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Penny Arcade: The Series, Season 2, Episode 11 - Screenlife, Part 1

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  • Lavender GoomsLavender Gooms Tiny Bat Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    It's weird how enthralling these episodes are even though I have basically no interest in ping pong and have never played once ever.

    And now I am re-watching the Season 1 ping pong episodes.

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  • tardcoretardcore Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Whenever I play the ping pongs, my balls roll under the furniture.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Every time I watch a Ping Pong episode I am filled with a strong desire to play some ping-pong.

    I think one of the most satisfying feelings in the world is when you force your opponent to lob one onto your side of the table and just SMASHING the hell out of the ball.

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Every time I watch a Ping Pong episode I am filled with a strong desire to play some ping-pong.

    I think one of the most satisfying feelings in the world is when you force your opponent to lob one onto your side of the table and just SMASHING the hell out of the ball.

    second only to hitting it right at the corner so it rolls off and there's no chance for a return

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Yeah, but that only happens to me if I get lucky. The smash is usually the final blow to an opponent you have on the ropes.

    Well, at least for that point.

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I got an ad for Herbal Essenses before the episode

    miiight need to tweak the demo info

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Tossrock wrote: »
    I got an ad for Herbal Essenses before the episode

    miiight need to tweak the demo info

    That's funny, I got a video game ad. Maybe it's like this?
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    Nah, I'm just joshin' ya. I've definitely gotten a few oddball ads as well.

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    oh god

    PA knows about my shampoo habits

    shut up it gives me body and volume

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Did Jerry ask his wife "How are our larvae?"

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    yes

    he has a habit of referring to children as larvae

    there's another one where he's referring to his own kids but I can't find it

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  • ioloiolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    How are our larva?

    EDIT: Wow, beated. And I incorrectly used the singular form. A poor augury for the day I fear...

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Tossrock wrote: »
    yes

    he has a habit of referring to children as larvae

    there's another one where he's referring to his own kids but I can't find it

    I think the best part about that comic is that 5 years later that actually happened, just to Tycho and not Gabe.

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Tossrock wrote: »
    I got an ad for Herbal Essenses before the episode

    miiight need to tweak the demo info

    Because no women or nino watch this, of course.

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  • WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Tossrock wrote: »
    yes

    he has a habit of referring to children as larvae

    there's another one where he's referring to his own kids but I can't find it

    were you thinking of the podcast about the apple tv thing where he mentions that he sometimes has to tend to his larvae when it begins to screech and that it is more important than superman returns

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I remember at least one more blog post where he refers to being "the father of a girl, a sort of larval woman."

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Wimble wrote: »
    Tossrock wrote: »
    yes

    he has a habit of referring to children as larvae

    there's another one where he's referring to his own kids but I can't find it

    were you thinking of the podcast about the apple tv thing where he mentions that he sometimes has to tend to his larvae when it begins to screech and that it is more important than superman returns

    ahh yes

    i believe the onomatopoeia he uses is 'kree'
    Tossrock wrote: »
    I got an ad for Herbal Essenses before the episode

    miiight need to tweak the demo info

    Because no women or nino watch this, of course.

    I just don't associate Penny Arcade with beauty and hygiene products. I mean, completely unrelated to the subject matter for one, and also antithetical to much of the fanbase. I can't see a P&G marketing exec looking at the site's breakdown and declaring it a must buy.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Wait

    Is Mike not on the ladder?

    Did Mike quit ping pong forever?

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  • ioloiolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Good question, Olivaw.

    What is this thing?

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    Like a 'pro' ping pong solo trainer machine? That is so very serious.

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Wait

    Is Mike not on the ladder?

    Did Mike quit ping pong forever?

    Ping pong.

    Ping pong happened.

