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June 25, 2024 3:27 AM

"You asked to be read in on something big, and the day has come. The Moonrakers Investigative Unit has elevated my current work to critical" [Rogue 2⇔A rebellion built on hope. Save the Rebellion. Save the dream.]
posted by HearHere (15 comments total)

it's so hard to parse your posts, HearHere — is this about james bond or star wars spinoffs or a point and click game? please provide context beyond direct quotes!
posted by ver at 5:44 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]

ver, apologies! and thanks for the question. the first link in the FPP is a game recommended by juv3nal in LinkMe (the second FPP link). i do tend to prioritize precision in FPPs, but i'm always happy to explain in comments, at length...
posted by HearHere at 6:04 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]

so it's an online text adventure related to an original board game, cool! humbly, i think you may be over focusing on minimalist precision in your posts, and not considering readers who may have just stumbled across them
posted by ver at 6:25 AM on June 25 [13 favorites]

We're a little off-topic here, getting maybe too-meta too early? As a counterpoint, I love unexplained minimalist posts, and I always want folks to post more, not less, so do what you wanna do HereHere!
posted by curious nu at 6:36 AM on June 25 [7 favorites]

curious nu & ver, thank you for the feedback, i shall take these perspectives into consideration for the future
posted by HearHere at 6:36 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]

Ignore the haters. I love mystery meat posts. Confusing link? You bet I’m clicking it. At work
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 6:38 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]

Loading up the site gave me SUCH a smile. So many BBS memories.
posted by curious nu at 6:40 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]

Adding to some of the feedback: I am enjoying your participation here on MeFi, but I've found it useful to remember that there are a lot of passionate, niche sub-cultures here. It's a strength and has lead to me learning a lot of new things from people who have lived in those spaces for a long time.

For me, I'm not at all a gamer, so I had zero references to anything in your main post. Possibly, keep your main post as minimalist as you like, which is likely happy-making for Those In The Know, but also provide more context below the fold for us outsiders who still may be interested in learning something about an area they have no experience with. But keep bringing us new and interesting things!
posted by Silvery Fish at 8:50 AM on June 25 [7 favorites]

This post is developing like the game...

[D]atabase

HearHere
Clavdivs
Bombastic LowerCase PrOnOuNcEmEnTs
plannedchaos
...

[M]essages
...
posted by Reverend John at 9:14 AM on June 25 [1 favorite]

Love it. Moonrakers, in case anyone doesn't know, is a very popular board game Board Game Geek Link. I like the board game so this post made total sense to me!
posted by Braeburn at 9:57 AM on June 25 [1 favorite]

Much like most text adventures, I can't even figure out how to get started...
posted by Windopaene at 10:42 AM on June 25 [1 favorite]

Fourth try, have failed again. Need to pick out secret codes I guess. Have checked all the keywords... No one seems to want to tell me much...

Try 4 I guess
posted by Windopaene at 12:03 PM on June 25 [1 favorite]

mmm...i don't know anything about that. i'm enjoying rare spirits in the [t]avern. you might want to visit a dark room
posted by HearHere at 4:17 PM on June 25 [1 favorite]

Fourth try, have failed again. Need to pick out secret codes I guess. Have checked all the keywords... No one seems to want to tell me much...

I don't know how far you got, here's very rough & typo filled notes on as far as I was able to get.
posted by juv3nal at 6:48 PM on June 25 [2 favorites]

(that bit at the end I believe is brute-force-able since presumably it's just looking for a faction name, but I haven't got around to trying it)
posted by juv3nal at 6:49 PM on June 25 [1 favorite]