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| number = 2288 | | number = 2288 | ||
| date = April 3, 2020 | | date = April 3, 2020 | ||
− | | title = | + | | title = Collectors Edition |
| image = collectors_edition.png | | image = collectors_edition.png | ||
| titletext = I'm sure you can find some suitable worldbuilding material if you scavenge through the archives. | | titletext = I'm sure you can find some suitable worldbuilding material if you scavenge through the archives. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. The hint table needs to be completed. The mechanics should be explained more in depth, if possible, screenshots of the hints, items in inventory, items-placing mechanics etc. should be added.}} | |
− | It is a large | + | This is an April 1st comic. It is a large image, of which only part is visible, but it can be dragged around. This Space acts as a virtual common sandbox where viewers can interact. "Items" (small, often humorous images) can be 'collected' from other comics and then placed in this image by viewers. The collection then updates for all viewers in real-time. Multiples of the same item are often seen. |
− | There is a "backpack" at the bottom, similar to backpacks in video games containing items collected by the player. | + | There is a "backpack" at the bottom, similar to "backpacks" in video games containing items collected by the player. Items can be found by visiting different XKCD comics/pages. Randomly, some pages will have a treasure chest which will contain the sticker related to the page. It is believed that the hint represents what page currently has a chest. |
− | The sticker images can be seen at <nowiki> | + | The sticker images can be seen at <nowiki>https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_</nowiki>'''XXX'''.png, where XXX is a number from 001-253. Additionally, some images can be found at custom URLs, for example the periodic elements can be found at <nowiki>https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-</nowiki>'''XX'''.png, where XX is the element, and text loot at <nowiki>https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-</nowiki>'''X'''.png, where X is the sentence. |
===Hints=== | ===Hints=== | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Hint | !Hint | ||
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!Notes | !Notes | ||
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− | |Doctors in a row||Maybe [[1529: Bracket]] or [[497: Secretary: Part 4]]? Need confirmation.||Cory Doctorow || | + | |Doctors in a row||Maybe [[1529: Bracket]] or [[497: Secretary: Part 4]]? Need confirmation.||Cory Doctorow || loot_019.png || These comics all have the same hint, but only one will have the chest |
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− | |Get out the (US) vote||[[2224: Software Updates]]|| Statue of liberty || | + | |Get out the (US) vote||[[2224: Software Updates]]|| Statue of liberty || loot_246.png || |
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− | |Find a box of nice stuff on a picture with words like these|| [[1133: Up Goer Five | + | |Find a box of nice stuff on a picture with words like these|| [[1133: Up Goer Five]] (maybe incomplete) || Signpost || loot_126.png || |
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− | |Plug in or find another power source||[[1373: Screenshot]]|| || | + | |Plug in or find another power source||[[1373: Screenshot]]|| || loot_228.png || |
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− | |Sweet dreams, kitty||[[729: Laser Pointer]] (maybe incomplete)|| Cat licking laser point || | + | |Sweet dreams, kitty||[[729: Laser Pointer]] (maybe incomplete)|| Cat licking laser point || loot_090.png || |
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− | |What is this hint pointing to? Hell if I know.||[[ | + | |What is this hint pointing to? Hell if I know.||[[28: Elefino]] (maybe incomplete)|| || || |
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− | |Somebody set up us the bomb||[[286: All Your Base]]||Exploding rock|| | + | |Somebody set up us the bomb||[[286: All Your Base]]||Exploding rock || loot_197.png || |
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− | |Cowabunga||[[1412: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] (maybe incomplete)||Women Science Fiction Authors || | + | |Cowabunga||[[1412: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] (maybe incomplete)||Women Science Fiction Authors || loot_175.png || [[197: Ninja Turtles]] also works |
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− | |I want to believe||[[2156: Ufo]]||Ufo|| | + | |I want to believe||[[2156: Ufo]]||Ufo || loot_210.png || |
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− | |Bleeped|| | + | |Bleeped||[[1671: Arcane Bullshit]] (maybe incomplete)|| *$@#! || loot_044.png || |
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− | |why waste time say few word when lot word do trick|| | + | |why waste time say few word when lot word do trick||[[1022: So It Has Come To This]] (maybe incomplete)|| First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart || loot_159.png || |
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− | |Cooler than electric scooters|| | + | |Cooler than electric scooters||[[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]] (maybe incomplete)||An electric scooter|| loot_006.png || |
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− | |Take it from the top||[[1: Barrel - Part 1]] (maybe incomplete)||I am a turtle from [[889: Turtles]] || | + | |Take it from the top||[[1: Barrel - Part 1]] (maybe incomplete)||I am a turtle from [[889: Turtles]] || loot_095.png || |
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− | |I accept the yucca gnocchi, this meal is a success!||[[1713: 50 ccs]] (maybe incomplete)||Man carrying parentheses from [[297: Lisp Cycles]] || | + | |I accept the yucca gnocchi, this meal is a success!||[[1713: 50 ccs]] (maybe incomplete)||Man carrying parentheses from [[297: Lisp Cycles]] || loot_031.png || |
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|Catch up on the news||[[1699: Local News]] (maybe incomplete)|| || || | |Catch up on the news||[[1699: Local News]] (maybe incomplete)|| || || | ||
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− | |Participation trophy||[[2288: | + | |Participation trophy||[[2288: Collectors Edition]] (maybe incomplete)|| Server rack || loot_096.png || |
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− | |Find an opportunity for a sojourn|| | + | |Find an opportunity for a sojourn||[[1504: Opportunity]] (maybe incomplete)||Opportunity Mars rover from [[2111: Opportunity Rover]] || loot_161.png || |
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− | |Tastier than tau day||[[179: e to the pi times i]] (maybe incomplete)||First annual award for excellence in being very smart || | + | |Tastier than tau day||[[179: e to the pi times i]] (maybe incomplete)||First annual award for excellence in being very smart || loot_159.png || |
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− | |Tastier than tau day|| | + | |Tastier than tau day||[[1967: Violin Plots]] (maybe incomplete)|| Pie sign || loot_056.png || Published on Pi day |
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− | |418 I'm a teapot||[[1866: Russell's Teapot]] (maybe incomplete)||S.S. NASA: Space is Hard || | + | |418 I'm a teapot||[[1866: Russell's Teapot]] (maybe incomplete)||S.S. NASA: Space is Hard || loot_216.png || |
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− | |26th September, 1983||[[2052: Stanislav Petrov Day]]||White dove|| | + | |26th September, 1983||[[2052: Stanislav Petrov Day]]||White dove || loot_205.png || Might also be written "September 26th, 1983". Locale dependent? |
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− | |There are 4241 as of Apr 1, 2020||[[1071: Exoplanets]] (maybe incomplete)|| Little girl from [[2264: Satellite]] || | + | |There are 4241 as of Apr 1, 2020||[[1071: Exoplanets]] (maybe incomplete)|| Little girl from [[2264: Satellite]] || loot_151.png || |
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− | |asableiK||[[645: RPS]]|| A reverse Polish hotdog ||loot_079.png|| "Kielbasa" backwards, which is "sausage" in Polish | + | |asableiK||[[645: RPS]]|| A reverse Polish hotdog || loot_079.png || "Kielbasa" backwards, which is "sausage" in Polish |
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− | |Critical mass elements||[[235: Kite]] or [[239: Blagofaire]]|| ||loot_203.png|| | + | |Critical mass elements||[[235: Kite]] or [[239: Blagofaire]]|| || loot_203.png || |
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|Some Februarys are more equal than others||[[390: Nightmares]]? (maybe incomplete)|| Cueball wheelie from [[272: Linux User at Best Buy]] || loot_036.png || Comic-hint connection largely conjectural; 390 was the first comic published on a leap day. | |Some Februarys are more equal than others||[[390: Nightmares]]? (maybe incomplete)|| Cueball wheelie from [[272: Linux User at Best Buy]] || loot_036.png || Comic-hint connection largely conjectural; 390 was the first comic published on a leap day. | ||
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− | |Five spice||[[1511: Spice Girl]] or [[1554: Spice Girls]]|| Rock guitarist ||loot_022.png|| | + | |Five spice||[[1511: Spice Girl]] or [[1554: Spice Girls]]|| Rock guitarist || loot_022.png|| |
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|Call the plumber||[[290: Fucking Blue Shells]] (maybe incomplete)|| || loot_058.png || | |Call the plumber||[[290: Fucking Blue Shells]] (maybe incomplete)|| || loot_058.png || | ||
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− | |Was it a rat I saw?||[[1632: Palindrome]] (maybe incomplete)|| Cueball with a large sack, pulling a wagon || loot_103.png || or [[1503: Squirrel Plan]] for | + | |Was it a rat I saw?||[[1632: Palindrome]] (maybe incomplete)|| Cueball with a large sack, pulling a wagon || loot_103.png || or [[1503: Squirrel Plan]] for cueball holding a balloon caught in a ceiling fan. |
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− | |Churchill's gonna have to seriously rehydrate||[[1148: Nothing to Offer]]|| Bottle of soda ||loot_045.png|| | + | |Churchill's gonna have to seriously rehydrate||[[1148: Nothing to Offer]]|| Bottle of soda || loot_045.png || |
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|Keep coming back|| || || || | |Keep coming back|| || || || | ||
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− | |A new model released each year||Triggered by visiting all xkcd phone comics | + | |A new model released each year||Triggered by visiting all xkcd phone comics|| || || |
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− | |Tea Time||Maybe [[581: The Race: Part 5]]? Need confirmation.|| | + | |Tea Time||Maybe [[581: The Race: Part 5]]? Need confirmation.||Floor tea ||loot_232.png|| |
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− | |Try pattern-matching! Look for comic 'bout alphabet?||[[1045: Constraints]]|| | + | |Try pattern-matching! Look for comic 'bout alphabet?||[[1045: Constraints]]|| || || |
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|Where's Hilbert?||[[195: Map of the Internet]] (maybe incomplete)|| Hilbert Curve || loot_021.png || | |Where's Hilbert?||[[195: Map of the Internet]] (maybe incomplete)|| Hilbert Curve || loot_021.png || | ||
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− | |Science fiction fetish||[[1585: Similarities]]|| || | + | |Science fiction fetish||[[1585: Similarities]]|| || || |
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|The first one was funnier||[[11: Barrel - Part 2]] (maybe incomplete)||Falling feather / Sign "The uncomfortable truths well" || loot_250.png / loot_067.png || | |The first one was funnier||[[11: Barrel - Part 2]] (maybe incomplete)||Falling feather / Sign "The uncomfortable truths well" || loot_250.png / loot_067.png || | ||
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− | |It's up to over 260 million cycles!||[[1941: Dying Gift]]|| Megan on a tire swing ||loot_127.png|| | + | |It's up to over 260 million cycles!||[[1941: Dying Gift]]|| Megan on a tire swing || loot_127.png || |
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|Sleeping Beauty is the same everywhere though||[[2233: Aurora Meaning]] (maybe incomplete)|| Sleeping Cat || loot_163.png || | |Sleeping Beauty is the same everywhere though||[[2233: Aurora Meaning]] (maybe incomplete)|| Sleeping Cat || loot_163.png || | ||
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|Did James Cameron pay for the rice cooker too?||[[1598: Salvage]] (maybe incomplete)||Rice bowl || loot_152.png || | |Did James Cameron pay for the rice cooker too?||[[1598: Salvage]] (maybe incomplete)||Rice bowl || loot_152.png || | ||
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− | |Never going to give you up|| | + | |Never going to give you up||[[524: Party]] or [[351: Trolling]] (maybe incomplete)|| Cueball in car listening to music || || |
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|If red touches yellow, that's 24 ohms||[[1604: Snakes]], [[227: Color Codes]]? (maybe incomplete)|| Yoda with an mp3 player from What If || loot_247.png || | |If red touches yellow, that's 24 ohms||[[1604: Snakes]], [[227: Color Codes]]? (maybe incomplete)|| Yoda with an mp3 player from What If || loot_247.png || | ||
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− | |An enthusiastic but questionable business opportunity|| | + | |An enthusiastic but questionable business opportunity||[[1533: Antique Factory]] or [[1021: Business Plan]] (maybe incomplete)|| Beret guy with a goat on leash || loot_115.png || |
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− | |Read the fine manual|| | + | |Read the fine manual||[[1343: Manuals]] or [[293: RTFM]] (maybe incomplete)|| "Configure the network" window with a prompt for hostname || loot_106.png || |
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|That thing's undecimodal!||[[1347: t Distribution]] (maybe incomplete)|| Floating tentacled alien || loot_209.png || | |That thing's undecimodal!||[[1347: t Distribution]] (maybe incomplete)|| Floating tentacled alien || loot_209.png || | ||
