[FRIAM] Isness: Using Multi-Person VR to Design Peak Mystical-Type Experiences Comparable to Psychedelics

Tue Aug 9 15:30:11 EDT 2022

ExPoMo?

On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 2:58 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> I could (almost) claim that I don't understand a word of what you wrote
> here. ("I don't even know what you just said).  It has the earmarks of a (n
> un) natural text generator working with a fairly rarified "gamer/fanboi"
> lexicon?  Or maybe a couple of lexicons merged (e.g. "pwned electorSlates")
> with a couple of contemporary news items (e.g. marLago).  I'm not sure if
> the SenatorsCreed  reference involved a recombination inside the
> AssassinCreed domain or if it was a mashup in the moment?
>
> Is this kind of hallucinagenic stream-of-consciousness a PoMo thing or a
> Po PoMo?  or more likely an (n*Po) Mo... ?
> On 8/9/22 12:47 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>
> While not a direct gamer myself, I spend a lot of time watching game
> streamers on Twitch. Grand Theft Anointment 2020 was so addictive.
> @BigDailyBeastMode and @CarlsonTucksAssTart stream great first person views
> with psyTwinks wares for the blue and red teams. Amazing to watch mad
> twitch skillz of OG Twink. Top circuit court bender in years hacking a
> bunch of NPCs to Swarm the Rotunda Base Station and stacking the Grand
> Council. almost pulled off a 51% attack to rewrite the blockchain with
> pwned electorSlates!  Blue team loaded some great twink wares yesterday to
> get the honeypot docs at the OGTwink's marLago lair. Can't wait for GTA2024
> SenatorsCreed release - already watching some early alpha play. Hack the
> Burghers, Lock and Load, and TruthBDamned
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 11:59 AM glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ha! Y'all are pissin' me off, here. The classification of twinking as
>> cheating is so over. This point still qualifies for both the general
>> content of the list and the VR/AR discussion. The difference between a bug
>> and a feature depends on the perspective of the "user". E.g. the Log4Shell
>> bug isn't a bug. It's a feature if you're a black hat looking to "move fast
>> and break things" or if you're a white hat looking for some street cred.
>> Circuit benders, gamers, rave attendees, microdosers, etc. are all properly
>> classified as psychonauts. Twinking is yet another form of it.
>>
>> Of course, it's irritating when the butthurttryhard just wants to defeat
>> the stupid boss to make progress in the game and some twink keeps killin'
>> 'em on the run to the boss. The victim thinks it's cheating. But game
>> theory and coevolution tell other stories. Git Gud or Go Home. Do what thou
>> wilt is the whole of the Law.
>>
>> On 8/9/22 10:20, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>> > and I'm learning that twink could refer to the cheating player
>> themselves or in Glen's use:
>> >
>> > " It can also be used to describe the process of keeping a video game
>> character at a low level while using in-game currency, earned by a
>> high-level character, to provide it with superior equipment."
>> >
>> > I think I will try randomly using "it's time to get my twink on" with
>> my gamer son.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 11:08 AM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com <mailto:
>> sasmyth at swcp.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     SG -
>> >
>> >     Thanks for taking/following/explicating that bait.  I was pretty
>> sure glen was Tweaking us with Twitch and Twink... very NLP if not actually
>> poetic.
>> >
>> >       I was only aware of the gay-culture terminology but trusted that
>> Glen (as he is wont to do) was expanding our vocabulary/awareness in some
>> way that I failed to unroll fully (nominally an arbitrarily deep
>> fractal/iterated map?).
>> >
>> >     -SS
>> >
>> >     On 8/9/22 10:48 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>> >>     On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 10:18 AM glen <gepropella at gmail.com <mailto:
>> gepropella at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>         [⛧] My black PS4 controller is terribly twitchy compared to my
>> gold one. I died like 5 times getting my latest Dark Souls twink started.
>> Pfft.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>     learned a new meaning of Twink today :-)
>> >>     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinking <
>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinking>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> --
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