Pied Piper Project 2 - The Boards Strike Back
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Agent
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 13:52
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IT IS DONE! It was a mammoth effort, but we have done it! 176 pages in less than four days! Now it is a matter of finding webspace for it, but the hard part is done. General - Complete 6-8 Saved by FBM 9 Saved by Riibu 10-13 Saved by Kel Avernum Trilogy - Complete 4-9 Saved by FBM 10-21 Saved by JMAN123 22-27 Saved by Riibu 28-56 Saved by JMAN123 Geneforge - Complete 1-15 Saved by Riibu Geneforge 2 - Complete 2-29 Saved by BSC The Exile Trilogy - Complete 2-7 Saved by FBM 8-10 Saved by Garrison 11-13 Saved by Riibu 14-16 Saved by JMAN123 17-19 Saved by Riibu 20-22 Saved by FBM 23-25 Saved by Riibu 26-28 Saved by Ben Blades of Exile - Complete 2-19 Saved by Kel 20-22 Swiped by Djur 23-25 Saved by Kel 26-28 Saved by Ben 29-30 Saved by Aran Nethergate - Complete 1-4 Saved by Kel Richard White Games (GC) - Complete 1-4 Saved by Aran Subterra - Complete 1-6 Saved by FBM Announcements - Complete 1-2 Saved by JMAN123 I would like to thank the following people in order of contribution, lowest to highest: Djur, 3 - who though claiming this was stupid to begin with, realised that we are all camel traders at heart. Garrison, 3 - who always knew that it really would be a white Hanukah. Ben, 6 - who fortunately decided to move to Alabama. Aran, 7 - who leaped at the chance to be in the Peoples' Judean Front Suicide Squad. FBM, 24 - who angrily denied that he was so vain that he thanked himself. BSC, 28 - who really did find the Yellow Brick Road. Kel, 29 - who will one day find that I have died and rejoice that I have no choice about shutting up because of it. Riibu, 31 - who through turmultuos times finally realised the knowledge that toasted bagels really are made from trees. JMAN123, 46 - who, though new, soon found that possums really can play possum. And though being mentioned once already; Aran, 176 - who, though starting late, really did live up to Riibu's claim of being a great sucker. And that's that. ;) [ Monday, August 16, 2004 08:05: Message edited by: FatBatMonkey ] -------------------- Aut Tace Aut Loquere Meliora Silencio Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 13:56
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LET IT BURN Why waste your time on backing up megabytes of old religious arguments, "SLITHS VS. NEPHILIM LOL" and "USELESS POLL!!!11one" threads? Find a couple of threads worth saving, save those, and let the rest go. The really important stuff will live on in memories. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:09
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Shut up, Djur. For those of you who have no idea what's going on in this thread, the Pied Piper Project is an effort to archive and save the Spiderweb boards, which are the history of our community. The original effort took place in this thread. Okay, so here's how it works, for those of you who weren't a part of the original PPP: a huge number of pages need to be saved. We don't really have time to read through every individual thread and weigh as a community which ones are important or not, so we should try to save everything we can. The only way that could happen is if all of us pool our efforts. That is, each of us needs to reserve a page (ideally three at a time, but whatever you can do) -- as in, post something like "I'll save page 12 of General" -- and then go to that page and save (as HTML, not text or whatever) each page of the threads on that page. If a topic has six pages, save all six pages, for example. Some basic rules: * reserve only one or two pages at a time, and reserve them only right before you are about to save them. * Save all pages as HTML, and get a minimum of three threads before and three threads after your page, too -- so the last three threads on page 11 of General and the first three on page 13, if your page is page 12 of General. Since new topics will begin during the course of this project, we don't want any threads slipping through the cracks. * When you have finished a page, post again and state the names of the threads that began your section and ended your section (ie, if you just saved page 12 of General, say "I saved page 12 of General, from "Turns out..." to "Number Two"). * Make sure that you get the polls, too; vote in them if you have to. We'll figure out what to do with all of these threads later. For the moment, just keep them on your computer. [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 14:20: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:15
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Sir David supports this effort but can do little to help, seeing as he's leaving tomorrow and hasn't packed yet. Also, Starcraft comes first. Good luck, all, and please save the non-game help topics first. Those tend to be repeated by newbies anyway. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:20
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Scratch that. I claim General 10-13. [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 14:24: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:45
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General 9 in progress (sorry, limited time, better than nothing). EDIT: Note: those saving pages should also save a few topics on the page directly after those they're saving - for instance, I'll save the first few topics on 10 along with those on 9. This is in case new topics push old ones back - better safe than sorry. [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 14:46: Message edited by: Lady Davida ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:01
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I'm saving Richard White. -------------------- The biggest, the baddest, and the fattest. Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:11
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I want that thread where Pandolfo discussed at great length the nature of Chavez' style of democracy to be saved. Not sure of any others at the moment. -------------------- 私のバラドですそしてころしたいいらればころす Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:59
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I have finished General 10-13, from "Looking for recommendation" to "Spiderweb Newbie Looking to Find a Good RPG to Begin With". I might as well go grab Nethergate now. I'll get all 1-4. EDIT: Archived Nethergate, from "Nethergate on Windows XP?" to "Just payed through the celts and wondering...". It made me nostalgic. I think I'll play the game again sometime soon. [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 16:36: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:12
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Jeez... Someone should buy Jeff a new hard disk, or something. Disc capacity is pretty cheap these days, isn't it. I'm sure that if we all contribute a dollar or so, he can get a few dozen extra gigs. How's he using that capacity up so fast...? Did someone say porn? [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 16:13: Message edited by: FZ ] Posts: 269 | Registered: Saturday, May 24 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:28
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I would love to be of assistance, but am not entirely sure of how to save the threads. If someone could enlighten me as to the methods they chose( I am using a Mac, though I doubt that is an issue), then I would love to get started, as I am rather without anything to do. -------------------- Life is short. Use a Mac. Posts: 85 | Registered: Wednesday, July 14 2004 07:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:32
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quote:He doesn't run his own server. He uses shared hosting, and only has 500M available. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:39
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JMAN123 - Depends on your browser. Generally command-S will save the current page. If not, then something in the file menu will do it. (In Safari, for instance, it says "Save As...".) To make sure that you're doing the right thing, once you've saved the first page of the first thread, open it up and make sure that the address you're opening is file:// something not http:// something. If it's like that, you did it right. Then go and save everything you can! -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Master
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 17:41
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Er, what do you mean by command-S? That or how do I do it on MSN Explorer? -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 17:48
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Ok, thanks for the help Kelandon. Oh, and I did Avernum 54-56, whoops. :) Edit. Hopefully, I'll be able to get around to doing something like 48-50 and 51-53 by tomorrow at the least. [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 17:56: Message edited by: JMAN123 ] -------------------- Life is short. Use a Mac. Posts: 85 | Registered: Wednesday, July 14 2004 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 18:31
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Ben: if you're on a PC, it's different. I think it may be as simple as control-S, but I don't know. Whatever you do to save a text file in, say, Notepad, do the same thing in your browser and it probably will work. Test it the same way as above: open it and make sure it works. If anyone has more technical specifics (eg, owns a PC), go ahead and post them. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 22:52
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I'm going to sleep soon. At the very least, I think we should save General. GF1 and GF2 are probably lower priorities, but some parts of BoE might be worthwhile for historical reasons, and some parts of the Avernum Trilogy are nice. Anyway, if people can grab the rest of General (6-9), that would be great. I am TEH SLEEPIE and shall retire. I think BoE should be our next priority after General. [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 22:53: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Friday, August 13 2004 00:11
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I'll help as soon as I can (I'm at school now), though I'll probably save Geneforge threads first since there are some there that are important to me. Unless someone beats me to it (and that would be good! The more, the better, as they say). Anyway, few more hours, and I'll be on my own computer, hopefully saving like crazy. EDIT: Wait a minute.. how does one save polls? Ctrl+S doesn't seem to be working on this computer (admitted, school's). [ Friday, August 13, 2004 00:23: Message edited by: Nobody's friend ] -------------------- "Son--err," her father said, "I mean... Daughter, I give you your first and only sword. Use it for with skill for great villainy." Nanoisms Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery - WannabeCool Forums So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 13 2004 00:34
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You have to vote in it and save the results window. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, August 13 2004 01:26
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I move that the RP threads 'Baltazar the Mad' and 'An RP in the world of Avernum' be reopened and bumped in order to make sure they retain their place on this forum. Saving stuff is all right, but there are things that should stay here. Edit: I take Blades of Exile, pages 29-30. I like starting from behind. Edit2: Done. All thread pages saved on disk, and ordered by thread number (that's the 6 digit number behind the "t=" in the URL on the forum). [ Friday, August 13, 2004 01:51: Message edited by: Aran ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, August 13 2004 02:10
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Sounds interesting. I might do a page or two. But don't have time now... :( -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Exile?" - Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Proof of Richard Black's existance: Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). Posts: 1370 | Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, August 13 2004 02:17
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Heh, tomorrow it's too late. :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, August 13 2004 03:06
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Just updated the list. My mum's banned me from my PC after she saw the phone bill, but I will sneak on again in an hour, when she goes out to get as much as I can. -------------------- Aut Tace Aut Loquere Meliora Silencio Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Friday, August 13 2004 03:36
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quote:Wow, really? Gee, thanks! I hadn't realised that, silly. What I really asked was how to save that very results window. Yeah, how? Got Windows Me, if you must know. And I shall now go and save pages 15-10 of Geneforge. Except maybe polls. EDIT: 15 done, even the poll. Does it matter if they're not in exact order, topic by topic? They are in certain folders, like Geneforge - p15, p14, p13 etc. EDIT2: Right, forget my question about how to save polls. I had to figure it out on my own since Thuryl was no help at all :P . Also; page 14 done. [ Friday, August 13, 2004 04:02: Message edited by: Nobody's friend ] -------------------- "Son--err," her father said, "I mean... Daughter, I give you your first and only sword. Use it for with skill for great villainy." Nanoisms Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery - WannabeCool Forums So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, August 13 2004 03:54
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It doesn't have to be in order. It does have to be all there. I'm starting on pages 6-8 in General. And if I figure out polls now that my IE can actually work (last PPP it couldn't), I'll say. -------------------- Aut Tace Aut Loquere Meliora Silencio Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |