B&W Update

No, not Beer & Wings. Although that would make a good resteraunt. Okay enough with that crap.


I am, probably much to your surprise, not a 40 year old man living in his mom's basement, and have a school to go to. That means I will be on the computer much less, so I will probably not meet all deadlines. However, I won't go all JonTron on you and disappear for a year. Expect more (sort of) awesome content!

Me, tlling u guyz bai i so saaaaddddd

Blog & Wario: Cease and Desist Letter, Pt. 2: The Fans

Okay, last time on Blog and Wario I used all of the fanboy in me to justify why Cease and Desist letters are wrong, and now it is my turn to become a company man and explain the other side.

JUSTICE!

is stanky

So, sometimes fanfic writers can not want to harm a product. But they do. Inappropriate stuff may ruin a  brand or series for a young child. J.K. Rowling doesn't support it. Heck, no one supports it! Today, I am talking about that stuff.


They can argue that it's fair use. And it is. However, would you really want to ruin that for someone so much that you would create that stuff. I guess they haven't stopped yet because no one has told them that it is hurting the new members of their fanbase they hold so dear.

SHUT UP! I'M NOT DONE YET

So here I present my solution. Companies can loosen up and fasnbases can tighten up. We all want to keep the good fan stuff but who really wants that weird crap? And that is all I can say about that. See you later today(for Site Slump) and next week on Blog & Wario.

Site Slump: TV Tropes

Hey i'm slump
I'm not so slump
And this is Site Slump!

Welcome to my very first Site Slump where I, put the Slump in Sites. Today, I am reviewing TV Tropes. This is a favorite of mine and I do not edit it so it fits all of the qualifications. Meet TV Tropes.

You evil website

Community

TV Trope benefits from a good community, one thing many sites do not have. Most editors list good examples and are funny, and usually enforce There is no Such Thing as Notability.

Okay, just kidding.

However, sometimes there are the templates that request a rewrite or say that there is something wrong with the page. However, this is much less common then other websites.

 Overall, the community gets a 10/10

Content

The content could have various ratings depending on how you look at it. However, from my standpoint I would give it a high score. Why? It's funny. It has obscure examples, it has stuff from even very recent games or media. One article documented the inappropriate stuff on the Nickelodeon (crap) show Sam and Cat just from a trailer.

The content is golden, and it gets my 10/10.

Pictures

Most entries have funny, entertaining, and educational  pictures. However, some don't and some have stupid unfunny and sometimes confusing pictures. It's just a nitpicking thing but still, it good benefit from some new pictures.

The content is mainly good and gets my 7/10

Conclusion

That was my review of TV Tropes! Tell me if you liked it and the segment and also what you want the next review to be about. I'm Joe, and that was Site Slump.

Just cross out some things and remove 75% of the content

Blog & Wario: Cease and Desist Letter, Pt. 1: The Company

To start off my first B&W since I started the blog expansion, I am telling you something shocking.




This is a two-parter.

The only thing scarier then that movie.

I am talking about something that has split us up. The companies and their best and biggest fans. What could it be? The cease and desist letter! When the company shuts dwn a fan work for whatever reason. However, some of the horrifying wrong creations cause this. So, today I am talking about when it is the fault of the company.


I've seen some great stuff go because companies are always like "MEH". Fan fiction(and works in general) falls under fair use, right? Some people disagree. If it's a fanfic, you're stealing my stuff, some may say. In quality works it's fine for people to use your stuff.

Here's a quote:

 "to write fiction using my characters is morally identical to moving into my house without invitation and throwing out my family."-Orson Card

Oval face is exactly right.

He has since changed his stance on fanfics, but a famous author we all know sure hasn't. George R.R. Martin, creator of "A Song of Fire and Ice" is against fanfics, thinking it is copyright infringement and a bad exercise for aspiring writers. Some people write for fun, and fair use is in mind. Companies need to realize that it's harmless fun.

Or is it?

Insert DUN-DUN-DUN here.

Top 10-Reasons why the internet has hope.

Most of my posts here so far revolve around the problems of the internet. Despite all of the trolls and annoying stuff, the horrible people, the gossip, the internet has some redeeming qualities.

Like letting me post.

AHAHAHAHHA-no

So today, i'm listing the top 10 reasons why the internet has hope.

10: Kids 

Hear me out here guys. Kids on the internet is a good thing. Not playing Modern Warfare 6 and trolling, but on the internet.

Interacting with kids can be better sometimes. They have no weird stuff about them and they have a better freaking imagination. It also expands the hope for our world which is currently very small. You can learn lots from the internet and even learn to make a living out of it when your older.

