ROFLCon - 26 Apr 2008
Matt Chapman answers a question.
"Making it Big" was a panel held April 26, 2008 at the ROFLCon convention at Cambridge, MAw. The Brothers Chaps, alongside several other Internet creatives, discussed and explored various online phenomenons.
Panel Description
>Now that you’re a huge cultural force in your own right, what do you think of popular mainstream culture? Are you inspired by it? Repelled by it? What do you draw from? Listen to anything good lately? Any business models online that you admire?
>Moderator: JD Connor, Harvard University >
>Panelists: Rooster Teeth (Red vs. Blue), Brad Neely (Superdeluxe.com), The Brothers Chaps (Homestar Runner), Rob, Kris, Matt, Dave (Cyanide and Happiness)
Highlights
At the panel, audience members were able to enter questions on a website, and they would appear on a large screen. The number one question asked the Brothers Chaps to do the voices of their characters, but this was ignored by the moderator. Another popular question was "How does Strong Bad type with boxing gloves on?" Matt responded in Strong Bad's voice, saying "I will kill whoever asked that question.", similar to the response to the same question at the Alamo Drafthouse appearance in 2005.
When asked about banner ads, the Brothers Chaps replied that they would abandon homestarrunner.com before they would ever use banner ads as a source of revenue. This was met with great applause.
Fun Facts
- The Brothers Chaps brought their Nintendo DSs with them as they did at Flashforward 2006.
External links
- Archived ROFLcon Home Page
- Watch a video of the panel on the Internet Archive, provided by Respectably French
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