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{{Infobox
{{Infobox Website
|name = Albino Blacksheep
|title = Albino Blacksheep
|Picture = Albino.jpg
|image = Albino Blacksheep website.png
|Maker = Steven Lerner
|imagecaption = A screenshot of Albino Blacksheep's website on April 8, 2023.
|Type = Website
|maker = Steve Lerner
|Release date = January 4th, 1999
|type = Website
|Quote = The Official logo.}}
|registered in = January 4th, 1999  
'''Albino Blacksheep (albinoblacksheep.com)''' is an animation website created by Steven Lerner in 1999,  
|written in = [[Adobe Flash Player]] (1999-2021), HTML5, Javascript
|status = Online
}}
[[File:Albino.jpg|left|80px]]'''Albino Blacksheep''' (ABS) is a [[website]] that was founded in 1999 by Steven Lerner, a student at the University of British Columbia. The website has gained popularity over the years for hosting humorous and entertaining content, including [[Flash]] animations, games, and videos. ABS has been a hub for independent animators and artists, and many of its hosted animations and videos have gone viral and become memes. The website has also played a significant role in popularizing the use of Flash animation on the internet. ABS was known for its community features, such as forums and chat rooms, which fostered a vibrant community of users who shared their own creative works, including animations and art. The website also facilitated user-generated content, including remixes of popular animations and games. However, due to the [[Adobe Flash Player#Its use in screamers|decline of Flash]] and the emergence of newer technologies, ABS now supports HTLM5 content.
==Background==
The website of ''Albino Blacksheep'' has a straightforward and user-friendly interface. The top section of the page features a navigation menu with links to different categories, such as "Animations", "Games", "Music", and "Art". Underneath the menu, a large banner displays artwork from one of the site's featured animations or games. Further down, a section showcases the most recently added content, enabling users to quickly find new additions to the site. The main content section of the site is organized into various categories, such as "Top Animations," "Top Games," and "Top Music," with thumbnail images, short descriptions, ratings, and view counts. The site also provides social features, allowing users to create an account, rate and comment on content, save their favorite content to their personal "Favorites" list, and engage in forums and chat rooms. One of the website's sections is the "Prank" section, which features a collection of humorous content, including practical jokes, hidden cameras, and notably, [[screamers]]. The section includes videos, images, and games that range from harmless pranks to elaborate hoaxes. ''Abino Blacksheep'''s prank section also includes [[reaction videos|hidden camera videos of people being scared or surprised]], humorous images and memes, and games and quizzes designed to be silly or absurd.
===History===
''Albino Blacksheep'' is a website that was established in 1999 by Steven Lerner. Initially, the website was created as a personal platform to share his own creations, such as animations and games, with the online community. However, as the website gained popularity, it expanded its scope to become a platform for other artists and creators to showcase their work as well. In the early 2000s, ''Albino Blacksheep'' was known for hosting some of the earliest and most well-known flash animations on the internet. The site became a center for viral videos and animations. Despite its success, ''Albino Blacksheep'' encountered some legal challenges in the mid-2000s. Certain content hosted on the website was copyrighted, which resulted in takedown notices and legal threats. To address the issue, Lerner began removing copyrighted content and focused more on original content and user submissions.


The website was originally created in Toronto, Canada on January 4, 1999. The website provided movies, animations as well as games: Mostly created with Adobe Flash, there is a "prank" section which contain [[screamers]], The website also features image galleries, audio and text files. in addition, there was a mobile section that provided ring tones, screensavers, and wallpaper for mobile phones.<ref>[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/mobile/ The Mobile Version] for Albino Blacksheep.</ref> they also sell plushie of the sheep as well.<ref>[https://makeship.com/products/albino-black-sheep The Plushie] of the Sheep.</ref>
In March 2020, the site changed the logo of the same sheep wearing a face mask in wake of the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], but later changed it back.
 
==Etymology==
The site now emulates flash after the shutdown of the flash plugin.
According to Steven Lerner, the name is an intentional oxymoron; by definition, a black sheep cannot be an albino because it quite obviously possesses skin pigmentation. He also points out that "black sheep" can also be interpreted as "outcast" and that the site's title could be interpreted to refer to an albino outcast.<ref>[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/meaning The Meaning] of the title.</ref>
 
==List of screamers==
=='''History'''==
{{MCategory|Albino Blacksheep}}
The website was founded on January 4, 1999 by Steven Lerner, to promote his band of the same name, with a little bit of information on the band Albino Blacksheep exists. In 2000, Steven took a webdesign course and redesigned the website. This new incarnation contained rants, graphical images, and a video stream from Lerner's video camera.
===Animations===
 
*[[ABC Song]] ''(user-submitted content)''
In 2004, Lerner's first famous work was first surfaced, with his site's Google bomb for French military victories. Between then and 2006, the site had been growing in popularity, receiving about 1.50 million pageviews per day.
*[[AV Test]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Chris the Jack-o-Lantern]] ''(user-submitted content)''
:*[[Chris the Jack-o-Lantern 2]]
:*[[Chris the Jack-o-Lantern 3]]
*[[Early Liquid Generation E-Card Sabotages]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[The Fact About Sajjad Ali]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Focus]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[The Hand Eye Coordination Test]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Inkblot Test]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Lidanude.jpg]]
*[[Optical Illusions (Liquid Generation)|Optical Illusions]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Subliminal Music and Images]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[This is Really Scary]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[The Ultimate Orgy]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[The Ultimate Showdown 2]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Urban Legends 3: Ghosts]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Where's Waldo?]] ''(user-submitted content)''


Albino Blacksheep is also famous for being a major portal for Flash animation and animutation (a Flash animation style created by Neil Cicierega in 2001). The popular Web game Musical Lantern can be found on this site.<ref>albinoblacksheep.com/flash/lantern</ref> The website also helped the band [[Wikipedia:Tally Hall|Tally Hall]] achieve some notability after posting their music video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yModCU1OVHY Banana Man].
===Videos===
*[[Forest-wmv]] (as forest.mp4) ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[Good Intentions]] ''(user-submitted content)''
*[[TW-Jumpscare]] ''(user-submitted content)''


On April 1, 2007, Lerner changed the site as a joke homepage, it was designed to trick people think that the site had been bought and turned into "Google Animations". The joke was reinforced by a fake blog stating that "''Albino Blacksheep has been acquired by Google Inc. for roughly $32 million in stock options. The deal was discussed over a casual breakfast in Mountain View, California between the Canadian-born founder of Albino Blacksheep and the Google co-founders and CEO. Plans are underway for Google Inc. to tie its services and software into the former Albino Blacksheep website which will go by the new name [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/archive/aprilfools2007 Google Animation].''"
===Games===
 
*[[The Black Button]] ''(user-submitted content)''
As of March 2020, the site changed the logo with the same sheep but wearing a face mask.
*[[Color Vision Deficiency Test]] ''(user-submitted content)''
=='''Etymology'''==
*[[Simple Game]] ''(user-submitted content)''
According to Steven Lerner, the name is an intentional oxymoron; by definition, a black sheep cannot be an albino because it quite obviously possesses skin pigmentation. He also points out that "black sheep" can also be interpreted as "outcast" and that the site's title could be interpreted to refer to an albino outcast.<ref>[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/meaning The Meaning] of the title.</ref>
*[[Steady Hand]] ''(user-submitted content)''
=='''Notes and References'''==
==References==
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== Links ==
== Links ==
* '''Wikipedia''': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albino_Blacksheep
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albino_Blacksheep
* '''''[[:Category:Albino Blacksheep|Albino Blacksheep Category]]'''''
* '''''[[:Category:Albino Blacksheep|Albino Blacksheep Category]]'''''
<u>NOTE</u>: The following website contains lots of [[screamers]]!
<u>NOTE</u>: The following website contains lots of [[screamers]]!
* '''Flash Pranks''': albinoblacksheep.com/flash/prank
* '''Flash Pranks''': albinoblacksheep.com/flash/prank
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Latest revision as of 00:18, 19 December 2023

Albino Blacksheep (ABS) is a website that was founded in 1999 by Steven Lerner, a student at the University of British Columbia. The website has gained popularity over the years for hosting humorous and entertaining content, including Flash animations, games, and videos. ABS has been a hub for independent animators and artists, and many of its hosted animations and videos have gone viral and become memes. The website has also played a significant role in popularizing the use of Flash animation on the internet. ABS was known for its community features, such as forums and chat rooms, which fostered a vibrant community of users who shared their own creative works, including animations and art. The website also facilitated user-generated content, including remixes of popular animations and games. However, due to the decline of Flash and the emergence of newer technologies, ABS now supports HTLM5 content.

Background

The website of Albino Blacksheep has a straightforward and user-friendly interface. The top section of the page features a navigation menu with links to different categories, such as "Animations", "Games", "Music", and "Art". Underneath the menu, a large banner displays artwork from one of the site's featured animations or games. Further down, a section showcases the most recently added content, enabling users to quickly find new additions to the site. The main content section of the site is organized into various categories, such as "Top Animations," "Top Games," and "Top Music," with thumbnail images, short descriptions, ratings, and view counts. The site also provides social features, allowing users to create an account, rate and comment on content, save their favorite content to their personal "Favorites" list, and engage in forums and chat rooms. One of the website's sections is the "Prank" section, which features a collection of humorous content, including practical jokes, hidden cameras, and notably, screamers. The section includes videos, images, and games that range from harmless pranks to elaborate hoaxes. Abino Blacksheep's prank section also includes hidden camera videos of people being scared or surprised, humorous images and memes, and games and quizzes designed to be silly or absurd.

History

Albino Blacksheep is a website that was established in 1999 by Steven Lerner. Initially, the website was created as a personal platform to share his own creations, such as animations and games, with the online community. However, as the website gained popularity, it expanded its scope to become a platform for other artists and creators to showcase their work as well. In the early 2000s, Albino Blacksheep was known for hosting some of the earliest and most well-known flash animations on the internet. The site became a center for viral videos and animations. Despite its success, Albino Blacksheep encountered some legal challenges in the mid-2000s. Certain content hosted on the website was copyrighted, which resulted in takedown notices and legal threats. To address the issue, Lerner began removing copyrighted content and focused more on original content and user submissions.

In March 2020, the site changed the logo of the same sheep wearing a face mask in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but later changed it back.

Etymology

According to Steven Lerner, the name is an intentional oxymoron; by definition, a black sheep cannot be an albino because it quite obviously possesses skin pigmentation. He also points out that "black sheep" can also be interpreted as "outcast" and that the site's title could be interpreted to refer to an albino outcast.[1]

List of screamers

Main Category: Category:Albino Blacksheep

Animations

Videos

Games

References

  1. The Meaning of the title.

Links

NOTE: The following website contains lots of screamers!

  • Flash Pranks: albinoblacksheep.com/flash/prank

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