Here at TSA we like to think of ourselves as pioneers of the PS3 fansite world. The leaders. The best. The most awesome. We’re not, naturally, but it’s our massive heads that keep telling us we are. Over the last 18 months we’ve seen some fun little memes come and go, here are some of the best - let us know in the comments if there’s any we forgot.
Haircuts: Started from this post about the Resistance 2 boxart and the screenshot with the Don Yuwanta Biscuit Company branding. Has since evolved into a standard TSA meme, encompassing the forum and the famous TSA Towers LittleBigPlanet level.
TSA Towers (LittleBigPlanet level): Probably the best thing anyone has ever done for TSA, AndyTorr’s outstanding TSA Towers level for LittleBigPlanet is supremely designed, laugh out loud funny and chock full of TSA memes.
£3.99: In reference to the ridiculous pricing of the first LittleBigPlanet t-shirt, resulting in quite a few related stories and usually ends up being quoted whenever anyone mentions anything remotely related to downloadable content which can now be measured in ‘t-shirts’. For example, Age of Booty, released on the 27/11/08, costs just over 1.5 t-shirts.
Source: Gets us out of all kinds of shit, usually. If you see a story suddenly disappear from the site, it’s because CollossalBlue ‘forgot’ to ‘blame’ someone else for the ‘leak’.
Stabbings and Rain: What we really wanted to see from Life With Playstation, instead of recycled AP news and webcams approximately 25 pixels across that seem to randomly select any old time of the day to make us think the feed is live. Clearly a joke not understood by all, but has multiple uses.
TSA’ers: Apparently we have readers, although if the unofficial TSA Playfire Fanclub is anything to go by, not many. Apparently the site is worth $25,000. We’ll take a cheque.
Tequila: The drink of choice at TSA Towers, although Michael only drinks pure fire, so it’s really just me. Probably excuses my massive proportions as the end of level boss in the TSA Towers LittleBigPlanet level. Occasionally mixed with reviews often to hilarious effect.
Flat: A little joke we put out a while ago pretending that a new, lite version of Home was coming, called ‘Flat’. It was meant to be an April Fools, but we were a month early (damned calendar) but that didn’t stop people believing us and then lots of sites ripped off our ‘exclusive’ which we thought was brilliant.
Don’t be a nob: The only rules of our forum. Sure, other sites might make you agree to all kinds of crap, but we don’t. Just don’t be a nob. Simple. Since transcended TSAN nights and become a feature of news posts - “Sony has been a nob” - and forum chatter - “I liked Haze, or have I just been a nob”?
Any more?
November 28th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Haha, nice. Now I finnaly understand Haircuts and stabbings and rain. Thanks
November 28th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
great post, I still don’t get the stabbing and rain though
Michael Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I get it all the time where I live.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
oooooooooooooooooooh now I get it.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
What about a home expansion (or perhaps reduction ) pack called “Bedsit” where all you do is smoke weed and take smack , and to fund your habit you have to sell all your furniture and White goods to other home users !! BRILLIANT !! LOL
Michael Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I like.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
People need to use Nob more in life. Combine that with head for a double whammy of power!
hannes_truce Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
i use my nob a lot… if only i could get more head…
(sorry)
andytorr Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Dude…
hannes_truce Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
i know
GamerRiley Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
5 stars
hannes_truce Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I dont deserve 5 starts, it was far to easy… lol
seedaripper1973 Says:
November 29th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
ok one then
November 28th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
No, I read Themes in the title
But the article made my day after the disappointment 
and the few seconds where I still thought it said themes I came up with an awesome idea; make some TSA Themes for the PS3
I’ve already made Pingu and myself custom themes for the PS3, and if I may say, I have skills xD I’ll make a brainstorming thread like the one Andy made for TSA Towers 
yay ^^,
You forgot Huskies though, I’ve seen them around here lately, Michael has made us all obsessed xD
Pixl1983 Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Hmmm good idea. I’ve just got a copy of the Adobe suite. I might give that a go!
Now where’s that thread…….
Revolution Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Finally got a boring class where I had time to make the thread ;P
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/forum/general-chat/tsa-themes-for-the-ps3/page-1/
colossalblue Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I did some wallpapers a while ago here:
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/forum/general-chat/free-stuff-from-me/page-1/?value=wallpaper%251&search=1&ret=all
but I stopped short of doing a complete theme because I don’t like changing my icons and typeface!
djhsecondnature Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Even like a TSA PS3 custom theme comp would be fun.
November 28th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Stars for posts? Well, I like them, anyway.
The main problem with TSA themes is that the default theme rocks my world.
November 28th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I have created a meme!!
Revolution Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
you’ve created the meme of all memes my friend
I’ve never heard that word meme before, is that like a form for memory? :S
andytorr Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I have no idea. But I have a longcat tattoo on my arm, which is also a meme
colossalblue Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
It’s like memories that are passed on without the need for learning.
Biologically they refer to what people might call “instincts” and make it possible for humans to learn new things because we don’t have to spend all our infancy re-learning all the basic things our ancestors have already learnt. We have a “meme-pool” just like we have a “gene-pool” so as a society we have learnt things, like how to breastfeed children, that have become instinctive and have no need to be taught.
In TSA terms it just means things that have entered the collective psyche.
seedaripper1973 Says:
November 29th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
ooohhh ark at him…
GamerRiley Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Well done Andy, you’re my hero. No you are! Really…..stop laughing!
November 28th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Did I forget sources somewhere? Did I get us in trouble? It sounds like something I’d do but nobody told me off for it.
Now I’m racked with guilt.
andytorr Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Maybe you are the cause of the scary legal thing Nofi mentioned. You SHOULD be racked with guilt. There is only one way of punishing such a crime, and thats the boo box.
colossalblue Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Probably, where do I go for my public whipping?
andytorr Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
The towers, of course
Pixl1983 Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Not the boo box NOOOOOOOOOoOoooOOo!
Hook. Classic film that!
andytorr Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I was worried after writing it, that nobody would have seen Hook
Not enough people have.
hannes_truce Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
those people clearly live sad lonely lives.
Pixl1983 Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
And need cleansing….
seedaripper1973 Says:
November 29th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
the horror!
November 28th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Random Quite Interesting fact - did ya know the chappie entered into aforementioned Boo box is actually a cameo from little known actor/ess (?) Glenn Close.
nerr.
Pixl1983 Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Get you with your deep well of cine-knowledge!
November 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
speaking of TSA Towers can anyone give me a clue to the passwords at the moment i only know that its, something shirt, thats for the forums anyway.
DAMNIT SOMEONE TELL ME OR I WON’T FIX MY CAPS LOCK BUTTON!!
andytorr Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Well, it hasn’t got shirt in it for a start
colossalblue Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
look on the forums description page or read the memes post and work it out. Or message me on PSN and ask me to just tell you like about 13 other people did.
November 28th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Great list, nofi
I think grammar and spelling are almost as important as not being a nob on the forum. It all comes down to grammar and spelling
And who could ever forget the legendary mysterious countdown on the main page?
November 28th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Whats a Michael?
November 28th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
This place makes me feel warm.
OOps nob comment.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I know a simple way of defining a meme.
A meme is something that confuses me.
Michael Says:
November 28th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
You may have started a meme here…
November 29th, 2008 at 11:52 am
I think Meme means ‘Tit’ as in Mum. It reminds one of one’s mum, when speaking of meme.
Has anybody noticed that the word ‘nob’ appears in nobody, but not once in anybody?
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 am
I feel smarter all ready!