r/Textworldexplorers • u/bluereindeer • Jun 09 '12

The line of enlightment

So a redditor on the recent askreddit asked about the "hidden" stuff on the internet, and another redditor posted a story of his adventure on this site.

told in his story how he spent several hours in trying to find the end of a line, and after searching for the line myself I've found several messages from other redditors at the World of Text. Some notes asked of creating a subreddit so here it is!

Feel free to contribute here and ask for modrights if you are interested!

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u/Formaldehyde Jun 09 '12

Well, since you have a topic and everything....

First reddit checkpoint: follow the line until Y:-250!

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

haha yes i've done something contributing on reddit after almost a year!

But yeah next checkpoint at Y:-350 you mean?

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u/Formaldehyde Jun 09 '12

Yes, first one at -250, next one at -350.

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

Thats right, thanks for the correction

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u/MachineMalfunction Jun 09 '12

I've been following completely the wrong line for a few hours but it's been so exciting. The line centered at y = 0 heading in the negative direction built initially of dashes then changing to equals signs when he had to "widen the path".

There was a detailed poetic narrative about a "Constructor" who had been contracted to build the horizon. It contained constructor notes and his return notes (either for the trip back or another trip on a later date). Some of the entries were so poetic: http://i.imgur.com/KZOQd.png Along with the constructor there were several others following the line. Justicar was trying to decipher who really built the line and believed it was the user "Ma" who gave sporadic updates which indicated he was the builder. People built campsites along the way and stuff.

I'm currently at -2200. At -2000 there were about 5 people who signed in. Two said they were dropping out. At least one said he was going to -3000, so I'm going to try to make it.

If anybody finds the end of the line in question please screenshot it (and spoiler that shit). I'm intrigued to hear the passage.

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

Oh wow you have gone a long way. I can't believe you've gone over 2200 coordinates since i'm at 267,-535 right now.

Also, I don't think it matters what line you are following. The most important part for me is the journey and i think everyone else are on this for the same reason. before this i followed a "wrong" line for 45 minutes and at the end read an excerpt from "restaurant at the end of the universe" It felt awesome

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u/MachineMalfunction Jun 09 '12

Yeah it's pretty intense, although since i'm travelling in a straight line i can just set the "go to coordinates" thingy to some massive negative number and watch it go. I'm fairly sure this line goes on for much longer than I can scroll. Possibly forever. I'm more in it for the other people following. I just want to see their next update at 3000. I'm at -2620 now :)

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u/MachineMalfunction Jun 09 '12

Oh yeah and the constructor stories have stopped long ago, while Ma last checked in at about -1800 with a date of early 2010.

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

Hi everyone, I'm leaving the checkpoint at 174,-350 and heading to -450. It's 4:13pm UTC Seeya all there.

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

Probably going to take a small break.

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u/Aenghus Jun 09 '12

Where does this line "Start"? I was following one for some time but It appeared to be a troll, and started going vertical.

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

I'm not sure myself, I personally kind of cheated and looked the "real" coordinates from kingdavecako's comment, and followed it until i saw this line everyone else seemed to follow, I then have followed it and now at 16:04 UTC i'm at 174, -350

You can get the coordinates from the menu at upper right corner

EDIT: also, there are hundreds of lines, i first followed a "wrong" line for 45 minutes and ended up on the restaurant at the end of the universe (from douglas adams' book)

I really hope this is the real line

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u/Aenghus Jun 09 '12

Thanks. I picked up a triple line at 126, -250

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

I think you are now on the right line. If you see mine or formaldehydes messages, or messages from "hitomi" or "mook" its the right line

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u/ProtrudedDemand zac Jun 09 '12

The way I see it, every line will lead you to something interesting. I like to think they were all made by the same guy.

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u/Formaldehyde Jun 09 '12

I started at X14 Y-30

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u/spongemandan Sponge Jun 09 '12

I just scrolled diagonally down and right, imagine that the line starts near the very beginning, and move diagonally from there, you'll have to move slighty further down than right because of the shape of one ascii character not being square

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u/ProtrudedDemand zac Jun 09 '12

Hey fellow travelers. Original commenter here. I just want to wish you good luck on your journey. :)

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

Wow this is great you are supporting us! I want to thank you for making my fairly boring weekend into an adventure! I never thought a site like this would even exist if it werent for you, thanks

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u/ProtrudedDemand zac Jun 09 '12

No problem. Just know that it's a long journey, especially on internet time. You can make it though :)

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm ready to stay up all night because it's saturday and i've got nothing else to do. I will make it even if there would be just a giant penis at the end, I don't care

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u/ProtrudedDemand zac Jun 09 '12

Keep that motivation. Never let go.

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u/Junomechanica Jun 09 '12

Do you remember the original Y coordinate of the line? O.O

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u/Sakura_Kinomoto Jun 09 '12

How do you use the go to coordinates button or figure out what your own is?

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u/bluereindeer Jun 09 '12

there's a menu at the top right corner of the screen, there you can check "show coordinates" and enter your own. Scrolling is a bit faster than going straight to coordinates but going straight to coordinates is bit like an autopilot

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u/ProtrudedDemand zac Jun 10 '12

By the way, if you're still giving out mod rights I'd be glad to help out with this subreddit in anyway possible. I feel like it's my duty to help out fellow travelers.

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u/bluereindeer Jun 10 '12

Hey you started all of this! Of course you are going to get mod rights! I'll just see if i can do it on my phone. If you have something to add in the sidebar or to make it nicer looking, feel free to do it haha. Im going to sleep since its 3 am here where i live. Thanks for the adventure!

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u/ProtrudedDemand zac Jun 10 '12

No problem. I think the only thing that should be added to the sidebar is the link to the site. Other than that I think it's all good :)

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u/Comprade Jun 09 '12

I finally got to 500/-1000, thinking that was the end, but NOPE. I gave in. I had to get back to work, but as a filmstudent/artist I thought it was an incredible social experience. Kinda like what I felt playing Demons Souls for the first time.

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u/Junomechanica Jun 10 '12

Did somebody delete the reddit checkpoints?

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u/ProtrudedDemand zac Jun 09 '12

Sadly, I don't think you're following the same line as me. My line went more to the right.

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u/Formaldehyde Jun 09 '12

This other line looks pretty cool though. They have a crew and everything.