{"id":58,"date":"2026-05-12T06:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:25:26","slug":"meet-explosiveclownnose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/12\/meet-explosiveclownnose\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet ExplosiveClownNose!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey, I\u2019m ExplosiveClownNose, I\u2019m an artist, game developer, and a contributor for Piddles.net.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>I am one of the authors for the Piddles.net blog, here I&#8217;ll post some of my opinion pieces about hoops&amp;yoyo, details about important moments in the communities history, and whatever else I can ramble about regarding eCards and Hallmark in general.<br \/><br \/><!--more--><br \/><br \/><strong>a little about my history with hoops&amp;yoyo:<\/strong><br \/><br \/>In November of 2024, while mindlessly scrolling on YouTube, I came across a video of a fan made hoops&amp;yoyo e-card. The thumbnail featured the duo in a red void, and I had some vague faint memory of seeing them on greeting cards as a kid, so I clicked on it. It, of course, was 1234Studios\u2019 \u201cDivorce Dance\u201d Animation, which at the time was circulating inside of YouTube\u2019s algorithm. <br \/><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ej3JlEOGfGo?si=O8SWvXZFZ_rJsOsy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <br \/><br \/>I don\u2019t know really what it was about it, but it immediately caused me to start looking into hoops&amp;yoyo on the internet, and I feel in deep. Within 3 or so days, I was non-stop watching and researching the duo, watching the TV specials back to back, and observing the community that was blooming in this time. I didn\u2019t know it at the time, but I was one of many people who also got into hoops&amp;yoyo during that time because of the YouTube algorithm pushing several hoops&amp;yoyo videos into the algorithm. <br \/><br \/>Now, at that point, I still had zero clue about Piddles.net, I saw that there was some reupload channels on YouTube with random cards, and some playlists, but nothing cohesive and beyond videos. So I was very surprised to find the website, which I found linked under DanielSWF\u2019s old hoops&amp;yoyo revival site, of all places. About 4 days later, I found<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4SQl4JrHMGI\"> the sample AR card.<\/a> Days turned to weeks and I found myself using this server as my main place to chat.<br \/><br \/>Over time I have grown extremely close to the community, and have primarily dealt with the moderation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/piddles.net\/discord\">associated Discord Server<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLWBa7z6z69fjywE67rNgENrx3GOlfj3x3&amp;si=lk5kVpdHPdVcyiTy\"> attempting to archive other more obscure eCard series<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/hoopsandyoyo\/\">moderating the r\/hoopsandyoyo subreddit<\/a> and assisting on community based projects, such as server events and polls. It&#8217;s been a year and a half since I found these characters, and they\u2019ve influenced my own personal work so much.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think that my love for these characters is going to die down anytime soon, and I\u2019m very glad to be apart of the team for Piddles.net. I wouldn&#8217;t have grown to appreciate the art of the eCard without this website.<br \/><br \/>Make sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/piddles.net\/assets\/pdf\/haysins2.pdf\">My Fan Character Guide<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/asteroidandy.com\/history\">what I wrote for AsteroidAndy.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/hopieandsadie.com\/\">Hopie and Sadie<\/a> &#8211; a modern day eCard website I co-direct.<br \/><br \/>I hope you have a good time exploring the pages that the site has to offer. Thanks for reading!<br \/><br \/>-ExplosiveClownNose<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, I\u2019m ExplosiveClownNose, I\u2019m an artist, game developer, and a contributor for Piddles.net.\u00a0 I am one of the authors for the Piddles.net blog, here I&#8217;ll post some of my opinion pieces about hoops&amp;yoyo, details about important moments in the communities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/12\/meet-explosiveclownnose\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-introductions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piddles.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}