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I apologize ahead of time if I don't make sense, but I've had this idea that the methods characters use to play for or against a bill could go into some sort of stat and your character could become known for personality quirks concerning them that are shown on biography type things that might grow as the character does.
That's kind of a neat idea. Thing is, it would require a lot of tracking and storage space, and I'm still not really sure how the game will perform under heavier loads. We've had much heavier loads in the past without issues, but I'd like to get the game up and running as 1.0.0 first with The Lobby and more people being active on both before I add potentially performance-degrading features (though cool they may be).
lol, yeah... not only that, but he's had 2-3 on all of his characters to my recollection. He's either damned lucky or found some way to increase his own chance for one at others' expense (probably jumps on rhetoric/SFD when it's up, mostly).
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In the case of Socialists being able to use 'Accuse Opponents of Socialism" it could be interpreted as them invoking the No True Scotsman fallacy or something.
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Incredible game, nothing else like it on Kongregate or elsewhere. Congratulations delosford for your brilliant production.
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I just had two ideas you've probably heard before. One was the ability to withdraw bills you've introduced. Probably would cost some clout to do that, to disincentives doing it, but I think it would be a nice option. Other idea, being able to introduce a bill to impeach the president. Not sure on the details for that one. Probably would want it to cost lots of clout, and likely make it like a binary bill, and/or require a vote after/if it passes. All I know is I'm sick of Socialist, and Liberal, and Green bills getting vetoed, but I don't want risk trying to assassinate the guy. Just some ideas I hadn't seen that I thought I'd throw out there.
I don't think anyone's suggested that first one, actually... why would you want to? Impeaching the president isn't a bad idea in theory, but there has to be some actual reason for impeachment. I'm not sure how to work that into the mechanic as suggested.
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Based on that theory (fun fact: i also thought about that before) nothing is random, they're just determined by parameters we have no idea of. However if you mix a constant key with something "random", i'd still have no problem with calling it a Pseudo-Random algorithm, even though i agree that there's no such thing as a pseudo-random output with this model of algorithms because if there's something random in the algorithm it changes things completely and the output is random due to that.
That's not how random number generators work. Nothing is random, so how do they mix something random with something not? If they already had a random number, there would be no generation of anything.
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Oh, you don't use cookies...Thought you did. My mistake. Algorithms nowadays are way safer than they were before...I also realize what you mean with your view of Pseudo-Random, I mean, if something is generated randomly, okay, but they are different from pseudo random numbers, atleast in the generation part, as it involves parts that are predictable, even though the output isn't. I guess that makes it Random numbers and Pseudo-Random Algorithms instead. Even if you use the standard Kong API for logins there's nothing wrong those days because the random number generated is probably HUUUUUUUUUUGE to even be bruteforced alone, unlike PHP in 2010. My comments were a mix of doubt, impulse, and worry. My bad.
Putting anything client-side for an online game is usually a horrible idea due to how easy it makes hacking. And again, either a fair die and "pseudo-random number generators" are both random, or neither is random. In theory, there are truly random events in the universe, but they could also be predictable based on things we don't yet understand. But we don't actually use those truly random events for any games of chance in real life.
They're randomly generated, but I assure you they do get sent out. Terribly sorry you haven't had the opportunity to collect on such a lucrative offer yet.
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Btw, it's a video from DEFCON, so it's not any script kiddie talking, i actually got worried, but forgot PHP has already been updated years ago to get safer than when that guy did that, so yeah...
As I said before: the video you watched has nothing to do with how this game works. "session" and "session key" are very general terms used for many things. I'm also not going to give out in-depth information on how the game works to help people hack it, and I have no idea why you think I would.
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If you use the same algorithm it is, and that is what i asked... I also disagree with the Pseudo-Random part, whereas you can mix something random with something not random, forming something Pseudo-Random. I just asked if you use something open source for your PHP Keys. Probably the standard kong API, but that's a whole different algorithm i guess, so meh.
Like I said: PHP session variable hacking has nothing to do with my game because I don't use PHP session variables or anything to do with cookies. Just because you see "session key" doesn't mean it's what you think it is. You can disagree with me all you want about pseudo random numbers... but you're wrong. The only useful definition for "random" that applies to real-world events deemed random (such as the toss of a fair die) is that it has a normal distribution and is generally very difficult to predict. Software-generated "pseudo-random" numbers fit this definition and are therefore just as random as any natural event used for gaming purposes.
um... illicit drugs aren't taxed, being that they're illegal. However, there will be bills that alter the price of drugs (and booze, also in the lobby).
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After watching a video about how a guy lowered the total amounts he needed to try passwords by using many means, so he could bruteforce a PHP session key some days ago... I have to ask... You don't use the standard open source PHP Algorithm for that pseudo-random generation...Do you?
Just because something is called a session key doesn't mean it's the same thing you watched a video about. This question honestly makes no sense. There is also no such thing as a "pseudo-random" number, even though people love to throw that one around when talking about algorithms. RNG numbers are significantly more random than any physical event, which always have a predictable outcome.
yeeeah... I kind of want to remove that for them, but then I wonder maybe I should remove other abilities for other parties and it kind of creates a bit of a slippery slope there when I wanted all abilities to be available to every party from the start.
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getting " Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.kongregate.com/api/authenticate.json?user_id=4183727&game_auth_token=2c8653697c396439b691564c352f05f664096036e9c5e3ffd5c34cd91ea59079&api_key=951cebd7-4d88-4897-b11f-7de02076ddf6) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway in /home/cabinca/public_html/clout/clout.php on line 57
Session key authentication failure. Please reload the page. " after every action I take.
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Is increasing mexican tariffs a green party bill or a neutral bill? Because I just lost some constituent support from playing on it.
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Could there be a way to tag specific bills so they show up near the top of the bill list or even on our status pages? It would make things easier when you're working on other people's bills.
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It'd be very convenient if you could travel directly to an associate or crony's profile by clicking on their name from "Cronies and Associates" > "Main" page. Can't do that at the bottom.
That's odd... there's nothing that should prevent the game from loading in a specific browser. Try loading your browser in safe mode or whatever turns off all plugins/extensions and see if it still works. Or just use Chrome.
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in the future will harvey dent rely on a die instead of a coin, leading to him to potentially be a member of all 5 parties or an independant?
It's likely you experienced some kind of temporary connection-related issue. The game was experiencing more of those than usual yesterday. In addition, I was changing a lot of stuff and if you happen to try and hit the game as I'm uploading something you'll usually get some kind of error.
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can you pretty please make the pie chart in 'world view' a circle? or make numbers? thanks, it's kinda hard to tell with the elliptical shape
It's not the elliptical shape. I assure you that any human brain will automatically compensate for that. Pie charts in general are not good for conveying specific information. It's there mostly to look pretty, and making it a circle makes it look like complete crap.
Not for everyone, no. There will be a paid option for this, all filters, sending longer messages, and some other stuff because storing tons and tons of long strings is bad for the DB. Things get kept a lot cleaner if not everyone can store infinite messages of a long length. I'm not really running GMail 2, here.
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is it possible to increase our relation from abysmal? if so how, and increasing tarrifs seems to decrease trade, resulting in pretty much the same amount of money...
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Would be helpful to have a section under "Bills" where you could see the ones you've acted on that are still open instead of having to do another search...
There used to be an option for this, but a bug in MySQL makes the performance of that filter abysmal. (Think the difference between .0002-.0004s for a typical query and 4.5s for a simple reference to your previous actions). For reasons of game performance for everyone, I can't have an option like that in the game.
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So what exactly is The Lobby? Does creating a character there delete your one here? Do actions taken in there affect game play in here?
The Lobby is a separate game, with tie-ins to clout. Creating a character does not delete your character here. You can affect the gameplay in Clout with some actions in The Lobby, but to do so you have to accrue and spend favors with NPC politicians, which is a time-consuming process. There are also direct player->player interactions such as PC lobbyists from The Lobby offering bribes to PC Congresspersons in Clout (obviously, these interactions are disabled between your own characters).
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Derp, comment got cut off. Anyway, so I heard that you wouldn't reset the game if the win bill passed or the country-crashers won. If nothing bad will hpapen, then why bother?
Considering up until yesterday there was a big news post about how the game would be reset if the win bill wasn't stopped... I'm not really sure where you're getting that idea from.
No. This would severely cheapen team gameplay in a lot of ways. If you're still CT1 and want to be part of a different party, just ask. I can alter your party, but players never will be able to.
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I approve of the diversified endgame proposed by ironsmasher, and making it different for every win bill would be coolio. A small DOOM period before endgame is awesome on EVERY game. Also, another suggestion, records for things such as "longest filibuster" "most time alive and elected" "most bills passed on a single life" "most people murdered on a single life(counts only after character dies)"
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Instead of an instant reset if the win bill passes can all the players be randomly murdered over the course of a few days or a week.