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Hyperbole And A Half
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Hyperbole definition is - extravagant exaggeration (such as 'mile-high ice-cream cones'). How to use hyperbole in a sentence. HyperBowl is a trademark of Absolute Certainty Inc. Special thanks to the HyperBowl Facebook fans, especially localization, testing, and bug-squashing help from Ischa Bijl, Raymond Chow, Frank Lin, Lien Luong, Adam Pavlakos, Ian Schwabe, Harrison Sotoloff and Elijah Taylor.

A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android

Be the ball! Enjoy the scenery, but remember to head for the pins!

In this licensed modern reimplementation of HyperBowl, the bowling game launched in the Airtight Garage of the Sony Metreon in 1999, all six original lanes (Classic, Rome, Forest, High Seas, San Francisco, Tokyo) plus several new ones are now available here for Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows .

HyperBowl is also available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, on Steam for macOS and Windows, and a WebGL (browser) version is on GameJolt but only includes the Classic and Rome lanes.

Controls

On Mac/Windows/WebGL, roll the ball using AWSD or arrow keys. ESC to pause. The Mac and Windows versions can also use a mouse/trackpad to push the ball, but that doesn't seem to work well in the webplayers.

On mobile devices, swipe the screen to roll the ball (pro tip: longer swipes to roll with more force). Pinch to pause on iOS, back button on Android to pause.

Platform Notes

Hyperbole And A Half

On macOS Catalina or later, double-clicking the game will show an 'unverified developer' warning. You can run the game by control-clicking on the game and selecting Open fron the menu.

On Android, Chrome will always complain about downloading Android apps outside Google Play, but any other browser should be OK.

Arcade Edition

The Arcade Edition downloads on this page are of the original Hyper Entertainment version for Windows 98 to XP (not the version actually in arcades), no longer supported but included here for those who want to try to it on modern PCs. Good luck with that! License keys are not included.

See original HyperBowl concepts and screenshots on Pinterest.

Credits

This version of HyperBowl by Technicat LLC is built with the original HyperBowl art and sound assets licensed from Hyper Entertainment (now Absolute Certainty), the Unity game engine, Lens Flare and Simple Particle Pack from Unity Technologies, Noto fonts from Google Fonts, Particle Scaler by Roel Ezendam, Real Flames by BlackFire FX, iTween by Pixel Placement, Lean Localization by Carlos Wilkes, Finger Gestures by Fatal Frog Software, UnityNativeGallery by Süleyman Yasir Kula.

New lanes are made with the Penelope sample from Unity Technologies, Cartoon Snowboard Funpark from Stefan M., Mushroom Land from Manufactura4K, Grass Road Race from Sugar Assets, and the Campfire Pack from Dreamdev Studios.

HyperBowl is a trademark of Absolute Certainty Inc.

Status	Released
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Author	technicat
Genre	Sports
Made with	Unity, GIMP
Tags	3D, Arcade, bowling, Cult Classic, Multiplayer, Retro, Unity
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen
Multiplayer	Local multiplayer
Player count	Singleplayer
Links	Steam, Homepage

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Development log

Mac is Back
Jun 17, 2020
Screenshots are back
Jan 21, 2020
No More Front End
Nov 16, 2018
Rome is here
Sep 29, 2018

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Hyperbowl is Back Online!

Posted By: Avyn E. | 10/9/2020 | 7 10

For those of you who don't know, all posts on Hyperbowl were deleted during the summer of 2019-2020. This was due to something of a technological edge case like someone's computer running out of power as they're posting something. I took down Hyperbowl for multiple months because I didn't want people to create new posts, only for them to be deleted. I was thinking recently and decided that it was probably a bad idea to keep Hyperbowl offline. I haven't changed the code, so there still could be possible issues. I don't know how the posts were deleted. Hyperbowl is something of an experimental platform and could possibly still have database inconsistency errors. You're free to continue using Hyperbowl although it's unlikely that I'll keep updating it.

Welcome to RMUD!

Posted By: Rgamer43 | 3/2/2021 | 3 6

Disclaimer: Everything shown/talked about is WIP and subject to change.

Over the past month or so, I've been working on making a multi-user dungeon game, or MUD. MUDs are the predecessors to modern MMORPGs. They're basically text-based MMOs.

RMUD is set on the demiplane of Trysic (name not final), which is ruled by the lich Aknillith. Players explore the dungeon's ten floors, fighting monsters, claiming treasure, and fight powerful bosses.

As you slay monsters, you'll acquire gold, which can be spent on gear at the town. But that's not the only way to get gear; throughout the dungeon are chests, which give gold and other items.

The dungeon consists of ten floors (I'm planning for only five to available at release). Currently, the first three are implemented: Haunted Caverns, Goblin Warzone, and Orc Stronghold. Two more are planned: Beast Haven, and Thassalheim. Each floors has 50 rooms, one of which is a staircase leading to the next floor.

The dungeon is randomly generated every time I start the server, so the path that you took one day might not be there the next. Luckily, when you log out, you will be moved to the dungeon entrance, just outside the town.

RPG Gameplay

When you create your account, you must choose between two classes (fighter and wizard), which determines your starting stats. There are six stats in the game: STR, DEX, CON, INT, AGI, and DEF; each helps you in a different way.

You have a weapon and an armor, the first of the two main ways to progress and become more powerful in RMUD. What types of weapons you want to use will determine which class you should pick, as well as what crystals you should buy (more on that next). Your armor, however, isn't affected by your stats.

The way you increase your stats is by using ability crystals. Each one will increase its associated stat by 1.

Multiplayer Aspects

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Currently, there are two ways in which you can interact with other players: chatting and combat. You can chat with the other players in your location, and can also fight with/against them. Players can team up to take down monsters, but can also fight each other, and potentially take their gold!

RMUD is still in development, so large portions of it are subject to change. If you don't like something I've talked about here, or want a certain feature or thing in it, please tell me in the comments! Feedback and suggestions are always greatly appreciated. While I don't have a firm date yet, Rgamer43's Multi-User Dungeon should release sometime within the next few weeks (subject to change).

The problem with Research Projects

Posted By: The_Math_Maniac | 3/1/2021 | 3 8

At school, a lot of the time, we will have big projects where we do research, put it in an organizer, and then create a final product. Simple enough right? In this article, I am going to break down why I have a problem with the way these projects are laid out, and some ideas to improve them.

The Research

There are some core issues with the way the concept of research is presented to students. The way it happens is that the teacher will give the students strict options to use as sources. I can understand why they do this, as some sources are unreliable, but it is quite extreme for the context. The problem with the fact that we are presented options is because it stifles resourcefulness. There is no independence, no need to use our own research, sources, etc..., and no way for us to get a more diverse range of views on a topic. The fact that we are left without any independence is going to harm us later in life. Not in any major way, but it is very important to be resourceful in life. It is one of the most useful skills to have, and the only reason I know this is because the resources that the school gives us are almost always one-sided, or very limited, which pushes me to find more diverse sources. This brings me to the second point, which is that the school's resources are mostly biased and very short-sighted. The fact that the school gives us such simple sources is also unhealthy for our mental growth and stifles our ability to differentiate between two viewpoints and decide for ourselves which one we believe. Not only that but when we're given such sources, our projects are very stale and do not require any actual thinking and logic. If all we just do is spew what we're given back at the teachers in a different format, then there's not any way for us to develop or learn in any significant way. The only way to fully understand one viewpoint is to fully understand the other side as well, that way you can make a soundly based decision. The school has taken this away.

The Organizer

After we do the 'research' we start putting the information into what the teachers call a 'project organizer'. The very big problem with this is it is a deliberate waste of time. There is not a single good reason why we should take all the research we have done and put it in one format just to put it in another format right afterward. The teacher's explanation is that it supposedly helps us organize our research into a more understandable and structured format. This makes no sense at all though, considering what I mentioned in the first part. If there is very small-minded, one-sided information, then all the organization has been done. It is essentially doing what we are already going to do a second time. Yet this still counts towards our actual grade. The mere existence of the so-called 'organizer' is nothing but a hindrance to the core learning that the school is attempting.

The Final Product

Once we have filled out the organizer, the final product is then ready to begin. This final product (be it an essay, artistic representation, video, animation, etc...) is supposed to show our understanding of the topic, and how well we can represent it. The problem is, this does not teach us to show our understanding. This, if anything, can be comparable to trying to teach someone the chemical makeup of a tree by having them make a table out of wood. The only thing they learn is how to make the table, not about what the table is made of. Sure the skill of being able to convert information from one format to another is useful, but actually understanding the information is entirely separate in this case. The format is that we have to take the information that they give us (with strict limitations as mentioned before) shove it into another format for no apparent reason, then do that again. The only thing we're learning is how to reword something. This will not help with our understanding of the topic itself. Chances are that if someone does one of these projects, they won't remember much about the topic that they were 'studying'. I don't remember much from any of the topics I've researched before. This is a classic example of 'in one ear out the other'. We are told to remember enough about a topic to get a passing grade, write it down, make something else, turn that in, and then forget entirely.

The Fix

So what exactly can we do about all of this? What can we do to actually let students learn the way the school wants them to? Well, first of all, we give students more reason to get their own sources and research. 'But what about unreliable sources?' well, how exactly do we find if a source is unreliable? We compare it with other sources. The only way we can find if a source is reliable is by finding it in the first place. If we always keep our minds closed to the possibility of other sources, other viewpoints, other topics, etc..., then we will never learn to develop our own opinions and our own thoughts. Next, we need to actually make sure that the sources are reliable. One solution would be to make an automatic algorithm that cross-references many sources to see if there are any outliers in the source that you're checking. This would not only be reliable, but it would increase the efficiency of the project. Now that we have this established, we can move on to the next part which is the organizer. It's very straightforward to fix this, as all we have to do is remove it entirely. This is simple in theory, but in reality, the school will grab on to this for dear life kicking and screaming. This is because this is the epitome of what this whole idea of a 'research project' represents, which is that it only teaches us how to convert information from one format to another. Now we can finally move on to the root problem. The project itself, or should I say the project requirements. The only reason why this project does not help us retain information or understand it in any significant way is that the requirements are very different from the goal the school supposedly wants. So instead, we should have the requirements focus more on viewing all points of view on a topic, and more in-depth understanding of the topic. This will not only allow us to retain the understanding better but will also reinforce our ability to find sources, see the different points of view, and decide for ourselves what our beliefs are. This is a very healthy skill to have, as over the years many people have lost a lot of this ability, and instead of differentiating between opinions, they will just believe whatever they're told.

Final Notes

I hope you found this interesting and informative! Thank you for reading it. I would love to do more of these breakdowns of different things in the future, so let me know if you found this interesting. I know not many people will see this, but it is still fun to do. If you agree or disagree, let me know in the replies, as I am open to discussion on this topic. Have a good day!

i broke a promise

Posted By: googleman | 3/15/2021 | 2 3

I didnt post here everyday. I just forgot. Im going to try to do it now. Its just really easy to forget about hyperbowl. Im going to set a reminder and actually post now. Honestly i dont even know why im making this post. No one cares about me posting. Hyperbowl should really really really really really remove the text limit

Ally Chapter One

Posted By: Darth | 10/20/2020 | 3 5

*This is chapter one of a story I'm writing. Let me know if you want a part two because I don't plan on writing one unless you want one.*

Chapter One

Ally woke with a start. She looked at the clock on her bedside table. 1 AM. This was the sixth night in a row she had had that dream, the one about the cave and the statues, and it felt like every time she was getting closer and closer to the light. This time, she saw that there was a figure at the end, hunched over a fire. But everything seemed normal: her dog Hamlet's heavy breathing at the foot of her bed; and the wind rustling the trees outside. She closed her eyes and tried to fall back to sleep. This had been easier for her in the past, but tonight she couldn't. She had to wake up at 7, and she had gone to bed late after cramming for her French quiz. She just couldn't fall back asleep.

Suddenly, she heard a noise in the distance. It was the unfamiliar wail of a siren. She rarely heard this in the small town of Fort Yukon up in Alaska, with a population of about six hundred people. If she looked out of the window, she could see the red and blue lights flashing. She tried, once again, to go to sleep to no avail. After about ten minutes, she picked up her phone, which had been on silent and upside down since she had gone to bed. She was surprised to see that her friend Michel had texted her not one minute ago. The text read, 'what the heck the police are here wait this isn't the police wtf are they coming in my room help!' His parents had gone on a trip to New York City for a couple of days to celebrate their twentieth anniversary. Now that she had seen the text, she definitely could not sleep. Michel had done something like this before, but it had been a long time. Even so, her parents might not believe him, and not help him. For some reason, she believed this time he was for real.

So she got out of bed, got dressed, and snuck down the stairs, careful not to awaken her parents. She opened the door to the garage and manually opened the garage door so her parents would not hear. Her parents refused to get her a car because it snowed three-fourths of each year. But they did give her a snowmobile for her fifteenth birthday. Now she had had it for over two years and it was her favorite way to get around. It made some noise, but it made up for it by being pretty fast. She pulled the cord and it powered up. She sped out of the garage and rounded the corner. Ally sped through the intersection, ignoring the red light as there was nobody in sight. But then the police car that had taken Michel was right behind her.

'You shouldn't be running around this early in the morning, girlie!' She heard a voice behind her. She spun her head around and saw a man sticking his head out the window of a van. He dressed in a very mobile outfit. Then, she remembered a story she had heard about a man dressed like this kidnapping children. Those kids were never heard from again. But then she saw Michel in the back, and she knew it was them. People called them 'The Hunters.' The car revved and jumped towards her. She was caught off guard, but she sped forwards as well. Luckily, the snowmobile was better built for the ice and so they barely gained on her. As she was on Alews Road, however, she failed to see the sharp turn up ahead. She tried to stop herself at the last moment, but could not. She hit a large rock and went flying into the forest. She was screaming as she flew through the air but held on to the vehicle, and miraculously landed on the ground the right way up. She could not move the snowmobile, however, as she was surrounded by trees. The men in the car did not see the turn either, and they too went flying off the rock. The car was not so lucky as the snowmobile, though, and slammed hood-first into a large tree. Ally stood up, still rattled by the landing. She looked around and then heard a giant crash followed by lots of cursing. She saw lights not so far away, but then they flickered and darkened. Some flashlights came on.

'Right in the back, where he should be. He got knocked unconscious, though, so he'll be just dead weight if we try to carry him.'

'The car's broke.'

'Shut up.' They were silent. She slowly crept towards the crashed pickup, holding her unopened Swiss Army knife. One of the men was speaking on an iPhone, but he was speaking in a very low voice and she couldn't hear him. Maybe they had left the doors unlocked, she thought, so she shuffled a little bit further. They were arguing about what to do up closer to the front of the wreck, so she tried the door. Amazingly, it was unlocked. She opened it and saw Michel with his arms and legs bound together and a gag in his mouth, still unconscious. She just then noticed the men were done conferring and were coming back to the truck. She grabbed Michel's hands and tried to pull him out, but he was too heavy. After all, he was a 17-year-old boy. She had barely gotten him out of the back seat when a voice said, 'we most certainly have room for one extra in the new pickup we have coming, and I'm sure our driver would love to have you come along. What do you say?' He asked. Before Ally could spin around to fight him, he put a bag, maybe a smaller version of a potato sack, over her head. She started punching and kicking, but he easily dodged them.

'We have a feisty one, do we?' He asked as he wrapped her hands together with a very tight knot, leaving very little slack. He then proceeded to grab her legs, causing her to fall over, and tied them together leaving even less slack than on her hands. He then stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth and threw her into the back seat next to Michel, who was still dead asleep.

'Get some sleep if you can,' the man chuckled. As if, she thought but started to find herself getting very tired. She fell asleep faster than ever before. Maybe the cloth had the effect, or maybe the snowmobile chase had worn her out. Whatever it was, she had fallen into a deep slumber. Ally was in a cave, slowly walking towards a light in the distance. As she approached, she could see that the light was a fire, and there was someone hunched over it. She came closer than ever before, and she could almost feel the fire’s warmth. The figure turned her head. She was an old woman.“You’ve finally arrived.”

All of your posts were not lost in hyperbowls crash.

Posted By: googleman | 3/16/2021 | 1 3

This is a shorter post but i feel like its good for people to know. All of your posts were not lost when hyperbowl accidentally stuck a fork in an outlet. The error only cleared the hyperbowl database of all published posts. That means that any posts that you ever saved to your drafts are still there. Because of how bad hyperbowls servers were I know that a quite a few people would save their post to drafts before posting. That means that a good number of hyperbowls classic posts might still be out there in the drafts. I recommend that everyone who sees this post go to your drafts and check to see if you have any of your posts their.

DAILY POST

Posted By: googleman | 3/28/2021 | 2 3

THE ZEROS. THE ZEROS. THE ZEROS. I DAILY POST AND SEE THE ZEROS. I POST THE POST AND SEE THE ZEROS. THE ZEROS ARE MY FRIENDS.I SEE THE BLINKING LIGHTS. THEY TELL ME THE ZEROS ARE MY FRIENDS. THE LIGHTS. THE LIGHTS TELL ME TO MAKE AN ARG. I MUST RESIST. I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO MAKE ONE. SO WHY WOULD I EVEN TRY?

Hyperbowls like system needs a revamp

Posted By: googleman | 3/22/2021 | 2 3

The system hyperbowl uses to decide what posts get on popular needs to be changed. With the current system hyperbowl uses an algorithm that as we understand it takes into consideration both the number of views and the percentage of likes to views. While this may seem like a good way to ensure that smaller posts still have a chance at popular, it also means that posts that have only 2 or 3 views can get more popular than posts with more views and more likes. For example i recently put out a post that got to number 3 on popular with only 2 views. It beat out posts with 5 and 6 views just because both viewers liked it. I also recently put out a seperate post that currently has only 1 view (me) and 1 like, it is higher on popular then a post with 11 views and 4 times more likes. I think that we can all see why that needs to change.

In conclusion I believe that this could be fixed by giving less weight to the percentage of views to likes and more weight to the individual number of views and likes.

Free Real Estate

Posted By: Avyn E. | 12/20/2020 | 4 11

If you're reading this you're using a dead website that I gave up on long ago. If you want to use it then go ahead, but otherwise, this website will gradually fade away from the information network that is the internet. Servers will stop hosting. Search results will be overlayed by more relevant and recent content. It could be hours or years until someone reads this, and they could be a random person on the internet or a close friend of mine. All you really need to know is that it used to be a small but happy corner of the internet until all posts were wiped in the summer of 2020 due to an anomaly in the database. What happens after is up to you. After all, it's free, and virtual, real estate.

Hyperbowling

this is a story i made up when i was in 3rd or 4th grade

Posted By: Banana | 3/19/2021 | 1 2

this post was in my drafts for a few months, and i forgot about it. i'm glad i didn't post it as it would've been gone but it wouldn'tve mattered because it's still available on scratch. anyways you can read it here now

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is me birthday today (day of pasting this from scratch), Jan 19excuse my grammar, capitalization, etc. i was 7 or 8 okaydon't make fun of me loloriginal here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/100415369/Chapter 1: Stuck with Mom.It was a normal, random, regular, (whatever you name it) Saturday. But, I just remembered that next week was text week. Also, I just remembered that I didn't study! I thought: 'Oh gosh, I didn't study! I'm not gonna be able to do the test! Great... now I have another problem to deal with: I forgot to bring my text book home!' 'MOM!!' I called. 'Yes?' She said. 'Can you come here for a second?' I said. 'OK.' She said. 15 seconds later, she comes. 'I'm here. What do you need sweetie?' She said. I just remembered that I forgot my test book! I need that for the test! If I don't study, I have to do all of 6th Grade all over again!' I said. 'Oh the principal told me about that test. Anyway, let's get to the point. Hmm. Uhh... I don't have anything for you sweetie. I don't think I can help there,' She said. 'Oh no! I have to do 6th Grade all over again! Wait... maybe I can go to school today and get the test book!' I said 'I'm not so sure about that, Johnny. You could get caught by the police,' She said. 'Yeah, but going today is better than spending another WHOLE school year in 6th Grade,' I said. 'Ok... But ONLY today you can do this,' My mom said. 'Thank you mom! But, how am I gonna get inside?' I said 'Here's some keys to the entire school. BUT, you must just get your test book. NO messing around and making classrooms messy,' She said. 'OK. I won't do that. I'll go now!' I said. I zoomed out the door.Chapter 2: At the SchoolWhen I got at the school, I looked right and left to see if anyone was watching. Sure enough, everybody was in they're houses. I snuck up to the front door of the school. Then I just remembered that the school had installed new security cameras and renovated a small room that was not being used and turned it into a security office. I thought: 'Now another problem?!!?! Great.... this is going well... new security cameras have been installed in the school. If I go inside, I'm gonna get caught for sure.' I carfully snuck over to one of the school's walls. I got out my phone, and called my mom. When she picked up, she said: 'Hello, Johnny. What's wrong?' 'There's security cameras in the school. What do I do?' I said. 'Why are you asking me?' She said. 'Umm... Hello? Because your in charge of me and tell me what to do,' I said. 'OK. Hmm. Uhh... it looks like your have no options. The only safe one is to go home,' She said. 'Hold on... maybe you can go inside and wave at the school's security camera at the front, and the security guard will see you and help you!' My mom said. 'But, mom! That won't work. I'm just gonna get caught and get told to leave,' I said. 'OK then. How about trying to go to the back of the school and getting in side there?' She said. 'Oh, Hmm. Actually, that'll work! No security cameras have been installed there!' I said. I snuck up to the back door of the school. I unlocked the door, and there were no security cameras on the wall! But, the problem was that MY classroom was on the OTHER side of the school. So, I didn't know what to do. 'Mom, I'm inside at the back door of the school. But, I'm stuck because most of the hallways have cameras. What now?' I said into my phone. 'I think you should look at some of the hallways and if you see a security camera, don't go that way. If you don't see a security camera, go that way,' She said. 'OK. I'll try that.' I said. I snuck up to the main hallway. Obviously, there were security cameras going all the way down the hallway. Then, I snuck up to the right hallway. MORE security cameras. Now to the left hallway. FINALLY, no security cameras. I ran to the other end of the hallway (I had to run because I heard something else in the school). I snuck up to my classroom's door, unlocked it, and went inside. I went to my desk. It wasn't there!! I searched all over the classroom. Through the books, folders, etc. I couldn't find it anywhere! 'Mom! My test book has been stolen!' I said into my phone. 'Calm down, Johnny. It's gotta be somewhere,' She said. 'Uhhhh... I think I should go check the security office. Hopefully that the security guard is not here today,' I said. I ran to the security office. I peeked through the window to see if the security guard was there. He wasn't there, but I had to be quick, because the person I heard in the hallway could of been the security guard. I snuck up to the security office's door, then I thought: 'Oh, this door may have a special type of key to unlock it, because it's the security office'. But, nope. It unlocked and I got in. I looked at the computer, switched it to my classroom's camera, and scrolled through the history. Luckily, I found the video of the person who stole my test book pretty quickly. 'Mom? Are you still there?' I said into my phone. 'Yes, I'm still here, sweetie,' She said. 'I'm gonna have to hang up because I don't want to make so much noise,' I said. 'OK. Call me back when you are done,' She said. Right after that, she hung up. After that, I stopped the video so I could see the kid's face. When I saw his face, I went to the web browser on the computer, and went to my school's website to see if I could find the kid's face and name. I found it. Woohoo! Once I found the name, I went home. Chapter 3: Back at HomeI'm back at home. When my mom sees me, she says: 'Oh! You're back! Did you find the test book?'. 'Not exactly, but at least I found who stole it,' I said. 'OK, Can I see his picture?' My mom said. I showed her the picture. 'Oh! I know his mom! Maybe we can call her! I know her cell phone number,' My mom said. My mom went over in the kitchen to get her cell phone. She dialed the number, and we waited. When the phone picked up, the person said: 'Hello, Sheri! How are you?'. 'I'm good, thank you. Can Johnny please speak with Gib?' My mom said into the phone. 'Of course!' The lady said. 'Hi who the heck is this?' Gib said. 'It's Johnny, you know me right?' I said into the cell phone. 'Of course I remember you. I remember you because I threw a soap bar at you yesterday! *makes evil laugh*' Gib says. 'Yeah, I hated that. Do you have my test book?' I said. 'Yup. It's hidden,' He says. 'I need that. Can you give it to me on Monday?' I said into the phone. 'Yeah, if you give me $20! *chuckles*' Gib says. 'Mom! Do you have $20?' I called. 'Yes, what for? She said. 'Gib won't give me my test book back unless I give him $20,' I said to me mom. 'You don't need $20 to get a test book back,' She said. 'I know! Can you talk to him?' I asked. 'OK,' My mom said. 'Hello, Gib. This is Johnny's mom. Can you please just give his test book back? I don't want to be wasting any money for that,' My mom said. 'Alright, fine. I'll give his dumb test book back,' He said. 'Thank you,' My mom said. 'Good news, Johnny! You can get your test book back for free!' My mom called. 'YAY!' I called. After that, I went into my room. I went on my computer. Can you guess what I was doing? Answer: On YouTube! I was just watching some random videos.Chapter 4: A few days later...OK, It's now Monday. Hopfully I'll get my test book back. 'Sweetie! Get ready for school!' My mom said. 'OK,' I said. 15 minutes later, I was on the bus. Another 15 minutes later, I was at school. I went to homeroom to find Gib. I found him, and I went over. 'OK, can you give me my test book back?' I asked. 'FINE.... Here it is,' He said. Then he gave it to me. YAY! I finally got my test book back.

Why Wikipedia Is A (Mostly) Valid Source

Posted By: googleman | 3/24/2021 | 2 2

Hello. My name is googleman and I am a wikipedia fanboy. I believe that it is an amazing project that helps bring all of human information to anyone with an internet connection, but i'm not here to just praise wikipedia, i'm going to show why wikipedia is a (mostly) valid source (and a way to use wikipedia to get citations for school).

First don't actually cite wikipedia, even though i'm going to make an argument for why wikipedia is a (mostly) valid source, it still looks unprofessional and you probably won't be able to convince your teacher that wikipedia is a valid source.

First. I'll talk about protected articles, most articles about things you'll be doing a report or research project on have a thing called 'semi-protection' on them. This means that to edit them you need to have been a user for more then a week and have made more than ten edits. Some more important (and more likely to be used in class) pages have extended confirmation protection, this means that to edit them a user has to have been around for 30 days and have made over 500 edits. This makes it very hard for people to vandalise articles due to the fact that they have to actually contribute to the wiki a good deal of times and wait a decent amount of time to vandalise. Then the vandalism will be removed almost immediately after

Second. Every edit put onto wikipedia will be soon after screened by an approved user for accuracy and to make sure it isnt vandalism.

Third. The wikipedia counter vandalism unit is constantly reviewing and checking articles to make sure that any vandalism that somehow slipped through review

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Fourth. Most pages on wikipedia will be somewhat relevant and concise due to the two wikipedia groups the inclusionists and the deletionists. Inclusionists believe that wikipedia should be open and contain as much information as can be jammed onto it. Deletionists believe that wikipedia should be carefully curated so only the most vital information is allowed on the site, inclusionists and deletionists work together to make sure that all of wikipedia's information is informative but also concise.

Fifth. Wikipedia has citations, like loads of them. Every time you see a little number in brackets that's a citation, so there's lots of evidence for everything put on wikipedia. That leads me to my to a strategy to get easy citations for a paper (assuming you got the information from in class or wikipedia not other citable sources) simply read through the wikipedia page, find citations after information you want citations for then run the citation link through a citation website.

I hope you enjoyed this deep dive into wikipedia as a source, i have a few more wikimedia based posts that i'm working on right now. I encourage you to help me in reviving hyperbowl by posting on it at least once per week, thank you.

This is a bit depressing.