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Re: Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

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Post by grvdrm »

bitwize wrote: post #108
grvdrm wrote: post #87

So fun. Long-time fan of electronic music and am heading to my first DJ-centered concerts this year. I think that scene is overrun with influencer types and various types of recreational substance use. Maybe I'm wrong. Bookmarking for background while I do other things!

The scene has always been overrun with recreational substance use, dawg. Partake or not as suits your vibe and life goals, but get ready for it to be a prominent thing among others. "Influencer types" are new; social media has been corrosive even to this scene as well. A number of clubs in the UK and elsewhere are implementing no-phones policies as a result, so you can dodge some of it by picking venues.

Fair points all around. I am now flashing back to jam/funk shows that occurred in smoke clouds.

Re: Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

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Post by slfnflctd »

abhaynayar wrote: post #122
diffs wrote: post #121

The whole point of a rave is to take Molly and have fun connecting with others who have also taken Molly. At least for this introvert. I was never a fan of Electronic Music, I tolerate it for the drugs and the temporary extroversion.

How do you get into raves, and how do you take "Molly" and connect with others who have taken "Molly"? (Speaking as an electronic music super-fan, but curious about having never listened to it outside of my personal-devices per-se).

If at all reasonably possible, try to find a place where drugs can be tested to see what they really are (sadly a rare thing still, but it exists).

The next best thing to do is talk with people in the scene and find out what they consider a trustworthy source. Any single person trying to offer you pills is a potential scammer or worse, you need to verify from other sources whether they're legit.

There's probably a better than 50% chance you'll get something close enough to what you want regardless, because incentives are aligned with everyone having a good time. But just like everywhere else, bad actors will always exist.

Re: Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

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Post by jazzpush2 »

deebole wrote: post #123
tardedmeme wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is the single most retarded comment I've ever read on HN.

Why? It’s a bit of a generalisation but some black subcultures do frequently say “the n word”.

I think there's a word for this in the dictionary: 'nuance'

Re: Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

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Post by crumpled »

thenthenthen wrote: post #149
nluken wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, you're usually working against physics and not software, because, as you allude to, playing music together requires near perfect latency (some sources say 10ms as an absolute maximum) that's physically impossible to achieve over a long distance, even if you had a perfect connection.

Yeah right? But there must be some clever tricks, like a 1 bar buffer and only sending timing info and control data over the network mmmmm

Perhaps you're being coy. But, I'm pretty sure people do this. The performers can collaborate in "real time" (still offset from each other in real life) and the other participants (dancers and listeners) only hear finished music at the same time as all the other participants.

The latency is in the audience/performer energy.

Re: Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

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Post by 0xbadcafebee »

tardedmeme wrote: post #68
0xbadcafebee wrote: post #28

I like it! but without ability to execute own dance moves, not really dancing... Tried with keyboard but it didn't work.. Now imagining infrared webcam thing and some DIY stick on reflective things.. set up your own rave cave, attach sensors, dance, your virtual self mirrors... now you're raving

You could also actually go to a rave. It should be easier than setting up your VR environment.

I would need to drive 4 hours to get to a city that has raves, pay for a hotel, parking, entrance fee, and it would take 24 hours of my time

Re: Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

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Post by starshadowx2 »

This reminds me of the 2021 Secret Sky online music festival put on by Porter Robinson. The 2020 one was similar but the 2021 version had little human-like avatars. Some other people and me were messing around with the browser console to do things like change our accent colours or change the location text above our heads to whatever else we wanted.

https://www.webbyawards.com/crafted-with-code/secret-sky-202...

https://www.webbyawards.com/crafted-with-code/secret-sky-202...

Re: Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

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Post by foobarian »

nottorp wrote: post #145
foobarian wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nononono ZXMK

Maybe on a C64, on the ZX spectrum it would make space very hard to reach.

It's been my favorite key mapping ever since playing Renegade on Spectrum 128k :-)
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