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31 July 2005
Here'a an idea for a fun collaborative project: Write a metafilter walkthrough, as though it were a computer game (and after all, isn't it, kind of?).
Yay! I thought that starting out in a "blue room" would be the way to go.
You find yourself in a blue room, with a stack of shiny things to play with. Manipulate stack items by toggling their order using the magic box at the top right corner of the room.
"MetaFilter: we're all in this together"
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[CHEAT CODES] provided by SMART DALEK
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Before anyone asks, you might as well know that YOU CAN'T USE TRAINERS
WHILE PLAYING METAFILTER!! Many ppl tend to forget this, which is why
the game always crashes with JRun errors. The trainers DON'T WORK,
since MOST OF THE CODEBASE IS STILL BETA, AND IS ALREADY UNSTABLE.
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The following cheats have been tested and proven to work.
They will not cause MetaFilter to crash, or wreck your computer:
DRAKEPOOL - Change Player Skin/ID
SUMMONBEVETS - Frag all bots in a thread (temproary)
SHUTUPNOOB - Ammo
GYOBFW - Circle-Strafe in 3rd Person View
PEPSIBLUE - Disable PageRank
TIMECUBE - Speeds up action while freezing other players in a thread for (?) secs
[Disclaimer: This feature has been disabled by HaugheyWorx, as it was used
too often. It still exists in the original source code, and can be enabled
in Total Conversion Mods (TCMs) like MonkeyFilter.
IMISSOOLONG - Makes (some) players cry; bots are disabled 2 secs
WHOAREYOUMRT - IDs all bots in thread
IHAVE2ASK4$5 - Enable Sockpuppet
SHUTUP - Trollpost in thread without getting banned (in order for this cheat to work,
you must aquire the Green "LGF" t-shirt off-site)
HOWABOUTANICECUP or 321BUHBYE - Summon TimeOut (will NOT work if SHUTUP cheat has already been enabled by another player)
MATTMUSTBEONVACATION - Summon Banning (will NOT work if SHUTUP cheat has already been enabled by another player)
OKIMLEAVING - Easter Egg (The president of HaugheyWorx appears in discussion and says "Great! Go Ahead!")
FUCKINGJRUN - Invisibility. Everyone in thread stops caring about you. (This is also an easter egg - if you use this cheat during the tenth day of October, the President of HaugheyWorx appears in thread and says "Okay, Codemaster - show us *your* forum..." This freezes player for ONE MINUTE, while giving all other players in the thread FREE AMMO!)
PLEASEHOPEME - Summon Admin (works ONE TIME only)
MEETUP - Summon Alcohol
NEXT_SWAP - Summon music
QUE_VER_DICT - Summon langugehat
IMNOTGETTINGMYWAY - (easter egg) Summons quonsar, who finds a nice spot to sit;
he also gets INFINITE AMMO for the duration of the thread.
APPORPOS/FOLLOWUP - Clipping. Threads can be mentioned (usually) in blue, green, and grey FPPS simultaneously. (So far, this hasn't been abused yet; too much reliance on this cheat triggers the FUCKINGJRUN cheat)
DAMN/RIP - Displays all "."s in thread.
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You have accidentally opened a hatch and find yourself on the floor of a grey room.
You are confronted by a lobster and a large group of spectators. ≡ Click to see image ≡
JUJUJIV: Magically creates threads that don't suck; limited availability.
CHLORAMMONIA!: AskMe question so frightening it forces other players to script in ALL CAPS for UNLIMITED TIME.
GOAT: AskMe question regarding the "greatest of all time" of anything; freezes other players with rage and disbelief for UNLIMITED TIME.
SMELLME: AskMe question so disgusting players are frozen in "ew" mode for UNLIMITED TIME.
KITTYPUP: Freezes other players into "aw" mode for JUST LONG ENOUGH.
BUNNYTONGUESPOTYou have accidentally falled into Metachat.
Do not be alarmed.
The white space is remarkably stain resistant.
Please help yourself to the buffet or add you own dish.
There are two doors before you, unmarked. One leads to "Best of the Web", the other to "Newsfilter". Beware choosing the wrong door. To open the "Best of the Web" door, you will need a small front-page post and some tags. Once through this door, you have a choice of routes: "Shiny things", "Online art", and "Friday Flash". To open the "Newsfilter" door, you need a tabloid headline, an op-ed, or many copiously footnoted and quoted think-tank documents. The quality of the post you use to open the door is of no consequence; there is only one hallway out of Newsfilter, and it leads through MetaTalk.