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> Captchalogue bag of dice
As a well-respected tabletop roleplayer, you would of course never be caught anywhere without a dice bag at least the size of your fist. You store the BAG OF DICE in your DOUBLY LINKED LIST MODUS, which only shows you one item at a time and requires you to scroll through your items to find the right one. Fortunately, this is your only captchalogued item for now.
Sburb
Hello. 1 have found a game called Sburb. 1 f1gured that 1 would try to mod1fy 1t so that 1 can use 1t w1th my own fr1ends. That’s why 1 have made th1s blog, so we can document what we do 1n th1s game and ask for help along the way.
1 have come across a problem wh1le mod1fy1ng though, there’s some c1phered text 1n the code that 1 cannot crack. 1’ll post them 1n a second and please, 1t would do me much pleasure for someone to solve these two c1phers.
-computationalLikeness
I already have my own irons in the fire, but this may be of interest to some of you.
Examine strangely-coloured portions of screen
You're not sure what is causing the MYSTERY HEAD GLITCH, but it often leaves strange artifacts like these. Sometimes they disappear when you drag a window over them, and sometimes they don't. Curiously, two specific locations always produce these weird "phantom shortcut" things. You haven't had any luck trying to do anything with them in the past, but you woke up this morning with a new idea to try!
Answer chum.
-- lightweightPuzzler [LP] began pestering dichotomousCreator [DC] at 09:36 -- LP: wazzzzzzzzzaaaaaaaaap DC: Well, apparently you are talking to me in an ironically crude manner for some reason. LP: u kno it biobrome DC: I couldn't say why though. LP: But seriously how excited are you? LP: the sun came UP this morning DC: Reasonably. The lack of hype has be- LP: Yeah. I know. Nobody's been paying any attention at all. DC: Not very, really. The sun's public relations department have failed to generate any real interest, and their R&D and creative teams aren't producing any standout new material. LP: Right? If SOLCorp doesn't get their act together, I'm not going to be surprised if Alpha100i tries to make a move on the market. DC: Oh, that's unlikely to happen. SOLCorp has a total monopoly on the market, that's why they can afford to be so lax. It's a dark, dark day for the star market. DC: Figuratively speaking. LP: Did you get a chance to take a look at Alpha100i's new exoplanet? LP: Astrospeculators say the existence of the first means that there's plenty more that they're just keeping behind the scenes. DC: Not yet, actually. Been busy with a whole lot of other projects, releases, rumors, etc. Too many irons in the fire, you know how it is. Do elaborate. LP: The planet is, uh "plane" to see? LP: I'm actually a little stymied on this one. LP: Really, though, how do you feel about being our leader? LP: Anxious at all? DC: Given that I wasn't aware of the arrangement prior to your query? Evidently not. DC: However, I have no problems with it now that you mention it. DC: I presume you're referring to the same co-op game LL mentioned earlier? LP: What else IS there? DC: Do you really want me to answer that? DC: Because I could. In exhaustive detail. LP: indubitably. LP: and exhaustively. LP: Brevity be the soul of wit, shawty. DC: Ah, but the exercise wouldn't be performed with the goal of wit in mind. I would merely be being informative. LP: Jeez some days you're drier than a rock LP: (dear eliza, dear eliza) DC: Only some days? I'm flattered. LP: Flattery is the sincerest form of... LP: wait, no. DC: Compliments aside, have you been able to discover anything about this game we are planning to play? My usual sources have turned up surprisingly little. LP: Right! It's been surprisingly hush in the normal streams. LP: Maybe it's too domestic for some people? LP: The only thing I was impressed by was the file size. LP: It's compressed something fierce, something really impressive, DC: It's worse than that. I've tried looking outside the normal streams as well, and there's STILL almost nothing. There's the occasional piece of information