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| + | '''THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE''' ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY. Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are ''not'' official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with JOEL). |
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| − | Type News & Entertainment<br />
| + | They operated out of the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until it was terminated in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before returning to SilvaGunner in June of 2018. |
| − | Leader Mark Frauenfelder<br />
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| − | '''Boing Boing''' is a technology and "tech culture" website established by Mark Frauenfelder and his wife Carla Sinclair, first as a 'zine' in 1988 and then as a website in 1995.
| + | == CHANNELS == |
| | + | The original forums appeared to function as four services: preparation and communication in service of coming events, discussion about new HIGH-QUALITY RIPS, MEME showcase, and general VINESAUCE or unrelated discussion. |
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| − | The website has published several [http://wiki.gamergate.me/Narrative_Framing#Boing_Boing articles related to #Gamergate] and the preceding series of events. Many of these articles have expressed sentiments contrary to [http://boingboing.net/2013/08/05/ask-for-evidence-demanding-fa.html causes that they have promoted]<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]][[#cite_note-2|[2]]][[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup> in the past. | + | == EVENTS == |
| | + | The VINESAUCE MEME events that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE held were known for being diverse and involved, due in large part to their incredibly strong YTP scene. These events would involve VINESAUCE-branded fan-made HIGH-QUALITY RIPS for SONGS that wouldn't exist for nearly a decade, and some that still don't! They also hosted some of the first KING FOR ANOTHER DAY tournaments, with fan HIGH-QUALITY RIPS. |
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| − | Most of Boing Boing's staff have formerly worked for [[Wired]] magazine.
| + | In later years, an event known as GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69, and MEME Wars, as of 2019. |
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| − | == Articles Preceding Gamergate == | + | == HIGH-QUALITY RIPS and MEMES == |
| | + | Some HIGH-QUALITY RIPS appear to have seen releases or updates in 5th and 6th edition. Note that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE seem to have been most active between 2012 and 2019. |
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| − | On the 9th of July 2007, Boing Boing's co-editor and writer Cory Doctorow published an article about a short animation and website produced by Frank Wu, husband to [[Brianna Wu]].<sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]][[#cite_note-5|[5]]][[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup>
| + | * GRAND DAD 2: SPASTIC BOOGALOO |
| | + | * GRAND DAD 3: THE GAUNTLET OF ASS (FEATURING SMOL NOZOMI, TITO DICKMAN, SPONGE, HE THICC, and SANS UNDERTALE) |
| | + | * GRAND DAD 4: GRAND DAD IS GOD |
| | + | * GRAND DAD 5: DEATH TO 1D4CHAN |
| | + | * GRAND DAD 6: GAYMERGAYTE RISING |
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| − | Doctorow has previously received cover artwork from Frank Wu for one of his short story anthologies.<sup>[[#cite_note-7|[7]]][[#cite_note-8|[8]]][[#cite_note-9|[9]]]</sup>
| + | GRAND DAD IS LOVE |
| | + | GRAND DAD IS LIFE |
| | + | GRAND DAD WILL CONQUER THIS WIKI |
| | + | FOR MEMES |
| | + | FOR VINESAUCE |
| | + | AND FOR |
| | + | SILVAGUNNER |
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| − | He has also photographed Frank Wu as he won a Hugo award in 2007,<sup>[[#cite_note-10|[10]]][[#cite_note-11|[11]]][[#cite_note-12|[12]]]</sup> and promoted Brianna Wu's artwork on the 24th of August 2009.<sup>[[#cite_note-13|[13]]][[#cite_note-14|[14]]][[#cite_note-15|[15]]]</sup> Doctorow and Frank Wu co-hosted a sci-fi convention together in Philadelphia on November 20, 2009.<sup>[[#cite_note-16|[16]]][[#cite_note-17|[17]]][[#cite_note-18|[18]]]</sup>
| + | [[Category: Meme]][[Category: GRAND DAD]][[Category: GRAND DAD Fantasy]] |
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| − | The Boing Boing team have so far not disclosed any personal or commercial relationship between editorial staff and the Wu family within their #GamerGate articles.
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| − | Founder and co-editor '''Mark Frauenfelder''' is an editor-in-chief at MAKE magazine. He was an editor for Wired from 1993–1998, and worked as the "Living Online" columnist for Playboy magazine between 1998-2002. He was co-editor of The Happy Mutant Handbook (1995, Riverhead Books) and the author of Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet—Better, Faster, Easier (2007, St. Martin's Griffin), and Made by Hand (2010, Portfolio). He has been interviewed on the Colbert Report in March 2007 and in June 2010.
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| − | Co-editor and managing partner '''David Pescovitz''' was "editor-at-large" at MAKE magazine. Pescovitz co-wrote the book Reality Check ([[Special:BookSources/9781888869033|ISBN 978-1-888869-03-3]]) with Brad Wieners based on his column in Wired magazine. He has also written for a number of publications including Scientific American, Popular Science, The New York Times, the Washington Post, New Scientist, and Business 2.0. In 2002, he won the Foresight Prize in Communication, for his work in educating the public and research community about nanotechnology and other emerging technologies. He has a Master's degree in Journalism from UC Berkeley.
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| − | Co-editor '''Cory Doctorow''' was the childhood friend of Tim Wu (journalist and professor of law) and co-founded the free software P2P company Opencola with John Henson and Grad Conn which was sold to the Open Text Corporation of Waterloo, Ontario, during the summer of 2003. He has an honorary doctorate from The Open University for his contributions to education and culture.
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| − | Managing editor '''Rob Beschizza''' was a prolific writer for Wired magazine and published approximately 3,000 articles there<sup>[[#cite_note-19|[19]]][[#cite_note-20|[20]]][[#cite_note-21|[21]]]</sup> between the years 2006- 2008.<sup>[[#cite_note-22|[22]]][[#cite_note-23|[23]]][[#cite_note-24|[24]]]</sup>
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| − | Co-editor '''Xeni Jardin''' hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial). She was a contributor to Wired magazine and Wired News, and in 2002 she began contributing to Boing Boing after Mark Frauenfelder met her at a party and invited her to be a co-editor ''(source??)''. She was a correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day. She has also worked as a guest technology news commentator for television networks such as PBS NewsHour, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and ABC. Jardin has also written op-ed pieces for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She has also been the main source of an article in The Age talking about the cultural relevance of Wikipedia articles, and the source for a New York Times article discussing Boing Boing's part in the creation of the Flying Spaghetti Monster internet meme. She has appeared as a guest on News Hour with Jim Lehrer to discuss the Washington Post's decision to remove their comments section (a step Boing Boing had also taken), and featured on the BBC Radio 5 show Pods and Blogs discussing her work at Boing Boing.
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| − | '''John Battelle''' is allegedly [https://archive.today/fLabs the group's manager, writer and blogger.]
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| − | Co-editor '''Glenn Fleishman''' was a writer for Ars Technica, Wired, The New York Times, Popular Science, Fortune, PCWorld, and Business 2.0. He contributes regularly to The Economist, The Seattle Times, Macworld, and TidBITS. He was a regular columnist at The Seattle Times for over a decade, from 2000 until 2013. He has also published or co-published several books.
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THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY. Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are not official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with JOEL).
They operated out of the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until it was terminated in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before returning to SilvaGunner in June of 2018.
CHANNELS
The original forums appeared to function as four services: preparation and communication in service of coming events, discussion about new HIGH-QUALITY RIPS, MEME showcase, and general VINESAUCE or unrelated discussion.
EVENTS
The VINESAUCE MEME events that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE held were known for being diverse and involved, due in large part to their incredibly strong YTP scene. These events would involve VINESAUCE-branded fan-made HIGH-QUALITY RIPS for SONGS that wouldn't exist for nearly a decade, and some that still don't! They also hosted some of the first KING FOR ANOTHER DAY tournaments, with fan HIGH-QUALITY RIPS.
In later years, an event known as GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69, and MEME Wars, as of 2019.
HIGH-QUALITY RIPS and MEMES
Some HIGH-QUALITY RIPS appear to have seen releases or updates in 5th and 6th edition. Note that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE seem to have been most active between 2012 and 2019.
- GRAND DAD 2: SPASTIC BOOGALOO
- GRAND DAD 3: THE GAUNTLET OF ASS (FEATURING SMOL NOZOMI, TITO DICKMAN, SPONGE, HE THICC, and SANS UNDERTALE)
- GRAND DAD 4: GRAND DAD IS GOD
- GRAND DAD 5: DEATH TO 1D4CHAN
- GRAND DAD 6: GAYMERGAYTE RISING
GRAND DAD IS LOVE
GRAND DAD IS LIFE
GRAND DAD WILL CONQUER THIS WIKI
FOR MEMES
FOR VINESAUCE
AND FOR
SILVAGUNNER
