"Sleapers" thread - Some entertainment on the side

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]As mentioned in the June 18th update, although there are no official contests with the staff feature this year, "Sleapers" does have two sets of hidden (and not-so-hidden) elements for your guessing pleasure.<ul> There is at least one cameo per episode by a forumgoer. Â Some of these are tricky, so I doubt any one person can get them all but you're welcome to try and/or speculate.
Secondly, IJD mentions in part 1 that we've been to at least thirty worlds, by his count. Â We've dropped mentions of worlds we've "sleaped" to, so try and list or count them all. (This includes not only references worlds, but worlds actually visited during the feature, btw.)[/list]
A couple days after part 7 has been published we'll reveal the cameos and list the worlds we visited. Go nuts![/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, Akili in Part 2 is quite clearly our beloved Nan.

The Baron could be anyone, although I have a strange suspicion that it might be Kira herself.

Part 1 has me stumped, and Part 4 isn't much better.

I don't think I like this game.[/color:post_uid0]

[Saxamaphone]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Fun little name game, ain't it? Â I think I've got everyone so far (that is, one per fiver, then I'm set) - so I'll concentrate my attention on the place "slept" too --

Or is that "sleeped" too? Â Hmmm...

Well, we have the two worlds the story so far takes place in -- the one with the police station and Shariff Dean, and the Mirror Universe. Plus the one they're from originally.

Then, mentioned briefly --

[b:post_uid0]Part One:[/b:post_uid0] Elbonian Mafia Universe, Nazi World, The Gangster World, The Dimension of Pain, The World Without Shrimp, Backwards Went Time Where One The, Giant Mice Land (Disneyworld ;)), Seven different places Zeke got arrested (including the bee-eating incident) - i'm not sure if those are separate worlds or not, but I'll assume so for now.

[b:post_uid0]Part Two:[/b:post_uid0] The Casino World - (I musta missed some there)

[b:post_uid0]Part Three:[/b:post_uid0] The Wizard World, The World Where Sandwiches Eat People, Medieval World

[b:post_uid0]Part Four:[/b:post_uid0] The World Where Everyone Spoke in Questions, The World Where The Penalty For Everything Was Being Sneezed On

That's just so far, bringing my count up to: 24

Anyone else?[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Part One: the one the other Zeke came from

(Originally, I'd assumed that Akili was just a play on alkaline.)
As for the other cameos, I'd have to hunt around in the guest fivers to check people's names. Aki, Purnell and Windham aren't ringing any bells right now.[/color:post_uid0]

[Marc]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]>> As for the other cameos, I'd have to hunt around in the guest fivers to check people's names. Aki, Purnell and Windham aren't ringing any bells right now. <<

A complicating factor is that not all guest writers use their real names in the copyright notice at the bottom of the published fivers. Until Zeke told me, I had no idea who Purnell is, even though he's written material for 5MNG. Heck, not even all the *staff* writers use their real names: IJD's been a fellow section head for over a year and I *still* don't know his real name -- assuming he has one. :) Even just finding out what the pseudonym "IJD GAF" *means* took quite a while.[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well duh, if it was that easy it wouldn't be much of a challenge. :D However, some (but not all) of the cameos have associated clues so that even if you can't put the name to the forumgoer you may be able to guess who it is.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, the "Baron" might be Zeke. Which could mean that "Windham" is Kira.

I've noticed that at one point in the fourth part it says "Winham" instead of "Windham", though I'm guessing that's just a typo.[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]None of the cameos are by any of the staff -- they're all forumgoers.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]In that case, is the "Baron" by any chance me?

I've got no clue as to any of the others though. My guess for "Windham" had to do with the [i:post_uid0]Minority Report[/i:post_uid0] fiver, but I guess I was looking in the wrong place.[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Not unless you don't know your own name.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, I thought what with my [i:post_uid0]Dune[/i:post_uid0] obesssion and all....

Oh well. That begs the question - do we have nobility among us?[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Marc"]A complicating factor is that not all guest writers use their real names in the copyright notice at the bottom of the published fivers.[/quote:post_uid0]
Well, that's good to know. One of my main concerns about potentially fiving something was the possibility that I'd have to put my name on the page for all to see. ;)

For some strange reason, PHJ, that "Baron" business made me think of you too, but I couldn't figure out why.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Subliminal messaging.[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]In the interest of fairness, I've tweaked my part 3 since the Baron is (or was) the only cameo without any sort of hint. Â For all the others, you're on your own as there are clues.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Ah. It's gotta be Celeste.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I know who Baron is! I know I know!! hahaha (God I need to check the forums more often ;_; )[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]It's not you? But it's gotta be! I mean, come on! [i:post_uid0]Bernie[/i:post_uid0]?[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[quote:post_uid0="Celeste"][color=#000000:post_uid0]I know who Baron is! I know I know!! hahaha (God I need to check the forums more often ;_; )[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I knew who Baron was even before the tweak -- that one was easy. ;) One of the other ones took some work, though.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well I never said it wasn't me, but I'm not saying it's me, either. Anyway I have the cameo in part 4 figured out.. I think. Who is it that always makes math jokes and is always here? :D

Oh question. Are all the cameos someone who's written fivers? Or just come to the forums?[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I find it funny how many people attribute the "loser who practially lives on the internet and makes bad math jokes" line to themselves. However, that's not a cameo -- all the cameos are actual characters.

And no, the cameos are not necessarily guest writers.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[quote:post_uid0="Kira"][color=#000000:post_uid0]I find it funny how many people attribute the "loser who practially lives on the internet and makes bad math jokes" line to themselves. However, that's not a cameo[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Aww. spluck. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[quote:post_uid0="NAHTMMM"][color=#000000:post_uid0](Originally, I'd assumed that Akili was just a play on alkaline.)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]GAHHHHHH![/color:post_uid0]

[Saxamaphone]

[quote:post_uid0="NAHTMMM"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Part One: the one the other Zeke came from[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, I don't think they actually traveled there...

Yeah, I remember Cele's name being Baron back when in the old forum, we were talking about titles (King, Duke, Viceroy, etc.) and PHJ brought up Baron and Cele clung to that one with an explanation.[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I think I remember that too, Sax. Wasn't her claim based on ancestry or [u:post_uid0]something[/u:post_uid0] involving her last name?

[quote:post_uid0="Nan"][quote:post_uid0="NAHTMMM"](Originally, I'd assumed that Akili was just a play on alkaline.)[/quote:post_uid0]
GAHHHHHH![/quote:post_uid0]
:S Well, you know, [i:post_uid0]battery[/i:post_uid0] and running out of [i:post_uid0]cells[/i:post_uid0] and so on...[/color:post_uid0]

[Saxamaphone]

[quote:post_uid0="NAHTMMM"][color=#000000:post_uid0]I think I remember that too, Sax. Wasn't her claim based on ancestry or [u:post_uid0]something[/u:post_uid0] involving her last name?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Baron [i:post_uid0]is[/i:post_uid0] her last name ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I think I'm gonna give up right now, 'cos frankly I don't stand a chance.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I gave up a long time ago.

And for what it's worth, my ancestors were barons, or at least people with my last name were.

I think.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yes yes, my last name is Baron. har dee har har. :P But my family is anything but royal. Farmers and factory workers from Canaduh we are. PHJ I'm glad you think that i'm from nobilty. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I actually kind of am from nobility. ;)

The Blawdzewicz (don't try to pronounce it) family has a coat of arms and everything. :)

Damn Nazis, Germans, Russians, Austro-Hungarians, etc.

BTW, it's pronounced ah-KEE-lee. Not ACK-ah-LAI.[/color:post_uid0]

[ijdgaf]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Anyway, it would've been "A[b:post_uid0]l[/b:post_uid0]kali" if I was referencing the science term ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]The cameo in Part 5 is so obvious even I can get it.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]The Blawdzewicz (don't try to pronounce it) family has a coat of arms and everything.[/quote:post_uid0]

So does the Harty family for that matter.

No Barons? Oh well. The best we can probably hope for is a Viscount then.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]No Barons? Oh well. The best we can probably hope for is a Viscount then.[/quote:post_uid0]

I can possibly offer you an Earl or a Prince (although the Prince is under the Irish nobility system, which simply called everyone King).

The Maguires were just a step below the provincial kings (Ulster, Munster, etc) and two steps below the High Kingd (Ard-righ). They were tribal kings, and were lords over several clans. Fermanagh was their playground.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]A bit like Dwarvish Kings then?[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]My boyfriend has a coat of arms and all that kind of cool stuff. He also has a nice fluffy trust fund. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]A bit like Dwarvish Kings then?[/quote:post_uid0]

Well, they had shorter lifespans, less impressive bears and didn't sing songs about gold.

When the English came *pause for vitriolic cursing* the toadies among the Gaelic nobility got English titles, and the patriots (read: traditional rivals of the toadies) got exiled.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]and didn't sing songs about gold.[/quote:post_uid0]

No. Just potatoes and beer.

:D[/color:post_uid0]

[Derek]

[quote:post_uid0="Sa'ar Chasm"][color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]A bit like Dwarvish Kings then?[/quote:post_uid0]

Well, they had...less impressive bears...[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]And [i:post_uid0]what[/i:post_uid0] does Beorn have to do with this?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Lol. I think he might have meant beards. At least I hope he meant beards.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]*prolonged snickering*

Oh, that's embearassing. Â I blame the keyboard I'm using here at "work".[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]While everyone else blames subspace... :p

By the way, embearassing?[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]That damn subspace! ::shakes her fist at it::[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, that's bad. I mean, you'd expect that from DD, or maybe Sax, but Sa'ar really has no excuse. I know that I shouldn't bearate him really, but still...[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]*[i:post_uid0]Thwaps[/i:post_uid0] Sa'ar and PHJ repeatedly*[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, I'm relatively new and don't know everybody too well, but I *might* have today's cameo...

Based on:

[quote:post_uid0]A fearless warrior who has renounced all thoughts of marriage[/quote:post_uid0]

[quote:post_uid0]Derek: Sounds like the kind of woman I'd like to meet. [/quote:post_uid0]

[quote:post_uid0]Right over there in that strawberry patch.[/quote:post_uid0]

My guess would be Mme Blueberry.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="ijdgaf"]Anyway, it would've been "A[b:post_uid0]l[/b:post_uid0]kali" if I was referencing the science term ;)[/quote:post_uid0]
I hate you all. ;)

(It's either a term of endearment or a manifestation of my long-term crankiness about the name. Probably both. ;))[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yeah. It's blueberry all right. It crossed my mind while I read it, but I read it quickly so I wasn't sure.[/color:post_uid0]

[ijdgaf]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hey, I was merely pointing out the [i:post_uid0]dis[/i:post_uid0]similarity with that whole "L" thing!

You people are going to have *LOTS* of fun with the cameo in part six. :D :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Derek]

[quote:post_uid0="ijdgaf"][color=#000000:post_uid0]You people are going to have *LOTS* of fun with the cameo in part six. :D :D[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]And if [i:post_uid0]that[/i:post_uid0] doesn't clue you in as to who wrote Part 6, I don't know what will.... :p :)[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[quote:post_uid0="ijdgaf"][color=#000000:post_uid0]You people are going to have *LOTS* of fun with the cameo in part six.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Ahhhh yes, the cameo so hard even the rest of the staff couldn't figure it out. [i:post_uid0]Mwahahahahaha![/i:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Kira, so evil. ^_^[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Isn't it cute?[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]:think:

Oh, my goodness... could it be... :O I think I got it! :D

*double-checks*

Yes! I did! I did got it! :D :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Is it NAH? :D

He got it first i'll bet you anything it's him. :P[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I don't know. I stopped understanding the game last episode. I first thought it was about the 'Soon' character, but that seems way too obvious, as everyone says this one's so hard. Now I really don't get it. :S[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Celeste"]Is it NAH? :D

He got it first i'll bet you anything it's him. :P[/quote:post_uid0]
You failed to take into account my weird interests and amusements. IJD just happened to use a reference/trick/hint which doubtless tends to come to my mind more easily than to the minds of most other forumgoers. (Or most other people, for that matter.)

Which is not to say that it isn't me, mind you. Which is not to say that it [i:post_uid0]is[/i:post_uid0] me either. Which is not to say that it [i:post_uid0]isn't[/i:post_uid0] me. Which is not to say... ;)


catalina, Kira has already said that none of the actual writers of the parts are doing any cameos. So that leaves out Zeke. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yes, but she also said it must be actual characters and not just references, which was the case in part 5. Or am I missing something here?