suggesting the co-op element, but even that doesn't appear to have a reliable source. DC: Wait, file size? How do you know that? LP: Hmmmmm. LP: Oh. uh. I. LP: You know, I couldn't help but be curious! DC: That's not information that anyone has any reason to release OR be interested in. DC: And furthermore, it's not information I've seen available anywhere. Have you somehow gotten your hands on a copy already? LP: The first computer I tried to run it on seized up and died something fierce. DC: Strange. Are there any system requirements you could find? LP: I don't know - I was running it straight from the cloud server. Might be something you need to host locally? DC: You found it on a cloud server? Was there any security around it? LP: Nothing I couldn't get around... it's not really designed for "security" so much as "obfuscation". DC: I'm just beginning to wonder why this apparent leak hasn't become more widespread. LP: It's supposed to be released this coming week, right? LP: Maybe the people interested in the game are self-selected for patience. DC: So that makes you some sort of anomaly, then? LP: Well, I'm kind of in limbo, I guess. LP: Curiosity killed the cat, for now. DC: Well, I suppose there's no harm in getting a head start on everyone else. DC: Assuming you're planning to distribute the game amongst us so we can get started, of course. LP: Of course, of course. DC: Oh, I should ask whether you were able to find any other information on this cloud server (or any other connections, etc), but of course the answer will be "no, it was empty other than the game files because this whole thing is terribly, terribly mysterious" LP: Uhh, yeah, pretty much. LP: It's also kind of hard to track database contents in the cloud... LP: being a cloud. DC: Don't mind me, I'm just starting to get annoyed about how secretive this whole thing has been. DC: I suppose given that we have the game now I should stop complaining. LP: I can understand. You're a programmer, you want the data in front of you. DC: Something like that. LP: I guess that makes me a storyteller, wanting to see it slowly unfold. DC: Well, luckily for you, the "Sburb saga" will have to slowly unfold at a later date. I have other things to attend to right now, I'm afraid. LP: could you BE any more cryptic? -- lightweightPuzzler [LP] ceased pestering dichotomousCreator [DC] at 10:10 --
LP has a habit of criticizing your occasionally cryptic behaviour, but only because he doesn't know that it's for his own good, so you generally forgive him.
Waste time.
What an excellent idea! You sit down and prepare yourself for a thorough time-wasting session, but just as you're about to begin another one of your chums starts pestering you. Don't they know you're trying to waste time here?
Luke: Answer LL.
[10:46:10] -- lackadaisyLogic [LL] began pestering dichotomousCreator [DC] at 10:46 -- [10:46:15] LL: Hey there! [10:46:47] DC: Ah, good afternoon. How are you today? [10:47:09] LL: I've been doing fairly well, though I've been more excited recently than not! [10:47:35] DC: Oh, really? Please, explain this excitement discrepancy! [10:48:23] LL: You mean you're not excited?! [10:48:33] LL: For the game, silly! [10:49:21] DC: I participate in far too many games for that to narrow it down, I'm afraid. To which game do you refer? [10:49:42] LL: Boo. I can't believe you really don't remember. [10:50:12] DC: On the contrary, I remember several things to which you could be referring. [10:50:32] LL: I'll just be blunt, then. [10:50:43] DC: ...oh, wait. Is this that Sburb thing? [10:50:51] LL: YES. [10:50:52] LL: FINALLY HE REMEMBERS. [10:51:07] LL: We've all been talking about this for like the longest time! [10:51:22] LL: And I'M the one with memory trouble. [10:51:29] DC: Well you COULD have been talking about that MMOFPSRPG thing that's coming out next month, OR the tabletop roleplaying affair that's scheduled for two weeks for now, or... [10:51:45] LL: Okay okay, I get it. [10:51:48] DC: I didn't wish to appear presumptuous with regards to your subject matter. Nevertheless, continue. [10:52:02] LL: And...sorry for freaking out there. [10:52:18] LL: But yes, I'm quite excited for Sburb! [10:52:26] DC: Quite alright. I would classify that as a "minor flip-out" at worst. [10:52:58] DC: I'll admit, Sburb has me incredibly curious. I've been through all my usual sources and then some, and information on it is ridiculously scarce. [10:53:43] LL: Really? That's something interesting. [10:53:50] LL: And kinda weird, too. [10:54:19] DC: Yeah...usually they run pre-release promotions, or someone leaks something, or they field interviews... [10:54:27] DC: The lack of hype building is...suspicious, almost. [10:54:54] LL: Think it could just be one of those promo games for a show or something? [10:55:03] LL: I've heard of that crap being pulled before. [10:56:06] DC: What, you mean it's purely to promote some show they're going to release down the track? I guess that's possible. [10:56:24] -- lackadaisyLogic [LL] changed their mood to CHUMMY -- [10:56:39] LL: I guess it doesn't matter much, but [10:56:55] LL: those games that act as teasers, or something akin to demo version of a game. [10:57:06] LL: Whatever. New game! [10:57:32] DC: Yes, I can definitely agree with you there. Hopefully it will bring something new to...whatever genre it's being released in. [10:57:41] DC: Seriously. I haven't even been able to figure THAT out. It's eerie. [10:57:47] LL: Really? [10:57:57] LL: I thought it was just an MMORPG. [10:58:23] DC: People are suggesting that, but no-one can actually provide any evidence and the developers haven't made an official statement. Whoever they are... [10:58:51] DC: (I mean, it's being developed by those "Skaianet" guys I'm pretty sure, but they're equally secretive.) [10:59:32] LL: Jeez. Barely any information on the game itself, and no promoting it or anything. [10:59:40] LL: I think you're right. [11:00:31] DC: I'd break in to the Skaianet offices for answers, but I don't even know where they are! Also the whole legality thing. [11:01:18] LL: Yes, breaking and entering is still very much illegal. [11:01:54] DC: But the point is that I can't even figure out where the development is happening! I might actually consider going down there and knocking on their proverbial door if I did. [11:03:05] DC: So if I may ask, given the total lack of hype and information, why exactly are you so excited about Sburb? [11:03:32] LL: Well, we'll be able to play this huge co-op game with each other! [11:03:34] LL: You, me, LP and VV.. [11:03:38] LL: What's not to be excited about? [11:04:18] LL: Plus, I'm really hoping Sburb's plot is pretty good. [11:04:28] DC: I suppose I'm just jaded. A lot of these co-op affairs either turn out to be beneath my attention or devolve into meaningless squabbling. Finding out that pretty much the only thing anyone knows about Sburb is that it's co-op was somewhat disappointing. [11:05:14] DC: I will endeavour to share your boundless optimism on this one, though. Hopefully we can experience the defining gaming moment of our generation together! [11:05:15] LL: Ah. Hopefully it won't be that way with this game. [11:05:26] LL: Exactly! [11:06:53] DC: Although... [11:07:02] DC: The whole timezone discrepancy could prove to be an issue. [11:07:27] LL: That... [11:07:33] LL: Actually hadn't crossed my mind. [11:09:06] DC: I'm sure it'll be fine. I'll just have to drop out of university and leech wi-fi off anywhere I can find, like some sort of Internet hobo. [11:09:14] LL: I guess we'll have to coordinate our game according to everyone's time zones. [11:09:22] LL: We won't let it come to that. [11:09:27] DC: Actually, that sounds like a better plan. Let's go with that. [11:10:26] LL: Yes, that WOULD be a better plan, as opposed to being a Wi-fi leech. [11:10:48] DC: Oh, so that concerns you more than the hobo part? I am touched by your concern for my well-being. [11:12:13] LL: Well, not havign to leech wi-fi = not having to drop out of uni, does it not? [11:12:18] LL: *having [11:13:00] DC: I suppose that's true enough. [11:13:44] DC: In unrelated news, I believe I've come up with the worst possible combat system, so naturally I'm planning to develop a game system around it. [11:14:19] LL: Are you sure