Comments for page "Programmed Terror"

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Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:33:18 +0000

I got Programmed Terror on 15th time "high strung", 359 energy spent resting in total.

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Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:22:20 +0000

Looking for places where gaining a full point in a stat unlocks something different (like with Legion Tracts) and confirmed that it does not work that way for Programmed Terror.

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Wed, 01 Jun 2016 01:51:04 +0000

So, keeping careful track this time around, I got this skill on the 12th time getting the "high strung" message.

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Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:58:32 +0000

I got the skill today, with no horrible black coffee consumed at all this run, although I have used plenty of stimulant dust and some cut Nova. I had Sparkling Blood active most of the time I was watching TV and did not have Pep In Your Step active when I got the skill.

I think I might have seen the news program once or twice while I was in-run, but I didn't think to keep records until I was trying for it post-run. My data for day 6 is questionable, because I'm not sure in one case whether I got two instances of the news program in a row, or whether I clicked the button to rest again but the page didn't update. So I may be off by one there. Sorry for the half-assed data, but better than nothing, right?

Just in case, I'm differentiating between the old-school news program with no image and the news with Rachel. I did not use all possible E/H/B every day, and did not watch TV at all on days 4 and 5.

Day	News	Rachel
1	1	2
2	1	2
3	2	3
4	-	-
5	-	-
6	12	5
7	1	1
8	1	-
Total	18	13

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Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:41:40 +0000

I spent about 3 or 4 full days resting before the Christmas/Punk stuff happened in hopes of getting this skill with no luck. Spent about another 10 turns resting today and go it. So, I feel like I can probably eliminate any theories that you need to get high strung x times in the past x days or whatever.

Also, for the record, had only a descrambled TV installed. Don't think I had drank any black coffee this run.

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Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:48:13 +0000

Got it on the first occurence of of the day of the "high-strung" program, after 3 days of doing nothing but watching TV (well, and some crafting). I didn't keep a close track, but I must have seen the high strung program 12 - 15 times.

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Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:17:08 +0000

Just got the skill after almost 5 days of doing nothing but resting. I'm pretty sure it's either a flat chance (unlikely), or based on a counter that increases every time you get the high-strung message. The turn right before I got the skill was also a "high strung" message, and I had the same effects. I had drunk a cup of horrible black coffee earlier, but I doubt there's a link here.

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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:55:54 +0000

Got it, can't see that I didn't anything different. 2 cups of horrible coffee and 1 snort of Nova, but it happened long after that. I think it might have been my first "high strung" message of the day though (as opposed to "jumpy"). But *shrug*.

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Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:15:48 +0000

took (oceany) eclipse, drank horrible coffee, watched descrambled TV. "high strung" in 4 or 5 views
drank more horrible coffee
3 views later "more and more jumpy"
coffee
immediately "more and more jumpy"
snorted Nova cuz I that effin crazy (10 energy of jitters)
9th view "high strung"
southside blend
3rd view "high strung"
tiny candy cane (2 energy sugar rush — I soon run out of this and etheric)
spaced out, but nothing for a dozen+ views then one or two after that

BAH

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Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:12:54 +0000

I assume you did it until you got the high-strung news program with perception xp?

Maybe there's also a counter… Bah

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Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:56:01 +0000

I just did the same both with and without ocean sight, and did not get the effect, so I dunno.

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:33:39 +0000

I think I have found an element needed possibly to get this skill.

4 days of resting (as can be heard on the podcast), nada, no skill.

My first rest of the day (been doing nothing for a few days, and then some crafting the days before today) and bam, programmed terror.

I got myself some Ocean Sight and then drank 3 cups of horrible black coffee before resting in front of my descrambled tv.
Fits well with the "high-strung".

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:41:25 +0000

I got the skill resting in Southside with my First Aid equipment. I had the Chemistry Lab, Descrambled TV and Dropping Skeleton (which I had put in earlier that day) installed at my home.
I also had the Fae Sight effect (and Halloween Spirit and No Pain), which potentially might be a factor. Does anyone remember, if you were etheric when you got this?

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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:06:19 +0000

At the time I've got it I didn't have the antique plasma TV in my housing. I never used it since I've got the Core Formatter which I've got before that skill.

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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:39:35 +0000

Huh it seems i automagicaly gained this skill and i dont even know when:)

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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:04:36 +0000

Spend anther ~40 energy, got the "increasing crime rates and terrible diseases" message another three times and no skill. This was all with just a descrambled TV equipped. On a hunch, I installed an antique plasma TV also, and got it my very next turn. Could be coincidence, or could require the antique kind of TV, or maybe both installed?

The TV warms you with its soothing glow as you rest in front of it, flipping through channels.

The news flickers on. You watch a series of exposes about increasing crime rates and terrible diseases before you finally flip the TV off.

Well, if that's not going to make you high strung, nothing is.

You've learned a new Skill: Programmed Terror

You've earned 2 XP in Perception

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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:37:42 +0000

I've got it while resting in Southside a while ago. Due to lag I clicked on "Continue on" before I saw the resulting message, so I don't know which one gave me the skill. I'm pretty sure that I've rested less than 5 times at Southside at that day before I've got it since I was only PvPing there.

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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:12:00 +0000

I burned through a full day's worth of energy, food and body (85 energy in total) resting and got first message a total of 5 times, the second one, 4 times, and no skill.

The news flickers on. You watch a series of exposes about increasing crime rates and terrible diseases before you finally flip the TV off.

Well, if that's not going to make you high strung, nothing is.

You watch a bit of news and find yourself becoming more and more jumpy. It's a scary world out there.

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Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:10:33 +0000

I believe it comes from watching the news program a bunch. I got a message earlier today when I watched it along the lines of "if this doesn't make you jumpy, i don't know what will"(not the exact text) and then another one saying
"You watch a bit of news and find yourself becoming more and more jumpy. It's a scary world out there." I assume it's the counter for this skill building up or somesuch