046. Dénouement

Dec 02, 2009 18:17

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In light of recent events, I've put together something of a timeline for the curious, and to clear up misunderstandings. In the absence of a rational system of justice, the court of public opinion will have to suffice.

At the outset, Jane Dowe, [user id], who believes herself to be logged into an immersive video game, "initiated Player vs ( Read more... )

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huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 00:15:22 UTC
Is it normally that insane here?

[ He has to ask. He really does. ]

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[audio] he's text unless specified otherwise, right? electroniccrane December 3 2009, 00:22:23 UTC
Normally it's less intrusive if you don't go looking.

[Her English is very fluent but slightly Japanese-accented.]

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[text] yeah, i'm just awesome and forget to put that on there >.< huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 00:34:03 UTC
Well, that's good to hear. Seems like sometimes it goes looking for people, though.

[ A-hah, a voice to go with the texts. Finally. ]

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[audio] electroniccrane December 3 2009, 00:36:26 UTC
The same is true of anywhere. The problem here is that it doesn't stay dead when you kill it.

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[text] huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 00:40:50 UTC
So I've heard. It just keeps coming back.

[ He pauses for a moment. ]

All of this got started because someone thought they were playing a video game? Who would make a game out of something like this anyway?

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[audio] electroniccrane December 3 2009, 00:42:56 UTC
It has similarities to a massively-multiplayer immersive. It's not an illogical conclusion to draw.

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[text] huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 00:58:58 UTC
Just seems like a strange conclusion to draw, to me. Maybe I just didn't play enough video games as a kid.

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[audio] electroniccrane December 3 2009, 01:04:02 UTC
I assumed it was a simulated environment at first, too.

It is a simulated environment, but it doesn't seem to be a server-based one.

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[text] huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 03:24:12 UTC
Someone mentioned something like that. That this isn't really a ship.

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[audio] electroniccrane December 3 2009, 03:26:32 UTC
It may be a ship. It's not a cruise liner.

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[text] huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 03:30:00 UTC
So I can't trust my own eyes anyway.

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[audio] electroniccrane December 3 2009, 03:31:00 UTC
No. You can't.

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[text] huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 03:46:07 UTC
Guess it won't be the first time. So what can I trust around here?

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[audio] electroniccrane December 3 2009, 03:52:29 UTC
Generally, the bad news is accurate.

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[text] huragokwhistler December 3 2009, 04:09:40 UTC
I can deal with that.

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[audio] electroniccrane December 3 2009, 04:25:39 UTC
I didn't find it much of a change, myself.

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