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Stands a Builderman
Builderman recently met with a mysterious journalist at a local Starbricks coffee shop to be interviewed for an upcoming tell-all book. The identity of the journalist remains unknown, as she was wearing a paper sack over her head.
| September 13, 2007 -
Spooky Building Contest
By popular demand and because we think it’s about time, welcome to the beginning of the Spooky Building Contest! The theme of this contest is spooky, scary, and Halloween type places.
| September 11, 2007 -
Roblox Halloween Costume Contest
a The Roblox team will be having a Halloween Costume contest next month! We’re letting you know early so you can start working on your costumes. What is this contest? Well, we’d love to see some Halloween costumes that are inspired by Roblox! We’ll be asking you to email in photos* of your real world costume. You could dress as your own Robloxian self, or like someone famous from Roblox history, or whatever crazy idea you can come up with! This will be a contest judged by the Roblox Team. You don’t have to send in anything yet. Just get those creative cogs in your brain going and see what you can come up with and make. The list of prizes is still in the works but *Be sure to get your parent’s permission about being in this contest. Any photos shown here will have your face covered by a giant dot or maybe you’ll be wearing a mask or Halloween makeup! -Reese McBlox a
| September 6, 2007 -
The Four Mysterious Objects Revealed…
About a month ago, clockwork and I were messing around and creating new hats to accompany the Crazy ideas always start simple. We went out for lunch, talked about the Mysterious Object and what a cool idea it was. When we came back, we decided to create two more. To make things extra mysterious, we decided to label our three mysterious boxes as I, II, and IV. The obvious question: where is box III? Very mysterious indeed. When I came into work the next day, I was astounded by the number of mystery boxes we had sold. I realized that people loved the idea (who doesn’t love a good mystery?), and decided to give them a little bit more to chew on… a Haiku p The first line totally gives it away. It’s a screw. I mean, how many objects can you think of that are “threaded fasteners”, “twist around” and hold things tight? The poem plays on the fact that the word “fast” has many different meanings. Haiku Haiku 2 was slightly more difficult. Most people picked up on the words “curdled” and “mice”, concluding that this was a cheese hat. This makes sense since anyone wearing a cheese hat certainly must “struggle for their dignity”. Another popular guess was that this was a moon hat, since the moon is made of cheese. Haiku The fourth poem didn’t give away the entire answer, and required some domain knowledge of the classics. People who figured it out either have taken college-level literature classes, or are good at googling for information. em Since some people were having trouble with this one, I gave you guys a little tiny bit more help by wearing a shirt with a picture of a Mysterious Object III Now all the riddles are neatly solved. Or so thought many people. In fact, the real game was just beginning… Suggestively, there was a haiku #3, a poem which indicated that there might be a Mysterious Object III after all. Soon afterwards, some people started to discover there was a Mysterious Object III in the Recently Updated hats list, and, even more astounding, some people were finding it and it the box in their inventory! Haiku This poem talks about the taboo programming mistake of deferencing a null pointer (which causes a crash), but doesn’t give any real hints as to the nature of Mysterious Object #3. strong Thus began the quest for Mysterious Object III. The In this level, people could find four different bricks that, when touched, would print one of the 4 haikus. If one opened the map in Roblox Studio and found the script for brick #3, there was a mysterious comment at the end of the code: p This may seem arcane, but people found this hint almost immediately and posted it on the forum. Googling for “The Garden of Proserpine” will quickly find the The huge leap of intuition that players had to make at this point in our little treasure hunt was to look for a user named “Swinburne” on ROBLOX. There were various helpful hints to this effect on my profile page, and in the description of Mysterious Object III. a Users who found Swinburne were told that the prize for finding Mysterious Object III would change depending on how many people found it. So anyone who got this far in the treasure hunt would no longer be willing to share information. It’s a personal quest from this point on. Swinburne’s level is the Garden of Proserpine, a desolate piece of Underworld real estate. Hidden in the level are 4 spheres which correspond to specific lines of The Garden of Proserpine. You need to collect them all in the correct order, then make your way to the Greek temple in which Mysterious Object III is hidden. The lines of the poem are: p strong This orb is at the top of a forsaken tower in the middle of the map. strong This orb is hidden in the snow-ensconced wheat field. strong This orb is located at the base of the largest tree in the forest. strong This orb is located in the middle of a very dangerous ruined lake. strong You can only gain entrance to the temple once you have collected all 4 orbs. strong People who solved the puzzle found a glowing box that told them to message Swinburne with the password “ALGERNON”. People who did this by August 16th were issued Mysterious Object III shortly thereafter. After that date, Swinburne stopped accepting friends requests because Mysterious Object III was for people who had solved some part of the mystery themselves, not people who had gotten the answer from others. strong To be honest, I didn’t expect anyone to be able to solve my very complex and arcane treasure hunt. However, no fewer than 14 people made it all the way to the end. They completed the puzzle in the following order: a a The - Telamon a
| September 5, 2007 -
New Sheriff in Town
a ReeseMcBlox is our new Community Manager. The ROBLOX community has grown quite a bit in the past couple of months and it’s high time we got someone to help look after it. ReeseMcBlox is going to be heading up the moderation team, hanging out in the forums, answering questions that users might have, and possibly running some contests. She’s pretty friendly, so say “hi!” if you happen to see her around. - Telamon a
| September 4, 2007 -
ROBLOX Grand Melee Winners!
a Each of these four gladiators will be receiving If you want to know more about the Grand Melee Competition, check out strong strong Without further ado, the winners are: strong The prizes are… strong strong strong strong Koopa and cheesypop should contact me and let me know which hat you’d like out of the Catalog. All other prizes have been given out. strong embed After some tough deliberations, we’ve decided to award the prize for the best footage of the Grand Melee to - Telamon a
| August 28, 2007 -
ROBLOX Grand Melee Finals!
The gauntlet has been laid down and 16 finalists have advanced to the final round of the Grand Melee competition!
| August 23, 2007 -
A Farewell to Interns…
Stoecker and Clockwork both finished their interships with us this past Friday. Clockwork is returning to his senior year in high school. Stoecker is going to be a senior at Stanford, where he will be wrapping up his degree in Computer Science. Bo...
| August 22, 2007 -
50,000.
This Sunday, we passed the 50,000 user mark. That’s a rather large number. When I started working at ROBLOX slightly more than a year ago, I joined as user number 261. Oh yes, things were different back then… ROBLOX, August 2006: Here’s...
| August 20, 2007 -
50,000.
This Sunday, we passed the 50,000 user mark. That’s a rather large number. When I started working at ROBLOX slightly more than a year ago, I joined as user number 261. Oh yes, things were different back then…
| August 20, 2007 -
August 2007 Paintball Tournament Results
First Place – Super Mario Strikers The Super Mario Strikers each take home 2500 R$, a year’s BC membership, and the August 2007 PBT Trophy! MetalMarioArthropodablXhdZonjiape911 Second Place – Rogues of Robloxia The Rogues of Robloxia eac...
| August 17, 2007 -
Good-bye camelCase, Hello delay()
The latest build is primarily bug-fix release. However, we've added a couple of small scripting enhancements recently.
| August 17, 2007 -
Roblox Grand Melee Round 2
Round 2 has begun! There is a new layout, similar to miked’s paintball. Spectators may watch, but they may be kicked if a gladiator wants to get in. This round will end on Monday, August 20, in the afternoon.
| August 17, 2007 -
Builders Club is Here!
This is the biggest update in the history of ROBLOX. As some of you old-timers are aware, we have been working on Builders Club for months. Now it is finally ready for the masses!
| August 16, 2007 -
Roblox Grand Melee
The Roblox Grand Melee is beginning! Inspired by miked’s Paintball Tournament, this tournament will also be a Player vs. Player (PVP) tournament. However, it will be solo and it will be with the standard weapons.
| August 15, 2007 -
Mysterious Objects Sighted!
Mysterious objects have been sighted all across Robloxia! They appeared out of nowhere yesterday and many have attached themselves to the heads of Robloxians! Authorities say that they are looking into the mystery.
| August 10, 2007 -
Paintball Tournament Updates!
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday! Incredible paintball action! Skilled atheletes, armed to the teeth, will compete for distinction! Eight teams enter the gauntlet. Only one can win! It’s all going down August 11th and 12th. Mark your calendars! Mi...
| August 9, 2007