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Harris Lawton

**CPColdSnap**, or **Harris Lawton**, is a Hypnospace citizen in Coolpunk Paradise. He has two Hypnospace usernames, one of which he hosts a page dedicated to attacking "fake Coolpunks."

## Projects

### Music

CPColdSnap makes Coolpunk music of his own, which he claims is 10/10 because he has "studied Coolpunk thoroughly." The songs he has available for download on his page are "X-MAZ MEDLEY" and "MxMaZZZZ."

### Coolpunk Music Reviews

CPColdSnap encourages other users to submit their Coolpunk music to him, which he reviews rather harshly. He gives "November's Belly" by Ice-C a 50/100, calling it "not good," and Gotta Gotta by X\_NEO\_ICY\_X a 90/100, saying that it's "pretty good."

### Fake Coolpunk Watch

CPColdSnap has a second username, CPColdSnap2, from which he runs a page that lists users he deems to be "fake Coolpunks." On November 5th, he has Tamara Frost and IcicleKid listed, stating that he thinks Tamara's spoken word rendition of the Gray's Peak theme is "lazy" and IcicleKid's music isn't "real" Coolpunk. After Coolfest '99, he adds Chowder Man to the list, alongside a crude illustration of the Chowder Copter crash. These additions can be reported as harassment by The Enforcer. He removes everything from the page by December 31st, replacing it all with a note stating that he is no longer a Coolpunk.

## Personal life

CPColdSnap has a very judgemental attitude towards other Coolpunks, considering his work to be true Coolpunk while quickly deeming others' as bad or "fake" Coolpunk. This is highly ironic as his track "X-MAZ MEDLEY" was featured by The Dumpster as one of the worst songs they'd heard on Hypnospace. He also seems to enjoy bullying "fake" Coolpunks, as he has an entire page dedicated to doing so under his secondary username.
Seepage

Seepage's eponymous debut album

**Seepage** was a rap-rock band lead by singer and frontman **Mikey Sikey**, debuting on Hypnospace with their self-titled album released by **Scrape Records**. ZANE\_ROCKS\_14 is a vocal fan of their work, going so far as to establish mock interviews on his *Got Game or Way Lame* page and fanfiction where he allies with the band in order to fight demons. They later partner with Earmints to create an official presence in Hypnospace.

## History

Not much is known about the band's history prior to the events of Hypnospace Outlaw. The sole band member mentioned by name, Mikey Sikey, is the vocalist and lead of the band, alongside his three unnamed bandmates. During the earlier portions of the game, Seepage does not have an official presence within Hypnospace, as ZANE\_ROCKS\_14's FLIST page is populated with copies of their music, personally noting that his uploads can't be taken down by Enforcers as neither Seepage nor Scrape Records has issued an official takedown.

At first, their presence in Hypnospace is largely populated by Zane Lofton's page, playing a song off their self-titled album. Zane uses much of the space on his page to display his enthusiasm for their work, from general praise and admiration to creating a fantastical comic where Zane and the band unite to fight demons. The final issue implies that Mikey Sikey could be Zane's long lost father, but much like the rest of the comic, seems to only be a fantasy and/or wish fulfillment on Zane's part.

Alongside Zane's page, a relatively positive review by HouseofSoundBill is published on his page, praising their genuinely well-produced album and spirit while criticizing the album's corny lyrics and intensely manufactured corporate appeal to young teens.

Following the death of the Coolpunk genre after the disastrous live event COOLFEST '99, Merchantsoft is in the midst of restructuring Coolpunk Paradise into a more generalized media Zone, renamed The Venue. Earmints Gum, a Hypnospace Partner Brand, collaborates with Seepage to advertise their new single, *Against the Wall*, in The Venue. Their official program, the Seepage Xperience, is released in this partnership, giving users a chance to view their new music video for *Against the Wall* alongside an install for Seepage's official HypnOS theme.

The Earmints page mentions a Seepage road tour, but following the events of the Mindcrash, it's unknown is Earmints continues their partnership, or if Seepage continued to produce any more music.

When the Hypnospace Archival Project was released, Mikey Sikey found out about Zane's Slayers X comics, and after that, he sent an Email to Zane allowing the use of Seepage music in the Slayers X game, also they created the song "Break Me" exclusively for the game.
Reginald Roberts

**Reginald Roberts**, or **SouthernGentRR**,is a Hypnospace user from Goodtime Valley. He owns RR Leather Goods, and runs the Goodtime Scam Watch page.

## Projects

### RR Leather Goods

RR Leather is a leather business run by Reginald. According to its webpage, the business' headquarters are located on 1007 North Church Avenue in Mulberry, Florida. The webpage also allows customers to preview customization options for RR Leather's "Cowboy Waist Satchels."

### Goodtime Scam Watch

Goodtime Scam Watch is a webpage where Reginald documents scams on Hypnospace. Only two are ever added to the page; BestDealsTerry's downloads on October 26, 1999, and Professor Helper on November 4, 1999.

## Personal Life

Reginald describes himself as a "small business owner, scam whistleblower, and rich businessman." He doesn't post much about his actual personal life; rather, most of his homepage is dedicated to links to other Hypnospace pages (such as that of his friends and his business), as well as expressing contempt for Merchantsoft and the HSPD.

During the course of the game's events, Reginald bonds with Abigail Lorne over the Stand With Gooper movement, and begins a romantic relationship with her.
Fungus Scene

Fungus Scene is a music genre created by FatherFungus on Hypnospace which gained much popularity after the decline of Coolpunk.

