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2021-12-13, 01:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2021
Advanced Search Advice for new user
So I made this thread recently: https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...author-unknown .
I’ve been searching Worldbuilding exclusively using words like Dragon, Fate, Luck, Ancient (for the treants), Cycle and so-on (going to try cloud names next), but I never get more than 20 pages of threads to check. So I’m asking if the posts/threads in person’s signature (including settings) might be in a different sub forum than Gaming -> Homebrew Design -> Worldbuilding. Or if there are secrets for digging up 1+ year old threads which *really* should still exist. I probably accessed these threads during Summer 2021, though I didn’t have an account to subscribe or respond to them. I am pretty certain that the OP created at least three threads for this whole cosmology/setting, so the search shouldn’t be completely hopeless.
I don’t know the original thread creator, the thread names, the urls… but I figure there could be a more logical way to carry out this search. Also if there are any specific tips related to how Google interacts with GiantITP forum’s threads when it comes to precise searching, I’ll take them gratefully.Last edited by Rilmani; 2021-12-13 at 01:06 AM.
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2021-12-13, 01:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2021
Re: Advanced Search Advice for new user
I have found a “long signature thread” filled with homebrew links, personality quiz results, and far, far more. Working my way through it, let’s see if luck is on my side.
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2021-12-13, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2010
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Re: Advanced Search Advice for new user
If you can remember any unique key words from the setting, like its name or any custom deities or any of the posters who posted in the thread etc., you can use a deep Google search (i.e. site:giantitp.com) using those terms to help dig it up, and those should go back a number of years. You can also use google techniques like bounding your search to a specific timeframe if you remember when the thread was created.
Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2021-12-13, 06:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2012
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Re: Advanced Search Advice for new user
If you still have the history from the summer, you might be able to search through that. Either via your own browser or the browser for SQLite.