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Re: Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg

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Post by wickedchicken »

hackermom wrote: post #56
blyuher wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As to APM: "Actions per minute is the number of actions (such as selecting units or issuing an order) completed within a minute of gameplay in real time strategy games, most notably in Starcraft. High APM is often associated with skill, as it can indicate that a player both knows what to do in the game and has the manual dexterity to carry it out. Software has been developed to analyze players' APM in these games. Be…

APM trivia: there was a brief moment in-between two patches in Heroes of Newerth - a popular DoTA clone - in where moving your "hero" to a new location on the map counted as an action. Players simply stepping around rapidly right where they were standing would increase their APM indefinitely.

> hackermom 3 hours ago

Best mom ever??

Re: Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg

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Post by Kiro »

zk00006 wrote: post #64
Strallus wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They've done this before?

Search: "tilt" for example. I have seen this about 2 years ago and it was really cool. This effect is just iteration on the same idea ...

Yes, Google should be ashamed for implementing more than one easter egg. It being something completely different is no excuse!

Re: Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg

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Post by kingatomic »

ciparis wrote: post #79
intended wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That I remembered - the major upgrade and concept it was over the previous dune 1. Then the warcraft series, followed by Command and conquer and then Starcraft, which set the gold standard. AoE came next - after that it just becomes a blur of different RTS types which were competing for top billing.

You forgot Myth :)

All the games mentioned previously are RTS games, which doesn't include Myth (which is a great game on its own, though).

Re: Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg

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Post by Osiris »

alt_ wrote: post #6

Opera logos attacking page elements? Is there a backstory for this or is it just a coincidence?

That's funny. That's exactly what I thought when I first saw it. I figured that's because I opened the page in Opera (my default browser) but then I later realized it was open in Chrome. The O in Google explanation makes more sense, but it really does look a lot like the Opera icon.

Re: Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg

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Post by wiredfool »

wlesieutre wrote: post #41
DanBC wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> On an unrelated note, it's rather depressing to think of the original StarCraft game as being something 'old people' remember. I'm 29. Do you remember a time before Google? Google was started the same year as Starcraft was released - 1998. (Weirdly Armageddon and Deep Impact were released in 1998) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film ) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998 )

I think Lycos is the earliest search engine I remember using

Altavista.digital.com, not to be confused with the poor sod who had altivista.com.

But then, for some reason, I thought it was a Toy Story joke.

Re: Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg

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Post by martindale »

I figured this would be easy to hack, and I was right:

1) Insert jQuery into the search results page by using this bookmarklet:

javascript:void(function(){if(!document.getElementById('jQscript')){var%20jQscript=document.createElement('script');jQscript.id='jQscript';jQscript.src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.0/jquery.mi...;}}());

2) use the console to execute the following, moving all zerglings to 250x250:

setInterval(function() {

  $('.zr_zergling_container').css('left', '250px').css('top', '250px');
}, 50);

3) click away. #winning

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