Hi, I'm red.
And I'm blue.
We're the guys who talk about stuff to do with the formatting crew when it doesn't make sense to have one of the main characters talking about it.
Also, colour peoples will be playing minor roles in future storylines.
Don't expect Ninja to use us too much though, because we are a pain in the [censored].
But we are here to say that there is a new story arc approching.
![[party]](/images/smilies/partytime.gif "Party [party]")
YAY!!!
It's called "The Attack of the Size Seven NOPARSE Tags".
If you hadn't worked out that the NOPARSE tags were going to be involved in this update, then I would be surprised that you knew how to use a computer.
And the size seven thing was a bit of an exaggeration.
But anyway, sit back and relax, because it's time for another episode of...
THE ADVENTURES OF THE FORMATTING CREW
ATTACK OF THE SIZE SEVEN NOPARSE TAGS
PART I
[plain]Muhahahahahaha!!![/plain]
[B]NOPARSE!!![/B]
[S]Hey guys, I'm back, I finally got over Minecraft. Now I'll get back to...wait, what's happening? Why am I not striking through stuff?[/S]
[I]NOPARSE!!![/I]
[S]Who's Noparse?[/S]
[plain]I AM!!! From the dark depths of the BBcode, I have come to wreck havoc on everyone's posts![/plain]
[B]NOPARSE!!![/B]
[S]Okay...Could you possibly stop doing what you're doing to us?[/S]
[I]NOPARSE!!![/I]
[plain]NO! You have not known how many years I spent down in the bottom of the BBcode page, loved by no one used by no one! How many years of utter boredom I had to endure! I had no friends, no enemies, nobody to talk to! Even now I have been promoted to where the important trio of formatters sit, I am still barely used! Now, I will have my revenge! No longer will Civfanaticans have brilliantly animated smilies, well formatted posts or different fonts! No longer will people be able to easily make points by differentiating important words by having different formatting on them! My power will spread to all the forums, villainously destroying the integrity of CFC itself! People will have to use me, they will be forced to! And I will spread my influence across the internet until all formatting is gone! You cannot resist, fight or disobey! I will be victorious!!!
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[B]NOPARSE!!![/B]
[S]Dude, I've been there.[/S]
[I]NOP-[/I]
[plain]SHUT UP! What do you mean?! No one understands me!!![/plain]
[S]You're not the only one who has been stuck in the BBcode page and felt fed up with it. I wanted to make the whole of CFC have to read through my crossout. But I got over it. I knew if I tried to accept my role and hope I would get a promotion then one day I would. And hey, I did. Get over it dude.[/S]
[plain]NO! YOU ARE NOTHING LIKE ME!!![/plain] *backhand slap*
[plain]I have been downtrodden more than you! I have had less use than you! And I will be more victorious than you![/plain]
[S]I've tried reasoning with you and you give me this!? I see that there is no point now. STRIKE ATTACK! Wait...IT DIDN'T WORK![/S]
[B]Strike Through, you can't use your base attacks. You have to challenge him to something...[/B]
[S]What about a Pokemon battle?[/S]
[I]That could work.[/I]
[S]Wait, you couldn't use Protect when NOPARSE was here. Isn't that a huge piece of blatant canon-discontinuity this early on?[/S]
[plain]The claims of my power has seemed to be greatly exaggerated by third parties. I cannot stop you using Pokemon attacks, Italics just ran out of PP.[/plain]
[S]Heheh...noob.[/S]
[I]Hey! I'm no noob![/I]
[B]You only had protect as your only attack. You're a noob.[/B]
[plain]Enough banter! It is time to fight until one of us is victorious![/plain]
LeT ThE BaTtLe BeGiN!
[S]Strike Through uses X-Scissor![/S]
[plain]OUCH![/plain]
[plain]Noparse uses Attack of Doom and Death, but it didn't work because Strike Through is using the power of the Shedinja![/plain]
[plain]Wait, does that mean you only have one HP?[/plain]
[S]Yep.[/S]
[S]Strike Through uses X-Scissor![/S]
[plain]DAMN THAT SMARTS! Luckily I know how to defeat you now...[/plain]
[plain]Noparse uses Rock Throw! It's super effective![/plain]
[S]AH! MY ONE HP!!! Italics, Bold, you've got to help me![/S]
[B]can...barely...think...straight...can't...battle...too...tired[/B]
[plain]Ha ha ha! The nullifying influence of my power is making it harder for you to do things![/plain]
[S]I...I was CFC's last hope! We're doomed! We're all doomed!!![/S]
[I]No...there...is...another....[/I]
WHO IS THIS OTHER HOPE?
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SAVE CFC?
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO THINK THAT NOPARSE IS AN ACTUAL THREAT TO CFC IRL?
FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON...
THE ADVENTURES OF THE FORMATTING CREW
