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Post by Carolyn on Feb 8, 2021 17:12:35 GMT -5
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Post by Dimi on Feb 8, 2021 17:25:13 GMT -5
I joined in 2005 and I believe it was before my time or, at best, still around for a year or two after I joined. The only thing I remember (which doesn't necessarily mean that it is right!) is that people would try to sneak in a "Chet Flash wuz here" note in their comics or stories.
We later switched to well-hidden Weewoos, as far as I can recall.
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Post by Gelquie on Feb 8, 2021 17:27:24 GMT -5
What's been linked seems to be correct so far, in that the fun of Chet Flash is that he's ubiquitous, in that his name appears everywhere, he seems to have been everywhere... and yet no one has ever seen him. The only thing left is his signature; a mark to his name. Implying a presence that you know is there, yet one you can never see or meet yourself. No one knows anything about him, and his name is only heard in passing or as written. Thus, he is famous, leaving a mark on the world, and yet forever a mystery, forever unknown.
He's sort of an inside joke created by the forum as part of an NT thing, to just mention his name everywhere and never properly introduce him.
There was a while where part of the joke was to not explain that aspect so people would always think something was up. But personally, at least some people knowing that is how the joke kept going, since they knew how it worked. Besides, it's been a really long time.
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Post by Killix on Feb 8, 2021 18:03:37 GMT -5
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Post by Kat on Feb 8, 2021 19:39:31 GMT -5
I wouldn't call myself one of the "original" members as Chet Flash was something I found out only after I joined the forum in 2004. Heard that people kept mentioning that Chet Flash Wuz Here and just jumped onto the bandwagon. It was fun, knowing I was in on it too.  |
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Post by Patjade on Feb 9, 2021 10:01:35 GMT -5
Ah, that brings back memories. An inside joke that actually made it's way as a lasting part of the NT, much like the White Weewoo.
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Post by Liou on Feb 9, 2021 11:05:18 GMT -5
I'd been looking for the Original Thread everywhere! so neat to see how it began. Now we can have the collab be a tribute to a cool plugin AND to an ancient NT myth!
I haven't read the entire thread yet, but I do think the original goal was to keep Chet Flash as mysterious as possible?
The modern collab we're going for might require a bit of development to make some stories work... but if participants are reminded that this is a mysterious mystery figure, and/or if everyone writes Chet differently, hopefully it won't stray too far from the intent of the original prank?
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Post by Patjade on Feb 10, 2021 6:03:47 GMT -5
I'd been looking for the Original Thread everywhere! so neat to see how it began. Now we can have the collab be a tribute to a cool plugin AND to an ancient NT myth! I haven't read the entire thread yet, but I do think the original goal was to keep Chet Flash as mysterious as possible? The modern collab we're going for might require a bit of development to make some stories work... but if participants are reminded that this is a mysterious mystery figure, and/or if everyone writes Chet differently, hopefully it won't stray too far from the intent of the original prank? Yes, the idea behind Chet Flash was that you didn't know what kind of Neopet Chet was, or what made Chet famous. You were always missing that awesome thing Chet did, but you knew it was awesome. The signature "Chet Flash Wuz Here" showed up in the background of many comics, and was mentioned in passing in several stories. |
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Post by Nat on Feb 11, 2021 18:57:47 GMT -5
Given that Chet Flash is supposed to be this enigmatic, mysterious, fleeting figure, I feel like the Chet Flash content should either be subliminal and subtle--a reference slipped into a short story, a piece of graffiti in a comic--or a mess of competing, contradictory stories where everyone's yelling past each other about who Chet Flash wuz and wuzn't.
Chet Flash is a Dr. Sloth psyop. Chet Flash is a Virtupets psyop. Chet Flash is Kanrik's alter ego. Chet Flash is a dozen meepits in a trench coat. Chet Flash was an agent provocateur trying to push Meridell and the Darigan Citadel into war before he was disappeared by Brightvale. Chet Flash founded an ancient civilization centuries ago before getting bored with it and letting it collapse in on itself, the ruins of which can be found beneath Neopia Central. Chet Flash never disappeared. Chet Flash never existed.
The possibilities are endless! I just think this kind of frantic mess of theories would be a lot of fun. Especially if people submit stories that cross-reference each other's theories. What matters most is that there is no consensus on anything about Chet Flash except the essential: that he wuz here.
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Feb 11, 2021 20:48:29 GMT -5
BTW, with HTML5 replacing Flash, should we make a new enigmatic figure from that?
Name Suggestion: Aichty Emmel the Fifth.
While Chet Flash was kEwL, Aichty Emmel the Fifth is a bit more classier (but is still a friendly, easy-to-worth-with guy).
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Post by June Scarlet on Feb 11, 2021 20:57:53 GMT -5
BTW, with HTML5 replacing Flash, should we make a new enigmatic figure from that? Name Suggestion: Aichty Emmel the Fifth. While Chet Flash was kEwL, Aichty Emmel the Fifth is a bit more classier (but is still a friendly, easy-to-worth-with guy). I know Liou had a neat suggestion for an HTML5 character as well, Hattie The Mutant Lenny, Agent #5. I'm kind of thinking it might be fun if the HTML5 character is something none of us agree on either. It'd be easier to organize, at least. But that's up for discussion. |
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Feb 11, 2021 21:40:29 GMT -5
I know Liou had a neat suggestion for an HTML5 character as well, Hattie The Mutant Lenny, Agent #5. I'm kind of thinking it might be fun if the HTML5 character is something no of us agree on either. It'd be easier to organize, at least. But that's up for discussion. Not a bad idea, though I do think we would need some kind of "continuity explanation" for why that is. Like, in place of "Chet Flash wuz here" we now instead see "HTML5" and, while everyone figures it's some kind of initial/signature/codename/call sign, no one has any idea what the individual letters (and number) mean so everyone does their own searching and come up with widely different answers. Meanwhile "HTML5" just keeps on replacing all traces of "Chet Flash (wuz here)", as if HTML5 was a successor to Flash.  |
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Post by Liou on Feb 12, 2021 6:40:28 GMT -5
I know Liou had a neat suggestion for an HTML5 character as well, Hattie The Mutant Lenny, Agent #5. I'm kind of thinking it might be fun if the HTML5 character is something no of us agree on either. It'd be easier to organize, at least. But that's up for discussion. Not a bad idea, though I do think we would need some kind of "continuity explanation" for why that is. Like, in place of "Chet Flash wuz here" we now instead see "HTML5" and, while everyone figures it's some kind of initial/signature/codename/call sign, no one has any idea what the individual letters (and number) mean so everyone does their own searching and come up with widely different answers. Meanwhile "HTML5" just keeps on replacing all traces of "Chet Flash (wuz here)", as if HTML5 was a successor to Flash. Html5 successor can be done, but is not necessary, as stories with references to Chet Flash can be pulled off without any successor. As for continuity, no need for that in a prank collab - because it's supposed to be confusing, but also because it's a one-time issue and needs to stand alone. As Chet Flash has always been an unexplained mystery, leaving things unexplained might even help to write them. The original Chet Flash was not an allegory of Flash Player, that's just what we're running away with for this collab. Participants are super welcome to create more conspiracy / cryptid characters in the vein of Chet, but those would not be the focus of the prank. (Hattie is not a character I am suggesting for continuity or for use in more collab pieces, but simply what I would name my generic protagonist as an Easter egg in my piece.)
Maybe if we had had a longer brainstorm with more people involved, we could have checked how many wanted this kind of development and consolidated it, but right now we have little over a month before the actual collab deadline, so it might be best to keep it simple.
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Post by Carolyn on Feb 14, 2021 16:55:38 GMT -5
Hi, folks!
By chance, does anyone have any published NT entries we can link folks to? Someone asked for references to Chet and I'm unsure if I can direct them to the NTWF directly.
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Feb 14, 2021 17:38:57 GMT -5
Hi, folks! By chance, does anyone have any published NT entries we can link folks to? Someone asked for references to Chet and I'm unsure if I can direct them to the NTWF directly. Best you can do is: 1. Direct them to the Fan Site Directory.
2. Click on " Neopian Times Writers' Forum". 3. Click on the board " Neopets General". 4. Click on the " Who WUZ Chet Flash?" thread. 5. Scroll down to Killix's message which links to the achieved thread detailing the origins of Chet Flash. |
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