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abramgornik

abramgornik

Big Game Hunter

from Big Island of Hawaii
603 posts

I'm really sorry if this is a duplicate thread but I've searched around and I can't find anything similar. well, when you enter in the right code to backdoor, macheist.com, then you get the MH safe with some synamite on it, a countdown timer hooked to those sticks of dynamit, and icons of overflow and santa's gizmo. what's with the countdown timer? is it a countdown to the next heist? obviously what it's implying the MH safe door would "blow up" and show it's contents, maybe like for MH1 and the bundle. but that's not right, because mine is going to go off in around 59 hours.... weird. ANy ideas?

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December 7, 2007 6:30 am

Roybertito

Gearhead

55 posts

Most people are getting this, yeah. I'm thinking next heist - see you in about 2 1/2 days.

December 7, 2007 7:02 am
yenba32

yenba32

Tinkerer

from Nashville, TN
26 posts

The countdown resets to the same thing every time you reload the page. You can speed it up by changing your date and time settings, but when it gets to 0, it just keeps going.

December 7, 2007 7:03 am
Dylan1077

Dylan1077

Urchin

from California
9 posts

Is there any way to mess with the javascript so as to change the date it's counting down to? I'm not very 'script savvy.

}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var server = new Date("Dec 07 2007 07:04:54 GMT+0000");
var end = new Date("Dec 09 2007 18:00:00 GMT+0000");
var comp = new Date();

function calcage(secs, num1, num2)  {            
       s = ((Math.floor(secs/num1))%num2).toString();
       if(s.length < 2)
              s = "0" + s;
       return s;        
}
December 7, 2007 7:16 am
applemonkey

applemonkey

Tinkerer

10 posts

Anyone figure out what the time is?

December 7, 2007 7:32 am
Warbrain

Warbrain

Moderator

from Chicago
6,969 posts

applemonkey wrote:

Anyone figure out what the time is?

It's in the javascript.  It counts down to 1800 GMT on December 9th.

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December 7, 2007 12:23 pm
abramgornik

abramgornik

Big Game Hunter

from Big Island of Hawaii
603 posts

arg there was a duplicate thread in the front... I'm going to delete this one now....

"If the pen is mightier than the sword, than the keyboard is a friggin lightsaber!"
"Computer are like air conditioners: they stop working when you open windows."
Thats an undead warlock if you're wondering.

December 7, 2007 3:37 pm
abramgornik

abramgornik

Big Game Hunter

from Big Island of Hawaii
603 posts

actually maybe I won't because it really should'nt be in the backroom

"If the pen is mightier than the sword, than the keyboard is a friggin lightsaber!"
"Computer are like air conditioners: they stop working when you open windows."
Thats an undead warlock if you're wondering.

December 8, 2007 4:53 pm
Warbrain

Warbrain

Moderator

from Chicago
6,969 posts

abramgornik wrote:

actually maybe I won't because it really should'nt be in the backroom

I think it should be considering it came at the end of the heist.  1 more day to go!

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December 8, 2007 4:55 pm
Warbrain

Warbrain

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December 8, 2007 8:42 pm
Kar-ma

Kar-ma

Automaton Tech

135 posts

From Macheist's CSS:

http://www.macheist.com/img/dynamite.png

Also from the CSS

http://www.macheist.com/img/header_buy_now.png

December 8, 2007 9:28 pm
Warbrain

Warbrain

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from Chicago
6,969 posts

That's from last year.  There's no reason to say that they won't use them again, but the bundle doesn't go on sale until January.

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December 8, 2007 9:53 pm

estratton

Tinkerer

from Boston, MA, USA
16 posts

Where did you get the countdown widget?

Song, women, and wine
You can’t fool all the people all the time
But if you’re trying, if you’re looking, if you’re lucky
You can always fool a few and feel fine.

December 8, 2007 10:58 pm
Warbrain

Warbrain

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from Chicago
6,969 posts

I googled it.

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December 9, 2007 1:30 am
erniepc12

erniepc12

Automaton Tech

from Just North of New York
343 posts

I just happened to notice that the time is set to GMT, not EST.

So this would meant the timer will run out around 1pm in Sunday, Dec. 9th.

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December 9, 2007 3:29 am
Warbrain

Warbrain

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from Chicago
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erniepc12 wrote:

I just happened to notice that the time is set to GMT, not EST.

So this would meant the timer will run out around 1pm in Sunday, Dec. 9th.

1PM EST for all those who need to adjust.

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December 9, 2007 3:53 am
Warbrain

Warbrain

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from Chicago
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OK, 50 minutes left!

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December 9, 2007 5:10 pm

jonerik

Tinkerer

from Oslo, Norway
37 posts

5 big_smile

December 9, 2007 5:56 pm
krema

krema

Urchin

7 posts

3, being very excited big_smile

December 9, 2007 5:57 pm
zaydia

zaydia

Automaton Tech

from Washington, DC
224 posts

Now its running negative numbers!

All's quiet in the Amazon.

December 9, 2007 6:03 pm
cianmm

cianmm

Automaton Tech

from Dublin, Ireland
408 posts

Well... That was... Useless.

Oh well. MOAR LOOT!

Here comes my fourth season of MacHeist!

December 9, 2007 6:24 pm
zaydia

zaydia

Automaton Tech

from Washington, DC
224 posts

More loot, sweet.

All's quiet in the Amazon.

December 9, 2007 6:25 pm
tedwinder

tedwinder

Automaton Tech

from UK
260 posts

December 9, 2007 6:25 pm

afoltz

Urchin

2 posts

So...no new mission? sad Eager anticipation for forty-eight hours, FTL.

December 9, 2007 6:28 pm
zaydia

zaydia

Automaton Tech

from Washington, DC
224 posts

afoltz wrote:

So...no new mission? sad Eager anticipation for forty-eight hours, FTL.

Yah... srsly. Oh well though. I'm sure it'll happen soon enough. I was hoping it would be 1.5 or something but Phill just said on IRC that this was today's big thing.

All's quiet in the Amazon.

December 9, 2007 6:32 pm
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