Telltale Games

LuigiHann · 04/10/2008, 07:28 pm

Take a close look at this screenshot from the new game:

Now, look at this screenshot from the Strong Bad Email techno, which introduced that light switch.

Clearly, Telltale has overlooked the very important fact that Strong Bad's carpet is inexplicably but clearly missing from that chunk of the room.

What else did you ignore?

Kato · 04/10/2008, 07:36 pm

Wow. I had to double check, but the room is actually only half carpeted. Makes you wonder why.

Maybe that's some back-story that could be explained in an email or in the game itself?

-Kato

**Jake** · 04/10/2008, 07:42 pm

It was only half carpeted in the prototype builds a few months ago, but eventually got the full carpet treatment. Who knows?!

LuigiHann · 04/10/2008, 07:59 pm

They joke about it in the DVD commentary for that email, because it is just a nonsensical inconsistency. Here's a fan's photoshopped take on the room:

Did you guys forget about the window too? I'll give you guys the benefit of the doubt and assume it's just out of frame... for now.

Mel · 04/10/2008, 08:01 pm

They wanted to switch from the large area rug to wall to wall. Maybe their feet were getting cold or maybe they just wanted to redecorate?

jp-30 · 04/10/2008, 08:03 pm

Oh God. Are Strongbad nerds even more nitpicky than Sam & Max nerds?

*MarkDarin* · 04/10/2008, 08:03 pm

Yeah, thats odd. We did have it half carpeted originally... We made some last minutes adjustments for the trailer... probably just got overlooked. Nothing is ever truly final art until the game is actually released!

*MarkDarin* · 04/10/2008, 08:06 pm

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Originally Posted by LuigiHann

Did you guys forget about the window too? I'll give you guys the benefit of the doubt and assume it's just out of frame... for now.

If you tried to take all the refrences of that room and actually make a real room of it, it would look like an Escher interpretation of a Picasso painting

xChri5x · 04/10/2008, 08:10 pm

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Originally Posted by jp-30

Oh God. Are Strongbad nerds even more nitpicky than Sam & Max nerds?

You have no idea... the Homestar wiki is the prime example.

LuigiHann · 04/10/2008, 09:32 pm

Good luck capturing the Cheat's unique physiology, by the way. I have difficulty imagining a 3D version of the Cheat that fans won't complain about.

Sterrance · 04/10/2008, 09:38 pm

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Originally Posted by jp-30

Oh God. Are Strongbad nerds even more nitpicky than Sam & Max nerds?

Yeah, the devoted fans are pretty bad. Here's an example of a Goof someone found in the most recent cartoon from HRwiki.

"When Strong Bad is listing RRR-rated movies and the Axe-Gun: Legends of the Brain-Outener poster appears, the sound of Strong Bad typing suddenly stops, but when it disappears off-screen, the words Strong Bad was saying are on the Lappy's screen."

BiggerJ · 04/10/2008, 09:43 pm

Do the people working on the game know about and consult the Homestar Runner Wiki? If not, this is only the start of the discrepancies that will undoubtedly pop up everywhere and enrage the fans so much that they'll have to start upping security in the Telltale offices.

*MarkDarin* · 04/10/2008, 09:46 pm

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Originally Posted by BiggerJ

Do the people working on the game know about and consult the Homestar Runner Wiki? If not, this is only the start of the discrepancies that will undoubtedly pop up everywhere and enrage the fans so much that they'll have to start upping security in the Telltale offices.

We do indeed know about and consult the H*R Wiki regularly. We also understand that there is no way possible to please everyone and some people are just gonna pick at every little thing! Even the Chaps admit that they cant keep up with every detail that people follow on that thing!

Sterrance · 04/10/2008, 09:47 pm

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Originally Posted by BiggerJ

Do the people working on the game know about and consult the Homestar Runner Wiki? If not, this is only the start of the discrepancies that will undoubtedly pop up everywhere and enrage the fans so much that they'll have to start upping security in the Telltale offices.

The Brother Chaps say that they even use the Hrwiki to remember things. So I'm sure that they told Telltale to check time to time.

Hrwiki is the best wiki ever, if only the other wikis were so detailed. I mean where else can you find full detail information on what Floppy Disks Strong Bad has???

xChri5x · 04/10/2008, 09:59 pm

What toon is that from?

BiggerJ · 04/10/2008, 10:03 pm

Edit: Crap, didn't see the staff member post. Damn your punctuality!

Another Edit:

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Originally Posted by xChri5x

What toon is that from?

That would be Strong Bad Email #142, secret identity.

BiggerJ · 04/10/2008, 10:30 pm

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Originally Posted by MarkDarin

We do indeed know about and consult the H*R Wiki regularly. We also understand that there is no way possible to please everyone and some people are just gonna pick at every little thing! Even the Chaps admit that they cant keep up with every detail that people follow on that thing!

The episodic nature of the series would make it possible to provide in-universe explanations for continuity and other errors discovered in previous episodes by fans - although, of course, it'd be best to do so in an entertaining way. Like, for example:

STRONG BAD: Didn't that carpet used to extend only halfway across the room?
STRONG SAD: I think it might be growing. I don't think it's been cleaned since the early 80's.
STRONG BAD: Oh well. The tried and tested kill-it-with-fire method can wait for another day.

Of course, you don't even need to explain the errors. Just acknowledging them in-universe is probably enough (an example would be the first line of the example above without the other two lines). This method implies that there is an explanation without ever actually giving it.

tredlow · 04/12/2008, 07:27 pm

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Originally Posted by jp-30

Oh God. Are Strongbad nerds even more nitpicky than Sam & Max nerds?

Oh Crap! I'm BOTH!!

TrogLlama · 04/12/2008, 08:25 pm

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Originally Posted by jp-30

Oh God. Are Strongbad nerds even more nitpicky than Sam & Max nerds?

At least they're better than Simpsons nerds.

BiggerJ · 04/12/2008, 09:42 pm

At least this isn't a well-established comic book universe. Then the nerds would really be raving.

04/10/2008, 07:59 pm	#4
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,659	They joke about it in the DVD commentary for that email, because it is just a nonsensical inconsistency. Here's a fan's photoshopped take on the room: Did you guys forget about the window too? I'll give you guys the benefit of the doubt and assume it's just out of frame... for now. __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

04/10/2008, 08:01 pm	#5
Mel Rowr! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 834	They wanted to switch from the large area rug to wall to wall. Maybe their feet were getting cold or maybe they just wanted to redecorate? __________________ “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” - Ann Lamott http://hikergirl.tumblr.com

04/10/2008, 09:32 pm	#10
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,659	Good luck capturing the Cheat's unique physiology, by the way. I have difficulty imagining a 3D version of the Cheat that fans won't complain about. __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

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04/10/2008, 07:28 pm	#1
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,659	Well, it's already ruined. Take a close look at this screenshot from the new game: Now, look at this screenshot from the Strong Bad Email techno, which introduced that light switch. Clearly, Telltale has overlooked the very important fact that Strong Bad's carpet is inexplicably but clearly missing from that chunk of the room. What else did you ignore? __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

04/10/2008, 07:36 pm	#2
Kato Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southern USA Posts: 26	Wow. I had to double check, but the room is actually only half carpeted. Makes you wonder why. Maybe that's some back-story that could be explained in an email or in the game itself? -Kato

04/10/2008, 07:42 pm	#3
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,843	It was only half carpeted in the prototype builds a few months ago, but eventually got the full carpet treatment. Who knows?!

04/10/2008, 08:03 pm	#6
jp-30 Lint Miner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Zealand. Posts: 2,735	Oh God. Are Strongbad nerds even more nitpicky than Sam & Max nerds?

04/10/2008, 08:03 pm	#7
MarkDarin Telltale Team Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 468	Yeah, thats odd. We did have it half carpeted originally... We made some last minutes adjustments for the trailer... probably just got overlooked. Nothing is ever truly final art until the game is actually released!

04/10/2008, 09:43 pm	#12
BiggerJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 360	Do the people working on the game know about and consult the Homestar Runner Wiki? If not, this is only the start of the discrepancies that will undoubtedly pop up everywhere and enrage the fans so much that they'll have to start upping security in the Telltale offices.

04/10/2008, 09:59 pm	#15
xChri5x Marketplace Reality Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: GTA, Ontario Posts: 1,629	What toon is that from?

04/12/2008, 09:42 pm	#20
BiggerJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 360	At least this isn't a well-established comic book universe. Then the nerds would really be raving.