jloffen wrote:

Nobody knows what this block was meant to do. Not even the Scratch wiki! This is because it did nothing when clicked:

color fx test (10):: looks

This block was accidentally added to the block palette in the v349 prerelease of Scratch 2.0, and then immediately removed in the next version. Nothing else about it was known before its removal.
Yeah I know this was a short post, but it's because almost NOTHING is known about this block.
~jloffen

On February 16th, jloffen wrote:

If this block still existed, it would be the only one to contain a capital letter.

One day later, on February 17, _nix wrote:

Hey, “when I start as a clone” and “when I receive” include capital letters!

Finally, on February 22, jloffen wrote:

Well, excluding those two.

Finally, on February 22, jloffen wrote:

Well, excluding those two.

On February 16, jloffen wrote:

These blocks are different, with costume # being added in 1.2, and backdrop # being added in 2.0.

On the same day, medians wrote:

Well, I've used those blocks recently because I use 2.0

Finally, on February 22, jloffen wrote:

It's good to know people still use Scratch 2.0! Speaking of 2.0, I still prefer 2.0's block design over 3.0's one for some reason.

On February 16th, jloffen wrote:

If this block still existed, it would be the only one to contain a capital letter.

One day later, on February 17, _nix wrote:

Hey, “when I start as a clone” and “when I receive” include capital letters!

Five days later, on February 22, jloffen wrote:

Well, excluding those two.

During the same hour, medians wrote:

I mean, kinda ruins the point of what you said at first xD

Finally, STILL during the same hour, jloffen wrote:

It doesn't matter, you still know what I mean! ·‿·

On February 14, jloffen wrote:

There were two blocks which only appeared in the Scratch 2.0 alpha:

show monitor [variable v]:: variables
hide monitor [variable v]:: variables

These blocks were originally meant to replace the show/hide variable blocks, as they could also work with lists.

Eight days later, on February 22, imfh wrote:

Did the show monitors block work with monitors for things which were neither variables nor lists? For example, mouse x position.

Finally, on February 26, jloffen wrote:

The Scratch Wiki only mentioned the ability to show both variables and lists, so I believe it wouldn't have shown or hidden other monitors.
Thanks for asking though.

say nothing:: looks

say []

jloffen wrote:

Here's a really short piece of info:

say nothing:: looks

As you can tell, this block was meant to stop a sprite's speech. This block was added on the 1st of March 2004, but then was removed on the 22nd of August 2006, being replaced with this workaround:

say []

Although this post is really short, at least it has more info than the “color fx test” one!
~jloffen

On February 27, jloffen wrote:

Here's a really short piece of info:

say nothing:: looks

As you can tell, this block was meant to stop a sprite's speech. This block was added on the 1st of March 2004, but then was removed on the 22nd of August 2006, being replaced with this workaround:

say []

Around 2 hours later, _nix wrote:

Honestly it's kind of a comparably cheesy block to “if on edge, bounce”.

Finally, almost half an hour later, jloffen wrote:

Hey, thanks for (accidentally) reminding me of this removed block:

point away from edge:: motion

It was added on the 16th of January 2006, but was removed (for an unknown reason) on the 27th of July. This acted similarly to “if on edge, bounce”, however it didn't need to touch the edge at all.

change blur by [1]:: #5fb1c9

change [pixelate v] effect by (10)

change [fisheye v] effect by (10)

On February 27, jloffen wrote:

point away from edge:: motion

It was added on the 16th of January 2006, but was removed (for an unknown reason) on the 27th of July. This acted similarly to “if on edge, bounce”, however it didn't need to touch the edge at all.

Seven days later, on March 5, jloffen wrote:

One more thing, here's a (really complicated) recreation of this block, taken straight from the scratch wiki:

define point away from edge
if <not <(y position) < (0)>> then
    if <((x position) - (240)) > ((y position) - (180))> then
        point in direction ((0) - ([abs v] of (direction))) // top right
    end
    if <((x position) - (240)) < ((y position) - (180))> then
        if <((-240) - (x position)) > ((y position) - (180))> then
            point in direction ([abs v] of (direction)) // top middle
        end
        if <((-240) - (x position)) < ((y position) - (180))> then
            if <(90) > ([abs v] of (direction))> then
                point in direction ((180) - (direction)) // top left
            end
        end
    end
end
if <not <(y position) > (0)>> then
    if <((x position) - (240)) > ((-180) - (y position))> then
        point in direction ((0) - ([abs v] of (direction))) // bottom right
    end
    if <((x position) - (240)) < ((-180) - (y position))> then
        if <((-240) - (x position)) > ((-180) - (y position))> then
            point in direction ([abs v] of (direction)) // bottom middle
        end
        if <((-240) - (x position)) < ((-180) - (y position))> then
            if <(90) < ([abs v] of (direction))> then
                point in direction ((180) - (direction)) // bottom left
            end
        end
    end
end

qwertzbetter wrote:

how to make blocks in discuss

[scratchblocks]
when green flag clicked
say [this is how to use scratch blocks in topics.] for (3) secs
This is a custom block!:: motion cap
[/scratchblocks]

when green flag clicked
say [this is how to use scratch blocks in topics.] for (3) secs
This is a custom block!:: motion cap

add letters of [thing] to [list v] :: list

define add letters of [string] to a list
set [i v] to [1]
repeat (length of (string))
add (letter (i) of (string)) to [list v]
change [i v] by (1)
end

vivisgreat wrote:

there were many blocks from old versions of scratch that were removed

(days since 2000)

when green flag clicked

forever
if <> then

end
end

when green flag clicked
forever
if <> then

end
end