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| number = 2288 | | number = 2288 | ||
| date = April 3, 2020 | | date = April 3, 2020 | ||
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| image = collectors_edition.png | | image = collectors_edition.png | ||
| titletext = I'm sure you can find some suitable worldbuilding material if you scavenge through the archives. | | titletext = I'm sure you can find some suitable worldbuilding material if you scavenge through the archives. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | It is a large | + | This is an April 1st comic. It is a large image, of which only part is visible, but it can be dragged around. The space acts as a virtual common sandbox where viewers can interact. "Items" (small, often humorous images) can be 'collected' from other comics and then placed in this image by viewers. The collection then updates for all viewers in real time. Multiples of the same item are often seen. |
− | There is a "backpack" at the bottom, similar to backpacks in video games containing items collected by the player. | + | There is a "backpack" at the bottom, similar to "backpacks" in video games containing items collected by the player. Items can be found by visiting different XKCD comics/pages. Randomly, some pages will have a treasure chest which will contain the sticker related to the page. It is believed that the hint represents what page currently has a chest. |
− | The sticker images can be seen at | + | The sticker images can be seen at https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXX.png, where XXX is a number from 001-253. Additionally, some images can be found at custom urls, for example the periodic elements can be found at https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-XX.png, where XX is the element, and text loot at https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-X.png, where X is the sentence. |
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!Notes | !Notes | ||
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− | |Doctors in a row|| | + | |Doctors in a row||[[1529: Bracket]] ||Cory Doctorow || || |
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− | |Get out the (US) vote|| | + | |Get out the (US) vote|| || || || |
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− | |Find a box of nice stuff on a picture with words like these|| | + | |Find a box of nice stuff on a picture with words like these|| || || || |
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− | |Plug in or find another power source||[[1373: Screenshot]]|| || | + | |Plug in or find another power source||[[1373: Screenshot]] || || loot_228.png || |
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− | |Sweet dreams, kitty||[[729: Laser Pointer]] | + | |Sweet dreams, kitty||[[729: Laser Pointer]] || || || |
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− | |What is this hint pointing to? Hell if I know.||[[ | + | |What is this hint pointing to? Hell if I know.||[[28: Elefino]] || || || |
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− | |Somebody set up us the bomb||[[286: All Your Base]]||Exploding rock|| | + | |Somebody set up us the bomb||[[286: All Your Base]] ||Exploding rock || || |
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− | |Cowabunga||[[1412: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] | + | |Cowabunga||[[1412: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] ||Women Science Fiction Authors || loot_175.png || [[197: Ninja Turtles]] also works |
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− | | | + | |Take a ride in a barrel|| || || || |
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− | | | + | |I want to believe||[[2156: Ufo]] ||Ufo || || |
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− | | | + | |Bleeped|| || || || |
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− | | | + | |why waste time say few word when lot word do trick|| || || || |
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− | | | + | |Cooler than electric scooters||[[2195: Dockless Roombas]]||An electric scooter|| || || |
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− | | | + | |Take it from the top||[[1: Barrel - Part 1]] ||I am a turtle || || || |
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− | | | + | |I accept the yucca gnocchi, this meal is a success!||[[1713: 50 ccs]] || || || |
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− | | | + | |Catch up on the news|| [[1699: Local News]] || || || |
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− | | | + | |Participation trophy|| [[2288: Collectors Edition]] || Server rack || || |
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− | | | + | |Find an opportunity for a sojourn||[[1504: Opportunity]] ||Opportunity Mars rover || || |
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− | |Tastier than tau day||[[ | + | |Tastier than tau day||[[179: e to the pi times i]] ||First annual award for excellence in being very smart || || |
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− | |418 I'm a teapot||[[1866: Russell's Teapot]] | + | |418 I'm a teapot||[[1866: Russell's Teapot]] ||S.S. NASA: Space is Hard || || |
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− | |26th September, 1983||[[2052: Stanislav Petrov Day]]||White dove|| | + | |26th September, 1983||[[2052: Stanislav Petrov Day]] ||White dove || || |
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− | | | + | |Take it from the top|| || || || |
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− | | | + | |There are 4241 as of Apr 1, 2020|| || || || |
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− | | | + | |asableiK|| [[645: RPS]] || A reverse Polish hotdog || || "Kielbasa" backwards, which is "sausage" in Polish |
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− | | | + | |Critical mass elements|| || || || |
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− | | | + | |Some Februarys are more equal than others|| [[390: Nightmares]]? || Cueball wheelie from [[272: Linux User at Best Buy]] || || Comic-hint connection largely conjectural; 390 was the first comic published on a leap day. |
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− | | | + | |Five spice||[[1554: Spice Girls]]|| Rock guitarist || || |
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− | | | + | |Call the plumber|| || || || |
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− | |Churchill's gonna have to seriously rehydrate||[[1148: Nothing to Offer]]|| Bottle of soda || | + | |Was it a rat I saw?|| || || || |
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+ | |Churchill's gonna have to seriously rehydrate||[[1148: Nothing to Offer]]|| Bottle of soda || || | ||
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|Keep coming back|| || || || | |Keep coming back|| || || || | ||
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− | |A new model released each year|| | + | |A new model released each year|| || || || |
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− | |Tea Time|| | + | |Tea Time||[[579: The Race: Part 3]] ||Floor tea || || |
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− | |Try pattern-matching! Look for comic 'bout alphabet?||[[1045: Constraints]]|| | + | |Try pattern-matching! Look for comic 'bout alphabet?||[[1045: Constraints]] || || || |
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− | |Where's Hilbert?||[[195: Map of the Internet]] | + | |Where's Hilbert?||[[195: Map of the Internet]] ||maze || || |
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− | |Science fiction fetish|| | + | |Science fiction fetish|| || || || |
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− | |The first one was funnier||[[11: Barrel - Part 2]] | + | |The first one was funnier||[[11: Barrel - Part 2]]||No chest - hint disappears || || |
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− | |It's up to over 260 million cycles!|| | + | |It's up to over 260 million cycles!|| || || || |
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− | |Sleeping Beauty is the same everywhere though|| | + | |Sleeping Beauty is the same everywhere though|| || || |
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− | |On the internet, nobody knows you're an arachnid||[[1530: Keyboard Mash]] | + | |On the internet, nobody knows you're an arachnid|| [[1530: Keyboard Mash]] || Cobwebbed frame || || |
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− | |Did James Cameron pay for the rice cooker too?||[[1598: Salvage]] | + | |Did James Cameron pay for the rice cooker too?||[[1598: Salvage]] ||Rice bowl || || |
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− | |Never going to give you up||[[351 | + | |Never going to give you up||[[351: Trolling]] || || || |
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− | |If red touches yellow, that's 24 ohms||[[1604: Snakes]] | + | |If red touches yellow, that's 24 ohms||[[1604: Snakes]]|| Yoda with an mp3 player from What If || || |
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− | |An enthusiastic but questionable business opportunity|| | + | |An enthusiastic but questionable business opportunity||[[1533: Antique Factory]]|| || || |
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− | |Read the fine manual|| | + | |Read the fine manual|| [[1343: Manuals]] || || || |
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− | |That thing's undecimodal!||[[1347: t Distribution]] | + | |That thing's undecimodal!||[[1347: t Distribution]] || || || |
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− | |Actually, it's Myanmar-Shave now||[[491: Twitter]] | + | |Actually, it's Myanmar-Shave now||[[491: Twitter]]||Expensive bottle || || |
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− | |You don't have to find all 99|| | + | |You don't have to find all 99|| || || || |
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− | |Going in circles|| | + | |Going in circles|| || || || |
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− | |Couldn't you try knitting, or maybe stamp collecting?|| | + | |Couldn't you try knitting, or maybe stamp collecting?||[[2123: Meta Collecting]]||Phishing License sign|| || |
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− | |It's the ciiiiircle of HONK||[[537: Ducklings | + | |It's the ciiiiircle of HONK||[[537: Ducklings]] ||DUCKLOOP'D? || || |
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− | |Fool me twice|| | + | |Fool me twice||[[880: Headache]] ||Raptor Attack || || |
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− | |oOOOoooo|| | + | |oOOOoooo|| || || || https://xkcd.com/316/ ? |
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− | |Maybe we can ask for new wishes||[[879: Lamp]]||Genie and his bottle|| | + | |Maybe we can ask for new wishes||[[879: Lamp]] ||Genie and his bottle || || |
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− | |HACK THE PLANET||[[1337: Hack]] | + | |HACK THE PLANET||[[1337: Hack]] || || || |
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− | |Monetization haute couteur|| | + | |Monetization haute couteur|| || || || |
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− | |Maybe writing a script would help||[[1319: Automation]]|| || | + | |Maybe writing a script would help||[[1319: Automation]]|| || || |
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− | |Go big to go small|| | + | |Go big to go small|| || || || |
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− | |Are you projecting|| | + | |Are you projecting||[[977: Map Projections]]| |Squirrel on a gun| || || |
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− | |Do spiders really have six legs||[[8 | + | |Do spiders really have six legs||[[8: Red spiders]] || || || |
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− | |Istanbul or Constantinople or St. Trimble's Island?||[[1688: Map Age Guide]]||Cephalopod|| | + | |Istanbul or Constantinople or St. Trimble's Island?||[[1688: Map Age Guide]] ||Cephalopod || || |
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− | |Another rulebook?||[[393: Ultimate Game]]|| | + | |Another rulebook?||[[393: Ultimate Game]]||Wizard in a chair || || |
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− | |Moooooon|| | + | |Moooooon|| [[1300: Galilean Moons]] || MOOOOOON || || |
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− | |Take a flight from LOL to FFS||[[1937: IATA Airport Abbreviations]]|| || | + | |Take a flight from LOL to FFS|| [[1937: IATA Airport Abbreviations]] || || || |
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− | |Everyone deserves a second chnace|| | + | |Everyone deserves a second chnace|| || || || |
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− | |Community contribution|| | + | |Community contribution|| || || || |
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− | |On the other side of the wardrobe|| | + | |On the other side of the wardrobe|| [[969: Delta-P]] ||Authentic Reindeer pulling sled || || |
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− | |Today's your lucky day|| | + | |Today's your lucky day|| || || || |
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− | |[This hint has been redacted due to a copyright claim]||[[1005: SOPA]]|| || | + | |[This hint has been redacted due to a copyright claim]|| [[1005: SOPA]] || || || |
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− | |Try a different approach|| | + | |Try a different approach|| || || || |
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− | |The cake is a lie!||[[606: Cutting Edge]]|| Cake || | + | |The cake is a lie!|| [[606: Cutting Edge]] || Cake || || |
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− | | | + | |Go big to go small|| || || || |
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− | | | + | |Joanna, fire.||[[322: Pix Plz]] || || loot_026.png || |
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− | | | + | |Everything changes from time to time when the fire nation attacks||[[965: Elements]] ||Symposium || || |
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− | | | + | |90KG x 300M|| [[382: Trebuchet]] || Trebuchet || || |
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | * This comic is the 2020 April Fools comic and was supposed to be released | + | * This comic is the 2020 April Fools comic, and was supposed to be released April 1st. However, the below message was displayed on the top of the page until early Friday (April 3rd) morning, when the comic finally went live. It remains to be seen if Friday's intended comic will be published later. |
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Note: For technical reasons Wednesday's comic will be posted Thursday instead. Apologies for the delay! | Note: For technical reasons Wednesday's comic will be posted Thursday instead. Apologies for the delay! | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.] | :[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.] | ||
:[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.] | :[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.] | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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