Count to 5,000 Inklings

[G1ng3rGar1]

121 Total Stars in Super Mario Galaxy

 

[Anaru]

but how

Just a coincidence.

120 main Stars or Shines in all 3D Mario games.

Except for over half of them*

122 BCE is the year Emporer Xillius VIX of Australia was crowned (and dethroned. 122 BCE was a very interesting year to live through)

 

[Cuttleshock]

Xillius? Wonder if there's any inspiration for one of my favourite JRPGs. And VIX, really? I can't... even tell what that's meant to be. 4? Or maybe that's just his name (verrry subtle reverse Sonic reference there).

Just a coincidence.

But how do you know, I meant.

Except for over half of them*

Main. 121st Star in Galaxy is weird, and the rest are duplicates. 121st Star in Galaxy 2 isn't available until after completing all Green Star challenges, right? Or, like, rather, there are 120 Stars available before completing the story. Not sure about SM64DS, though, I admit - that's got something with Silver Stars, but I figure those aren't included in the 150.

Uh, 123 is a cute number.

 

[G1ng3rGar1]

124 Inklings!

Geez, they're multiplying!

 

[Anaru]

Xillius? Wonder if there's any inspiration for one of my favourite JRPGs. And VIX, really? I can't... even tell what that's meant to be. 4? Or maybe that's just his name (verrry subtle reverse Sonic reference there).

I just made up a silly, impossible fact. Xillius was somehow the first name that I thought of (I doubt it's a real name, but it sounds nice), and it sounded far-fetched, so I chose that. VIX is an impossible roman numeral that's not related to Sonic at all. Umm, wait, I re-read your post, did you actually believe some of that? You wouldn't say that you thought it inspired a video game character if you knew that it didn't actually exist. But, it's past 2:30 AM where you are, and you must be very tired, so I'll forgive you.

But how do you know, I meant.

Like this.

I can just look myself for the number nearest to the next post I'd make here. Then I input the C value in a different program.

Then I can copy that into WolframAlpha to check if it's correct.

Not sure about SM64DS, though, I admit - that's got something with Silver Stars, but I figure those aren't included in the 150.

SM64DS's silver stars are basically just 5 red coins that are slightly more difficult to obtain. It has 150 since it added lots of content.

And I saw a house decorated for Haloween today... it's still almost two months away! Why are you decorating your house already?

We've completed 2.5% of the journey to 5,000 posts, so I'll get to the current number by using 2 5's. 5! + 5

 

[Cuttleshock]

Alt-126 on Windows summons that most important of pieces of punctuation, the tilde~

But, it's past 2:30 AM where you are, and you must be very tired, so I'll forgive you.

I feel like I should feel patronised. I trusted you! I didn't think that Australia had an imperial system like that but then again, what do I know about Australia? It has arguably my favourite mammal and that's about it.

It has 150 since it added lots of content.

Right, right. But it's not an original 3D Mario game, sooo my point stands in my eyes.

 

[G1ng3rGar1]

127 Inklings

 

[Anaru]

2^7 inklings

 

[G1ng3rGar1]

2^7 inklings

Dang it I wanted that number

Spoiler: Mostly because I wanted to say

1+1=2
2+2=4
4+4=8
8+8=16
16+16=32
32+32=64
64+64=128
(And got a bit beyond this but you know :P)

129 Inklings!

 

[Cuttleshock]

You took a post too early, Gari, but I guess it's acceptable as the result of negligence rather than actively forcing the thread to move faster.

130 lies between two primes and does... not rearrange to make two primes (discounting numbers beginning in 0), as 301 = 7×43. Shame.

EDIT: ... 129 isn't prime. Oh.

 

[Anaru]

41+43+47

Alt-126 on Windows summons that most important of pieces of punctuation, the tilde~

~ looks pretty, but what does it do? The only time I use it is when writing letters (which is very rarely), in which I put it before my name at the end.

I trusted you!

Trusted? Do you no longer trust me?

1+1=2
2+2=4
4+4=8
8+8=16
16+16=32
32+32=64
64+64=128
(And got a bit beyond this but you know :p)

Spoiler: A bit beyond that

128+128=256
256+256=512
512+512=1024
1024+1024=2048
2048+2048=4096
4096+4096=8192
8192+8192=16384
16384+16384=32768
32768+32768=65536
65536+65536=131072
131072+131072=262144
262144+262144=524288
524288+524288=1048576
1048576+1048576=2097152
2097152+2097152=4194304
4194304+4194304=8388608
8388608+8388608=16777216
16777216+16777216=33554432
33554432+33554432=67108864
67108864+67108864=134217728
134217728+134217728=268435456
268435456+268435456=536870912
536870912+536870912=1073741824

 

[G1ng3rGar1]

You took a post too early, Gari, but I guess it's acceptable as the result of negligence rather than actively forcing the thread to move faster.

130 lies between two primes and does... not rearrange to make two primes (discounting numbers beginning in 0), as 301 = 7×43. Shame.

Oh crap sorry XD just noticed

Anyway
11*12 Inklings!

 

[Cuttleshock]

4×3^3 + 3×2^3 + 1×1^3... yeah, I couldn't come up with anything about 133.

Trusted? Do you no longer trust me?

I trusted you on that one point. I continue to trust you in other points, but I will now maintain a healthy level of suspicion about your knowledge of pre-colonial Australia.

~ looks pretty, but what does it do?

You answered your own question~

 

[Anaru]

your knowledge of pre-colonial Australia.

Literally none. Actually, I suppose animals and plants existed there, so I know extremely obvious facts about it.

134... If you add 13^2 to 14^2, you get 365, the number of days in a year.

 

[G1ng3rGar1]

4×3^3 + 3×2^3 + 1×1^3... yeah, I couldn't come up with anything about 133.

I trusted you on that one point. I continue to trust you in other points, but I will now maintain a healthy level of suspicion about your knowledge of pre-colonial Australia.

You answered your own question~

It's actually Japanese punctuation, but I forget what it does

135 Inklings

 

[Cuttleshock]

Awh, I was almost onto a good one! 135 = 6^3 - 5^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 2^3 - 1^3. But this is 136, so. Made up of three consecutive triangular numbers, like.

 

[Anaru]

I reversed that and switched the symbols and now it equals 137
1^3+2^3-3^3+4^3-5^3+6^3

Earlier today, I somehow bent a spoon while scooping ice cream out of a container. Oops.

 

[BlackWolf//WhiteAngel]

138 Inklings!

 

[Mr. 9]

139 inklings, the population is growing! Looks like we found another prime number. For you number theory lovers out there, I won’t pretend to have conjured this up, but:

139 is the sum of five consecutive prime numbers (19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37).

 

[Anaru]

14^2 - (14 × 4)