Halloween 2014 / Discussion

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Cryptodynamic 21 Oct 2014 04:45

Interesting bit of commentary from the docent in the Hall of Paintings…

You manage to distract him from his talk of "ten credits" and change the topic to Halloween. He seems… conflicted.

"The university is trying to commercialize Halloween and turn it into a cash cow for whatever they want. But… it seems like they want to get some special collections in for big patrons."

"And who knows what kind of crazy stuff the richos would put down there?"

Well, I know I intend to be a big patron!

bigalphillips 22 Oct 2014 00:40

Neat!

Arkaim — I'm reverting this page — I am 98% sure that this is still the 2013 text she says, up to and including this year. Please correct me if I am mistaken. :)

bigalphillips 25 Oct 2014 15:23

So — Alliance drones are shipping Halloween stuff now. I've been intercepting a bunch though I kind of wonder whether I am doing more harm than good (if I just let the drones go, will they ship straight to the museum??).

My setup for hacking them looks like this. Network defender is nice for dealing with HBs, Starting eye program is nice for SiFs. Otherwise, a lot of command and attack.

Hat: twitch visor
Weapon: memory sidearm
Offhand: expanded handheld
Shirt: coat of defensive circuitry
Pants: mimetic pants
Gadget: Fang PDA
Midgard neural expander

fractal commander
network defender
remote command script
staring blade program
staring eye program

Arkaim 25 Oct 2014 15:53

yayy hacking drones turns out to do stuff. That explains why Kinak saw need to update those during Halloween time.

Arkaim 26 Oct 2014 03:12

We need more funds in the maze to get those foam goodies.

Arkaim 27 Oct 2014 00:43

I vote we keep the T-rex dead this year. Everyone and their mother already has massive stone talons plus spares, and we all know how he ate into our energy. On the year where we actually get to spade the Starry Sky Painting I say we're better off without him. Who knows maybe his skeletal remains will give us a new enemy.

Also it appears the choices this year were between a good Halloween, the New Zone, and Crepe Paper. And, unless someone with magically deep pockets suddenly appears, looks like we're getting the New Zone of Crepe Paper.

Arkaim 27 Oct 2014 00:54

For those thinking "1.5 mill into the maze already? I can't donate anything into that it'll just be a drop in the bucket" the first million was all for renting the floor space out. We're actually only working with 500k for foam so something like 50k is still a significant contribution.

bigalphillips 27 Oct 2014 02:34

They never understood. The Brick Lord had lived for years in the sidelines, but always ignored. He withstood the cold winds that blew through the back alleys of Southside, the corrosive slimes of the sewers and even the toxic fumes of the polluted lake. But at long last, his presence was known and those that knew him feared him. He alone had control over supply and demand of rare building materials. And lo, the masses did bow down before him, and did present him with foam. And in his mercy, he did accept foam from his faithful, and rewarded them. They would never have to worry about bricks again.

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(Open) Arkaim: I'll give u bricks Al if u make a post saying u r the brick lord and demand all bricks as tribute. Just so everyone is on the same page.
(Open) Al: Did as you requested.
(Open) Arkaim: As promised I shall give u all my bricks. One sec this is awkward to do on phone
(Open) Al: Hehehe, yep, as predicted, Arkaim sends me all his brick stuff. Not to spoil it, but that is pretty funny.

Gift Received (2014-10-27)
From Arkaim

You found: brick figure
Gift Received (2014-10-27)
From Arkaim

You found: 3 brick apples
Gift Received (2014-10-27)
From Arkaim

You found: brick knuckles
Gift Received (2014-10-27)
From Arkaim

You found: brick slime
Gift Received (2014-10-27)
From Arkaim

You found: brick house
Gift Received (2014-10-27)
From Arkaim

You found: 56 sets of toy bricks

EDIT: okay, he sent two foam bricks too. Much appreciated!!

EDIT: to be lame and make it clear, I am collecting foam bricks in hopes of making at least one wall that we can maybe share around or something? Any donations of bricks is appreciated. Donations towards the maze fund would probably also help out. I'll send you back anything I reasonably can in return if you want.

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Erenoth 27 Oct 2014 04:26

I vote we keep the T-rex dead this year.

I vote we try and get the T-rex undead this year. That message with the zombie robot dinosaur is tempting.

Magnifico 27 Oct 2014 16:22

I find the way this event seems to be unfolding baffling. There are no supplies to do the setup, despite us (apparently) having amply funded them. Presumably, the supplies aren't getting through because people are hacking the drones that are supposed to be delivering them. Ceasing all hacks and waiting for supplies isn't too satisfying, because even if it works that doesn't leave us much to do in the meantime. And there's no indication I can see of another way to get supplies to the party. Even at Christmas it seems counter-productive to get components to build snowmen by destroying snowmen, but at least then you can get coal and sticks by other means.

My plan is to try not to make things worse by hacking drones. There are times for heroic measures to get around the system, but this seems like a case where just leaving the mundane system alone to do what it's supposed to do is the best course of action. If I can't find another way to get supplies to the party, I guess I'll just cool my heels and hope some of the drones start getting through.

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