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[somedaytogether]

So, after some discussion with various people, I decided it would be a good idea to have some kind of central database of what we know. Or, to be more accurate, of what we have learned through echoes.

However, there are some logistical problems, especially regarding anonymity. It doesn't seem like the network is a good place to post this information, since you can't disguise who you are. I thought about it, and I think the best plan is to use a google doc. You can find it here.

It's completely anonymous, so anyone can edit it. Obviously this means there's a risk of vandalism, and we can't verify anything you add, but it seems like the best solution. I've already added what I know - it's not very exciting, so I don't mind sharing it. If you think of any extra categories we should have, please add them in.

Ok, that's it from me. If you have any questions, do get in touch.

EDIT: So lots of people have been providing help and suggestions.

1. The document is going to be hosted on a private server, with some additional security. You can still edit anonymously, but it should be a little safer.

2. If you are corroborating something, please add an x next to the item. That way we'll know how many people have similar experiences in common.

Comments

[wonk]

k so ppl alrady got on ur case about the opne google doc thing
*open

so ill irngore that


but u relize ur gonna have a toug time getting ppl to put stuff down on here right?

*fuckin tuypos
*TYPOS goddamn

[somedaytogether]

That really is a lot of typos. You do realize you could go back and edit them, right?

But yes, people here do seem rather reserved. But I think this is worth trying anyway. And there is one advantage - the more people add, the less obvious what you've added will be. So if we can get enough momentum, people should be more comfortable including what they know.

[wonk]

hush you

i guess that makes sense

ill go add my eyes thing

actually dont a shitton of ppl have an eyes thing

ill just go with "impossible eye colors"

[somedaytogether]

It's interesting that impossible eyes are so common. I know impossible hair applies to more than just my world as well, because that's how I remembered it. This is why we have to share information. There must be some connection.

[wonk]

you lsot me @ "just my world"

also i can help w/ protection on the private server

[somedaytogether]

Oh, I was thinking of the memories as a seperate world/worlds. Because of something someone said to me the other day. No idea if it's accurate, but it helped ease how impossible this all seemed.

The person I was talking to suggested that information is travelling between universes, and that's why we're getting these memories and changes. So we're connecting to some kind of alternate self. I thought it seemed really sensible.

You should probably go and talk to the people offering hosting about that. I am not tech-literate.

[wonk]

more cd comics lvl shit right there

did u hear about the reincarnation thing

[somedaytogether]

At this point I'm about one giant robot away from deciding that I'm actually in an anime, so yeah. I understand the feeling.

No! That's interesting, but it doesn't explain how items would appear. Hmmm...

[wonk]

whoevers in charge of this shit zaps them here w magic
"the earth" or whatever the fuck that safe guy said
*sage

[somedaytogether]

Well once magic is involved, I suppose anything is possible.

I know very little about the "sage". But all this seems like something we'll have to wait to find out anyway.

[wonk]

idk anything about him either i just saw the vidoe from the faq

honestly i think this might actaully be a video game he told us to find seven gems of earth thats like the perfect video game set up

[somedaytogether]

Ugh, it kind of does. Does that mean that really we're just avatars? Puppets whose strings are pulled by a controller we'll never see or know about? I think that would be unbearable.

[wonk]

lol i hope u dont believe in predesination

but its cool as long as its not

like

one of those weirdly self-aware games itll basically be the same as usual

wonder whos the pc

[somedaytogether]

No, I never did. I'm a big believer in choice, even when the choices are painful.

It's certainly true that as long as we don't know, it makes no functional difference. But it makes a mental difference. I'll have to eliminate the possibility one of these days.

[wonk]

so ur code is silicon instead of biochem

who cares?

just means the instrucitons r written in a different language

[somedaytogether]

A very pragmatic attitude. I admire that.

[wonk]

thanks

what genre of game would this even be?

rpg probably
u can get all the superpowers that wzay and not have to worry about mechanics
or maybe its super compplicated and has a million differnt modes

[somedaytogether]

Hmmm. I don't know know much about games. But it seems like it would be closer to one of the huge online games than anything else.

[One quick google search later.]

MMORPGS, those things.

[wonk]

man i hope not i enver liked mmos
*never


u can never afect the plot it jsut kinda happens around you

which may actually be apporpirate
*appropriate

[somedaytogether]

Perhaps we ought to conclude that the more unfortunate it sounds, the more likely it is to be true?

Murphy's law seems pretty appropriate for the situation really.

[wonk]

idm if it i is a video game i cant see us losing

games dont work like tghat

u can do that in movies bc the plaers skill isnt being tested

[somedaytogether]

But people do lose in video games - they just restart when that happens. If we are in a game, we could be in one of the losing iterations.

[wonk]

the losing iterations arent recorded tho

like when you lose and restart from ur last hcekcpoint the loss doesnt get saved they just never existed
*checkpoint

so the losing doesnt

stick?

idek i think were just making stuff up @ this point

[somedaytogether]

They don't exist for the player. But who says they don't exist for us? It's not like the metaphysics of games has ever been seriously studied.

...you brought up the "failed iteration of a game" thing on purpose didn't you

[wonk]

could u have a real game inside another real game?

like game inception or some shit

can i be vidoe game leo dicaprio