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TomFulp

Age/Gender: 30, Male
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Hi there! In case you didn't know, I created newgrounds. No, it wasn't made by some giant company - just some dumb kid. I also co-founded the Behemoth; we made Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers. Yoink!

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Doppelgangers.

Posted by TomFulp Oct. 17, 2007 @ 10:26 PM EDT

There is a post with a link to a picture of a guy who looks kinda like me, although not really... He just has shaggy hair. Someone once sent me a newspaper clipping of a kid who REALLY looked like me, it was kinda freakish... I think I still have it somewhere but it would be packed away with college stuff. Like if I had actually met this guy and hung out with him, people might have thought we were twin brothers.

So I was thinking, it would be really cool to have a website for people to find their doppelgangers. Basically, everyone who signs up for the site can submit ONE picture, and it has to be very neutral, like a passport photo. The system them combs through all the other pictures and uses some visual algorithm to match you up with your doppelgangers on the site.

Additionally, you can fill out your general info - height, weight, hair, skin - and can search for people in your same range, to discover matches on your own. Users can submit doppelgangers to your page and vote on who is the closest. You can also befriend your doppelgangers and organize meetups.

Updated: 10/17/07 10:27 PM Log in to comment! | Share this!

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Oct. 17, 2007 | 10:48 PM kojama says:

Tom that may very well be the best idea ever! Btw that guy looks just like you!


Oct. 17, 2007 | 10:53 PM TheRealEggman says:

2nd.

also, please leave a reply. :P


Oct. 17, 2007 | 11:18 PM McFooFa says:

That's a pretty cool idea.

I actually saw this TV documentary where doppelgangers met up with eachother, and spent a day together.

It was really fun watching their expressions when they saw the other person for the first time.

It must be super awkward, though. D:


Oct. 17, 2007 | 11:23 PM newgiez says:

Actually, that is a pretty decent idea. They sort of have those for celebrities, but not quite.

But are you actually going to make a site about that, or are you just day dreaming while working on castle crashers?

Oct. 19, 2007 | 12:50 AM TomFulp responds:

Just tossing an idea out there... I get lots of website ideas but I usually don't share them because maybe some day I could make them into real sites... But probably not, because I never want to take the focus off NG and the whole flash console convergence dream crap.


Oct. 17, 2007 | 11:25 PM Coolio-Niato says:

For some reason this reminds me of that site that allows you to post your photo up and the program shows you the top matches of what celebrity you look like (male and female :S)

But lawl at your doppleganger XD


Oct. 17, 2007 | 11:33 PM fmafan1 says:

haha, tom look-a-likes...


Oct. 17, 2007 | 11:34 PM UnfathomableSin says:

That could be a very profitable website. Perhaps you may start something along the lines of that?

Also, how is it going with April?


Oct. 17, 2007 | 11:59 PM mega-ballin-pimp-sev says:

If you don't respond to this, you are gay


Oct. 18, 2007 | 2:13 AM spite-skater says:

Visual algorithm?
It may work better if users browse through the collection and pair them up manually. Using the general info could help out too.


Oct. 18, 2007 | 6:10 AM cellardoor6 says:

*Doppelgänger*

You have to do it with the Umlaut otherwise it doesn't look cool.

But there are sites like that already without the technological aspect. You'd have to get your hands on the face recognition programs police use to match face sketches to criminal mugshot in databases. It's a good idea, maybe I'll steal it.


Oct. 18, 2007 | 1:40 PM FBIpolux says:

Well what are you waiting for?! Make a new section to Newgrounds!!

Doppelganger Portal... :D


Oct. 18, 2007 | 3:46 PM Imacow says:

Sounds like a good place for pedo's to take 12 year old girls pictures and get them to belive they look alike, then arrange a meetup =P


Oct. 18, 2007 | 3:49 PM crazy-clown10 says:

good idea, you should do it, that way you can make a huge profit and take over the world


Oct. 18, 2007 | 4:45 PM Zaentz says:

I know, its pretty weird you see someone that looks like you .. or me, or him, or us *brain explode*
Some old friends of mine say that they saw a look-a-like me, pretty weird though..


Oct. 18, 2007 | 4:50 PM Yiffy says:

I'd send in pictures of hot porn stars to get hooked up.

lol


Oct. 18, 2007 | 5:54 PM herblin says:

Man this will go as far as the newgrounds stoe, Look Tom I'm sorry man , but shit I've come to this site for quite a while and dont take this wrong ok? Man I respect you n shit and you get insanely good ideas like newgrouns is one of my favriot sites but you seem to have a lot of plans that never go furthen then an idea.

No disrespect but I dont see this going any where man I wish I did because it really is a good idea and maybe someone with the knowlege and time till do it I dont know man


Oct. 18, 2007 | 6:34 PM smicothegreat says:

OMG you did it again tom, your ideas are like pico and me, THE BEST DAMN THINGS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!


Oct. 18, 2007 | 6:39 PM mafiaclock321 says:

POTATO!


Oct. 18, 2007 | 7:32 PM Iamgod00021 says:

I know there's a site that matches a picture of your face with pictures of celebrities. It probably could work the same but you'd need a bunches of people submitting pictures, to have any chance of someone remotely looking like you.


Oct. 18, 2007 | 8:32 PM jallo212 says:

Make a witty,short,and pointless post,damnit!


Oct. 18, 2007 | 9:27 PM IammeoramI says:

Sounds like a great way for pedopholies to get me! :D


Oct. 18, 2007 | 10:44 PM Infernalz says:

id sign up! always wanted to know if anyone looked like me...
even though i have a cousin, born on the exact same day, 10 years earlier, and the same name... well it cant get that much more similar... but still would want to know if theres anyone else!


Oct. 19, 2007 | 1:39 AM WishStar says:

I like Yiffy's idea.


Oct. 27, 2007 | 9:21 AM irrelivent says:

Wow. That might actually get you more attention than this site does! Lol.


Jan. 4, 2008 | 5:07 PM ilandman11 says:

pretty kool but mine is dead because once we were at a cemetary and there was a grave with my exact name and a grave next to it with my grandmas name and wats more is i was like 9 at the time and it said our little boy on the grave .....freaky shit huh?


Jan. 15, 2008 | 10:53 AM jakobhummelen says:

Yeah, my doppelgänger was in my hockeyteam.. that was kinda weird, after a while you notice differences in appearance though (I looked way better :P)

Btw: dont mean to be rude but I don't think a doppelgänger site would be fun.. what's the point right?


Jan. 21, 2008 | 9:54 PM railfun says:

yeah, when I moved i found a guy that looked like my friend except with blonde hair, then when I moved back he had died his hair blonde and I was freaking out for a minute.

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