Talk:Quest for the Golden Waffle

''This is the center/hub for postings on my story, Quest For The Golden Waffle. I will occasionally post upcoming sneak previews for new chapters in my book. Feel free to post feedback, ideas, images, and other stuff on here!'' Explorer 767

Plot Sneak Peeks

 * Sneak Peek 1: Explorer, Fred, Barkjon, and Keyser are on vacation at Dorkugal. While they are slurping smoothies at Pie Bay, Barkjon inexplicably finds some hiking equipment in his smoothie cup. The quartet go hiking in the Dorkugese jungle, and come across a horde of Focci, which they defeat at the edge of a cliff. This causes a rockslide, and the penguins fall into a cave, where they meet an old programmer called Isadore Base Macrosky (see below), who owns and operates an ancient computer mainframe, which has crashed. Explorer is holding the smoothie cup, which has a strange logo that resembles a waffle on it. IBM sees the logo and "senses greatness in him (Explorer)". After several arguments, inslusts to Fred hurled by IBM, and a battle of which technology is better, Explorer reluctantly decides to fix the mainframe. Surprisingly, he succeeds! As thanks, IBM makes him an "Honarary Programmer", and gives him a sheet of paper that was printed after the repair. Isadore insists on coming with them, and after they agree, he gets all kinds of outdated technology such as (insert vintage technology here) and sets off with our heroes into the great unknow. IBM and the penguins take the papers with them, only to face the recovered Focci at the cave opening...
 * Sneak Peek 2: There might be a series of books, the working series title is Order Of The Pancake. Explorer 767 00:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Isadore Base Macrosky (or IBM for short)

 * Purpose: Operates 1950s-esque mainframe
 * Information
 * He consistently mocks Fred for his lack in computer skills (remember he's a math geek).
 * He uses computer terms instead of normal words on a constant basis.
 * IBM is hard of hearing and easily forgets what he was talking about mid-conversation.
 * IBM insists that his old-timey mainframe is better than a modern day computer (though he's wrong).
 * He came to Dorkugal before the Dorkugese.
 * He is a very, very, old penguin.
 * Will be a major character in the book.

Perra Bola

 * Purpose: At this stage he is a hobo Focci. Soon he wil form his own clan.
 * Information
 * Was banished from his clan for being a "goodie-goodie".
 * Has an evil brother: Hypir Bola.
 * Is one of the only good Focci.

Quotes

 * Fred 676: Shoo, you nasty diminished ellipses, or I'll whack the radii out of ya!

IBM: Oh come on! An abacus could do it, sonny! It's just a simple binary sequence! Fred: I give up. IBM: That's Binary Code for "I told you that you are a NOOB!" Hee hee hee HAAAHHHH (wheezing sound)!! (Explorer overhears. He takes out a shovel and knocks IBM unconsious.) Explorer: By the way, 0101010001101000011000010111010000100111011100110010000001100110011011110111001000100000011100110110000101111001011010010110111001100111001000000100011001110010011001010110010000100111011100110010000001100001001000000110111001101111011011110110001000101110
 * Fred: (while trying to switch the system to standby) Phooey! Where in the name of integrals is the master switch? Doesn't this thing have a Ctrl-Alt-Delete function? Argh! I've got you now, you impudent little CPU!
 * Explorer: (yawning carelessly) The thing doesn't have a keyboard, Fred. Maybe you should rewire the AND/OR pathways, and maybe tinker a little with the fractal resistors. Then, rewind the magnetic tape to the beginning. Oh, and did you check the frontal diodes? They might be faulty.
 * Keyser: AAAH! A Focci!!!
 * IBM (see above): You crazy kids! Get off my mainframe! Fred: (in response) ...does he mean "lawn"? IBM: My hearing does not compute, sonny. Increase your volume!
 * IBM: Shut your output! I'm a-talking here!
 * IBM: (to a Focci) Well, you certainly are 8-bit, aren't ya?
 * Fred: How do you work this thing? IBM: (senile) I don't tell you how to program your life!
 * IBM: (points to a light bulb-ish item) That there's a vacuum tube. It "PWNS" yer fancy newfangled transistors. Explorer: Don't those things blow up daily? IBM: No, you ninny! (a faint explosion is heard) IBM: yes...
 * IBM: (to Explorer) You think you've got it so good with yer mice 'n keyboards 'n graphical shells... well, ya don't! Your noob friend can't even use a seventeen line William tube! Fred: I am not a noob! Math is my skill, not running a machine with less memory than a floppy disk! IBM: Youngin', you are so a noob. Your noob status does not even compute. Fred: (angrily) I AM NOT A NOOB! IBM: What were we talking about? I lost my file. Explorer: Which proves the necessity of AutoSave. IBM: AutoSave's for wimps!
 * IBM: So whippersnapper: ya think yer not a Noob? Fred: I am SO not a noob! IMB: Okay! Decode this! (IBM hands Fred some punch tape) The text reads: 01001001001000000111010001101111011011000110010000100000011110010110111101110101001000000111010001101000011000010111010000100000011110010110111101110101001000000110000101110010011001010010000001100001001000000100111001001111010011110100001000100001 (courtesy of this site) Fred: ...

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