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The Password Game

neal.fun

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Re: The Password Game

#521
Find a Flaw in the logic!!

I had a captcha value "ex0888" and the answer for the chess puzzle was Rd8+. Now I can not statisfy the Rule "digit sum adds up to number 25" cause total of all the digits in password was exceeding the 25. Can't go ahead of this!

But It was fun playing and keeping up all the rules!

Re: The Password Game

#523

I lost at rule 35 (out of 36) because I overfed Paul. Some tips I gathered: 9. Use XXXV, as the chemical symbols contained in (V,VII) add up 152, which is already very close to 200 for rule 18; 10. Refresh the captcha so that it only includes lowercase letters, you'll need numbers later and they can't add up to more than 25 according to rule 5; 14. Pray for having a country with a short name, whose first letter isn't…

Seconds aren't needed. Also, copy your password before confirming it! You'll need it on the clipboard for the next step...

Re: The Password Game

#525
Got to level 31 on mobile.

The different font sizes for different characters ended up crashing the browser. I went out just after this:

> XXXV-75-may-Shell-dbfen-straw--china-Qf5+-0000-i am loved- https://youtube.com/watch?v=BprGlhu_Hfs- Po-@@@@@-@@@@@-@@@@@-@@@@@-@@@@@-@@@@@-@@@@@-@@@@@#cd1520-xngxc-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-$$$$$$-

Edit- emojis don’t save..

Couple of tips.

- 0000 is a leap year and doesn’t add to your numbers tally

- “not strong enough” - paste the strong man emoji three times.

- hex color - screenshot and upload to a hex color picker (on iOS turn off the screen dimming). Choose a hex color with low numbers. Enter as lowercase to avoid creating more chemical elements such as “F” and “C”

- chess move - install Chessvision.ai and upload screenshot. Taking a piece add an “x” between the piece taking the move and the target square e.g. Qxe5. Taking a piece and putting the king in check Qxe5+. Checkmate Qxe5#

- captcha - avoid numbers. Leave all lowercase. Avoid captchas that could be confused for a chess move (e.g. contains “e5”)

- YouTube URL - google “mm:ss YouTube” replacing the minutes and seconds. Only use one without Roman numerals and very few numbers in the URL. The times are shown in the screenshot on google search

- on fire? Smash the delete button. Add loads of zeros to pad it out to give yourself a chance. You can delete them later.

- copy the password regularly in a notes file. After Everything goes up on flames you can paste it back in

- country - enter it in lower case. Take a look around if you can and hint for tips. Road signs, tree types (cold or warm climate), road name overlays, advertising, company names, etc. only once I couldn’t figure it out. Middle of a ruined castle??

- you not allowed to overfeed Paul. I kept him up at 5 bugs and it allowed me to jump between apps and jump back. Maybe you can add more but I didn’t risk it.

- ChatGPT can help you with the periodic table and help you with the math.

Re: The Password Game

#526

Neal has outdone himself yet again. I had it until the roman numerals and adding upto 25 ones but lost my cool when it said it must include today's wordle answer. Screaming and crying.

I failed when it wanted me to add emoji. It's against my religion.

Re: The Password Game

#527
finally did it after 10 attempts and several hours.. my password was "[paul]#################7Ge101#2ad2be1:00dpbydstrawmaypepsi[worm][moon][weight][weight][weight]iamlovednorwayQxh7+youtu.be/__uIuGojJU4XXXV"

Re: The Password Game

#529

All rules in this game! 1. Your password must be at least 5 characters. 2. Your password must include a number. 3. Your password must include an uppercase letter. 4. Your password must include a special character. 5. The digits in your password must add up to 25. 6. