Rebranding

[Holdek]

@champthom, @Satan and I were tossing around the name "Chris 'n Friends" a few weeks ago. Satan pointed out that it has the benefit of, "Sounding Hasbro ."

 

[Mr. 0]

@Cuddlebug, @Holdek See, this is what I was talking about. For instance...

"Kiwi Forums" is a reference to an event centered around Parkourdude91. During 2013, he had gone missing and while this was happening, one of his friends, Tyce, who we follow by extension due to his extensive involvement in pk's life, discovered the forum and registered here, making grammatically nonsensical posts designed to call us out and shit talk us (the prevailing theory is that he came here while under the influence of marijuana). One statement that stood out and become something of a forum meme was "fudck u kiwi forums", a corrupted misspelling of "fuck you cwcki forums".

It's not necessarily a good thing, I imagine, if members who were present for this aren't even sure of the source themselves. I'd prefer people just getting here to get the correct information.

 

[Trickie]

@champthom, @Satan and I were tossing around the name "Chris 'n Friends" a few weeks ago. Satan pointed out that it has the benefit of, "Sounding Hasbro ."

Reminds me more of this...

EDIT: Here's a version of the kiwi without clothes/accessories, btw, in case you wanted it, or if you wanted to add your own stuff or whatever.

 

[Surtur]

@Cuddlebug, @Holdek See, this is what I was talking about. For instance...



It's not necessarily a good thing, I imagine, if members who were present for this aren't even sure of the source themselves. I'd prefer people just getting here to get the correct information.

Its kind of a meme more than anything. The source does not have to be correct, its just the most commonly used "alternate" name for the forum. Even The Golken Knight called us "The Kiwi Farm" in a post.

 

[Andrew Noel Schaefer]

Kiwi farm or bust.

Seriously, There are no better names and I would rather this place forever be called the Cwcki Forums if any other name is brought up.

 

[BT 075]

Kiwi farm or bust.

Seriously, There are no better names and I would rather this place forever be called the Cwcki Forums if any other name is brought up.

We could call it Cwcki Forums forever, to honor the Godfather of Lolcows forever. We can still change the contents, shift the focus. But I love the Chris smileys and emotes too much and I'm a nostalgic bastard.

 

[Holdek]

We could call it Cwcki Forums forever, to honor the Godfather of Lolcows forever.

CWCKI FORUMS FOREVER

 

[Null]

When I do pick up a 2nd domain I will hack the form a bit.

If you access it from the new URL, you'll get the standard index page.
If you access it from the CWCkiForums.com, you'll see a modified view that only has the Chris boards, displayed as they are now.

 

[Hyperion]

Reminds me more of this...

EDIT: Here's a version of the kiwi without clothes/accessories, btw, in case you wanted it, or if you wanted to add your own stuff or whatever.

I like that you added this, it allows for people to make their own kiwi forums avatar.

Also because of Garfield and Friends. Orson ftw

 

[Saney]

Staff should all have Kiwi avatars.

Only on the condition that my kiwi wears MJOLNIR armour.

 

[Trickie]

Only on the condition that my kiwi wears MJOLNIR armour.

I'll admit, it could've turned out a LOT worse...

 

[Watcher]

I'll admit, it could've turned out a LOT worse...

Trickie you're like a god among kiwi artists

 

[likeabadgirlshould]

Queeftalk

 

[jackopalkia]

how about
The Barn?
Come in to the barn for a yarn about are lolcows.. ye ha...

I am just going to kill myself now

 

[Randall Fragg]

My question is, if we change the site name, will you still be able to access the site by typing CWCki into google? Like, will you get a redirect to the Kiwi Forums?
Sorry, not a tech guy. All for the name change, provided that we keep the Chris emotes.

 

[Watcher]

My question is, if we change the site name, will you still be able to access the site by typing CWCki into google? Like, will you get a redirect to the Kiwi Forums?
Sorry, not a tech guy. All for the name change, provided that we keep the Chris emotes.

Null said in chat (iirc) that he's conceptualizing a middle ground for people who want the Cwckiforums and people who want the kiwi forums. And that "cwckiforums" would redirect to the Chris boards and "kiwiforums" would go to the home page of the forums.

Something like that, feel free to correct me Null.

 

[Strewth]

I like the name Kiwi Farms, regardless of the origin. It's simple, and Kiwis are all sorts of awesome.

 

[Null]

Null said in chat (iirc) that he's conceptualizing a middle ground for people who want the Cwckiforums and people who want the kiwi forums. And that "cwckiforums" would redirect to the Chris boards and "kiwiforums" would go to the home page of the forums.

Something like that, feel free to correct me Null.

When I do pick up a 2nd domain I will hack the form a bit.

If you access it from the new URL, you'll get the standard index page.
If you access it from the CWCkiForums.com, you'll see a modified view that only has the Chris boards, displayed as they are now.

The Google point is absolutely poignant, though. I do not want to lose the Google pagerank. There's a lot of other Kiwis to fight against.

 

[champthom]

@champthom, @Satan and I were tossing around the name "Chris 'n Friends" a few weeks ago. Satan pointed out that it has the benefit of, "Sounding Hasbro ."

This is my preferred name BUT everyone seems to like Kiwi Forums and I do like kiwi birds. Not like, a lot, but they're a wonderful bird even if they are flightless. It's also nice that it's a more organic name, coming from a bit of a joke.

 

[Strewth]

The Google point is absolutely poignant, though. I do not want to lose the Google pagerank. There's a lot of other Kiwis to fight against.

I hadn't even thought about that.
So you'd be better changing it to something more related to lolcows to increase the chance of somebody stumbling upon the site?