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  • Currently 4.57/5 Stars.

scott

Student Rook

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14% to the next rank


"Digital Man, Digital Man. Digital Man hates Typographic Man. They have a fight, Digital wins. Digital Man."


Current Games

Game #3105

Players: abattoir, scott

Game #3044 in "Family Room2"

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Players: lilyana, scott

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All-Time Top Plays


Game #2903, Play #115 by scott

Ceres, Antigone to Mother Teresa
"All directly related to various forms of motherly love: Ceres, the goddess of motherly love; Antigone, the product of Oedipus's "motherly love" with Jocasta; and Mother Teresa, an iconic example of Christian charity, who provides service and motherly love to the poor and downtrodden."


 Game #576, Play #96 by scott

The Genie to Pedro Sanchez
"two fictional characters who claim to be able to make your (wildest) dreams come true."


 Game #655, Play #113 by scott

Cameroon to duck
"Cameroon was one of the early countries affected by bird flu, carried by a duck:
http://news.avian-influenza.info/bird_flu_cameroon_news.html"

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Game "Delay" Bug Fixed

We finally tracked down and fixed that pesky delay/lag problem many of you have been experiencing. The culprit? A corrupted database table index. I know, I know... we'll be getting around to more regular maintenance now on that.

In the meantime, we hope you'll now enjoy crisp response from the game server. Drop me a line if you don't (in the forums).

Tuesday, 13 May 2008 at 7:35am— scott

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We're looking for a few good players...

... players who can argue dispassionately and civilly. We recommend Paul Graham's essay How to Disagree and the follow-up picture based on it. Read Paul's essay!

Tuesday, 8 April 2008 at 8:25pm— scott

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Case-sensitive Authentication (bug)

I thought we had this one licked, but in our panic last week when we moved the authentication web server to a new box, we forgot to make sure that the library we use for authentication was up to date.

Well, it is now, and the bug is closed. Again.

Monday, 7 April 2008 at 9:21pm— scott

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Release: 1.101

I don't want to steal any thunder, but this release is looking fantastic.

Some new features to notice: you can invite anyone to become a player inside the game by clicking the 'Friends' link at the top, then click the "Invite Friends!" link. Just type in their email address they'll receive an invitation to join. You can also invite players from your profile page. You get points when the friends you invite signup on the Glass Bead Network.

You'll also notice an in-game tutorial. There are actually two things going on here that look the same: you'll receive random "hints" in the Welcome channel and inside your channel. You'll also receive a step-by-step tutorial when you play a game. You can turn these hints off by clicking the 'Options' link in the game, then deselect "Show tutorial tips".

While I love explaining how the game works to friends and family, it does get a little old sometimes, especially since the game is far easier to understand when you see it. I need to start carrying around little business cards that only have the website address on it. "Just go here and try it yourself."

And now, Danny has also finished up a series of short videos to make that even simpler to understand. You can see how the linkage rules (e.g., "bounded" and "unique") work in real plays with clear examples, and additional "games in progress" to watch as well.

We've got even more stuff in the works—stay tuned and keep playing.

Saturday, 15 March 2008 at 12:53pm— scott

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All Games

  • Currently 2.00/5 Stars.
Game #3105
"awesome game, great job"

  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
Game #3044

  • Currently 4.18/5 Stars.
Game #2903
"Longest. Game. Ever. (Again.)"

  • Currently 4.59/5 Stars.
Game #2853
"Sweet Symbolism"

  • Currently 3.84/5 Stars.
Game #2850
"zippy nugs"

  • Currently 2.91/5 Stars.
Game #2817
"Radio Free Housewives"

  • Currently 3.20/5 Stars.
Game #2472
"Belly dancers love twinkies!"

  • Currently 2.20/5 Stars.
Game #2023
"Van Gogh"

  • Currently 2.00/5 Stars.
Game #1929
"Darth Vader Sleeps with a Teddy Bear"

  • Currently 2.60/5 Stars.
Game #1571
"Pointy Pearls and perfunctory Prince"

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