Talk:2288: Collector's Edition - Revision history

This isn't a good name: this is on unixkcd, I haven't seen anyone mention it here.

2026-02-03T18:27:57Z

this is on unixkcd, I haven't seen anyone mention it here.

FaviFake at 13:29, 26 April 2025

2025-04-26T13:29:07Z

172.70.163.70: Unnecessary to exchange "== title ==" with "; title ;"...

2025-03-23T21:14:43Z

Unnecessary to exchange "== title ==" with "; title ;"...

FaviFake: fix TOC

2025-03-22T09:06:25Z

fix TOC

172.69.246.142: /* Connection to Polandball */ new section

2024-04-01T18:14:47Z

‎Connection to Polandball: new section

FaviFake: Fixed table of contents

2023-07-05T09:14:36Z

Fixed table of contents

108.162.237.87: /* orphaned page */ new section

2021-11-22T13:07:10Z

‎orphaned page: new section

A(l)Chemist: Table of images

2020-04-07T13:27:39Z

Table of images

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Jaalenja at 14:35, 6 April 2020

2020-04-06T14:35:48Z

A(l)Chemist: /* Interactivity finished */ new section

2020-04-06T10:15:01Z

‎Interactivity finished: new section

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	Add them to the article as you see fit. [[User:Jaalenja\|Jaalenja]] ([[User talk:Jaalenja\|talk]]) 09:29, 4 April 2020 (UTC)		Add them to the article as you see fit. [[User:Jaalenja\|Jaalenja]] ([[User talk:Jaalenja\|talk]]) 09:29, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Also, on unixkcd, this image is displayed when you try to display this comic:
		+	https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/collectors_edition.png [[User:This isn't a good name\|This isn't a good name]] ([[User talk:This isn't a good name\|talk]]) 18:27, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

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 ::I managed to extract a list of all the images used in the comic along with how many times they appear. It looks like most are used, but there are a few that aren't. [[User:A(l)Chemist|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist|talk]]) 13:27, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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 <!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.-->
-; The joke ;
+; The joke
 Very early on April 1st, Mojang\Microsoft released a version 20w14Infinite build of Minecraft which allows players to create millions of wildly different new worlds by writing text in a book & throwing it through a Nether portal. The world generated depends on what is written in the book, & some specific worlds contain many "starter chests" to help the player in their explorations. Players can share what they wrote in each book with others, allowing multiple players to each access the same new dimensions on their own. In this way, individual single-player Minecraft instances can essentially become a collaboratively evolving game featuring previously nonexistent block types. Given that Randall has done multiple comics referencing Minecraft & seems to be an avid player, & given the presence of "chests" & the "worldbuilding" & collaborative nature of this latest comic, I believe xkcd's April 3rd 2020 comic is a reference to this "final" Minecraft build.
 [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 14:10, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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-== The joke ==
+; The joke ;
 Very early on April 1st, Mojang\Microsoft released a version 20w14Infinite build of Minecraft which allows players to create millions of wildly different new worlds by writing text in a book & throwing it through a Nether portal. The world generated depends on what is written in the book, & some specific worlds contain many "starter chests" to help the player in their explorations. Players can share what they wrote in each book with others, allowing multiple players to each access the same new dimensions on their own. In this way, individual single-player Minecraft instances can essentially become a collaboratively evolving game featuring previously nonexistent block types. Given that Randall has done multiple comics referencing Minecraft & seems to be an avid player, & given the presence of "chests" & the "worldbuilding" & collaborative nature of this latest comic, I believe xkcd's April 3rd 2020 comic is a reference to this "final" Minecraft build.
 [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 14:10, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 :I think this is extremely unlikely. Munroe has comics planned in advance, and a complex interactive comic like this one takes more than a couple hours to make.[[User:Matthias1|Matthias1]] ([[User talk:Matthias1|talk]]) 18:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
-==The Meta-Message==
+; The Meta-Message
 Beginning one month earlier with [[2275: Coronavirus Name]] (March 2, 2020) there was a long [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] about the {{w|coronavirus}} pandemic.  Superficially this April comic is not about the pandemic, but note that anybody anywhere can affect the comic's globally shared sandbox.  Credit [[Randall|Randall]] with engineering a script reminding us that {{w|We%27re_All_In_This_Together|"We're all in this together."}}  JohnB [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.215|162.158.74.215]] 19:01, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
-==Explanation==
+; Explanation
 Clicking on the URLs in the explanation return "File not found". I will remove the hyperlink so people are less confused. [[User:Fwacer|Fwacer]] ([[User talk:Fwacer|talk]]) 02:18, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
-== How the comic works ==
+; How the comic works
 ... is this going to be like [[1190: Time]]? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.63|162.158.74.63]] 04:08, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 : I hope so, otherwise I don't get the joke [[User:Forresthopkinsa|Forresthopkinsa]] ([[User talk:Forresthopkinsa|talk]]) 04:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
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 I had these hints (along with 2 other) hints: oOOOoooo, Keep coming back, Everyone deserves a second chance. I have visited ''every'' comic and every series on [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Comic_series this list], forwards and backwards, and none of them was awarded. They are either glitched or have very unusual requirements. Maybe something with one of the interactive comics? (I even tried collecting all coins in Hoverboard!) Maybe there is something that Randall considers a series but this wiki doesn't? Something else altogether (visit the same comic a number of times, return after elapsed time...)? I am giving up, if someone gets one of these and is up to the challenge, good luck, hopefully I helped a bit with getting a small list of things not to try. [[User:Jaalenja|Jaalenja]] ([[User talk:Jaalenja|talk]]) 14:58, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
-== Browser agent related issues ==
+; Browser agent related issues
 ; Post what browser (Chrome, Firefox; mobile, desktop) you are using here & what issues (if any) you experience when interacting with this comic.
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 Firefox/Chromium on Ububntu, I seem to see evertything, it looks like this for example: https://ibb.co/BL1gDvX or https://ibb.co/PCByw8f (all add-ons disabled, chrome in standard settings)
-== Screenshots ==
+; Screenshots
 Since this appears to be a time-limited event, I decided it would be good idea to save some screenshots for posterity. I have uploaded several screenshots:
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 Add them to the article as you see fit. [[User:Jaalenja|Jaalenja]] ([[User talk:Jaalenja|talk]]) 09:29, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
-== Spelling ==
+; Spelling
 I've moved this from [[2288: Collectors Edition]] to [[2288: Collector's Edition]], which is both the correct spelling and the one used on xkcd; but was it misspelled on xkcd earlier, or did the typo originate here? [[User:Pelosujamo|Pelosujamo]] ([[User talk:Pelosujamo|talk]]) 20:09, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
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 --[[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.207|173.245.52.207]] 22:08, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
-== Interactivity finished ==
+; Interactivity finished
 Now that the next comic ([[2289]]) has been published it looks like the ability to interact and find chests has ended. This is going to make it quite difficult to complete the table unless someone manages to reverse-engineer the code. Also noting that whilst there are >250 possible images there are only 80 hints listed in the table. It's not clear if all images were used - perhaps comparing the images in the table to those placed in the comic could help identify any that we don't have known hints for?
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-== orphaned page ==
+; orphaned page
 [[2288: Collector's Edition/Stickers]] is an orphaned page, and should probably either be linked to on this page, or deleted. what do you guys think? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.87|108.162.237.87]] 13:07, 22 November 2021 (UTC)BUmpf
-== Connection to Polandball ==
+; Connection to Polandball
 The setup of the comic looks a lot like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryballs#Origin original "Polandball"].--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.246.142|172.69.246.142]] 18:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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	[[2288: Collector's Edition/Stickers]] is an orphaned page, and should probably either be linked to on this page, or deleted. what do you guys think? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.87\|108.162.237.87]] 13:07, 22 November 2021 (UTC)BUmpf		[[2288: Collector's Edition/Stickers]] is an orphaned page, and should probably either be linked to on this page, or deleted. what do you guys think? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.87\|108.162.237.87]] 13:07, 22 November 2021 (UTC)BUmpf
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		+	== Connection to Polandball ==
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		+	The setup of the comic looks a lot like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryballs#Origin original "Polandball"].--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.246.142\|172.69.246.142]] 18:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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		+	== orphaned page ==
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		+	[[2288: Collector's Edition/Stickers]] is an orphaned page, and should probably either be linked to on this page, or deleted. what do you guys think? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.87\|108.162.237.87]] 13:07, 22 November 2021 (UTC)BUmpf

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	I was also wondering if it's worth including a thumbnail of each image in the table, and possibly a separate list of images for which the hint is not known?		I was also wondering if it's worth including a thumbnail of each image in the table, and possibly a separate list of images for which the hint is not known?
	[[User:A(l)Chemist\|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist\|talk]]) 10:15, 6 April 2020 (UTC)		[[User:A(l)Chemist\|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist\|talk]]) 10:15, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
		+	:I did some quick ctrl+F in [https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/client/comic/comic.js the client codes] for comic numbers, item names etc. and it doesn't appear to contain the relevant information, must be server-side. Maybe one of the devs listed at the top of the page would leak something if asked nicely? [[User:Jaalenja\|Jaalenja]] ([[User talk:Jaalenja\|talk]]) 14:35, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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	--[[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.207\|173.245.52.207]] 22:08, 4 April 2020 (UTC)		--[[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.207\|173.245.52.207]] 22:08, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
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		+	== Interactivity finished ==
		+
		+	Now that the next comic ([[2289]]) has been published it looks like the ability to interact and find chests has ended. This is going to make it quite difficult to complete the table unless someone manages to reverse-engineer the code. Also noting that whilst there are >250 possible images there are only 80 hints listed in the table. It's not clear if all images were used - perhaps comparing the images in the table to those placed in the comic could help identify any that we don't have known hints for?
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		+	I was also wondering if it's worth including a thumbnail of each image in the table, and possibly a separate list of images for which the hint is not known?
		+	[[User:A(l)Chemist\|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist\|talk]]) 10:15, 6 April 2020 (UTC)