It started like a regular morning for me, awake in unearthly hours while the rest of the city lay in deep slumber.
The credits had finished and I was dragging myself out of bed to check my PC's MSN before joining the legion of Zs.
Be it fate or chance, I accidentally opened the "Samsung Mission Possible G810" spam that you would see at the bottom of your MSN window.
It looked rather cool, and managed to grasp what was left of my little attention span. After poking around abit, I found that it was like any typical online flash game which had prizes.
Then it struck me. If you recall my blogpost sometime back about a little small golden coin....
I wasted no time at all and fired up my usual toolz. It took me like 40 minutes to cheat the score system. Well, its a considerable improvement compared to the 8 hours I took last time.
Anyway, there was no scoreboard in the game, and phases 2 and 3 of the game havent even been developed. The closing date was quite distant, so I lost interest again. Virgin rays of the sun carressed my skin as I realised it was dawn.
Similarly, it dawned upon me what can be applied here, can be applied to any other online game nonsense....
It took me less then five minutes to find my next target, Tangs Beauty Bag Hunt. For the interested, heres the link: http://www.spoon.com.sg/clients/tangs/main.html
For the disinterested, the game is about scrolling across a map and finding 62 bags hidden in a picture of a mall. So I checked the scoreboards and saw something... 4.8 seconds, for finding 62 bags, looks like I wasnt here first.
Nevertheless, the prizes looked decent, so I got to work, this time breaking the sound barrier... 5 minutes.
Submitting a score of 1.2 seconds, I reassured myself it was a winning bid and scurried off into the darkness of my bed, like a dreadlord, before the sun would cook me.
I awoke at 1pm... Breakfast was clearly not one of my daily meals these days. I fired up the computer and checked the score... Hmm, my score got removed?
Realising I may have been a little to absurd, 1.2 seconds. I submitted another score, this time 3.7 seconds.. Checking to see it didnt get removed, I resumed my daily activities.
It was late afternoon my phone started "de de de de de de!!!! ohhhhhhh *PAK*" (inside joke)
Picked it up... seemed to be from some angmoh..
"Hello, is this hl?"
"yes?"
"This is david calling, its about the online game you've been playing.."
LOL. They actually called me! HAHAHAHAHAHA
David began the talk by telling me the game had a certain timing bug, and my score was not fairly recorded, hence it had to be removed... however, he did offer me something, which I will quote from his email:
"Thank you for playing the Tang's Beauty Bag search game.
As you may be aware, there was a time error in the game you played.
In the spirit of fair play to all others who have played the game without
error and according to its full gameplay time and rules, your time score
recorded during this error will be removed.
We apologize for any inconvenience you may receive. We value the time you
spent taking part in our game, and offer you a $100 Tangs voucher
as a token of our appreciation. We invite you to play again to achieve a
valid score to win the prizes up for grabs. "
I was like WTF? LOL, 100 Tangs voucher? I was like doing only for the fun of it...
However, the story gets better.
David starts getting his developers to call me, and they ask me all sorts of questions, and I seemed to be speaking alien because none of them seemed to understand how I was cheating the game.
After like 4 calls, someone sensible managed to scribble a quick patch and updated the game.
My phone rang again, this time they told me the bug was fixed, and wanted me to go test it...
OZY was actually feeding in dota so I was quite ready to alt-tab to test it out for them, but before I could finish, they upped the offer to $300... LOL!
Ran a few tests on it, seems like the basic flaw was fixed..
It took me about 2 hours to get a workaround, the workaround succeed, but the score would not register. I suddenly had a little faith in local programmers....
4 Hours into the patch, I have my 3rd workaround.. however, score still would not be submitted. I did not feel a sense of defeat, but rather it was queer. The game isnt behaving normally, and I suspected the scoring sheet had a problem..either that or they have fully patched it, with minimal disclosure from me.
I rang up the developer again.. really nice people, didnt use private numbers.. this is one thing you must note, dont use private numbers to call people, it irritates others and makes people not want to help you.
She tells me in 10 years of her experience she has never seen anything like this. Come on lah, this is like.... history book material can? -_-
Nevertheless, when I declared my failure, she was elated and went "OH REALLY?! THANK YOU SO MUCH" like I've donated my kidneys to her.
I might have ruined their weekend, by submitting a 1.2 second score... I think they were called to do OT, and my call finally let them go home. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. I feel evil.
When I asked her about the new patch, how it was able to tell fake scores.. she simply replied they were using a filter, to trash scores under 30 seconds.
I was like WTF, how can you do that? What if people really get under 30 seconds? She just simply said it was impossible...
Well, idk. Personally, I think she hasnt met a korean yet. They can use a grunt to wipe your tier 3 army.
Nevertheless, 300 tangs voucher is like LOL.
David just send another email,
"I am impressed with your hacking abilities. I might have some work for you in the future."
With all due honesty, I find this nonsense. Any kid with a brain and 15 minutes can run himself through a tutorial to learn to crack online games. Oh well, tangs anyone?
*Poof*
quanie leehan HAHA
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So we went to watch zohan and it was pretty funny, havent laughed at a movie for quite some time, quality humor is becoming like innocence now... a rising scarcity.
After the movie, we left cine and quan wanted to eat, BRIAN however, was in the vincinity, hence we decided to go meet him.
The following series of events should not be spoken, ever.... I have lost much faith in a friend because of this. We hope you reflect brian, seriously..
Quan calls brian,
Q: "ngeah? where are you?"
B: "taka,with a friend, coming coming"
Q: "taka very big, which par.. *toot* *toot*"
So we decided to try to find Brian and his mysterious friend... when finally, along the sidewalk, we saw it.. all hell broke loose.
It was like a dawning premonition of doom, the kind of music you hear in requiem for a dream, slowly ascending in adrendaline as the pressure of reality climbed quickly. The face looked so familiar, as if like a distant memory.. I struggled to recall, for sure I was this was a face hidden somewhere in the corners of my head.
Then it hit me, it had to be....
*insert bullet-time CGI here*
I turned to quanie to ascertain a certain fact.. and his face was like... priceless, mouth shaped into an "O". If it was kept open any longer I was sure a cockroach would fly in and choke him to death.
Then I see brian, smiling like a china-man, giving his usual mampat boleh ma-in look... and I was sure..
*end bullet time*
It was a brief moment of awkward silence, then the fake smiles came in. Like those you see on TV when your ministers shake hands.
After a few seconds of talking, we dispersed and went seperate ways.. as if nothing had happened, but the damage was done.
It was obvious because quan became quiet. If you know him, all you need to get him to talk is to insert an "ava" into ur sentence. But it didnt work, you could see the bullet hole... He was bleeding silent jealously.
This is already not the first time Brian's so good at doing such things, refer to a certain blog on bus-trips home from esplanade.
Like a davinci book, Many compelling questions were not fed with satisfactory answers...
Why the noun FRIEND?
Why the rejection of calls?!
I prefer not to do a full disclosure of our theories here, such.... hurtful answers... hais..
Tsktsk, I expected more from you, blue ic....
Even ozy dulan you....
First rome, now him!?
After the movie, we left cine and quan wanted to eat, BRIAN however, was in the vincinity, hence we decided to go meet him.
The following series of events should not be spoken, ever.... I have lost much faith in a friend because of this. We hope you reflect brian, seriously..
Quan calls brian,
Q: "ngeah? where are you?"
B: "taka,with a friend, coming coming"
Q: "taka very big, which par.. *toot* *toot*"
So we decided to try to find Brian and his mysterious friend... when finally, along the sidewalk, we saw it.. all hell broke loose.
It was like a dawning premonition of doom, the kind of music you hear in requiem for a dream, slowly ascending in adrendaline as the pressure of reality climbed quickly. The face looked so familiar, as if like a distant memory.. I struggled to recall, for sure I was this was a face hidden somewhere in the corners of my head.
Then it hit me, it had to be....
*insert bullet-time CGI here*
I turned to quanie to ascertain a certain fact.. and his face was like... priceless, mouth shaped into an "O". If it was kept open any longer I was sure a cockroach would fly in and choke him to death.
Then I see brian, smiling like a china-man, giving his usual mampat boleh ma-in look... and I was sure..
*end bullet time*
It was a brief moment of awkward silence, then the fake smiles came in. Like those you see on TV when your ministers shake hands.
After a few seconds of talking, we dispersed and went seperate ways.. as if nothing had happened, but the damage was done.
It was obvious because quan became quiet. If you know him, all you need to get him to talk is to insert an "ava" into ur sentence. But it didnt work, you could see the bullet hole... He was bleeding silent jealously.
This is already not the first time Brian's so good at doing such things, refer to a certain blog on bus-trips home from esplanade.
Like a davinci book, Many compelling questions were not fed with satisfactory answers...
Why the noun FRIEND?
Why the rejection of calls?!
I prefer not to do a full disclosure of our theories here, such.... hurtful answers... hais..
Tsktsk, I expected more from you, blue ic....
Even ozy dulan you....
First rome, now him!?
Mahjong sessions one too much
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Each time its like I get so hyped to click the "New Post" button, but when this page appears it just seems to stay blank.
No inspiration? Or the over-myraid of filters I'd have to consider. Kinda defeats the purpose of a "personal blog" when you have to consider what not to put.
Spent many of the past few days mahjonging. With ozy now trying to jio me to mahjong again on MSN. That dropout seriously trying to get ppl addicted. evil foo. Well at least its a win on most occasions. So.... not so bad I guess
*edit: just lost the mahjong session, lucky not as much as rome...*
Went to school for some PPP nonsense. Stands for Professional Preperation Program. They say it helps you get a job. I say its a terrific waste of 4 hours of your life and alot of aircon which can go to feed some kid in kenya for days.
Then came the Kboxing sessions. You'd have to admire yx's voice for being able to reach Soprano choral range.
NPNT, its been a long time since any pics came to my posts. Shall do the favour of adding two now.
Got my new USB modem, at half the original plan too. Wireless Access on the move, this is sure some cool shit.
Swimming Pool dota anyone?
On the other hand, sold my iPhone at 200 bucks loss.... awaiting the new 3G version. Oh well, sucks to be the guy who bought it. Apple's a great scam..
Trusty old 850i, so much damage to it.
Imba pup right?
*Copies Heng's Poof*
No inspiration? Or the over-myraid of filters I'd have to consider. Kinda defeats the purpose of a "personal blog" when you have to consider what not to put.
Spent many of the past few days mahjonging. With ozy now trying to jio me to mahjong again on MSN. That dropout seriously trying to get ppl addicted. evil foo. Well at least its a win on most occasions. So.... not so bad I guess
*edit: just lost the mahjong session, lucky not as much as rome...*
Went to school for some PPP nonsense. Stands for Professional Preperation Program. They say it helps you get a job. I say its a terrific waste of 4 hours of your life and alot of aircon which can go to feed some kid in kenya for days.
Then came the Kboxing sessions. You'd have to admire yx's voice for being able to reach Soprano choral range.
NPNT, its been a long time since any pics came to my posts. Shall do the favour of adding two now.
Got my new USB modem, at half the original plan too. Wireless Access on the move, this is sure some cool shit.
Swimming Pool dota anyone?
On the other hand, sold my iPhone at 200 bucks loss.... awaiting the new 3G version. Oh well, sucks to be the guy who bought it. Apple's a great scam..
Trusty old 850i, so much damage to it.
Imba pup right?
*Copies Heng's Poof*