User:RadioFSoftware
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| RFS Media Productions |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | May 20, 1995 |
| Headquarters |  Texas, United States
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| Key people | Justin Bardin, Dan Gusak, Casey Steward, Jason Gleckner, Adam Huerta |
| Industry | Internet Media |
| Products | RFSHQ, UpUrs, AUnet, RFSH-U, various video series |
| Revenue |  USD$-300 (2006) |
| Employees | 2 (2006) |
| Slogan | "Yes, you can touch it." |
| Website | RFS Media Productions HQ |
RFS (born Justin Bardin on April 13, 1988 and also known as Radio F Software and Psygnos) is an American writer and comedian. He is the co-owner of the online media company RFS Media Productions which specializes in website design and content, among other ventures. He is Draconic and avidly pursues several interests and hobbies including robot combat and online gaming. He has assumed the penname "RFS" and normally prefers it over his birth name "Justin". RFS graduated from Rockport-Fulton High School in 2006 and currently attends Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, majoring in journalism and public relations.
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[edit] Draconity
RFS joined the Draconic community in 2003 after many pursuits of self-identity. "His" dragon oddly enough is lavender in appearance, although male. RFS says this is what he sees himself as, and holds to it regardless of the unique and ridiculous coloration. The dragon's name is "Sigma-Magnus (Sigmagnus) Psygnos". Each part of the name is derived from certain aspects of both RFS' and Sigma's life. "Sigma" represents science & intelligence, "Magnus" is derived from the word "magnanimous" meaning "generous spirit", and "Psygnos" is an alternate spelling of the constellation "Cygnus" symbolizing flight.
RFS' drawn artwork and fictional stories are based heavily on "lucid dreams and memories of a past life". Although his dragon-related works are few and far between, he claims each piece is very personal and carries a message. Because of his Draconity, RFS has been the victim of many trolling attempts both at Miniclip and on his own websites. Ironically, RFS is also a member and regular contributor to Something Awful, who bases comedy off of the Draconic community from time to time.
[edit] Radio F
Radio F is the name of the comedy group that was assimilated by RFS and Adam Huerta in 1995. The group's name came from the fact that they were using a boom box stereo to record their jokes and skits onto cassette tapes (with a radio function). The first cassette is known as "Justin & Adam's Stupid STUFF", with special emphasis on "stuff" when pronounced. Among the first words said into the tape were "Hello this is FUCK Radio" by Adam Huerta. The name was taken as a joke, but after the initial recordings the name loosely became associated with RFS and Adam. Their audience, at the time, was their classmates at Fulton Elementary. They were known for their antics and jokes, and RFS constatnly being sent to In-School Suspension (ISS) from Physical Education class.
Originally the group was named FUCK Radio ("FUCK" pronounced as individual letters) as a joke until the name became solid with the group. During this time the group produced several joke FUCK Radio Magazine issues that had violent comics involving Sonic the Hedgehog, rude and vulgar humor, and essentially toilet humor. Four issues were drawn up, none of them remain today. The original cassette tapes exist, but have deteriorated significatly due to exposure, and the pitch of the first 30 minutes of the first tape is set too high. FUCK Radio existed as a novelty comedy group that was easily worth a laugh or two on a daily basis. The comic duo were quick with wits, and as avid gamers, on top of new games and ready to rip on them.
The group became F Radio or F--- Radio (pronounced "F Dash Dash Dash Radio") in 1997 for public reasons, one of which being the fact that the school nor their parents were happy with their name or humor. The group turned to fiction humor rather than outright vulgarness, even though tendencies to lash out were picked up in the second tape "Adventures & Shit". The second tape showcased several verbal "fanfics" involving more Sonic the Hedgehog characters and situations, along with characters from several other video games including Vectorman, Banjo Kazooie, and Bubsy (whose opening theme of "Bubsybubsybubsybubsy Bobcat" was purposely mispronounced as "Bubsybubsybubsybubsy Bubshit" on several occasions). "Live shows" during the school recess hours became a rarity because of the trouble caused in the past.
In 1999 the group was changed to Radio F and their third and final tape "FUCK RADIO" went into production. The group opted to name the tape as their old group name as a final "goodbye" since they figured out they were on the decline and four years of recycled trashy humor wasn't going to work anymore. The third tape went unfinished, with skits ranging from Radio F & Sonic crossovers to the classic "Nicky" skits which revolved around a fictious classmate with hypnotic vision. One side of the tape is complete, the other side has a few skits followed by 75 minutes of static after which there is a message by RFS saying "Zap the zippers", the cheat code to remove the boost arrows from the Nintendo 64 game Diddy Kong Racing. The code was recorded into the last 5 minutes of tape as a parody since the code is shown at the very end of the game. After the code is the last few seconds of The Star Spangled Banner, the song used when television stations would go off-air.
The group saw new hope with the rising of Pokemon in 1999/2000. The viral game proved to be a false omen and ended up being the reason the group would break up in 2000 over content disputes, among other reasons. The untimely demise left the group as individuals, and during this time RFS actively pursued research in the Missingno glitch in Pokemon Red & Blue and creating Pokemon fansites. He also used this time to write his only Sonic the Hedgehog fanfic which went on to win a few small awards from various small websites. The name of the story, and all traces of it have since been removed from the Internet and it is "pending revision". Shortly after the break up of the group RFS got involved filming segments for a video series named Code: BS. His original proposed name was The Radio F Show [2002] but was rejected and other names were cycled through.
RFS drifted through middle school loosely throwing the name "Radio F" around, to no avail. In 2003, while taking programming classes in high school, RFS wanted to show off some prank programs he wrote in C++ that would make computers cease operation. He credited himself as Radio F Software, which would later play apart in the eventual revival of the group. The name Radio F Software was set in stone when modifications for the Robot Arena 2 game were made, along with fiddling around in site design, Flash animation, and modifications of Atari 2600 games. During this time he restarted the comedy once again with the debut of his website "RFSHQ" on May 9, 2004. The content on the site and method it's managed was inspired by Something Awful and Seanbaby.
2004 was a decent year for the newly reborn "group" when Game Informer magazine (which ironically would be the bane of RFS' future job) interviewed them for a November 2004 article titled "Homebrew Gaming Under Fire?". The article outlined how the company Infogrames (the publishers of Robot Arena 2, more irony) was filing cease and desist letters with creators of modified Atari 2600 games. The article helped shed light on the subject and community, allowing people to freely speak their minds. At the time of interview, the group asked to remain anonymous in fear that Infogrames would turn on Radio F Software.
In 2006, the group was re-established as a formal company under the name RFS Media Productions. The company, although with a new cast and crew, exists to this day.
[edit] The Cassettes
The original FUCK Radio tape was recorded in procession; it was an ongoing project that was recorded and re-recorded and added onto constantly. The tapes were passed around and shared among RFS and Adam's classmates; this was how the more questionable content was safely shared. Despite the wide number of listeners of the original tapes, there was no vandalism to the tapes whatsoever. A fourth tape exists that was recorded onto a microcassette by RFS and Casey Steward with new kinds of jokes and skits. This tape, which was in the possession of Steward, has since been lost. A fifth "tape" was also recorded onto a digital voice recorder by RFS and Steward, but the contents of the recorder were destroyed when the batteries leaked into the electronics.
"Justin & Adam's Stupid STUFF", issued in 1995, contained a lot of vulgarity in the skits. The tape was created while the members of FUCK Radio were in 2nd to 3rd grade, so toilet humor was only natural, but not necessarily to the extent that was taken in the tape. Actually confiscated by one of the elementary school teachers, the tape was recovered when the group stole it back.
"Adventures & Shit", released in 1997, was a slightly less vociferous tape with much less profanity and focused mainly on spoof Sonic the Hedgehog stories that were mostly improvised on the spot. The said stories had jokes and one liners thrown in left and right to keep listeners intersted, along with references to then popular video games.
"FUCK RADIO", the final tape from 1999, was the last official skit tape that was recorded by RFS and Adam. The last skit they were together in was called "PokePorn", and ironically the very next week the group disbanded over arguments of future content, conflicts of interest, and family matters. The tape went incomplete with several minutes of static until the end of the tape where a cryptic message was given along with a recording of The Star Spangled Banner. Parts of the static were recorded over with filler in 2001 & 2002.
"Unnamed Tape #4" was an extra tape that was produced in 2001 by RFS and Casey Steward; Adam Huerta makes no appearances whatsoever in the tape. These skits were recorded into a microcassette by Steward (who still owns the tape) and were not of the same level of vulgarity as the "official" three Radio F tapes. Instead, these jokes included more tounge-in-cheek and lighthearted jokes and references to Pokemon and pop culture.
"Unnamed Tape #5" was another production of RFS and Casey Steward in 2004. The content of the "tape" was actually stored on a digital voice recorder and at one point in time was actually archived to a computer (which later suffered a hard drive failure). The actual content itself was lost when the batteries leaked in the voice recorder. This "digital tape" was a continuation of the first RFS/Steward tape but was significantly more adult in nature.
"Unnamed Tape #6" is an announced side-project of the group. The "tape" will be the second installment in the series of Radio F to actually not be a tape at all (the other being Unnamed Tape #5, recorded onto digital media) and is being worked on largely by RFS and Jason Gleckner, with Casey Steward expected to be featured in a few tracks.
[edit] The Magazines
"FUCK Radio Magazine" was a series of short 10-16 page "magazines" that were produced from 1995 - 1996. The magazines were shared much in the same way as the cassette tapes. They were given out to friends who let their friends borrow them, ultimately ending up back where they started. However, paper was less durable than the hard plastic of the tapes, and even though 2 - 4 copies of each issue were made, none of them exist to this day for one reason or another. The magazines consisted of an opening message from RFS or Adam, followed by some form of picture making fun of a popular TV show or video game. The rest of the magazine was a mixture of comics and stories or joke reviews of video games.
