Ahh, console video games (or vidcons as I call them). the ultimate medium of expression, able to convey any emotion ranging from hatred to love, loyalty to fear, all in front of our eyes. Ah, and with lovingly crafted art, music, and the ability to control the action, vidcons are the ultimate combination of the high arts. While I tend to play the stoic, I will be the first to admit that vidcons haven driven me to cry, to scream and shout, to feel actual hate; such is the power of this force beyond our wildest reckoning. And here I am, before you, to temp your tongues with the taint of such a tantalizing topic.
And the Japanese, the true geniuses behind the world of video games. Pah, I throw my scorn upon such incompetents of the West who would mock the true art of the Japanese with 'games' such as Baldur's Gate and Madden. Perhaps it is that the West is not as intelligent as the East, but this is a matter for another day. Japan has given us such masterpieces as the Final Fantasy series, Star Ocean, Wild Arms, and of course, Arc the Lad. Yes, some of the finest vidcons in the world were created by Japanese. I come to you today to ask you in all earnesty, what is your favorite vidcon? I will reveal mine after the grand debate has illustriously begun, but not before the first poster falls victim to my plot of discussion.
In other words, this is a thread on an imaginary forum our avatars frequent. The topic can fluctuate, and its mostly just general discussion.
Fairy-type Iris
Man, I feel so refreshed now. Today Marnie, me and the rest of my friends are gonna be watching John Wick: Chapter 4. How was everyone's sleep?
"I usually specialize in Dragon-types, but now I'm a fairy and specialize in Fairy-types. See the irony?" - Iris
Tama May Cry 1: Toony Angelos
Bonjour everyone, J'ai bien dormi! It's a little on the cloudy side at our home this morning. Hope you and your friends have a great time at the theater!
I slept good enough even if I stood up playing Quake games last night. The John Wick films are like what the Max Payne film should be been.
Har har har
As discussed previously ([1]
| [2]), we'll be with Stefan and his friends at the Deutsches Museum today.
We'll be back soon! Have a happy Saturday, everyone!
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I'm pulling my light novel characters out of this roleplay. Now that I'm officially writing my light novel, it basically requires me to cut them out of any pre-appearances they have made in other sources to avoid publishing complications.
Albedo
1 …who are you? And why, pray tell, do you look and act like myself?
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
[1] Good luck in your light novel! Though, where would I read it when you manage to publish it? Just being curious…
Fairy-type Iris
Currently in the movie theater, waiting for the previews to start.
Hopefully the trailers actually are using sound-design thriller music. Orchestral music has been getting difficult for me to listen to due to how commonplace it is in movie trailers nowadays.
"I usually specialize in Dragon-types, but now I'm a fairy and specialize in Fairy-types. See the irony?" - Iris
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
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HEY! Your movie will start in a few minutes, DEEESU! Hope you enjoy the show, NE~!
Edited by YourEternalTroper on Apr 22nd 2023 at 9:32:16 PM
Everything that lives is designed to end...
Har har har
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| [2]), we'll be with Stefan and his friends at the Deutsches Museum today.Have a good time at the museum, young men! I hope you enjoy it!
Yep, have fun!
So... Dr. Claymore, it's just you and me, it seems?
Ehh, not exactly.
... Could be worse.
(x5)
I wish you good luck on your jump into writing. Also, I have a couple of questions:
- Does your light novel have some kind of webpage of blog so I can know when it'll be completed and published?
- Where might I be able to find it when it's published?
- Would avoiding publishing complications mean scrubbing your old posts that involved said characters, or will the old posts still be around here?
Edited by m-95 on Apr 22nd 2023 at 11:14:36 AM
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Albedo
Not really relevant, but, Castle, has anyone ever told you that you (or at least whatever part you’re using as your avatar) looks kinda like a trilobite fossil? Is the resemblance intentional?
“You carry the aura of the stars, interesting...”
Extreme math nerd
Alright, I'm back! Sorry, had to manually land Gil and Tarvek's shuttle.
[1] No problem! Actually, if the portal crew here can actually manage to make a safe filtering portal, then you won't even need any stabilization for the duration of your visit - the high-degree air will simply be directly filtered out of your bloodstream and lungs and be left behind by the portal. I'm not sure about the effects of long-term exposure to the local atmosphere, so I may have to look into that.
[2] No problem! Good luck with the writing.
Btw, the museum visit IRL was from 10 AM to 3 PM, so should we align ourselves with that?
"What I don‘t like about measure theory is that you have to say 'almost everywhere' almost everywhere." - Attributed to Kurt Friedrichs
Har har har
Ah, good eye, Herr Rui! The picture that I am using in my profile picture is the Heterodyne seal, if you were wondering. The specific one in my profile picture is from the Mechanicsburg main gate.
The reason why it looks like a trilobite is because it is one. Just as the Roman Empire had the eagle (aquila) and House Valois had the fleur-de-lis, the House of Heterodyne has the trilobite as their symbol. You can find trilobite fossils all around the area surrounding Mechanicsburg, which is probably why my Masters chose it. In fact, they put it on almost everything they built and/or owned.
(x1)
(OOC: In that case, how 'bout we "come back" in ten or twenty minutes? Or should I wait till it's past 3PM in my timezone?)
