dub3 card · www.somethingawful.com
Something Awful (1999)
The internet makes you stupid.
- Cost
- 6 RAM
- Power
- 13
- Rarity
- Epic
- Family
- Creators
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- Cult Classics
What it does
Ongoing: If this is your only card here, +3 Power to this card.
Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.
It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 13 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Creators cards are strongest on their own, and some only get going late.
The site, in 1999
A comedy site with feature articles, edited pictures, media reviews and a large forum, which began as a personal website.
Gizmodo put it among the 100 websites that shaped the internet in 2018. Its forum spread memes such as 'all your base are belong to us', and image macros began there.
In 1999: Created by Richard 'Lowtax' Kyanka as a largely personal website.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
Cult Classics: Small, strange and loved to bits by the people who found them.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1999 page.
Put it on your site
Run Something Awful, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1999, then plays a short scene. Want Something Awful in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