9: Youtube Communities

Be it Normal Boots, Hidden Block, Polaris, TGS whatever, Youtube Communites make us have hope. Why? They have a good feel to them. They often mention and link to more stuff which leads us to more non-sucky stuff. Also, they are organized, funny, and usually great pastimes.

8: Free Games

In a time where Capcom can get away with releasing 6 versions of the same game, free and fun games are a blessing. Old stuff can teach newer gamers difficulty in games, and can give nostalgia to older players without robbing them.

7: Good Fan-Fics

I know this is surprising, but there is such a thing as a good fanfiction. LE GASP, REALLY? Well, some fan-fics can be good. A lot of them are complete rubbish, but a few may even get excepted into canon and Kindle World seeks to share that good stuff with us and make less people afraid of even touching a fanfic.

Just Kidding

6: Fanbases

Any writer or director or creator of any kind of media knows Fanbases can really suck. However, there are some (few) good fans who advance creations with petitions, emails, fanart, and positive encouragement. They can bring dead yet awesome stuff back to life with popular demand. Some fans make the rest of the fanbase look mean and whiny and give them a bad name, but the good ones can help advance a great work into stardom.

5: Big companies and Organizations on Facebook and other social networks

How many of you stopped while reading this article to check your Facebook or Twitter. Well I have no readers so that is a horrible example but the point is that social networks are popular. How do we learn things? Social Networks. How do we get updated? Social Networks. How do we get petitions? Social Networks. By using these tools, companies and even the Goverment can update us on important stuff and therefor we are more aware then we were without these sites.

4: Good Fanart

I have said good a lot during this post. Why? Simply because most of it or some it is bad. However, some modern day picassos started out on DA or other artistic websites. Some companies have even used fanart before. I currently follow a great blog called Peira Noid's Blog on Blogger. Link will be at the end of this post by the way. The artist there could become a real life artist. Good Fanart is awesome.

3: Troll Wikis

Why would this be number 3? It's because it's an awesome pastime and one that is funny. I read lots of Encyclopedia Dramatica because it's funny. It's harmless and awesome and can make your day more then any thing above it on the list.

2: Streaming

Streaming is AWESOME. Before we had to tune in every week and if we missed the episode, life was over man. Game Over. Now with Hulu and Netflix though, we can watch at anytime. It descreases the ammount of TV we watch for the finer things of life, and is a great thing for TV lovers such as myself.

1: Wikis

Anyone can edit wiki. That sucks, right? No, it's fantastic, because most of the time we can find factual info on Wikipedia. We are more then ever informed and wikis are quite helpful. Fanon ones can build worthwhile communities and well made rules keep everything in order. Wikis have taught me some new vocabulary  and has overall made me smarter. Here's for wiki!

So, the internet has hope after all. Small hope, but hope regardless. I'm Joe and that was my first Top 10, see you guys later.

Fanbase Read: New Schedule and types of Posts

Blog and Wario is(stupidly) expanding with some new "shows". Here they are and the shows.


Console Wars: Two pieces of hardware are compared. Every Wednesday

Top 10s: Self explanatory. Whenever and may replace my regular posts sometimes.

Site Slump: I will talk about and review a site. Every Monday.

Blog and Wario will still have regular posts simply titled, Blog and Wario.

Bye, guys.

Totally Not Rickrolling

LAST TIME: TV TROPES? DUN-DUN-DUN!

I guess I did some accidental foreshadowing last week . I got no responses and last weeks was about Facebook two, so I decided to tackle Rickrolling. So today on Blog & Wario, we are going to tackle Rickrolling. Yeah.

Take this personality quiz

In case you've been living under a rock for a century, Rickrolling is when you mislead someone to believe they are linked to something EXTRAORDINARY! And then you get a video of Rick Astley. There is no justice in this world. Anyways, with that short recap know I am going to give my two cents. Rickrolling is not that bad. It's trolling yes, but trolling has been in the world before computers. Honestly, trolling can get annoying but it acts as a force against those mean nerds or those snobs. I got, I mean get, trolled and it really humbles a person. Maybe you're refusing to watch the Clone Wars cartoon because George Lucas didn't give birth to it but someone tricks you with a misleading link and you find out you like it.

Except for this kind of trolling of course.

Sometimes it's just funny. Rickrolling has no controversy and no reasons why I should disapprove of it, because it can be so funny. Unlike Facebook game, pay-to-play stuff, and LOLZ talk, it doesn't make us as a whole nation more stupid. So if you get Rickrolled, just smile and troll them back. That is how to enjoy the internet.

I'm Joe, and you just read Blog & Wario. See you next week(or week and a day, sorry.)