Glitch October 21, 2011 6:38 PM Subscribe
Could we add Glitch to the profile social apps? There's already a MetaFilter group there and there are a lot of social aspects to the game. The more people you know in the game, the more fun it is. Thanks!
It's not suggested for anyone under 14. There are a few...ahem...ribald aspects to it. All cartoonish, though.
posted by ColdChef at 6:44 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by ColdChef at 6:44 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
Do they have public profile pages? If so, could you link one here?
posted by pb (staff) at 6:47 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by pb (staff) at 6:47 PM on October 21, 2011
I think I may have to block this game from my computer if I'm going to get any work done, but regardless, this is me.
posted by Narrative Priorities at 7:05 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by Narrative Priorities at 7:05 PM on October 21, 2011
I don't want to say my username and have it indexed on Google but it's the same username I have on Twitter. (Look at my profile.)
posted by IndigoRain at 7:07 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by IndigoRain at 7:07 PM on October 21, 2011
You have a group of people at MeFightClub playing this, for anyone who's interested.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 7:17 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by flibbertigibbet at 7:17 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
DU, it's working on my linux box- latest chrome rev, ubuntu 11.10.
posted by jenkinsEar at 7:29 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by jenkinsEar at 7:29 PM on October 21, 2011
That's customer service!
posted by ColdChef at 7:32 PM on October 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by ColdChef at 7:32 PM on October 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
Oh right. I'm 18 months behind on my Ubuntu machine. I need to upgrade to Debian.
posted by DU at 7:33 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by DU at 7:33 PM on October 21, 2011
DU, I'm running it on Linux just fine.
Had to upgrade Firefox though. Or use Chrome.
This is me.
posted by motty at 7:34 PM on October 21, 2011
Had to upgrade Firefox though. Or use Chrome.
This is me.
posted by motty at 7:34 PM on October 21, 2011
Not today, though.
Lemme talk to your manager, SIR.
posted by ColdChef at 7:42 PM on October 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
Lemme talk to your manager, SIR.
posted by ColdChef at 7:42 PM on October 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
Just kidding. I just added it.
You'll need to find your Glitch URL ID to add it. Visit your glitch profile and take a look at the URL in your browser address bar. Here's what it looks like:
Copy everything after
posted by pb (staff) at 7:43 PM on October 21, 2011 [8 favorites]
You'll need to find your Glitch URL ID to add it. Visit your glitch profile and take a look at the URL in your browser address bar. Here's what it looks like:
http://www.glitch.com/profiles/PUVRH0T8ICE28JA/Copy everything after
/profiles/ and before the closing /. That long alphanumeric string is your Glitch URL ID. Copy that here into your profile and you should be set. Then watch this space for other Glitchers.posted by pb (staff) at 7:43 PM on October 21, 2011 [8 favorites]
I'd send you a Whalloping Big Diamond if I could, sir. (or at least a packet of "No No Powder")
posted by ColdChef at 7:50 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by ColdChef at 7:50 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
Don't forget! You can't simply use your Glitch username, it won't work. You have to find your Glitch URL ID and paste that in there.
I know, it's a pain.
posted by pb (staff) at 8:01 PM on October 21, 2011
I know, it's a pain.
posted by pb (staff) at 8:01 PM on October 21, 2011
i just got a screaming new gaming machine. i painstakingly picked out the processor, graphics card, fan, case. i researched for a month. i asked metafilter.
the only game i've spent more than an hour on has been glitch.
(add me to your buddy lists! i will help with quests!)
posted by nadawi at 9:23 PM on October 21, 2011
the only game i've spent more than an hour on has been glitch.
(add me to your buddy lists! i will help with quests!)
posted by nadawi at 9:23 PM on October 21, 2011
See, y'all say to use the socialstuffs wiki page (where I put in the request for Glitch to be added), but then ColdChef comes in with a metatalk thread and stuff gets done. *grumble* kidding, sort of.
posted by juv3nal at 9:25 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by juv3nal at 9:25 PM on October 21, 2011
Oh wow, I knew ericost was a dev, but Stoot is mefi's own as well!
posted by juv3nal at 9:38 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by juv3nal at 9:38 PM on October 21, 2011
Sorry about that juv3nal, you're right. We should be following protocol.
posted by pb (staff) at 9:59 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by pb (staff) at 9:59 PM on October 21, 2011
rewil - i have that dress! so cute with the shirt under it. i hadn't thought of that.