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|Going in circles||[[378: Real Programmers]] (maybe incomplete)|| Cueball spinning in desk chair || loot_098.png || | |Going in circles||[[378: Real Programmers]] (maybe incomplete)|| Cueball spinning in desk chair || loot_098.png || | ||
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− | |Couldn't you try knitting, or maybe stamp collecting?|| | + | |Couldn't you try knitting, or maybe stamp collecting?||[[2123: Meta Collecting]] (maybe incomplete)||Phishing License sign|| loot_158.png || |
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− | |It's the ciiiiircle of HONK||[[537: Ducklings]] or [[1729: Migrating Geese]]||DUCKLOOP'D?||loot_069.png|| | + | |It's the ciiiiircle of HONK||[[537: Ducklings]] or [[1729: Migrating Geese]]||DUCKLOOP'D? || loot_069.png|| |
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|Fool me twice||Maybe [[880: Headache]]? Need confirmation.|| Raptor Attack || loot_033.png ||The second April fools' comic | |Fool me twice||Maybe [[880: Headache]]? Need confirmation.|| Raptor Attack || loot_033.png ||The second April fools' comic | ||
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|oOOOoooo||Maybe [[316: Loud Sex]]? Need confirmation.|| Sleeping cat || || | |oOOOoooo||Maybe [[316: Loud Sex]]? Need confirmation.|| Sleeping cat || || | ||
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− | |Maybe we can ask for new wishes||[[879: Lamp]]||Genie and his bottle||loot_004.png||If you place the genie last, you get another genie (indefinitely) | + | |Maybe we can ask for new wishes||[[879: Lamp]]||Genie and his bottle ||loot_004.png || If you place the genie last, you get another genie (indefinitely) |
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|HACK THE PLANET||[[1337: Hack]] (maybe incomplete)|| Crash and Burn in the pool from the end of ''Hackers'' || loot_130.png || | |HACK THE PLANET||[[1337: Hack]] (maybe incomplete)|| Crash and Burn in the pool from the end of ''Hackers'' || loot_130.png || | ||
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− | |Monetization haute couteur||[[20 | + | |Monetization haute couteur|| |
+ | [[20: Ferret]] (maybe incomplete) | ||
+ | ||Two bags of money ||loot_162.png|| | ||
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− | |Maybe writing a script would help||[[1319: Automation]]|| || | + | |Maybe writing a script would help||[[1319: Automation]]|| || || |
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− | |Go big to go small||[[1365: Inflation]]|| ||loot_245.png|| | + | |Go big to go small||[[1365: Inflation]]|| || loot_245.png || |
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− | |Are you projecting||[[850]] | + | |Are you projecting||[[850: World According to Americans]] or [[977: Map Projections]] (maybe incomplete)||Squirrel on a gun||loot_237.png|| |
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− | |Do spiders really have six legs||[[8]] | + | |Do spiders really have six legs||[[8: Red spiders]] (maybe incomplete)|| || || |
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− | |Istanbul or Constantinople or St. Trimble's Island?||[[1688: Map Age Guide]]||Cephalopod||loot_071.png|| | + | |Istanbul or Constantinople or St. Trimble's Island?||[[1688: Map Age Guide]]||Cephalopod || loot_071.png || |
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− | |Another rulebook?||[[393: Ultimate Game]]|| Merlin in a chair from [[270: Merlin]] ||loot_037.png|| | + | |Another rulebook?||[[393: Ultimate Game]]|| Merlin in a chair from [[270: Merlin]] || loot_037.png || |
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− | |Moooooon|| | + | |Moooooon||[[1300: Galilean Moons]] or [[1291: Shoot for the Moon]] (maybe incomplete)|| MOOOOOON || loot_192.png || |
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− | |Take a flight from LOL to FFS||[[1937: IATA Airport Abbreviations]]|| || | + | |Take a flight from LOL to FFS||[[1937: IATA Airport Abbreviations]]|| || || |
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|Everyone deserves a second chnace||All comics searched, no matches|| || ||The misspelling is intentional. [[745: Dyslexics]] would have been a good fit | |Everyone deserves a second chnace||All comics searched, no matches|| || ||The misspelling is intentional. [[745: Dyslexics]] would have been a good fit | ||
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− | |Community contribution|| | + | |Community contribution||[[824: Guest Week: Bill Amend (FoxTrot)]], [[825: Guest Week: Jeffrey Rowland (Overcompensating)]], [[826: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC)]] (maybe incomplete) || [Citation Needed] protester from [[285: Wikipedian Protester]] || loot_035.png || |
