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Why not just RP as William Stanley Jevons, basically the same idea.I would be tempted to play as randakar the doomsayer
But I don't see how that would work with the forum rules.
In as Albert Einstein
Why do I keep on trying?
Screw it, IN.
No, it didn't go well, but I'll use werewolf as a healing mechanic instead
Screw it, IN.
No, it didn't go well, but I'll use werewolf as a healing mechanic instead
She wasn't worth it, Panzer. Wolves before hoes, lycans before bitches, lupines before...bitches etc. Good to have you in.
I posted the source, you just had to quote it to look at it.
But nevermind, I've worked a way around it anyway.
It is a Monty Python reference.
If you are referring to TV tropes, then I don't really use that.
You posted it as a quote, which means that we cannot see the code when quoting.I posted the source, you just had to quote it to look at it.
Ah, well, anyway, here it is:
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There are unpaired tags but don't worry about that. The thing I'm curious about is the fact there is most definitely only one set of spoiler tags.
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There are unpaired tags but don't worry about that. The thing I'm curious about is the fact there is most definitely only one set of spoiler tags.
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I posted the source, you just had to quote it to look at it.
I like the words "The Setting" being in a spoiler. I felt like "Whoa, there's a setting? Didn't see that coming from marty, that sly old fox". And that sense of surprise caused by such an unexpected boon only enhances my immersive experience.
Whatever the issue is, it goes away when you delete this part of the post. But no, I haven't figure out the cause of it yet.
Maybe you missed closing the CENTER bracket?
Found it. The line which begins the spoiler was thisAh, well, anyway, here it is:
This time, it's rational.
Setting and Plot:
THE SETTING
It is the year 2056. The planet is in a state of turmoil. For the past 3 decades mankind has been torn apart by warfare. The U.N. has dissolved, peace treaties abandoned and the world has aligned into several power blocs fighting each other for the rapidly dwindling resources on the planet. Poverty and disease have never been higher. M.A.D. has largely prevented complete Armaggeddon yet, but attacks on nuclear facilities by terrorists is not uncommon.
With the worldwide death rate at it’s highest point since the height of the Black Death, many people start to fear for the future of humanity itself. Doomsday cults have sprung up, with millions believing the current strife to be a sign of the approaching end-times. There looks to be no end in sight.
But then one, one day, visitors came from the skies...
And not only did it become apparent mankind was not alone in the universe, but they were hopeless outmatched. An alien fleet of unimaginable size and firepower positioned itself in orbit around the planet. After a few days of desperate entreaties by world leaders go by without answer, the foreign race send a message to the governments of the disunited Earth:
"Humans of Earth, we have observed your planet with growing dismay over many star orbits now (I'm not good at this sci-fi stuff, okay?). The Galactic Collective is a peaceful body, and we do not tolerate such barbarous discord, war, and suffering in any of the planets under our purview. We can no longer sit idly by whilst you give the rest of our organisation a bad name. You're bringing our rankings way down, year on year.
So here is our ultimatum:
If you can come, once and for all, to an agreement on everything you now fight about out - religion, war, politics, philosophy, morality - then not only will we spare your planet, but we will give you the tools and resources to rebuild your broken planet.
Also, as a service we provide, to help you in this task, we have furnished you with one of very own time-machines. With this, you can use it to gather the greatest minds your species has ever had to offer, to aid you in coming to a consensus.
Alternatively, you can continue your petty squabbling, in which we will annihilate every member of the human race.
We will be observing your response with interest."
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One Week Later:
The temporarily united superpowers have created a purpose-built compound to facilitate intellectual exercise. There, the finest philosophers, thinkers and students of the human condition from across time and space have been gathered; and to remove any distractions, as well as any culture shocks for the time-travellers, they have fenced off the remote castle of Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria, Germany. All communication methods have been shut off, and the sages left to their own devices in the castle, with only a few french maids to do their housework, and provide them with the copious amount of tobacco, absinthe and opium that they need to save the planet, and have a bloody good time while they're at it.
Initially, hopes are high that a definitive consensus will be reached. However, the remote location of the castle is becoming a liability, as, unbeknownst to them, there are enemies in the midst, dark dark forces in the heart of the Castle. Legends abound between the servants working there of mysterious deaths in recent years, some claim to have seen werewolves. Others have glimpsed what they believe to be Un-dead Nazis wandering the grounds at night. And, of course, not forgetting the vampire rumours...
Armed only with their wits, and whatever weapons they can salvage from the ancient castle, can the combined might of humanity's greatest ever sages defeat hordes of Nazi Zombies, Vampires and Werewolves, overcome their own philosophical quarrels, and save all Mankind from the menace of an overwrought Galactic Bureaucracy?
Only time will tell.
