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* Topic for #soniccenter is: The Eggman Center - http://www.soniccenter.org - Taking over the world, one robot at a time | Word of the Day: Transmogrify
* Topic for #soniccenter set by Sprint at Sat Sep 30 14:20:18 2006
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<ARRPEEGEE> I guess this can take FC1/3/5 3 seconds lower
<SuperSonic101> FC5 without this could already go down to 2:45, so do you mean 13 seconds there?
<_> Only 2:45?
<_> My FC5 is up to 14 days, 21:37:10
<SuperSonic101> wtf?  The timer stops at 99:59.  And don't you have 3:30 or something?
<_> You mean FC5 the level, where low time is good.
<SuperSonic101> And you mean?
<ARRPEEGEE> I mean that this trick will take each of those levels 3 seconds below where they'd be without it, for a given quality of run
<_> FC5 the operating system.  http://fedora.redhat.com/
<_> I got up to 61 days on FC4.
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<_> How coincidental.  We were just talking about ways to kill you.
<SuperSonic101> wait, when did he get unbanned?
<Kramark> Rolken did it because he's nice
<_> ...
<Kramark> I beat Cybrax at green hill
<Kramark> 26.40
<SuperSonic101> yeah, right
<Kramark> I even took a picture
<Kramark> http://www.redcoat.net/pics/tubgirl.jpg
* _ sets mode: +b *!*cb275114@B240702E.F46DBD43.C02AD93E.IP
* _ has kicked Kramark from #soniccenter (new rule: posting pictures of your mom = ban)
<SuperSonic101> pwned
<ARRPEEGEE> XD
<SuperSonic101> anyway, off to get sub-2:45 Final Chase 5
<SuperSonic101> not that silly Fedora Core thing
<ARRPEEGEE>
<ARRPEEGEE> yay, I killed a conversation!
<ARRPEEGEE> so I shall monologue and beat SM's record!
<ARRPEEGEE> 1
<ARRPEEGEE> 2
<ARRPEEGEE> 3
<ARRPEEGEE> 4
<ARRPEEGEE> 5
<ARRPEEGEE> 6
<ARRPEEGEE> 7
<ARRPEEGEE> 8
<ARRPEEGEE> 9
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* ARRPEEGEE  (~DSSiviter@AIRC-4A0D6B5.ipt.aol.com) has joined #soniccenter
<ARRPEEGEE> dammit!
<ARRPEEGEE> the record is safe for now
<ARRPEEGEE> I'm out for a while to kill some time
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<Sprint> a new month, and hence more bandwidth for my site
<Sprint> whoever kept hitting those videos 500 times a day should be shot
<_> Kind of makes you wish you could have guns, doesn't it?
<Sprint> maybe I do have one, just no one knows about it
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<MI5> I heard that...
* Sprint has kicked MI5 from #soniccenter (bugger off, you)
* Sprint goes to start the S3DB TAS
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<ShadowJacky> WTF just happened?
<ShadowJacky> I came home from dinner to find a sign sticking in my front yard
<Taco> :O
<ShadowJacky> It says "CHRIS IS TEH GAY" and "SHADOW'D"
<Taco> XD
<cybrax> XD to the max
<ShadowJacky> It's not funny.  It's vandalism.
<ShadowJacky> How did anyone manage to find me?
<ShadowJacky> I know I wrote my address on the packages with the tapes I sent out, but those were a long time ago and both SM and Cybrax live too far away to come up here just for a prank
<cybrax> haha i know someone who lives near you
<ShadowJacky> So...you gave them my address and told them to do this to me?
<cybrax> sm gave me the idea
<ShadowJacky> And?
<_> I pointed out something similar that happened before.  I didn't give him license to try repeating it.
<ShadowJacky> You've given me no choice but to hate you both from now on.  And I'd like to know who this friend of Cybrax's is, so I can sue him.
<cybrax> you'll never guess
<ShadowJacky> You've given me no choice but to stalk you.
<ShadowJacky> I'll look into your Halo and WoW teams to find anyone who lives near me.
<_> Use http://reversephonedirectory.com so you can get their address and strike back!
<ShadowJacky> awesome!
<cybrax> now I can go tell the one who did it to change to a fake address
<cybrax> you shouldn't have spoken your plans
to >ShadowJacky< Don't forget that Google has a cache function
to >ShadowJacky< Any discrepancies will be easy to spot
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<ARRPEEGEE> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
<CherryMay> Happy birthday!  Happy, happy, happy!
<ARRPEEGEE> FINALLY 18!
<ARRPEEGEE> PARTY TIME, RPG STYLE!
<Spinballwizard> Whatever you say...too bad I can't join the celebration for another 5 hours.
<ARRPEEGEE> Sure you can...just get on an acid trip and you can fly over here in no time >_>
<mike89> Everything just got quiet.
<ARRPEEGEE> How funny you should say that, because I just had to turn down some really loud music.
<ARRPEEGEE> Did Dan talk in this room a lot?
<mike89> Do you think you did?
<_> !top10
<ChanBot> Top10(words): 1. CosmicFalcon(381496) 2. CherryMay(355602) 3. mike89(353984) 4. RPG(275433) 5. Rolken(263520) 6. SS|Away(147728) 7. Sprint(129017) 8. AndrewJ(118356) 9. Spinballwizard(105229) 10. MK(99165)
<ARRPEEGEE> I'm sorry, this is Dan's mother speaking.
<ARRPEEGEE> He's lying here unconscious and with no pulse.
<mike89> :O
<ARRPEEGEE> It looks like a drug overdose.
<SuperSonic101> lucky for me, I don't overdose on my drugs
<CherryMay> and you're telling us about it instead of dialing 999 right away because...?
<ARRPEEGEE> I want to know what this place is about; since he died at the keyboard, maybe you might have something to do about it.
<mike89> In this room we mostly discuss various games.
<Taco> like Sonic Advance, the best game ever!
<ARRPEEGEE> That's it!
<ARRPEEGEE> I'm taking up arms against video games and the Internet for letting our children throw themselves away like this!
<CosmicFalcon> onos
<CosmicFalcon> another Jack Thompson!
<Taco> you're funny
<CherryMay> should we start sending you flowers too?
<ARRPEEGEE> Want a lawsuit?
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* mike89 has changed the topic to: Farewell, Dan Siviter - 1988-2006 - We won't let your loss bring down TSC
<_> There are still 1043 non-banned, non-guest, non-confirmed-dead members to carry on the torch
<CosmicFalcon> 1043 of us that are going to die someday.
<_> You think of it like that.
<Taco> 1043 of us that are temporarily separated from him until we meet again in heaven!  or hell!  or...whatever!
<Taco> yay, room's dead
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<stupidghost> Amateurs.
<stupidghost> Does _no one_ play Angel Island act 2?
<Taco> I do!
<Taco> did you figure out another shortcut with Knuckles?
<stupidghost> It doesn't work with Knuckles, only Sonic and Tails.
<Taco> why those two and not Knuckles?
<mike89> methinks you're not talking about the same Angel Island
<Taco> oh
<stupidghost> I don't own a Game Boy Advance, so I can't use whichever game has the Angel Island you're thinking about.
<mike89> what, does screenwrap work on that level to get into Knuckles' faster part?
<stupidghost> Of course not, that map doesn't wrap.
<mike89> it was worth a shot, since AI2 has strange map boundaries
<stupidghost> Indeed it does, and it's what makes this trick work.
<Taco> a trick! tell me!
<stupidghost> I'll just say that it involves beating the act 1 boss and getting credit for act 2 complete.
<mike89> Is that legal?
<stupidghost> Until the rules change or Freestyle gets added, I'm claiming 0:41 on this level.  It's close to optimized for non-TAS matters.
* mike89 pulls out times.xls
<mike89> that puts Sonic's total under 18:00 in one fell swoop!
<_> I say let it be allowed
<stupidghost> I guess since you take everything he says as official, there you have it.
<_> Since I get the feeling you're not going to reveal this to us, only one option remains:
<_> To figure it out for myself.
<_> But not now.
<_> In order to forget about recent events, I propose...the MONTHLY TSC CHALLENGE!
<mike89> :O
<Taco> yay!
<_> Our first challenge takes place in the eternal classic, Sonic 2.
<_> The goal: get a Perfect bonus in Emerald Hill 1 and cross the post as fast as you can.
<GerbilSoft> I'll race you to compile the new 2.6.19rc1 kernel
<_> In case of a tie, most rings at the end wins (296 beats 286, which beats 103).
<_> Who's in?
<mike89> me, of course
<Taco> why can't it be Sonic Advance 2?
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<stupidghost> I'll try and get my path to work.
<yoshifan> what path?
<_> A contest is about to start for Sonic 2
<_> Complete EH1 with a perfect bonus as fast as you can
<yoshifan> sounds good!  I'll try it
<_> Get ready to start the game...
<_> and GO!
<mike89> Done with 256 rings in 5:12
<GerbilSoft> took 5:29 to compile the kernel
<GerbilSoft> (bust)
<GerbilSoft> also lol at 256 and 512
<stupidghost> Done in 6:04
<stupidghost> I had to try a few times to get up to two of the 10-ring boxes.
<_> you don't have to hit 10s to get perfect
<stupidghost> Oh, right.
<stupidghost> Guess that blew it.
<yoshifan> I tried but got hit all three times
<_> also, you can get hit and still get perfect
<yoshifan> Really?
<_> Yes.  All that matters is that there are 0 instances of the Ring object anywhere on the map.  You can leave all the 10s behind, and you can lose rings by getting hit as long as you get all the rings on the map once each.
<yoshifan> So that's how mike did it with only 256 instead of 296...
* mike89 are winner!
<Taco> yay mike!
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<_> WAIT UP.
<_> Something isn't right here.
<mike89> :O
<Taco> :O
<cybrax> :O
<cybrax> :O
<cybrax> :O
<cybrax> :O
<cybrax> :O
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<_> xebra: How the hell are you connected to the Internet?
<stupidghost> A Peripheral Component Interconnect slot, a network interface card with bandwidth modes of 10 and 100 million bits per second, RJ-45 connectors, category-5 cable, a Netgear brand modulator/demodulator, F connectors, coaxial cable, a wall socket, and underground cable.  And then there's the Internet service provider...should I detail that?
<_> Actually, I was referring to your IP of 230.20.162.43.
<_> That IP isn't allowed for a host; it's reserved for multicast.
<stupidghost> My secret is out!
<stupidghost> I am on the way to taking over the entire Internet!
<stupidghost> My other secret isn't, though.
<_> What?  How you slowed down the game's clock to get your S3TA records?
<stupidghost> BZZZZT! Wrong.
<_> How you put such a convincing Chinese accent in textual form?
<stupidghost> Nope.  I'll give you one more try.
<_> How you used mind control to get your one accomplice to agree with you?
<stupidghost> Close.
<stupidghost> But I guess I'll admit to it.
<stupidghost> You and Sprint have been worthy foes this whole time.  I guess you should know my secret identity...
<Rolken> :O
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<Sprint> ...
* stupidghost is now known as Dr_Eggman
* Sprint has changed the topic to: WTF
<Dr_Eggman> I am Dr. Eggman, the greatest scientific genius in the world!
<Cybrax> are you trippin'?
<Cybrax> i like trippin'
<Dr_Eggman> I've been repeatedly mocked, and beaten, for over 15 years now!
<Dr_Eggman> No one ever respects me for what I am!
<Dr_Eggman> So I'm going to take my revenge against the ones who mock me best!  I will destroy this chatroom and build on its remains the Eggman Cyber Coliseum, the greatest undertaking of network infrastructure this world has ever seen!
<Rolken> With all due respect, Mr. Eggman (or should I call you Robotnik?) I've always thought of you as an underappreciated character, drowned out by a stigma of evil.
<Rolken> I even put a statue of you as the background to every page on two of the skins!
<Rolken> It's Sonic Team you should be angry at.
<Dr_Eggman> NONSENSE, MORTAL!  YOU WILL BE FIRST TO PAY!
* ChanServ sets mode: -a Rolken
* ChanServ sets mode: -q Sprint
* Dr_Eggman sets mode: +ahoq Dr_Eggman Dr_Eggman Dr_Eggman Dr_Eggman
<CosmicFalcon> ahoq'd
<CosmicFalcon> that looks like ahoy
<CosmicFalcon> which is like chips ahoy
<CosmicFalcon> which are yummy!
* CosmicFalcon eat
* Rolken has quit (Killed (Dr_Eggman (AND THE CHARGED SHOT OF DEATH EGG V.51.6 BLASTS YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL!)))
<Dr_Eggman> Now, who should be my next test subject?
<Dr_Eggman> MK!  I see that you're an IRC Operator!
* Dr_Eggman sets mode: +o MK
<MK> Finally!  I get ops back!
<MK> Hey...what's happening to me?
<Dr_Eggman> You're becoming my faithful assistant.
* MK is now known as Eggbot
<Eggbot> All your base are belong to Eggman!
* CosmicFalcon run
<Eggbot> I will destroy you all with my...
* Eggbot is now known as AIRCGuest980891253
<AIRCGuest980891253> ...butter knife?
<Dr_Eggman> BLAST!  Foiled!
<Sprint> serves you right for using a protected name
<_> Don't you want "EggRobo"?
<Dr_Eggman> SILENCE, _.
<Dr_Eggman> I will make sure this isn't a trap first.
<Dr_Eggman> !seen EggRobo
<ChanBot> Dr_Eggman, I don't remember seeing EggRobo.
* AIRCGuest980891253 is now known as EggRobo
<EggRobo> Did I say butter knife?  I meant CHAINSAW!
<mike89> EggRobo using a chainsaw?  How odd.
<_> !seen my master
<ChanBot> _, I don't remember seeing my master.
<Dr_Eggman> My robots use whatever they want, thank you very much.
<Dr_Eggman> WHAT?  ChanBot, I am your master.
<Dr_Eggman> Just for that, I'm going to bring back the Death Egg V.51.6 and blast you into an alternate universe!
<EggRobo> Three cheers for Eggman...Cheer...Cheer...Cheer...Eggman is good, Eggman is great, Blast that fool to dimension T-8!
* ChanBot has quit (AIRC Quit: Error 310 (Moved Permanently))
<EggRobo> He shoots...he scores!
* Dr_Eggman is raring for a fight.  To become my opponent, type /ctcp Dr_Eggman fight
* Taco has quit (Killed (Dr_Eggman (Are you as gullible as I think you are?)))
<mike89> Our forces are dwindling!  Eggman's taking over!  What can we do?
<_> I have a plan.
<Dr_Eggman> A plan, huh?  You'll need more than that to dethrone me.
* Dr_Eggman has changed the topic to: Dr. Eggman's Playroom - irc://irc.accessirc.net/soniccenter - Where pitiful creatures kneel at the sight of their emperor!  Word of the day: Underlings
from -NickServ- Password changed to honesty.
to >mike89< I've changed my password to "honesty" - nick to Sonic and identify
to >Cybrax< I've changed my password to "honesty" - nick to Knuckles and identify
to >CosmicFalcon< I've changed my password to "honesty" - nick to Amy and identify
from -CosmicFalcon- why do I have to be Amy?
from -Cybrax- whatever man
* mike89 is now known as Sonic
to >CosmicFalcon< You have a choice.  You can be Amy, or you can be a smoldering pile of ash.
* Cybrax is now known as Knuckles
from -CosmicFalcon- fine...but this is for TSC!
* ChanServ sets mode: +o Knuckles
* You are now known as Tails
* CosmicFalcon is now known as Amy
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<Robin> Titans GO!
<Robin> ...
<Robin> Oh wait, wrong room.
* Robin has quit (Killed (Dr_Eggman (You're damn right, wrong room.)))
* Dr_Eggman sets mode: +m
<EggRobo> Let it begin...Fight.
<Knuckles> so what are we supposed to do, choke a bitch?
<Amy> I don't know...help?
<Tails> !help
<EggRobo> Welcome to Dr. Eggman's Boss Room!  Use CTCP commands to fight.  Some words are good, some are bad.  All hail Eggman!
<Sonic> o_O
<Tails> You heard the man...er, bot.  Let's get fighting!
<EggRobo> Knuckles collected 10 rings!
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 1 time
<Knuckles> what the hell is this
<Knuckles> just guessing random words
<EggRobo> Knuckles was hit and dropped rings!  Knuckles collected 1 ring!  Tails collected 1 ring!
<Knuckles> screw it
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 2 times
<EggRobo> Sonic collected 6 rings!
<EggRobo> Sonic collected 3 rings!
<Amy> I can't guess worth anything...no bonuses or hits...
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 3 times
<Amy> I spoke too soon...
<EggRobo> Amy was hit without rings!
* EggRobo sets mode: +b Amy!*@*
* Amy has quit (Killed (EggRobo (You got PWNED)))
<EggRobo> NINE MINUTES ELAPSED
<Sonic> Does that mean what I think it means?
<Tails> Better hurry...
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 4 times
<EggRobo> NINE MINUTES THIRTY SECONDS ELAPSED
<Sonic> I'm doomed!
<EggRobo> NINE MINUTES FORTY-FIVE SECONDS ELAPSED
<EggRobo> Tails collected 10 rings!
* Knuckles has quit (Killed (EggRobo (TIME OVER)))
* Sonic has quit (Killed (EggRobo (TIME OVER)))
* You have been killed by EggRobo (TIME OVER)
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* Now talking on #soniccenter
* Topic for #soniccenter is: Dr. Eggman's Playroom - irc://irc.accessirc.net/soniccenter - Where pitiful creatures kneel at the sight of their emperor!  Word of the day: Underlings
* Topic for #soniccenter set by Dr_Eggman at Sat Sep 30 21:05:27 2006
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* ChanServ sets mode: +o Tails
from -EggRobo- You have 2 lives left.
* ChanServ sets mode: +o Sonic
* ChanServ sets mode: +o Amy
<Tails> Don't attack yet.
<Tails> I'm going to see if the good words are the same as last time.  Worst case, you only lose me.
<Sonic> fire!
<EggRobo> Tails was hit without rings!
* EggRobo sets mode: +b Tails!*@*
* You have been killed by EggRobo (You got PWNED)
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* Now talking on #soniccenter
* Topic for #soniccenter is: Dr. Eggman's Playroom - irc://irc.accessirc.net/soniccenter - Where pitiful creatures kneel at the sight of their emperor!  Word of the day: Underlings
* Topic for #soniccenter set by Dr_Eggman at Sat Sep 30 21:05:27 2006
* ChanServ sets mode: +o Tails
from -EggRobo- You have 1 life left.
<Tails> What did I miss?
<Amy> We got up to 6 hits before time over.
<Amy> Just a bit better this time...
<Dr_Eggman> Ha ha ha!  You will never defeat me!
<EggRobo> Sonic collected 10 rings!
<Dr_Eggman> Get a load of THIS!
<EggRobo> Sonic was hit and dropped rings!  Amy collected 1 ring!  Sonic collected 3 rings!  Tails collected 1 ring!
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<Dr_Eggman> I wonder what those two are doing, in a room to themselves...
<Tails> Who cares?  I'm here to beat you!
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 1 time
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* ChanServ sets mode: +o Sonic
<Sonic> That was a close one.
<Sonic> I know this is only role-play, but I never thought "Amy" was so enthusiastic about role-play.
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* Stockholm.SE.EU.AccessIRC.Net sets mode: +o Amy
<Amy> Yay!  Netsplit's over!
<Amy> I found you, Sonic!
<Tails> Amy, save that for another time.  We need to get seven more hits on Eggman!
<Tails> Will Knuckles _ever_ get back into the fight?
<Dr_Eggman> Not likely.  Take THIS!
<EggRobo> Knuckles was hit without rings!
* EggRobo sets mode: +b Knuckles!*@*
* Knuckles has quit (Killed (EggRobo (You got PWNED)))
<Sonic> Supercharge!  Light Speed Dash NOW!
<EggRobo> Sonic collected 30 rings!
<EggRobo> Sonic collected 10 rings!
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 2 times
<Amy> I think I've found a stash of ring boxes!
<Tails> save it for Sonic
<Tails> that'll be 7 away from getting another chance, if this game works like it should
<EggRobo> Sonic collected 50 rings!
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 3 times
<Sonic> We're on a roll!
<Amy> Maybe you are.  I only have 1 measly ring!
<EggRobo> Sonic collected 5 rings!
<Tails> Is there a way to transfer ownership of rings here?
<Dr_Eggman> Was there a way in any previous game?  Don't think so.  Looks like you'll have to do without your precious extra life.
<Tails> Oh really?  Amy, come this way.  Sonic, get close behind.
<EggRobo> Tails jumped onto spikes and dropped rings!  Sonic collected 1 ring!
<Sonic> 99 for me...
to >Amy< use /ctcp Dr_Eggman spikes
<EggRobo> Amy jumped onto spikes and dropped rings!
<Sonic> I didn't collect it?  Damn, that ring must have bounced to the right and fallen through the floor...
<Dr_Eggman> Don't think you're going to cash in...
<EggRobo> Death Egg V.51.6 sucked up every ring in the level!
<Dr_Eggman> And no, I didn't leave any Metal-Harbor-like secrets behind.
<Amy> What can we do now?
<Tails> We can get five more hits, that's what.  Don't know how much time is left.  Hurry!
<Dr_Eggman> The five remaining hit words could be anything!  You have two minutes left to guess random words!  You'll never do it!
<Tails> Maybe not.  But there is something I can do.  Here goes nothing.
from -NickServ- Password changed to evil1.
* Sonic has quit (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Tails)))
from -NickServ- Ghost with your nickname has been killed.
<Amy> wtf
<Amy> YOU TRAITOR!
<Amy> YOU KILLED THE ONE OF US THAT ACTUALLY HAS RINGS, AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!
<Tails> I did what I had to.
<Amy> You're with Eggman, aren't you?  I knew you were too smart to be on our side...
<Dr_Eggman> A GHOST command...interesting...
<Amy> I'll kill you the way you killed Sonic!
<Amy> Hey!
<Tails> I changed the password, if you hadn't noticed.
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 4 times
<EggRobo> NINE MINUTES ELAPSED
<EggRobo> Dr_Eggman was hit!  Hit 5 times
<Amy> I need 3 more hits and I have a turncoat partner!  How can I do this?
<Tails> No comment.
<Amy> Of course you won't comment, you're evil.
<EggRobo> NINE MINUTES THIRTY SECONDS ELAPSED
<Amy> I can't do this! *cries*
<EggRobo> NINE MINUTES FORTY-FIVE SECONDS ELAPSED
<Amy> I'm going to die!
* Dr_Eggman has quit (Killed (Services.AccessIRC.Net (Too many invalid passwords (Amy))))
<Amy> ...
<Amy> I'm alive?
<Tails> Like I said, no comment.
<EggRobo> Object sync error...Eggman no longer present...level complete?
<EggRobo> SCORE 1000
<EggRobo> TIME 9:54
<EggRobo> AMY RINGS 0
<EggRobo> TAILS RINGS 0
<EggRobo> TIME BONUS 100
<EggRobo> RING BONUS 0
<EggRobo> TOTAL 100
<EggRobo> SCORE 1100
<Amy> so...what just happened?
<Tails> I demonstrated the ghost command on the strongest remaining member of our group, in an attempt to get Eggman to use it on us weaker members.  He tried it on you, but had to guess the password, which put the burden of guessing random words on his end...and after 5 failed tries, services automatically go in for the kill.
<Amy> That's so crazy, it could work.
<Tails> Now you say that, since you're not on a 10-minute timer.  Think about what you said then...
<Amy> You didn't tell me about your plan then.
<Tails> If I did, would you have dismissed it as a cover story and still accused me of working for Eggman?
<Amy> hmmm...I guess so.
