What this blog is about

Here’s a screencap from Technorati’s page about kristuphil is telling you:

Announcing ‘The Meaning of POG!’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2008
ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF ‘THE MEANING OF POG’

The Internet — kristuphil, inc., the the west coast’s sixth-largest independent creator of uninteresting websites, is proud to announce the launch of The Meaning of POG, the latest in a series of soon-to-be-neglected web ventures providing unhelpful information to a world that didn’t ask for it.

The website, which explores the content and subtext of the 1990s promotional videos Searching for POG and The Legend of POG, fills a void kristuphil’s leader-in-charge saw on the Internet. Explaining his vision for the site, Renophaston said, “Some fan sites start with the fans and build, but the POG franchise has proved itself uniquely resistant to fandom. It’s been over a decade since the last video was released, and I have yet to find it mentioned on the Internet aside from the occasional “for sale” notice. So I decided to start with the site, and we’ll work on developing interest as a secondary concern somewhere down the line.”

Renophaston, creator of The Meaning of POG

The POG franchise, which released its most recent installment over 13 years ago, seems to have slipped under most peoples’ radars. Renophaston explains why he thinks this is the right time to start a community based on the unpopular series. “I think we have to face the fact that POG, the game, is probably not coming back. I personally see that as a good thing, since I think it served mostly as a distraction from the real thrust of the series. But more to the point, we cannot just wait and expect POGs to return to the forefront of public consciousness, carrying Herbie and friends along on its coattails. POG’s fifteen minutes may be over, but the Legend is forever ‘to be continued…’”

Long terms goals of the site include getting the videos released on DVD, organizing a cast reunion/reenactment/sleepover, and the release of the never-produced third entry in the series. But in the meantime, Renophaston is satisfied with the basics. “Right now we’ve just got the fundamentals like a synopsis for each video and an initial FAQ, but once this thing takes off, I’ll probably forget about it.”

The Meaning of POG can be found at themeaningofpog.wordpress.com. kristuphil, inc. is an pwned subsidiary of your mom and can be reached at their parent website, kristuphil.com or at their employee blog, kristuphil is telling you.

Scoring

After seeing Stert’s trepidation at posting something worthless, I thought I should outline what I see as this blog’s purpose, and list what’s “appropriate” and what’s, well, not. Let me break it down for you, pointwise:

• 5 points: Insightful commentary regarding something that you have not entirely made up. I might as well just make this 1000 points, because it’s never going to happen.
• 4 points: Original content, like something a real blog might have. This could be something like those comics we all make so much, or insightful commentary regarding something that you have made up, or trivial or flippant commentary regarding something that is real or unreal. Or supernatural. You would also receive 4 points for things like short stories or retarded poems. True haikus earn you 4 ¼ points.
• 3 points: Meaningless rambling longer than 50 words.
• 2 points: Links to things that could hypothetically be entertaining to someone, somewhere, for any reason. This is what I expect the bulk of our “content” to be.
• 1 points: Blank or accidental posts.
• 0 points: You get us locked out of our “blog”. You can get your own blog if that’s what you want to do.

So, you’ll see from the above that Stert’s previously-mentioned post that this blog “isn’t meant for” was actually a 3-point post! Seeing as I’m averaging 2.66 points/post, Stert’s post actually puts him in the lead, though I expect this post will put me over the top, as it is insightful commentary regarding something I have made up (4 points FTW!).