...
Of course I'm missing [i:post_uid0]something[/i:post_uid0] because I can't find the cameos. :([/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]That was my bad. Â The catch in part 5 is that although the cameo is "Colonel Saxon," she doesn't actually appear and get lines until part 6. Â So, the cameos are as follows:

Part 1: "Purnell"
Part 2: "Akili"
Part 3: "The Baron"
Part 4: "Windham"
Part 5: "Colonel Saxon"
Part 6: "Greg 'Soon' Thaid"
Part 7: Um... yeah. Â I'll get back to you on that one once I've actually seen part 7.[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[quote:post_uid0="Kira"][color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="ijdgaf"]You people are going to have *LOTS* of fun with the cameo in part six.[/quote:post_uid0]
Ahhhh yes, the cameo so hard even the rest of the staff couldn't figure it out. [i:post_uid0]Mwahahahahaha![/i:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, that makes me feel a [i:post_uid0]little[/i:post_uid0] better about not getting it.

Not that I've given up yet ... ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Ok. Got it now.

Sneaky.[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Guest"]Ok. Got it now.

Sneaky.[/quote:post_uid0]

[i:post_uid0]Mwahahahahahaha![/i:post_uid0]

Well, that's my evil cackling quota for the day, so I'm going to bed now.[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Part 1: "Purnell" : Don't know, but I do have a lame guess on this. No, wait, I don't. Wrong gender. And she hasn't come back yet anyway.
Part 2: "Akili" : Check.
Part 3: "The Baron" : Check.
Part 4: "Windham" : Another lame guess.
Part 5: "Colonel Saxon" : Check.
Part 6: "Greg 'Soon' Thaid" : Check.

Anyone want to do an update on the worlds count? I know there's at least one in part 6...[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]"Purnell" took a little digging, but there's another clue there, too.
"Akili" is pretty easy, and "Windham" should be easy, as well.
For "Baron" and "Col. Saxon", it helps a bit to have been hanging around the forums for a while.
"Greg 'Soon' Thaid" was more obscure, but you figured that one out before I did.

My world count stands at 22, but I haven't gone back over everything in detail, yet.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]For the record, I only got two of them, not counting those I wrote myself.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I think "Obadiah "O" Kwon" is the 'official' cameo. I managed to get most of the others in Part 7, but only because they were thrown at me.[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]You know, PHJ, I was about to disagree with you, but I just realized that you are probably absolutely right. ;)

Now that I think about it, you are undoubtedly probably absolutely right.[/color:post_uid0]

[MmeBlueberry]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hmm...I assumed the Mysterious Hooded Man was also a cameo, though I couldn't figure out for certain who it was. And maybe the cow, too. ;)

I got all the ones before part 7...but then, I cheated.[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I'm figuring PHJ has it right.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I actually managed to get it with only a few hints...and a scan through the Members list.

And the one from Part 6, retroactively.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[quote:post_uid0="Guest"][color=#000000:post_uid0]...."Akili" is pretty easy...[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Would it have been so easy if I hadn't TOLD you all it was me? ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[quote:post_uid0="MmeBlueberry"][color=#000000:post_uid0]I got all the ones before part 7...but then, I cheated.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]You shouldn't coerce Derek like that. It's just not right![/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[quote:post_uid0="Nan"][color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Guest"]...."Akili" is pretty easy...[/quote:post_uid0]
Would it have been so easy if I hadn't TOLD you all it was me? ;)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, that, and it's in your profile. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[ijdgaf]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I must confess that I'm totally stumped as to the Part 7 cameo.

I suppose it's my come-uppings, or something <g>.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]PHJ is right about which is the "official" cameo in Sleapers 7. For a hint, look at the adjective used at one point to describe the character.

There are nine other 5MVers referenced directly or indirectly in the text. The hooded man and the cow are [i:post_uid0]not[/i:post_uid0] among them, though when I first thought of the former he was going to be a cameo. I hadn't decided who by the time I changed my mind.

And yes, IJD, it is specifically your comeuppance. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[ijdgaf]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]...okay, got it, lol.

(grr...)[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[quote:post_uid0="Guest"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, that, and it's in your profile. ;)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yeah, had I not openly stated it was me.... :p[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, I have all the cameos except for 6 and 7. When are we going to be finding out the answers? :) Cause I only have one day before I suddenly dissapear. :P[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]We'll announce the official cameos tomorrow, I think. (I'll answer any questions about the unofficial ones too, but I won't list them yet in case people want to try and find them all themselves.)[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]The only one I got was "Akili". Lost on all the rest....

:head spinning:[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I guess it's okay for you Taya. You're new. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[MmeBlueberry]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Zeke"]There are nine other 5MVers referenced directly or indirectly in the text.[/quote:post_uid0]

Got 8. Can't find the other. And this was without cheating, but with a little collaboration--Derek didn't know these. ;)

[quote:post_uid0]The hooded man and the cow are [i:post_uid0]not[/i:post_uid0] among them, though when I first thought of the former he was going to be a cameo. Â I hadn't decided who by the time I changed my mind.[/quote:post_uid0]

In that case, it disturbs me that I had a guess (for the hooded man, not the cow).[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[quote:post_uid0="Celeste"][color=#000000:post_uid0]I guess it's okay for you Taya. You're new. :)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]OOh! I'm all shiny and sparkly! :)[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quote:post_uid0="MmeBlueberry"][color=#000000:post_uid0]It disturbs me that I had a guess (for the hooded man, not the cow).[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Really? Who? :D

If you mail me the eight you know, I'll tell you the ninth. I suspect I know which one you missed.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hey! There is no barganing in this game!! :P She already has Derek to cheat with. :P[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I got only five :S[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="MmeBlueberry"]Got 8. Â Can't find the other. Â And this was without cheating, but with a little collaboration--Derek didn't know these. ;)[/quote:post_uid0]
There is at least one pair of references that come one right after the other. ;)

I'm pretty sure I got all nine, but I lost count when I was reading it because I was cracking up so much. :smile: Guess I'll have to go back and recount. Not that that will be a chore, mind you.[/color:post_uid0]

[MmeBlueberry]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="NAHTMMM"]There is at least one pair of references that come one right after the other.[/quote:post_uid0]

That's actually where the one I missed was. Sometimes you people scare me. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Okay, two days after the "we'll announce tomorrow," here's the cameos. Or at least, the ones I know.

Part 1: "Purnell" is the real last name of FatMatDuhRat and "Aki" is his dog "Kia". The NYC locale should also have tipped off anyone who has been around the boards at the same time as FMDR.

Part 2: As previously established, "Akili" is Nan's real name. (And no, it's [i:post_uid0]not[/i:post_uid0] Alkali.) The clue there was that she was described as "mysterious," as in "Nan the Mysterious Romulan."

Part 3: The "Baron" is Celeste, because that's her last name. The clue there was the Baron's dog, "Bernie," since Celeste owns a Bernese Mountain dog. (As anyone who's been around the forums for a while well knows.)

Part 4: "Windham" is saxamaphone; his real name can be seen on any of his fivers.

Part 5: "Colonel Saxon" is MmeBlueberry, a.k.a. Amanda Saxon, a.k.a. Amanda Dean. The hints there were many: the strawberry patch (not blueberries, since this is the mirror universe), Derek's comments about the Colonel being a woman he'd like to meet, and the comments about Colonel Saxon and marriage.

Part 6: "Greg 'Soon' Thaid" is an anagram of "Things Are Good." That one was probably the hardest unless you suspected it was an anagram.

Part 7: Ask Zeke. I have my own guesses but I don't know for sure.

As for the next part -- does anyone want to take a shot at naming all the worlds sleaped too?[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh yes, now I get the last one too. It's so easy when you know how to think. ;)

I didn't get any of the others, except of course Nan, and I suspected Celeste was either the first or the third.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Part 7: Ask Zeke. I have my own guesses but I don't know for sure.

[/quote:post_uid0]

I strongly suspect that Obadiah O Kwon is another anagram, in this case for Wonko (The Sane). "O" is described as insane, just before he falls into the canyon of Saar (sorry, couldn't help it).[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quote:post_uid0="Kira"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Okay, two days after the "we'll announce tomorrow," here's the cameos.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Ahem. After the "we'll announce tomorrow, [b:post_uid0][i:post_uid0]I think[/i:post_uid0][/b:post_uid0]." :D

Sa'ar is correct about the official S7 cameo. Anyone got all nine unofficial ones yet?[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]The five I got:

[color=CCCCCC:post_uid0]Standback
Sa'ar Casm
Catalina Marina
Merlin Missy
Andy Taylor[/color:post_uid0]

[Inviso-texted by Zeke][/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yay! I got both of my guesses right too! :D

And as already quasi-noted, I spotted all nine "official" non-cameo mentions in that last installment. (I'm still considering whether I should bother to piece together any unofficial, that's-really-stretching-it mentions for more people. ;))[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Zeke"]Sa'ar is correct about the official S7 cameo. Â Anyone got all nine unofficial ones yet?[/quote:post_uid0]
In that case, what's with the "Obadiah"?

