https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=131.187.75.137&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T11:17:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=569:_Borders&diff=35699569: Borders2013-04-30T15:16:58Z<p>131.187.75.137: Missing a space.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 569<br />
| date = April 15, 2009<br />
| title = Borders<br />
| image = borders.png<br />
| titletext = Eventually a UN is set up. And then a lone rebel runs down the line of flags in front of it, runs back to his base, and gets a kajillion points.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
Capture the flag (CTF) is a common way of playing games where the objective is to capture the opponents flag, while protecting your own teams flag. This comic describes a CTF server where peace has been established, and no one is trying to capture each others flags, therefore making the game pointless.<br />
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The title text refers to the line of flags common in front of UN buildings, where the flags of all the teams has been gathered. One could then quickly capture all the flags and reach a very high score.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Two people stand on a hill overlooking a great city. Between them and the city stands an embassy flying a red flag.]<br />
:Three years ago, the kingdom of Liate overthrew their old order and established a constitutional monarchy. Our leaders signed a treaty with their queen, and our borders were set by the Yabris Accords.<br />
:Many said war would be unending, that peace would always be a dream deferred. But today, our flag flies proudly over our embassy in their kingdom, and they walk our lands without fear.<br />
:So come, traveller. Lay down your grudges and join us in brotherhood. It is time not to fight, but to live.<br />
:[Cueball sitting at computer.]<br />
:Cueball: This is the worst capture-the-flag server ever.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics with color]]</div>131.187.75.137https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=573:_Parental_Trolling&diff=35698573: Parental Trolling2013-04-30T15:14:46Z<p>131.187.75.137: This is 573. 'Swine Flu' is 574.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 573<br />
| date = April 24, 2009<br />
| title = Parental Trolling<br />
| image = parental trolling.png<br />
| titletext = They'll pick music and culture that they know annoys you. Building in behavioral easter eggs is a fair retaliation!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
Set in the future, a daughter approaches her father playing a music video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". The daughter insults her father's generation's versions of playing pranks, specifically {{w|Rickrolling}}. The daughter refers to this as "trolling" (also in the title), which is popular jargon for trying to disrupt a person or community via an action to elicit an emotional response. The humour is in that the dad reveals he has 'trolled' his daughter, thus eliciting an emotional response which perfectly displays his prank. <br />
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The title text refers to the conflict between teenagers and adults over music and culture, with teenagers often listening to music such as dubstep which annoys their parents. 'Easter egg' is a term used to describe a hidden inside joke or feature inside software. Here, the daughter is the software.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:The Future<br />
:[Man is sitting at a futuristic desktop computer, and a girl is standing behind him with a portable ultra-thin screen.]<br />
:Girl: Hey dad, look at this old music video.<br />
:Video: We&#39;re no strangers to love...<br />
:Dad: Wow, you got me.<br />
:Girl: Did your generation really use this to troll people? SO lame. Your generation sucked at pranks.<br />
:Dad: Did we? I once raised a kid with conditioning so her speech centers shut down when she was upset.<br />
:Girl: What? No, you couldn&#39;t have bleegle warble yargle arggh!<br />
:Dad: Teehee!<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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