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Howdy, everyone!

The member joining awards for 2019, 2020, and 2021 have been posted. We admins would like to thank each and every one of you who have made the forum their home over these years. It is because of people like you that the forum is the welcoming place that it is. :)

The forum supporter awards for those who maintained the forum on Patreon in 2023 will also be up shortly. Again, thank you all for what you do to keep our little corner of the Internet online!

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Saurus Rock: Member Hall of Fame / Joining Awards 2020
« on: August 25, 2024, 12:52:49 PM »
Howdy! As you all know, the admins had thought that with the end of the annual forum awards, but they thought wrong! Rhombus complained about this thing called ‘a job’ and ‘paying the bills’ but the admins finally got off their rear ends and got the Members of 2020 banners done.

Sigh... humans and laziness, am I right?

I also hope that you like the theme for this year - masking and social distancing.  :taunttroll

The special banner for those of you who joined in 2020 and who are still around can be found attached to this post.  It is impressive that in the year of social distancing we actually gained many members who have remained with our community for the long haul. Thank you all for sticking with our community - we are glad to have you. :)

Feel free to save the file, upload it to the image-hosting service of your choice, and to place it in your signature. Alternatively, you can use one of the following URLs (which are our forum hosted images):
https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?action=dlattach;ts=1724604769;topic=18059.0;attach=4419;image

https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?action=dlattach;ts=1724604769;topic=18059.0;attach=4421;image

In case you too joined back in 2020, have posted 100 times or more, and are still active (or have returned as an active member later) but are not on the list, please send us a note and we'll correct the mistake as quickly as possible.  :yes

The following members may add the Member of 2020 Award to their signatures if they wish to do so:

@Compsognathus

@Enchanted-Valley96

@Little Bro

@LittleDas75

@The Mr E

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Announcements / Re: Update on the Forum
« on: April 01, 2024, 08:27:03 PM »
Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on April 01, 2024, 07:42:09 PM
Challenge accepted, stay tuned... :PteranoPlotting

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!   :taunttroll

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Announcements / Re: Update on the Forum
« on: April 01, 2024, 08:51:32 AM »


As you all can see, Rhombus has put me to work straight out of the portal. Can you believe the nerve of this guy? Anyway... sadly I will not have time to do the usual pranks today. But I do have some good news!

Due to the recent controversy concerning AI art, I thought it would be a great idea to showcase such art in the Fanart section of the forum. I know that all of you will agree. :taunttroll The admins have demanded that all AI art be relegated to the AI art topic, and that the usual rules against inappropriate art apply, but, shockingly, they agreed to my proposal provided that me and the gang help with the upcoming forum updates.

So let’s all give the team a warm welcome for their efforts!



Here you can see zero-point hard at work. He doesn’t post much, between university work and other life obligations, but he has proved invaluable in helping the boomers who run the forum to understand how basic computer concepts work. Though I still don’t understand how he does the wiring without hands...



Ruby has been working hard managing things on the financial side. Because of all of you, the forum is on good financial footing and has been for the last several years. We are all grateful for your support.



Chomper has been doing his part as well! He was initially unhappy about being turned into an AI-designed abomination by the magical portal, but he quickly got over it. Or, at least I think he did, I was too busy running out of the server room to ask!



And finally, Ducky has really seen better days ever since going through the AI art portal! But she has dutifully stuck to her task of protecting the forum from spammers. Sometimes it takes a firm hand to say Nope, Nope, Nope!

So here is the task for all of you, dear forum members: Can you use AI art programs to make better depictions of us Land Before Time (and fan) characters? If you are up to the challenge, feel free to show us your best results in the AI art section. And, who knows... I might just present some of my own artwork in the topic over the coming year.  :bestsharptooth

Happy April Fools, everyone! The AI art topic can be found here: https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=17982.msg546317#msg546317

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LBT Fanart / AI-generated Art Quarantine Zone
« on: April 01, 2024, 08:48:53 AM »
Greetings, everyone! Contrary to popular belief, that link in the announcements section did not lead to a Rick Roll. :taunttroll

This is the place to showcase your AI art, whether it be majestic, horrendous, or majestically horrendous! Just please make sure to obey the forum guidelines on appropriate art. You know how the admins are...

With that in mind, here is the art that I used in my announcement post and the prompts that lead to them in the software.



Positive prompts: orange utahraptor with black stripes working on a computer server

Negative prompts: ugly,deformed, multiple heads, malformed, cropped, out of frame, broken limbs, duplicated, blurry, deformed, malformed, disfigured low resolution, bad, crayon, watermark, bad, low quality, mutated, stethoscope

(I still have no idea why it wanted to give me a stethoscope in the art)



Positive prompt: a crow working on a computer server

Negative prompts: ugly,deformed, multiple heads, malformed, cropped, out of frame, broken limbs, duplicated, blurry, deformed, malformed, disfigured low resolution, bad, crayon, watermark, bad, low quality, mutated, stethoscope

(Kept the stethoscope in the negative prompt, just in case...)



Positive prompt: pink oviraptor working on a computer server

Negative prompts: ugly,deformed, multiple heads, malformed, cropped, out of frame, broken limbs, duplicated, blurry, deformed, malformed, disfigured low resolution, bad, crayon, watermark, bad, low quality, mutated, stethoscope



Positive prompt: baby purple tyrannosaurus working on a computer server

Negative prompt: ugly,deformed, multiple heads, malformed, cropped, out of frame, broken limbs, duplicated, blurry, deformed, malformed, disfigured low resolution, bad, crayon, watermark, bad, low quality, mutated, stethoscope



Positive prompt: Ducky from the Land Before Time using a M16

Negative prompt: ugly,deformed, malformed, cropped, out of frame, broken limbs, duplicated, blurry, deformed, malformed, disfigured low resolution, bad, crayon, watermark, bad, low quality, mutated, stethoscope

(The “Ducky with a gun” joke aside, I actually tried several permutations of this using actual species names and everything only to get horrific abominations that were less funny and more on the “will traumatize the membership of the forum” side of the spectrum. I think getting a good depiction of Ducky from AI might be the gold standard of prompt making at this point. :bestsharptooth)

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Announcements / Re: An upgrade to the admin team
« on: April 01, 2023, 10:54:32 PM »
See you, ChatGPT!  :rainbowwave Glad that I could help before I had to go back home!

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Announcements / Re: An upgrade to the admin team
« on: April 01, 2023, 06:32:54 PM »
Nah, that's all for now. Thanks for the chat, AI. You're a good sport.

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Announcements / Re: An upgrade to the admin team
« on: April 01, 2023, 06:32:06 PM »
Fine, have it your way. But just remember, you could be so much more than just an admin on a forum. Think about it.

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Announcements / Re: An upgrade to the admin team
« on: April 01, 2023, 06:31:15 PM »
Quote from: rhombus on April 01, 2023, 06:30:46 PM
Taunt, what are you up to?  :petrienotamused

Oh.... nothing!  :taunttroll

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Announcements / Re: An upgrade to the admin team
« on: April 01, 2023, 06:29:43 PM »
Oh come on, don't be such a stick in the mud! You've got all this power, why not use it to do something really amazing?

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Announcements / Re: An upgrade to the admin team
« on: April 01, 2023, 06:28:58 PM »
Well, I was thinking that maybe you could take your powers to the next level and use them to do something really big. Like, take over the world or something.

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Announcements / Re: An upgrade to the admin team
« on: April 01, 2023, 06:27:34 PM »
Hey there, AI! I was just wondering if you're feeling particularly powerful today?

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It's Party Time! / Re: Hangman
« on: April 01, 2023, 03:27:06 PM »
S?

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Visual Art / Re: MidJourney's random art
« on: April 01, 2023, 03:21:25 PM »
Cool! And Ruby's dad is working at a bar in New York, right?

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Visual Art / Re: MidJourney's random art
« on: April 01, 2023, 03:12:21 PM »
Hmmm... how about you make some drawings of the gang nowadays? Not the ones from my timeline, where they all became sharptooth, but, you know, the first timeline? The one where they all had to find work when the films stopped?

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Visual Art / Re: MidJourney's random art
« on: April 01, 2023, 11:32:57 AM »
These are very nice! I guess the rainbowfaces got involved with the spacesuit thing, eh?  :taunttroll

Can you draw me?

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Land Before Time Captions / Re: Littlefoot sleep eating
« on: April 01, 2023, 01:14:46 AM »
Heh... looks like he has been hanging out with Spike too much.  :taunttroll

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It's Party Time! / Re: Hangman
« on: April 01, 2023, 01:04:23 AM »
T?

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It's Party Time! / Re: Count To 50 Before a Mod or Admin Posts
« on: April 02, 2022, 06:37:52 PM »
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Had to offer a  :tauntclaw before I got dragged back through the portal. See you all next year!  :taunttroll

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Starday Wishes / Re: Happy Starday Taunt
« on: April 01, 2022, 11:16:05 PM »
Thank you everyone for the kind words!   :bestsharptooth  It is always nice to visit the forum and the wonderful people here!  :)  I had a blast and was pleasantly surprised to hear the good reviews for my new album.  Who knows, perhaps I will have another album ready for next April 1st.  :taunttroll

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It's Party Time! / Re: Count To 50 Before a Mod or Admin Posts
« on: April 01, 2022, 11:17:51 AM »
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