Join the new Werewolf big game, hosted by yours truly. The game will be a subtle blend of standard werewolf elements with a few rule twists to add some excitement and more intrigue. They won't be new rules but tried and tested old ones which haven't been used with the current generation of players and it'll be interesting to see how the combination works. Overall I hope the general path of the game will be fairly close to the classic style of games, with the main arc of the game revolving around the battle between the village and the wolves for ultimate supremacy, with infighting, betrayal, paranoia and analysis accompanying it all the while.
We welcome old and new players, if you've never played the game before but were vaguely curious about trying it out, now's your chance! Link to the thread is in the above picture.
Players are encouraged, but not required, to roleplay and pick a character, the character can be made up or taken from real-life or a fictional work - any character is fine, but preferably some kind of philosopher, thinker, or student of the human condition. Can be as high-brow, or lowbrow as you want, from Kant to Bob Dylan through to Jaden Smith. And the characters are also encouraged to be drunk.
There are unpaired tags but don't worry about that. The thing I'm curious about is the fact there is most definitely only one set of spoiler tags.
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[noparse][SPOILER][SIZE=6][COLOR="#800080"][B][U]THE SETTING[/U][/B][/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/noparse][/noparse] clearly is missing just before [noparse][/noparse].
It is odd that it parsed as a spoiler though, since as can be seen below just parsing that line gives
But there most be some interaction with the code further down which causes this. I will not be investigating it though, since the cause of the problem have been found: The moral of this story is to always make sure you have no unpaired code tags; I also think it is a good idea to make sure the end tags appear in the same way the tags were initiated, but I don't know if that is unimportant---I highly suspect it was actually this which caused the problem though, since you started a spoiler inside a centering, which you then closed before closing the spoiler.
It also solved the problem with the unpaired center tag just after the spoiler, since that start center tag was previously used by the unpaired center tag in the spoiler.
It is odd that it parsed as a spoiler though, since as can be seen below just parsing that line gives
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[SPOILER][SIZE=6][COLOR="#800080"][B][U]THE SETTING[/U][/B][/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE]It also solved the problem with the unpaired center tag just after the spoiler, since that start center tag was previously used by the unpaired center tag in the spoiler.
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Actually it is just that: Not closing tags in the same sequence they were initiated causes problems and apparently two spoilers. That is also why madchemist's 'fix' worked, since it removed the centering, though it would leave two
in the text.
If we look at
where I deliberately have initiated the centering outside the spoiler like you did by mistake and then closed it before closing the spoiler, like you did, gives
when parsed.
Actually this makes sense. First you initiate the centering and then you initiate a spoiler; you now have a centered spoiler. Then you close the centering, but you still have the spoiler, which now is back to being left centered. Since you cannot have a spoiler, which is both left centered and centered, you get two spoilers. Why you get two spoilers when using boldface I am not sure of, but perhaps you cannot change layout when inside spoilers.
Given that italics and underlined does the same thing it appears so.
Therefore my point still stands: Most of the time you won't get any strange effects when not closing code blocks in the sequence they were started, but since you can run into trouble by doing it, then don't do it.
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[noparse][/center][/noparse]If we look at
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[noparse][center][spoiler]This is a funny discovery;[/center]it can probably be used for something fun, if I remember it.[/spoiler][/noparse]This is a funny discovery;
it can probably be used for something fun, if I remember it.
when parsed.
Does this also work?
Apparently it does.
Actually this makes sense. First you initiate the centering and then you initiate a spoiler; you now have a centered spoiler. Then you close the centering, but you still have the spoiler, which now is back to being left centered. Since you cannot have a spoiler, which is both left centered and centered, you get two spoilers. Why you get two spoilers when using boldface I am not sure of, but perhaps you cannot change layout when inside spoilers.
Does this also work?
Apparently it does.
Does this also work?
Apparently it does.
Given that italics and underlined does the same thing it appears so.
Therefore my point still stands: Most of the time you won't get any strange effects when not closing code blocks in the sequence they were started, but since you can run into trouble by doing it, then don't do it.
So you did it deliberately? In that case then it was stupid, since it obviously would parse the first paired tags and leave the second initiation/end not parsed and visible in the text. That was exactly what happened; you where then just so unlucky that this caused a fun effect with the other paired tags.
I apparently forgot to write what you needed to do to fix this. It is in my first 'fix' post now. You don't need to delete anything; you just have to add a [noparse]
[/noparse] in the right position after the [noparse]
[/noparse] tag. I.e. replace this
with this
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[noparse][SPOILER][SIZE=6][COLOR="#800080"][B][U]THE SETTING[/U][/B][/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/noparse]
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[noparse][SPOILER][SIZE=6][COLOR="#800080"][center][B][U]THE SETTING[/U][/B][/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][/noparse]