## Style

According to Slushmouth's Guide to New Digital Music, Fungus Scene is an off-shoot of Haze, or more specifically, Dark Haze. It incorporates "drippy cave sounds" and "guttural gurgling synths". The naming and lyrical conventions of Fungus Scene tracks reflect these fungal and cavernous themes (for example: Ghost of the Grotto by Basidia and A Lightless World by Kavernous). Unlike Coolpunk, Fungus Scene music doesn't seem to sample from other media sources. FatherFungus himself describes Fungus Scene as a "community of artists who create sounds and visuals" that "evoke the feeling of exploring a damp underground netherworld".

## History

Fungus Scene was created by Ray Dolan going by the alias FatherFungus, the same man who created Coolpunk under the alias Fre3zer. It is unknown for exactly how long before the beginning of the events of Hypnospace Outlaw FatherFungus had been creating Fungus Scene tracks, but it is known that he had created music under the pseudonym Basidia which was on hosted on digiXChange, the precursor to FLIST.

While Coolpunk suffered a downward slide in popularity due to the disastrous Coolfest '99, Fungus Scene slowly grew, with FatherFungus describing Fungus Scene as "genuine" in comparison to Coolpunk. Soon, more Fungus Scene artists began to appear (though it is unknown if these were more of FatherFungus' aliases).

## Artists and Songs

 Kavernous
 Protospore
 GuttAural
 PrinceOfFungi
 Dripp Boy
CyberWorldZ

**CyberWorldZ** is another brand of sleeptime technology that was created by Somnius and a direct competitor to Hypnospace. CyberworldZ is focused more in Gaming compared to Hypnospace's "general public" selling point.

Merchantsoft considers CyberWorldz to be popular with "Geek Loosers" and intends Hypnospace to be more popular to more demographics, even going so far as to delete zones.

The features of CyberWorldz are not entirely known, but some text in the game indicates it has full 3D capability.

## History

Not much is known about CyberWorldZ outside that it is Hypnospace's closest competitor and was created by the company Somnius. It is often known as a network for more "geeky" oriented users, with a large following of gamers, in comparison to Hypnospace, which is designed for general audiences. Dylan mentions the CyberWorldZ during the production of Outlaw, believing that the game will be able to help Hypnospace stand out as "the sleeptime network," drawing more gamers toward Hypnospace.

CyberWorldZ has been mentioned multiple times as an alternative to Hypnospace. The Sovereign Alliance of Imagination threaten to leave Hypnospace and move to CyberWorldZ if their demands are not met, and T1MAGEDDON suggests to DarkTwilightTiff about moving to CyberWorldZ after finding out that using Hypnospace has been giving her migraines.

At one point after the Mindcrash and Merchantsoft no longer being in the market, in 2001, Somnius rebranded CyberWorldZ, in which, by the words of a post in Zane's Twitter/X account, "it became a hypnospace copy cat".

1. ↑ https://x.com/Zane\_Rocks\_36/status/1509602383407599618?s=20
Colder Than The Rest

## Page Information

**Colder Than The Rest** or **[[Colder Than The Rest]]** was the former page of Ray Dolan, AKA Fre3zer, before signing on with Esotonic Records and having a page created for him in Coolpunk Paradise.

## Description

The page features the lyrics "JUST HAVE ONE MORE" and "JUST DRINK ONE MORE" overlaid upon an unidentifiable animated background. At the bottom of the page is a free download link to the song Colder Than The Rest, which also plays in the background.

As of November 26th, the page's content is practically erased, with only a small amount of white text at the top of the page stating that the page was removed at Esotonic Records' request. The track that plays in the background has been changed to Ghost of the Grotto by Basidia, another one of Ray Dolan's musical aliases.
Hypnospace Archival Project

The **Hypnospace Archival Project,** or **HAP,** is an effort to archive content from Hypnospace's last few months.

It appears prominently in the game's final chapter, set several years after the Mindcrash incident, with the player tasked with retrieving cached content from their surviving headband.

## Logistics

The Enforcer version of the HypnOS Headband functions as a "mini backup server," capturing page data whenever Enforcers are online. The HAP team created a program to extract and archive those pages. This program allows the player to move between captures from different dates. Whenever a new page is visited, it's archived automatically.

   The HAP program window shows a grid of boxes representing pages. You can hover over them to see a page's data and click to visit them.

The HAP also has its own intranet, with two zones: one introducing the HAP team members and another with a page about the Mindcrash.

## Goals

In her first email to the player, "HAP\_Chelsea" says that the HAP's goal is to preserve Hypnospace as a part of history. However, when she reveals herself as Samantha Clausson, she makes it clear that her actual goal in founding the HAP was to show that Dylan Merchant caused the Mindcrash and framed Tim Randall Stevens.

## Team members

* Samantha Clausson, under the pseudonym HAP\_Chelsea
* Artie Dispenza
* Tamara Frost
* Tim Randall Stevens
* The Enforcer (the player), who is recruited by Samantha
* Dylan Merchant, who joins the HAP shortly after the player does
Graysons Page

## Page Information

**Graysons Page** is a Hypnospace page created by Grayson Parker as a personal page.

## Description

Graysons Page is a personal page for Grayson Parker, with a few silly car graphics to start off with introducing him. He claims that he has the most popular page on Hypnospace, and that he can draw any car or motorcycle for a dollar, as well as some cartoon characters. He states which school he goes to as well, saying his offer for drawings stands if anyone goes there and can bring him a dollar.