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  • WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Tossrock wrote: »
    Wimble wrote: »
    Tossrock wrote: »
    yes

    he has a habit of referring to children as larvae

    there's another one where he's referring to his own kids but I can't find it

    were you thinking of the podcast about the apple tv thing where he mentions that he sometimes has to tend to his larvae when it begins to screech and that it is more important than superman returns

    ahh yes

    i believe the onomatopoeia he uses is 'kree'

    he says them both! I didn't like spelling out kree though so I went with screech

    but of course you would spell out kree, you...you kreetin

    also is it just me or are their ping-pong skills improving dramatically over a short period of time

    I used to be all "man I need to get a job there so I can be king of pong" but now I am hiding under my table in fear of the penny horsemen of the apongcalypse

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Part of the hiring process is that you have to defeat Khoo at Ping Pong.

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  • BrooksyBrooksy Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I want part 2 so bad you guys. I CAN'T STAND THE TENSION.

    If PA do not win I will cry myself to sleep while listening to Cher. A fate that no man deserves.

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Part of the hiring process is that you have to defeat Khoo at Ping Pong without resorting to the Khoo Woo.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Iolo wrote: »
    What is this thing?

    arobustlookingmachine.jpg

    Like a 'pro' ping pong solo trainer machine? That is so very serious.

    it looks like a machine that serves a ball to you and a net to catch your serve returns.

    It's a return trainer.

    I love how everyone has their ping pong outfit. Their microfibre polo and shorts.

    Not enough headbands, though.

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  • skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    My work place finally got a ping pong table. It's so nice.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I really have no idea why ping pong is so popular with them, of all things.

    It also looks hard as hell. If I worked there I think I'd probably be on the Scott/Kris ladder instead.

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  • Roger WilcoRoger Wilco Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Tossrock wrote: »
    Wimble wrote: »
    Tossrock wrote: »
    yes

    he has a habit of referring to children as larvae

    there's another one where he's referring to his own kids but I can't find it

    were you thinking of the podcast about the apple tv thing where he mentions that he sometimes has to tend to his larvae when it begins to screech and that it is more important than superman returns

    ahh yes

    i believe the onomatopoeia he uses is 'kree'
    Tossrock wrote: »
    I got an ad for Herbal Essenses before the episode

    miiight need to tweak the demo info

    Because no women or nino watch this, of course.

    I just don't associate Penny Arcade with beauty and hygiene products. I mean, completely unrelated to the subject matter for one, and also antithetical to much of the fanbase. I can't see a P&G marketing exec looking at the site's breakdown and declaring it a must buy.

    I think you making some rather offensive assumptions about who we are. We aren't all fat male nerds who live at home and whose main source of food is a 7/11.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Sporty Erika is the cutest.

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  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Anyone interested in starting an underground gambling cartel centered around the PA Ping Pong ladder and their league?

    We'd just need alpha to give us regular updates on matches and rankings.

    Fantasy Ping Pong.
    My fictional money is on Erika "The Kid" Greco.

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited February 2011
    As a heads up, the answer to "where is Krahulik" is in part II.

    Tune in Next Week.

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  • WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    gasp, what could the answer be?

    oh my god krahulik is playing for the enemy team

    no wait that's stupid

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Krahulik is working in secret to undermine certain players

    he's got a lot of money on the spreads

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    For the ads, it's probably more like a package deal. Doubt they even know what specific sites/videos are playing the ads. And the shampoo I buy actually is more expensive than Herbal Essence, so there you go.

    As for the video, can't wait for the ball-hitting conclusion! Wonder if Screenlife uses the SceneIt! controllers for paddles.

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited February 2011
    I will tell you that you will not be able to guess the answer to the Krahulik Mystery. it is that shocking.

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  • WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    he isn't dead, is he?

    k-khoo just tell me he is alright, I need to know

    please

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Guessing PA won some big award again he has to attend. Or they went to CES.

    Also, it's kinda cool how Erika has a New Jersey tattoo. But to me it's like, "whoo hoo... go.. uh.. new jersey? yeah? they have a bridge to philidelphia.. whooo"

    (I haven't been to jersey in 26 years.)

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  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Is it the same he reason he didn't go to Hawaii?

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Mike didn't go to Hawaii?

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited February 2011
    No, no, no and no.

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  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    That's how I interpreted the "Scott/Kris Take Over PA" episode where he shows up at the office.

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