Forums > Social Chat > What does HoP look like to you?
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Location: Stevenage
I gave a presentation today on cyberspace and one thing I said was "the internet is massive, but it's difficult to imagine where this mass exists"
People can create worlds for themselves online and we all hear of internet potatoes... hell we have one on here! waves at pounce
I was wondering what your world for HoP looked like....
(Let your imaginations run wild)
Mine's a humungous mix of different snippets of beautiful landscapes from all over the world... you've got narr's gorgeous pictures, the eiffel tower with someone spinning just infront of it... Lot's of people spinning in a green area between sky scrapers and lots and lots of beaches... and rocks to climb over/up...
Mainly when I think of HoP I think of a lush island with lots of waterfalls and rocks and bugs too and coconuts and white sand beaches to spin on and cabins with mossy nets to sleep in and surf boards and lots of people with poi and staff and diablo and juggles and so on and so forth
(P.S - for worriers, I can accept this place does not exist except in my head and I like it there)
Monkeys monkeys and bananas
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP to me is a sort of comune/village where there are public spaces (the main Social boards), gyms and studios (the moves boards), and private houses/flats (the intro threads). And a clinic(the help threads
). It's full of chill, cozy spaces for hanging out, much like my student co-operative house that I lived in at Stanford. I miss that place...
But I love HOP.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
uve summed it up really! although there would be NO arguments and rubbish like that. race/religion/sexual-preferance wouldn't matter. the whole place would be diversly apt. all the toys you ever needed/wanted would be there to hand. and there would be all the clever people there, that i look up in awe to, to teach everybody stuff. and everybody would respect each other
*claps for herself for using a clever phrase like 'diversly apt' (although she dosnt think she spelt it right)*
great post GLI
cant wait to read other ppl's replys Ghostbuster
455 posts
Location: York, UK
to me its an endless shallow sea of green jelly which everyone wrestles in, inbetween the odd spin of their favourite toy.
2,568 posts
Location: sitting on the step
GLI you picture it the same as me
..a little spinners paradise Non-Https Image Link
she who sees from up high smiles
Patrick badger king: *they better hope there's never a jihad on stupidity*
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
I see something not to disimilar to what Lightning said.
I see a little village - kind of medieval looking (i dont know why it just it ok
) with little private homes (intro threads), big open spaces (poi/staff moves), village community centre (social), and a big castle where Malcolm lives. Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
1,269 posts
Location: middle of Troon
does everyone else see the villagers (us) grovel to malcolm when he appears at his window to add his opinion?
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Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
I see a complex community that whilst mostly autonomous and beautifully developing (look at those curves!! woot!) requires a gentle nudge and some guidance along the way....
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912 posts
Location: Cheltenham
Right now? A minefield.
"We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Mal Reynolds
"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
i see it as the way people set up their intro threads. the lovely chateau from spitfire, a house o' fun (read: dungeon and whatnot so wonderfully built by regyt) from my thread, a lovely rock and sandcastle in gnor's place, etc. and i see something very similar to the kent parties for the social arena.
hmmm, never gave it a whole lot of thought before. i think i'm gonna have to think about this more.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Classic 90's Fire Dancer... Poi, Staff, Doubles, and Breathing
743 posts
Location: South Lake Tahoe, USA
Its a Home for sure!
HOP is a Home for poi/ staff addicts, where the Fire is always Blazing, and the Spirits are always Dancing!
Shelter from the storm, with good people to talk to and warm loving fire folks all around. When its nice out we go out and Play though! 
FIRE IS ALIVE!
IT LIVES AND BREATHS!
IT CONSUMES, AND DISTROYS!
BUT WE CONTROL IT,
AND DANCE WITH FIRE!!
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
I see it as sunny, warm, nightime comes early and so does day break every morning.
An enourmous land of seperate communities all living peacefully & harmoniously and all within a short distance with our magical telepoition devices....... weeee... (repeated)
EDITED_BY: flash fire (1077584130)
Let's relight this forum 
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
aww bug you broke the thread!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
I know how cool is that....I don't even know how but its fun to follow it all the way along!
Let's relight this forum
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
teehee you fixed it
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
I fixed it! I hate using scroll bars.....
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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
woo hoo for flash fire! you're awesome
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Mand's Girl....and The Not So Shy One
2,723 posts
Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Like pounce, I see it as a collection of landscapes as they are set up in people's threads.
I love hopping from the chateaux to Mand's thread for cake, then on to ponce's to see what kind of fun's going on there, etc.
It's a cool amalgamation of places and people.
Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
Your Face!
1,173 posts
Location: el paso, tx, USA
the way i see it is all that has been mentioned above but, all rolled into one! a very diverse but somewhat close nit society.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
-Albert Einstein-
Peanut butter... It fills the cracks of the soul! -Paul Blart-
Classic 90's Fire Dancer... Poi, Staff, Doubles, and Breathing
743 posts
Location: South Lake Tahoe, USA
Fire Spirit kicks back, and kisses his wisky bottle near the fire.
FIRE IS ALIVE!
IT LIVES AND BREATHS!
IT CONSUMES, AND DISTROYS!
BUT WE CONTROL IT,
AND DANCE WITH FIRE!!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
i agree with Lighning on the viliage thing.
Everyone has their own home - their intro thread.
Everyone has a shared place - Social discussion forum - its like a comunity centre
Ghostbuster
455 posts
Location: York, UK
to me it really looks like a tree house village, like the Ewoks had, and also like in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
2,568 posts
Location: sitting on the step
OOOOOooooo cool
a tree house WOOWOO she who sees from up high smiles
Patrick badger king: *they better hope there's never a jihad on stupidity*
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