posted by nadawi at 10:06 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by nadawi at 10:06 PM on October 21, 2011
Yay that dress! I must confess, though. The look is more a result of me not realizing I hadn't removed that shirt first. >_>
posted by rewil at 10:29 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by rewil at 10:29 PM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
Man. I was level 30 or so in the beta. I had a house and everything. Now I'm back to level 1. Sob! I'm joethedough over there.
posted by Jofus at 12:33 AM on October 22, 2011
posted by Jofus at 12:33 AM on October 22, 2011
This is me. I haven't played much lately though, having to wait for 5 days for Better Learning V dampened my enthusiasm.
posted by Memo at 8:50 AM on October 22, 2011
posted by Memo at 8:50 AM on October 22, 2011
Glitch is awesome and fun, and addictive. Well-designed user interface, beautiful visuals, neat-o stuff to discover, and oh so much to explore.
I just learned how to make no no powder. Ruh roh.
posted by Specklet at 11:45 AM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
I just learned how to make no no powder. Ruh roh.
posted by Specklet at 11:45 AM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
Glitch is very sweet and very cute and the art and incidental music are exquisite. And I get a little thrill of relaxation whenever I pet a tree and hear its grateful sigh. and you can become a no-no dealer and make a lot of currants from auctions and that is a weirdly rewarding feeling.
posted by bewilderbeast at 11:49 AM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by bewilderbeast at 11:49 AM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
So what's Glitch like, anyone?
It's like a multiplayer, sidescrolling harvest moon/animal crossing thing. If you like achievements at all, it gets its hooks deep into you early on because at the beginning you can't do anything for more than 10 minutes without inadvertently tripping over one. And you're given in-game rewards (xp/money/crafting recipes) for getting achievements too.
I had been meaning to make a post about Glitch, but TOO BUSY PLAYING.
posted by juv3nal at 12:56 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
It's like a multiplayer, sidescrolling harvest moon/animal crossing thing. If you like achievements at all, it gets its hooks deep into you early on because at the beginning you can't do anything for more than 10 minutes without inadvertently tripping over one. And you're given in-game rewards (xp/money/crafting recipes) for getting achievements too.
I had been meaning to make a post about Glitch, but TOO BUSY PLAYING.
posted by juv3nal at 12:56 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh my god. I have never heard of this before, and I just started playing, and I don't think I will ever do anything else again. THANKS GUYS.
This is me. I think.
first a puzzle pirates addiction and now this? oh mefi, you so cruel
posted by cmyk at 1:42 PM on October 22, 2011
This is me. I think.
first a puzzle pirates addiction and now this? oh mefi, you so cruel
posted by cmyk at 1:42 PM on October 22, 2011
Pretty sure my character has been naked for a while now, and besides the websense is preventing me from linking to him here at work, so just know that a wild, naked man named Tristram is wandering alone somewhere in Glitch with a bag full of cherries and dwindling inhibitions.
This is my first foray into any sort of gaming like this, and I think I'm doing it wrong. I finally got a pick but by the time that happened I was so far away from any rock I couldn't use it. Why don't shrines want game show tickets?
Being a noob is tiring, sigh.
posted by carsonb at 2:36 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is my first foray into any sort of gaming like this, and I think I'm doing it wrong. I finally got a pick but by the time that happened I was so far away from any rock I couldn't use it. Why don't shrines want game show tickets?
Being a noob is tiring, sigh.
posted by carsonb at 2:36 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
From what little I've played of this game so far, carsonb, I think you're doing it exactly right.
posted by cmyk at 2:41 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by cmyk at 2:41 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm here and so far, the only thing I know for sure is that if ColdChef sends you stuff in the mail, eat it, because it's probably drugs.
posted by Ufez Jones at 3:03 PM on October 22, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Ufez Jones at 3:03 PM on October 22, 2011 [5 favorites]
This is me.
As you can tell, I am not much of a fashionista.
posted by Brockles at 3:19 PM on October 22, 2011
As you can tell, I am not much of a fashionista.
posted by Brockles at 3:19 PM on October 22, 2011
I have spent at least the past 8 hours playing this, after starting earlier on this morning. I've seen a couple of familiar usernames floating about in the game, too.
Do specific shrines prefer specific items?
posted by Solomon at 3:19 PM on October 22, 2011
Do specific shrines prefer specific items?
posted by Solomon at 3:19 PM on October 22, 2011
Yes ColdChef peer pressured me into my first trip on Glitch. :D
Some random guy by the username of Jesus Christ showed up in-game and kissed me, and gave me some no-no powder. I haven't tried it yet.
posted by IndigoRain at 3:20 PM on October 22, 2011
Some random guy by the username of Jesus Christ showed up in-game and kissed me, and gave me some no-no powder. I haven't tried it yet.
posted by IndigoRain at 3:20 PM on October 22, 2011
It's been mentioned on the blue a few times - my post, with just a few comments, and this one about Keita Takahashi joining the team.
As for what it's like...it's hard to explain without making you play first. My son looked over my shoulder for a while and said it looked boring, but then once he started playing he couldn't stop.
posted by routergirl at 3:20 PM on October 22, 2011
As for what it's like...it's hard to explain without making you play first. My son looked over my shoulder for a while and said it looked boring, but then once he started playing he couldn't stop.
posted by routergirl at 3:20 PM on October 22, 2011
Solomon: " Do specific shrines prefer specific items?"
Not really, but gemstones and music blocks are really good for lots of points.
posted by IndigoRain at 3:21 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
Not really, but gemstones and music blocks are really good for lots of points.
posted by IndigoRain at 3:21 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
i found that the shrines associated with cooking are more impressed with complicated food, likewise, mining shrines seem to like mined/crafted metal things.
but beyond that, yeah, gems and musicblocks. i only donate dupes, though.
a few tips that i learned too late:
once you buy a house, you can keep bags in the cabinet.
spinach not only makes you jump high but run fast (useful for the desert)
set a destination on your map, if you hit the arrow, you'll automatically walk to the next street (as long as no jumping is not involved in getting to the next street)
eat hearty food in the wintery place to not lose energy
hug your bear every day
posted by nadawi at 3:32 PM on October 22, 2011 [3 favorites]
but beyond that, yeah, gems and musicblocks. i only donate dupes, though.
a few tips that i learned too late:
once you buy a house, you can keep bags in the cabinet.
spinach not only makes you jump high but run fast (useful for the desert)
set a destination on your map, if you hit the arrow, you'll automatically walk to the next street (as long as no jumping is not involved in getting to the next street)
eat hearty food in the wintery place to not lose energy
hug your bear every day
posted by nadawi at 3:32 PM on October 22, 2011 [3 favorites]
If you learn how to make Fairly Hallowed Shrine Powder or Extremely Hallowed Shrine Powder (or buy them from an auction, or find them in dust traps in Baqala/Choru/Zhambu/Xalanga), and sprinkle it over a shrine before you donate, the experience and favour you get for the item you donate will be doubled or tripled. There's a limit to the amount of experience you can get per game day from donating items, but this is a pretty good way to rack up a lot of experience and favour in fairly short order. Now that you can cash in giant emblems to take time off skills you're learning, this is also a good way to deal with those that take forever to learn.
Re storage in your house: you can also just dump stuff on the floor! Your house will look messy, but it is handy to be able to just leave things if you're heading off to mine or something.
I added all of you and got a badge for my trouble. Excellent.
posted by bewilderbeast at 3:37 PM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
Re storage in your house: you can also just dump stuff on the floor! Your house will look messy, but it is handy to be able to just leave things if you're heading off to mine or something.
I added all of you and got a badge for my trouble. Excellent.
posted by bewilderbeast at 3:37 PM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
all my herb/flower seeds are on my floor. you can drop them on top of each other to take up not very much floor space.
just don't drop food where your pig can get to it. they will eat it.
posted by nadawi at 3:42 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
just don't drop food where your pig can get to it. they will eat it.
posted by nadawi at 3:42 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
I would like this much better if God wasn't constantly informing me that I'd been temporarily disconnected. Grr. Argh.
posted by cmyk at 4:03 PM on October 22, 2011
posted by cmyk at 4:03 PM on October 22, 2011
I saw ColdChef in the game, which is much more addictive than it first appears.
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 5:27 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 5:27 PM on October 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
You know, next time someone points to a new service service they want and you go to say, "That's a closed beta," people are going to point at this thread, right?
Also, what is this? Sims meets facebook meets Lovecraft?
posted by cjorgensen at 6:16 PM on October 22, 2011
Also, what is this? Sims meets facebook meets Lovecraft?
posted by cjorgensen at 6:16 PM on October 22, 2011
Ah, weird. They have quotes about it being a closed beta. Guess it's not anymore?
posted by cjorgensen at 6:17 PM on October 22, 2011
posted by cjorgensen at 6:17 PM on October 22, 2011
cjorgensen: "Also, what is this? Sims meets facebook meets Lovecraft"
It's more... Harvest Moon meets Animal Crossing meets Farmville.
posted by Memo at 7:10 PM on October 22, 2011
It's more... Harvest Moon meets Animal Crossing meets Farmville.
posted by Memo at 7:10 PM on October 22, 2011
I saw ColdChef in the game, which is much more addictive than it first appears.
Seeing me or playing the game? Because I could understand either.
posted by ColdChef at 7:18 PM on October 22, 2011 [6 favorites]
Seeing me or playing the game? Because I could understand either.
posted by ColdChef at 7:18 PM on October 22, 2011 [6 favorites]
Holy cow, I might never do anything ever again. This is seriously filling the void in my life left by the fact that I love the virtual pants off of the Sims but never have a chance to play it since I'm too busy tending to the needs of an actual human.
Oh, right. I just started. This is me.
posted by sonika at 7:43 PM on October 22, 2011
Oh, right. I just started. This is me.
posted by sonika at 7:43 PM on October 22, 2011
This is Tristram. You may have jumped with him on the moon recently.
OK, so I've put about 4 hours into this over the past two nights and I'm still just running around totally lost, digging dirt and doing random grindy shit that my touchstone tells me about. Is that what this is? What it's like? I'm getting pretty tired of it; does this get much more awesome right quick?
posted by carsonb at 7:51 PM on October 22, 2011
OK, so I've put about 4 hours into this over the past two nights and I'm still just running around totally lost, digging dirt and doing random grindy shit that my touchstone tells me about. Is that what this is? What it's like? I'm getting pretty tired of it; does this get much more awesome right quick?
posted by carsonb at 7:51 PM on October 22, 2011
if you don't like grind-fests, glitch isn't for you. it gets more fun when you learn more about where things are and level up so you don't lose energy so fast and have more to do, but it never stops grinding.
posted by nadawi at 7:59 PM on October 22, 2011
posted by nadawi at 7:59 PM on October 22, 2011
Well alright then! I've really enjoyed the incidental music though, so if I'm ever logged on in the future you'll know just what I'm doing.
posted by carsonb at 8:00 PM on October 22, 2011
posted by carsonb at 8:00 PM on October 22, 2011
FYI everyone, this group is for Mefites - if you join, you can come to the Mefi chatroom in-game.
posted by IndigoRain at 8:45 PM on October 22, 2011
posted by IndigoRain at 8:45 PM on October 22, 2011
GORRAM you people! I started playing this because of this thread [REDACTED] ago, and I can not stop. While this will probably follow my standard pattern of video game play (few days to a few weeks of SUPER INTO IT and then stop for months) this is me.
posted by grapesaresour at 10:56 PM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by grapesaresour at 10:56 PM on October 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
Here I am. Rock you like a hurricane.
posted by sambosambo at 1:24 AM on October 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by sambosambo at 1:24 AM on October 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
I've also started playing this, although I don't know how long it will hold my attention. Being able to put my avatar thingy in a lab coat did amuse me though.
posted by shelleycat at 3:15 AM on October 23, 2011
posted by shelleycat at 3:15 AM on October 23, 2011
You know, next time someone points to a new service service they want and you go to say, "That's a closed beta," people are going to point at this thread, right?
We're pretty firm on the "No betas" policy for the social stuff but we're a little more loosey goosey on the "add it to the wiki" aspect, but that's entirely in pb's wheelhouse, so if he wants middle of the night pings from just-out-of-beta folks clamoring to add something, that's his choice.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:20 AM on October 23, 2011
We're pretty firm on the "No betas" policy for the social stuff but we're a little more loosey goosey on the "add it to the wiki" aspect, but that's entirely in pb's wheelhouse, so if he wants middle of the night pings from just-out-of-beta folks clamoring to add something, that's his choice.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:20 AM on October 23, 2011
OK I added a bunch of you from this thread. Hopefully that will inspire me to play more. I just haven't had the time to lately. Anyway, my name there is JackonFire.
posted by Sailormom at 9:15 AM on October 23, 2011
posted by Sailormom at 9:15 AM on October 23, 2011
My name there is Joe-Joe.
I'm trying to get some money so I can buy a gadget to turn cherries into other fruits. Once I do that, I think I'll be able to start making drinks.
posted by box at 9:53 AM on October 23, 2011
I'm trying to get some money so I can buy a gadget to turn cherries into other fruits. Once I do that, I think I'll be able to start making drinks.
posted by box at 9:53 AM on October 23, 2011
I meant the game, but i'm sure you charming too. That mask you've got well....
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 11:43 AM on October 23, 2011
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 11:43 AM on October 23, 2011
The greasemonkey scripts for checking locations & achievements are*very* useful.
posted by belladonna at 2:18 PM on October 23, 2011
posted by belladonna at 2:18 PM on October 23, 2011
I don't know if most you have already found this, but there's a wiki, which is super helpful.
posted by Specklet at 4:24 PM on October 23, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Specklet at 4:24 PM on October 23, 2011 [2 favorites]
A no no powder dealer? Hmm!
1. Learn all the mining skills! (Tinkering helps too.)
2. Learn all the alchemy skills and Intermediate Admixing!
3. Make powders as directed by the rock until it teaches you No-No.
4. Mine beryl and sparkly forever, grind, make powder!
5. Sell at auction!
6. PROFIT
Although not so much on the profiting lately, as fewer people are buying my no-no than used to... all the currants seem to be in EHSP now.
posted by bewilderbeast at 4:53 PM on October 23, 2011
1. Learn all the mining skills! (Tinkering helps too.)
2. Learn all the alchemy skills and Intermediate Admixing!
3. Make powders as directed by the rock until it teaches you No-No.
4. Mine beryl and sparkly forever, grind, make powder!
5. Sell at auction!
6. PROFIT
Although not so much on the profiting lately, as fewer people are buying my no-no than used to... all the currants seem to be in EHSP now.
posted by bewilderbeast at 4:53 PM on October 23, 2011
Also: Tired of trying to remember to learn new skills? Try Glitch Academy. (Warning: I haven't tried this yet.)
posted by ColdChef at 5:20 PM on October 23, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by ColdChef at 5:20 PM on October 23, 2011 [2 favorites]
I have compiled a list of resources in the mefi group's discussion forum.
posted by juv3nal at 6:35 PM on October 23, 2011
posted by juv3nal at 6:35 PM on October 23, 2011
I've been running Glitch Academy over-night and it works great.
Thanks to the folks who helped out last night in chat and others who sneakily sent food through the postal service!
posted by deborah at 12:17 PM on October 24, 2011
Thanks to the folks who helped out last night in chat and others who sneakily sent food through the postal service!
posted by deborah at 12:17 PM on October 24, 2011
I don't think I can do this. My lack of self-control could make for a really, really bad situation. I'll just watch you guys instead.
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 1:25 PM on October 24, 2011
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 1:25 PM on October 24, 2011
This is me. I've just started out, and admittedly, still undecided about glitch, but I've been really craving some online gaming/mmorpg time so I'll give it a healthy shot over the next couple of weeks.
posted by gofargogo at 1:25 PM on October 24, 2011
posted by gofargogo at 1:25 PM on October 24, 2011
Why did I sign up for this?!?! WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!
This is me.
posted by apricot at 1:43 PM on October 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is me.
posted by apricot at 1:43 PM on October 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
I don't think I can do this. My lack of self-control could make for a really, really bad situation. I'll just watch you guys instead.
JOIN USSS...
posted by juv3nal at 1:45 PM on October 24, 2011
JOIN USSS...
posted by juv3nal at 1:45 PM on October 24, 2011
JOIN USSS...
I have no impulse control. This is me, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do yet.
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 1:57 PM on October 24, 2011
I have no impulse control. This is me, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do yet.
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 1:57 PM on October 24, 2011
Sammich. Yummy.
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 1:59 PM on October 24, 2011
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 1:59 PM on October 24, 2011
I joined too. On mobile, so linking is a big ol pain, but I'm duckideva. I joined the metafilter group and saw a lot of y'all last night. I'm still figuring it out, but it is way more addictive than it initially appears. I'm probably going to get a subscription just to support the devs for coming up with something this cool.
posted by dejah420 at 7:40 AM on October 25, 2011
posted by dejah420 at 7:40 AM on October 25, 2011
Yep, this is unbelievably addictive. And if there's a mobile version supported by Droid, my house will never be clean again.
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 8:20 AM on October 25, 2011
posted by doyouknowwhoIam? at 8:20 AM on October 25, 2011
I'm thinking about buying a house. What's a good neighborhood for somebody who likes cooking and meditation?
posted by box at 11:42 AM on October 25, 2011
posted by box at 11:42 AM on October 25, 2011
I just bought a house in Andra. It's not pretty, but it's mine.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:04 PM on October 25, 2011
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:04 PM on October 25, 2011
I have one of the beehivey ones. Three trees, three pigs, twelve crop thingies, a trophy case, and a storage cabinet. No view, kinda fugly, a little cramped, not remotely unique, otherwise fine.
As with real real estate, though: Location, location, location. Get something close to a subway. You don't need too many garden plots, really. Twelve is plenty.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:12 PM on October 25, 2011
As with real real estate, though: Location, location, location. Get something close to a subway. You don't need too many garden plots, really. Twelve is plenty.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:12 PM on October 25, 2011
(That is, keep close to a subway until you can teleport, then buy your mansion in the countryside.)
posted by Sys Rq at 11:13 PM on October 25, 2011
posted by Sys Rq at 11:13 PM on October 25, 2011
i love my treehouse hive. quaint. small. top of the tree. it's pretty much perfect. until i have money. then i'm leaving it behind so hard.
posted by nadawi at 11:16 PM on October 25, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by nadawi at 11:16 PM on October 25, 2011 [3 favorites]
Oh, shit, there's one in my neighborhood just like mine with a wood tree. ¢4000.
Get that one.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:26 PM on October 25, 2011
Get that one.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:26 PM on October 25, 2011
I feel like we should take over a neighborhood. Just everybody buy up property there as it becomes available, write notes to existing homeowners asking if they'd consider moving for a consideration fee to make it worth their while, end up with a whole Mefi Housing Cooperative in the end.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:12 AM on October 26, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:12 AM on October 26, 2011 [4 favorites]
I loved my treehouse so much that I couldn't stand being without it after the reset, so I saved up and blew all my currants to buy it back. And planted the exact same trees in the same positions relative to one another as had been there before. And made the same animals and gave them the same names. Change is hard to cope with, okay. :(
posted by bewilderbeast at 8:29 AM on October 26, 2011
posted by bewilderbeast at 8:29 AM on October 26, 2011
I have a house in Muufo: 12 plots, 10 pigs, 6 butterflies, spice tree, gas tree, wood tree (planted that one myself), trophy and storage. I like it, but I've saved up for a big one (50K!) but there aren't any on the market. *frown*
posted by Specklet at 9:06 AM on October 26, 2011
posted by Specklet at 9:06 AM on October 26, 2011
I feel like we should take over a neighborhood. Just everybody buy up property there as it becomes available, write notes to existing homeowners asking if they'd consider moving for a consideration fee to make it worth their while, end up with a whole Mefi Housing Cooperative in the end.
I'm not keen to give up my spot in Groddle Meadow as there is a kind of old-timer prestige to having it (Groddle being the only initial spawn location during beta). Also Groddle Meadow boasts proximity to both Shimla Mirch and Ix and a relatively high population of pigs.
But there are plans for group owned spaces. I'd totally be down for that.
posted by juv3nal at 12:31 PM on October 26, 2011
I'm not keen to give up my spot in Groddle Meadow as there is a kind of old-timer prestige to having it (Groddle being the only initial spawn location during beta). Also Groddle Meadow boasts proximity to both Shimla Mirch and Ix and a relatively high population of pigs.
But there are plans for group owned spaces. I'd totally be down for that.
posted by juv3nal at 12:31 PM on October 26, 2011
There are a whole bunch of more expensive houses for sale now (or at least half an hour ago when I was looking). There were also a bunch of more varied lesser priced houses (15-30K) for a short while, presumably as people sold of theirs to trade up, but they went pretty fast.
I'm not sure I like having a house. I feel kind of tied to it and am not wandering as much as I was. I'm learning the teleportation skills now which hopefully will help with that.
This game is both terribly boring and horribly addictive. I'm glad it didn't come out last year or I may not have completed my PhD.
posted by shelleycat at 1:16 PM on October 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure I like having a house. I feel kind of tied to it and am not wandering as much as I was. I'm learning the teleportation skills now which hopefully will help with that.
This game is both terribly boring and horribly addictive. I'm glad it didn't come out last year or I may not have completed my PhD.
posted by shelleycat at 1:16 PM on October 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
teleportation is awesome for house having. i have my teleport spot set at my front door, so i wander where ever and then just pop back home to tend the garden before logging off. then i start every play session at home, tend the garden, and go off wandering again.
posted by nadawi at 1:25 PM on October 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by nadawi at 1:25 PM on October 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
I've got my teleport spot set at my house too. Tend garden, go wander, yep yep yep.
Now that there are these expensive ones up for sale, I'm not sure I want to move. I love my back yard, it's all woodsy...
And I'd totally be down for participating in a group owned space.
posted by Specklet at 1:39 PM on October 26, 2011
Now that there are these expensive ones up for sale, I'm not sure I want to move. I love my back yard, it's all woodsy...
And I'd totally be down for participating in a group owned space.
posted by Specklet at 1:39 PM on October 26, 2011
Yeah, I've got Teleport II and it means I've got a spot at my house and a spot at a quarry a good distance away; both are within a quick walk of other biomes, so I can cover a lot of ground when necessary and still get home on a moment's notice.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:39 PM on October 26, 2011
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:39 PM on October 26, 2011
Teleport II? Maybe it's a mistake to concentrate my energies on Cocktail Mixing.
posted by box at 2:14 PM on October 26, 2011
posted by box at 2:14 PM on October 26, 2011
Yeah, teleport II rocks. I've a little tree house where I've planted a wood tree and a spice tree. Haven't decided on the third tree yet.
posted by dejah420 at 2:18 PM on October 26, 2011
posted by dejah420 at 2:18 PM on October 26, 2011
I'd also be down for a MeFi co-op.
Also if any Glitch devs are reading this and have any pull, it would be sweet to have hybrid crop/herb gardens instead of just one or the other. Or come up with gardening pots or something where you can plant a single crop or herb.
posted by jeremias at 7:50 AM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
Also if any Glitch devs are reading this and have any pull, it would be sweet to have hybrid crop/herb gardens instead of just one or the other. Or come up with gardening pots or something where you can plant a single crop or herb.
posted by jeremias at 7:50 AM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
Clearly the get-ourselves-banned hackaround solution to the coop thing is to have a robotic player who just sits inside a house all day long and automatically answers knocks on the door from folks whitelisted as known-good mefite glitches. Everybody stores their extra stuff in there, the whole give-some/take-some thing, and we make sure to restock the robot with steaks so it can eat all day and not die.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:18 AM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:18 AM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
I like the idea of a community space where you can go do stuff, so a communal garden or machine room or something, but I don't want to share my house. I already have a separate bedroom from my husband and I've been living with him for more than 16 years, I'm so not suitable for sharing even a pretend house with other people.
posted by shelleycat at 9:59 AM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by shelleycat at 9:59 AM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh man, a crop/herb garden would be AWESOME. Or, I'd gladly toil away to add herb plots to my existing garden.
posted by Specklet at 1:14 PM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Specklet at 1:14 PM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
I bought up one of those 30K houses but would totally sell and move again to a MeFi neighborhood co-op.
posted by Stacey at 2:57 PM on October 27, 2011
posted by Stacey at 2:57 PM on October 27, 2011
I just went and got ever emblem just so I could have a trophy to put on a shelf in my house next to my other trophies that I got for making all the spices and making all the bubbles and finding all the gems and OH MY GOD WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE HELP
HELP
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:07 PM on October 27, 2011 [4 favorites]
HELP
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:07 PM on October 27, 2011 [4 favorites]
Cortex, I spent five minutes yesterday explaining to TheDonF my current conundrum: I saved up 50K currants to buy a big fancy house, but now am feeling attached to my little woodsy house (even if the 10 piggies and 6 butterflies and 1 chicken I have get in the way when I'm trying to harvest my zucchini) and I wonder if any expensive but woodsy houses will ever go on the market... when I could feel him staring at me. "That's... a tough one, baby," he said.
I also am concerned about what will happen when I'm in Germany/England for ten days. Will my animals and plants be okay?
posted by Specklet at 3:24 PM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
I also am concerned about what will happen when I'm in Germany/England for ten days. Will my animals and plants be okay?
posted by Specklet at 3:24 PM on October 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh, also, ericost made a Plate of Beans item and thus has earned an intangible Golden Bean award.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:01 PM on October 27, 2011 [11 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:01 PM on October 27, 2011 [11 favorites]
OH MY GOD WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE HELP
You are getting ALL THE TROPHIES. You know who gets trophies? Winners. That's what you're doing: you're winning at life.
posted by juv3nal at 5:42 PM on October 27, 2011 [5 favorites]
You are getting ALL THE TROPHIES. You know who gets trophies? Winners. That's what you're doing: you're winning at life.
posted by juv3nal at 5:42 PM on October 27, 2011 [5 favorites]
I also am concerned about what will happen when I'm in Germany/England for ten days.
Both of those countries have internet, you know. IT's possible the electrons from glitch will stretch all the way over there, but maybe you should just check when you get there...
