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The Great XPeriment -- (Updated April 6)

Ack! What am I doing here in the forum? So many strangers! Such a wide open space!

*flees in terror*

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Hello, sea of nameless faces! 

Ack!

*flees*

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Dear giant crushing throng of people I don’t know,

Ack!

*flees*

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Dear Melody Pond,

Remember when you suggested I write a forum post about this? I was thinking of maybe posting something along the following lines:

“I’m a mere 61 XP points into level 59 (having visited only ONE public street since I left the tutorial) and am now prepping for my biggest experiment yet: trying to see just how much XP it’s possible to earn in one game day.

“So far I’ve gathered the ingredients for about 500 of each seasoned bean and 2070 pots of proper rice, all of which will take about three hours to craft and will give around 240k XP. Add in a huge shrine donation and it’s up to almost 300k. 

“I plan to spend the remaining hour on seasoning eggs, and am now in the process of gathering supplies for 829 butterfly eggs and 1243 piggy eggs. In case you’re wondering what that means in terms of resources, making 829 butterfly eggs requires 8290 tiny bubbles, and making 8290 tiny bubbles requires almost 25k plain bubbles.  Piggy eggs require seven hard bubbles each, with each hard bubble taking five plain ones. That’s a lot of plain bubbles.

“And now I’m starting to feel the pressure of time. I have to conduct this experiment before the shift from XP to imagination, and I only get one shot at it so I want to be super prepared. I need to start the big day with as little XP as possible, but somehow I ended up at level 59 without having harvested enough bubbles. I can’t do the harvesting myself because harvesting generates XP. I’ve already had tons of help from folks behind the scenes but now I’m finally desperate enough to appeal to the general public. As you might guess from my username, doing ANYTHING that involves the general public is totally traumatic for me. 

“But. The bubbles. I am in need of them. Billions of them. Please help. Please send bubbles. In return I can offer a share in the glory (because it WILL be glorious) and, uh, some thank-you eggs?”

What do you think? 

Too wordy, huh. Maybe posting on the forum isn’t such a good idea. I didn’t even say anything about all the other ways I’m planning on getting XP, like swf games and icons and some other secret methods. How do people write short, informative posts? I think I need to go back inside my house and close all the curtains now and figure out a different way to get bubbles.

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I'm trying to do this experiment by the end of this month.

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P.S. I just realized I should probably explain that "Agoraphobe" is my experimental alt account (wanted to see how far I could get without accruing any streets on the travel leaderboard) and that some of you may already know me as Sirentist.

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I just added this one because I didn't think there were enough "Edited to add"s and also because I like my vertical ellipses.

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It's a few days later and HOORAY! You all have sent me billions of bubbles! Thank you all for such an awesome response. Is it horrible to ask for more? I'm now in need of the cherries. That's right. ALL of them. Turns out they're crucial to my secret plan. They were so secret I didn't even know I needed them until just the other day. 

Should I do a tl;dr version? Here: 

I've got bubbles enough;
now it's cherries I luff!

Annnnd I think I just lolspeaked. Lolspake? Either way, somebody please kill me now.

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Success! Cherry mission accomplished! Thank you, everyone, for your generosity and well wishes. As soon as we figure out the little details, it's a go. I'll let you know how it all unfolds.

Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink

Replies

  • haha, this thread is so awesome!

    I'll send you some bubbles tomorrow! :D
    Posted 9 months ago by Syrup Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Horrifying hug visualization" 

    *snerks*
    Posted 9 months ago by Addi Bee~♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay, Syrup, thank you! I have a secret method for converting excess bubbles into cherries, so they won't be wasted.

    *skinnies eyes at Addi Bee Tilde Heart*

    And I'd like to announce that every time Little Miss Giggles delivers gazillions of cherries to my house, she leaves them in like seven thousand piles strewn all over the place. This, I think, is her way of saving me from the awkwardness of gratitude, since I'm so busy running around picking them all up one by one forEVER that by the time I'm done I'm so exhausted I forget to be anxious about not thanking her properly.

    So I'd like to take a moment to thank her for being so totally evil. It's pretty much one of my favorite qualities in a person, truth be told.

    Special thanks also to those of you who are shy, yet have been quietly sending cherries in the background. I won't give a public shout-out because I'm thinking there's a reason you didn't post here about it. But I want you to know I treasure your contributions. You know who you are.
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • :-)
    Posted 9 months ago by Cristy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Me? Evil? Maybe a tad. :)  *fixes her halo so that it sets properly on her horns*
    Posted 9 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • its lolspoke
    Posted 9 months ago by UD98 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • its lolspoke
    Posted 9 months ago by UD98 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This thread is so full of awesome! I laughed, I cried, I sneezed a bean out my nose...oh, and just sent you some hundreds of cherries, too! Good luck!
    Posted 9 months ago by Dahlia DreadNaught Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Cristy: Lots of times those one-emoticon communications make me kind of nervous because I have some trouble interpreting things, but this time I'm completely puffed up because I know what that means! That is a shy little smile because you're one of the quiet behind-the-scenes helpers who doesn't want the spotlight and you're acknowledging my thank you and ... and ... and I just totally outed you and drew everyone's attention to you and put you in the spotlight. Okay I really suck at the subtleties of social interaction sometimes.

    @Little Miss Giggles: Yes you are a most awesome mix of horns and halo. As proof I offer two examples of what I see when I walk in the Agora house door. First is me in my Agoraphobe account, second is me in my usual (Sirentist) account.

    <a href="http://i.imgur.com/tx4dS.jpg">As Agora</a>

    <a href="http://i.imgur.com/rIBT5.png">As Sirentist</a>

    @UD98: I think lolspake somehow sounds way more epic and dramatic than lolspoke, though, don't you? I'm like Zarathustra! Well, I mean, except for the part where Zarathustra never lolspake. Huh. Okay, fine. You might have a point. *scowls*

    @Dahlia DreadNaught: Hooray! Thank you! I respectfully refuse to accept the sneezed bean, however. I don't know where it's -- wait, I do know where it's been. Yeah. I'll pass on the bean. But thank you for the cherries! If they originally resided in any of your orifices, I don't want to know, okay? Not to suggest you ... argh how do I end up in this sort of mess? I think this is where I make my awkward exit.

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    Dammit! I obviously don't know how to make a link.

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    i.imgur.com/tx4dS.jpg

    i.imgur.com/rIBT5.png

    Okay that was super anticlimactic. Hmph.
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You're supposed to be in bed young lady. *stern face*

    We (M & I) were/are in your house playing with cherries.

    ETA: I know. Math. Run awaaaaaaay.
    Posted 9 months ago by Cristy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I won't be able to sleep until I figure out how to make a link!
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I gave (well sold, because I didn't know how about the great XPeriment until just now) Melody Pond all of my cherries and milk- what else do you need??? 

    This is so awesome! So impressive! Holy Nietzsche Dolls!! 
    Posted 9 months ago by Morena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Proof? What proof is that (though I must admire m- err.. the expert handiwork there in those pictures)! And see.. others play with cherries in your house.... :D

    Hrm... that sounds completely wrong.
    Posted 9 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We're still in full-on cherry mode. Which sounds totally wrong.

    But it's true.

    ETA: (Little Miss Giggles we seem to be on precisely the same page)
    Posted 9 months ago by Cristy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Indeed we do!
    Posted 9 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Morena, at this point it's all about the cherries I think. Although Melody Pond would know. She's the math brains of the operation.

    And knowing Cristy and Melody Pond are in my house while I'm off sleeping is very cool. It's kind of like having elves! Or brownies! Or wait, maybe brownies only fix shoes? I hope they don't mess with my shoes.

    P.S. By the time you read this I'll already be halfway to my bedroom so don't even bother yelling at me about why I'm still up.
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • late to this party but will send cherries!  what lovely madness :-)
    Posted 9 months ago by FlatEarther Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cherries! We still needs them. Thank you.

    *hugs FlatEarther*
    Posted 9 months ago by Cristy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @FlatEarther: Hooray and thank you! A friend suggested to me that I'm only doing this experiment as a "masterful" way to trick people into giving me free stuff, so it's awesome (and affirming) to have people I don't even know show such enthusiasm and support. 

    And you're absolutely right; it is lovely madness. We're trying like mad to shore up a crucial part of the test that we only figured out about a week ago. (Hence the sudden cherry appeals, ha!) It's very last-minute when you consider I've been gathering and preparing for this for over two months now. People have been amazingly generous and our planned time for the "big day" (tonight from 9PM to 1AM EST) is looking like it might actually be possible. So again, I say, hooray! And many, many thanks.
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, cherries? I can get you those. Oodles and oodles if you still need them, that is c:
    Posted 9 months ago by Rue Bird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Rue Bird: Oodles and oodles is EXACTLY how many we need!
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How much xp do you plan on doing tonight, from the stuff you currently have?
    Posted 9 months ago by Palindrome Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just sent a load of cherries to Melody - good luck for tonight! Will be thinking of you while I snooze (it's night here now!). xx
    Posted 9 months ago by Jendaline Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Looks like from the original post that she's expecting at least somewhere between 240k-300k XP.
    Posted 9 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay, I KNEW that the minute I actually came out and said a definite time, something was gonna mess it up. 

    I've been planning this for ages but it was only last week (shortly after making the original post here) that some new (to me) information made me realize I needed to completely rethink the way I was going about it. Since then, we've been scrambling to meet the revised resource requirements. Melody Pond has been buying cherries at auction and making trades and deals with friends, I went onto GLOBAL CHAT OH MY GOD asking for help, and tons of you forum-readers have been sending cherries. I really thought it might be possible to get it all in place by tonight, but ... well ... there's a reason I tricked Melody Pond into being so involved. She is very good with the math things.

    All of which is to say, the big game day won't be tonight after all. My calculations were overly optimistic. As in, wrong. Bah! I so suck at numbers. 

    Anyhow, we haven't settled on a new date yet. I can't in good conscience keep begging the forum (or Global Chat) for cherries, so it will all depend on how quickly we can harvest, buy, and trade for them. There are quite a few awesome people who are offering daily contributions, and that will speed things up, too. If someone held a gun to my head and demanded a new time frame, I'd say two weeks from now at the latest. In my secret heart I think it will be sooner than that, though.

    @Palindrome: A LOT! Ha. More than I originally thought possible. If we can pull this off, it will be totally epic.

    @Jendaline: Yay! Thank you! And ... hold that thought? Barring any catastrophic game changes, this WILL happen, and I'll need all the good-luck wishes I can get. 
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK!  So it's not too late to help!  I'll start sending cherries your way as soon as I log in.  I will do anything for SCIENCE!  The results will be my reward.
    Posted 9 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Consider all the cherries I harvest from now on yours!
    Posted 9 months ago by Granny Firefly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Then it shall be done! Where would you like me to drop them off? The mail, your house, or some shady, unspecified delivery method?
    Posted 9 months ago by Rue Bird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Agoraphobe Pardon my ignorance, or my forgetfulness, but do you also need general vapour? I've been collecting for all three kinds of seasoned eggs at once, and one of them needs white gas (don't remember which one), so for a couple of weeks I was harvesting vapour left and right. And left again. Then right again. Well, now I have all I need, but I'm still collecting vapour for no reason. Do you need it?

    Edit: I see that you're planning on making only butterfly and piggy eggs, neither of which require vapour. (The chicken eggs need white gas.)
    Posted 9 months ago by dm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Carl Projectorinski: It's not too late! And it really is for SCIENCE! I will still send you eggy thank yous though.

    @Granny Firefly: Hooray! I will hug them and love them, each and every one. I will also probably name them all Bruce. Because I name everything Bruce. Even the girl things. Especially the girl things.

    @Rue Bird: If you have a bunch, and putting them through the mail would be tedious and too costly, we can ... gulp ... meet in person. But we won't make any small talk or anything, okay? And then when we're done we just LEAVE right away. No standing around awkwardly picking at our butts. I mean each of us picking at her own butt. I'm not planning on picking at your butt. Seriously, why does my internal editor not stop me when I start talking about picking at butts?

    @dm: Yeah I had to choose from among the eggs because there won't be enough time for all three kinds. Of course the easiest kind to make (the chick eggs) give the least xp of the lot. So. Yeah. No white gas. I bet you need bubbles still, though, right? I'll trade you bubbles for cherries! 
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Agoraphobe: Haha, no worries. I'm actually quite shy (wouldn't have dared speak in a public forum a year ago), so I'll just throw the fruit at you, say a polite goodbye, then disappear into the maze of houses (where I will once again follow the fruit loop and we can repeat the whole awkward process).
    Sound good?
    Posted 9 months ago by Rue Bird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Rue Bird: Do I have to say "good bye" back?
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Still need cherries?

    *edit* OK, done!
    Posted 9 months ago by Festeus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes!
    Posted 9 months ago by Cristy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Agoraphobe: No need, I'll have fled before you even finished typing it~
    Posted 9 months ago by Rue Bird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't forget to send more cherries!  Posting so this doesn't fall to the second page in the forum.  Let's win this for whimsy!
    Posted 9 months ago by FlatEarther Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cherries, cherries, cherries everywhere! Teehehehee
    Posted 9 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, Agora, I don't have millions upon millions of cherries, but it shouldn't be too hard to find some in my house and bags for you... :)
    Posted 9 months ago by dm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow...... Cool!
    Posted 9 months ago by RJStormRider Subscriber! | Permalink
  • All cherries I collect on my travels tomorrow shall be yours!
    Posted 9 months ago by Syrup Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We did it! We got the cherries!

    Or, I should say, YOU did it. Thanks to your amazing generosity, we now have all the cherries we need. I don't know how to say any kind of thank you that won't feel tiny and inadequate in comparison. And did I mention? We did it! No more cherries needed! Hooray! What a relief! 

    From here, it's just a matter of consolidating and bagging supplies and mapping out the schedule and putting things in logical piles and ... okay I just moved out of relief and into anxious planning mode and I have to go now.
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good Luck and I am so glad I could help a little bit.  :)
    Posted 9 months ago by ElleKitty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you need any more help with your delicious endeavor just say the word!
    Posted 9 months ago by FlatEarther Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Congrats! Good luck with the XPeriement~
    So sorry I didn't get the cherries in on time. Sometimes Glitch likes to glitch me out of the game Q~Q
    Posted 9 months ago by Rue Bird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sending bubbles over now...if you are still in need?
    Posted 9 months ago by OMG BACON!! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The magic words that won a charade game that got Agoraphobe to level 60 in one game day!

    i.imgur.com/AD0vY.png
    Posted 9 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hilarious! 
    Posted 9 months ago by Jesus Christ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We did it! In a mere two and a half hours. Can't show you the game day xp until the new day, but here's a shot taken about fifteen minutes ago, just before leveling up, showing the time and the amount of xp earned:

    i.imgur.com/KMXn0.jpg
    Posted 9 months ago by Agoraphobe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hooray!
    Posted 9 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Craziness!
    Posted 9 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink