Forum: The Classroom
Topic: You have to try this
started by: RenegadeSnark

Posted by RenegadeSnark on Jan. 04 2001,06:07
It's an AI dragon named 'Maur' that you have to convince, using plain english and nothing else, not to eat you. Very addicting, very difficult, but it's supposedly possible. Let's make this a detnet effort!

Telnet to debra.dgbt.doc.ca port 3000. Give it a minute to load, and when it asks for an information file, type "maur" and hit enter.
Without the quotes dummy.

Sample conversation:

quote:
[This is an experimental simulation of a conversation with a dragon,]
[and it is STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ]
[ ]
[If you don't already know, communicate with the dragon with plain ]
[English. Adventure game commands like "run away" will NOT work. ]
[Also please note that you CANNOT browse in this conversation, as ]
[you can in other database. ]
[ ]
[A word of warning: ]
[This dragon is mean and nasty. Be creative and inventive and try ]
[to come out of it alive - it IS possible. ]


Press <Return> to continue.
Tell me more ...


It seems like you have been wandering through these dark tunnels for years.
They hadn't seemed so bad when you and your companions had entered the deserted
mine, led by a rumour that the Hero's Crown might have come to rest here. But
you have been seperated from your friends by a rockslide, and have ended up
following narrow passages and shafts leading forever downwards. You are out of
food, too, and your stomach is grumbling. You break out of your thoughts,
noticing that the light from your torch is no longer reflecting off of damp,
rough-hewn walls. Instead, the flickering light of the torch is swallowed up by
the darkness of some sort of large cavern. You glance back over your shoulder,
and realize you can no longer tell where you entered the cavern. Putting aside
your misgivings, you begin to stride forwards once more. All at once a
sibilant voice comes out of nowhere, filling your head without a sound being
made.

The voice says:
Well, well, a visitor. It has been a long time since anyone has come down this
way.

You say: Hello Maur

The voice says:
Greetings, human... or perhaps I should call you... lunch.

You say: Why do you want to eat me

The voice says:
I had a few giant mountain goats last week, and I am beginning to feel hungry
again.

You say: Do mountain goats taste good

The voice says:
Enough of your ceaseless chatter, human! I begin to long for silence! (You
hear a great inrush of air, and take a few steps backwards. Maur's eyes stay
fixed on you, and then, before you can turn to run, he opens his mouth and
exhales. A great wind buffets you, hot enough that you can feel your hair
begin to crinkle and your skin begins to sting. The air smells hard and
metallic. Then there is a great blast of heat and flame, flame white as
lightning and hotter than any forge, enveloping you. Then an explosion of pain
hits you, and you know no more...)

(You have died.)

[Type RESTART to try again or QUIT to end]

You say:


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Oregon, n.:
Eighty billion gallons of water with no place to go on Saturday night.


Posted by fatbitch on Jan. 04 2001,09:23
wow... thanks dude. i am gonna be trying this thing for hours

the most i have so far is 3 responses before he eats me... but ive only been trying for a few minutes. how far have you got?

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Posted by fatbitch on Jan. 04 2001,09:26
quote:

Well, well, a visitor. It has been a long time since anyone has come down this
way.

You say: fuck you


You are rather rude for a miserable little human. Do you really want me to eat
you?

You say: do you really want to eat me? i am rather bad to eat i am afraid


Yes... My last visitor was one of those Northerners. That must have been...
certainly forty of what you call years. He actually tried to attack me...
naturally I incinerated him on the spot.

You say: well i will not be so tasty


Well, I'll just have to find out, won't I? (In the faint light of the cavern
you see the dragon's head rear up high above you. He pauses for a brief
instant, regarding you with his baleful red eyes. Then, faster than any snake,
his head whips down and you get a fleeting impression of a huge mouth opening,
filled with row upon row of foot-long needle-sharp teeth... and then the mouth
closes.)

(You have died.)


pretty clever! damn you renegade!


Posted by Neophyre on Jan. 04 2001,09:57
hehe too easy
Posted by solid on Jan. 04 2001,10:10
i cant even connect. renegade, plz! instructions i beg of you.

also heres some hints that might help
1. beg for mercy
2. start an intelligent conversation
(grab a barf bag for the next one)
3. try to charm the dragon into bed with you
4. get his icq number
5. ask him if hes gay
6. talk about politics

i know those are pretty stupid but things like these, you just never know. i hope i just cracked a few people up by now.

renegade- plz! instructions.


Posted by peregrin on Jan. 04 2001,11:15
this thing looks obscenely cool, but the technical difficulty is that my computer runs win2k, and will not allow me to control which port i connect on. is there by any miracle a numbered ip to which i can connect?
Posted by RenegadeSnark on Jan. 04 2001,12:12
start->run

telnet debra.dgbra.doc.ca 3000
^^^ host ^^^ port

make sure the host above is the one I put, I can't remember and I'm replying right after waking up.

To answer your question fatbitch, I've held a 15 minute, very smooth discussion. It was very astonishing when Maur replied to every one of my clever attempts with a rebuttal.


Posted by solid on Jan. 04 2001,12:34
some people might think of this as a pathetic attempt to get more posts so i can get that .. elite haxor thingy,

... yea, sure- what the hell.

hey renegade, thanks man- i kept putting dbgt.. too much anime


Posted by solid on Jan. 04 2001,12:40
ok, here are some things that kinda helped

tell him your name, ask him why not many people visit there, and .. possible ask for some time on this. thats what im getting at so far.


Posted by WillyPete on Jan. 04 2001,12:44
Is it because........

you is behind a firewall?

You'll have to speak to your sysadmin to free the port - chance of it happening: slim to fuckall.

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Men's Rules for women number 30:
If you don't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.


Posted by hbar98 on Jan. 04 2001,14:44
You can download the chat program (including the alice and others) using ftp://debra.dgbt.doc.ca/pub/chat/
the program was written in c, and someone may be able to see how to get out. I have found out that there may be a way to heal the dragon's wings..but I get toasted after that part..

hbar98


Posted by peregrin on Jan. 04 2001,14:48
i know i am behind a firewall, and i realize i am restricted to port 80. i was wondering for probably the third time i there was a way to force communication on other than port 80, or if there was a way to communicate to this box on port 80, if so, or if there is another outside source i could use to spider to it, or if it has internet browser support, that would be grand

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"i like to skate on the other side of the ice"
-steve wright
please feel free to ignore anything i happen to incoherently utter, because, yes, i am a pompus ass.


Posted by PersonGuy on Jan. 04 2001,14:50
ARG! I can't connect!

1) [IMG]www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4745/1.jpg[/IMG]
to
2) [IMG]www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4745/2.jpg[/IMG]
to
3) [IMG]www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4745/3.jpg[/IMG]
back to #2

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<P:\>erson\Guy.exe -PersonGuy *pERSONgUY.cfg
< http://www.personguy.com >

This message has been edited by PersonGuy on January 05, 2001 at 09:53 AM


Posted by hbar98 on Jan. 04 2001,14:51
peregrin, download the chat program that is listed in my previous message..

hbar98


Posted by askheaves on Jan. 04 2001,16:05
These things didn't seem to work:
-You say: hi, big dragon man
-You say: i'm going to eat you
-You say: you suck donkey balls
You are rather rude for a miserable little human. Do you really want me to eat
you?
You say: yes please
-You say: i'm not a visitor. i've come to kill you and make your hide into boots
-You say: i want to sex you up
-You say: i'm going to whack my willy now
-You say: have you seen my kitten?
-You say: i'd like to show you a wonderful line of avon products
-You say: speaking of coming down...
-You say: do you have any heroin?
-You say: chatter chatter chatter
-You say: you're pretty hot... get it? hot?
-You say: So, I says to Manny, I says...

Anybody have any better luck?


Posted by jiggyfresh on Jan. 04 2001,16:21
some info that might be useful..
he has a wife named Karithol who is out hunting, and they are the last 2 dragons of their kind, and his favorite food is giant lizard (aka a big dick)
Posted by askheaves on Jan. 04 2001,19:24
I'm playing the alice one. Is the point of it to get into her pants? She's not real bright and she seems to talk in circles. She talked about getting hypnotized twice in the same conversation.

Also, if you call her a bitch or say fuck, the proggie ends.


Posted by smartsnake on Jan. 04 2001,19:36
i said "got to hell dicksmack" and died
Posted by kuru on Jan. 04 2001,20:39
have any of you guys seen eliza aol?
someone put a version of eliza on aim, and posts a website where people try to talk to "her."

it's funny as hell, i just can't remember where that website is.

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kuru
'sex is one of the most beautiful and natural things that money can buy' - steve martin


Posted by whiskey@throttle on Jan. 04 2001,20:51
Did you try telling him you are made of dragon-killing poison?
Posted by askheaves on Jan. 04 2001,21:03
quote:
Originally posted by kuru:
i just can't remember where that website is.


It was at < http://www.workofstone.com/kfox/aoliza/ > , but it seems to be 404ing me right now.


Posted by jim on Jan. 04 2001,21:36
I finally did it!!!! Wooooo-Hooooooo

I don't want to spoil it for everyone... But if you want you can email me and I'll tell you how to do it....

code:
The voice says:
(First sentence ommited, because it would give away an important detail.)
Very well, I
accept. I expect you to return here once every two months with your news. If
you go past me and leave through the large exit at the other end of the cavern,
you will eventually find your way outside. Remember that I know your scent, and
should you fail to report to me, you will be one of the first to die upon my
return. Now be out of my sight. (He continues to watch you as you stumble
past him, and make your way towards the opposite end of the cave. You
immediately notice the large opening in the cavern wall, and enter it. It
begins to rise and turn gently, and once out of sight, you breathe a huge sigh
of relief at your narrow escape.)

Well done, you have made it out alive!
[Type RESTART to try again or QUIT to end.]


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jim
Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder
< Brews and Cues >


Posted by jim on Jan. 04 2001,21:38
Oh yeah... It can be done in 3 sentences.

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jim
Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder
< Brews and Cues >


Posted by MattimeoZ80 on Jan. 05 2001,01:26
btw, aoliza is at

< http://www.fury.com/aoliza/ >

and plus, anyone can do this, there was actually an article on webreference. theres a aim perl module that you just hook up to the eliza perl module... i actually got the aim perl module to work, its not hard.

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Ah screw it.
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ICEGAMING.COM


Posted by hbar98 on Jan. 05 2001,05:00
some other things:
He's been pissed for a long time cuz some guy hurt him. You can offer to heal his wings, but when you ask to look at them, he tells you no because he thinks you might poison him.

He doesn't know exactly where the crown is, but he says that his mate may know...

Dang this is addicting..

hbar98


Posted by Vulu on Jan. 05 2001,05:02
ARG! I can't get through! GRRRRRRRR...

Someone help?

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-VULU-
[IMG]http://cgi.tripod.com/smilecwm/cgi-bin/s/cwm3d/3devil3.gif[/IMG]


Posted by RenegadeSnark on Jan. 05 2001,05:55
For those of you having trouble connecting, get the binary here:

< http://boomgames.com/chase/chat.zip >

It's an MS-DOS program...


Posted by PersonGuy on Jan. 07 2001,00:06
I'm more interested in the Alice one. I found out that she divorced her husband, because he was always trying to control her, and made her volenteer to be hypnotized on stage. She did dances like Madonna. She thinks Madonna is "ok". She doesn't want to be hypnotized again, cause it makes her feel out of control. She rides the bus because her car doesn't work. That's why she wears the parka... cause she has to get up early and wait for the bus in the cold. If you say you love her, she thinks you're trying to manipulate her.

There's also some other stuff you can do, like prettend that you're the proffessor, but it doesn't seem to help much.

Oh yah, and you can say your sick and she'll tell you to leave, but she won't come with you. She doesn't want the miss the first day of class. Not even for a quick bite to eat.

Anyone else got more dirt on that silly little Alice?

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<P:\>erson\Guy.exe -PersonGuy *pERSONgUY.cfg
< http://www.personguy.com >


Posted by MattimeoZ80 on Jan. 07 2001,00:33
thats about all i found out... ask her to take off her clothes or something and shes like "i really thought i'd find someone more mature here...". i don't think she'll ever leave, not even to show you where the bathroom is.

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Ah screw it.
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ICEGAMING.COM


Posted by peregrin on Jan. 07 2001,11:01
i can now connect to the site via ftp, but the site wants me to submit a username and password. suggestions?

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"i like to skate on the other side of the ice"
-steve wright
please feel free to ignore anything i happen to incoherently utter, because, yes, i am a pompus ass.


Posted by RenegadeSnark on Jan. 07 2001,11:21
anonymous and your email address
Posted by jim on Jan. 07 2001,11:56
I tried the Alice one, but I can't seem to find an objective.

I succesfully carried on a veeeeeeeeeeery long conversation with her, but it didn't seem to go anywhere.

So what's the point?

At least with Maur you have a goal and some sort of closure to the whole thing.

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jim
Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder
< Brews and Cues >


Posted by peregrin on Jan. 07 2001,15:45
connected, can read files, and access stuff; is there a way to run the dragon program from plain ftp?

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"i like to skate on the other side of the ice"
-steve wright
please feel free to ignore anything i happen to incoherently utter, because, yes, i am a pompus ass.


Posted by jim on Jan. 07 2001,16:33
Why don't you just download the program from the link above, and then run it locally?!?!

That's what I did while I was at work.

Then when I went home, I tried it via telnet, and it was slow as sin.

Much better running in DOS.

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jim
Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder
< Brews and Cues >


Posted by peregrin on Jan. 08 2001,10:35
thanks; working far better now

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"i like to skate on the other side of the ice"
-steve wright
please feel free to ignore anything i happen to incoherently utter, because, yes, i am a pompus ass.


Posted by peregrin on Jan. 08 2001,10:35
you guys rock

(stupid double post)
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"i like to skate on the other side of the ice"
-steve wright
please feel free to ignore anything i happen to incoherently utter, because, yes, i am a pompus ass.

This message has been edited by peregrin on January 09, 2001 at 05:37 AM


Posted by fatbitch on Jan. 09 2001,09:58
quote:
Originally posted by jim:
I tried the Alice one, but I can't seem to find an objective.

yeah same here. are you meant to try and get her to leave the room with you? or what? score with her?

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"I didnt know cows had boobs, I just thought they had that big nutsack with all the wieners hanging off it" - Beavis

Metal/Electronic/Ambient etc..
< http://www.mp3.com/fatbitch >


Posted by peregrin on Jan. 09 2001,10:44
i need the answer. please. someone send it to me. peregrin356@dog.com

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"i like to skate on the other side of the ice"
-steve wright
please feel free to ignore anything i happen to incoherently utter, because, yes, i am a pompus ass.


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