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|On the other side of the wardrobe||[[665: Prudence]], [[969: Delta-P]] or [[2218: Wardrobe]] (maybe incomplete)||Authentic Reindeer pulling sled from [[1776: Reindeer]] || loot_154.png || | |On the other side of the wardrobe||[[665: Prudence]], [[969: Delta-P]] or [[2218: Wardrobe]] (maybe incomplete)||Authentic Reindeer pulling sled from [[1776: Reindeer]] || loot_154.png || | ||
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|Today's your lucky day||[[1053: Ten Thousand]] (maybe incomplete)|| Ms. Frizzle || loot_105.png || | |Today's your lucky day||[[1053: Ten Thousand]] (maybe incomplete)|| Ms. Frizzle || loot_105.png || | ||
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− | |[This hint has been redacted due to a copyright claim]||[[1005: SOPA]]|| || | + | |[This hint has been redacted due to a copyright claim]||[[1005: SOPA]]|| || || |
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− | |Try a different approach||[[55: Useless]] (maybe incomplete)|| Equals sign ||loot_times.png | + | |Try a different approach||[[55: Useless]] (maybe incomplete)|| Equals sign || loot_times.png, loot_div.png || |
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− | |The cake is a lie!||[[606: Cutting Edge]]|| Cake ||loot_144.png|| | + | |The cake is a lie!||[[606: Cutting Edge]]|| Cake || loot_144.png || |
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− | |Joanna, fire.||[[322: Pix Plz]]|| Joanna with EMP cannon ||loot_026.png|| | + | |Joanna, fire.||[[322: Pix Plz]]|| Joanna with EMP cannon || loot_026.png || |
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|Everything changes from time to time when the fire nation attacks|| [[965: Elements]] || Symposium || || | |Everything changes from time to time when the fire nation attacks|| [[965: Elements]] || Symposium || || | ||
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− | |90KG x 300M||[[382: Trebuchet]]|| Trebuchet ||loot_041.png|| | + | |90KG x 300M||[[382: Trebuchet]]|| Trebuchet || loot_041.png || |
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− | |Copyright Enforcement Brigade||[[344: 1337: Part 4]]|| ||loot_046.png|| | + | |Copyright Enforcement Brigade||[[344: 1337: Part 4]]|| || loot_046.png || |
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− | |Where Cape Town meets Chukotka||[[1500: Upside-Down Map]]|| Crater || | + | |Where Cape Town meets Chukotka||[[1500: Upside-Down Map]]|| Crater || || |
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|Take a ride in a barrel||View all five barrel comics in reverse order ([[31]], [[25]], [[22]], [[11]], [[1]])|| Cueball at the door to the playpen-ball-filled apartment from [[150: Grownups]] || loot_005.png || | |Take a ride in a barrel||View all five barrel comics in reverse order ([[31]], [[25]], [[22]], [[11]], [[1]])|| Cueball at the door to the playpen-ball-filled apartment from [[150: Grownups]] || loot_005.png || | ||
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− | |Compiling...||[[303: Compiling]]|| || | + | |Compiling...||[[303: Compiling]]|| || || |
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− | | || [[2288: | + | | || [[2288: Collectors Edition]] || Sheeple eye || loot_109.png || |
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− | | || [[2288: | + | | || [[2288: Collectors Edition]] || Time machine from [[1747: Spider Paleontology]] || loot_167.png || |
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | * This comic is the 2020 April Fools comic and was supposed to be released | + | * This comic is the 2020 April Fools comic and was supposed to be released April 1st. However, the below message was displayed on the top of the page until early Friday (April 3rd) morning, when the comic finally went live. It remains to be seen if Friday's intended comic will be published later. |
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Note: For technical reasons Wednesday's comic will be posted Thursday instead. Apologies for the delay! | Note: For technical reasons Wednesday's comic will be posted Thursday instead. Apologies for the delay! | ||
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− | + | * Placement is limited to 10,000 units from the origin. Users will receive no messages if they try placing something outside the boundary. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.] | :[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.] | ||
:[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.] | :[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Interactive comics]] | [[Category:Interactive comics]] | ||
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