Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition

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Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« on: April 21, 2010, 19:45:57 »
Because LPChip locked the last thread, and said we need more rules, I decided to make this thing a CYOA because those things have ridiculous numbers of rules. Anyway, same backstory applies. The rulez0rz are:

Don't cyber.
Don't talk about /b/.
DO NOT talk about /b/.
Keep it clean.
Don't spam.
Don't insult people.
Don't post offensive images/videos/any other form of digital media.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR VERY OWN CHARACTER:

THIS is a blank character form:
Name:
Age (opt.):
Class (opt.):
Backstory (please don't write novellas) (opt.):

(opt.) stands for optional, which means you can just give me a name and start playing.
You can make up your own class if you want. The currently available ones are:
OFFICEWORKER
UNDERLING
EXECUTIVE
PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSON
SOCIALLY INEPT WOW PLAYER

Anyway, THIS is how you really play it:
I will post some choices, such as:

(1) Put on your robe and wizard hat.
(2) Board the Sprunkeldunkel1 train.

Then, people will say things such as:

"I want to put on my robe and wizard hat."
"yo homie I wanna board that friggin train"

After some time2, I decide what you're all forced to do, tell you what happens, and post moar  choices. And that's it I guess. Enjoy?

Okay so, the current choices are:

(1) Search the elevator cabin.
(2) Check what floor you're on.
(3) Bang on the door and scream for help.
(4) Listen to the elevator music.
(5) Put on your robe and wizard hat.

1 - Sprunkeldunkel is a very important word. You must know what it means to play this game.
2 - "Some time" can be anywhere between 5 minutes and 5 millennia (not really).

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2010, 21:17:28 »
Okay, i'll make my own character.
Spoiler: My character (click to show/hide)
I'd like Matt to check the current altitude (to simple minded, that'd be action 2), please.

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2010, 21:46:21 »
Spoiler: character (click to show/hide)
(2) The guy from the 5th floor wonders in wich floor he is at this moment.
There's 110011 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary, Those who don't, and those who confuse it with ASCII.

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2010, 22:41:20 »
Name: Vegetal
Age: 27
Class: Officeworker (overstressed coder)
Backstory: Hours and hours of unpaid overtime and poor management decisions have turned Vegetal into a paranoid and an overall crazy person. He's also known for going on epic rampages of destruction when managers and executives demand a last hour modification in a software project he's been working on for months.

I'll pick up where I left in the previous thread, so... I put on my robe and wizard hat (5) :nuts:  I also take out a sheet of printed out Perl source code and start reciting it as if I were casting a spell.
Some KS levels by me:

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 12:33:11 »
That guy from 5th floor and Matt both check the fancy-shmancy-renaissance-art-deco-modern-art counter above the elevator doors, and find out that they're stuck at floor 459 of the magnificent Northbridge Tower, with a mere 41 floors separating them from the top. Which means that using the shaft to escape would be a very bad idea.

Vegetal puts on his robe and wizard hat, and reads the sheet with PERL on it aloud:

print "Hello, world!\n";
print qq=Did you say "Hello?"n=;
print 'Greetings, small planet!'\n';
print q/What's cooking?\n/;
$fred = "Fred here";
$barney = 56;
$sum = 10 + $barney;
print 'The variable $fred' . " contains $fred.\n";
print "Sum is $sum.\n";
@fred = ("How", "are", "you", "today?");
print "\@fred contains (@fred).\n";
$mike = $fred[1];
print "$mike $fred[3]\n";
$fredsize = @fred;
print '@fred has ', "$fredsize elements.\n";
print "Max sub is $#fred\n";

and so on, and so on.

Anyway, now the choices are:

(1) Try to hear something outside the elevator door.
(2) Despite the warning that doing so would be a bad idea, open the hatch in the ceiling and go out in the shaft.
(3) Search your pockets.
(4) Try to get the elevator moving again by fiddling with the console.
(5) Try to turn off the music.

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« Last Edit: April 22, 2010, 12:38:49 by Yukabacera »
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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2010, 12:58:09 »
After reciting the ancient Perl spell of "Meditation", Vegetal gets a +5 boost on intelligence (well, at least that's what he thinks). Feeling invigorated, he decides to try fiddling with the console (4) to see if he can hack the elevator and/or find the pong game easter egg.
Some KS levels by me:

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2010, 01:00:51 »
Dawww... I wanted to play D:
Ah, look at all the lonely people.

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2010, 02:36:17 »
(3) The guy for the 5th floor decides to check his pockets
There's 110011 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary, Those who don't, and those who confuse it with ASCII.

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2010, 12:05:47 »
@SingingSurger: Since my games bend the laws of physics, you can start playing now as we're not that far into the game anyway. But don't tell anyone!

Anyway.

Vegetal starts fiddling with the console, which returns a SYSTEM ERROR 523: NO RESPONSE for every command, except the manual control command which returns a INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE LEVEL and the computer control command which asks for a password.

The guy from 5th floor checks his pockets and finds 5 dollars, 10 work creds and a paperclip.

Choices:

(1) Try to guess the password for the console.
(2) Go out in the shaft.
(3) Kick the doors.
(4) Sing.
(5) Search your pockets.

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2010, 13:28:58 »
(4) Matt'd like to sing the Sprunkeldunkel song he just made up on the spot. Can he plz do that?

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2010, 13:36:18 »
Don't worry about me, I'll just pretend I didn't see a new person suddenly teleporting into the elevator :)

Anyway, on to the game:

Although Vegetal's tempted to start singing "New York, New York" while asking for generous donations, he decides to try and guess the password (1). He takes out a roll of continuous paper with a huge list of words printed on it, opens a bag of Cheetos and starts inputting the words entering the ASCII code for each letter. Most of the list consists of the word "Sprunkeldunkel" repeated over and over, but there are also strange words in between like "toros", "paella", "gazpacho y olé".
Some KS levels by me:

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2010, 19:05:11 »
(2)Considering that the guy from the 5th floor would rather die before listening to matt singing. He decides to go out.
There's 110011 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary, Those who don't, and those who confuse it with ASCII.

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2010, 19:13:16 »
Matt sings the Ode to Sprunkeldunkel:

"Oh, Lebensraum Sprunkeldunkel;
Krankenhaus Donau Helga;
Bratwurst Bundestag;
Lederhosen Sauerkraut Sprunkeldunkel;
Volkswagen Knoblauch Scheisse;
Teufel Sprunkeldunkel!"

Vegetal keeps trying passwords, and finally finds one that works! The console begins contacting various AIs, most of which are busy doing more important things like data entry.

The guy from 5th floor goes out into the shaft, and ZED, the AI responsible for most background processes, talks to him through a speaker: "Sir, we are aware that you are trapped inside the elevator. Please return inside and do not go into the shaft unless instructed to do so. The rescue teams are currently busy, but we're sure they'll come sooner or later."

(1) Check your pockets.
(2) Climb out into the shaft.
(Note: These choices will stay available indefinitely. I guess the pockets one will go away when everyone checks theirs (no need to hurry, guys!) but the shaft one will stick with us for quite some time.)
(3) Turn on the little newsfeed monitor on the wall.
(4) Press buttons on the console randomly.
(5) Try to discover the meaning of life.

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2010, 19:13:51 »
My character
NAME:Pumpkin (of course)
AGE: !&
CLASS: Psycho!
BACKSTORY: Lived in a preschool, and is in love with small spaces.

I'll pick... 4:SING! lalalalala-doopadoopadoopa-SHWING!
Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau,
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know,
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand,
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands.
-The Meat Puppets

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Re: Stuck in an Elevator - Super-Giga-Mega CYOA Edition
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2010, 19:14:50 »
Hah, too late, pumpkin. Sorry. (Not for joining, but for singing.)

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