Seth typed in some unusual characters that caused DROD to do funky things. However, the real problem was that Seth also copy-pasted *huge* amounts of text into chat and sent them, not at once, but several dozen times per second. This is one of the chats he sent:
(secreted for length because
holy crap)
Click here to view the secret text
×Seth: [22:30]: Chalks: [09:09 PM]: hey folks. anyone want to take a look at my "
ugh, I'm stuck"
thread?
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=33655&page=0#333965 First one so far.
Chalks: [09:13 PM]: aaaand, the curse of "
post and immediately solve your problem"
has struck again.
Tahnan: [09:31 PM]: Gentlemen, be seated. Dischorran: [09:31 PM]: And the rest of us? Trickster: [09:33 PM]: Re: decorating contest OH GAD THERE WOULD BE SO MANY PONIES Trickster: [09:33 PM]: Not really though. Trickster: [09:34 PM]: I think I just made the worst room ever. Trickster: [09:34 PM]: Seriously. Trickster: [09:34 PM]: Well, one down, one to go. Trickster: [09:41 PM]: I really expect "
gentlemen be seated"
to be followed by "
how do we defeat Superman"
, for some reason... Trickster: [09:43 PM]: Actually... Trickster: [09:44 PM]: I have An Idea. Trickster: [09:44 PM]: ...which is usually dangerous. But this one may finish off TT's hard mode so it can finally be fully tested.
Trickster: [09:44 PM]: Yeah, I'm going for it. 12th Archivist: [09:45 PM]: Please do. I am eager to start contributing toward TtT's beta testing. Trickster: [09:46 PM]: Are you in the beta list? ^o.O^ Tahnan: [09:46 PM]: Actually, it's a line from Arsenic and Old Lace. Trickster: [09:46 PM]: Huh. I didn't know Arsenic and Old Lace was about beta testing. Tahnan: [09:47 PM]: Cary Grant comes into the room, finds his brother and an uscrupulous doctor sitting at the table. He says "
Gentlemen, be seated"
, and they start to rise, look embarassed, and sit back down. Trickster: [09:47 PM]: It's a comedy? Trickster: [09:47 PM]: A comedy about beta-testing a hold I would not create until 2012. So precient, those old movies. Cecil certainly had my number... Dischorran: [09:49 PM]: Ah. No wonder I didn't get the reference. Maybe they'll remake it starring Paris Hilton or Snooki or someone so I'm more likely to see it. Trickster: [09:49 PM]: I don't know you. Tahnan: [09:49 PM]: You're in no position to talk. Trickster: [09:50 PM]: Mom named her most recent parrot Snookie, prior to Jersey Shore existing. That poor bird. Seth: [09:50 PM]: Awww it's woofy! Trickster: [09:50 PM]: I don't know myself either? I admit that. Tahnan: [09:50 PM]: Also how the heck did I get these squares to be 22x22? Seth: [09:50 PM]: ^o.O^ Trickster: [09:50 PM]:
Trickster: [09:51 PM]: A bad headache: a headache that persists despite 10mg hydrocodone + 325mg acetametophin. Trickster: [09:51 PM]: Time for an Aleve kicker. Seth: [09:52 PM]: ^o.o^ wuffy *^o.o^* blushing wuffy ^o.O^ uncertain wuffy ^O.O^ surprised wuffy ^@.@^ transfixed wuffy ^=.=^ tired or squinting wuffy ^x.x^ wuffy goes nappy byes ^o.o^; nervous wuffy ^q.q^ you made the woofy cry (you should feel awful now) These are frequently combined, as in: *^O.O^*;; Seth: [09:52 PM]: ^o.o^ wuffy *^o.o^* blushing wuffy ^o.O^ uncertain wuffy ^O.O^ surprised wuffy ^@.@^ transfixed wuffy ^=.=^ tired or squinting wuffy ^x.x^ wuffy goes nappy byes ^o.o^; nervous wuffy ^q.q^ you made the woofy cry (you should feel awful now) These are frequently combined, as in: *^O.O^*;; Seth: [09:53 PM]: ^o.o^ wuffy *^o.o^* blushing wuffy ^o.O^ uncertain wuffy ^O.O^ surprised wuffy ^@.@^ transfixed wuffy ^=.=^ tired or squinting wuffy ^x.x^ wuffy goes nappy byes ^o.o^; nervous wuffy ^q.q^ you made the woofy cry (you should feel awful now) These are frequently combined, as in: *^O.O^*;; wuffy and woofy! Pearls: [09:53 PM]: <
writes all this down>
Dischorran: [09:53 PM]: Tetrahydrocannabinol, maybe? Seth: [09:53 PM]: (>
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This. Dozens of times per second. For about five seconds.
Seth's malicious behavior aside (which is something that really, *really* needs to be dealt with, but I am not that person), this is clearly a bad thing. There is a character limit for normally-typed chats, but it looks like copy-paste breaks this rule. If this is the case, the first order of business should be to put a better cap on character limits.
PREPOST EDIT: There is a cap to copy-paste, but not in forum chat.
POST, ER, POST EDIT: I just noticed the already-existing thread for this bug. I shall delete this post and move it over there. Done.
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