He also states that he is fourteen years old, and his favorite school subject is, naturally, art. He mentions liking the music on the Teentopia main page and links back to it on his page.

On November 5th, he also has a scary image meant to intimidate people into putting it on their page, similar to a chain letter. By November 26th, he has taken it off.

## Access

Graysons Page is accessible via the main page of Teentopia. It does not link to any other pages, aside from linking back to Teentopia itself.
Jas Wilson Lopez

**Jasmine "Jas" Wilson Lopez**, or **JasWilsonLopez2**, is a Hypnospace User with a page in The Cafe.

## Projects

Jas's main project is their software reviews page. They rank HypnOS software on a scale of one to five shells.

## Personal life

Jas works as "a software engineer at a boring company nobody cares about." They're Mexican-American and a Democratic Socialist. They're about to move from San Francisco, California to Akron, Ohio. They have a dragon from Phaedrala on their page, who they named Kenny.

Jas is LGBT, identified by both their HS\_Lifestyles badge and a "lgbt" tag on their page. The portrait their niece drew of them is fairly androgynous, and they use a gender-neutral variant of their feminine given name, raising the possibility that they are nonbinary. (Hence the "they" pronouns.)
Sleeptime Computing

Sleeptime Computing is an innovative new technology used by CyberWorldZ and Hypnospace. It imparts images and sounds directly into a user's mind via radiated electrons using a Hypnospace Headband, effectively allowing one to dream their internet usage. It simulates a PC interface and one can control it as they would while awake. It has shown to be deleterious to a user's health, causing migraines and lesser quality sleep. Such effects have even proven to be fatal such as posing a huge risk to epileptic users when the device crashes due to it's flashy nature.
HS TruthUnderground

**HS\_TruthUnderground**is a badge for Hypnospace citizens who make and/or believe in unconvential "truths" like conspiracy theories.

## Users

* RodsAntiGovernmentPage, whose entire page is supposedly dedicated to government secrets
* TallGreenMarv, who runs a page about "Tall Green," a green Bigfoot-like creature supposedly in Louisiana
* TruthAboutTrennis, who claims that trennis is a stolen, bastardized version of "tennis"
Chad Armstrong

**Chad Armstrong**, or **X\_NEO\_ICY\_X**, is a Hypnospace citizen with a page in Coolpunk Paradise. He is also that zone's Community Leader. He also makes and posts his own .hsm music.

## Projects

### Community Leader

Chad is Coolpunk Paradise's community leader. He takes his role seriously, stating that he can report people to the "Merchantsoft police" and encourage other citizens to let him know if they have any issues in Coolpunk Paradise.

### 'Snow Joke Collective

'Snow Joke Collective is a .hsm music label that specializes in Coolpunk. Chad encourages Hypnospace users to contact him with demo .hsm submissions for the label. He, Ice-C, and CPColdSnap all submitted music to the label before it was replaced with PizzaStyle Collective sometime between November 26th and December 31st in 1999.

### PizzaStyle Collective

PizzaStyle Collective is a .hsm music label that specializes in PizzaStyle. Between its creation and the closure of Hypnospace, Chad is the only one who ever submits anything to it. It replaces 'Snow Joke collective sometime between November 26th and December 31st in 1999.

## Personal life

Chad is extremely loyal to the Coolpunk movement and even seems to embrace the presence of Gray's Peak Cola Co. Chad is especially loyal to Fre3zer, claiming after Coolfest '99 that he bought his new single six times and asking page visitors if they can do better. He continues to blame the singer's lip-syncing on a technical mishap even when he leaves the Coolpunk movement and only seems to do so in the first place because of how few people are left in it.
Scotty McMahon

**Scotty McMahon**, or **MrOldFashioned**,is a Hypnospace citizen and the Community Leader for Goodtime Valley.

## Projects

### Community Leader

Scotty is Goodtime Valley's Community Leader. Despite this, he is rarely active on Hypnospace. He notes that he is not actually on Hypnospace every night. In addition, he admits on his page that he doesn't know exactly why Merchantsoft picked him to be the leader. He thinks that he was picked because he has "good behavior."

Scotty's lack of actual leadership leads the other citizens in Goodtime Valley to try and nominate others for his position; first MTNestSandy, and later Reginald Roberts.

## Personal Life

Scotty's page has almost no information about himself. He seems to enjoy listening to music, as he says that he never uses Hypnospace other than for doing so. He has no badges.

When the Stand With Gooper movement begins to develop, he asks the others to comply with the wishes of W.E. Brigg's estate. However, in the Year 2000 update, he says the others may continue posting Gumshoe Gooper images.
Escape the Shopping Maul

The starting screen of the game

Escape the Shopping Maul is a game created by DarkTwilightTiff, Linda Stevens and with music provided by Slushmouth. The player must escape a shopping mall while avoiding Scaries.

## Premise

The player begins at the "Sheolsville Chopping Center" and must escape, all the while avoiding the numerous Scaries littering the mall. The exit of the mall lies within the "Vacuum Outlet", but first the player must pacify an evil blender with a hotdog, unlock a door and then defeat an evil vacuum cleaner. If the player succeeds, they escape to a lovely beach, although the accompanying text suggests that there are deadly Scaries there too. If the player clicks on a Scary or fails to use a correct item in time, they die and must restart the game.

## Trivia

* The name of the town, "Sheolsville" is a reference to Sheol, the place of darkness where the dead go in Judaism. Linda herself is Jewish so this reference makes sense.
Rebekah Ruth Pinson

**RebeRuthPin,** or **Rebekah Ruth Pinson,** is a user on Teentopia. She is devoutly religious and loves SquisherZ, which causes conflict because of SquisherZ's Satanic reputation.

## Projects

### SquisherZ Art Contest

Rebekah's a member of a praise band called CalledOut. She has an art programme for HypnOS, but mostly uses it to make church fliers. However, this changes when Counselor Ronnie announces an official SquisherZ art contest for Hypnospace. She is excited to join and works on her own entry. She keeps this a secret from her parents, who disapprove of SquisherZ, believing that they have a satanic influence. When her father discovers her interest in SquisherZ he throws away her gaming console and Hypnospace Headband. When the winners for the art contest are announced, Rebekah is declared the winner, but is unable to find this out as she no longer has access to Hypnospace.

## Personal life

Rebekah is very active in her church: she plays in the youth praise band, and she draws art for church flyers. She often talks about herself in terms of her religion. She identifies as a "pastor's kid," and when she enters the SquisherZ art contest, she says, "God, if I win, I give YOU the glory!" But in the end, she loses her GameChamp (gaming console) and her Hypnospace headband because her father thinks SquisherZ is Satanic, probably due to the LOOKOUTMINISTRIES "SquisherZ Deception" page. Rebekah's last update states that she is visiting the house of her cousin (who is also a pastor) in order to await the Rapture that will happen at the turn of the Millennium - she asks that, if it doesn't happen, someone tell her if she won the contest.

Her surname, Pinson, is the same as Harry Pinson, the reverend selling his Year 2000 Survival Kits via Professor Helper. It's not clear whether Harry is her father or her cousin.

## Trivia

* The "Millennium Anthem" song has been stated by Jay Tholen to be from her perspective.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/jaytholen/status/1106191663830052864?lang=en. Retrieved June 1, 2019
Corey Paul Henderson

## Background

### Relationships

Jennifer Mitchell (fake girlfriend), Tiffany Wright (former love interest), Zane Lofton (former enemy)

### Likes

Pizza, playing tuba and saxophone, jokes, Pizza Dance (before November 26th)

### Dislikes

Zane, Pizza Dance (after November 26th)

**Corey Paul Henderson**or **ThatBrassyKid** is a Hypnospace user in Teentopia. He is known for his disputes with Zane Lofton, which are the subject of the Teentopia Harassment case.

## Projects

### Just For Laughs

Just For Laughs is a joke page created by Corey. Only three jokes are ever added to it. All of them have to do with either pizza or instruments. There is also a download link at the top of the page for a sound effects theme made by SteveGuy.

### Zane Sucks Club

The Zane Sucks Club is a page created by Corey that makes fun of Zane Lofton. The club has its own badge, which features an animation of Zane's drawing of himself's head being cut off. In the PLUS update of the game, this animation is replaced with one of the caricature being punched in the face instead.

### Jennifer Mitchell

Jennifer Mitchell is a "girlfriend" fabricated by Corey. She has her own page in Teentopia, created and run by Corey.

## Personal Life

### History

Corey's username used to be GiveMePizza2. Sometime before November 5th, he began an ongoing feud with Zane, leading to Zane making fun of Corey on his Got Game or Way Lame page and Corey creating the Zane Sucks Club.

Sometime between November 5th and November 26th, both Corey and Zane claim to have "broken up" with their fake girlfriends. They then begin propositioning and harassing Tiffany, which does not work.

Between November 26th and December 31st, Corey's parents had a "big talk" with him, leading to him apologizing for having pretended to have a girlfriend. He then states that his parents have given him one more chance to straighten out, leading to him promising to return to "good old classic Corey."

### Personality

On the surface, Corey seems awkward and inoffensive. His feud with Zane and the creation of the Zane Sucks Club show that he isn't above bullying other users in retaliation. ChitChat conversations between he and DarkTwilightTiff reveal that he is rather entitled, overstepping his boundaries when asking Tiff about her relationship with Tim and accusing her of being rude when she doesn't reply to his messages immediately
Linda Stevens

**Linda Stevens** or **LindaHorror** is a Hypnospace user. She was originally in The Comic Shop, but after the zone deletion she moved to the Freelands.

## Projects

Linda's major interest is horror in various forms.

### Scaries

She makes Scaries that are short looping animations accompanied by a couple sentences of description. The ones displayed on her page are:

* "Prank Call," a rotary telephone whose dial is actually a fanged mouth. It devours a hand reaching to pick up the phone.
* "Clam Surprise (Depths Series)," a clam with a bloody, fanged mouth and glowing red eyes.
* "Sea sHell (Depths Series)," a seashell, also with a bloody, fanged mouth and glowing red eyes.
* "Whale of a Crime (Depths Series)," a whale stabbing an off-panel victim and spouting water from its blowhole.

She is working on a new Scary with Tiffany Wright, but it is still unfinished on December 31.

### Horror Movie Page

Linda has a list of her top five favorite horror movies and why she loves them. From #5 to #1, they are:

* #5: Wax Children 2: The Rebirth
* #4: Harold for Dinner
* #3: The Spooky Crayons
* #2: Blender
* #1: Niteclub

### Escape the Shopping Maul

Escape the Shopping Maul is a game created by Linda, with help from both DarkTwilightTiff and Slushmouth. It tasks the player with avoiding Scaries and finding a way out of the shopping centre.

## Personal life

Linda is enthusiastic about horror and weirdness, but she's also friendly and upbeat. She considered the other members of the Comic Shop her family, and while she's sad to lose that community, she's hopeful that she'll someday find another one like it. She is also Jewish, wondering if other Hypnospace users are preparing to celebrate Hanukkah.

### Badges

Linda's badges are:

* HS\_MovieBuffs
* HS\_Lifestyles
* HS\_Scaries

## Trivia

* Her building icon on the Freelands map is a mausoleum with a giant eye over the door. Her map section also contains a graveyard for the five zones lost in the zone deletion.

* She shares her last name with Tim Stevens, but there is no indication that they are related. If it is the case, however, she could be his mother, as she would be 22 when Tim would be born.
* According to Jay Tholen, she is bisexual.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/jaytholen/status/1399957171073437697?s=21
Experiment-342

Experiment-342 is a series of pages made by people from the discord as one of the secret sets of pages in the game. It is a series of notes from the finder's uncle regarding notes of him researching and experimenting with cancer, trying to cure it. The entries seem to get more unhinged as they go on, going from curing cancer to creating an infectious bio weapon. It ends with the page speaking to the reader directly, deeming them now "infected" and part of the hivemind.

## Page Information

The pages start off with the writer documenting his research beginnings of his mission to cure all forms of cancer, starting with Entry #1. He calls it "Experiment code-name 342," and is looking for funding. In Entry #3, he writes that his funding from his uncle is running out, leaving him with little way to afford his equipment. By entry #5, his uncle had transferred more funds, leading him on his way to begin the project fully. He begins worrying about employees, none willing to work for the pay he offers and him worrying about his uncle cutting the funding for the project, eventually doing so, and as such begins looking for different sources of investments. He states that his uncle will regret cutting the funding due to the money he will make upon his successful curing of cancer. He blames the deaths of many on the lack of support from his uncle. By entry #55, the National Research Center of Cancerous Diseases had supported him by giving him the bodies of patients who had died of cancer, and by this time he has a social guard and an apprentice scientist, named Jake Morgan and Elizabeth Wylde respectively.

By the end of these notes, the finder writes their own, stating that they found them while digging through their uncle's belongings. They were told that their uncle had died of cancer, thinking that these writings were fiction, written to make his life interesting. They are worried and unsure of this as they think the notes read as too real, though. Attached to the notes are photos of Dylan Merchant and Adrian Merchant, noted by the finder to have gone missing while their uncle was alive. In addition to this, they write that Jake Morgan and Elizabeth Wylde also went missing. Their father had told them their uncle was delusional, but they feel he may be trying to hide something. They ask the reader to contact them, feeling these notes go deeper. They then attach a map of the United States that was in this folder, with areas with increased cases of disappearances marked.
Jerry Gilroy

Jerry Gilroy is a Hypnospace citizen with a page in Coolpunk Paradise.

On November 5th, Jerry is heavily into Coolpunk, having released his own song, Ice 2 Meet U. This song is heavily ridiculed by CPColdSnap on Fake Coolpunk watch due to it being "A sad song about a stupid snowman". Following the disaster of Coolest '99, Jerry immediately switches his character and begins to make Fungus music on The Cavern.

## Projects

### Discography

* Ice 2 Meet U
* Mushroom Hop
Stand With Gooper

**Stand With Gooper** is a movement organized by users in Goodtime Valley, advocating for the right to post images of Gumshoe Gooper, a copyrighted cartoon fish. Users involved with the movement use the HS\_StandWithGooper badge on their pages.

## November 5

On November 5, the player takes down images of Gooper from Abagail Lorne's page, including some clipart but also some drawings by her elementary school students. Abby changes her status to, "I'm sick of being attacked by snobby 20 year olds sitting in a cushy office building somewhere. Get a LIFE!"

## November 26

By November 26, the Stand With Gooper movement is in full swing. Abby has created a Stand With Gooper page arguing that Gooper's creator, W. E. Briggs, is an American hero and that Merchantsoft's takedown is an infringement of freedom. Reginald Roberts has a biographical page about Briggs. It shows the history of Brigg's army service, patriotic cartoons, and success in an industry supposedly hostile to anti-communists like him. Alan Reynolds and Carl Parker III are both also Stand With Gooper supporters.

On the other hand, Sandy L. Mason says that they should listen to Merchantsoft and W. E. Briggs's estate. Her status reads, "I can't believe you all are so mad about Gooper. Let's let our light shine people! 'They wil know we are christians by our LOVE!' NOT getting mad about a funny old cartoon." Abby had supported Sandy for the new Community Leader, but this makes her support Reginald instead.

## December 31

On December 31, the Boppo's Meats Hypnospace Page displays, with permission, an image of Gumshoe Gooper accompanied by the text "We Salute you W.E. Briggs." The citizens of Goodtime Valley wrongly interpret this to mean that their movement has been successful, as Abigail Lorne feels pleased that the "long, gruelling battle" had been won. In fact, the Enforcer can still copyright strike the images of Gooper as they have not been used with permission from Briggs' estate.
W.E. Briggs

W.E. working in his study in 1954

**William Edward** or **W.E. Briggs** was a cartoonist, best known as the creator of Gumshoe Gooper.

## Personal Life

W.E. was born in 1900 and raised on a farm alongside 5 siblings, all of whom died. At the age of 18, he joined the army, but due to his height and skinny build he was put to work in an office rather than as a combatant.

After his military service, he joined the Anti-Communist Cartoonist' Alliance and produced propaganda cartoons for the US Army. Afterwards however, he struggled to find work until 1960, we he finally got his big break with Gumshoe Gooper, which would go on to run for three decades.

10 years later, Briggs died at the age of 74. His daughter Tina inherited his estate and the merchandising rights for Gooper. It is unknown what other family he had.
Dreamsettler

Dreamsettler key art banner

**Dreamsettler**, a sequel to Hypnospace Outlaw, is an upcoming adventure simulation game being developed by Tendershoot and Noble Robot and published by No More Robots. Set in 2003, the player takes the role of a Sleepnet Private Investigator on the Dreamsettler platform.

## Plot

In the role of a Sleepnet Private Investigator, the player investigates a wide range of Sleepnet cases on the Dreamsettler platform.

## Development

The game was originally teased on April 5th, 2022, on Hypnospace Next. It had shown the trailers for both Dreamsettler and Slayers X.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931040/Dreamsettler/
Gus Parker

Gus is a character whose page is in Open Eyed. He was recently divorced and although he tells people that it was the best thing to happen to him, it pushes him to struggle with Love. He sells wallpapers on The Bazaar and is an Omnist. On December 31st, a page opens in Serenity Tower in which he proposes to Sherri despite only being friends for a small amount of time. This changes if the player bans Sherri on November 25th which causes Gus to wreck the page due to the fact that he'll probably never be able to tell Sherri his feelings.

Outside of Hypnospace, Gus runs a talisman and trinket stall. Due to his divorce, his kids only stay with him for a few days but due to Gus not being able to get a job, he spends most of the time with his kids at his stall which his children hate.
Glamocaster

Glamocaster is a dirthaze band from Florida.

## Discography

### Glamoplasm (1993)

1. Receiver [03:17]
2. He Looked Up [03:17]
3. Fuzzbucket [03:23]
4. Glamoplaster [02:30]
5. I'll Do My Best [03:03]
6. Platinum Retriever [02:50]
7. I'm Afraid! [03:35]
8. Absolute Flood/Glamoplaster #2 [03:04]
9. The Mind You Make [02:31]
10. You know, You know [01:57]
11. Partly Loudly [03:01]
12. In Pictures [03:00]

## Trivia

* The original composer for the album is Shayne Soderstrom.
Magic Orb

**Magic Orb** is a page created by Orville Anderson located in the Open Eyed zone. It features a crystal ball that essentially functions the same as a Magic 8-Ball.

## Description

The page is centered around a glowing crystal ball with a piece of text on the orb reading "ask the Orb" that can be clicked on to generate a random response. The responses generated can only be used to answer yes or no questions.
Gill Sanders

**Gill Sanders,** or **GillSCreates** (but not "Gill Secretes), is a Hypnospace user and the de facto Community Leader of the Freelands.

## Projects

### SAI and The Freelands

Gill is a core member of the Freelands, an independent Zone organized by the Sovereign Alliance of Imagination, also known as the SAI.

Gill functions as the equivalent of the Freelands's Community Leader. He has a specific vision for it and puts Citations (various sticky notes) on map sections that don't meet his aesthetic standards.

### The Sanderverse

The Sanderverse is Gill's Interactive Theater campaign with characters played by him, his wife Sarah, and a friend of theirs named Stooge. The setting contains fantasy, science fiction, and CyberCog.

### Music

Gill makes music, although he's fairly new at it.

## Personal life

Gill is happily married to Sarah Sanders, to the point where they share a home page, The Sanders Homestead. Sarah also plays a character in Gill's Sanderverse game.

Gill is very picky about appearance. He nags other members of the Freelands about visual aspects of their map sections. However, he has a relatively small reaction to Roddy's poor choice of "hiding place" for Axxelerator, which ends up having much worse consequences than a differently styled map section. Ironically, Gill made the Freelands "free," considering he doesn't let anyone do what they want, as he reviews and "corrects."
Sandy L Mason

**Sandy L Mason**or **MTNestSandy**is a Hypnospace citizen in Goodtime Valley. Unlike the other Goodtime Valley citizens, Sandy chooses not to support the Stand With Gooper movement, and eventually leaves Hypnospace over this disagreement.

## Projects

### Leader Nomination

As of November 5th, Sandy had been nominated for the position of Goodtime Valley's Community Leader by other citizens in the Zone. After the Stand With Gooper movement was created, the other citizens instead chose to nominate Reginald Roberts for the position, as Sandy disagreed with the movement and Reginald did not.

### SandyCards

Sandy is known for making SandyCards, small Hypnospace pages similar to greeting cards, for other citizens. SandyCards are personalized for their recipients. SandyCards for Abigail Lorne, ARLAN\_FER\_OBEE, Corey Paul Henderson, and Reginald Roberts can be found on Hypnospace.

