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Posted March 01, 2012
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tarangwydion: There is such thing as Happy Leap Year? :-O
well I couldn't stand the thought of you missing all the fun. here ya go!

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0
Posted March 01, 2012
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tarangwydion: There is such thing as Happy Leap Year? :-O
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abolat: well I couldn't stand the thought of you missing all the fun. here ya go!

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0
I have it, still thanks. Those are on Steam, right? :)
Posted March 01, 2012
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abolat: well I couldn't stand the thought of you missing all the fun. here ya go!

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0
I have it, still thanks. Those are on Steam, right? :)
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ZPavelZ:
yep :)
Posted March 01, 2012
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ZPavelZ: Yeah... well my point was that IF you say 24th is your leap day (+1 day for leap year) you would still end the February with 29? Does that not automatically make 29 February the leap day instead of 24th? Or would you have 24 of February two times in a row? (as in 24-1 Feb, than 24-2 Feb).
I don't know how the brain woked on the person who came up with the idea to add a day between what is normally day 52 and 53 (of the year) rather than between 59 and 60. Seen from that viewpoint, both seem pretty much equally arbitrary, though counting days of the month (as is more common) rather than days of the year, the latter seems more reasonable.
Posted March 01, 2012
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ZPavelZ: Yeah... well my point was that IF you say 24th is your leap day (+1 day for leap year) you would still end the February with 29? Does that not automatically make 29 February the leap day instead of 24th? Or would you have 24 of February two times in a row? (as in 24-1 Feb, than 24-2 Feb).
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Miaghstir: I don't know how the brain woked on the person who came up with the idea to add a day between what is normally day 52 and 53 (of the year) rather than between 59 and 60. Seen from that viewpoint, both seem pretty much equally arbitrary, though counting days of the month (as is more common) rather than days of the year, the latter seems more reasonable.
Well yeah, since February anyway always was two days shorter than other months it kind of made sense to add something in the end. However, I really do wander just how exactly the numbering of a leap month would go if 24th would be the leap day. Because, if you say "24th is leap day but the month will end on 29th" that will technically make 29th the leap day I think. The only thing I could come up with would be 24-1 and 24-2, which is wacky.
Posted March 01, 2012
has anyone redeemed these keys?

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0

let the leap continue!
Posted March 01, 2012
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abolat: has anyone redeemed these keys?

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0

let the leap continue!
Already have it too. Thanks and someone grab it so the leap can progress :D
Posted March 01, 2012
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ZPavelZ: Well yeah, since February anyway always was two days shorter than other months it kind of made sense to add something in the end. However, I really do wander just how exactly the numbering of a leap month would go if 24th would be the leap day. Because, if you say "24th is leap day but the month will end on 29th" that will technically make 29th the leap day I think. The only thing I could come up with would be 24-1 and 24-2, which is wacky.
I know, I know. As I said, I don't know how the brain of said person worked (but I do enjoy figuring out really insane explanations to make things like this seem reasonable). I didn't even know about it until yesterday (though I seem to recall gaining the same information many years ago, back when I didn't bother thinking about how stuff worked).

Put it this way, think of each day having some (unknown) name, beyond the numbers we call them by. I'll use colours for now, with common month and number in parenthesis.

Normal year would be:
green (Feb 22), blue (Feb 23), red (Feb 24), orage (Feb 25), yellow (Feb 26)

Leap year would be:
green (Feb 22), blue (Feb 23), purple (Feb 24), red (Feb 25), orange (Feb 26), yellow (Feb 27)

We added a day ("purple") between "blue" and "red", since all days after "blue" are moved forward one step, they get a new number. Then in March the (never actually used) naming scheme changes to canine animals, just so that whatever colour Feb28 is doesn't become Mar1 and we accidentally add a day at the end of december instead.

F*ck, I don't know... none of this makes sense, and I don't actually care about it, but my brain doesn't always work in rational ways.
Posted March 01, 2012
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Miaghstir: Normal year would be:
green (Feb 22), blue (Feb 23), red (Feb 24), orage (Feb 25), yellow (Feb 26)

Leap year would be:
green (Feb 22), blue (Feb 23), purple (Feb 24), red (Feb 25), orange (Feb 26), yellow (Feb 27)
Well yeah that would make sense actually. If every month you would have a new denotation system for days and they are not interdependent that should have not been a problem. :) But than that system should have been created before the calendar as we know it today was introduced. I wander than how did people than know there was supposed to be a leap year/day. :P But this kind of makes sense indeed. Or another thing is - if you only have names for days of the weeks (moon day, etc. sun day), and would throw in another "leap day" every now and than that could also work.
Posted March 01, 2012
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ZPavelZ: Or another thing is - if you only have names for days of the weeks (moon day, etc. sun day), and would throw in another "leap day" every now and than that could also work.
This is pretty much how the Chinese calendar does it (as far as I've understood), they throw in a non-numbered leap month between the years every once in a while (of course, since the month has no number, or year, it's associated with with bad luck in various ways).
Posted March 01, 2012
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ZPavelZ: Or another thing is - if you only have names for days of the weeks (moon day, etc. sun day), and would throw in another "leap day" every now and than that could also work.
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Miaghstir: This is pretty much how the Chinese calendar does it (as far as I've understood), they throw in a non-numbered leap month between the years every once in a while (of course, since the month has no number, or year, it's associated with with bad luck in various ways).
Wow I did not know about this. Thanks for the info, I will try to investigate someday.

P.S. for everyone else bored with leap numbering I repeat the message:

has anyone redeemed these keys?

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0

let the leap continue!
Posted March 01, 2012
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tarangwydion: There is such thing as Happy Leap Year? :-O
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abolat: well I couldn't stand the thought of you missing all the fun. here ya go!

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0
The game look cute, so I couldn't resist.

Thank you for the game! :)

I can't give a game now because I am broke but in a month or two, I will do a small giveaway!
Posted March 01, 2012
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abolat: well I couldn't stand the thought of you missing all the fun. here ya go!

toki tori 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF, 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0
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Suzaku-sama: The game look cute, so I couldn't resist.

Thank you for the game! :)

I can't give a game now because I am broke but in a month or two, I will do a small giveaway!
It would be nice, if you told us which of the codes you redeemed so that we'd know which one is still available. Enjoy! :)
Post edited March 01, 2012 by ZPavelZ
Posted March 01, 2012
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Suzaku-sama: The game look cute, so I couldn't resist.

Thank you for the game! :)

I can't give a game now because I am broke but in a month or two, I will do a small giveaway!
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ZPavelZ: It would be nice, if you told us which of the codes you redeemed so that we'd know which one is still available. Enjoy! :)
I think the code was 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF.

But I am not sure, so the next person should try the second code ( 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0 ) and if it's not working, take the first code.
Post edited March 01, 2012 by Suzaku-sama
Posted March 01, 2012
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ZPavelZ: It would be nice, if you told us which of the codes you redeemed so that we'd know which one is still available. Enjoy! :)
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Suzaku-sama: I think the code was 2PJE3-MP8D8-2RMBF.

But I am not sure, so the next person should try the second code ( 2IZP0-7ZYR8-68GH0 ) and if it's not working, take the first code.
2nd one redeemed by me
Post edited March 01, 2012 by mrmarioanonym
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