it's the worst? [11:15:11] DC: Well, no. You could devise some metric to measure combat system terribleness and I'm sure this would rate above things such as "player is required to ingest their own excrement to perform attacks" and other hypothetically terrible constructs. [11:15:23] DC: But I believe it's the worst, or close to, that anyone would actually be willing to use. [11:15:49] LL: I'm certain it's not that bad. [11:15:56] LL: Have you had anyone test it? [11:16:31] DC: Let me put it this way: In order to "attack", you roll a set of dice. Your action is chosen at random by the result. There is literally no player input besides the dice roll. [11:16:41] LL: Oh. [11:16:46] LL: Okay that's kind of... [11:17:03] DC: Bad? [11:17:13] LL: I won't say bad. [11:17:21] DC: That's okay, just think it. I'll know. [11:17:30] LL: But it sounds essentially like a RNG in use. [11:18:12] DC: Well, the possible results will presumably depend on other factors like character type, environment, etc [11:18:56] LL: Doesn't really sound like combat, though. [11:19:33] DC: Well, strictly speaking, "combat" is just two or more people attacking each other. [11:19:46] LL: Oh, you know what I mean! [11:19:54] LL: Player input, I guess I should have said. [11:20:40] DC: Well, the player input comes from character setup. [11:20:48] DC: Since that determines what's available on the randomizer. [11:21:45] DC: Nevertheless, the point is to take a system that sounds or is inherently bad (despite your misgivings about the term) [11:21:59] DC: And actually construct a decently fun game around it. Restrictions breed creativity, you know? [11:22:09] LL: Ah. [11:22:19] LL: NOW I see why you're making a game out of it. [11:23:07] DC: Nevertheless, I mentioned this for a specific reason. I'm trying to construct the base system to get a feel for it, but doing it without context means I need a whole lot of completely randomized attacks (since there's no character context yet) [11:23:57] DC: I decided, in my infinite wisdom, to do randomization using a quartet of four-sided dice. "I won't need that many options, I'll be done in a jiffy!" I said, only with something more sophisticated than "jiffy". [11:24:42] DC: So now I find myself in the position of requiring 256 reasonably distinct events that could in some way be construed as an attack. Got any suggestions for "2 4 4 1"? [11:25:31] LL: Smacking someone with an object not suited for combat? [11:25:43] LL: Perhaps a book, or a...hm... [11:26:05] LL: Actually, this just came into my mind now. [11:26:10] LL: Paper shuriken. [11:26:23] DC: Hmm. "Librarian's Revenge: The first combatant to make a sound following this roll is struck by a supernaturally heavy tome." [11:26:56] LL: That's perfect! [11:27:33] DC: I might use paper shuriken for a lower roll too. I am leaning towards making those weaker attacks, it seems like the intuitive thing to do. [11:28:24] LL: Right. If we continue the trend of weapons in what can be perceived as an academic setting... [11:28:30] LL: Rulers. [11:28:38] LL: Rulers and calculators. [11:28:44] DC: Well, there isn't a specified setting. For instance, "3 1 4 1" is "Pie Barrage" [11:29:04] DC: Wait, that probably DOES count as academic. [11:29:37] DC: Nevertheless, I already have "Number Crunch" and "Purple Meters" for those two. [11:30:16] LL: Curses, foiled again. [11:30:18] DC: Perhaps some sort of overly soporific lecture? I have experienced my share of those... [11:30:58] DC: Yes, "1 4 4 2" shall be "Calculus Lecture". [11:31:43] DC: In any case, thank you for your assistance. [11:32:13] LL: Not a problem. [11:32:20] LL: Glad I could actually BE of assistance. [11:33:14] DC: Don't sound so surprised! You often have excellent ideas and new perspectives for my various game-related projects. [11:33:19] -- lackadaisyLogic [LL] ceased pestering dichotomousCreator [DC] at 11:33 -- [11:34:02] -- lackadaisyLogic [LL] began pestering dichotomousCreator [DC] at 11:34 -- [11:34:02] LL: Well, thank you for the compliment, [11:34:08] LL: though gaming isn't much my area of expertise [11:34:13] LL: I'm glad I could offer some ideas. [11:34:18] DC: If I ever complete one, I'll be sure to credit you. [11:35:56] DC: Besides, everyone understands their own unique taste in gaming. [11:36:19] DC: Even without any particular expertise, your perspective and opinions are always going to be valuable. [11:37:01] LL: Well... [11:37:02] LL: ...Thank you. [11:37:10] DC: It's one of many reasons I'm grateful for having met the three of you. Well, not "met" met, but you get the idea. [11:38:24] DC: In any case! I fear I've been monopolizing this conversation. Was there anything else you specifically wished to say? [11:38:55] LL: If anything, I'll take the time to mention that we all ought to meet one day. [11:39:27] DC: I wholeheartedly agree. I shall try to restrain myself from immediately starting up a roleplaying campaign when this happens. [11:42:47] DC: Well, I had best be off. My time isn't going to waste itself, you know! [11:43:18] LL: My apologies if it appears I wasn't entirely there, during the course of our conversation. [11:43:34] LL: And good luck with that game of yours! [11:43:37] DC: Oh, were you otherwise preoccupied? [11:43:45] LL: Indeed. [11:44:03] DC: I didn't even notice! With what, may I ask? [11:44:10] LL: That, and suddenly I've lost my excitement. [11:44:21] LL: I've been trying to clean my room. [11:44:32] DC: Lost your excitement? How so? [11:44:42] LL: You'd be amazed by what you find. [11:44:57] DC: This sounds intriguing. Do continue. [11:45:00] LL: I suppose I can liken it to coming off of a sugar rush. [11:45:24] LL: I found this old box full of books in my closet, [11:45:43] LL: I had completely forgotten some of them had even existed! [11:46:06] LL: We had Goosebumps books, The Omen, Black Beauty... [11:46:12] LL: All kinds of them. [11:46:18] DC: Anything...unusual? [11:46:39] LL: Nothing PARTICULARLY out of the blue. [11:46:55] LL: You? [11:47:54] DC: Life remains entirely ordinary, I regret to report. Although my computer has taken to producing some bizarre glitchy behaviour as of late... [11:48:08] LL: Such as? [11:48:30] DC: Well, I'll be browsing around the net (something you may be surprised to hear I do quite a lot) [11:48:50] DC: And the screen will start flashing this weird magenta colour with glitched out squares all over it. [11:49:09] DC: Usually this just locks out all my input methods and the computer crashes or requires a restart. [11:49:32] LL: That's really weird. [11:49:45] LL: The only thing that sounds similar to that, that I've experienced [11:49:47] DC: However, on the occasions I can get the web browser minimized, a couple of "phantom shortcut" things appear on the desktop. [11:49:59] LL: was when my whole screen was messed up and had a whole cluster of stuck pixels. [11:50:14] LL: Phantom shortcuts? [11:50:41] DC: They're like shortcut arrows with no icons that don't do anything when clicked. Oh, and if the screen flashes while the desktop is visible, I'd swear some sort of face appears on it. That's probably just me being weird though. [11:51:10] LL: Face, you say? [11:51:21] LL: What do you think it looked like? [11:51:47] DC: Yes. Well, more like a face-shaped blob. I couldn't really tell particularly well... [11:52:00] LL: That's really creepy. [11:52:04] LL: Think it might be a virus? [11:52:07] DC: For some reason I want to say "amphibious", but that doesn't seem right when I think about it. [11:52:23] DC: I doubt it's a virus. I scanned the living daylights out of everything I could find after the first time and nothing came up. [11:52:46] DC: If it is, whoever put it there went to a lot of effort to be mildly annoying. [11:57:09] DC: I just opened my browser again, incidentally, so if I disappear, you'll know "Mystery Face" got me. [12:01:45] LL: Got it. [12:03:17] LL: Well, I suppose I'll talk to you later about all of this? [12:03:49] DC: Yes, that sounds like a plan. My time has miraculously gone unwasted long enough, I suspect. Farewell! [12:04:02] -- lackadaisyLogic [LL] ceased pestering dichotomousCreator [DC] at 12:04 --
==> Luke Roberts
Fortunately, the aforementioned yet unspecified consequences appear to have been averted by this far more sensible suggestion.
You are now LUKE ROBERTS. As usual, you are studiously WASTING YOUR LIFE by looking at RANDOM IRRELEVANT THINGS ON THE INTERNET. You possess a wide variety of INTERESTS, the vast majority of which are GAMES OF MANY VARIETIES, including CARD GAMES, COMPUTER GAMES, ROLE-PLAYING GAMES, BOARD GAMES, and THE GAME. You enjoy VARIOUS ARTISTICALLY EXPRESSIVE THINGS when they are presented to you but rarely seek them out yourself, and your STUNNING LACK OF ARTISTIC SKILL prevents a visual rendering of your current situation. You occasionally conceive of and initiate PROJECTS OF AN EPIC SCALE, all of which invariably end up INCOMPLETE. You are also quite partial to WEBCOMICS and other sources of INTERNET-BASED PROCRASTINATION.
What will you do?
==> DULLARD CAVEMAN
Okay, let's go for some perspective here. This naming thing is of not inconsiderable importance, and completing it as quickly as possible is vital to the success of multiple endeavours. In fact, if we waste much more time on this process the consequences will be downright disastrous. Even given this, the above name has been summarily rejected. That should give you a decent idea of just how stupid it is.
A young man sits in the room containing his computer, which is strangely NOT his bedroom. His birthday isn't for several months, but circumstances have conspired to make him require a name immediately. Quickly, give him one before it's too late!
==>
SDVC taking in the aurora on LOIAP; aka “A View to a Kill”
It really is breathtaking. Definitely the second most breathtaking thing in this picture, I’d say.
Get the fuck out.
Nah. :v
SDVC taking in the aurora on LOIAP; aka “A View to a Kill”
It really is breathtaking. Definitely the second most breathtaking thing in this picture, I'd say.
As promised. May replace the other one later if I feel like it.
After having had a couple of interactions with the alien race known (through some bizarre coincidence) as "trolls", I have become curious about their complicated romantic system. Though the ubiquitous "heart" gesture is still applicable, I was unable to find equivalents for the new concepts and so have attempted to devise my own. The above pictures are the result. I have an alternative proposal for the "caliginous" quadrant, which I will upload shortly.
bluh bluh huge dorks
The hugest dorks.
I am vulpineCaptain, Knight of Mind. If you would like, I will pair my services with yours, guarding those under the barrier with a psychokinetic dome around your barrier, protecting us on a mental barrier as well as a physical. Psychological warfare is a force to be reckoned with.
As a Space player, I had not considered the possibility of mental attack. While I am not going to be working on a single barrier setup for versatility reasons, I will likely be getting information about when and where to defend from another player. If you stick around with me, you can use the same information to defend vulnerable players against mental attack. (I will be teleporting around the battlefield applying defense where it is necessary, I should be able to bring you along)
I am dichotomousCreator, Page of Space. I selected shieldkind for my Strife Specibus on the advice of my future self, and now I finally understand why: my purpose in this fight is to defend my allies on the battlefield. My chosen sylladex modus, the doubly linked list, allows me to retrieve adjacent items faster than usual. I have begun fashioning panels from the "Indestructible Glass" forged deep within my homeworld by my denizen to take advantage of this: combined with my own abilities, I will release a constant stream of the glass, guiding the shapes to intercept enemy attacks, create safe havens and barriers, and lift others to safety. I will be receiving information on whose death/injury to avert from a Sylph of Time, who is clearly the most vital part of this plan and without whose help I would surely be doomed. If you wish for my protective services to extend to you, simply reply in any way you see fit on any platform you desire. I will ensure your request does not go unheeded.
This happened to me during the MSPARP event
It is likely nonsense or communication scrambling, but I catalogue it nevertheless. Link here, since the text post failed.
I had to pull the log from the page source since the site wouldn't let me save it.
