Hall of Fame
No. 06 · Class of 2026

MeetBench

The Cherries

The last of the day-one six: checked the camera, the mic and the line before anyone dared to say “can you hear me?”

Ready for the call

The plaque

Stage name
The Cherries
Instrument
A headset: the stems are the headband, the left cherry holds the mic, the right one hides the camera.
Day job
Checks your camera, microphone, headphones and network before a video call, in one pass.
Signature move
Telling you about the echo before your colleagues do.
Plays with
The other cherry (always: they share a stem).
Debut
September 28, 2026, the first day of fof.lol
Inducted
October 10, 2026

Meet it at work: MeetBench

The original

The logo you see on the site, in colour.

MeetBench
  • The cherry stems are the headband, joined in a knot at the top.
  • A twig from the left cherry curls to the mouth: the microphone.
  • The right cherry is an earcup with a camera lens; the leaf’s vein is a check mark, ready for the call.

On paper

The black-and-white version from the blog comics. Model sheet:

  1. calm
  2. on air
  3. you’re muted
  4. sly

Biography

Cherries come in pairs, and so do ears. MeetBench took the hint: two cherries on a shared stem became a headset, the left one grew a microphone, and the right one quietly got a camera lens.

In one pass it checks the camera, the microphone, the headphones and the network: ping and jitter, a short download and upload, latency while uploading, and whether the UDP traffic calls prefer gets through. Video and sound are analysed in your browser and never recorded or sent anywhere; the network tests go to Cloudflare, and Google’s public STUN server tells it your address.

In the comics the cherries are always delighted and always together: they cheer on the bench with all four hands. For their induction the microphone was moved to where it belongs, right by the mouth, as on the logo, and the face was shifted off the shadow of the cherry so you can see both eyes.

Greatest hits

Where to catch it in the blog comics: