So I was doing my thing, you know. Cruising on through the various labyrinthine monoliths that make up the internet.
Then I found a little website called dirkstrider.net.
Now, I don't usually get intrigued by a lot of things, but this in particular caught my eye. I can remember trying to find websites named after characters a while back and dirkstrider.net didn't seem to net any results. But, at some point, it started to, I guess.
What do you guys think about it?
oh my god???
this looks insane
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
damn this is really interesting
i'm mail main
just finished going through this. pretty god damn amazing!
i wonder how long itll be until the next directory is opened? i hope il be able to find it as quick as i stumbled into this!
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
It is pretty cool. Fitting of it to pop in out of nowhere as well, given the nature of it, really. I'm right beside you in wondering when there'll be a new update.
NEW FOLDER UNLOCKED!!!!
but it looks like theres no proving the real dirk strider business... dang...!
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
oh wow, we are really getting all the cards on the table here! its kind of scary?
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
actually... with how it just updated after 2 hours, that means it might update even more through the day!
it probably wont! or at least im hoping it wont, but it might!
oh i hope i dont end up missing something because of a day long happening
wait...!
dir can mean directory, but it can also just be short for dirk!
...hm!
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
oh, fascinating. i am a bit curious about how official it really is but i imagine that'll come to light eventually. whoever's running it seems to know their stuff, though, so i cant cast too much doubt.. especially considering how "branded" it is.
god, i'm so glad hsbc is getting more 'multimedia' if this really is official. that's so fucking cool. i'm kind of curious if there's any inspo taken from the bit of homeslice where you can talk to (a) dirk? but no one knows aside from god.
Wait - what? This is 100% official. Just done reading what's there.
How often did it update in these past hours? What wasn't there that it is now?
i've been trying to take a crack at the html/javascript in the website (against dirks wishes. sorry) the dir/convo/real is completely inaccessible, its really locked tight.
i will be checking the website every 30 min and leave my updates here!! u guys should too!!
https://dirkstrider.net/
"The satyrs are about to make their grand entrance. You'll meet them soon enough - we're talking narrative days, not years."
Narrative days is a weird statement. Does this not take place on a single date? That doesn't make sense. However, if this is about the metanarrative, so the story being posted on the internet, I wonder if this implies we'll get daily updates. We've already gotten two updates days apart, so perhaps?
@mameto
at first view, it only contained the intro monologue and led to the dir/home page, wherein the only thread was the "Real Dirk Strider" thread, which seemed inaccessible!
in this update 2 hours later, the first thread was labeled as locked, and the second thread about deltritus was put in for realsies!
there *is* actually a page for the dir/convo/real (its an actual page different from other 404's), and theres a secret in the html of it.
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
@docscratch
Yeah I too found that to be some weird phrasing. But, while I believe they will update at least twice in a month now, I doubt they will shower us with updates in the following days.
Happy to be proven wrong. In fact, the existence of this website challenges my expectations already.
Of course, this could be a troll site. I think there's a lot of discrepancies with how canon content of Dirk is written now, like the fact that it uses a pesterlog layout instead of the Epilogues font.
okay the image seems to not have appended. heres what the secret text in it is then!
"You probably didn't know that. What else is there you don't know about me? Who knows, really."
it is in the head part of the html!
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
@captivatinggodsend
Actually it did append, it just took a while to load.
I just want to say that the message you see there is present in all pages. Dirk is talking about the div above. Meaning:
<meta property="og:title" content="Web design is my passion.">
<meta property="og:description" content="You probably didn't know that. What else is there you don't know about me? Who knows, really.">
So there's no easter egg in the html of /real, I think.
@mateto
ah dang! well thats a shame!
"ok, i can move. sorry for getting everything wet, ive been crying for the past 20 or so minutes"
This is so cool wtf
Read the Epilogues. It's quick, it's easy, and it's free!
re: docscratch
I seriously doubt it's a troll site. Not only did Dirk relay information about HSBC that we didn't know yet, (like satyrs using thermal technology, as well as the differences between satyrs and nymphs) but also the site's url is literally dirkstrider.net which is probably impossible to get if u havent copyrighted that character name (right?_