Weird Mail
It seems that working on this program has made
me a magnet for odd messages, on both e-mail and instant messenger. Here's some of the ones that stand out
(addresses and IM handles have been removed).
Please don't take this as a reason to not get in touch with me
- for all the weird stuff I've gotten, I've also gotten a number of useful bug
reports. Just please, think before you hit send.
Updated 02/05/2003
E-Mails
| XXXXXX@webtv.net |
| do you have a program that can be used for
webtv |
| Yes, it's called a wood chipper. |
| XXXXX@hotmail.com |
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scuse but when i battled some1, i used my marrowak and asked it to do
rest, then i told it to do sleep talk and it used bone club! the version i wuz playing wuz v8.43
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Another case of "not knowing how the moves work." |
| XXXXX@XXXXXX.com |
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um tvsian? how come i couldent play net battle and it kept say it doesnt
support watever? |
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This is a good example of a "non-helpful" bug report. |
| XXXXXX@XXXXXX.com.ar |
| ANCIENT POWER BUG
THE ANCIENT POWER OF THE NETBATLLE NEVER POWER UP THE
STATUS
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BEHOLD THE ANCIENT POWER OF THE NETBATTLE!!
(Actually, I'm positive it works, just only 10% of the time. I get a lot
of stuff like this.) |
| XXXXXX@XXXXXX.com |
|
Can you make a version where I don't have to download it? Because when I
download it,it just says:"Cannot open file Netbattle02830[2] zip."Tell me what
to do or make a version where I don't have to download it.PLEASE! |
I suppose I could beam it into your computer
WITH THE POWER OF MY MIND!
I got about three e-mails in rapid succession from this one - I think the last
one implied he got it working. But what can you do about someone who
doesn't know how to download files? |
|
XXXXXXX@aol.com |
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HEY U KNOW THE USER PASSWORD THING EVERY TIME I PUT SOMTHING IN THERE IT SAYS
YOUR URER NAME IS NOT STORED IN BLAGH BLAGH BLAGH I DONT GET IT |
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Somehow, I don't think you ever will. |
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XXXXXXX@aol.com |
dear someone get me some cheats for pokemon crystal please email
me them at XXXXXXX@aol.com
plzzz
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Hey, I'm "someone!" But since when did I become a cheat
repository? I hate cheaters. And morons. This one's
both! |
|
XXXXXXX@start.no |
how do you make these netbattle things?
any program?
kai roar |
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Yeah, any program. I would have used Notepad, but I found it
was much easier to use Minesweeper. And did I make a second
NetBattle that I just forgot about? |
|
XXXXXXX@msn.com |
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Heloo. I'm a new boy called Justin My e-mail address is
XXXXXXX@msn.com The question is how do you install your Pokemon
NetBattle thing?Bye!
From Justin
P.S: Reply soon |
| Boy, it's a good thing he reminded
me he was named Justin. I might've forgotten by the time I
reached the end. |
|
XXXXXXX@aol.com |
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Hi
How does Pokemon net battle work and Do I have to down load
something? How do I use my own pokemon?
bye,
|
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Just stick the Game Boy cartridge in your floppy drive, that should
do it. And is it just me? I've tried to make the
instructions as clear as I can, with screenshots and everything, and I
still get "How does this work?" e-mails. Oddly, a great many of
them seem to come from AOL users... |
| XXXXX@XXXXXX.edu |
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Downloading the runtime is so slow. Can you make it faster?
Please reply
Anonymous |
|
Oh, here's the problem, I had the server set to "run
slow." :rolleyes: |
Instant Messages
A lot of these seem to come in while I'm at work, and 99% of
the time they're logged off by the time I get home, and I never hear from them
again. No loss, really.
Session Start (ICQ -
38441788:XXXXXXXXX): Tue Aug 13 07:57:34 2002
[07:57] XXXXXXXXX: Good day.
[08:05] XXXXXXXXX: Have a puzzle 4U.
Can you hack into a system without a PC and you know nothing about hacking and
know one can help you ?.
Session Close (XXXXXXXXX): Tue Aug 13 08:38:32 2002
Session Start (ICQ - 38441788:XXXXXXXXX): Thu Aug 15
05:27:08 2002
[05:27] XXXXXXXXX: Do you have an ans ?.
[05:33] XXXXXXXXX: Ok,simple one for you,can
you have half a hole in the ground ?.
[06:01] XXXXXXXXX: You must be
prehistoric,with a brain the size of a pea.No wonder we had to send 45
COMMANDO,shalom.
[06:03] XXXXXXXXX: Arrivederci. |
|
Umm... Yeah. I have absolutely no idea.
It almost looks like it's been run through Babelfish a few times. |
[03:43] XXXXXXX: hi
[03:43] XXXXXXX: how do i netbattle ?
[03:44] XXXXXXX: (pokemon) |
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I guess he figured I might not know which NetBattle he was talking about. |
[00:06] XXXXXXX: whats the password to
the master server?
[00:07] XXXXXXX: for the net battle thing. |
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Simple case of not reading the dialog box, and clicking past the password
explanation box that popped up when he started the program. And another
"Gee, he might not know what I'm talking about" thing. |
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This one is pretty long, and it was quite a surreal experience. |
[23:09] XXXXXXXXXX: hi
[23:09] XXXXXXXXXX: you are speak spanish?
[23:13] XXXXXXXXXX: haw are you?
[23:15] XXXXXXXXXX: these are?
[23:20] XXXXXXXXXX: Please responds
[23:20] *** Auto-response sent to XXXXXXXXXX:
I am currently away from the computer.
[23:21] XXXXXXXXXX: ok
[23:44] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi
[00:07] XXXXXXXXXX: hi
[00:07] *** Auto-response sent to XXXXXXXXXX:
I am currently away from the computer. |
|
...The next afternoon... |
[15:39] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi
[15:39] *** Auto-response sent to XXXXXXXXXX:
I am currently away from the computer.
