 AM
Quote from: GA on October 07, 2008, 04:00:22 AM
http://ifile.it/2wtqfoa/free_speech_zone.pdf

My take on the "Designated Free Speech Zone" idea.

:mittens:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on October 07, 2008, 03:41:42 PM
As much as I love the Calvinball collection, when a friend and I put them up around campus they lasted less than 12 hours, except for the Homeland Security posters :?
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Voodoo on October 07, 2008, 03:48:02 PM
we need to do some HLS posters that have a " do not remove this poster" message and see how long they stay up
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on October 07, 2008, 03:51:20 PM
I plan to cheat using my forged "APPROVED" stickers.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Golden Applesauce on October 07, 2008, 05:12:24 PM
Quote from: Rev. Voodoo on October 07, 2008, 03:48:02 PM
we need to do some HLS posters that have a " do not remove this poster" message and see how long they stay up

Sooner or later I'm going to put together a poster that says "Exercise Your Freedom of Speech!  Reclaim Public Space!  Tear Down This Poster!"
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on December 23, 2008, 12:48:33 AM
Quote from: GA on October 07, 2008, 05:12:24 PM
Quote from: Rev. Voodoo on October 07, 2008, 03:48:02 PM
we need to do some HLS posters that have a " do not remove this poster" message and see how long they stay up

Sooner or later I'm going to put together a poster that says "Exercise Your Freedom of Speech!  Reclaim Public Space!  Tear Down This Poster!"


How about

"Tear down this poster!" on one side
and "And keep it!" printed on the other


maybe a zen koan or some garbage on the back
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: , on January 03, 2009, 11:12:43 AM
Interestingly enough, this variant of postergasm was what got me onto the idea in a big way. I have a set of posters I'm planning on putting up around campus just before (the morning of, if I can time it right) enrollment*, hopefully in all the thoroughfares where all the first-years are processed so the posters get a lot of attention. Some inspired by cram's, some my own invention. I was originally just having an email account and url on each poster, so interested people could read about postergasm, but turning it into its own little site with scoring could be interesting.

I'll process and upload mine in the morning for perusal/criticism, as right now they're in not-so-easy-to-view .pages form.

ETA: Here you go - http://rapidshare.com/files/179501475/posters.pdf (http://rapidshare.com/files/179501475/posters.pdf). As I mentioned, some of these have been shamelessly copied from other folks.

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* Hailing from the antipodes here, so our academic year is only just about to start.
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Pariah on January 04, 2009, 10:53:04 PM
Quote from: Fomenter on July 18, 2008, 10:56:22 PM
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk61/fnord_photo/Attentionfingernail.jpg?t=1216418116)

I got to put this in front of my high school. Maybe some damn whorish teenagers finally get rid of them
Probably not
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: on February 15, 2009, 12:37:09 PM
Quote from: The Pariah on January 04, 2009, 10:53:04 PM
I got to put this in front of my high school.

Aww, my school seems pretty strict compared to yours. My first (and last) PosterGASM in my school was last year, when I posted one of the meme-bomb posters on the student leaders' notice board. then a bunch of them saw it and told one of the teachers, who checked the security cameras and found out it was me. I got sentenced to one hour of floor-mopping. In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have put it on the board of the student leaders, but at least I learned my school has security cameras (they looked kind of like smoke detectors, so I though that was what they were.)

on-topic: I also like triple zero's card idea. cards seem like they can be as effective as posters, and they're a lot more discreet. The website idea is great too, because I think people tend to think more when they're interacting with something than when they're just reading
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cramulus on February 15, 2009, 07:20:39 PM
You got an hour of floor-mopping for putting up a meme bomb poster?? that's fucking ridiculous... where exactly is the "acceptable" spot for self-expression within the halls of bureaucracy?

nice username btw - and welcome to PD!
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on February 15, 2009, 09:26:08 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on February 15, 2009, 07:20:39 PM
You got an hour of floor-mopping for putting up a meme bomb poster?? that's fucking ridiculous... where exactly is the "acceptable" spot for self-expression within the halls of bureaucracy?

nice username btw - and welcome to PD!

At my college, nowhere. There are maybe two dozen bulletin boards across the whole campus, and you have to get your shit approved in order to put it up. So there's no self-expression; all the legitimate stuff is flyers and advertisements.

The woman in charge of the "APPROVED" stamp was pretty damn pissed when someone put up unauthorized flyers with a forged version of the stamp. :lulz:
Title: Re: POSTERGASM: Calvin Ball Edition
Post by: Pariah on February 16, 2009, 01:24:10 AM
I'm running a profitable sticker at my school. They admin's recently put up these these pieces of paper with your name and birthdate on the lockers and you get little stickers for like Band or w/e. Needless to say most of them are now covered with added "faggot"s or "slut"s. I've taken to making fake stickers to anyone who wants one. The most popular one is by the far the Illumnati one.