Multi-Tasking by Bubblesort's Ghost
May 27th, 2007 9:10 PMCut straight to the fire here.
For this task I made an instructional video on how to play in a player killing area. It was done in the style of George W. Bush and I solved a problem the same way that the feds solved the Branch Davidian problem in Waco. The video created is a virtual representation of a physical occurance. I constructed a universe in a box and entered it by putting my head through the hole. Building universes like this is not a marketable skill, but I figured it out and learned how to do it. My universe was a simulacrum.
I pulled a plastic pepsi bottle out of the garbage and cut it into a flower shape and put it in the universe.
The universe contained a sign clearly stating that this is a player killing area. The rules were posted on the inside wall of the box, and they read: "All killing must be done with fire. You may not steal valuable possessions from the corpses of dead players."
The universe was constructed around the principle of the golden mean. There were fibbocini spirals, a crop circle and a seashell that all reflected the golden mean.
Sean was there. In this alternate universe he appeared as a large red stick figure with horns. He was twice the size of the other stick figures. He was trafficing in humans and drugs because he's a terrorist. I would like to note: Sean is a terrible human being. Bad, evil person. He eats babies. In depicting Sean as a stick figure I was objectifying him. It's ok, he deserves it.
The universe had other stick figures, who Sean was subjugating.
The universe had a copy of ARQ and a core thesis paper in it. That was my shoutout to all my homies from the IUP collective at Whitmyre. Jus' keepin' it real.
The universe also had resistors in it. This didn't help to complete a task but I thought they were pretty. I just jammed them into the walls of the box. There were 4 of them, of varying resistances.
While I put my head through the hole I composed and performed impromptu absurdist music, which you can hear on the video.
I played with fire by using a flame thrower constructed from a can of hairspray and a bic lighter (BTW, in doing this task I found out that aquanet is not flammable anymore).
I demonstrated that Sean can and should be destroyed by setting him on fire. Sean was a stick figure, so in my documentation you will see a figures in peril. Setting him on fire solved the problem that Sean is a terrible human being. This was also a demonstration of my pyro power move.
When I destroyed Sean I accidentally destroyed the universe and everything with it. I documented the universe before and after the fire. During the fire I filmed it's metamorphasis and it's deconstruction. After was difficult to see in the video because it's dark and my camera sucks. I did what I could with what I had: A crappy camera phone and a flashlight.
While the universe was burning I experienced that unique smell of burning universe. The smell of burning universe is not on the internet. I can describe it here, I can show here what chemicals occurred and how the sense of smell works, I can even give you step by step instructions on how to produce it but the scent itself is not online. It can not be experienced through the internet. This is a re-do of a task that I did the other day when I was rubin. I failed at the task when I was Rubin because I didn't intend to succeed. By redoing a task I performed Do-Over, Do-Over (The Right Way), and The Failure.
The hardest part of this task was reading all of the available tasks and figuring out a way to put them together. I think I was at a bit of a disadvantage there, since Sean runs the site, so if I do win then I will have tipped the scales and stuck it to the man by ambushing Sean with overwhelming numbers of simultaneous task completions.
Ok, so the quick rundown is like this:
The simultaneous tasks I completed are as follows:
1. Skills are Liabilities -- Composing absurdist music while setting Sean on fire in a parallel universe is not a marketable skill.
2. Instructional Video -- This was all done as a part of an instructional video.
3. Public Smear Campaign -- I showed how weak and vulnerable Sean is by setting him on fire.
4. Objectify a Subject -- I objectified Sean by depicting him as a stick figure to be set on fire.
5. Absurdist Composition -- I composed absurdist music while doing this.
6. Universe Delivery System -- I created a universe in the box. I know, the box wasn't very big, but that added to the danger factor because my face was right up next to the fire from the flame thrower.
7. Stick Figure in Peril -- I was setting stick figures on fire.
8. Everything That Exists Is On The Internet -- The smell of my universe burning is not on the internet.
9. Fun with Fire! -- I played with fire by setting my universe on fire.
10. Do-Over -- Because Everything That Exists is On the Internet is a redo from before
11. Do-Over (The Right Way) -- see 10
12. The Failure -- see 10
13. Fix it With Fire -- Sean was the problem. I fixed it with Fire.
14. Make your own Flame Thrower -- I used hairspray and a lighter to make and use a flame thrower.
15. Document Your Power Move -- My power move is to set things on fire while spouting nonsense.
16. Debug the World -- Dean was a flaw in the universe, so I fixed it by setting him on fire.
17. MacGuyverism -- I made a flame thrower from ordinary materials.
18. Virtual Representation of a Physical Occurance -- not only is what you are reading now a virtual representation but while I was setting things on fire I was filming, which created a digital representation at the same time that the physical occurance was happening.
19. Emulate the Federal Government -- I did an impersonation of George W. Bush and I destroyed Sean the same way the Feds destroyed the Branch Davidian compound.
20. Document Player Killing Areas -- I documented the player killing area while I was killing players.
21. Fi, Phi, Fo, Fum -- The universe that I was destroying with fire was based on the golden spiral
The tasks that I may have performed are as follows:
1. Tip the Scales -- I created a situation where the odds were against me. I don't know whether or not I prevailed yet.
2. Stick it to the Man -- If I won, I stuck it to one of the guys who runs SF0. If not then the man stuck it to me.
3. It's a Trap! -- If I won that means that I ambushed him with an overwhelming number of simultaneous task completions.
Tasks that weren't completely simultaneous but I performed them anyway:
1. Instruction Manual -- The sign on the wall with the rules for player killing was a manual on how to kill in a player killing area.
2. Before and After -- I documented my box before and after the fire (sorry for the crappy footage).
3. Document a Deconstruction -- I filmed the box as it burned to ash.
4. Survival of the strangest -- I documented a box turning into ash.
5. Trash Liberation -- The pepsi bottle was liberated from a trash can.
That is a grand total of 30 tasks. I didn't count the points that I could get if I could complete these tasks by posting the proofs. I don't care about that anyway. I am not using any of this to get any points from any task other than this one.
Video documentation can be found at the following URLs:
This is the one with the fire
This is the after shot
Final setup
Explaining the tasks
Getting the pepsi bottle
Video and pics are up!
20 vote(s)
Darkaardvark
5
Cthulhu Kitty
5
Ziggy C.
5
Creeping Like Frost
5
Lizard Boy
5
Meta tron
5
Brandon Sarzynski
5
K!
5
Ian Kizu-Blair
5
Hemingway Kat
5
TeenTypist
5
Burn Unit
5
SNORLAX
5
Crusher Joe
5
Pizazz
5
Jellybean of Thark
5
Fonne Tayne
5
YellowBear
5
Bex.
5
GYØ Ben
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fireonhead, everyoneshouldsee18 comment(s)
Just looking at this as a duel, I have to vote purely on the amount of ammunition used. Clearly, an overwhelming onslaught on your part. I too would have liked clearer documentation, but what you have now definitely shows a sincere desire to kick butt.
Setting something on fire in the same box where your head is? That's dedication.
Mmm, the "maybe we needed a permit" moment was certainly amusing, but I thought the "maybe I should have gotten a bucket of water" was even better.
I *think*, even as you're doing multi-task, you have to be eligible to do the tasks you're multi-tasking to do...
I disagree in this instance because it is for a duel which specifically put all tasks on the table. Also, if we must work in technicalities, I think he was eligible for enough of the tasks he did for this to count. If you want to go back thru and excise the ones he's not eligible for by level or collaboration (I'm too busy to try to figure that out, not to busy to comment on it in an online comments thread, obviously but...), then I say decide whether you vote on the basis of the ones he is eligible for. I think he's eligible for at least three of these tasks, anyway!
I like fire. It was pretty. Also, you seemed to multi-task a bit more. Good work.
I had to vote for both of them. I love the duel.
The opening of the video, in sepia toned, kinda looking like an old old film iris... very unsettling.
Six things that literally made me laugh out loud:
1. "dog pancake cat fuck shit here's fire eat my shorts I cannot handle the truth LA!"
2. "hm. maybe I should have gotten a bucket of water. can you get that for me Shannon? whoops (sounds...) Yeah here's the fire."
3. "Oh wait don't! (woosh/splash) Oh that didn't help much."
4. "What's with the accent?" "Um. I was impersonating the federal government." (brief pause) "What does SF0 stand for?"
5. "I don't think this is legal."
6. "You have to clean this up you know." "Yeah I know."
Haaaaaaa hahahahaha. Haaaaaa
It's over.
I don't care.
Want to know why?
Ask P00N.
I'm just back to collect my winnings. It's 12:12 here in Eastern Standard Time and I won by 3 votes. You owe me some satisfaction, Sean.
We discussed on your task thread briefly what satisfaction might mean. Since then I did some research and it turns out that satisfaction is when I'm satisfied. See The Princeton Dictionary.
You know what would satisfy me, Sean? If you did your job. Let me explain what I mean by that:
1. Clearly document how the peer moderation works in this game.
2. Set up some form of procedure to stop one collaborator from denying other collaborators credit for work that they have done. Perhaps some kind of judicial thing. I don't know. Whatever you set up it needs to put a big red X on this task or else whatever you created does not create justice.
3. Respect the players enough to respond to emails from them.
I'll stop back in a week to check on your progress. I hope that you will make good on your promise of satisfaction.
[Yes, I know it's a little late for commentary...but I wrote this Sunday and wanted to post it, I just haven't had time until now...]
Bubblesort, sir, I am in awe of what you've accomplished.
Yes, I know, there are going to be those that will say my opinion is biased -- being that you listed as a friend on my "relations page". However, upon seeing the duel completions posted, I was determined to read them both, twice, and mull them over before deciding which one would get my vote.
The sheer complexity of your completion -- not to mention the number of tasks performed simultaneously -- weighed heavily in my decision-making process.
I'm going to comment on the documentation you presented. I hear the voices that claim you could have posted more detailed, clearer documentation, but AFAIK how one documents task completions is a matter of personal preference (which, I'll admit, means that those that wish highly-detailed completion documentation are just as correct as those that desire any other level of detail in documentation...personal preference being a subjective standard, after all). I'm a Network Engineer, and have been for over a decade. I am no stranger to documentation is many forms, and I'm of the mind that good documentation is succinct: include only what is necessary to communicate what is being done/was done/needs to be done; or, how to do something...and then shut the hell up. Sean's proof is an excellent narrative -- he tells a good story and has a commanding grasp of the English language and puts it to good use -- but by my standard of "good documentation" there is a certain amount of extraneous information that documenting the proof did not require (IMHO).
I have several little sayings that I keep in my brain that sometimes help me get through the day. One of those sayings is, "Always outnumbered, never outgunned." I'd like to apply it to this duel as I see it. You both did fine work. You both created something on a grand scale, and you both certainly multi-tasked. However, to create an analogy that fits with my saying, Sean showed up to the duel with a Colt 1911A1 .45ACP semi-automatic pistol. A fine weapon -- some consider it to still be amongst the best ever made, a perfect balance of size, weight, dependability and stopping power. All in all, a fine choice for a duel. You, however, showed up with an Atchisson AA-12 fully-automatic assault shotgun. In this case, Sean was both outnumbered (by number of tasked completed) and outgunned (by the sheer magnitude of putting all those tasks together into a cohesive whole).
A fine job, sir. Well done to both of you -- but only you got my vote.
I told em good. Sean knows he needs to get back into the data mines and crack down! I told 'im!
I said this in private but I think it belongs public: "satisfaction" is not a dictionary definition. The historical real world meaning of satisfaction in dueling stems from the participants' risking of everything in a public display. It's the proof that you would risk it all which gives duelers their "satisfaction" and if either of the combatants entered this expecting some other kind, then both BS and SWM are mistaken!
But more of my point is this is not a job gosh darn it. we are not customers. SF0 does not work for us. If this was a dungeon, they would not be dungeon masters, just particularly well defended mind flayer, dragon, and beholder. If we want justice we have to go get it, wring it out like sweat from a handkerchief and suckle at it. We are not particularly owed things. And response to emails is no metric of respect! I've sent hundreds of emails to people who never respond. I've sent more than one to Sean, Ian and Sam which has gone unanswered. Why does that mean they disrespect me or any of us? Why even a week? What reasonable expectation did you suddenly develop that this will all be changed in a matter of seven of our earth days? If we can reasonably expect it is our privilege to make these demands on people why bother with specific timelines at all?
If I could write one note to players it would be this: this ain't your daddy's internet! "Mods" and "wizards" and "gods" are dead dead dead good riddance titanomachia!1! Titanomachia! This is not a forum, this is not a bbs, this is not the bejeweled finger pointing at the moon! If you folks want dictators so badly, perhaps you should consider looking for other games. Devour, eliminate, flush dictators! No Blizzard will blow, this is not Britannia with her Game Masters, not Norrath awaiting her absent deities. This is SFZero and our big brother was aborted, violently and preemptively, many trimesters ago! The makers are in the game, they have some extra powers, but they are not the game and the game is not broken.
May any one of them strike me and my post dead this instant if I am wrong! Stop me from posting right now! Come on!
glasnost! glasnost! glasnost!
Enough! Selah! Please selah!
Yes, thank you, Burn. I find the viciousness and self-importance thrown at three guys who worked (and continue to work) their tails off for a fun, free game to be kind of misplaced. This is like yelling at your friends for not having your favorite snack at a party they're hosting, or for not moderating the type of socialization that takes place at said party.
Sure, the party's not perfect, but you weren't owed a perfect party.
Is that a no troll with 'roast chickens carrying cleavers' on sticks sign? Or a no small knife wielding men wearing wide brimmed hats with roast chickens carrying cleavers on sticks sign?
After thorough consideration, my vote lands here. It's not because I participate in CECKS, but I have to echo Kitty's comments on this one. Overwhelming.
I wish I'd had to read all this when it happened... this has been my first free day since!
Sorry, you'll get no help from me in deciding this duel.
Your completion could've used some clearer, brighter documentation along with a more clearly-organized layout.
However, that fire was beyond awesome. Seriously. Also the, "Oh, I need a permit," moment was also great.