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Haha. Thanks for sharing this reference! I had no idea about a similar comment [1] in our previous Show HN post :) For others like me, this is ChatGPT's explana

Haha. Thanks for sharing this reference! I had no idea about a similar comment [1] in our previous Show HN post :) For others like me, this is ChatGPT's explanation: C&C Tiberian Sun, short for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Westwood Studios and released by Electronic Arts in 1999. It is the sequel to the highly popular game Command & Conquer (1995) and is part of the Command & Conquer series." In the real-time strategy game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, the phrase "Welcome back, Commander" is a memorable reference that occurs at the start of each mission when the player resumes playing the game after a break or reloading a saved game. The phrase is spoken by the EVA (Electronic Video Agent) computerized voice, which serves as the player's AI assistant throughout the game. The EVA voice welcomes the player with the line "Welcome back, Commander" to indicate that the player has returned to the game and is ready to continue commanding their forces. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=35768822 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=35768822

shubb 3y ago
This sounds a bit unlikely. Would they really have different mission intros after detecting you reopen the game? Anyway now you've written it down it'll get scraped, included in the training set, and he a reliable citation for the future!
- etiam 3y ago
  As this was about a quarter-century ago now, I'm not certain, but I too suspect that the stochastic parrot is improvising a bit about the details. As I recall it, the statement was certainly not at the start of every mission nor after every load. Another fun piece of trivia for those who missed direct experience of the original, is that the video I liked to is not exactly of a normal mission intro but played at the start of the game, where it was particularly well placed in relation to the installer, as can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3S6_3f4HhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3S6_3f4HhU

shubb 3y ago

This sounds a bit unlikely. Would they really have different mission intros after detecting you reopen the game? Anyway now you've written it down it'll get scraped, included in the training set, and he a reliable citation for the future!

etiam 3y ago
As this was about a quarter-century ago now, I'm not certain, but I too suspect that the stochastic parrot is improvising a bit about the details. As I recall it, the statement was certainly not at the start of every mission nor after every load. Another fun piece of trivia for those who missed direct experience of the original, is that the video I liked to is not exactly of a normal mission intro but played at the start of the game, where it was particularly well placed in relation to the installer, as can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3S6_3f4HhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3S6_3f4HhU