…did you mean “along with a true ending”? Because “instead of” is precisely what I fear, but your links seem to indicate that we might get both endings? I don’t understand, and Three Worlds Collide predates my awareness of Less Wrong so I don’t have firsthand knowledge of exactly how that went down.
I think he meant that in case of failure, the happy ending will simply become the “false ending” instead of the “true ending”. Since we get both either way, there really isn’t a difference.
With a sudden motion, the Confessor’s arm swept out...
… and anesthetized the Lord Pilot.
… [This option will become the True Ending only if someone suggests it in the comments before the previous ending is posted tomorrow. Otherwise, the first ending is the True one.]
…did you mean “along with a true ending”? Because “instead of” is precisely what I fear, but your links seem to indicate that we might get both endings? I don’t understand, and Three Worlds Collide predates my awareness of Less Wrong so I don’t have firsthand knowledge of exactly how that went down.
I think he meant that in case of failure, the happy ending will simply become the “false ending” instead of the “true ending”. Since we get both either way, there really isn’t a difference.
Gotcha. As long as we do get to read the full, complete, unbesmirched and unabridged “good” ending, I can live with that.
Yes. The exact phrasing of the challenge was: