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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 18:48:34 GMT
Not really. Just a reference to the red eye beam, which is quite pronounced in Stom's illustration. Suspecting the worst as to what this creature is, you gingerly reach around its waist as carefully as possible and ease the key card out so as to not to disturb it from its rest.
Inventry Item Added: Key card (+1 point)
You take a few steps back and breath a sigh of relief. Unfortunately you may not have been quite as deft of hand as you though. The head turns in your direction, the red beam of light from its head implants pointing straight at you, its one revealed eye full of focus and resolve and yet somehow expressionless at the same time. Its not angry, but certainly has purpose. It begins to take a step down from the platform...
Inventory: | Transformers pants (wearing), green uniform (wearing), key card | Location: | Corridor | Connected
Locations: | Foyer, Small room |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 26, 2018 18:49:06 GMT
Is the password "You awake in a room"?
Martin
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 18:54:09 GMT
At least I'm not leaving clues in other threads, I was saving that nonsense for chapter 3!
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 18:54:56 GMT
Is the answer in the picture you drew?
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 19:06:16 GMT
No, that was just to prompt you to consider the appearance of the swipe card. You should have also known it had a second use as other items left your inventory when their purpose was served (note - except the note, this is done for Chapter 1)
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 19:14:22 GMT
SAY Computer, "elopez, Shockprowl"
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 19:19:31 GMT
There are references in the index to copy/paste and shortcuts, which is like ctrl+c and ctrl+v, when we've tried to use the computer, but how is that anything to do with a password? I'm clutching at straws. It has no keyboard and presumably won't respond to any kind of command until we're logged in.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 19:22:40 GMT
In terms of items and usage we haven't done anything with the pants yet, but they're ours (as per initial description) so presumably wouldn't be anything to do with Enrique or his login.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 26, 2018 19:29:09 GMT
I'm as confused as a Frenchman who's lost his pair of self-removing trousers.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 19:35:03 GMT
You and me both, bud.
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 19:42:46 GMT
Which entry in particular do you need to find more info about? I'd start in the index for that one.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 20:02:59 GMT
I've been up and down the index half a dozen times this afternoon but I can't see anything. We got "ooooh nice try" for Shockprowl and Badmotherfucker, but does that mean it was close in some way? It seems not if the login is elopez.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 20:06:42 GMT
The first entry 'one' doesn't have an index point because it's in the same post. That is the log of our own initialisation, I get that, but I don't see anything in it that could be a password. And why would Enrique make a note about his login that refers to us waking up?
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 20:24:20 GMT
It really is a lot simpler than all this.
Edit: As an aside, did anyone see Raiders of the Lost Ark today? Those Nazis had the wrong size pole didn't they?
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 20:34:43 GMT
Who knows anything about Raiders? What pole?
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 20:40:14 GMT
"They're digging in the wrong place"
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Post by blueshift on Dec 26, 2018 21:00:07 GMT
Who knows anything about Raiders? What pole? I think he's referring to our mighty wang |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 21:08:28 GMT
SAY computer, elopez, Wang.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 26, 2018 21:19:50 GMT
Who knows anything about Raiders? What pole? They had a picture of this artefact with writing on it that said something like "Use a pole 2 metres long to find X marks the spot" but what they didn't know was that on the reverse side of the artefact it said something like "And subtract half a metre". So they used a pole that was too long and dug in the wrong place. Martin |
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 21:23:00 GMT
ie you've got the right idea, but wrong post.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 21:43:36 GMT
Oh right. So we should be examining one of the entries in the index in the first post, but not the initial entry, or perhaps the oooh nice idea one, depending on which we're talking about.
As said though, I've been doing this for hours and I can't see anything relevant. There's enough in there to tell us the Borg isn't part of the answer (71-73 and 82.5), there's a couple of references to keyboard shortcuts and copying and pasting, and a general feeling of repetition in posts 76-79 like doing something over and over is part of the answer. If 83 is part of it I don't get the reference. But I can't get a word out of any of that.
Post 40 has DELL in capitals and when the computer booted it had an animated four letter logo. Why Dell in capitals? Doesn't seem relevant.
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 22:39:35 GMT
Don't look at the index to find the relevant post, figure out which post you need help with, then look at the index for further direction.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2018 23:12:12 GMT
Ok. If this is simple and straightforward then back where we were originally, we need to read the boot log. Which is Index 77 "Have we seen this before" when we tried to stare at it. Nope, we haven't seen it before because it was the first time we saw that. If it isn't that entry then it could be half a dozen different ones. If the initialisation logs reference needs some kind of metacognitive jump to do with something that isn't the computer's boot screen then I'm just not getting the message.
I dunno. I think I have to throw in the towel. I can't figure this out.
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Post by Stomski on Dec 26, 2018 23:43:01 GMT
Nope, we haven't seen it before because it was the first time we saw that.  |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 27, 2018 7:55:04 GMT
The in-game initialisation log says:
SP-###o###i### #P v###
C####i## ##M.## ##0%
####f#### R##### 1###
########g #### ######## ####
##a###g ####### ########## #o#e#
###### ########## ###e#
####### #### #### ##########.######.# d####
On 14 Nov. we crashed the game, and its initialiation log was
TMUK-CYOA Script Engine v1.4
Checking RAM... 100%
Verifying ROM... 100%
Verifying save games... 100%
Loading command parser... done!
Eating churros... done!
Loading game data "awakeroom.cyoa"... done!
So the in-game log can be partially filled in:
SP-Infoterminal XP v#.#
Checking RAM... 100%
Verifying ROM... 100%
Verifying save games... 100%
Loading command #######... done!
Eating churros... done!
Loading game data "awakeroom.cyoa"... done!
The word 'parser' doesn't fit.
Does this help in any way? Probably not.
Sorry, I got nuthin'.
Have we tried the password 'churros'?
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 27, 2018 8:04:15 GMT
Well done!
I skimmed right through and didn't see that. I'm also sure I searched for 'checking' and didn't get that either. Churros is the most likely looking word.
SAY computer, elopez churros
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Post by Stomski on Dec 27, 2018 13:55:41 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Dec 27, 2018 14:02:13 GMT
SAY computer, elopez churros
SP-Infoterminal XP
Welcome to the Infoterminal, your one stop shop to the world of instructional information on all things. Find out what you need fast and without the danger!
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Post by Stomski on Dec 27, 2018 14:10:41 GMT
Note: I've allocated of the 5 points 2 to Pinwig for figuring out the username and 3 to Martin for figuring out the password.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 27, 2018 14:17:10 GMT
SAY computer, how do I ride the bike safely?
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TAKE keycardSuspecting the worst as to what this creature is, you gingerly reach around its waist as carefully as possible and ease the key card out so as to not to disturb it from its rest.
