Monday, July 21, 2025

Story Post: Blueprints for Unstoppable Computers in Kiloparsec Yonder

Adminned at 23 Jul 2025 20:04:25 UTC

Players are intergalactic shipping companies building automated ships to explore the galaxy; mine for resources and claim dominion over the infinite expanse.

Comments

Clucky: he/him

21-07-2025 15:12:20 UTC

Score 2. We just did a shipping dynasty that didn’t really seem to work and nothing about the title seems to properly relate to the shipping nature of the dynasty.

JonathanDark: he/him

21-07-2025 15:52:20 UTC

An anonymous Wordsmith requested that I posted the following addendum to this Backronym:

Play occurs in two places - Earth; and a star system marked for exploitation far; far away. A portal has been just established on Gateway Prime on the star system. Each turn; you draw blueprints and sent built ships thru Gateway Prime; and research new modules with the stuff you mined and sent back to Earth. The star system rotates; which means you have to think about how to get to the resources on the planets over there and back.

Darknight: he/him

21-07-2025 16:06:22 UTC

Score 2, pretty much per clucky

Clucky: he/him

21-07-2025 16:13:43 UTC

@JonathanDark can on confirm if the addendum was something that should’ve been included in the original post but you erred and missed it, or was just a request that was sent after (which the as far as I’m aware, the rules don’t really have much to say about and thus personally I feel apt to just ignore it)

JonathanDark: he/him

21-07-2025 16:43:44 UTC

I can confirm that I did not err and miss it. Rather, the Wordsmith who authored this Backronym whished to add it to their flavor text description, but since this is an Official Post, it is regulated by the edit window and I could not add it to the description at the time that Wordsmith wished to add it.

Bucky:

21-07-2025 17:19:28 UTC

Score 1

This looks like someone has figured out what Buzzword #6 is but can’t cash in directly because it starts with the wrong letter and has thus resorted to a vaguely thematically related word salad to try to score four one-point bonuses.

Clucky: he/him

21-07-2025 17:48:36 UTC

Score 1

Punish the fish! Punish the fish!

Bucky:

21-07-2025 17:56:26 UTC

Correction: the later part is aimed at Buzzword #7 instead. It still doesn’t help because the main problems are in the logic of it, like parasec not describing an area/volume, resulting from the degree to which the words have been shoehorned together.

Trapdoorspyder: he/him

21-07-2025 21:15:15 UTC

Score 1 - Word salad anyone?

Chiiika: she/her

22-07-2025 16:52:36 UTC

Score 5; to counteract Clucky’s vote

Chiiika: she/her

22-07-2025 19:34:41 UTC

same with coppers - translation of game rules doesn’t do well against nomic.

Chiiika: she/her

22-07-2025 19:44:12 UTC

Assigning Score 3; as a symbol.

aria: she/they

22-07-2025 23:09:17 UTC

Score 2. per TDS

Josh: he/they

23-07-2025 07:32:09 UTC

Score 1. Sorry submitter. The pursuit of buzzwords has resulted in garbled nonsense.

Kevan: Yard he/him

23-07-2025 08:15:26 UTC

Score 1 for the grammar and excessive buzzing.

JonathanDark: he/him

23-07-2025 20:03:52 UTC

This Backronym is now closed.

“Computers” included all of the letters in the Buzzword in the 6th position.

“Kiloparsec” included all of the letters in the Buzzword in the 7th position.

Chiiika gained 2 Points from the median Score (doubled due to Endgame) and no other Points due to this Backronym being a Flop.