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Thread: Order of the Stick: November II
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2005-11-19, 05:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Duskrider_Moogle
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2005-11-19, 05:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
I don't really see the value to Haley's words being harder (or impossible) to translate.
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2005-11-19, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Kish
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2005-11-19, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Kish
To put it another way, while there's no intrinsic value in Haley's words being difficult or impossible to translate, there's no intrinsic value in them being easy to translate, either - in fact, if they were so easy to translate that you could figure it out as you went along on a first reading, the joke would be diminished.
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2005-11-19, 08:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
I agree. My comments were made purely in jest. Please disregard. I wouldn't want to diminish the humor of the strip. :)
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2005-11-19, 10:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Duskrider_Moogle
I would also like to put forth that the 'cryptographers' amongst us please use the "What Haley Said" thread for future translations. This way everyone can enjoy discussing the comic without 'stumbling' across the translations if they don't wish to.
This is in no way a slam on the brilliance you've shown, but honestly I was contemplating the answers myself when I wondered in here. Kinda just stopped about then... but had it been contained in a different thread, I'd have tried my rusty hand at it. ;)
[EDIT] Past present participle errors, gerunded to death [/EDIT]EvilEeyore AntiSocialite
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2005-11-19, 11:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Penguin_King
Context is our friend ;)
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2005-11-20, 12:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Duskrider_Moogle
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2005-11-20, 12:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Personally, I think Rich should keep it simple. That way he can devote more time to the funny. It was unintelligible at first glance and that is what he was going for(also...funny). If he spends all his time coming up with an uncrackable code, I will laugh less, because he would spend less time on the excellent jokes. I'm selfish. I want to laugh more. Besides, I think, from his comments, that he meant it to be crackable. If he really wanted an uncrackable code, all he needed to do was not use letter substitution; just type a bunch of random letters that don't correspond in number to the actual word. In other words, pure gibberish.
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2005-11-20, 03:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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for future strips that may use different codes, http://www.geocities.com/darknesnsilence/decrypt.htm (would've been c++ but i decided to go with something simpler, and yes i know it has some bad coding practices but i wrote this at 2 am, what do u expect.)
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2005-11-20, 07:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Penguin_King
You're right in that it would have been less fun if the code had been significantly easier, so that it could be decoded immediately. But it would also have been less fun if the code had been significantly harder, so that I'd have had to go to the forums to get a translation, or if it had looked more like completely random letters.
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2005-11-20, 10:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by The Giant
If you want to make your next code really tough, you could try the following...
1) translate the words into a foreign language and then use a letter substitution key. Of course, only people who know the foreign language can translate it.
2) Instead of a single letter substitution key, use a double letter substitution key. Break the sentences into two letter pairs. Then substitute each pair with a single letter (or even more confusing, a pictogram).
3) Rebuses. A rebus is where you replace syllables with homonym pictures. For example, a rebus for "rebus" might be a picture of a fishing reel followed by "-l" followed by the picture of a bus.Here is a numbering of all character appearances in OOTS
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2005-11-20, 11:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Wrecan
But WHY would he want to do that? The good thing with what he did now is that it's not so easy you get it at first glance but it is easy enough to figure it out after a while. If he made it retardedly hard noone would have figured it out and it would be less funny.
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2005-11-20, 12:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
So by M9onday Roy will either once again have the Trouser Titan back in 'action' or have V or Durkon readying to cast the prepared Remove Curse.
Then its on to solving Haley's dilema. I predict Miko will be angered and accuse the OotS of just trying to delay their inevitable justice.EvilEeyore AntiSocialite
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2005-11-20, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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i predict that monday's episode will involve some of the characters performing some action that we may or may not expect
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2005-11-20, 01:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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I predict that it will be funny or lead to other funny happenstance.
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2005-11-20, 02:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
I predict that there will be more senseless predictions on this thread.
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2005-11-20, 02:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
I predict that more people will post in code on this thread
F rdvi knbyftm mqrm kpikdb xfdd nbry mqfv ???
;Dfound in somebody elses sig&&&&\"love is a powerful force, especially when focused into a coherent beam of destruction\"&&&&feels like no one is teling him about the fued or he war or the hat.&&&&Birds and the flying, stinging insects of PAIN!!!!&&&&Toothpicks of Lightning, &&
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2005-11-20, 03:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by LothorusCheck out past werewolf games at the Unofficial GiantITP werewolf archive
Also wasting too much time playing Evony right now.
I don't wanna be a llama or a duck or a wabbit.
I wanna be a POODLE!
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2005-11-20, 05:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
That'd be called precognition.
V is female. Let that be known!
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2005-11-20, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
And here I thought I would be dropping the bomb on what Haley actually said. LoL Well, I'm at least posting my efforts so I can say something came out of them.
Frame 4 TREASURE!
Frame 5 GONE! All of it, gone! I can't believe it's all gone!
I got eaten by a dragon for that freakin' treasure!
Frame 6 I got vomited up! By a disgusting acid-breathing dragon! And now it's gone!
Frame 7 Not THE loot, MY loot. Mine.
Frame 8 Wait, why do I sound funny? Hello? Hello?
Frame 9 What? No! Don't you tell!
Frame 10 Sneak attack boot to the face!
Frame 11 Darn straight.
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2005-11-20, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
And now that I read the page 7 of this thread, I wish I hadn't posted the answers. :-[
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2005-11-20, 11:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by Cyrano_Wolfe
But please use the other thread next time. Think of the Kittens. ;DEvilEeyore AntiSocialite
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2005-11-21, 12:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
What I find interesting is that while Durkon says that he and V prepared their spells, there was no mention of any Remove Curse spells for Roy. I wonder if this is an implication that neither of them can remove the effects of the gender changing belt?
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2005-11-21, 01:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
the item description says that even wish only has a 50% chance of succeeding, so i doubt durkon or v could cast spells poweful enough to counter the effects
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2005-11-21, 01:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Even the belt's original owner (the ogre) only changed back after death. This doesn't bode well for Roy...
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2005-11-21, 02:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Order of the Stick: November II
Originally Posted by ironoutlawOrth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2005-11-21, 04:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Duskrider_Moogle
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2005-11-21, 07:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by ironoutlaw
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2005-11-21, 08:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by ironoutlaw