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I didn't see any previous threads about this one: (Sorry I was wrong.)




http://www.kaoswar.com (http://www.kaoswar.com)

Some videos chronicling the games's development:

http://www.kaoswar.com/media.php (http://www.kaoswar.com/media.php)


At least these guys are more honest than the typical vaporware developers. I wonder if they really hold a patent on some kind of "networking technology".  I don't have time to look it up right now though.

http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=7402.0

I thought he lost his doorman job. Did he get it back?

Odd it didn't show up when i searched. Consider this an "update" thread in that case. They have released a "demo" since the old thread.

I don't think so. I watched all ten videos and he was still unemployed in the last one.

I'm sure this game will be awesome splenda.  We should donate.  I plan to send them my collection of colourful Australian money.  It's worth quite a few cents.  No, really, we should donate.  I'm sure it's not a scam.  Mostly.

Negative ping code!

It's spelled "Chaos".

"Kaos" isn't a word.

Wasn't Kaos the evil organization Agent 86 Maxwell Smart of "Get Smart" was always fighting against?   

Dome of Silence FTW!

Was that intentional or are we getting to you?

"Kaos" is also a game played on Aussie university campuses. Red-blooded Americans call it "Assassin".

Exactly...KAOS versus CONTROL.

By the time I get used to spelling in American again, it'll be time to move back to Britain.  I take forever to adjust to everything.  My spelling and vocabulary is always all buggered up.   :|  Righ is much better at life than I am, thankfully.  I rely on his steadfastness.  (that would sound better if it were steadfastiness, wouldn't it?)  You do have colourful money, though.  Is it made from polyester?

This thread needs even more "Get Smart" lore.

Is that where you draw names out of a hat, and get a target, and go shoot them with a nerf/water/paintball gun (depending on the campus rules)?

Yup, yup.

These days, you may just get capped by a cop for playing though.

Whoa, permadeath.

Shoe phones!! Relevance at last. ( get smart reference)

My memory of the ads they bombarded us with when they brought them out suggests that they are polymer, and it's right. As far as I can tell that's just a fancy word for plastic. It's pretty cool because it's really hard to destroy your money accidently by say falling in a puddle while walking home drunk, a common peril down here. And like you said it's very colourful, I'm quite partial to the yellow goodness of the $50 myself. The $10 would be nice too, but they always seem to be worn down when I get them. I never get fresh ones. :x

Sorry, not a shoe phone. I just wanted to kick you in the side of the head.

Australian currency is a polymer (details (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote)).

US currency is composed of 25 percent linen and 75 percent cotton, or at least was.  I don't think we've change yet though.

They're cool looking banknotes, aren't they?  They look splenda, they feel splenda and you can leave them in your pockets when you wash your clothes!  And, like in Britain and other countries, they come in different sizes so the shops can't rip off blind people! 

... But that adds excitement, and a sense of danger to their lives!

Just add some braille bumps to each US note, rather than changing sizes and instantly obsoleting every cash register and ATM in the union.

The US will not have easy-mode currency identification.

'cause we're HARDCORE!

(http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/anthony_dollars/1999p_one_dollar_experimental_obv.jpg)

That's hardcore money right there. We don't need no fancy paper money!

I love the looks people give you when you actually try to spend one of these things... or better yet, when someone gives you them as change.

Her Puritan garb shows too much neck.  Children could see this coin.  Blind children could feel her shame.

I still have a vast stockpile of these for when I want to go into a fast food place/gas station and get in a screaming match that I just gave them $5.00, not $1.25. They're getting harder and harder to find, but at this point I think I've collected enough to last until I reach the age where a 20 year old could take me in a fistfight if it came to that. Real life trolling FTW!

I actually liked how the Euro only issues 1e and 2e as coins. I don't necessarily prefer it, but it's neat.

But the Dollar system is so ingrained here that it's practically pointless to try and change things. Remember the $2 bill?

Some kid tried to pay for a game the other day with s pile of cash that included about 4 of these. I had to use the counterfeit pen on all of them, just to make sure.

No one will ever counterfeit the 2 dollar bill.  It's too much hassle for too little reward and they are way to rare to escape scrutiny.  Some small brained mouth breather like you had the nerve to call the cops on me at a Supermarket for passing one of these that the bank had given me when I cashed a check a couple of years ago.

The cop came in, looked at it and said, "You're fucking kidding right?" to the clerk and her manager turned around and walked out.

That's awesome.  I have read stories where the cop didn't know about $2 bills either.

What? A coin worth a shade over 50p?

pfft.

Real money:

(http://www.24carat.co.uk/images/1998twopoundsproofobv240.JPG)

$3.80.

Still, in a fight, I'd put my money on Susan.  She's seemed very studly.  I bet she could've kicked the Queen's arse without breaking a sweat.

You'd put your money on Susan, but then a teeny gust of wind would blow it off and all over the damn place because you insist on using paper money for anything over fifty pence.

Anyway, the Queen has superman style laser eyes, which she uses to keep errant colonials in line.

But don't tell anyone, it's a big secret.

The only way to make Americans spend dollar coins is MAKE Americans spend dollar coins and nothing else. If you give them the comfortable and familiar, they will stick with it til death.

Give me a refillable anonymous credstick that can interact with other anonymous credsticks and screw all this physical money crap.