## Personal Life

Sandy's username is a reference to the fact that she is an "empty nester," someone whose kids have grown up and moved out of the house. She has a husband and a cocker spaniel, and is a retired elementary school guidance counselor.
Ashley Rose Aldrin

## AshleyAstronaut90

**AshleyAstronaut90**, or **Ashley Rose Aldrin**, is a Hypnospace citizen in Teentopia. Her page is dedicated to fictional planets that she makes up.

## Projects

### Planets

Ashley's page consists mainly of her planets, which are fictional and made up by her just for fun. Most of them have a significant and defining trait that they are named after, while others are named after people Ashley seems to know or other, actually-existent things in space (like the moon).

## Personal life

Ashley is in third grade and has a sister named Rebecca. Her mother is very protective, putting Beefbrain Shield on Ashley's page twice and accusing other parents of being neglectful for not doing the same with their kids' pages. She eventually forbids Ashley from talking to the other citizens in Teentopia, deleting her ChitChat account and monitoring the messages she receives.
Hypnospace

**Hypnospace** is an Internet service created by Merchantsoft. It can be used while asleep, because it runs on a special operating system called HypnOS built with Sleeptime technology.

## History

### Contrasts with Netsettler

Hypnospace is based heavily on NetSettler, Merchantsoft's first internet service. Hypnospace has several major changes from NetSettler, all of which have been loudly criticized. Hypnospace uses Sleeptime technology that allows users to log on while sleeping, which leads to sleep problems and ultimately the Mindcrash. Hypnospace Zones are managed by Merchantsoft, unlike NetSettler's user-organized zones, and Merchantsoft has made some unpopular zoning decisions. Hypnospace also stopped supporting pages designed for NetSettler, which upset many longtime users, although it also made the Safe Mode hack possible.

### Development during the game

During the events of the main story, Hypnospace, while still popular, is on the decline, mostly because of Adrian Merchant's profit and image-driven leadership, Dylan Merchant's obsessive focus on his videogame Outlaw at the expense of HypnOS, and the rise of more feature-rich and consumer-friendly competitive Operating Systems and Internet services.

On December 31, 1999, a buggy update for HypnOS is released which causes the Hypnospace Bands to crash across the world, leading to the deaths of at least 4 to 6 people. This incident is stated to have caused the downfall of Merchantsoft, and the entire Sleeptime OS industry to collapse.

## Design and function

Hypnospace is made up of pages that are sorted into themed Zones. Zones are accessible from its home menu. Some pages are "listed" and are visible on a Zone's main page, while others are "unlisted" and must be found by other means.

Other browsing features are a search bar to look up pages by username, tag, and FLIST ID, and a stamping system which allows users to bookmark pages.

## How to access

Hypnospace is available as soon as the player completes the Enforcer tutorial. Although the player loses access to Hypnospace several times over the course of the game, they always regain access immediately because the story skips forward in time.

Hypnospace is accessible from the HypnOS desktop through Hypnospace Explorer, the application with an icon depicting an orange sphere with an arrow going around it.
CyberCog: Rebirth

**CyberCog: Rebirth** is an interactive story  by Gary Murphy located in the Freelands.

## Plot

CyberCog: Rebirth is about Gary, a man with a depressingly ordinary life. One day, a glamorous and mysterious person appears before him- the TEKNOSHAMANATRIX. The TEKNOSHAMANATRIX offers Gary a life of meaning and enlightenment by joining CyberCog **.** However, he has to give up his house, job, and family, which he gladly and immediately does.

At the end of the game, the author speaks directly to the player. He tells them that the game is partly autobiographical, and he suggests that the player learn more about CyberCog. However, he doesn't include any links to other CyberCog sites like he claims he does.

## Characters

The player character is named Gary, just like the author. He has no interest in his "ordinary" life. It is heavily implied that the author made all the same choices as the player character, although the TEKNOSHAMANATRIX probably did not spontaneously appear in his house in real life.

The TEKNOSHAMANATRIX is dressed flamboyantly, with flowing cherry-red hair, black lipstick, and an all-black outfit. He speaks dramatically in "a voice like a creaking engine" and delivers a lot of his lines at top volume.

The TEKNOSHAMANATRIX's design is very similar to SigNull, Gill Sanders's character from his storyworld The Sanderverse. Both characters have long red hair and all-black outfits that include a top hat, sunglasses, a trenchcoat, and boots. However, the TEKNOSHAMANATRIX is fabulous and sinister-looking, while SigNull is friendlier and less intense.

Gary's wife and children appear in photos on Gary's desk, but he doesn't seem to care about them at all because he gives them up without a second thought.

## Story structure

The story itself is very linear. Some pages only offer one option. Even when there are two options, one of them always leads to an immediate end: whenever the player chooses not to pursue the CyberCog path, the next page tells them that they return to a boring, depressing life.
Our Unbreakable Spell

**Revival:** 4/11/2021

* "Special Event Patrols" will be available during the event period. You'll be challenged to "Duels" by the Ayakashi during these patrols. Win them to collect "Event Points".
* Event Rewards will be automatically sent to your Present Box.
* 40 LP Patrols have increased gem and Event Duels drop rates.
* 80 LP Patrols are only available for 2 hours during the first three days, and again on the last day. These patrols will trigger Duels on every turn.
* Triggering any type of Duel depends on your RNG luck.
* ~~For more info, see Event Guide and Revival Event Guide.~~

* Unused items will disappear after the event.

* Unused items will disappear after the event.
* Some of these can only be obtained with paid diamonds.

