Pied Piper Project: Update and Missing Threads
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, January 19 2005 13:08
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If you will remember, RC has got the PPP1 archives here. They start on page 5, which makes sense since anything more recent at that time did not get deleted (some of that stuff went in the second purge and is now in the PPP2). However, as you progress down the pages, you find that Page 13 of General PPP1 is missing. Rather than attribute this to superstition, I believe that it either failed to be saved or did not get sent to RC. Edit: Desert Plah sent me page 13 and its contents. All resolved. *** Also, the PPP2 files include several old topics that Alec revived prior to starting PPP1, that were then locked. Among these is topic number 829 (titled 'Wut do u look like?"), of which only the first five pages were saved (probably my fault). Since several people saved parts of General (this is where redundancy might pay off), it might be that the rest of this has been saved. If so, mail it to arancaytar@web.de . This also goes for the following topics, insignificant though they seem: 855: Favorite (poll result)901: PNN-Live from Grenada (page 1)1682: My Representative (page 2)Especially the poll results were probably lost because it was impossible to see the result once it got locked, so I don't think anyone has them. Besides, all of this (apart, possibly, "from Wut do u look like") is probably mind-bendingly obsolete. Still, I like to keep things as complete as possible. Also, I am still sorting through the archive with a fine-tooth comb and compiling a thread list. Assuming I can find a good hosting plan for it (currently looking at the domain pied-piper.net with lustful eyes). Won't be long now. :) Received: 829: 'Wut do u look like?" (page 6,7,8)1705: BoA and BoE (poll result)1716: Mayday (poll result)Page 13 of General PPP1 [ Tuesday, January 25, 2005 05:20: Message edited by: To haven white he came at last ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 11:19
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About the topic 'Wut do u look like', have you gotten the missing pages yet? I have it in case you don't. Also, is it missing only pages 6, 7 and 8? What about 9 and 10, are they there? -------------------- "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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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 11:35
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I had thought it had only 8 pages. I have currently 5; any beyond pages 1-5 is missing. And no, you're the first to respond as you can see, so I haven't received anything yet. :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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 13:09
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It appears that I have the BoA and BoE poll result, and also May Day. I don't think I had others, but I'm not sure, since I organized mine by the page number that the topic was on (ie page 13 of General at the time), and I can't find much of anything without that information. I can zip the two that I have and send them to you, though. If I'm not mistaken, it was FBM who saved page 13 of PPP1. This was the list for PPP2, if it helps in tracking down who should have these things. [ Thursday, January 20, 2005 13:10: 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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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 13:18
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Thanks a bundle, Kel. :) 2 (soon to be 3) off the list, 4 to go. Edit: PPP2 has now been completely catalogued; it is unlikely further pages are going to be discovered as missing (Newer threads than the newest of my PPP2 archive may have been stored, but that doesn't matter since all those threads are still on the forum). I'm working on sorting PPP1. Edit II: I have recovered the PPP1 thread from the PPP2 archive (ironic...). quote:I wondered at first how Page 13 failed to be added, while 10-12 survived, being done by the same person. quote:Kel picked up on that then, and saved 10-12 (DP didn't finish 12). So my guess is either Plah has page 13, or it is truly lost. Edit III: Sent him a PM. He doesn't come here regularly though... if it shows as unread in a week, I will email him. [ Thursday, January 20, 2005 13:41: Message edited by: Where twilight lies upon the knees ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 13:48
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I figured someone would've given them to you already and not posted anything here about it. But this wasn't so. I'll just zip the last 5 pages of it then, and send to you. -------------------- "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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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 13:54
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Again, thanks very much. :) That makes only 3 gaps left open. Edit: A preliminary table of PPP2 is now finished. It begins at 1651, because earlier topics are so far strewn in their numbers that I would rather wait until the PPP1 is also filed. First column is unique thread number (this topic here has number 2188, it's in the URL above), second is status (deleted, saved or partially saved), the third is the project (PPP1 or PPP2), then thread title, number of pages, number of posts. Edit: Trust me to mess the topic number up. Of course its 2188, not 2189. [ Thursday, January 20, 2005 23:07: Message edited by: Where twilight lies upon the knees ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 21 2005 02:04
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Wait, wait! Did you get them or not? You say you have some pages, but you say you didn't manage to get it open... Aren't you on a PC? Winrar works for .rars, and it's a pretty decent program. Unless I remember wrong and you have some other weird kind of computer at use. -------------------- "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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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 21 2005 04:39
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I use a crappy and badly installed version of Stuffit. If you show me a link where I can get winrar (or is that included with Windows?), I'll probably have it open in no time. I wrote the post above before I tried to open the file. :P [ Friday, January 21, 2005 04:40: Message edited by: Of Valinor and Eldamar ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 21 2005 05:20
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WinRar Google would have done the trick for you. -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 21 2005 05:26
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Indeed yes. Funny how I keep forgetting that. On the other hand, I'm not home yet, and once there would probably have searched. Edit: Yup, downloaded, and yup, opened it, and yup, I have all the pages now. ;) [ Friday, January 21, 2005 12:06: Message edited by: Of Valinor and Eldamar ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 21 2005 08:18
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All's well that ends well, then. About that topic. -------------------- "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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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, January 22 2005 14:17
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On a semi-related note, I had several ideas for site design of the archive, once it's up (because it will need a look somewhat different from the boards), and a banner. This one is basically a rearrangement of the letters in the Spiderweb banner above (because, quite neatly, Spiderweb has all letters that are in Pied Piper). Would the following, if used, be a breach of copyright, against either Jeff or the designer? (click) [ Saturday, January 22, 2005 14:26: Message edited by: Beheld afar across the seas ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, January 24 2005 21:04
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Page 13 of PPP1 has been received from Desert Plah. So apart from three badly saved Threads in PPP2, there aren't any holes left. This help was much appreciated! :) [ Monday, January 24, 2005 21:04: Message edited by: To haven white he came at last ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 07:49
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I'm pretty sure I saved something, but I don't know what. If you find that you're missing anything, tell me what and I'll see if I have it. -------------------- 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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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 16:16
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I think I might have a page from of one of those badly-saved threads, and been unable to send it on account of it being too large to send by email even when zipped. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 17:46
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Given that these are individual web pages and not collections of pages of topics anymore, if you have something and zip it, it shouldn't be larger than a few kilobytes now. There is a list of missing pages at the top of this thread. -------------------- 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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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 18:44
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I know we're talking about individual topics now. What I had was a single page of a single topic that was over 10 MB zipped. It had a lot of images. -------------------- 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 Wednesday, January 26 2005 03:47
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html code doesn't take that much, I'm sure. If you send just the html file without the pictures, would that fit? If it doesn't, I'm sure Logalot will have nothing against it if you use webspace on images.polarisboard.org for transfer. Alrighty then. I look forward to seeing it. ;) [ Thursday, January 27, 2005 16:34: Message edited by: A-glimmer in a Valley Sheer ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 26 2005 03:52
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It was a post-your-picture topic. Without the images it's sorta pointless. :P Anyway, I have my own webspace so I'll try to track it down and upload it myself (I'm sure I still have it somewhere). Thanks for the offer, though. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Sunday, January 30 2005 17:47
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quote:Wishful thinking. -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, February 1 2005 00:09
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Indeed yes. And how. ;) -------------------------------------- Minor update: I'm making good progress with sorting the topics of PPP1 (I'm indexing them by topic number to make an eventual database easier). It'll be finished in a few weeks I guess. [ Tuesday, February 01, 2005 00:16: Message edited by: Are mirrored on the Shadowmere ] -------------------- 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. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |