general

[eternal mango]

I'm not an invalid

lol

[meager kernel]

i had the worst back pain when i injured myself in a deadlift

my lower back ached for a week

[eternal mango]

When I was younger I did a lot of work that wasn't good for the back

Being a tall person, that made things worse

[meager kernel]

how tall are you

[eternal mango]

When I quit that job things got a lot better

And even better when I got the right mattress

6ft 4

[lofty warren]

wrong chat sr

[meager kernel]

also how do you maintain such a majestic beard

[meager kernel]

holy damn

[eternal mango]

Sheer laziness

[meager kernel]

😭

you have a genuinely good beard

i have a beard too and its difficult to maintain sometimes

i wish i have a beard like you someday

[eternal mango]

The only maintenance a beard should require is a stroke now and then, especially when contemplating the intricacies of the universal truth

[meager kernel]

deep

well i should genuinely study

wasted too much time

cya guys

[eternal mango]

Laters 🙂

[hollow void]

gootbye kratos from God of Waru2122

u2122

dammit trying to type the little TM symbol but i failed, joke ruined

[scenic maple]

™

[eternal mango]

Team work makes the dream work

[hollow void]

also how do i change screen name for this server?

or does it take the account you signed up with?

[green kite]

it takes the name from your account @hollow void

your HTB account

[hollow void]

ah well then

oh well

[scenic maple]

https://account.hackthebox.com/user-settings

[hollow void]

i just wanted my pfp to match my name

man the command and conquer tiberian sun OST has some bangers for when im doing modules, Elusive, Link up, Scouting, Hacker, heroism (remix) and pharotek (remix) is some real good music to listen to

[green kite]

that was such a great game

[eternal mango]

Damn throw back right there

How about NiN on Q2?

Or was that just Reznor

Ahh yeah, just Trent on that

[hollow void]

I never played it but i saw that tats top videos video about the top 30 dangerous computer viruses, and that was one of the songs they used as background music ( hacker and Link up) and those stuck with me

[eternal mango]

Q2 sound track is bangin

[hollow void]

and that video singlehandedly started my obsession with cybersecurity and such

[eternal mango]

That video, is from 2014?

Not judging, just thought based upon what you said about Tiberian Sun you were an 80s kid too 😄

[hollow void]

yeah, its an oldie, nah im 23

but i was raised kind of 90's-2000's ish

[eternal mango]

All good all good 🙂

[hollow void]

i remember when i was like 14 i put kali linux on a disc and i set up a virtual machine on my PC to run it, and i realized the minimum kali was asking for 512mb of RAM, my computer itself only had 512mb of RAM, it was a ACER workstation from 2006

[frigid mountain]

:d

:d

😄

[desert cargo]

Tiberian sun was a command and conquer release :)

[frigid mountain]

got a cool Palo Alto Networks event to go to today

gonna get to test drive their security stuff

[eternal mango]

Yeah I know, I played it as a kid lol

[desert cargo]

Same haha

Well mainly the remastered red alert one cause not even 20 yet

[eternal mango]

Hax

[frigid mountain]

full day SecOps workshop at a local uni hub, mix of threat intel talks plus SIEM, EDR, and firewall labs.

no work for me and I'll probably get done early

[eternal mango]

I played it OG on an AMD k62 beast

That beast was fast

Hahah

[frigid mountain]

i need to switch back to making coldbrew coffee. Way cheaper and healthier than these energy drinks

I'm up to like 3/day

sugar free obvi

[eternal mango]

Check this 😄

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1pe2dnn/ancient_3dfx_voodoo2_graphics_card_coaxed_into/

Ancient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system — 12MB relic from 1998 successfully runs Quake 2 but crumbles in SLI configuration

Voodoo2 GPU was the dogs bollocks then

A whopping 12MB of memory

[frigid mountain]

I think I had a Voodoo2 and it was a big upgrade

it was "the card to have"

[eternal mango]

Switching to OpenGL

It was life changing

[frigid mountain]

yeah

[obtuse fern]

12MB of memory? Fancy!

[frigid mountain]

My thing was Unreal Tournament back then

[eternal mango]

Ahhhhh memories..

ULTRAKILL

[frigid mountain]

one shot kills plus giant head mod

and low grav obvi

[obtuse fern]

had an old tower that boasted about 128MB of storage on it's sticker

[frigid mountain]

those mid air snipes were amazing

[eternal mango]

hehehe

[obtuse fern]

shame had to get rid of it

[eternal mango]

I still got one of those old drives somewhere

No way on earth it still works

But it's a keepsake

[obtuse fern]

i was gonna retroshell/sleepershell it

[eternal mango]

everything was beige then

[obtuse fern]

which do you prefer 90's beige or millenial grey

[eternal mango]

Machine before that, DX2, it had a TURBO button 🤣

[obtuse fern]

DDR1 -> DDR2 was mindblowing advancements

[eternal mango]

So much as I hate it, I gotta go with the beige

Those IBM keyboards

You could beat a whale to death with them

They had WEIGHT

[obtuse fern]

ohhh speaking of keyboards lemme see if i can find it rq

[eternal mango]

@sturdy thistle Keyboard incoming

[eternal mango]

Ohhhhhh that's it

[obtuse fern]

Forgive the angle, cant be fucked to find a proper one

[eternal mango]

Ah I meant to ping someone else

Sorry Mickhat

[livid vine]

My first computer was a ZX Spectrum with a whopping 16KB of RAM. Can you beat that? 😄

[eternal mango]

I think?

[obtuse fern]

but it is a full 101/102 KB

AND it was made during the transition period between old/new IBM PCs

googled what the toggle was for on the bottom

[exotic pendant]

[eternal mango]

Ahhh yeah it was someone else pretty sure.. someone in HTB that makes kickass keyboards

[obtuse fern]

i need to give it some TLC and probably some DIY to convert the PS/2 to a USB (or just buy a converter)

[eternal mango]

BBC Micro

My dad had an early Mac as well I'm sure

I vividly remember the rainbow apple

[livid vine]

Nice! A or B?

B had twice as much RAM as A and the ZX

[eternal mango]

I think it was this?

[livid vine]

That's beautiful

[eternal mango]

Not 100% sure though

He used to work with punchcards programming in a previous role lol

before he took over the scrap yard, and started driving a crane

[livid vine]

Amazing

My first "proper" computer was an 8086. That was a beast when it came out 😄

8" floppies

[eternal mango]

I've still got his ZX Spectrum somewhere, the one with the rubber keys

[eternal mango]

ACTUAL floppies

[livid vine]

I wish I still had mine 🙁

[eternal mango]

I remember as akid going to boot fairs.. more often than not, I'd come away with yet another C64

[livid vine]

Yeah. I can't remember the capacity though. do you?

[eternal mango]

THey never worked, but eventually I made one work

Uhhhh not a lot

[livid vine]

Found it, it was 80 KB 😄

[eternal mango]

No idea off the top of my head tbh

I do remember having to reel back the spool of tapes when loading a game on the C64 though

[livid vine]

Equivalent to approx 3K punched cards 😄

[eternal mango]

Pencils

Computers best friend

[livid vine]

I had also the previous one, the Commodore 16 🙂

[sturdy thistle]

No worries

[livid vine]

Commodore 64 was so wildly popular in the 80s and early 90s

[sturdy thistle]

Still a keyboard

[eternal mango]

Fond memories when the Amiga 1200 hit, the magazine market really picked up

£10,000 FREE SOFTWARE INCLUDED

[cerulean bloom]

I'm back 🙂

[eternal mango]

wait... it's a freakin garden designer

[livid vine]

That's another brand that was very popular and sucessful for a while and then disappeared

[eternal mango]

MAKES BEST GARDEN EVER

[cerulean bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/grandpa-simpson-bushes-gif-12062333

[eternal mango]

There's some sense of joy I don't think I'll ever find again that I got from loading up a fresh floppy disk from a magazine, and messing with software I never had any intention of ever using again

[thick forge]

my cat ran away again to my neighbour house

[eternal mango]

I'm not saying there's not a sense of joy that can't beat it

but I just mea, it's a different joy

[thick forge]

but now he leave the neighour house and he is on the grass

[eternal mango]

Awh no, go get them back!

[livid vine]

I totally know the feeling

[thick forge]

i waiting in my neighbour house around 30 min, he apear just 1 time and then leave when i trow water

[livid vine]

Do you remember the trick to increase the capacity of a 720KB floppy disk to 1.44MB? You just had to make a hole in the right place 😄

[thick forge]

so now i only gonna wait, in some time he gonna be hungry and i assume he gonna come back

then i gonna close the door

🤣

my mom was talking on the phone when he ran away

[eternal mango]

Are you UK kypanz? Don't have to answer if you don't want to

Anyway, was gonna ask if you remember CDROM Today, the magazine

(yes, uncs be talking, deal with it)

[exotic pendant]

😄

[eternal mango]

https://archive.org/details/CDROMToday/CD-ROM Today Issue 1 (Summer 1993)/

Step back in time with me

I think that's the US edition, but you get the idea

😅

[supple plume]

I'm so burnt out of this frickass job

[eternal mango]

🙁 duuude

[supple plume]

Drains all my mental energy

[eternal mango]

I do that too

Look up

I think I'm draining everyone's mental energy right now

[supple plume]

Wdym

[eternal mango]

I was trying to be funny

[supple plume]

Oh sorry

[eternal mango]

Going unc mode

It's fine

That reaction is common when I try to be funny

[supple plume]

Hahaha

[eternal mango]

😄

[supple plume]

Unintended

[eternal mango]

Man I can't stop looking through these once I start

Anyway sorry

[obtuse fern]

Back when games were focused on fun over graphics

[supple plume]

Nono good I like to checknthe chat and think about something else

[supple plume]

What is this?

[eternal mango]

There's a link above, it's the first edition of a magazine called CDRomToday from the 90s

[obtuse fern]

imagine showing a gamer from the 90s a modern game that requires constant updates and isn't even fully finished

[supple plume]

These kind of old games were the golden ones

Those remind me of Heroes might and magic 2 💪

[obtuse fern]

remember test CDs

[supple plume]

I remember playing as a kid all those games and didn't know english

[obtuse fern]

I can't remember which HoMM it was but it was on the GBC

[supple plume]

So it was all about try wth everything does

And memorizing what it does

I learnt english about 3-4 years ago

[supple plume]

So a lot of my gaming experience was losing the games the dumbest way

But fun anyway

[eternal mango]

Some of the adverts they had were pretty... adventurous

[obtuse fern]

Dune
It always comes back around to whomever controls the spice doesn't it

[thick forge]

sorry i was talking with my mom, no i am from Chile but i live in Argentina, i am from South America

[supple plume]

Neeetro

[eternal mango]

There was literally uhhm.. adverts for, adult material, right there

These weren't top shelf mags

[thick forge]

says :

File cannot be found in Item.

i remember my first computer was one with win 95 but i not remember these magazine because i born in 1995, to be honest i have a little nostalgie when i was a child with my computers, some times i wanna back these times

[eternal mango]

I got them on a subscription each month as a kid 🤣

Try https://archive.org/details/CDROMToday ?

[supple plume]

Youre from 1995?

[thick forge]

this one works, now i am looking the magazine 👀

[thick forge]

yes sir

[eternal mango]

Enjoy 😄

[supple plume]

I am from 1995 too

[livid vine]

So many youngsters here

[thick forge]

i was notice some time ago the some new kids are trying to back to the cd rom things

and the old phones too, because he have less distractions

[eternal mango]

Phones?!

[supple plume]

I will get one of these stonage nokia phones some day

[eternal mango]

You had PHONES

🤣

[thick forge]

i mean

🤣

[obtuse fern]

@eternal mango holy shit the marketing genius

[thick forge]

the old mobile phones like sonic ericson and nokia things

[eternal mango]

AKA bullshit

[supple plume]

I had a bigol nokia

[eternal mango]

I swear those optimisation and space saving programs never did ANYTHING

[supple plume]

Indestructibles

[thick forge]

like this ones : https://search.brave.com/images?q=soni+ericson+w300

[obtuse fern]

But let's be real would you NOT buy an uninstaller labeled 'WindoWasher,' if not solely because of the name?

[thick forge]

i remember when i was a kid i have these w300 mobile phone

[eternal mango]

Well, not when I could get it included as shareware on a CDRom Today magazine for the cheap cheap price of £9.99!!!

[thick forge]

with some codes to bypass the volume

[eternal mango]

Dude..

Freakin MYST

Ok sorry

This is totally essentially a replay of last time I went through these magazines

[rose onyx]

Grab your pitchfork, I didn't like myst

[eternal mango]

It's ok... there's John Schumacher's New Prague Hotel Cookbook for you

[obtuse fern]

New Prague? where's old prague?

[thick forge]

cd rom network wtf, searching

[eternal mango]

p.s. cats were still stupid

[thick forge]

A CD-ROM network allows multiple users on a local area network (LAN) to share access to CD-ROM drives and their data, providing a cost-effective alternative to individual CD-ROM workstations

[obtuse fern]

The Internet is for Cats

[supple plume]

Takinalochia

Technolochia

[thick forge]

Taknolochiaaa

🤣

[supple plume]

Tekinoloooogchia

[obtuse fern]

CD-ROM - Cats Dummy-Rely On Mice

[thick forge]

i see a lot of these videos saying teknolooochia in youtube 🤣

[lofty warren]

[supple plume]

You've seen the original?

[thick forge]

no xD

but i suspect a diy tech

[supple plume]

It's a man with an anvil hammering a piece of metal

Hard until it becomes red

And then lights a cigarette and his friends go:

TAKINALOOOGIA

[thick forge]

i need that video

g0blin these magazines in that time comes with cd-rom i think, i am right ?

or just the magazine

[eternal mango]

Yes that's right

They came with a load of shareware and demos

Usually some full versions of educational software

There are ISOs around on archive.org also

[lime trout]

why n ot a 1/4" floppy

[obtuse fern]

let me be with my v1.0 buggy mess

[eternal mango]

Well.. it was't Floppy Today

That was for the noobs without a CDROM DRIVE

[obtuse fern]

Anyway; good morning everyone

[eternal mango]

Good morning 🙂

[thick forge]

yes, is very interesting the archive website, some time a ago i read some old magazine about some anime things too

[eternal mango]

.....

[neon zealot]

😭

[thick forge]

good morning sir

[eternal mango]

Ok enough, sorry

[thick forge]

what ? XD

[neon zealot]

@thick forge i have been doing fortress sir kypanz today from the morning its been like more than 8 9 hours and , the thing is

[eternal mango]

It's from that magazine

[supple plume]

I tried hard but couldn't find it, if it pops up I'll share it here

[eternal mango]

Advert for a CD with images of young animals, apparently..

[thick forge]

but how you can own 100 animals xD

[obtuse fern]

royalty free animal photos HELL YEAH

[thick forge]

ohh

[eternal mango]

WAY COOL

[neon zealot]

@supple plume @thick forge i cannot solve more than this ig its so hard

😭

[thick forge]

[rose onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/zoobooks-tiger-gif-21009336

[thick forge]

i gonna try to find it at the night too

[lofty warren]

[green kite]

nice!!!

[obtuse fern]

hey, I know where that is

W

[thick forge]

take a break, some times helps to clarify the way to solve machines

[rose onyx]

Did you also get the tiger poster?

[supple plume]

I FREAKING FOUND IT CHAT

[neon zealot]

come dms

i need ur help @lofty warren

[supple plume]

https://youtube.com/shorts/TOUXgrgU7N0?si=iVFUvsOi1peKiN63

HERE TAKINALOGIA

[neon zealot]

echo ignores me as always/

[eternal mango]

Hold up, there are individual pixels

Not a blob

THIS ISN'T FROM THE 90S!

[thick forge]

is funny but i dont thing that is the original xD

[supple plume]

Dang...

[scenic maple]

ye

[obtuse fern]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IL9rjdx0xuo

[scenic maple]

original is in a car

[thick forge]

this one looks like the original xD

[supple plume]

Good

[rose onyx]

Did you ever get the 700 game bundle?

[eternal mango]

daaamn

[supple plume]

Yeah

[eternal mango]

Doubtful

I was skint

[obtuse fern]

Technologia :D

[eternal mango]

Just kept playing Doom and designing gardens

[supple plume]

Takianlooogia

[neon zealot]

im going block

echo

today

[thick forge]

Taknaloochia

[neon zealot]

😭

[supple plume]

There the answer

[neon zealot]

@supple plume joking btw

[neon zealot]

thanks for the motivation 💪

[thick forge]

you are better than me

i am noob

[eternal mango]

Everyone is noob at some point

[supple plume]

Maybe you could join my team

[cerulean bloom]

can I join 🥺

[supple plume]

Wow that would be great

[thick forge]

no alcasec things thanks

[neon zealot]

bro didnt put me and hes asking kypanz

kypanz is my boss

tho

he is the leader of my team.

https://tenor.com/view/shatap-gif-24359594

[cerulean bloom]

what team is it tho

u can DM

[supple plume]

Iqunder100k htb

We have some requirements we can talk in dm

[cerulean bloom]

lol

[cerulean bloom]

sure

[supple plume]

Hahah

Ok

[thick forge]

i am curious when my cat gonna back

[meager kernel]

i stole it

[thick forge]

[eternal mango]

Make sure you agree to a safeword first @cerulean bloom

[ornate ibex]

[eternal mango]

What? Boundaries are important.

[cerulean bloom]

wut

[scenic maple]

so whats yours

[eternal mango]

There I go trying to be funny again

[scenic maple]

[vocal fog]

kids these days don't understand jokes

[eternal mango]

Nah

I don't understand jokes

[vocal fog]

||i am kids||

[eternal mango]

That's the problem

[vocal fog]

then you need to take certified GenZ certification course

[eternal mango]

Pass

[vocal fog]

[raven rain]

CGZC

Certified Gen Z Communicator

HTB please hire me for more cert ideas

[ornate ibex]

hired

[eternal mango]

We'll need to add tier 5 for this

[rose onyx]

Oh calc see if you can get them to make a chad cert

[raven rain]

lol

[scenic maple]

man cape was such a miss

chad would been so good for SEO

[vocal fog]

chad certified users be like

https://tenor.com/view/mujikcboro-seriymujik-gif-24361533

[scenic maple]

https://tenor.com/bXTDI5LtDiN.gif

[raven rain]

you know who else wears capes?

space marines

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-warhammer-ultramarine-gif-13978301574445368057

[vocal fog]

imagine googling the meme and finding a HTB cert

[ornate ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/r-lee-ermey-full-metal-jacket-white-people-singing-marines-gif-8258307265735736514

[vocal fog]

[ornate ibex]

this marine ^?

[raven rain]

gunnery sergeant hartman would wear a cape

[vocal fog]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-the-dark-ages-doom-dark-ages-doom-dark-ages-doomguy-gif-15980962764398322199

how about this marine?

[ornate ibex]

looks like transformer

[near swift]

Goky

is that you

[eternal mango]

It was considered, right @lime trout

[ornate ibex]

*4mins and the GH action hast picked up the job yet :\ *

[eternal mango]

Cloudflare

[ornate ibex]

lol the moment you said CF, it began processing

[vocal fog]

https://tenor.com/view/shh-cats-gif-14317670277085954258

[eternal mango]

It is right to fear me

[vocal fog]

you don't know who is the doom slayer?

[scenic maple]

its not who you tell the story to more like how you do it

[raven rain]

i would like to move my game server to k3s

[ornate ibex]

Nope

[eternal mango]

So my forwarded message meant nothing?!

[vocal fog]

https://tenor.com/view/mods-lay-his-soul-to-rest-mods-lowtiergod-low-tier-god-lay-his-soul-to-rest-gif-7538084563916736570

[scenic maple]

i edited out the joke part so now its serious

[lime trout]

totally

[eternal mango]

Oh

[scenic maple]

which means it was considered

[vocal fog]

@mental trellis how can you let that slide?

[eternal mango]

Emma says it was

So it was

[lime trout]

(/s)

[eternal mango]

Shit

[ornate ibex]

never heard

[raven rain]

well here's some lore about the doom slayer

[raven rain]

in the first age, in the first battle, when the shadows first lengthened, one stood

[vocal fog]

just wait till @mental trellis starts stalking and haunting you

[raven rain]

its just doomguy

[eternal mango]

alone, bread in hand, they faced the horde

[raven rain]

but like. they made doomguy cooler for his reboot

[eternal mango]

Arrrrrgh I'm gonna get this module to work if it takes all day

[ornate ibex]

who is doomguys sorry?

[eternal mango]

Which it feels like it will

[ornate ibex]

plis don't kill me

[raven rain]

doomguy is the guy you play as in doom

[cerulean bloom]

we already DMed before, so

[rose onyx]

5 blocked messages

[eternal mango]

You mean Bob?

[cerulean bloom]

[ornate ibex]

did u block me?

[raven rain]

he doesn't have a name but in the game files i believe he was called doomguy

[eternal mango]

Either you or me Tejas

[mental trellis]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-doom-eternal-doomguy-doom-slayer-doom-guy-shotgun-gif-27413588

[rose onyx]

I can't believe he doesn't know about doomguy

[mental trellis]

he does not game ig

[raven rain]

in 2016 they rebooted doom and doomguy was now doom slayer

[ornate ibex]

I do but not these kinda games

*something realistic *

[mental trellis]

rdr2 ?

[eternal mango]

oOoo

Colour me interested

[ornate ibex]

Yes

[eternal mango]

Oh

[mental trellis]

yeah gotchu

[rose onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/demolition-man-three-seashells-sylvester-stallone-sandra-bullock-rob-schneider-gif-16565400

[eternal mango]

I've yet to play any RDR

[mental trellis]

I like combat-oriented games more than story driven ones

[vocal fog]

https://tenor.com/view/deadpool-go-get-him-tiger-go-get-em-tiger-colossus-get-him-gif-25476963

[raven rain]

i like doom slayer but i also like malum caedo

[mental trellis]

playing Dark souls 3 nowadays

[vocal fog]

try Ghost of Tsushima

https://tenor.com/view/chefs-kiss-french-chef-perfect-dish-excellent-food-perfection-gif-20341505

[eternal mango]

Rings a bell, I think it's already on my TODO list

[vocal fog]

time to mark onething as complete I guess

[eternal mango]

Yeah it's there

[mental trellis]

what was that game which you were playing a year ago ?

[eternal mango]

Noita

Without a doubt

[mental trellis]

oh yes, it looked good too

[ornate ibex]

You should. @formal pilot will recommend you the same as well.

[mental trellis]

@formal pilot is mad for rdr2 lol

[rose onyx]

Zoombinis, add that to your todo list

[eternal mango]

Kingdom Come was my last playthrough

Not done much gaming since that

[mental trellis]

bro was one time saying I am taking a gap so I can forget RDR2 story so I can play again

[scenic maple]

the worst thing about good things is that they end

[mental trellis]

so true

[eternal mango]

Unless it's a roguelike

[mental trellis]

I am suffering for Elden ring right now

[eternal mango]

The the worst thing is that they never end

[ornate ibex]

I did the same

[mental trellis]

cause it is one of the best games I have played so far

with Sekiro

[eternal mango]

Or is that the best thing?

[ornate ibex]

Played the entire game twice

[eternal mango]

A bit of both

[mental trellis]

I think rdr2 is the best game for people who like story-driven games

[eternal mango]

Does RDR2 follow on from the first, like.. do I need to play the first.. first?

[mental trellis]

Nope

you can play any

If you play 1st after 2nd, it will be more depressing when you play the 1st title lol

[eternal mango]

Excellent

A little bit of depression

Just what I want from a game

One point in Kingdom Come properly moved me

Like, in a way no game has in a long time

[mental trellis]

We want more medieval games 😭

I am a simple man, I see sword, I download it

[eternal mango]

I was gonna do the second next, but I think I'll switch it up and go RDR2 from what y'all saying

[mental trellis]

why not go for second first ?

[eternal mango]

I mean, I was going to play Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 next, but now I think I'll play RDR2 next instead

[cloud osprey]

cookie clicker or bust

[rose onyx]

👀

[eternal mango]

Nothing happened

[vocal fog]

[eternal mango]

[vocal fog]

https://tenor.com/view/dbz-discord-gif-24306382

[eternal mango]

And I saw what you didn't

Touché!

Wait, no that's not how that works

HAH finally fixed something I've been working on for the past 2 hours

That means it's coffee time

[vocal fog]

[rose onyx]

I need get out of bed coffee motivation

[eternal mango]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-star-wars-emperor-palpatine-palpatine-gif-799657800635657398

https://tenor.com/view/just-do-it-shia-la-beouf-do-it-gif-4531935

https://tenor.com/view/go-do-it-yes-no-go-for-it-gif-17183104

[rose onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-evil-kermit-do-it-sheev-palpatine-gif-15156769

[eternal mango]

You cannot deny the power of the Kerm

[fierce vale]

https://tenor.com/view/white-mask-varré-varré-varre-white-mask-varre-elden-ring-gif-16728362506760088195

replaying elden ring now too

[eternal mango]

If I wanted to hate myself more, I'd prefer not to play Elden Ring

Maybe I just suck

[eternal mango]

I could never get in to it, and it just pissed me off 🤣

Never got in to souls either

[fierce vale]

nah elden ring is very accessible, you just need to play smarter not harder

[eternal mango]

They're on my "ehhhh don't worry about it" pile for now

Ok well then it's confirmed

I just suck

[lofty warren]

spinnin time

[eternal mango]

What RPM you got those foxes going

[lofty warren]

7200

💀 💀 💀

same w my SATA3 Hdd

[fierce vale]

I don't think you suck, the game just has the souls label of level of difficulty but it is paced way different and you can choose your own path freely

[eternal mango]

Kind to say 😅 I will no doubt go back to them some day

[vivid flower]

I used to be indifferent about souls games but i played dark souls 1 and realized it was amazing for the setting and storytelling

[fierce vale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm8bnBX9C4w pro tip

[vivid flower]

I haven't played any others and people say theyre not as good as ds1

If youre ever on the fence about it, at least try dark souls

Do a pyro uchigatana build

Or str+zweihander

[fierce vale]

dark souls nails the game mechanics as storytelling best but the best boss battles are in ds3, elden ring and bloodborne

[vivid flower]

I believe it

[reef vortex]

Friends, I'm going on vacation in December, no work, no HTB, happy holidays, and remember, enjoy your family and loved ones, not everyone is on their computer.

[eternal mango]

So TLDR I gave up like a little baby way too early

[static bloom]

yo guys, if i buy silver annual to i get any cubes for completing the paths?

[eternal mango]

Take care, have a great holiday 🙂

All the best to you and yours!

[vivid flower]

I think my enjoyment of ds1 increased after i read a guide that explained how builds worked and i was able to make a good guy

[eternal mango]

If you complete a Module with an access-based subscription, you will still have the ability to go back and review that module, even after your plan ends. Additionally, you are still rewarded with Cubes when you complete Modules with an access-based subscription.

To me, that says yes I think @static bloom ?

An access based subscription means an annual subscription I believe

Don't quote me though, I am often wrong right now

[static bloom]

yeah maybe?

[vivid flower]

The game doesnt really explain the builds and stats and i dont like wiki games like that but once you understand its a good system

[eternal mango]

I'd advise hitting up support to be sure

[vivid flower]

I figure elden ring is probably like that too

[west lynx]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5987511-contacting-academy-support

[static bloom]

ty

[eternal mango]

I mean it states Cube Based, and Access Based...

[static bloom]

im gonna buy it regardless so fk it xD

[eternal mango]

Access Based would be annual

So the last sentence on the above suggests you would still be rewarded with cubes on an annual

[cerulean bloom]

fffffffffffflllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyycccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnn

[meager kernel]

Witcher 3 is pretty good

should try

[eternal mango]

I got a little bored with the potion making when I last tried Witcher

but I know it's a good game

[meager kernel]

goblin i had a question

is it common to get bored of gaming as a whole?

[eternal mango]

For sure

[meager kernel]

ive just lost motivation to play any good story game

like i cant play anything

cant even play multiplayers nowadays

[eternal mango]

Just with anything in life, motivation is only maintained if your interest is maintained. Doing the same thing - even if it's a different game - too much, the same position and focus

Your brain gets bored

[meager kernel]

hmm true

i should probably take a break for some time

from gaming as a whole

[eternal mango]

It's not just your mind, but your body that is part of your focus.. so yeah

Maybe take a break

[meager kernel]

plus when theres the pressure of exams on my head, i cant really focus on the story of the game

[eternal mango]

Take up exercise, or some sort of art, or reading, or whatever

Some other pasttime

For me it's been photography

[meager kernel]

yea i usually play piano or guitar as an escape from computers

[eternal mango]

But I got a bit bored of that after a year or so lol

[meager kernel]

or reading

[mystic harbor]

I fked up

[eternal mango]

But then, I'll get back into it

It's always good to switch things up

[meager kernel]

i should get back into reading probably

i have like a shelf filled with books

[mystic harbor]

I brough cpts voucher accidently

[eternal mango]

Ain't no world like your mind can build from a good freakin book

[mystic harbor]

[eternal mango]

Reach out to support

[meager kernel]

true

[west lynx]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5987511-contacting-academy-support

[eternal mango]

They will help you

How did you buy it by mistake though out of interest?

[mystic harbor]

Can I ask something If I am holo will I get the discount when buying the voucher casue like last week of it left

[meager kernel]

yea how do you buy an exam voucher by mistake

[eternal mango]

Do you like scifi/fantasy?

[meager kernel]

yea a bit yes

[eternal mango]

Have you read Spider World?

[meager kernel]

i read alot of history and mythology

specifically greek

and roman

[mystic harbor]

I thought I would go to the billing page my card was set in the website so yea it just paid

without asking

[meager kernel]

whats it about?

[eternal mango]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/62815-spider-world

The world no longer belongs to Humans.. evolution has taken hold, spiders, bugs and flora run rampant

It's epic, I tell you

[meager kernel]

damn 6 books

[eternal mango]

One of my favourites

[meager kernel]

ill check it out for sure

[eternal mango]

Hmm well yeah, hit up support

They'll be able to straighten it out

[meager kernel]

hopefully ill get the physical copy of the book too

[eternal mango]

The hardbacks are getting hard to get hold of unfortunately, but paperbacks are easier

[meager kernel]

hopefully ill find it at the close by library

[eternal mango]

Or a quick psychological horror kinda thing.. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Styx-Christopher-Hyde/dp/0600206629

[mystic harbor]

this one

[supple plume]

I'm finally done with the job for today

[eternal mango]

It's a quick read

[supple plume]

@zealous charm any hacking today?

[eternal mango]

I don't know tbh, please reach out to support

[meager kernel]

will check it out

tyy

[supple plume]

I should shave my head and do academy

[meager kernel]

arent you already bald

[supple plume]

Trying to keep it that way

[meager kernel]

i see

[eternal mango]

There's bald, and there's bald

Slap it

🤣

(sorry)

[meager kernel]

😂

[vivid flower]

Brath got me reading bronze age mindset. Its a good book

[supple plume]

I am bold

[meager kernel]

why do you say sorry

[eternal mango]

🤷‍♂️

[meager kernel]

its alright to joke 😭

[eternal mango]

I worry about what I say and what it means sometimes

Well

Most of the time

lol

[supple plume]

You don't have to worry about me, my skin is thick

[zealous charm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1387853155710140469/1448660246296789055/Screen_Recording_2025-12-11_at_7.57.31_AM.mov?ex=693c117d&is=693abffd&hm=6197dd40e881b34530ff3dee043b2e93fa6a98d5545e3592c00b76ecdccfa650&

[eternal mango]

Sometimes I sit there typing out what I'm going to say, re-typing it, re-wording it

and then in the end just delete it anyway

[meager kernel]

video isnt loading

[eternal mango]

Hehehe noice

[meager kernel]

lmao

[vivid flower]

I just hammer stuff out and if theres a typo i just fix it afterwards. Timing is important

[meager kernel]

nice stuff

[eternal mango]

Yeah.. same, just sometimes I fret a lot over what I'm trying to say so much that I can't actually get around to saying anything at all 🤣

Don't care about typos

Can fix those

But when something has been said, that's it

[rose elk]

Wait why there are a DOOM extetion in burp suite

[vivid flower]

It can be a struggle to communicate to some people especially when you have to worry that you might set them off by saying the wrong thing

[meager kernel]

@eternal mango are you more leaning towards blue team or red team in cybersec

[eternal mango]

Right now, when I spend time practicing it's mostly red team

[meager kernel]

true, people tend to get offended nowadays

[eternal mango]

but I don't class myself as "in the field"

[meager kernel]

i see, niceee

[eternal mango]

I have experience, but it's mostly either a hobby, or part of my role as an engineer previously and being an advocate

[vivid flower]

Im getting better at it by finding back routes to teaching more fundamental stuff

[eternal mango]

I still surprise myself though

[meager kernel]

what was the inspiration of starting HTB when you guys did initally

[zealous charm]

So you can stay busy during your next pentest

[supple plume]

Good question

[eternal mango]

I mean I didn't start it, I joined after ch4p launched it, maybe a month or so after

One sec

[vivid flower]

Didnt g0blin just meet ch4p doing the same box

[eternal mango]

That's how I got in to HTB as a part of the company

Kinda tyc, but not quite

It was SO lucky

[vivid flower]

Oh man... someone told me irl they had used canyouhackme

[eternal mango]

Like stars aligned lucky

[vivid flower]

It was weird

[meager kernel]

ive never seen ch4p online

[vivid flower]

I wonder if maybe they were lying

[supple plume]

This is epic

[eternal mango]

ch4p doesn't get much time to hop on social like me, I mean social like Twitter or LinkedIn sure

[gray wraith]

God dammit its so much info

[eternal mango]

But not like yapping his mouth off

He does sometimes go on to Cube Talks

[gray wraith]

I was unable to do much with it as of now, still

[eternal mango]

But he's a very busy man

[supple plume]

I know but I didn't want to spoil the machine

[exotic pendant]

😄

Frosto in a good mood

[supple plume]

You can ask in dm I can give a better nudge if you want

[exotic pendant]

I confirmed 100% my RDP escape worked

[meager kernel]

oh damn

insane

[eternal mango]

Right? 😄

Like what are the chances

Ok well you could calculate the chances

but I mean

wtf

[gray wraith]

Yeaa i actually might have a question or two cuz its a bit confusing

[supple plume]

Sure

[meager kernel]

are those boxes still avaliable

that ch4p made at those time

[eternal mango]

https://tenor.com/view/oprah-yaaas-yas-yelling-excited-gif-5606287

[eternal mango]

They are available for VIP+ yes

[meager kernel]

do you remember the names?

i would like to check them out

[eternal mango]

I mean the one I was stuck on was TenTEn

But I can't remember the name of the one I landed a root shell on tbh

[supple plume]

Ping me here if you dm I have it muted

[fierce vale]

I think I joined HTB after I did my OSCP in 2017 and was itching for more

[meager kernel]

ohh its a medium linux machine

ill try it in my free time

[ornate ibex]

memory 💚

[scenic maple]

good days

[meager kernel]

IppSec also has a video walkthrough on it

damn

something to watch while eating

[supple plume]

@eternal mango so what do you do in the day to day in htb?

[stoic ginkgo]

Added to want to read list

[exotic pendant]

😄

Might be my biggest bug yet

hopefully atleast a 9/10

[meager kernel]

what'd you find

VM escape?

[gray wraith]

@supple plume dmd

[eternal mango]

At least Frost

😄

[supple plume]

Aright

[eternal mango]

You mental a f

🤘

[exotic pendant]

RDP backfire....

So you RDP into my honey pot...
My poc on the honey pot HITS YOUR HOST

😄

Reverse RCE

[meager kernel]

do ghidra and Ida do the same thing of reverse engineering?

[exotic pendant]

yeah they both work

[meager kernel]

which is better?

or has more features?

[exotic pendant]

depends on the person

IDA has more "Features" but thats paid

Ghidra has more free options

[meager kernel]

hmmm

[exotic pendant]

but Ghidra feels clunkier to me

so I use IDA

[exotic pendant]

idk maybe a 10/10

[eternal mango]

Complicated question right now.. but best I can answer is that I keep close ties with infrastructure and engineering teams, as well as the rest of leadership.. and work on a number of projects which do not neccesarily fit in to the existing departments we have.

[exotic pendant]

but it only hits userland on the host

🙁

[eternal mango]

There's been a lot of mental health issues with myself over the past year or two, so it's been a bit up and down

But HTB have been very supportive

I'm getting better, and they want me to get better.

[supple plume]

Cool

[muted olive]

@exotic pendant my poc almost worked but... :(
sent you in dm

[eternal mango]

Still.. I don't think I've ever seen something like that before

Have you?

[exotic pendant]

Nope

[eternal mango]

Unique

And Unique is always expensive

[exotic pendant]

Yeah will make a splash

[eternal mango]

Happy for you

[exotic pendant]

I'm just happy to be doing cool stuff

my Steam bug also got approved

that i found yesterday

[eternal mango]

Damn dude

[exotic pendant]

a 2nd RCE on Steam

[meager kernel]

does hackthebox have any specific module on reverse engineering?

[scenic maple]

i think there is a path abt it

[native plume]

Intro to assembly

[meager kernel]

oh

alright

welcome back cyber chocos

[native plume]

Thank you

[scenic maple]

Intro to Binary Exploitation

[native plume]

Lurking around but not sending messages

[scenic maple]

its close

but i would say checkout pwn.college

[meager kernel]

banned

[meager kernel]

alright

ty

[native plume]

Nope

Just busy with work

[meager kernel]

hows work

stressed?

[eternal mango]

Played a few of their challenges (pwn.college)

If those are anything to go by

Well worth a shout

[scenic maple]

peak right?

[native plume]

Refactoring some stuff and it's taking some time

[meager kernel]

i see

take care too

dont get too tired

[native plume]

Thank you 🔥

You too

[eternal mango]

Yup! Managed to solve a couple, and they were triiiicky, but once I got in the flow it all made sense, they taught the subject well

[tight plinth]

I have connected to the htb labs before no issues. I am trying to do my first prolab and cannot get the labs to respond even though vpn says I'm connected. Any ideas on this?

[eternal mango]

Are you currently connected?

[tight plinth]

Yes

[eternal mango]

You are not connected the Pro Lab network

You will need to download a different ovpn file

Click on "Connect" in the top right

..then Pro Labs

[tight plinth]

No it registeres under a different subnets and i tried the two that i can see

[eternal mango]

Ok well I can see you are not connected to the Pro Lab network

You need to download the approiate VPN config file to access the Pro Lab, and use that instead of your current one

[scenic maple]

pro labs have dedicated vpns

[tight plinth]

Got an error when loading the page "failed to find valid pro lab vpn server"

[scenic maple]

diff than boxes fortress etc

[eternal mango]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5185470-how-to-play-pro-labs

Which Pro Lab VPN did you select, and which server?

[lofty warren]

[exotic pendant]

😄

[tight plinth]

Now it shows had to logout and back in weird

[eternal mango]

Sorry, but I need to run shortly.. Once you've logged back in, try to go back to that "Connect" panel, and select "Pro Labs", then your lab of choice, then I assume "OpenVPN"

You should then be able to pick a server and download your ovpn file

Once you've got that, disconnect from your current VPN and use this new ovpn file

Support will likely still be available if you have further issues

[west lynx]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5986762-contacting-htb-support

[eternal mango]

Great, I see you are now connected to a Pro Lab VPN, is everything ok now @tight plinth ? 🙂

[tight plinth]

Not sure still cant ping the gateway

[young glen]

🙂

[neon zealot]

[meager kernel]

contact support

[neon zealot]

@tight plinth come vc

[meager kernel]

.

[neon zealot]

Let me.see

Then u can contact support

I dont think u can screen share here

[eternal mango]

What's the IP you are trying to ping as the gateway to check for connectivity?

[tight plinth]

10.10.110.1

[ornate ibex]

Which Pro Lab? And which VPN server are you on?

[neon zealot]

Tun0 ip

Show that ip ones

[eternal mango]

dante, us-dante-1

[neon zealot]

[eternal mango]

Thanks @ornate ibex, I gotta run

[ornate ibex]

No probs

[tight plinth]

My tun interface has 10.10.16.3

[ornate ibex]

Do you see multiple tun interfaces?

[tight plinth]

No i only have one

[neon zealot]

@ornate ibex i guess he's connected to many interface or the machines or fortress lab

[tight plinth]

Says im connected to pro labs vpn so not sure whats the issue

[ornate ibex]

Run the command head on the VPN file and please share the ouput.

[eternal mango]

Head to dms?

[tight plinth]

Route was added in the logs

[lofty warren]

https://tenor.com/view/triste-gif-27628801

[ornate ibex]

Yes, please DM

[neon zealot]

[tight plinth]

Well my nmap scan worked so guess im good weird gateway just doesnt respond

[neon zealot]

[scenic maple]

happy hacking

[ornate ibex]

So, it returned active hosts? - Just to confirm.

[neon zealot]

[tight plinth]

Yes i got some hosts

[ornate ibex]

Good

[neon zealot]

[eternal mango]

Nice

[mystic harbor]

Well that means I am giving CPTS 🙂

[eternal mango]

Yes the gateway is out of scope

[neon zealot]

[eternal mango]

Glad you got it sorted 🙂

[mystic harbor]

was it u

Yea I just misunderstood

[neon zealot]

it's the lord beardy

Sir beardy*

[eternal mango]

I can't even see you @neon zealot can you stop the god damn spam

[neon zealot]

Bro am not spamming

[tight plinth]

Thanks!!

[scenic maple]

you ignored him too

[neon zealot]

@scenic maple he blocked me

[scenic maple]

nice

[neon zealot]

Don't ping me g0blin.

[eternal mango]

He's blocked, I just kept seeing "blocked messages" and they were all emjois

[neon zealot]

I didn't ping u

Just don't ping me

[scenic maple]

he is not very popular yes

[neon zealot]

🙏

[neon zealot]

After the incident yes

[scenic maple]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-block-gif-6271171026201408328

[neon zealot]

I admitted my mistake and even sent the apology to who I said @scenic maple

But they didn't reply

[scenic maple]

u pinged me twice even tho i am literally in the page

now you see why so many people ignore/block you?

goblin was incident sure but theres lot of people

[neon zealot]

Block me if u want to

[scenic maple]

they just get annoyed man

[eternal mango]

Time for virtual escape room with the UK team 🥳

[scenic maple]

i dont want you to feel bad just change the pinging thing

[eternal mango]

Gonna rope the daughter in to help

[worthy cargo]

lol instead of doing the right thing he's like ignore me!

[scenic maple]

all good

[worthy cargo]

I don't get people and their shitty attitudes

what causes that?

[eternal mango]

Oh.. it doesn't start until quarter past... why is the calendar invite for 1600

[neon zealot]

What's ur issue now?

[eternal mango]

[neon zealot]

Did I ask u

[scenic maple]

idk if we knew i would have been nice

[neon zealot]

Did I ask ur opinion

[worthy cargo]

See what I mean?

[scenic maple]

see?

lmao bro

[neon zealot]

I didn't even talk to him

[scenic maple]

please try atleast

[neon zealot]

He says shitty attitude

I didn't talk to him Did I?

[scenic maple]

all you gotta do is be nice/gentle

[neon zealot]

I find most people mean here

[eternal mango]

https://tenor.com/view/woo-okay-gif-22413361

[neon zealot]

That's my opinion

I dont wanna argue

Anyways sorry

Everyone

[scenic maple]

there are mean people yes

[worthy cargo]

Finally

[scenic maple]

but specific people are mean to you cause they dont like how you keep pinging them

[eternal mango]

If I unblock you, can we all just calm down?

[ornate ibex]

are there median and mode ppl as well?

[neon zealot]

Yes

We will calm down

[cerulean bloom]

and mad?

[scenic maple]

yes you are the median

[cerulean bloom]

[scenic maple]

i am mode

[eternal mango]

HAH I didn't say for how long BLOCKED AGAIN

[cerulean bloom]

who's mad

[eternal mango]

(JOKE)

[cerulean bloom]

[eternal mango]

I couldn't resist

[scenic maple]

is bro getting ragebaited live?

[eternal mango]

Let's just calm

[neon zealot]

I mean he's the ceo

He can do anything

[scenic maple]

cto

[eternal mango]

I can't

[neon zealot]

He blocked me again

[eternal mango]

I'm still accountable

[ornate ibex]

Well spotted.

[eternal mango]

and I haven't blocked you

[scenic maple]

no lmao it doesnt work like that

[eternal mango]

I unblocked you

[worthy cargo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHxe3EQq8k0 @eternal mango ever heard of disarmonia mundi?

[eternal mango]

That was just my terrible sense of humour

[scenic maple]

goblin isnt on company discord account its his personal discord account he can do what he pleases in terms of personal choice

[eternal mango]

Now let's all chill

[scenic maple]

not cause his cto

[neon zealot]

Can i add u for the last time I will get vip+ again , I wanted to try ur machine . I promise I won't bother u again or do something that u don't like

[scenic maple]

altho i think a shared company htb account would be cringe

[eternal mango]

ffs

[scenic maple]

but thats my 2 cents

[eternal mango]

You're literally now asking for VIP+ again?

Dude

No

[neon zealot]

Bro I'm saying

I dont want it

I will get it myself

[scenic maple]

i think he is saying he will get it

[ornate ibex]

U mean seeing, HTB is typing is cringe?

[neon zealot]

I'm holo

[eternal mango]

What is even going on

Everyone

Take a deep breath