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You really should consider bringing the back and forth theorizing here to this thread

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I am always open to alternative interpretation :+1:

Since I’m limited as of late, perhaps I’ve missed other “current” theories


I figured that’s what nice about a thread on a forum as opposed to a live chat- much slower and easier to interject different views without stepping on toes


All can use this space here to theorize. Anyone’s random thoughts can be posted here, collective.

What are your theories with this new information?

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I’m of the thinking that the quote from the little prince should be taken more literally. Somewhere out there in one of our stars System is laughing (with a clue). Two of the operator stars being discovered by a player called “Anomaly” in 2020 is also an unlikely coincidence.

The Neo clip was to be taken literally, in that it told us to see with our eyes (16 Hallucinations solution), and the 2010 clip also was to be taken literally in that there was a virus working it’s way through deleting System’s memories.

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Thanks Ben. That is me. I am Esoluu. It was extremely embarrassing to be talking about The Little Prince only to be placed in slow mode. My relevant poetry postings have also been called ‘shitposting’ by the mods directly. I never meant any harm by these discussions or contributions, but the mods and prominent members of the group do not see it the same way. This incident and the reactions to it made me feel as if I wasn’t welcome, so I left the discord entirely.

I am not good at math or coding. Perhaps I am not very good at socializing. I’ve always spoke in metaphor and looked past the surface of things. And it seems as if talking about literature, metaphor or philosophy of the project is usually met with mockery or dismissal. I have been quiet as of late because of these feelings. Not everything is math though.

Also, my father suddenly died of cancer on the same day I learned the story of Kusamoto. It was the grandest of synchronicities. I spent three days creating the Legend’s Lodge on Tucson to honour them both.

I am also the builder of the MAINFAM Lodge which holds many secrets.

At this point, I feel I may have overstayed my welcome. Perhaps there isn’t room for all as I have not ever been tagged in the summaries for my contributions. Because of these inescapable feelings of dread for simply contributing, I will also be taking my leave from these forums and the investigation altogether.

It has been fun. But non-compliance dictates that I leave as the convergence galvanizes around a strong centre. I feel it is for the best of the group and it’s continued cohesion.

This will be my last post here. But not fret, even the little prince had to leave.

“Ah, little prince, dear little prince! I love to hear that laughter!”

“That is my present. Just that. It will be as it was when we drank the water
”

“What are you trying to say?”

“All men have the stars,” he answered, “but they are not the same things for the same people. For some, who are travellers, the stars are guides. For others, they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman, they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You - you alone - will have the stars as no one else has them-”

“What are you trying to say?”

“In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them, I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night
 You - only you - will have the stars that can laugh!”

And he laughed again.

“And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window for that pleasure
 And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky. Then you will say to them, ‘Yes, the stars always make me laugh!’ And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you
”

And he laughed again.

“It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had give you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh
”

Do not forget to open your window, look out at the stars, and laugh.

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I think the big issue in the discord is the theories are woven in and out of the main discussion and puzzle solving and it makes it very difficult for someone who is catching up to sort thru all the streams of consciousness, which, you guys do quite well.
Hence, the reason I suggest you do it here. @BenR makes a good point, it is much easier to sort thru it here.
So, carry on! I may not respond much but I am keeping an eye on your thoughts. Very interesting.

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It truly hurts me to hear you (and others) feel as though you’re not part of this, to not belong. In my opinion you are all part of it, it is the whole that contributes to the experience, not any individual tangible contribution as if only some skills count with others to be considered flawed. We all differ, and we should, it is only logical.

I am speaking for myself here, and in part for our forum. To leave or not is your choice to make. However, you are welcome here and even though I, (or others for that matter) may not always be on the same wavelength, I still value your contribution and shared words of wisdom. This goes for everyone to be clear. Know it does not have to be all that b/w, it may help to reconsider, reflect, take a break or chill pill. Either way, respect for whatever choice you ultimately make.

I can not speak for Discord, and I won’t, but I am well aware we differ as a platform. We can be quite chill and laid back, it is easier to be slowpaced if we want to. We could even be truly fast paced, just like any Discord channel if need be, as technically the format of a forum topic vs Discord channel is no different. I think part of the issue lies in platform differences, another the sheer size of users where we in comparison are small.

We are a community, a gathering of people of all kind, we treat eachother with respect, is basically the only rule we truly have when it boils down to it. If we’d all shy away from expecting/respecting that respect, we’d stop being a community. We’d all end up alone behind a window staring into the void. I am willing to defend the respect we all deserve, but it does take a group to win that fight, a clean fight, we got plenty of dirt already.

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If we want to keep the meaning, System knows it will die (from a way or another) and it gives us stars we’ll be able to laugh with later, as a remembrance of it. No virus will be able to erase stars. TLP knew he had to die, biten by the snake, to leave hearth and going back to his “origin”.

Of course there is a big chance theses systems will be usefull before the end, before they become “only” remembrance.

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I am very sorry to see you leave, and personally have enjoyed your lyrical intermissions as the best I can ever come up with is a limerick when put on the spot. Good luck out there in the universe, I hope we hear from you again.

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@the_poet

please stay with me. :cry:

:index_pointing_at_the_viewer::rock:

I really, truly, deeply appreciate our talks. You’ve revealed a piece of yourself, and metaphorically are the torch lighting the way for me.

I’ve proven my own laxk of social skills, made a total ass of myself numerous times, embarrassed to the point of also quitting.

but I stayed because of you. Your contributions. Insight. Compassion.

I know you understand.

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No te marches hombre , entiendo que te sientas asi, yo tambien me sentido asi varias veces soy el unico casi que comenta en español jaja, disfruto mucho de tus ideas aunque no las comente por vergĂŒenza ese es un fallo mio yo tambien soy antisocial o al menos una parte de mi , pero aqui hay paz , o algo que se le parece, pero si te marchas tendremos que tapiar la ventana y quedarĂ­a fea no? XD ,jooo seguros que vendrĂĄn dias mejores

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me sumo a eso de comentar en español :squinting_face_with_tongue: seguro que somos mås de los que pensamos jaja!

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Oh no, you are a beloved operator! I love how you bring a unique perspective!! By the way, you had received a lovely write-up on ekimo’s awesome skyscraper site, in the credits section. I don’t know if you saw that:

Text of the_poet's recent contributions

Read 212,613 out of the purple dots. After YourBasicMaths established the read-order by overlaying the Pi image on the Jul 4 cesium animation, the_poet saw what the number was: “Purple dots, from the outside going in, read as follows: 212,613. Wasn’t that the max player count?” — No Man’s Sky’s 2016 peak concurrent Steam players (confirmed on SteamDB by Stu minutes later). That number turned out to be the spine of the entire arc: the TOWER is 3 blades × 131 rooms × 541 levels = 212,613 cells, the /counting page filled exactly that many pixels, and 212,613 seconds was declared System’s Heartbeat time_offset. Also predicted the countdown would complete on Jul 7 — ten years to the day after the Jul 7 2016 “burned CD” bloc. Supplied the Wreckage Systems insight behind the BRAIN/MIND synthesis.

I’ve been overseas for two weeks doing my best to read along each day and I look forward to getting truly caught up now that I’m finally back today. For what it’s worth, I would love for you to remain and continue contributing your truly beautiful thoughts and comments.

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We really could use a group :people_hugging:

The island of misfits; misunderstood by many, yet cherished immensely by a few.

It’s y’all jumping out when needed
 To ensure one is heard above the noise.

I’ve literally woken up randomly because of y’all. My mind can be a maze, and you people make it fun. You. Everyone here. Everyone there.

I’ve taken it upon myself to try to bridge. And I failed. And that’s okay. We can still have our own mini convergence like that Korvax. To help stay sane. To bounce these incorporeal concepts.

I’ve had many many thoughts, and specifically @the_poet has found words. I might be totally random, but they hear me and see me. And that’s why I persist.

I see you. You see me.

I hear you. You hear me.

And Javtron, you are cherished. While I don’t see you often, I actually have a shot of glee seeing you reply. Eagerly trying to get a translation


This sounds stupid, but your replies are a mini puzzle I can solve :sweat_smile:

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Jajajaj si a veces ni yo me se lo que digo , yo estoy medio loco por eso me mantengo al margen un poco si me abriera de mente uffff
 yo intentaré soltar lo que tengo dentro siempre dentro del respeto y el humor cuando se pueda, no nos conocemos en persona pero trato mas con ustedes que con nadie , y aunque a veces no nos entendamos al menos nos leemos , y eso es como escuchar a alguien, algo bonito aunque suene cursi, lo primero que hago muchos dias es al levantarme ver si hay mensajes nuevos para vez que paso la noche anterior, y es rutina , despues del ARG no se que pasarå pero si pudiera nos hecheariamos un buen Nip Nip jijiji.

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Oh @Javtron91 seen you a few times in MAIN FAM system, and I think you are sometimes trying to chat with me knowing I’m around .. But I can only do Spanish through Google Translate :smile:

Its a shame the translate in game does not seem to work for chat messages.


Hola @Javtron91, te he visto varias veces en el sistema MAIN FAM y creo que a veces intentas hablar conmigo sabiendo que estoy por ahí
 Pero solo puedo comunicarme en español usando el Traductor de Google :smile: Es una lĂĄstima que la funciĂłn de traducciĂłn del juego no parezca funcionar con los mensajes del chat.

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No hay problema , en ps5 no puedo escribir nada, pero el traductor funciona bien eso si, me paso a saludar , tampoco quiero ser un pesado jajaj .

#jokarson me alegro ver que no soy el Ășnico, como tengo el traductor de Google pensaba que era el Ășnico, has hecho bien en decĂ­rmelo me anima mas , y si alguien mas que lo diga que es gratis !!!

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:face_holding_back_tears::blush:

I need to finish waking up, but let it be known irl I try to be the biggest goof for all to feel comfortable. I’ll break the ice, point at the food in your teeth, alert you to someone’s side looks


I’ll be the loud one if anyone is timid.

I’ll happily take the focus to grant another a moment of serenity.

I’ll be the obvious idiot so no one else feels dumb.

An easy target, to shield.

But it’s not easy to transfer those skills to a chat/forum


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Goes away to brush teeth

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If you highlight a reply, a menu pops up. If you select AskAI, the site itself will offer to translate.

I don’t know how to use it in reverse tho, translate my English text into Spanish
 As that menu doesn’t popup when replying


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Yo tampoco sabía que alguien comentaba en español. Cada vez que entro al foro le doy directamente a click derecho y traducir pagina XD Hispanohablantes minifiestense!!! :hugs:

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