You get the "Double Bubble Rule."I think it's at 30 seconds, considering I get a "28 seconds" spam message
Damn it. Surprise ruined. Pokemon board game.
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I have all the Cornpop I can handle. I am happy to share.
I don't get a message if I caught or did not catch the Pokemon after an attempt. But I apparently caught one of them! Maybe it is a blocked popup?
https://www.halforums.com/arcadeI've already considered it. It would be almost trivial
The skeeball score wasn't fairly won. Technically it wasn't really script, either, just a specific http get request.
Sooo... it wouldn't be the first time someone "hacked" the forum games.
So, in light of the previous confession, this is the psuedo-code for what I'd do:
Open Visual studio, create a project, add the "webbrowser" control.
Add the api hooks for ajax calls, since the screen updates without a refresh. I'd need this to get the "caught/failed" messages.
Surf to Halforums, open the first thread of the first forum.
Throw pokeballs until I get the "caught" message.
wait 30 seconds (or whatever the timer is)
repeat for the remaining two pokemon on the page.
move to the next post. Each thread has it's own unique set of 3 pokemon (note my testing this theory by going down all of the Supervillainous posts this morning).
Repeat until you run out of posts (like, seriously? Would I ever run out of posts in a 24 hour period? There's a lot of history on this board).
Move to next forum.
Rinse repeat.
I could probably hack this up in less than 2 hours considering that I've done exactly this kind of thing at my job a dozen times by now.
I could do much of the same thing with the MSHTML libraries, but then I'd lose the ability to watch the screen auto-catch pokemon while it ran
Open Visual studio, create a project, add the "webbrowser" control.
Add the api hooks for ajax calls, since the screen updates without a refresh. I'd need this to get the "caught/failed" messages.
Surf to Halforums, open the first thread of the first forum.
Throw pokeballs until I get the "caught" message.
wait 30 seconds (or whatever the timer is)
repeat for the remaining two pokemon on the page.
move to the next post. Each thread has it's own unique set of 3 pokemon (note my testing this theory by going down all of the Supervillainous posts this morning).
Repeat until you run out of posts (like, seriously? Would I ever run out of posts in a 24 hour period? There's a lot of history on this board).
Move to next forum.
Rinse repeat.
I could probably hack this up in less than 2 hours considering that I've done exactly this kind of thing at my job a dozen times by now.
I could do much of the same thing with the MSHTML libraries, but then I'd lose the ability to watch the screen auto-catch pokemon while it ran
Then you need to spend 45 min to an hour practicing each day like me
Dave
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You might be surprised at how often I play three games. At least a few minutes each per day.Then you need to spend 45 min to an hour practicing each day like me
FYI, you can open the "catch" link in a new tab/window, andF5-refresh that one until caught. Might be easier.So, in light of the previous confession, this is the psuedo-code for what I'd do:
Open Visual studio, create a project, add the "webbrowser" control.
Add the api hooks for ajax calls, since the screen updates without a refresh. I'd need this to get the "caught/failed" messages.
Surf to Halforums, open the first thread of the first forum.
Throw pokeballs until I get the "caught" message.
wait 30 seconds (or whatever the timer is)
repeat for the remaining two pokemon on the page.
move to the next post. Each thread has it's own unique set of 3 pokemon (note my testing this theory by going down all of the Supervillainous posts this morning).
Repeat until you run out of posts (like, seriously? Would I ever run out of posts in a 24 hour period? There's a lot of history on this board).
Move to next forum.
Rinse repeat.
I could probably hack this up in less than 2 hours considering that I've done exactly this kind of thing at my job a dozen times by now.
I could do much of the same thing with the MSHTML libraries, but then I'd lose the ability to watch the screen auto-catch pokemon while it ran
They can be quite relaxing, but that Devil in Slinko can fuck right off.
in terms of lines of code, probably not.
The webbrowser control is really limited, and hasn't really been updated in over a decade. But for simple automation/web-scraping, it does the trick.I first got into web automation with it in the late 90's, back when the Microsoft Document Object Model (DOM) implementation was undocumented and unspoken of.
Screw that, I'm mining the Hall of Shame! Umbreon and Blastoise baby!It broadcasts our browsing history when we catch a Pokemon, So if you don't want your SO to know you've been hanging out in the House of Reprehensible Filth, better just let those Pokemon go right on by.
Yes, I noticed. Who do you think was trawling that section right behind you?
Could I suggest moving the catchable Pokemon to, say, the bottom of the page? When I load a subforum or a thread, the Pokemon game will load last, and ends up shifting the page downwards, which makes me miss the thing I'm trying to click on, or I click on the wrong thing. It's sort of like when we had banner ads.
It took me ages to find a Pikachu 
Part of me feels the need to point out Paras and Parasect are parasite Pokémon, not Crab. Another part figures that works just as well.I just caught some crabs(Parasect) in the "I just had sex thread"!
Dave
Staff member
I can create new categories if I need to.
GasBandit
Staff member
O noes! My visits to the Sexy Gif thread, on display for all to seeIt broadcasts our browsing history when we catch a Pokemon, So if you don't want your SO to know you've been hanging out in the House of Reprehensible Filth, better just let those Pokemon go right on by.
