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Sometimes life imitates art...or is it the other way around? Anyway, sometimes our gaming world intersects with the rest of our world and we have no way to react. We can't exactly draw attention to the event because the chances are pretty good that we're the only one around that would even "get it". For instance, suppose you're with a group of people and someone says, "Shazbot!" This was a term originally coined by Mork on the TV show "Mork and Mindy". However, it had a huge revival in the gaming world thanks to Tribes. There were kids on the servers who had never even heard of Mork and Mindy, but were shazbotting around like nobody's business. So someone in this group of people shazbots and you're caught like a deer in headlights. You lock eyes with the person to see if there's any glint of Tribes in there. Apart from that there's not really much you can do. Time catches up and the moment slips away. Life moves on.IL Comic

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Fantastic comic Senor Sway. I can totally relate to the "Shazbot" thing too... we had a guy at work who used to say it all the time, and I always wondered if he knew that most of us knew it from tribes and not mork.

this one's my new favorite.

Wow... I think this is the best!

I'm with you on the Tribes thing. It took me a long time to connect Mork and Mindy and Shazbot. I just kept saying it because I heard it in Tribes.

I have never said the word Shazbot aloud. No wonder you don't have a girlfriend Pyro.

It's a wonder she didn't laugh at him for the Thundercats T-shirt.

Lol, that's great. The sad thing is I can even hear the voice and music to go along with it . . .

OT: but i am holding in my hand Steel Battalion: Line of Contact. If anyone wants to play my GamerTag is TheRealEdwin.

This was fantastic!
I would laugh to

Shazbot was used in Tribes? I had no idea.

Edwin, make sure to post in the Games forum and the Live usertag thread.

Kriegshund wrote:

Shazbot was used in Tribes? I had no idea.

v-g-s in the in-game voice menu, if I recall correctly! I remember kids spamming it and laughing and typing, "LOL. WTF IS SHAZBOT?"

v-g-s in the in-game voice menu, if I recall correctly! I remember kids spamming it and laughing and typing, "LOL. WTF IS SHAZBOT?"

Stupid kids.

I swear, I wish some servers had an entrance exam before you could play on it.

LeapingGnome wrote:

I swear, I wish some servers had an entrance exam before you could play on it.

The best one yet, Sway!

I've always wondered what the secret code is to find that damn G-spot! Thanks Sway!

LeapingGnome wrote:

I have never said the word Shazbot aloud. No wonder you don't have a girlfriend Pyro.

I never actually said it aloud. Damn LeapingGnome, do you really think I'm that bad? I'd write down "[V]->[G]->[T]->[S] Shazbot!" and hand it to people.

Oh ok, then I can't imagine why you're not getting any!

You know, that pattern sounds at least as effective as the "alphabet" method. Of course, I rarely get past 'Q' anyway. The words "hair trigger" have great meaning in my life.

[size=8]Please, Dear Lord, never let my wife read this forum.[/size]

Hey ... mebbe we need to add audio bites of Welcome back Kotter or WKRP or Soap to REALLY confuse the kids eh?