[23:13] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi |
|
...The next day... |
[20:44] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi
[20:44] TV's Ian: Hi.
[20:45] XXXXXXXXXX: haw are you?
[20:45] TV's Ian: Fine.
[20:45] XXXXXXXXXX: cool
[20:45] XXXXXXXXXX: You are speak inglish?
[20:45] TV's Ian: Yes.
[20:46] XXXXXXXXXX: sorry, You are speak
spanish?
[20:46] TV's Ian: No, sorry.
[20:47] XXXXXXXXXX: ok
[20:47] XXXXXXXXXX: I not speak inglish very
very good, but I have program traductor
(At this point, I typed "traductor" into Babelfish, and it came up with
"Translator")
[20:49] TV's Ian: Ah, Ok.
[20:50] XXXXXXXXXX: I congratulate you with
your program net battle but I have some problems with the alone countersigns I
can open 3 of my parttys because I forget that of the other ones
As could make?
[20:51] TV's Ian: That didn
[20:51] TV's Ian: t translate very well.
[20:51] TV's Ian:
You're having touble opening a team?
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(Side note: I hate IBM's new keyboard layout. Everything is squished
together) |
[20:52] XXXXXXXXXX: yeha
[20:52] XXXXXXXXXX: ears because they make
so many versions I stay in 0830
[20:54] TV's Ian: Ah, Ok. There were some
problems with the old versions - 0834 is on the web site, and has a lot of
things fixed. You should get it, if it still doesn't work, you can e-mail me the
team files at tvsian@retrogames.com and I will look at them.
[20:54] XXXXXXXXXX: And I have problems with
the update
[20:55] TV's Ian: The automatic update was
boken earlier, and it doesn't seem to work for everybody. The regular update
should work for you.
[20:56] XXXXXXXXXX: And I am not able to
acerlo with update?
(Tried to get a Babelfish on "acerlo," but it came up with no translation)
[20:57] XXXXXXXXXX: yes or no?
[20:58] TV's Ian: Sorry, what does "acerlo"
mean? That didn't translate. For the update, you can extract the file
0834updt.zip over the old NetBattle files. I don't know about the automatic
update.
[20:59] XXXXXXXXXX: Aug that but tells me
error 339
[20:59] XXXXXXXXXX: Aug that but tells me
error 339
[20:59] XXXXXXXXXX: ?
[21:00] TV's Ian: I have to check that...
[21:00] XXXXXXXXXX: As the arrangement?
[21:00] XXXXXXXXXX: ok
[21:01] XXXXXXXXXX: Good-bye, those for of
waiting for me they favor the I will enter of the in 30min
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Making the whole encounter slightly odder was the fact that he tacked "(el
amor es como el mar, profundo, inmenso, misterioso, hermoso e impredesible)"
onto the end of his handle, so even one word took up about three lines in the
Trillian window.
It also continues the trend of repeating themselves or adding in "???" if I
don't respond in .002 seconds. |
[14:14] XXXXXX: sorry, do i just download
the "v0.8.30" for NetBattle,
[14:15] XXXXXX: or do i need the mirrors?
[05:51] XXXXXX: sorry, i want to download
NetBattle but dont understand which file(s) to download |
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And this is why I added the download FAQ. I guess "mirror" isn't as
common an Internet term as I thought, despite seeing it ALL OVER THE PLACE. |
|
[18:53] XXXXXX: How is it possible to be
hacked? My team got hacked again! NetBattle Team! |
|
This is the one and only report I've had about somebody being hacked.
I have absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Especially since he
said "again," and this was the first time I had heard of it. |
[10:45] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi TVsIan. Are you
there?
[10:45] *** Auto-response sent to XXXXXXXXXX:
"I feel asleep!"
[10:46] XXXXXXXXXX: :/
[10:46] XXXXXXXXXX: =/
[21:45] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi TVsIan. Are you
there?
[21:47] XXXXXXXXXX: are you there?
[21:50] XXXXXXXXXX: pls answer
[21:51] XXXXXXXXXX: I need your help with
the netbattle
[21:56] XXXXXXXXXX: : - (
[08:51] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi TVsIan. Are you
there?
[08:52] XXXXXXXXXX: pls help
[08:53] XXXXXXXXXX: -_-
[08:56] XXXXXXXXXX: argg
[08:56] XXXXXXXXXX: :(
[09:00] XXXXXXXXXX: I've got a problem with
netbattle
[09:02] XXXXXXXXXX: at least post an away
message to let me know if you aren't here
[09:03] XXXXXXXXXX: away
[09:48] XXXXXXXXXX: are you there
[09:49] XXXXXXXXXX: guess not
[09:49] XXXXXXXXXX: :-\
[10:05] XXXXXXXXXX: :-\
[10:05] XXXXXXXXXX: are you there
[10:11] XXXXXXXXXX: guess not |
I thought this one was funny for three reasons:
1) The overuse of emoticons
2) The fact that he kept trying for a 24-hour span
3) The request that I put up an away message, despite the fact that I would have
to be AT MY COMPUTER to put it up |
[22:26] XXXXXXXXXX: Hi TVsIan. Are you
there?
[22:27] XXXXXXXXXX: You know the poke net
battle thing
[22:27] XXXXXXXXXX: well I installed it and
weel I dun now where to find the icon to start it
[22:27] XXXXXXXXXX: well*
[22:28] XXXXXXXXXX: you there
[22:48] XXXXXXXXXX: Hello |
And this is why I added the mention of the HubertWare group to the
tutorial.
I also like the way he corrected "weel," but not "dun now." Not to mention
"You know," considering I wrote the silly thing. |
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