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The Legend of the Greasepole
  • The Game
  • The Legend
  • The Creation
  • Origin Story
  • Photography
  • Art Development
  • Frosh Art
  • Sound
  • Marketing
  • IntelliFrosh AI
  • Code on GitHub
Early conceptual sketch of the Pole Game

Origin Story

From a fever dream in July '96 to a 640x480 masterpiece, you'll wonder how we survived.

Frosh pyramid forming at the Greasepole

Photography

A Nikon Coolpix, Frosh Week '97, and pit-side fun.

Building the megaphone in 3D Studio MAX

Art Development

How a milk jug became a megaphone, and Iron Rings are forged in 3D.

Frosh character evolution

Frosh Art

50 hand-drawn poses, two months of paper sketches, and plaid pants.

Queen's Bands bagpipers

Sound

TASCAM field recordings from the pit, CFRC studio outtakes, and Queen's Bands live.

Marketing the Legend of the Greasepole

Marketing

CD covers, campus propaganda, and the full-colour ad blitz that gave us TetherFrosh.

Zambesi - I think you need a new brain!

IntelliFrosh AI

25 behaviors, 5,000 lines of code, and a neural network named after a Monty Python sketch.

Greasepole code migration

Code on GitHub

Online and Local Versions. Now open source.

The Game The Legend The Creation

Legend of the Greasepole Website maintained by Rob Burke, Sci '99 (resurrected Jan 2026).