<Amy> Too bad Sonic's not around to bask in the victory.
<Amy> As I said...For TSC.  Which is bigger than just one hedgehog.
<Tails> No matter how strange the path may be, that holds true.
<Amy> Have you ever thought of turning to the evil side?
<Tails> Lots.
<Amy> What holds you back?
<Tails> Nothing except my own choice.
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<Amy> Sounds fun...
<Tails> Wait a minute...how come there was no capsule to hit?
<Tails> oh, here it is
* Tails jumps on capsule
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<Sprint> pssh
<Sprint> I could have done that in 5:52
<Sprint> I can see 0:11 happening for the TAS
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<Amy> That was fun, but I've had enough.
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<flyby> Did somebody say sleep?
<flyby> comedy weakling option
<Sprint> not even 3am yet...yeah
<Sprint> now 7am...that's a different matter
<Tails> flyby, there's important news you should know about.
<Tails> Rolken was killed a while ago, by Dr. Eggman's new Death Egg V.51.6.
<flyby> you're silly
<flyby> for Rolken is right here!
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<Rolken> I have an important announcement to make
<Rolken> but later!
<Rolken> Take your clock, put it on top of your computer, and clap 3 times to be warped to the mysterious future!
<Tails> That's so crazy, it could work.
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<_> My clock is stopped at 23:58:00 on October 22nd
<Sprint> yours too?
<AndrewJ> how many timezones is that, all at the same time?
<Rolken> It's a new device I made, which stops time at the same time everywhere, for anyone I want!
<Rolken> It's going to make me rich when I preview it to the non-TSC world later this week!
<Rolken> like it?
<_> You said TSC4 was being unveiled at midnight on the 23rd
<_> is this your way of giving yourself more time to make the finishing touches?
<Rolken> nope!
<Rolken> It's all done and will be revealed two minutes after I decide to let your clocks run again!
<Taco> yay!
<_> Did Eggman's little rampage from three weeks ago have any impact on the new design?
<Rolken> maybe!
<CosmicFalcon> HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME BY CALLING IT LITTLE!
<CosmicFalcon> I mean
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<F-Man> XD
<_> There will be no more of that here.
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<CosmicFalcon> So you really are Eggman!
<_> No, it's just one of the names I keep reserved now to protect against nonsense.
<Rolken> so anyway, I'm about to press the button
<Rolken> 2 minutes to TSC4!
<Taco> the suspense is killing me!
<sonicam> If you stop time again, I'll steal last year's Times Square ball, so we can have it drop
<_> 1 minute!
<Rolken> sonicam: nope!
<F-Man> I'll beat you all to the first submission under TSC4!
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<F-Man> WTF
<Taco> wtf
<_> WTF
<Sprint> ...
<Spinballwizard> What the <G-rated>?
<CosmicFalcon> "Welcome to the Sonic Center.  Pardon the plain look of this page, but I eventually hope to fill it up with various philosophical ramblings about the Sonic game series.  My first two such writings, "Blue Hedgehogs? The Cobalt Effect Explained" and "The Underappreciated Eggman", are now available.  Look back to this page in the future to see more!"
<Spinballwizard> so...you nuked the whole site?
<Rolken> Not "nuked"
<Rolken> made more intellectual!
<Spinballwizard> But what about everything that used to be there?
<Rolken> surely you must not believe that has any substance?
<Spinballwizard> I put a lot into my records, and I'm sure a bunch of others put in a whole lot more.
<Sprint> there's always other sites
<Taco> Cyberscore?
<Rolken> Cyberscore is gay
<Spinballwizard> No other site has the unique combination of completeness and exclusivity that made TSC what it was.
<Rolken> The old TSC just isn't worth anything to me anymore.
<Rolken> I understand what went on, but I just didn't feel like part of it except for that "I take responsibility for everything" aspect
<_> My FTP account is being rejected, so I can't see just which files on the site are left
<_> cPanel doesn't seem to exist at all
<Rolken> I'll just say the code for TSC4 is much cleaner than older versions
<_> It's not hard to compete on cleanliness when the opposition is all "$directives this" and "$directives that"
<Rolken> X)
<Rolken> TSC5 might not even be TSC anymore
<Spinballwizard> and TSC4 still is somehow?
