Gabez Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Day 1: Today we have begun work on a new version of Mixnmojo, dubbed "Mojo X." Blueprints have already been designed, and we optimistically predict that the site will be ready by Christmas. Day 4: Speedy progress. The first block of HTML has been laid. Spaff visited us on IRC, where he made a rousing speech about what we were doing. We all listened to the aged veteran in awe. Day 12: Site is functional. Jake doesn't like design. Day 14: Letter received from attorneys of Mr. Rodkin refusing permission to use name 'International House of Mojo'. Day 52: Another new version of the site, with Jake's approval, has been designed. Day 240: Jake Rodkin and Spaff have left, wanting to start a new site. Day 678: New logo. Arguments amongst staff. Day 680: New logo dropped. Day 681: Arguments about old logo. Day 985: One week of arguments continue to rage. It is discovered that elTee and zaarin actually agree with each other all along. Day 1095: Staff celebrate third year of project. Jake arrives late, but with champagne. Day 1096: Staff awaken to find that Gabez fell asleep on the keyboard, and the code has been deleted. Zaarin quits. Day 1575: We have opened up Spaff's tomb and work has begun exhuming his body. When we approached the final burial chamber, however, a thick gas seeped out from the walls, and a faint wailing could be heard. We have decided to retreat for the night and rest in our camp. I am on first watch... Day 1578: I have found something disturbing in the CSS file. The RSS div is... wrong. Unatural. I have asked the priest, Brother Zaarin, to perform an exorcism tonight. I pray it all goes according to plan. I have heard more howling from Spaff's tomb these past three nights. Day 2074: ElTee is mysteriously deleted from the database. Day 2134: Idle Thumbs closes after five glorious years. Gabez has fixed the column width on gallery 199. Day 2973: Gabez has plugged himself into the site in an attempt to co-ordinate all the changes. He has assured everyone that this will make things much more organised. Day 2976: A power fault exploded the wires connecting Gabez to the database. We believed him to have perished in the inferno, but a few hours later we noticed the database speaking to us in Gabez's idiom. It seems that he has merged with the web-site and given it a sentient consciousness. Day 3023: Zaarin wastes a week teaching the Mojo PHP how to love. The PHP decides it loves to delete parts of the site. Day 3024: Work begins on rebuilding the site from scratch. A tense meeting follows with our board of investors. Day 3055: Mojo 9 has died in a storm of hackery and old age. Is this the end of everything? Day 3056: Mojo X is made at great expense and at the last minute. It rises, coincidentally, on Easter day. (Written by elTee and Gabez) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Graffiti Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 So what happens to Behind Mojo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Browsing Mojo X is like breathing gold (in the sense that it's really pleasant as opposed to intoxicating to the point of death). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp-30 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 So what happens to Behind Mojo? I assume it will return once the old news database is integrated into the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmargin Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 How about a semi less fanciful version? I still never really bought any of it. Other than maybe some of the code making stuff look ugly. I mean, Brazilian hackers that use free ASCII art generators to do their art work? Thats the opposite of l33t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clone2727 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I mean, Brazilian hackers that use free ASCII art generators to do their art work?s/Brazilian/British Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Browsing Mojo X is like breathing gold (in the sense that it's really pleasant as opposed to intoxicating to the point of death). Or both! I assume it will return once the old news database is integrated into the site. I don't think we're going to see it again, but that's fine by me. The thing I miss is the "International House of" bit in the title. But yes, that's absurdly minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TestType Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Love the development diaries guys, what an epic tale. The new site looks great, congrats to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 The new forum theme is brilliant! I really, really like the darker shade of purple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Hopefully it will grow on you - we explored so many different ideas over the years, and this one was far from my favourite when it came up, but I hold my hands up now and say "I was wrong." I think queztone has taken us in a bold new direction, that both acknowledges our heritage and looks to the future - a bright future, thanks to Mr. Rodriguez and the folks at Telltale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygeers Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Sorry if I've just missed it, but will there be a section on the homepage again which shows the latest forum activity like on the old site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-island Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 It's returning to the sidebar in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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