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Part 2 of Lethe
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How to Seed a Hostile Infoscape

Summary:

#gen explodes as a new user finds a bombshell in an NBN server

Notes:

This was originally written to tease my microfic 'The Newest in Mneumoshaping', as part of Vantage Point spoiler season on the GLC discord server.

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youYouEyeDee: !!!!!!! SO CUTE

ComKom: They are actually incredible

D3vild-3gg: I dnt get it. they’re cute i guess but like, couldn’t you have made them actually useful??

Sklingo_grl: Can they actually modify your avatar or does it overlay an element?

Gl0v3s: HOLY SHIT GUYS

Hatz-ger: I can’t wait to play with them

youYouEyeDee: @D3vild-3gg srsly????

Pr3x1s: @An_Actual_Squirrel we all love them but if you do upload them to #shared-resources could you add a CW? We want this to be a friendly space to novices :)

Gl0v3s: YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST FOUND

Hatz-ger: …ugh

Gl0v3s: GAMENET ARE PULLING DRAGON-JADE XIV

youYouEyeDee: what???

PetuantWraith783: source?

Hatz-ger: No they’re not. It’s barely been out for 3 months.

CAPSLOCKSTUCKY: wdym???

Gl0v3s: there gonna pull it from sale in TWO WEEKS, full server shutdown in june

D3vild-3gg: No way. Even for Gamenet that’s idiotic

An_Actual_Squirrel: thanks all, I’ll tell ‘em the kind words. @D3vild-3gg not everything I make is for serious, though don’t write them off, they’re handier than they look ;) @Sklingo_grl Permanent avatar mod! Hurts like hell, but like, that’s kinda the point. Looks rad as hell too. @Pr3x1s deffo! these shouldn’t end up with greenhorns

ComKom: seriously dropping that without a source…

Gl0v3s: I LITERALY JUST JACKED OUT OKAY? lemme compile it real quick

Pr3x1s: @An_Actual_Squirrel thanks! :)

Pr3x1s: and no way is this actually happening

Sklingo_grl: I only just got to level 15 :(

Hatz-ger: You breached Gamenet servers? Sure.

soxpuppet: post proof

PetuantWraith783: There’s literally zero reason for them to do this

Gl0v3s: Okay uploading now. yeah I got into gamenet’s central database

Hatz-ger: No you didn’t.

Gl0v3s: literally first thing i found was minutes of some backroom meeting of bigshot execs sayin theyre cancelling dragon-jade cause bad sales

Gl0v3s: theyre gonna push some casual slop instead

Gl0v3s: here: DumpPull8229923z.sknk

Hatz-ger: If you think I’m going to download anything you post you’re even more of an idiot than I thought

PetuantWraith783: I’ve got a sacrificial rig, I’ll vet it. No one else touch that link.

Hatz-ger: There is zero way you could have made it into Gamenet

Gl0v3s: @Hatz-ger i dont care what you think

Hatz-ger: Okay hotshot, share some details, what’d their ice look like? How’d you break past?

ComKom: I mean, no offence, but you are kinda new to running right @Gl0v3s? Lot of exprienced ppl on this channel have tried and failed.

PetuantWraith783: Okay initial scans look benign, gonna open the file now

Hatz-ger: Anyone that doesn’t know, @Gl0v3s is an alt account of the guy a month ago who posted his rig, using half his pitiful MU running a copy of Umbr3llaV1.BDC he found on some old sharebox… He didn’t have any fucking trojans

Gl0v3s: that wasn’t me

Hatz-ger: You have the same Netspace avatar and link address to this channel… Come on dude

soxpuppet: wait he’s that guy? Holy shit

Gl0v3s: ice was spikey. dont remember much tbh.

Gl0v3s: you know how it is in a long run, all a blur. Deffo a real big sentry though

soxpuppet: lol

D3vild-3gg: okay yeah this is a troll. Get better bait next time

PetuantWraith783: uh… everyone. The file’s legit

Hatz-ger: Not remotely what it’s like. But if you really can’t remember show us your runlogs. If you got in to Gamenet (you totally didn’t) share the info, that’s what this community is for.

soxpuppet: @PetuantWraith783 good one. Now what is it really, junk?

Gl0v3s: @Hatz-ger I deleted them, thats what ur supposed to do

Hatz-ger: @PetuantWraith783 lol

Hatz-ger: @Gl0v3s so the only time you actually do something right is when it stops you being vetted. Sure.

PetuantWraith783: No, I’m serious. This file’s legit. This is from gamenet, metadata checks out, there’s even a nasty tracer hidden inside for unauthorised access.

Gl0v3s: fucking told you

PetuantWraith783: I have no idea how this guy got it, but, it’s real…

PetuantWraith783: and yeah, he’s right, looks like they’re shuttering DJ XIV…

Hatz-ger: I’m sorry but there is zero way fucking Gl0v3s got into Gamenet. You sure he didn’t just pick it up from an actual runner?

youYouEyeDee: how do we know Petuant isn’t hoaxing?

PetuantWraith783: @Hatz-ger I’m as surprised as you, but no, it’s real, sigs line up as well. Far as I can tell he really got in. And like, easier to believe he got in than managed to make a fake this good…

Pr3x1s: fuck

Pr3x1s: @youYouEyeDee: Petuant is one of the most experienced data-engs out there. If they say somethings real, it’s real.

Hatz-ger: Wraith I love you but come on, you’ve gotta be missing something. The moron can’t even fucking tell us what ice he got past

Pr3x1s: @Hatz-ger I know Gamenet is a sore topic for you but please remember forum CoC. Lets not start drama yeah? Especially towards a newer user.

Gl0v3s: i told you the ice is all fuzzy it was stresful ok?? I know there was a massive sentry but didnt do anything. it was crying maybe? couldnt find it in the #shared-resources ice guide. tbh think it was bugged

Gl0v3s: so i got past

ComKom: Damn. Guess I’m gonna have to complete the game quick

CAPSLOCKSTUCKY: this sucks so fucking much

D3vild-3gg: If Wraith cleared it that’s good enough for me. Guess gamenet is that idiotic

Hatz-ger: No, no way. If he got in, and I am not for a second saying he did, this is some kind of fake. Hell, how do we know this isn’t some Gamenet ploy to boost sales or something?

soxpuppet: Fucking Gl0v3s got an actual scoop? Our idiot mascot going up in the world! Too funny

MyOtherRigIsAMonolith: game blows anyway. won’t be missed

PetuantWraith783: @Hatz-ger I’m as skeptical as you are, but come on that’s a bit tinfoil. Maybe the kid just got lucky

Hatz-ger: No one’s that lucky.

Sklingo_grl: @MyOtherRigIsAMonolith read the room, people are srsly hurting

Gl0v3s: your kinda sounding like a Gnet shill there hatz

D3vild-3gg: what’s the deal with Hatz and Gamenet btw?

soxpuppet: @D3vild-3gg before your time.

Pr3x1s: @D3vild-3gg lets not dredge that up. A lot of people are still raw

D3vild-3gg: oh is this Blu3Jay?

Hatz-ger: you all can’t be taking this seriously? Come on!

Hatz-ger: @D3vild-3gg yes. Blu3Jay. Made one slip on a gnet server. They fucking erased him. Like he never even existed.

Hatz-ger: He was 10 times the runner this fucking idiot was. Only way Gl0v3s could make it in is if some sysop fucking let him. And you seriously all believe Gnet is going to cancel a bestseller this early? Come on!

Gl0v3s: maybe your boyfriend was just bad. so bad he cant even get onto the net lol

Hatz-ger: Oh fuck all the way off

Hatz-ger: Utter fucking prick

Gl0v3s: whys Hatz so invested in protecting gamenet nyway? ill admit i’m not the best runner but my info’s legit. kinda sus tbh

Pr3x1s: Hatz, this is an official warning. I understand the situation but please stay polite. Remember the human.

Gl0v3s: wouldnt be the first to turn corpo spy

PetuantWraith783: Hatz I’m sorry, I don’t know how he did it, but he did. You’re going to have to accept that.

Hatz-ger: @Pr3x1s I’m the only person here who actually remembers the Human! He’s a cunt! If he was just an idiot pretender or a novice that’d be one thing, but he actually thinks he knows how to run.

CreamyMichael: So DJ XIV really going? Damn, I was enjoying it.

Hatz-ger: He’s a danger to himself, and I can’t believe you’re all encouraging this shit. The fuck hasn’t this guy been banned????

*User Hatz-ger has been timed out for 72 hours*

Gl0v3s: lol

Pr3x1s: Mod-hat on. There are lines we don’t cross here, I know it can get heated occasionally but please treat other users with respect. @Gl0v3s congratulations on a successful run, but in future lets try not to be antagonistic, yeah?

 

 

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