City of Heroes

Daffy wrote:

>>>>>It's to "create a challenge", apparently. To create a new account
>>>>>you type in play and follow the links there, but I think you need
>>>>>to join a "colony" (or create one).
>>>>
>>>>And then what? Spread the word, like in the gallery?
>>>
>>>I have no idea. I never created an account.
>>
>>I think it's something like that. A bit a'la Fight Club.
>
> Well, I just created a colony to see what it is all about. Now it says I
> need to grow my colony to 5 to advance, so anyone who wishes to join me go
> to www.ourcolony.net, type "play" in the box and click the ant thing, click
> "Join Existing Colony", and enter the password "81518413".

I think I've broken it. I tried logging in, forgot my password, went to
the main site and clicked "our colony" (which for some reason took me to
the Aglami colony), then tried posting to the forum thing which gave me
an error message.
Altering a number in the url of that error lets me look at other
people's post and forums. I swear I did none of this on purpose, it all
happened by the clicking of random buttons, and I'd contact the site
manager if he had left an email somewhere findable.
Now, I suppose breaking the site to look at other people's boards
*could* be part of some cryptic puzzle, but I doubt it. And when a site
breaks this badly (and doesn't let me report it), I tend to lose interest.
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Earlier Sean muttered:

>> Well, I just created a colony to see what it is all about. Now it says I
>> need to grow my colony to 5 to advance, so anyone who wishes to join me go
>> to www.ourcolony.net, type "play" in the box and click the ant thing, click
>> "Join Existing Colony", and enter the password "81518413".
>
>I think I've broken it. I tried logging in, forgot my password, went to
>the main site and clicked "our colony" (which for some reason took me to
>the Aglami colony), then tried posting to the forum thing which gave me
>an error message.
>Altering a number in the url of that error lets me look at other
>people's post and forums. I swear I did none of this on purpose, it all
>happened by the clicking of random buttons, and I'd contact the site
>manager if he had left an email somewhere findable.
>Now, I suppose breaking the site to look at other people's boards
>*could* be part of some cryptic puzzle, but I doubt it. And when a site
>breaks this badly (and doesn't let me report it), I tend to lose interest.

Hmmmm...
I still don't get it though...


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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:45:47 +0100, Sean
<sgegg.TakeThisOut@hotspammeallyouwantpop.com> wrote:

>I think I've broken it. I tried logging in, forgot my password, went to
>the main site and clicked "our colony" (which for some reason took me to
>the Aglami colony), then tried posting to the forum thing which gave me
>an error message.
>Altering a number in the url of that error lets me look at other
>people's post and forums. I swear I did none of this on purpose, it all
>happened by the clicking of random buttons, and I'd contact the site
>manager if he had left an email somewhere findable.
>Now, I suppose breaking the site to look at other people's boards
>*could* be part of some cryptic puzzle, but I doubt it. And when a site
>breaks this badly (and doesn't let me report it), I tend to lose interest.

This thread looks interesting:

http://www.ourcolony.net/forum/messages.aspx?t=4

Taking either the number of sides or the number of angles in each
figure. Could be a phone number you have to call on a thursday, or
maybe an IP address?

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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:52:33 +0100, Kasper <nospam DeleteThis @thanks.com> wrote:

>This thread looks interesting:
>
>http://www.ourcolony.net/forum/messages.aspx?t=4
>
>Taking either the number of sides or the number of angles in each
>figure. Could be a phone number you have to call on a thursday, or
>maybe an IP address?

Hmm, and you can create your own challenge:

http://www.ourcolony.net/canvas/

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>> This thread looks interesting:
>>
>> http://www.ourcolony.net/forum/messages.aspx?t=4
>>
>> Taking either the number of sides or the number of angles in each
>> figure. Could be a phone number you have to call on a thursday, or
>> maybe an IP address?
>
> Hmm, and you can create your own challenge:
>
> http://www.ourcolony.net/canvas/

That's possibly the "other way to play". There are points for
"Contributions".

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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:28:41 +1030, "Daffy" <daffy889.RemoveThis@imalga.net>
wrote:

>> Hmm, and you can create your own challenge:
>>
>> http://www.ourcolony.net/canvas/
>
>That's possibly the "other way to play". There are points for
>"Contributions".

Yeah, or maybe the images in the gallery? Or maybe they've just
recruited a LOT of people.

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>>>>>> It's to "create a challenge", apparently. To create a new account
>>>>>> you type in play and follow the links there, but I think you need
>>>>>> to join a "colony" (or create one).
>>>>>
>>>>> And then what? Spread the word, like in the gallery?
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea. I never created an account.
>>>
>>> I think it's something like that. A bit a'la Fight Club.
>>
>> Well, I just created a colony to see what it is all about. Now it
>> says I need to grow my colony to 5 to advance, so anyone who wishes
>> to join me go to www.ourcolony.net, type "play" in the box and click
>> the ant thing, click "Join Existing Colony", and enter the password
>> "81518413".
>
> I think I've broken it. I tried logging in, forgot my password, went
> to the main site and clicked "our colony" (which for some reason took
> me to the Aglami colony), then tried posting to the forum thing which
> gave me an error message.
> Altering a number in the url of that error lets me look at other
> people's post and forums. I swear I did none of this on purpose, it
> all happened by the clicking of random buttons, and I'd contact the
> site manager if he had left an email somewhere findable.
> Now, I suppose breaking the site to look at other people's boards
> *could* be part of some cryptic puzzle, but I doubt it. And when a
> site breaks this badly (and doesn't let me report it), I tend to lose
> interest.

Uh... didn't you just admit to breaking it yourself? And it's not really
breaking it, just that they haven't put restrictions on who is able to view
posts, so you can get at them by changing the id number in the URL. It's a
mistake on their part, but is it really worth reporting? It could come in
handy if we're the only ones who know about it...

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Daffy wrote:

>>>>>I have no idea. I never created an account.
>>>>
>>>>I think it's something like that. A bit a'la Fight Club.
>>>
>>>Well, I just created a colony to see what it is all about. Now it
>>>says I need to grow my colony to 5 to advance, so anyone who wishes
>>>to join me go to www.ourcolony.net, type "play" in the box and click
>>>the ant thing, click "Join Existing Colony", and enter the password
>>>"81518413".
>>
>>I think I've broken it. I tried logging in, forgot my password, went
>>to the main site and clicked "our colony" (which for some reason took
>>me to the Aglami colony), then tried posting to the forum thing which
>>gave me an error message.
>>Altering a number in the url of that error lets me look at other
>>people's post and forums. I swear I did none of this on purpose, it
>>all happened by the clicking of random buttons, and I'd contact the
>>site manager if he had left an email somewhere findable.
>>Now, I suppose breaking the site to look at other people's boards
>>*could* be part of some cryptic puzzle, but I doubt it. And when a
>>site breaks this badly (and doesn't let me report it), I tend to lose
>>interest.
>
> Uh... didn't you just admit to breaking it yourself? And it's not really
> breaking it, just that they haven't put restrictions on who is able to view
> posts, so you can get at them by changing the id number in the URL. It's a
> mistake on their part, but is it really worth reporting? It could come in
> handy if we're the only ones who know about it...

I broke it, yes, but I wasn't actually doing anything I wasn't supposed
to. I just gently prodded it, and it fell apart.
And I just don't like spying on other people. Call me crazy, but I think
this is exactly the kind of error that just shouldn't have been allowed
to slip through.
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