Issue 1 contained a compilation of symbols that the group had come up with to represent various swear words, the most notable being an upward arrow with a line over it which represented "fuck". This would later become the symbol used to represent the group, and in the future be the logo of the company RFS Media Productions. The issue also contianed several short stories about a classmate who they nicknamed "Dalton" that had a fictous fascination with humping everything.
Issue 2's main attraction was a column called "Shakespeare Shit" which included a short but memorable quote written by Adam in responce to a class assignment involving the analyzation of a Shakespearian work. The original message stated that a rose will not change if it is called a weed, which prompted Adam to respond with "if a rose is a weed then I gotta go smoke it and take BIG BIG puffs". Lyrics to their only song "Smash Time" would be included in this issue also.
Issue 3 was a compilation of the "Nicky Stories", a series of humorous tales of Nicky, a classmate, getting what was coming to him. The stories involved his Bike Rodeo trophy, which both RFS and Adam claim was unfair (and that RFS deserved it) and mention Nicky's "hypnotic vision" when he accepted his award onstage. Readings of the stories were saved onto the first cassette.
Issue 4, dubbed "The FUCK Radio Dictionary", was a collection of joke definitions of various movie names, songs, actors, made up slang, and other messages. The bulk of issue four was recorded and saved onto the final cassette tape, but none of the artwork that matched the definitions is available.
[edit] Radio F Members
- Alex Bardin: 1999 - present (infrequent contributor, Radio F Show / RFSHQ)
- Justin Bardin: 1995 - present
- Jason Gleckner: 2005 - present
- Dan Gusak: 2004 - present
- Adam Huerta: 1995 - 2000
- Nicholas Mangaro: 2007 - present (infrequent contributor, Radio F Show)
- Travis Mauzy: 2004 - present (infrequent contributor, Radio F Show)
- Casey Steward: 2000 - 2005
[edit] RFS Media Productions
RFS Media Productions is the formal version of 1995's FUCK Radio. The group became a company in January 2006 when website partners RFS and Dan "goose" Gusak established the company. RFS Media Productions creates websites and website content, and also showcases original never-before-seen content on their website, which is named "RFSHQ". The slogan of the company is "Yes, you can touch it." which plays on the joke that when there's something new and cool, you normally ask to touch it.
The three main websites they manage include:
- RFSHQ: The original site, and hub of all content.
- UpUrs: A free image hosting service coded by goose.
- AUnet: A flash loop website.
The websites were named is succession, all being five characters long for their official names. AUnet is short for aceuplink.net (the domain) which was purchased as a way to contend with the expiration of "rival" website AceUplink.
[edit] Discography
As "FUCK Radio"
- Justin & Adam's Stupid STUFF (1995)
- FUCK Radio: The Songs (1996)
- Adventures & Shit (1997)
- FUCK RADIO (1999)
- Unnamed Tape #4 (2001)
- Unnamed Tape #5 (2004)
- The Best Of FUCK Radio (2007)
As "Radio F"
- No More Lonely Nights (2001)
- Stuck On The Rollerslide (2001)
- Eleven Dollars In Ones (2002)
- This Is Me (2005)
- Rizzadio Rewind (The Best Of Radio F) (2007)
- TAS 1001 (2007)
As "RFS Media Productions"
- Club Penguin: The Unofficial Soundtrack (2006)
- The Unofficial Cosmic Spacehead Soundtrack (2006)
- Having Fun? (The Unofficial Assault Rigs Soundtrack) (2007)
As "J. Andre Bardin"
- Live @ The Celebration Of Lights (2007)
As "Jimmy Page Against The Machine"
- Dear God (2007)
As "Missing Number"
- All-Day Ticket (2006) (cancelled)
As "The Wink Martindale 3000"
- The Wink Martindale 3000 Is Who We Are (2005)
[edit] Filmography
As "Justin Bardin"
- Code: BS (Internet series) (2001 - 2004 & 2006)
- Del Mar College: Robotics Promo (2004)
- It's All Random Shit (Internet series) (2006)
- The Radio F Show (Internet series) (2004 - 2006)
As "J. Andre Bardin"
As "RFS"
[edit] Publications
As "Justin Bardin"
- Authors Of Tomorrow (featured) (2005)
- Reasonover's Land Measures (proofreading) (2006)
- The Dragon, Or The Egg? (2007)
[edit] Performances
[edit] Game Creation
As "Radio F Software"
- Robot Arena 2 [Mods] (PC) (2003 - 2005)
- Tonka Monster Trucks [Mods] (PC) (2003)
- Hot Wheels Crash [Mods] (PC) (2003)
- Pineapple2000 (Space Invaders) (Atari 2600) (2004)
- Ohio Weedeater Mishap (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) (Atari 2600) (2004)
- Ban Hammer (Tron Deadly Discs) (Atari 2600) (2006)
- Bad Ass Goose (Dark Cavern) (Atari 2600) (2006)
