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Post by Elcie on Apr 29, 2012 17:18:24 GMT -5
Elcie: Respond to memo. IA: I've been looking at the manual. IA: It is really incredibly vague so I'm not sure I'm doing this right! IA: But it looks like we need to connect up one or two at a time. The "server" player is supposed to connect to their "client" player and help them out with... idk. IA: Whatever it is we do in this game. IA: Building, I guess? IA: Oh well! We can figure it out as we go along, right? I can start out as someone's server if anyone else is ready. :D
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Post by Celestial on Apr 29, 2012 17:29:44 GMT -5
> Celestial-Respond to MemoDC: Yeah, this manual is vague but we might as well do what it says because, to be honest, I want to get to the good stuff of this game instead of wasting time running around trying to figure out the mechanics. DC: As long as we got that down, everything else should be easy to make up on the spot and figure out. By all accounts, this game is pretty liberal with what you do. DC: That said, how about we split into teams? There are a lot of us and I figure it might be easier to have two client -> server chains instead of a huge long one. DC: So that everyone can get to the meaty parts of the game quicker instead of waiting for a connection. DC: I'm willing to start the second chain as somebody's server, if you'll be willing to have me. DC: Any volunteers? Crickets chriping don't count. xD
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2012 17:50:39 GMT -5
> Hunter: Respond to memo. HF: I'll be your client player, Celes. HF: Let me just... find my copy of the game... It's here somewhere. > Hunter: Clean your room a bit, you idiot.You should probably CAPTCHALOGUE some of this stuff, which isn't the easiest thing with your SONNET MODUS. Each line needs to be in iambic pentameter and have a common theme. Plus, there's a rhyme scheme to the lines! The theatrics you have to do for this Shakespearian modus are pretty ridiculous. You pick up your " pile of papers", but you figure you should throw in "a pencil" to start the line. Then... some random colored pencils and pens over there... some " drawing crap". Oh, there's the game. > Put in the game. HF: Ready when you are.
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Post by Celestial on Apr 29, 2012 18:10:46 GMT -5
> Celestial: Insert Sburb Server DiscYou insert your server disc. After a period of loading and starting a new game, you find your screen filled with an image of Hunter's room, perfectly replicated down to Hunter sitting at the desk in front of his computer. This is kind of weird. > Pester HunterdragonsCompass [DC] began pestering hobbledehoyFreezer[HF]
DC: Ok, connected. I am officially your server player! DC: And I'm looking at you on my screen. DC: Literally. DC: It's a little strange. DC: Let's see what I can do. [/color][/spoiler] > Pick up plushieYou pick up a Neopet plushie from the shelf. Not the most exciting thing ever but let's see what happens with it. Yeah, you figure you might as well start building stuff but you wanted to see if this game really manipulates reality as promised. > Wave plushie aroundWhee! This is fun! It's flying everywhere! > Lose control of the plushie and send it flying towards Hunter's headWhoops... DC: That was not intentional, I swear! Sorry! I'll try and be a responsible server player. [/color]
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Post by Lizzie on Apr 29, 2012 18:16:58 GMT -5
>Eliza: Respond to memoGC: Ooh! GC: Celes, will you be my player? <3 GC: ...That leaves a server, though. GC: GOLD please be my server???
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2012 18:32:46 GMT -5
> Hunter: Get bonked with a plushie.Celestial is already handling that, sending your strawberry jubjub directly at your melon. Now that you know she can see your room, you are glad you cleaned up in here a little. HF: This game is weird. But interesting! HF: What else can you do?
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Post by gold on Apr 29, 2012 18:39:35 GMT -5
EA: yeah, sure, i'll be your server, candy.
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Post by Draco on Apr 29, 2012 18:57:35 GMT -5
>Draco: Pick up some stuff before someone does it for you!You walk around the room and CAPTCHALOGUE different items. You never really got the hang of doing this, but your MESSY MODUS sort of helps. Ok, it doesn't. You place stuff in, and it's just a jumbled mess. You can usually just pick stuff out of it that you want, but sometimes you just can't find it. You need to get more organized. In no real order; Can of Pepsi, Pile of Anime DVDs, Cheap Ninja Sword, XBOX 360 You stand wondering what else to pick up. > Draco: Respond to MemoPicking up stuff can wait for now. Let's see what the others are up to now. DD: Wait. You guys got manuals? All I got was the game discs in cheap envelopes.... They don't even look like they should have ever been mailed. XD DD: I sort of went ahead and installed the discs though. DD: I probably should have waited to hear from you guys first. >.> DD: Uhh, who did I connect to anyhow?
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Post by Terra on Apr 29, 2012 21:28:46 GMT -5
> Terra: Respond to memo.MW: I've got the game ready to go! I just need to start it up. MW: So, Elcie, I can be the client to your server, if you want! MW: Though I do think it'd be more fun to do it all together... MW: But efficiency counts, I guess! Anything to get this game moving more quickly. MW: Man, I can't wait to get started! MW: ...also, what guide are you all talking about? I'm in the same boat as Draco. XD MW: The only somewhat-coherent walkthrough I've found online is this one by tentacleTherapist on GameFAQs, but even that one is very vague at times, and it seems to cut off only a little bit into the game. MW: I'm not sure we should trust her advice entirely. MW: And a lot of it is kind of incomprehensible to me. I don't know what most of the terminology she uses even means. >_> MW: Maybe it'll be clearer once we get into the game?
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Post by Naga on Apr 29, 2012 22:17:57 GMT -5
> Shade: ↵.You have RETURNED already, and am quite satisfied with yourself on the amount of WORK you've managed to COMPLETE. However, you have missed the communications of your NTWF buddy people. The good news is that now you are capable of devoting your TIME entirely to playing SBURB. > Shade: Glance around.Already doing that, you notice the piles of CARDS on top of your book shelf - the four decks of playing cards (give or take a few) all sit neatly in sixteen piles of various heights, all topped by an ACE. Dismissing this, as it's a TRICK that you've been working on for a while, you jump onto your laptop - which you have ingeniously nicknamed 'LAPPY' - and check the FORUM. > Shade: Memosponse.-- aceAscension [AA] responded to memo -- AA: Hey everyone! AA: I'm back from my tedious work project thing AA: Anyway regarding manuals and such AA: I'm in the 'never-got-one' group AA: I'm lucky I managed to get the game! AA: ^^;
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Post by Roughtiger on Apr 29, 2012 23:58:31 GMT -5
> RT: Be patientYou fail and walk off into some of the other rooms. Which of course, are also filled with tiger things. > CAPTCHALOGUE SOME STUFF You proceed to bring some of your most valuable stuff with you. Or in other words, Anything that catches your eye at the time while you're standing in this room. Contents: PS3. Tiger plush. Tiger Ornament. Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines. Tiger Plush-2. Transformers Blackout Toy. 4 Pack V Energy Drink Bottles. PSP. L&P Bottle. Pretty simple how it works to. Since you basically DON'T CARE it just keeps letting you put stuff in. It's just trying to FIND all that stuff afterwards is the problem. > Admire TV.You begin to admire the TV when suddenly a noise comes from your room. It seems more people are logging on and contacting one another. Good. You were getting bored at admiring televisions anyway. > Return and reply to memo WT: Ah, finally Some action. WT: I think.