I've got 7 and possibly 8 so far (and no, I didn't cheat):

[color=CCCCCC:post_uid0]mudshark (muddy ground with sharks), Andy Taylor (Andy the tailor), 8 of 12 (the FBI agent tally), Sa'ar Chasm (Saar canyon), Catalina Marina (duh), Merlin Missy and Standback. Â And I think there's a vague reference to NeoMatrix but I'm not sure (the part about instantaneous brain downloads).[/color:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Also in 7-maybe-8 territory, with something that might be really stretched to make nine.

On worlds sleapt to, the running count I kept adds up to 27, so I must have missed a few.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Do'h.

Nothing to see. Move along, people.










Are you still here?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I [i:post_uid0]think[/i:post_uid0] I got all nine.

<font color="white">The NM think is just a coincidence I think. The complete list should be (in order of appearance) -
mudshark
MarilLena
entei
Andy Taylor
8 of 12
Standback
Sa'ar Chasm
catalina marina
Merlin Missy

I can't think why no-one else picked up on the Pokemon poster.</font>

EDIT: Corrected the mis-spelled manes.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quote:post_uid0="Kira"][color=#000000:post_uid0]In that case, what's with the "Obadiah"?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Sometimes a name starting with O is just a name starting with O. ;)

Report cards: Catalina's five are all correct, Kira has the seven sure ones right and the unsure one wrong, and PHJ does indeed have all nine but misspelled one (as did Catalina). Those who didn't spot the two Ki missed on first reading aren't likely to find them at all -- there's a little specialized knowledge required.[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]PHJ, my list is the same as yours, except for the fifth entry, which didn't even occur to me. That last, really-a-stretch guess I mentioned above was going too far, I've decided.

At least I nailed all of the official ones.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, and about the world tally... I didn't actually count to make sure mine brought it up to 30, so mudshark's 27 may well be accurate. We'll have to see the list.[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I wasn't really keeping track but looking at PHJ's list I see that I got five of them with out trying. And one of the ones I missed is a forum member that I'm not familiar with. Stupid computer :madder:[/color:post_uid0]

[Saxamaphone]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Here's my offcial final count:

Well, we have the three worlds the story takes place in -- the one with the police station and Shariff Dean, the Mirror Universe, and the "Pi is Exactly Three!" World

Then, mentioned briefly --

Part One: Elbonian Mafia Universe, Nazi World, The Gangster World, The Dimension of Pain, The World Without Shrimp, Backwards Went Time Where One The, Giant Mice Land (Disneyworld ), Seven different places Zeke got arrested (including the bee-eating incident) - i'm not sure if those are separate worlds or not, but I'll assume so for now.

Part Two: The Casino World

Part Three: The Wizard World, The World Where Sandwiches Eat People, Medieval World

Part Four: The World Where Everyone Spoke in Questions, The World Where The Penalty For Everything Was Being Sneezed On

Part Five: The Matriarchy World, The Valley Girl World

Part Six: The Whoopee Cushion/Pie World, The Militant Hermit Crab World

Part Seven: The World with Instentainious Brain Downloads, The One Where Cedar Trees Were Extinct, The Horse/Cow War World

Which brings my count to 30, unless I made a mistake, which I probably did ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Sax did pretty good, so a few clarifications on the way I'm counting, at least. One, we're not counting the unnamed worlds where Zeke got arrested. (Key word: unnamed.) Two, my count is 28 assuming Elbonian Mafia World and Gangster World are two separate worlds.

(Hint: most of the ones sax is missing are in part 7, and some are more subtle than others.)[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]lets see...
the one with the rhinoceri
the one with the radioactive zebra stampedes
the one with the mud sharks
the one ruled by chlorofluorocarbons (i love that word)

and from part 5 the one where the guys were chained and dressed in skimpy clothes and nearly got sold off to some wealthy businesswoman's harem just because they were guys

and i beleve that brings sax's count to 28 (unless i messed up which is unlikely ;) )[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Looking at sax's list, the only ones I can see that he missed are the World that hated I, from Part 1, and the Chlorofluorocarbon Dimension (ruled by chlorofluorocarbons) from Part 7. I also didn't think that the seven worlds or the bee-eating incident should be counted, as it was unclear whether they were separate from the named worlds.

