Containment Random Thoughts & Questions

[Marvin]

Does Chris even know The Game Place is gone? I know he commented about how the Chinese buffet that replaced Golden Corral closed and he was happy, but anything about The Game Place?

Chris is aware. I think he's annoyed that he can't hang out there, but he feels vindicated by Snyder's bad luck. (Well, and by "bad luck", I mean Chris specifically feels like it was righteous judgement on Snyder.)

I've been curious about this actually, does Chris play Minecraft? I would have thought given his frivolous spending on LEGO that he might be all over it since it is basically just digital LEGO.

He could save himself a lot of space and money. He could build CWCville but not have to pay extortionate amounts of cash to do so.

Chris doesn't know what minecraft is. Though I could see him getting into it.

Also, Chris doesn't care about spending money. He buys legos very inefficiently. Like he buys from fingerhut a lot. Fingerhut is this site where you buy stuff on credit and the shipping contributes like a 50% markup on things. He could save money by buying his legos at Toys r Us. He doesn't care because the tugboat is magic and gets refilled every month.

 

[Stud2Stud]

Also, Chris doesn't care about spending money. He buys legos very inefficiently. Like he buys from fingerhut a lot. Fingerhut is this site where you buy stuff on credit and the shipping contributes like a 50% markup on things. He could save money by buying his legos at Toys r Us. He doesn't care because the tugboat is magic and gets refilled every month.

Without ever really being employed, I can't really blame Chris for not understanding the value of money (and thus wasting it in such a manner). Of course it's still somewhat annoying to see Chris piss away his few funds in such a terribly inefficient way, but it's not like Chris could know any better the way things are.
Money is just a weird resource that pops up every month and then gets drained by Chris without thinking about it. And ultimately, even if Chris was being more cost-efficient in his purchases he wouldn't keep the saved money, he'd just buy more useless crap.

So Chris bad spending habits only mean he's actively reducing the amount of goods he can purchase, he'd still burn all his money every month.

 

[spehgeddaboudit]

Without ever really being employed, I can't really blame Chris for not understanding the value of money (and thus wasting it in such a manner). Of course it's still somewhat annoying to see Chris piss away his few funds in such a terribly inefficient way, but it's not like Chris could know any better the way things are.
Money is just a weird resource that pops up every month and then gets drained by Chris without thinking about it. And ultimately, even if Chris was being more cost-efficient in his purchases he wouldn't keep the saved money, he'd just buy more useless crap.

So Chris bad spending habits only mean he's actively reducing the amount of goods he can purchase, he'd still burn all his money every month.

I've mentioned before that a lot of Christorians get angry about the tugboat as if the money would go back to the government or to a fund for orphaned puppies if Chris wasn't pissing it away each month. The reality is Chris didn't obtain the tugboat fraudulently and he isn't spending it fraudulently - the only person he's hurting is himself, as he could improve his quality of life if he managed his money responsibly, or had someone manage it for him. Alas, thanks to the negligence and apathy of Borb that's never going to happen, at least without a court intervening.

I don't know what happens behind the scenes, but I'm shocked that some scumbag hasn't leeched onto Chris to steal the tugboat every month, especially given his Internet infamy. If trolls are preventing that from happening, they could really be Chris's guardian angels.

 

[Gensdupays]

I don't see Chris getting into Minecraft. Mainly because of his obsession with "real" things that manifests itself mostly in his insistence of traditional mediums for his art. Minecraft is nothing but an impostor to LEGO. Nevermind that he owns many "impostors" of LEGO in the form of Kre-o, Mega Bloks, etc. It's all just that he likes making things with his hands, feeling the LEGO in his hands as he builds something.

 

[Marvin]

I don't see Chris getting into Minecraft. Mainly because of his obsession with "real" things that manifests itself mostly in his insistence of traditional mediums for his art. Minecraft is nothing but an impostor to LEGO. Nevermind that he owns many "impostors" of LEGO in the form of Kre-o, Mega Bloks, etc. It's all just that he likes making things with his hands, feeling the LEGO in his hands as he builds something.

He'd never treat it like a replacement for legos, of course. However he's always been a fan of video games as a creative medium. Like little big planet, for example.

 

[Gensdupays]

He'd never treat it like a replacement for legos, of course. However he's always been a fan of video games as a creative medium. Like little big planet, for example.

I just assumed that he'd treat it like Minecraft is trying to STEAL LEGO'S THUNDER or something like that despite LEGO being the biggest toy company and making a shitload off of people like him. It's also owned by Microsoft now so I guess that it wouldn't help.

 

[Picklechu]

I've been curious about this actually, does Chris play Minecraft? I would have thought given his frivolous spending on LEGO that he might be all over it since it is basically just digital LEGO.

He could save himself a lot of space and money. He could build CWCville but not have to pay extortionate amounts of cash to do so.

I vaguely recall someone on here saying that he dislikes it, although I'm having trouble finding where I read that.

I found a thumbnail of it on his archived MySpace page. A TinEye search for larger images didn't reveal anything, but I'll go looking through my collection of CWC photos and the CWCki to see if there's a larger version.

I have a larger version of it somewhere; I think I pulled it off of the CWCki a few years ago. I'll post it here later tonight if I can find it.

 

[Bluce Wee]

Was there a date set for the trial (or whatever court appearance he has to go through this month)?

 

[Trilby]

Was there a date set for the trial (or whatever court appearance he has to go through this month)?

Feb. 5th @ 9:30AM

 

[Bluce Wee]

Thanks.

 

[Honeyrabbit]

Seeing Chris's recent foray into album art design has made me think about Chris as an outsider artist. Perhaps unintentionally, his art captures a lot of common themes in the harsh noise scene; a low-quality, low-budget looking simplistic image largely in monochrome. Primitive-looking, even. It fits really nicely.

Could Chris be considered a modern day outsider artist? I don't know a whole lot about the visual arts, but he's the only example of an artist I can think of where people have paid full price for his amateurish artwork solely for the comedy factor attached to the name behind it. There are musicians who rose to prominence specifically by having interesting backstories, like The Shaggs, but Chris's artwork might be the best modern example of this - there's no actual quality in the artwork itself, and the appeal comes 100% from the name attached to it. But it's not even a positive name, like how someone might like Ringo Starr's MS Paint art because it's Ringo Starr. People are "into" Chris's art exclusively as a running joke.

Somehow I can imagine art collectors of the future bidding hundreds for a Chandler felt-tip original.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Seeing Chris's recent foray into album art design has made me think about Chris as an outsider artist. Perhaps unintentionally, his art captures a lot of common themes in the harsh noise scene; a low-quality, low-budget looking simplistic image largely in monochrome. Primitive-looking, even. It fits really nicely.

Could Chris be considered a modern day outsider artist? I don't know a whole lot about the visual arts, but he's the only example of an artist I can think of where people have paid full price for his amateurish artwork solely for the comedy factor attached to the name behind it. There are musicians who rose to prominence specifically by having interesting backstories, like The Shaggs, but Chris's artwork might be the best modern example of this - there's no actual quality in the artwork itself, and the appeal comes 100% from the name attached to it. But it's not even a positive name, like how someone might like Ringo Starr's MS Paint art because it's Ringo Starr. People are "into" Chris's art exclusively as a running joke.

Somehow I can imagine art collectors of the future bidding hundreds for a Chandler felt-tip original.

This is something I've often thought. In many ways, his art reminds me of the work of Henry Darger (and I'm not the first to say this) - the crude materials, the intricate fantasy world and above all, the insight into the workings and obsessions of a bizarre mind. In Chris' case, you also have the troll input and the fact that he employs pre-existing pop culture characters and derivatives thereof, which I'm sure an art critic could spin into a commentary on modern life or something. You couldn't invent anything quite this strange. But yeah, I could see him developing a cult following a la Francis E Dec or Henry Darger.

 

[timtommy]

This is something I've often thought. In many ways, his art reminds me of the work of Henry Darger (and I'm not the first to say this) - the crude materials, the intricate fantasy world and above all, the insight into the workings and obsessions of a bizarre mind. In Chris' case, you also have the troll input and the fact that he employs pre-existing pop culture characters and derivatives thereof, which I'm sure an art critic could spin into a commentary on modern life or something. You couldn't invent anything quite this strange. But yeah, I could see him developing a cult following a la Francis E Dec or Henry Darger.

Anything's possible I suppose. But of the 7 billion people in the world, a solid 5 billion are capable of making technically better and more interesting art than Chris. As you say, it is not always the best artists who get cult-followings. But wehy should it be Chris and not one of the other mediocre/shitty artists? It could be, but it would require a lot of luck.

 

[Marvin]

Seeing Chris's recent foray into album art design has made me think about Chris as an outsider artist. Perhaps unintentionally, his art captures a lot of common themes in the harsh noise scene; a low-quality, low-budget looking simplistic image largely in monochrome. Primitive-looking, even. It fits really nicely.

Could Chris be considered a modern day outsider artist? I don't know a whole lot about the visual arts, but he's the only example of an artist I can think of where people have paid full price for his amateurish artwork solely for the comedy factor attached to the name behind it. There are musicians who rose to prominence specifically by having interesting backstories, like The Shaggs, but Chris's artwork might be the best modern example of this - there's no actual quality in the artwork itself, and the appeal comes 100% from the name attached to it. But it's not even a positive name, like how someone might like Ringo Starr's MS Paint art because it's Ringo Starr. People are "into" Chris's art exclusively as a running joke.

Somehow I can imagine art collectors of the future bidding hundreds for a Chandler felt-tip original.

 

[Honeyrabbit]

I suppose my post was a bit long just to say "some people like Chris's art ironically"

 

[Marvin]

I suppose my post was a bit long just to say "some people like Chris's art ironically"

Heh, sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I meant to say that Tommy Wiseau's work is successful because it's ironically bad.

 

[AnOminous]

But yeah, I could see him developing a cult following a la Francis E Dec or Henry Darger.

Henry Darger's work showed a tremendous amount of talent, even without cutting it any slack as "outsider art." And Francis E. Dec, of course, was absolutely batshit loony tunes.

In any event, Darger's work gained recognition because it actually has intrinsic merit. In the case of Dec and Chris-Chan, their work is mainly famous because of its bad quality and because of the eccentric character of those who created it.

(Also, Darger actually worked for a living.)

 

[Chacho]

Hi. Long time lurker, first time posting.

Recently, I decided to read the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Series. What led me to this was Chris' outburst at Kengle getting the Sonic Super Digest with Blue Arms on the cover. I bought the digest from the grocery store and began reading, funny thing is, it wasn't bad at all.

So I decided I'd try and go deeper into the series, I ain't got shit to do, thats when I heard about Ian Flynn.

In case you don't know, Ian Flynn is the head writer at Archie for all the "Action Comic Series" they produce. (Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Universe, Mega Man, Sonic Boom.etc.) The thing that's a bit odd, is how similar his and Chris' stories are.

Ian Flynn got his job at Archie by sending in unsolicited proposals, the EXACT same thing Chris thought would get him the job at Archie. He had a website where he posted all about Sonic and the comic. Eventually they (Archie) liked what he sent and he got a job with them.

They are both the exact same age, having been born in 1982.

In short Ian is living Chris' dream. He found a sweetheart who works at Archie and they're married.

It's really a trip to think about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Flynn

 

[Trilby]

Henry Darger's work showed a tremendous amount of talent, even without cutting it any slack as "outsider art." And Francis E. Dec, of course, was absolutely batshit loony tunes.

In any event, Darger's work gained recognition because it actually has intrinsic merit. In the case of Dec and Chris-Chan, their work is mainly famous because of its bad quality and because of the eccentric character of those who created it.

(Also, Darger actually worked for a living.)

Just noticing the documentary on Darger's life, he definitely did quite a lot for someone of his time and place. I wouldn't put Chris in the same spot despite what the internet as done to magnify such personal ideals and work one may do. Darger had no outlet for what he did before his death.

 

[spylobster]

This is not a trolling attempt. But if you guys want Chris to wear "the classic" in his autograph photos then someone should send one to Chris in his respectable size. I think they're around 15 bucks. He has stated that he will wear a sonichu medallion on request but not "the classic" because it was lost in the fire. Just a little thought for y'all.