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Post by Tam on Apr 30, 2012 3:54:35 GMT -5
> Tamia: Produce manual, school self.[/u] Yeah, you don't really have any idea what they're talking about. You remember looking up a walkthrough though, the same one Terra mentioned. Dang that thing was long. Forget walkthrough, that thing was a tender lovers' stroll through a labyrinthine rose garden in which a man-eating gargoyle was known to be waiting at the end. In the interest of finishing sometime before you were thirty, you might have skipped some parts. Well. You skimmed it. Well. You glanced over it. Well... Okay so you might not have been all that into this one particular guide, but you figure you'll still be able to handle whatever this game can throw at you. It's about houses or some noise, right? You'll just learn as you go. > Tamia: Respond to memo.[/u] You read through the recent replies and use your cunning sense of intuition to posit that your friends are currently messin' up each other's personal space something fierce. You, uh. You'll be right back. > Tamia: Server-proof room.[/u] You CAPTCHALOGUE a whole bunch of stuff that you don't particularly want to have flying at the back of your head. Items are randomly sorted into three stacks. When attempting to retrieve an item, the SWISS ARMY KNIFE modus automatically arranges itself so that the three items (one from each stack) it deems most useful in your current situation are on top, allowing you immediate access to your choice of those three items. You think it's a cool modus, but it does have a frustrating tendency to provide you less frequently with the item you want than the item you need (or at least what it thinks you need). You are currently carrying your POCKETWATCH, OBSIDIAN CORE, BAG OF MARBLES and LITTLE BIG GHOST STORY ANTHOLOGY, with your SWISS ARMY KNIFE, MATCHES and HAIRBRUSH occupying the top cards. You have no idea why it placed those particular items on top, and you don't feel like wondering about it now. Your room is still nowhere near server-proof, but it was kind of a losing battle to begin with. You can only hope that whoever you get to be your server is the kind, forgiving sort who isn't likely to impale you with pointy objects. > Tamia: Okay, NOW respond to memo.[/u]
UC: i think the game's loaded on my comp now UC: so i guess i'm ready, if someone wants to try their hand at messing up my stuff
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Post by Elcie on Apr 30, 2012 7:54:11 GMT -5
Elcie: Respond to memo. IA: Yeah, being your server sounds good, Terra! IA: I think I found the same guide as you, actually. yeah, mine didn't come with a manual either. IA: I should be set up to connect as a server though, so all we have to do now is wait and IA: oh for crying out loud IA: ksdjfgnrs IA: BRB GUYS Elcie: Deal with guardian.What GUARDIAN? The only ones at home right now are you and this DUMB MUTT. Elcie: Deal with dumb mutt.You should have known better than to leave your door open! Your DOG has just stolen one of your socks and now fully expects to be chased. Sucks to leave your computer now when things are getting exciting, though. You decide to captchalogue your IPHONE in your HAIKU MODUS, which consists of three rows that will only fit items with 5, 7, and 5 syllables. It actually doesn't fit much. You're going to have to find some MORE POEMSPACE later. Pretty sure you have some extras lying around from when you got the modus. On second thought, maybe it would be better simply to captchalogue your PHONE. Elcie: Give chase!You leave the sburb server to its installing and tear down the hallway after the DOG.
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Post by Celestial on Apr 30, 2012 13:29:12 GMT -5
> Celestial: Respond to MemoDC: Of course you can be my server, Candy. I'd be honoured. DC: Ack, whatever happened, Elcie, we'll wait for you. DC: Now to pester my client some more. x3 > Respond to HunterDC: Let's see now... DC: There are some fancy machines I seem to have access to but they cost a fair bit of Grist, whatever that is. DC: You don't have much, only about 20 units of this stuff. DC: According to the manual, you can earn more via strife, so you might want to pick a fight. xD DC: And these things are huge so you better make room. DC: Here, I'll help you. > Begin moving stuff aroundYou start moving the papers away from the centre of Hunter's room and clearing away a space. This guy's room is like your guest room, stuffed to the gills with stuff. Except in the guest room is your dad's stuff. You wish your housekeeper would clear it away but she has clear instructions not to touch it. You wish that just this once she was more daring and cleaned it up anyway. Focusing on the task ahead. There finally appears to be some space for the TOTEM LATHE at least. DC: Ready for your Totem Lathe? We'll have to put the other thing, the Alchemiter, into another room, unless you want to be trapped in your room forever. DC: You got any place with a large, open space? DC: There's other stuff but I'm not sure how to get the grist for that. DC: Feel free to experiment with those things. =D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 14:53:15 GMT -5
>Hunter: Respond to CelestialHF: What am I supposed to pick a fight with!? HF: Anyway... There should be enough room in the living room for the stuff. >Hunter: Equip yourself for battle!Your strife specibus is the trusty hatKind! But to get your fedora out of your sonnet modus, you're going to have to replace it with something thematically and rhythmically similar. >Hunter: Rummage around in your closet for something.Aha! There we go. You can take out your Fe dora and replace it with your Wiz ard Hat! >Hunter: Now equip yourself?Now you can move your fedora from your CAPTCHALOGUE DECK to your STRIFE DECK. You don your fedora, an excellent choice of headgear but... an admittedly ridiculous choice of weapon. If only there was a way you could make a weaponized hat by combining it with other things from your room. But that would be silly.
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