I guess that makes my count 25. (Going back over my initial list, I find I was trying to count one world twice and a couple of other references that didn't qualify.)


And Katy Jane, the one to which you refer in Part 5 is the one sax names "Matriarchy World".[/color:post_uid0]

[Kira]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]"World that hated I" isn't a separate world -- it's Marc's response to IJD mentioning the world where time went backwards. (Get it? :D) I counted No Bee-Eating World, mostly because it sounded funny.[/color:post_uid0]

[Marc]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]>> And Katy Jane, the one to which you refer in Part 5 is the one sax names "Matriarchy World" <<

Correct. Good name suggestion, too -- a lot shorter than "The World Where Women Rule Over Men", which is sort of how I thought of it.

>> The Valley Girl World <<

Yes, that was the other one. More precisely, it was the world where everyone *talks* like valley girls...implying that even elderly male politicians, conservative lawyers and so forth say things like, you know, "tubular!". And, of course, "like, you know."[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[quote:post_uid0="Guest"][color=#000000:post_uid0]And Katy Jane, the one to which you refer in Part 5 is the one sax names "Matriarchy World".[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]oops thats a good argument for why i shouldnt post right after work and before i get some sleep.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Are you sure you don't mean 'sleap'?



I believe evil is the word you're looking for.[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]yeah, my bad ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[quote:post_uid0="Kira"][color=#000000:post_uid0]"World that hated I" isn't a separate world -- it's Marc's response to IJD mentioning the world where time went backwards. Â (Get it? :D)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]*slaps forehead*

[i:post_uid0]Ohhhhhh![/i:post_uid0] :think:

I'll just plead brain-dead, thank you. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Are you sure you don't mean 'sleap'?
[/quote:post_uid0]

I actually saw "sheep". I blame the glare on the screen and the fact that I was stretching and looking out the corner of my eye.[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Sheep?

BAAAAaaaAAAAA.[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Mooooooooooooo![/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]What is this, Five-Minute "Animal House"? ;)

The Dimension of Pain is a Sluggy reference, right?

(Sluggy rules.)[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quote:post_uid0="Nan"][color=#000000:post_uid0]The Dimension of Pain is a Sluggy reference, right?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yup.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hehe, clever. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[FatMatDuhRat]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I've been working two jobs, and haven't gone online
too frequently, but I started reading [b:post_uid0]Sleapers[/b:post_uid0] near
the beginning of this week and will (hopefully) finish
it over this weekend. Whenever the 5MV staff comes
up with a unique feature for this website (like the [b:post_uid0]Top
Ten lists, TJI,[/b:post_uid0] and also the [b:post_uid0]Panel Discussion[/b:post_uid0] from
last June) it really shows off how great their combined
talent is.
:D
These collective creative explosions gives us all an
additional series to have fun with, and we get to yak
about them on the [b:post_uid0]Forum[/b:post_uid0] with everyone who's new
& old (and confused.)
:lol:
[b:post_uid0]Fivers[/b:post_uid0] are really great. I love reading them a lot, &
writing them is an incredible challenge which never
ceases to both stimulate and frustrate me at the
same time. However, it's always awesome to see
something new & wonderfully entertaining on [b:post_uid0]5MV,[/b:post_uid0]
and the [b:post_uid0]Sleapers[/b:post_uid0] mini-series is mos' definitely one
of those terriffic things that I wish more websites would
try to do more often. [b:post_uid0]*thunderous applause*[/b:post_uid0]
Keep up the excellent work everybody!


[b:post_uid0]Purnell:[/b:post_uid0] (pulling out a sidearm and a badge) You have
the right to remain silent.
[b:post_uid0]IJD:[/b:post_uid0] What the--? You're a cop?
[b:post_uid0]Purnell:[/b:post_uid0] Plainclothes. The dog is my partner.
([b:post_uid0]Aki[/b:post_uid0] grins toothily.)

Everytime I read that it causes me to grin toothily too!
:D Â :lol: Â :D[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Those who didn't spot the two Ki missed on first reading aren't likely to find them at all -- there's a little specialized knowledge required.[/quote:post_uid0]
So, where were they then?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]As I mentioned before, the reference is in the Pokemon movie poster that is mentioned in part 7.[/color:post_uid0]