The Dink Network

Recondite Eleven: Deranged

Recondite is supposed to be a weekly article about anything I want to talk about (usually Dink related). But I never submit it on schedule, and it comes out whenever I feel like. This time, we have some good Poll Comments, FIAT v1.00 blabber, Monkeys, and the benefits of whoring. Its all in here! View the comments to read.

Poll Results/Comments

Here are the comments for poll 104, "Who would win in a fist fight?", in spiffy categories:

WC:

4. WC is the only one with a big W. So he must Win. That's it.

3. WC wins, It would be like Andre the Giant taking on 4 midgets

2. WC may be in a wheel chair but hes still a punk ass gangsta thugh brotha

1. Everyone would loose to WC, but not dukie, he would just leave, and no one will find him like useal.

Tal:

5. doing nothing is always best, so there you go Tal!

4. Does nothing.....but WHOOP ass!

3. if he got ask Tal up, there'd be supporters.

2. you don't say "Does nothing" you say "Meditates to balance inner self"! He whoops u up!!!

1. Yeah, Tal all the way baby! *pfft* HAHAHA! Sometimes I crack myself up!

redink1:

3. Redink1? you've got to be joking..! haha

2. Redink's evil will prevail...

1. if redink1 can make great dmods, he can win a fist fight eaisly!

There were no Dukie or Kyle comments that I could find.

Here are the top 7 comments for the poll 105, Is Dukie Still Alive?:

7. I heard he found Jesus and then eloped with some Romanian girl... just what I heard

6. He ate Mexican food one night and fell asleep in his room with his bedroom door closed.

5. I locked him in my basement. "Shut up Dukie!!!......"

4. I'm pretty sure hes started some kind of cult that rubs certian parts of elephants

3. Don't you guys get it? He's selling bananas all over the world!

2. Wasn't he eaten by a duck?

1. He just goes by the alias Dan Walma aka Redink so people think he's a lazy a$$

More Yammering about FIAT v1.00

Originally, I was going to tease all with some hints at what v1.00 will be... but I decided not to. I'm not sure what it will end up as. I will mention that it is more a 'reinvisionment' then a bug fix (though the bugs will be fixed too). Will it be worth playing through even if you played v0.99 to death? I think so.

Oh, and I'm finally back in the 'groove'... where I can't stop working on it. I'm excited.

Maybe there is something in the June air... the Dink bug seems to have bit Simon Klaebe too.

A Tale of Monkeys

Back when the Grand College was done for the year, I was saddened. I was to be away from my precious Broadband Monkey for quite some time. So on my way home, I picked up Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. And I started playing... and playing... and playing. That Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 Monkey... he just made me play. A lot.

And then... I saw the THPS3 Monkey growing grey hairs... it was near death. The cause? My realization that I would never attain 70 million point combos like the pros... 4.5 million was the best I could muster. And then, I started working on FIAT v1.00. But, the THPS3 Monkey lived on, and I played only a couple hours a day.

The FIAT v1.00 Monkey is an odd beast. He was happily cohabitating with the THPS3 Monkey... until that fateful day when the Grand Theft Auto 3 Monkey came to play. Well, not play... maul. He simply tore the THPS3 Monkey to shreds... there was nothing left. The FIAT Monkey, rightfully fearing for its life, ran away and hid for a month. Then the GTA3 Monkey... well, it died as well, at 98% completed. 2 Packages, 1 Rampage, and 1 Checkpoint Mission left, none of which it wanted to do.

So then, the triumphant return of the FIAT v1.00 Monkey. And I'm glad.

Point Whores

I visit slashdot.org occasionally... they usually have some interesting links, and the comments are usually good. They have a motivation for comments at slashdot: Karma. Basically, random people are selected as moderators for a short time, and they can give or take points from comments. These points are then given or taken from the user. Once you get around 25 Karma, then your posts are ranked higher automatically.

This resulted in Karma Whores, basically people who posted comments to get better Karma, and thats it.

I think The Dink Network has Point Whores. It isn't meant as an insult... I've been a bit of a Karma Whore myself, though I think Points are worthless now. But if Simon or DethLord suddenly passed me in the rankings... perhaps I'd be doing quite a few more full reviews

Usually, whoring benefits a site. I'm certain that if there wasn't a point system, there wouldn't be nearly as many reviews. More reviews = good.

However, there is also a downside... midi-packs. Skeleton variations. 'Worthless' files. And so, that is why the new rules were put in place a couple days ago. They aren't written in stone, and I'll consider files on a file-by-file basis; it won't be zero tolerance. The original 374 Midi Pack wasn't submitted for points, and it was nice to have a large collection of midis in a download. The same with Skeleton B. But, when the Points system was first started, midi packs suddenly started to appear. While I'm not sure of the motivations for releasing them (I can't read minds, yet), I'm sure at least one was submitted for the sole purpose of points. Which one that was... I couldn't tell you.

So, my goal is to make people motivated to release worthwhile files (and reviews) to get points, yet be discouraged from releasing 'easy' or 'worthless' files.

And to think... I was originally going to give points for posting comments and message board posts... I think that've been a huge a mistake

I think the FIAT v1.00 monkey wants a...

BANANA!

Sorry for no recollective story about The Dink Community... but the tale of Monkeys kind of took its place.