## Event

* Duels
* Event Point Bonus
* Ranking
* Event Draw
* Premium Cards

  Details
* **25 Diamonds or 1 Event Ticket** - One Time
* **250 Diamonds** - Ten Times
* **125 Diamonds** - Five Times
* **SR** guaranteed for each ten pull.

* "Premium" cards can help you clear events with greater ease. However, once the event has ended, their Effects will also end.
* An arrow(s) will be displayed on the upper right side of the card's icon indicating their strength.
* Draw SSR ↑↑: 540% - 1200% UP | 500pt - 2500pt UP
 **Start:** 9/30/2020 at 3:00 UTC **End:** 10/14/2020 at 3:00 UTC
Axxelerator

A screenshot of the Axxelerator interface while it's turned on.

**Axxelerator** is a program found in the Freelands. It is considered malicious/illegal software and is one of the cases the player receives on November 26. It was created by Roddy Wall.

## Usage and Design

The Axxelerator is a speed-boosting software to speed up loading times for Freelands' users. Due to Merchantsoft's limits on the Freelands' download speeds and the sheer amount of content on the Freelands, it takes a long time for things to load. Gill Sanders, creator of the Freelands, asked Roddy Wall to help create the software.

Every once in a while, the program will play the sound of electricity zapping and display a pop-up asking the user to donate money to some of Freelands' artists.

## How to Access

Axxelerator is found in the Freelands. When the player first arrives in the Freelands, they will find an icon of the axxelerator, and clicking on it will download a video onto the user's desktop. The video is of Roddy Wall, reading a cryptic puzzle about where to go next. If the player follows his directions and ends up where he says, they will find a second video.

This second video will tell the player that they must enter a password at the specified location to get in. This next step then requires the player to go and find information on Gill Sanders, Sarah Sanders, and the deleted zones.

Entering the password will allow the player to access a website where they must answer a quiz about the Freelands. If the player fails they must restart the quiz. Because of this, it is possible that the player can simply brute force their way through the quiz without knowing the answers properly. If the player succeeds, they will gain access to the axxelerator. The download page includes the download button and links to donate Hypnocoin to artists of the Freelands.
Rodney Hooks

Rodney Hooks runs RodsAntiGovernmentPage in the Open Eyed zone. He is a victim of the Y2K Mindcrash and cannot be saved.

Dylan's eulogy for him reads, "Rodney, your family came after us hard after the crash. They disgusted me. They smelled like body odor. Their clothes were stained, stretched out, and dirty. They wore flip-flops. They came all the way to San Francisco to our offices and we sent them away. I want you to know that if they're still around I am going to make it right. I'm sorry."
Coolfest '99

Coolfest '99 was a Coolpunk-themed festival held on November 20th 1999 that ended disastrously, effectively killing the genre of Coolpunk. Held in King Amphitheater, it was promoted as the "first official Coolpunk festival" and featured performances from both Fre3zer and Chowder Man with his band KRUNCHER.

Despite how promising it sounded, it was the source of both tragedy and outrage. Firstly, Fre3zer was caught lip-syncing the song "Icy Girl" causing uproar in the audience. Gray's Peak also lied about the presence of free cola, instead charging 5 dollars per bottle. A member of The Dumpster even attended the event, stating that the Coolfest planners had hoped for a turnout of about 5000 people, instead only receiving about 200. Additionally, during a stunt in the KRUNCHER live set, there was a malfunction with the Chowder Copter, leading to the death of the band's drummer, "Kuff" Johnson as well as injuries to all members of the band and three fans (with Chowder Man actually losing a leg).

## Aftermath

Fre3zer was quick to release an apology statement on his official site, stating that he had "goofed up" and claimed that he had actually queued up the wrong version of the song on his laptop. This did little to quell the anger of fans and as of December 31st 1999 he was on hiatus, with his site assuring that he would return yet giving no indication of when.

After the event, Chowder Man's official site displayed a statement about the tragedy at the festival, remarking that there were "no words to express the anguish we (Chowder Man and KRUNCHER) feel". As of December 31st 1999, Chowder Man announced his retirement from the music industry, thanking fans for their loyalty via his site and providing a link to his final song "Chowder Man Please Come Back" as well as a free HypnOS background.

Former fans of Coolpunk were quick to abandon the genre after the shambolic event, expressing a mix of anger and grief. Many moved onto other music genres such as Fungus Scene. As of December 31st 1999, Coolpunk Paradise has become The Venue, now actively inclusive of genres other than Coolpunk, and perhaps a testament to that genre's collapse in popularity.
Haze-O-Pedia

## Page Information

Haze-O-Pedia is a page by DM\_NO1ZPUSH3R, also known as Dylan Merchant. The page describes some of the different styles of Haze and the creation progress. The page notes that purists of the genre only consider a song to be Haze if it had been made using a Bellsound PTRS-1200, a "Recording Workstation" from the mid 1980s. It is a four track tape recorder that offers both effects anda sample based drum module. The page notes that HOP users believe Haze is much more than just a choice of tool. At the end of the page, Dylan offers to hook up readers with a FLST login to his stash of Haze songs he has up for download.

## Dirthaze

Artists Include:

* GlamoCaster
* Sacredhaze
* Real Salve

## Dark Haze Scene

Artists Include:

* Ezmerelda
* The Cauldron Kids

## Earth haze

Artists Include:

* Chet Pinehurst
* Zared
* Arcelo (later projects)
* EagleSong