<Rolken> I was thinking of just turning it into a place where I can publish all my writings, Sonic-related or otherwise
<Rolken> The Rolken Center
<Rolken> nah, I'm setting my sights too high
<Rolken> When I think about it, in the grand scheme of things there just isn't much left to do
<flyby> NOOOOOOO!
<flyby> Rolken just shot himself in the head!
<CosmicFalcon> :O
<CherryMay> and you're telling us about it instead of dialing 999 right away because...?
<flyby> because it's 911 here instead of 999, for one
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<Taco> don't die on us Rolken!
<Taco> all that history down the drain, and if he dies we can't get it back!
<flyby> Things aren't looking good, sorry...
<Taco> can you at least get on Rolken's computer and put back the files?
<flyby> I'll try while I wait for an ambulance to arrive.
<flyby> Nothing's coming up.  I think he formatted the drive.
<flyby> Anyway, the paramedics are here.
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<CosmicFalcon> onos the site is doomed forever!
<_> Not while I'm around.
<Taco> yay!
<CosmicFalcon> underscore to the rescue!
<_> I have the TSC 3.5 source tree on my hard drive!
<_> Anyone who wants a copy, so they can recreate a mirror of the site, just Paypal US$15 to questiondesk@gmail.com
<_> Additionally, I have a database backup from September 25th.  The site can be restored minus the last month, but I'm sure most of us were time-warped through three weeks of that month, so we really lose less than a week.
<CosmicFalcon> I'll take one!
<CosmicFalcon> it'll help me learn PHP
<_> If that's what you want to use it for, fine.
<Taco> I don't have PayPal
* _ goes to download PHP and MySQL
<Taco> I guess I'd better not spend money on useless things to me anyway
<Taco> I might go broke!
<Sprint> I have an older copy of the source last modified in 2005
<_> In that case, you can have the special upgrade price of US$8.35
<_> download's done!
<CosmicFalcon> so...is TSC going to be a network of sites that all look and work the same but are disconnected?
<_> I'd give it a few weeks to have everything pan out, then the future of TSC should be clear by then
<_> A ring of mirrored sites might be a possibility
<_> for now, you can focus your attention to http://68.49.254.51:9983
<CosmicFalcon> It looks...broken.  And slow.
<_> bah...hard-coded URLs in the source.
<_> time to dig through and fix them all
<CosmicFalcon> so mirroring TSC won't be as easy as just putting up all the files?
<_> Of course not.  But who says good sites have to be easy to make?
<Sprint> I count 4 files that have "soniccenter.org" somewhere in them
<_> I count 0 on my set now, mainly because I've fixed them.  Try again: http://68.49.254.51:9983
<Taco> TSC returns!
<_> Don't hit it too hard right away; my PC can only upload so fast.
<_> I just got a call from flyby
<_> Jay was declared DOA at the hospital
<CosmicFalcon> DOA as in bouncy?
<Taco> dead on arrival?  nooo!
<_> I guess that makes it official: TSC is going open-source!
<GerbilSoft> That set off my stalk match.
<GerbilSoft> I approve of the decision, of course.
<CosmicFalcon> So that means I don't have to pay anything?
<_> I didn't say that.
<_> It's possible for open-source programs to cost money.
<_> However, if you pay the price, you can become a distributor of TSC's source and try and undercut my price so that people will pay you, or indeed start giving it away to anyone.
<GerbilSoft> GPL ftw
<_> Actually, I'll be using a BSD license.
<_> And I'll see to getting everything hosted on a dedicated server once again, so that TSC5 will be Sonic-speed as soon as possible.
<Taco> in conclusion: we win?
<CosmicFalcon> a quick poem before I go!
<CosmicFalcon> In these dark moments for our site
<CosmicFalcon> We'll find a way to see the light.
<CosmicFalcon> Even with some users gone...
<CosmicFalcon> TSC will still live on.
<CosmicFalcon> also bouncy.
<CosmicFalcon> THE END
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