/instills seed to ruin your trip as you never go outside the whole time
posted by Brockles at 6:34 PM on October 27, 2011
Both of those countries have internet, you know. IT's possible the electrons from glitch will stretch all the way over there, but maybe you should just check when you get there...
/instills seed to ruin your trip as you never go outside the whole time
posted by Brockles at 6:34 PM on October 27, 2011
Me! This has too many aspects of the MMOs I've managed to escape...
posted by jdherg at 11:37 PM on October 27, 2011
posted by jdherg at 11:37 PM on October 27, 2011
me :)
Specklet... If you have an animal pen (so one of the fancy schmancy modern homes) all you need is enough feeders to hold 60 veggies for each animal (1 food * 6 game days *10 real days). If you don't - they'll nibble off your trees and should be ok I think. If you need feeders, I can lend you two. Ping me ingame. I'm there. A lot.
posted by imbri at 1:28 AM on October 28, 2011
Specklet... If you have an animal pen (so one of the fancy schmancy modern homes) all you need is enough feeders to hold 60 veggies for each animal (1 food * 6 game days *10 real days). If you don't - they'll nibble off your trees and should be ok I think. If you need feeders, I can lend you two. Ping me ingame. I'm there. A lot.
posted by imbri at 1:28 AM on October 28, 2011
I joined as Theora55, but have not had time to play because real life has been interesting. That can't last.
posted by theora55 at 11:05 AM on October 28, 2011
posted by theora55 at 11:05 AM on October 28, 2011
I thought I might like this game after reading about it here.
I was pretty sure I'd like this game after watching the preview video.
I started to like this game after playing it for an hour.
But then I didn't realize what would happen if you spent too much time in a freezing cold area and ignoring the message that I should eat something hearty and not paying attention to my energy and mood levels.
Then I ended up in hell.
That's when I skipped straight from like to love.
I'm LogopolisMike there.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:14 PM on October 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
I was pretty sure I'd like this game after watching the preview video.
I started to like this game after playing it for an hour.
But then I didn't realize what would happen if you spent too much time in a freezing cold area and ignoring the message that I should eat something hearty and not paying attention to my energy and mood levels.
Then I ended up in hell.
That's when I skipped straight from like to love.
I'm LogopolisMike there.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:14 PM on October 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
Hell is other people...who can't link to their profiles.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:15 PM on October 28, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:15 PM on October 28, 2011 [2 favorites]
imbri, it looks like I have to learn another skill before I can use a feeder, but thanks! Brockles, you are evil, eeeeevil...
Has anyone stumbled across a candy exchange party yet? Crazy!
posted by Specklet at 12:24 PM on October 31, 2011
Has anyone stumbled across a candy exchange party yet? Crazy!
posted by Specklet at 12:24 PM on October 31, 2011
I'm on there as capodistria. It is my old GNE name.
posted by vacapinta at 11:42 AM on November 2, 2011
posted by vacapinta at 11:42 AM on November 2, 2011
I really want to like this game but it gives me terrible motion sickness. :(
posted by beandip at 3:42 PM on November 4, 2011
posted by beandip at 3:42 PM on November 4, 2011
<~~~ If that turned out as a real link, then it's me, SweetTea Biscuit. I"m feeling particularly thick today as I can't remember how to link and I can't do anything but walk around aimlessly in Glitch petting stray pigs and squeezing chickens. And people keep coming up and staring at me and I don't know what they want me to do, so it makes me nervous. And last night someone did something to me and a rainbow appeared, does that mean I've been sexed?
posted by SweetTeaAndABiscuit at 2:04 PM on November 14, 2011
posted by SweetTeaAndABiscuit at 2:04 PM on November 14, 2011
the staring is either a coincidence- they were running, remembered they wanted to reorganize their inventory or eat or whatever and you happen to be there - or, they are checking your level. when i see someone under a level 10, i usually give them some higher level food or a gem or something.
the rainbow is "random kindness" they are given out like candy at the higher levels and we can run around and "bestow" them on people. i random kindness anyone i mine with if it's not a huge group. i also just sort of toss them around. while running through the world squeezing chickens.
posted by nadawi at 3:13 PM on November 14, 2011
the rainbow is "random kindness" they are given out like candy at the higher levels and we can run around and "bestow" them on people. i random kindness anyone i mine with if it's not a huge group. i also just sort of toss them around. while running through the world squeezing chickens.
posted by nadawi at 3:13 PM on November 14, 2011
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