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Do you know what's the answer for this one?

3968, 63, 8, 3, ...

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You start from 2. Square it and then subtract 1. Square the result you got and then subtract 1 from it. Repeat as long as necessary.

So,

(2^2) -1 = 3,
(3^2) - 1 = 8,
(8^2) - 1 = 63,
(63^2) -1 = 3968

Just reverse this method, and you will have your answer. It's 2.

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Edit1: Formatted the post and added a few words.
Edit2: Put the answer in a spoiler. Thanks, Cassie.

No guesses? Oh well, here's another screenshot...



The GUI has been cropped out, as before.

Personally, I don't see why you would be ashamed to post this game, Ben. I respectfully disagree that it's awful. Hilariously weird, yes. But not awful. It has good gameplay.

Despite Pepsiman's blatant advertising (and hilarious portrayal of a fat white dude as 'typical American'), it's still a good game. I really enjoyed playing it on my cousin's PlayStation back then (and I still enjoy the game whenever I emulate it now).

This game is a predecessor of runner games popular on mobile today.

Anyway, here's another easy game to guess (I've cropped out the GUI):

Easy. That's Pepsi Man.

Alright, I want you to imagine for a moment you see two downloads for a game. One is 2gb, the other is 800mb. The 2gb download is in a WinRar, that when uncompressed is probably just over 3.5gb. The 800mb one has a bunch of other files including a .bat file. Naturally you think the 800mb one is fake. But it isn't. It's the full 3.5gb game, compressed with an incredible compression program that claims it's still in its alpha stage.
THAT is what I'm talking about.

A quick look has found me something called "Maximum Compression", I'm not sure if that's the program I'm thinking about. But it looks like it could be. I'd honestly have to download it and try it out to be sure.

You're talking about UHARC.

E: I should mention that the program itself isn't 'self-contained', as you're recalling. Those were actually self-extracting archives created using UHARC.

Good luck moving to a new city!

Happy Birthday to my favourite set of triplets, Steptoe, Barefoot and Slasher

Ditto!

Glad to have one of my favourite AGSers back!

Insurgency is free for 48 hours. Once you add it to your account, you get to keep it forever: https://store.steampowered.com/app/222880/Insurgency/

Hey slasher, what's the update on your laptop situation?

All in all, I really enjoyed aministrating this round and would love to do it again (with a different setting - same roles, just named differently -, otherwise the story-telling gets a bit boring)

You're an amazing host. I eagerly waited for your posts and really enjoyed reading them. You have a way with words.

You find

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some books and candles, the remnants of a cake and a birthday card, congratulating Adeel to his 1014th birthday. (Happy belated birthday, Adeel.)

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That was a really nice (and relevant) touch. I laughed out loud when I read that sentence. It made my day.

Welp, I urge the good folks of the town to reconsider their decision before it is too late! Otherwise, you all are definitely going to regret lynching me, at least the good ones will definitely do.

[Mandle]

With those long speeches, you might try to fool others that you're a good guy,  but not me. I still maintain that you're trying way too hard to come across as a good guy.

I was the first to raise my suspicion against you, and you responded by rallying people to vote to lynch me.

I'm not going hesitate any further. My vote is to lynch Mandle.

It's very unfortunate that we lost someone like VampireWombat who was so valuable to our whole town. May he rest in peace.

To ensure that he didn't die in vain, we must absolutely take some action now. And perhaps even take concrete action i.e. lynching, if necessary. Indecision is worse than taking a wrong decision, imho.

Thank you, Mandle.

Adeel, there can only be one! *unsheathes katana*

While I was slacking off on IRC, you were studying the blade. I wouldn't last a minute!

And also, happy birthday, Adeel!

Thank you, tzachs.

Today is also my 17 year anniversary of using AGS, so hooray for that.

Congratulations! This means you were 15 when you started using AGS. That's an impressive commitment!

That would explain why Adeel is 1014 years old today. I thought he'd put that as a joke.

Today is indeed my birthday, but I didn't put year in. Forums set my age to 1014, and I thought it was rather funny so I didn't change it.

Frankly, Mandle is trying too hard to come across as a good guy. I'm becoming suspicious of him.

what kind of action do u have in mind?

I would also be very interested in the answer to that question.

Hold a town meeting, establish some sort of communication, and etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

I said that we should take some action. I didn't say anything about lynching anyone at all! That was tzach's own assumption!

We shouldn't waste time and take some action. This threat must be immediately dealt with!