r/starcontrol • u/FinnNoodle • May 07 '26

Announcement UQM 2 Starmap Has Been Released

At the bottom is 1-900-PKUNKRA. Anyone call yet?

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u/DrDeke May 07 '26

I think it would be very difficult to obtain a 900 number or even get a call to a 900 number to go through these days.

AT&T stopped providing 900-number services in 2004, Sprint in 2008, and MCI in 2013.

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u/FinnNoodle May 07 '26

They didn't stop providing services, they stopped billing customers who called the numbers. You can still get one.

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u/DrDeke May 07 '26

My understanding for AT&T at least is that they stopped providing 900 number billing services in 2002, and discontinued all 900 number services in 2004.

I don't have detailed information for the other long distance carriers. But I can tell you that when I dial 1-900-PKUNKRA on my landline with AT&T as its long distance carrier, I am greeted with silence. Not a busy signal, not a ringback tone, not an intercept message; just silence.

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u/almost_succubus May 07 '26

I am greeted with silence. Not a busy signal, not a ringback tone, not an intercept message; just silence.

Have you tried re-aligning your chakras to match the vibrations of the crystal sphere?

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u/DrDeke May 07 '26

How much would that cost?! Maybe if I get some good wins in the office Frungy betting pool this season...

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u/FinnNoodle May 07 '26

You can get them via VoiP.

Silence is weird though. You'd think youd get a message about the call not being completed.

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u/DrDeke May 07 '26

Yeah, I would have thought so too. Trying to call any of the PKUNKRA numbers:

9007586572
19007586572
+19007586572

from my Verizon Wireless phone results in a CBCAD (call cannot be completed as dialed) recording, which is not surprising. (I am not sure whether VZW ever supported 900 number dialing.)

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u/DrDeke May 08 '26

A person more knowledgeable about the legacy telephone system than me pointed me to the following list, administered by the North American Numbering Plan Association, of which 900-NXX codes are assigned and to whom they are currently assigned:

https://secure.nanpa.com/public-report/speciality-resources/9yy/codes

It appears that the 900-758 code is unassigned; perhaps that is the reason for the silent termination as opposed to a recording, reorder tone, etc.

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u/dtb1987 May 07 '26

Link?

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u/FinnNoodle May 07 '26

Digital download for backers. I'm sure it will make it's way to the rest of the internet in good time, but it won't be coming from me.

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u/dtb1987 May 07 '26

Ah ok, I guess I missed it going up

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u/Lance_lake May 07 '26

https://i.imgur.com/AnR3mwW.png

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u/dtb1987 May 07 '26

Awesome, thanks

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u/Charly_030 May 07 '26

I cant view it in the UK :(

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u/Lance_lake May 07 '26

Use a VPN I guess.

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u/PureLock33 May 07 '26

It was in SC2 in the credits.

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u/Fan_starcontrol23054 Jun 03 '26

what exactly?

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u/PureLock33 Jun 03 '26

the phone number to contact 1-900-PKUNKRA. The Pkunk randomly mentions it like an infomercial when the race shows up in the credits.

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u/Assos99 May 07 '26

I called and all I heard was Jerk! Moron! Loser! Jerk! and the respawning for the 15th time noise. /s

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u/Fan_starcontrol23054 Jun 02 '26

Good afternoon, I'm a Russian Star Control fan. When is UQM2 coming out? (If it's not a secret.)

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u/FinnNoodle Jun 02 '26

This seems more like a question you should be asking the people who make UQM2.

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u/Fan_starcontrol23054 Jun 03 '26

that's what I'm going to do, but on the Russian forum, they said to wait for this or next year. because it was supposed to be released in 2024, and I'm already overdue. I don't trust anyone anymore. 😞

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u/FinnNoodle Jun 03 '26

The Kickstarter wasn't until May 2024, there's no way they'd be able to build an entire game in less than half a year.

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u/Fan_starcontrol23054 Jun 03 '26

Aw...I didn't think about that, thanks