Edited by m-95 on Apr 22nd 2023 at 1:50:40 PM
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Extreme math nerd
Sounds good.
I figured it must be some kind of sea animal... but since I've never seen it before, I figured it must be either very rare or extinct. Why a trilobite, of all things?
"What I don‘t like about measure theory is that you have to say 'almost everywhere' almost everywhere." - Attributed to Kurt Friedrichs
Har har har
(x1)
From what we can tell, it's extinct. We only have the fossils lying around.
I'm not sure. However, there are tons of trilobite fossils in and around Mechanicsburg, which is where my Masters settled, so that probably has something to do with it.
Herr Sadok von Mekkhan thought it was chosen because House Heterodyne, like the trilobite, would leave an imprint on the world for ages upon ages, but that's speculation made five centuries after the fact.
(OOC: I'll let Stefan announce his "return" first, so that way Gil & Tarvek don't "return" when it's way too late where you live.)
Edited by m-95 on Apr 22nd 2023 at 2:06:53 PM
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Albedo
They're an extinct sea creature in my homeworld too. I think I was told that they fossilize pretty easily because of their exoskeleton. Or something. I build robots, not memorize natural history.
“You carry the aura of the stars, interesting...”
Extreme math nerd
Alright, I'm back! The museum trip was more exciting than it should've been - mainly because I had a masquerade to uphold. I imagine Gil's and Tarvek's heads must be buzzing with ideas now - unless I've underestimated their homeworld. Either way, I hope they came back home safely.
"What I don‘t like about measure theory is that you have to say 'almost everywhere' almost everywhere." - Attributed to Kurt Friedrichs
Fairy-type Iris
Nice! What was the most interesting thing you found at the museum? My friends and I finished watching the movie, it was a great experience. Marnie and I are gonna be running at the gym next in a little bit.
Edited by clemont107 on Apr 22nd 2023 at 2:36:20 PM
"I usually specialize in Dragon-types, but now I'm a fairy and specialize in Fairy-types. See the irony?" - Iris
Har har har
(x2)
In terms of the masquerade, I think "Aaron Fürst" was a good disguise-name for me. I have to give myself credit for getting people to call me "Prince" without them knowing that I'm actually a prince. Though Wulfenbach was kinda testing his limits by using "Gil Holzfäller" like he did in university.
Well, using "Gil Holzfäller" worked, didn't it?
Personally, I really liked all the sections about aircraft. It's very impressive stuff, especially since I already do a lot of work with aeronautics myself, though I haven't made anything that complex yet. Though I think Sturmvoraus might have been embarrassed, having been shown how aircraft like mine actually do work.
You'll never drop that, will you?
As for me, I found the "phone" technology really interesting. Why, with all the things I learned there, I could probably revolutionize radio-technology here all on my own!
Not if I beat you to it. Then again, there's still plenty of ideas for us to split between us, right?
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I may publish it first as a web novel on sites like Fictionpress in order to give it a public platform for free viewing, but depends on the amount of progress I get done. Also, I will not be scrubbing all my posts here because that would take too much time, and frankly, ain't worth it in the end given how active this thread is.
Extreme math nerd
[1] Either a rocket sled or a bridge with a weight scale underneath it, which also had a lot of static charge for some reason.
[2] The radiology and PCB manufacturing was probably what concerned Icarus. But if you can manage to properly integrate RSA encryption into your comms channels, things might get a lot more interesting...
Har har har
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Well, yes, of course, we were just listing some of the many things we saw. PCB manufacturing in particular stood out to me.
(OOC: Can you plz explain in layman's terms why RSA encryption would be a big deal?)
As for RSA encryption, I agree that things would be pretty interesting if we implemented them.
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RSA encryption is - I believe - one of the first public key encryption systems, invented in 1973. Let's say Alice wants to send Bob a message. With RSA, Alice can use Bob's public key to encrypt the message, but if Charlie intercepts the message, he'll have an extremely hard time decrypting it, even if he knows Bob's public key. Instead, Bob can use a private key to decrypt the message easily.
In the case of RSA, the private key is a pair of two extremely big prime numbers, and the public key is the product of the two primes. Trying to find those two extremely big prime factors turns out to be a very computationally difficult task. That's all I know about the algorithm for now, but if I can learn more about it while studying, I'll let you know.
Currently, RSA is very common, but with quantum computers, you'll soon be able to crack it easily, which is why there are a lot of new encryption methods being tested, like elliptic curve cryptography.
TL;DR: RSA encryption is hard to crack even if you can intercept the message and know the recipient's public key.
Edit: I don't know much about Girl Genius, so maybe they could have public key cryptography already?
Edited by StepexNo2 on Apr 22nd 2023 at 11:25:42 AM
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Har har har
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(OOC: Thanks for the info. As for if GG has public key cryptography, I honestly don't know.)
Huh. I talked with some of the people in the lab an hour ago about some ideas I had. Now, I'm getting reports that around half of my staff is now obsessed with cryptography.
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"Cryptography", a method of protecting information and communications through the use of codes, so that only those for whom the information is intended can read and process it.
Intriguing! I wouldn't mind learning more about that subject too!
To put it simply: Get some rest.
Everything that lives is designed to end...