Silliness Fun little sig game

nekokami · 01-08-2009, 01:01 PM

Perhaps everyone else on the web already knows about this, but I found a fun little game to play with one's signature in forums. It's at http://dragcave.net. Privacy terms look ok (though if someone has info about this, please post!) One registers, then starts adopting eggs. Adopting an egg generates a block to insert into your signature in online forums or other places people might view an image. After the eggs have been viewed uniquely a certain number of times, they hatch, and the dragons start to mature-- this is also displayed in the signature. I'm just trying it with one as an experiment. Hatching and maturation can apparently also be hastened along with unique clicks on the egg/dragon. Once one has a few adult dragons, they may breed and produce more eggs. It's kind of an amusing way of graphing online activity (across multiple sites, even).

I thought it was somewhat clever and rather cute.

RickyMaveety · 01-08-2009, 01:59 PM

MR is not letting me use any of the code to add the egg to my signature. I just keep getting "invalid URL" errors.

Well, it took about 16 tries .... but it finally worked.

nekokami · 01-10-2009, 12:06 PM

Ahh! They're hatching!

Hey, one of Ricky's is hatching too!

(Hey, Ricky got a special egg!)

zelda_pinwheel · 01-10-2009, 12:10 PM

so are those black patches the holes in the shells ? did the dragons come out yet ? where are they ? so many questions...

nekokami · 01-10-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

so are those black patches the holes in the shells ? did the dragons come out yet ? where are they ? so many questions...

1 - Yes
2 - no
3 - hiding inside the eggs (I guess they're shy!)

zelda_pinwheel · 01-10-2009, 03:18 PM

will they come out faster if i click on them, or will that make them autistic or something ?

nekokami · 01-10-2009, 03:19 PM

Maybe one click each-- I think overdoing it can make them sick. (The rules are deliberately obscure on points like these.) Actually, if you've clicked on them each once already, I don't think another click will do anything. You could click on the mint green one, if you're feeling restless.

zelda_pinwheel · 01-10-2009, 03:23 PM

yeah, i already clicked on them the first day you got them (but i haven't clicked on them since then. i hope you're impressed by my self-restraint). i suppose i'll just have to wait. i'm heartened by the fact that they've already got holes in their shells. clearly the gestation period of dragons is a lot shorter than i would have expected. i'm actually deliberately *not* clicking on the green one, just to see if that makes any difference.

in the name of science, you know.

nekokami · 01-10-2009, 04:36 PM

Very impressed with your self-restraint.

I think they only take a few days or a week to grow up, as well, though they go through a couple of stages, and those probably take several days each. Once they reach maturity, they might start producing eggs of their own, which could be sort of fun.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-10-2009, 04:41 PM

Um, I couldn't resist and clicked on the green one, at least partly because it says they die if they haven't hatched in a certain period

nekokami · 01-10-2009, 04:49 PM

No problem about clicking the green one. It's only had four clicks so far.

The others all developed "soft shell sickness" again, so I had to hide them. I should be able to unhide them again in a few hours, before they actually hatch.

zelda_pinwheel · 01-10-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

The others all developed "soft shell sickness" again, so I had to hide them. I should be able to unhide them again in a few hours, before they actually hatch.

sheesh, again ??? you would think dragons would be more robust than that, wouldn't you ?

nekokami · 01-10-2009, 09:45 PM

The young 'uns seem to be a bit fragile, it's true. They seemed to be healthy again this evening, so I unfogged them.

Ricky, I think what happens next is that their little heads poke out of the egg. If you want to see an assortment of dragons in various life stages, see http://dragcave.net/wilderness

Edit: the server seems a bit overloaded right now, but this should work later.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-10-2009, 09:51 PM

Two of your eggs have turned to mist!

nekokami · 01-11-2009, 01:02 PM

Yeah, they got "soft shell disease" again, due to too many viewings in too short a period of time, so I had to hide them in a fog. But they're back again today.

01-08-2009, 01:01 PM	#1
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Fun little sig game Perhaps everyone else on the web already knows about this, but I found a fun little game to play with one's signature in forums. It's at http://dragcave.net. Privacy terms look ok (though if someone has info about this, please post!) One registers, then starts adopting eggs. Adopting an egg generates a block to insert into your signature in online forums or other places people might view an image. After the eggs have been viewed uniquely a certain number of times, they hatch, and the dragons start to mature-- this is also displayed in the signature. I'm just trying it with one as an experiment. Hatching and maturation can apparently also be hastened along with unique clicks on the egg/dragon. Once one has a few adult dragons, they may breed and produce more eggs. It's kind of an amusing way of graphing online activity (across multiple sites, even). I thought it was somewhat clever and rather cute.

01-08-2009, 01:59 PM	#2
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	MR is not letting me use any of the code to add the egg to my signature. I just keep getting "invalid URL" errors. Well, it took about 16 tries .... but it finally worked. Last edited by RickyMaveety; 01-08-2009 at 02:02 PM.

01-10-2009, 12:06 PM	#3
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Ahh! They're hatching! Hey, one of Ricky's is hatching too! (Hey, Ricky got a special egg!) Attached Images

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nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Maybe one click each-- I think overdoing it can make them sick. (The rules are deliberately obscure on points like these.) Actually, if you've clicked on them each once already, I don't think another click will do anything. You could click on the mint green one, if you're feeling restless.

01-10-2009, 03:23 PM	#8
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	yeah, i already clicked on them the first day you got them (but i haven't clicked on them since then. i hope you're impressed by my self-restraint). i suppose i'll just have to wait. i'm heartened by the fact that they've already got holes in their shells. clearly the gestation period of dragons is a lot shorter than i would have expected. i'm actually deliberately not clicking on the green one, just to see if that makes any difference. in the name of science, you know.

01-10-2009, 04:36 PM	#9
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Very impressed with your self-restraint. I think they only take a few days or a week to grow up, as well, though they go through a couple of stages, and those probably take several days each. Once they reach maturity, they might start producing eggs of their own, which could be sort of fun.

01-10-2009, 04:41 PM	#10
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Um, I couldn't resist and clicked on the green one, at least partly because it says they die if they haven't hatched in a certain period

01-10-2009, 04:49 PM	#11
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	No problem about clicking the green one. It's only had four clicks so far. The others all developed "soft shell sickness" again, so I had to hide them. I should be able to unhide them again in a few hours, before they actually hatch.

01-10-2009, 09:45 PM	#13
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	The young 'uns seem to be a bit fragile, it's true. They seemed to be healthy again this evening, so I unfogged them. Ricky, I think what happens next is that their little heads poke out of the egg. If you want to see an assortment of dragons in various life stages, see http://dragcave.net/wilderness Edit: the server seems a bit overloaded right now, but this should work later.

01-10-2009, 09:51 PM	#14
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Two of your eggs have turned to mist!

01-11-2009, 01:02 PM	#15
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Yeah, they got "soft shell disease" again, due to too many viewings in too short a period of time, so I had to hide them in a fog. But they're back again today.

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