Tom 7 Radar: all comments

3309. Max (dssstudentsxp.deans.wesleyan.edu) – 30 Nov 2005 12:47:30 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

Oh man that would have been so awesome...

3308. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 30 Nov 2005 11:34:12 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

yah lets chat!!

3307. Tom 7 (h-72-244-69-245.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 30 Nov 2005 10:53:47 [ mute, wet, burdened ]

No, I replaced that one by a hand-me-down from my brother. Being covered in melted plastic wasn't its only problem...

3306. Tom 7 (h-72-244-69-245.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 30 Nov 2005 10:52:54 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

No, thank YOU! ;)

3305. dagger (194.207.237.28) – 30 Nov 2005 10:20:42 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

yo ladz wa go on itz me noor aka dagger from da crew ''YTS''.YOU WANA CHAT

3304. azhar hamid (194.207.237.28) – 30 Nov 2005 10:19:06 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

u knobs

3303. Max (mheath.stu.wesleyan.edu) – 30 Nov 2005 09:46:06 [ Let's Adventure! version 62 ]

That's what keeps me adventuring.

3302. Marc (c-24-128-249-112.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) – 30 Nov 2005 08:05:18 [ Thanksgiving Results ]

I mean, you should do whatever sort of Thanksgiving you want, and I realize you're probably gonna just keep doing it with your family. I really just like making any excuse to think about the fine feast we made this year, that's all...

3301. Marc (c-24-128-249-112.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) – 30 Nov 2005 08:03:38 [ Thanksgiving Results ]

Yes, nice job picking a trickier time of year to start, and having it go well. If some year you want it real super easy, you can always come to my house, where we like to make quite a feast, all vegan. This year, me and my housemates plus my wife-in-law Christine made: stuffing, "turkey" seitan, gravy, biscuits, yucca with mojo, fried plantains, super-creamy mashed potatoes, broccoli, lentil loaf, salad, pumpkin pies, cranberry banana bread, and cinnamon pecan sticky buns (which some said was the best dessert I've made yet; "happiness is stickiness" was my motto for the night). Which was admittedly a bit over-the-top for 5 1/2 people...

3300. Arthur (ctwboo101.ctw.utwente.nl) – 30 Nov 2005 03:58:28 [ mute, wet, burdened ]

Is that the mp3-player you plastic-soldered together?

3299. Zell (cache04.iad.untd.com) – 30 Nov 2005 01:07:10 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

Thanks

3298. Tom 7 (h-72-244-69-245.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 30 Nov 2005 00:52:09 [ mute, wet, burdened ]

Should shave your head

3297. Tom 7 (h-72-244-69-245.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 30 Nov 2005 00:51:49 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

Uhh, thanks. That was dumb! I had it backwards, so that only levels whose titles included every swear word would be accepted. ;) It's fixed now.

3296. Zell (cache04.iad.untd.com) – 29 Nov 2005 22:56:04 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

Now I've gone and clicked "post comment" twice.

3295. Max (mheath.stu.wesleyan.edu) – 29 Nov 2005 22:55:39 [ mute, wet, burdened ]

Yeah I recorded my last AAD with broken headphones duct-taped around my head. I had a pretty hard time getting all that adhesive gunk out of my hair in the morning...

3294. Zell (cache04.iad.untd.com) – 29 Nov 2005 22:54:46 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

Hey this new inappropriate guard is messed up. Every title I enter is inappropriate apparently. Why is this!
The titles I tried to use would not be considered inappropriate in the least, please fix it.

3293. Zell (cache04.iad.untd.com) – 29 Nov 2005 22:51:29 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

3292. Tom 7 (h-72-244-69-245.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 29 Nov 2005 22:50:45 [ Thanksgiving Results ]

No doubt about it, vegetables are the best!

3291. Tom 7 (h-72-244-69-245.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 29 Nov 2005 22:50:06 [ mute, wet, burdened ]

Invented TeX

3290. Stephen (c-24-131-70-211.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 29 Nov 2005 22:40:35 [ mute, wet, burdened ]

Why do you hate Knuth?

3289. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 29 Nov 2005 17:58:01 [ Let's Adventure! version 62 ]

There are more things that you, and I, do not know yet.

3288. Max (mheath.stu.wesleyan.edu) – 29 Nov 2005 17:50:59 [ Let's Adventure! version 62 ]

In fact I did not!

3287. Cort (chiggins.ce.cmu.edu) – 29 Nov 2005 17:11:21 [ Thanksgiving Results ]

kudos for giving the vegetarianism a shot -- it's totally easy to just eat side dishes during the meal of thanks. And there are so many delicious vegetables to eat (in general)! I find being a guest in someone else's house can be challenging as a vegetarian.

3286. Anonymous (cache-los-ac02.proxy.aol.com) – 29 Nov 2005 15:53:15 [ Tardis Tennis! ]

3285. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-147.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 28 Nov 2005 23:58:14 [ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]

Stephan, I agree. That's why the focus is on detection and polite warning, rather than on setting "rules." In particular, I don't want to give the impression that if something passes the filter, it is necessarily acceptable to the community. Still, deep in my heart I believe that most people are reasonable.

The length limiting should not be a problem now.. there was once an issue with it screwing up the web page, but now it should truncate long titles when displaying them. If you notice issues with this, please let me know.

As for detecting stalemate: It would be pretty easy to do, but I don't think it's necessary. It's pretty easy for the player to detect that none of the four moves are possible, and restart in that situation. (The idea of 'zugzwang', where one doesn't really want to move but is forced to, is VERY much a part of the game.) There should be a "restart" button in the menu, though, for those who didn't guess that enter does this. I don't know why I didn't think of that.