Would we really have to call it a 'credstick'? I mean, it's not as if we're all characters from an episode of Buck Rogers or anything.

We could distinguish between credsticks and checksticks and could be characters from Shadowrun, if you prefer that.

Um, we have them.  They are called Debit Cards and Credit Cards.  They aren't universal yet but it's getting there.  I've seen vending machines that take credit cards.

True, but they A) aren't anonymous, and B) can't interact with each other. I would like to be able to pay private debts with electronic funds.

I think you just want to live in the Shadowrun world and spend your A rank on Resources.

I think he just wants to gamble a lot - anonymously.

Right up until all those guys with funny hats and bayonets show up, then lil' old Susan B. would be in a world of hurt.

Oh right.  There's them, isn't there?  I remember watching some stupid Queenie London parade ages ago and the guys on the horses were whacking the dirty masses off to the side before the Queen's carriage went by.  They're a tough lot, those funny hat guys.  Not as fruity as their uniforms would suggest.

Would you like some counterfeit credits with that? :P

You can't have anonymous credit because there has to be a central authority monitoring everything to prevent counterfeiting. So the best you're gonna get is credsticks that interact with eachother and their bank to transfer funds from your account or charge credit to the same.

(http://www.stillwaterpalladium.com/images/slovakianpds.jpg)

This is a real coin. Minted in palladium, face value of slightly over $400 US. Face value, not poncey bullion or collector value. You could buy an Xbox 360 with one coin. And ask for change.

The credit doesn't necessarily need to be stored on the stick itself; you could get the same effect by giving each credstick its own "bank account".  Whoever holds the credstick is treated as the account owner.

Also, I'm all in favor of coins with significant values.  One of my favorite things about visiting the UK is being able to pay for so many things with coins instead of bills.  It's just so much easier to dig a handful of coins out of your pocket than it is to dig out your wallet and find a bill in it.

No idea if its just me, but I can't stand when I have to handle coins... especially a handful. I feel like I need to immediately scrub my hands five times lest they smell like copper and whatever else they use in those coins for the rest of the day. This is why I prefer bills, synthetic or otherwise.

Isn't that why they invented money clips? 

Why would you want the weight of a crapload of coins in your pocket.  It's so much easier and convienient to carry around bills then coins because they take up less space for the same quantities and weigh less. And that to me is more significant than the lesser difficulty of pulling out coins then bills (which is neglible tbh) because I don't have to pay for things constantly throughout the day, but I DO have to walk around with the weight of coins in my pocket all day.

I hate coins.  Especially pointy ones.  And heavy ones.  Heavy pointy ones are worse than useless.   This is why Brits have so many holes in their trouser pocketses.

Edit:  I also agree about them being smelly.

I keep my bills in order, and in a bit of irony, I use a coin purse as my wallet.  After putting my bills, credit cards, and ID in there, I have no room for coins.  I also agree with Rithrin about how they leave my hand feeling dirty.

Growing up in a time before ATM's were even a thought in someone's head and if you needed access to your money you had to go to the bank or know the grocery store manager well enough for them to cash a check, I have to say no form of currency beats a debit card. Keep your coins and your paper, the only time I have more than a buck on me is when I know I'm not going to be within a mile of an ATM or using my SBA dollars.

I hear that. I say keep the change every time I'm getting less than a dollar back, and if non-dollar coins are in the change I get I'll deposit it in the nearest bin (which I'm sure is illegal). Fuck weighing down my pants with cheap bits of metal.

And they always give you the receipt and notes and then pile on the coins, so you have to fuck around with your wallet and contort your hand around to funnel the coins into the coin slot before you can put away the notes and receipt. Which is extra specially fun if your other hand is carrying a shopping bag. Give me notes I say, and make it illegal to have things cost $<whatever>.95 because I don't need that many fucking 5 cent coins.

In warm weather, bills are even worse IMO.  Nothing like a wallet full of sweat drenched bills.   :-P

Even on the hottest days of the year, my wallet, while perhaps getting slightly moist itself, tends to keep everything on the inside nice and dry.

I agree with the debit card statement. I keep about five $1 bills in my wallet for things like day-pass parking permits, vending machines, and stuff like that. But I pay everything else in life with my debit card basically. You don't have to worry about getting change back, whether the cashier gave you right amount of money back, just swipe and go.

No but you should definitely make sure they punched in the right amount.  Getting a five dollar bill instead of a ten is annoying, finding out the cashier accidentally pressed the eight and nine keys at the same time (thereby added an entire digit to your purchase) can cause your mortgage/rent payment to bounce.

I love those places that don't show the total on the cash register. Nice try bucko, I ain't paying nuthin' until I see the total amount and watch you confirm it.

I'm a debit/credit card fan. I don't mind cash but coins annoy me. I put them in jars and then sort and redeem them for cash or credit.

Jesus I didnt know f13 was full of people with OCD about money.....:)

You should create a spreadsheet about it.  :lol:

Dude do not call on the thunder unless you want to reap the whirlwind (of boardom lol)....heheh

I think a chart would be more appropriate.

(http://www.reuniting.info/images/yellow.jpg)

CHART THREAD!

Here's one for you, Feet.

(http://www.magneticinfluence.com.au/images/reflexology-chart.jpg)

What's really sad is that I know what that is....

Looks like a Foot Reflexology chart.