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Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.
Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action. Animated…
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Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 7, 2026
Wayback CDX BadassBuddy GIF Captures
- Category
- badass buddy icons / play pong buddy icon
- Era
- Early-2000s Mainstream Portal
- Observed
- July 7, 2026 at 23:59 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 96×96 pixels
- File size
- 13.8 KB
- Motion
- Animated (12 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 7, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/55/5585a204029d1bbf0c7d6cb157babe3439a300e2675355013dd58884bd2e2410.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:03 UTC
- Archive ID
- 5585a204029d1bbf
- SHA-256
- 5585a204029d1bbf0c7d6cb157babe3439a300e2675355013dd58884bd2e2410
Content-safety assessments (2)
- Assessed
- July 22, 2026 at 13:51 UTC
- Run
- 89
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.089701
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 10, 2026 at 07:12 UTC
- Run
- 21
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- safe
- Overall score
- 0.950000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.
- Reviewed
- July 10, 2026 at 07:12 UTC
- Run
- 21
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 6,060 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 2,945, response 1,226
Review tags
- play pong text (text, 1.00)
- underscore play text (text, 1.00)
- contact sheet layout (composition, 0.95)
- pixel art style (style, 0.95)
- stick figure animation (subject, 0.95)
- 8 bit animation (animation, 0.90)
- gray background (color, 0.90)
- ping pong balls (object, 0.90)
Actions
- playing ping pong
- moving toward ball
- hitting ball
- standing apart from ball
Animation
- frame 0: figures standing apart with balls nearby
- frame 1: figures moving toward each other
- frame 2: figures closer together
- frame 3: figures in motion contact
- frame 4: ball near left figure
- frame 5: ball between figures
- frame 6: ball near right figure
- frame 7: figures returning to starting positions
- frame 8: figures standing apart again
- frame 9: figures moving toward each other
- frame 10: figures closer together
- frame 11: figures in motion contact
Animation Summary
12-frame pixelated animation showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls, progressing through positions from standing apart to hitting the ball in a 4x3 contact sheet layout
Colors
- yellow
- white
- gray
- black
Composition
- 4x3 grid layout
- uniform background
- text below action
Dense Caption
The image displays a 4x3 grid of animated frames featuring pixelated yellow stick figures engaged in ping pong gameplay against a solid gray background. Each frame contains two yellow stick figures (one facing left, one right) and white circular balls, with all text reading "Play Pong" beneath the action. The animation sequence shows progressive movement: initial positions have figures standing apart with balls nearby; mid-frames show figures in motion toward each other; later frames depict close contact as if hitting the ball. Stick figures maintain consistent yellow coloration with black outlines and simple rectangular bodies/limbs, while white balls appear solid without shading. The gray background is uniform across all frames, indicating transparency or a neutral display context. Each frame's text "Play Pong" uses a pixelated font with an underscore before "Play," suggesting this was designed for early internet interfaces where space constraints required compact labeling. Frame-to-frame changes focus on stick figure positioning and ball location rather than facial features or additional props.
Description
Animated contact sheet of 12 frames showing yellow stick figures playing ping pong with white balls on a gray background, each frame labeled "Play Pong" below the action.
Identity Hypotheses
- play pong buddy | basis both | confidence high | evidence: exact text matches visible label and source hint
Metadata Not Confirmed By Image
"badass buddy icons" is not visually supported by the simple, non-"badass" design; no explicit "buddy" branding beyond generic status icon context
Metadata Only Entities
- badass buddy icons
Metadata Supported By Image
- "play pong" text matches exact visible label
- pixelated style consistent with early internet graphics
- yellow stick figures match visual content
Mood
- playful
- simple
- retro
Named Entities
- Play Pong
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- yellow stick figure ping pong animation
- play pong text buddy icon
- pixelated 8-bit ping pong game
- 4x3 contact sheet play pong frames
- gray background yellow stick figures
Objects
- ping pong ball
- text label
Preprocessing Notes
- contact sheet layout 4x3
- sampled frame count 12
- source frame count 12
- gray transparency background visible across all frames
Safety Notes
- non-explicit cartoon-style animation with no nudity or violence
Source Metadata Interpretation
wayback-badassbuddy-gifs suggests nostalgic or retro-themed animation; "play pong buddy icon" implies this was used as a status indicator for playing ping pong in AOL Instant Messenger
Style
- pixel art
- 8-bit animation
- low-resolution graphics
Subjects
- yellow stick figures
- white ping pong balls
Visible Text
- Play Pong
- _Play Pong
Visually Supported Entities
- AOL Instant Messenger
- ping pong game
- 8-bit animation style
Wordwall
- yellow stick figures
- white ping pong balls
- gray background
- play pong text
- pixelated animation frames
- 4x3 contact sheet layout
- two stick figures per frame
- ball in motion between figures
- underscore before play text
- solid white circular balls
- black outlines on yellow figures
- frame-to-frame movement progression
- left-facing stick figure
- right-facing stick figure
- ping pong gameplay sequence
- text below each action
- pixelated font style
- gray transparency background
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Full source records (1)
Wayback CDX BadassBuddy GIF Captures (wayback-badassbuddy-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Early-2000s Mainstream Portal
- Type
- Wayback historical portal crawl
- Category
- badass buddy icons / play pong buddy icon
- Observed
- July 7, 2026 at 23:59 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- mainstream attitude/humor/brand portal icons
Original: http://www.badassbuddy.com/Badass_Buddy_Icons/Play_Pong_Buddy_Icon/?action=download Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222829id_/http://www.badassbuddy.com/Badass_Buddy_Icons/Play_Pong_Buddy_Icon/?action=download