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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: .:F3ar0n:. on June 28, 2006, 11:19:58 AM

Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: .:F3ar0n:. on June 28, 2006, 11:19:58 AM: Don't know if anyone saw this or not..but you can actually watch the world cup in ascii code through dos.

I found it quite amusing personally. Just open cmd prompt and run telnet. open to

ascii-wm.net 2006

Pretty cool. Check it out. Just connect about 10 min before hand. I've connected but havn't seen it in action yet...still pretty cool idea
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: sully! on June 28, 2006, 06:17:49 PM: I've seen Star Wars played through ASCII text like this before (actually I think it was just JavaScript on a webpage), but this seems kind of interesting.

I wonder if the stream will be a video feed converted to ASCII characters or if it is more along the lines of what ESPN's website does and just gives you updates when something happens.
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: Agent4054 on June 28, 2006, 07:00:33 PM: Haha I remember the address for that star wars thing!

telnet://towel.blinken.nl

alternatively, the guys site who made it is at http://www.asciimation.co.nz/ which, by the way, is the very same guy who made the Jet Engine Beer Cooler that appeared on slashdot awhile back. :P
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: .:F3ar0n:. on June 28, 2006, 07:21:25 PM: Quote from: "sully"

I wonder if the stream will be a video feed converted to ASCII characters or if it is more along the lines of what ESPN's website does and just gives you updates when something happens.

Well according to the website... http://www.ascii-wm.net/

it's suppost to be live video feed thats converted into ascii. Too bad we have to wait till friday to see what it looks like (thats when the next game is aired...in case u didnt know already)

And just for kicks...as we got on the discussion of star wars...if you havn't seen the brokeback mountain parody with star wars...check it out..absolutly great

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2316819638780958443&q=star+wars
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: Agent4054 on June 28, 2006, 07:59:25 PM: I'm gonna pull a ShadoHawk on this one... The Empire Brokeback (http://www.fites.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2351) Which, btw, no one responded on ><
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: TekieB on June 28, 2006, 09:54:24 PM: Quote from: "sully"
I've seen Star Wars played through ASCII text like this before (actually I think it was just JavaScript on a webpage), but this seems kind of interesting.

I wonder if the stream will be a video feed converted to ASCII characters or if it is more along the lines of what ESPN's website does and just gives you updates when something happens.

There is actually a linux libary out there that repalces your svga driver with ascii output, used to make text mode quake. (http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/) I imagine it's a hack on this, or something along the lines
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: Agent4054 on June 29, 2006, 12:51:42 AM: And if you want to see Direct3d ASCII in action you can download this. (http://www.fites.net/files/ASCII.rar)

its interactive! Complex Shaders are fun!
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: .:F3ar0n:. on June 30, 2006, 10:52:47 AM: Ascii World Cup

Just some fyi in case u guys didn't know...Argentina and Germany are playing now in the world cup...u should check out the ascii stuff...right now its intermission...but likd 10 min (its 11:52 now)
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: sully! on June 30, 2006, 04:27:53 PM: I just caught the end of Ukraine v. Italy, but it wasn't on TV at the same time, so I guess there is a little bit of "text delay" :)
Title: Watch da world cup in ASCII
Post by: Agent4054 on June 30, 2006, 10:42:27 PM: more ascii :P http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=feuerfreimovie.swf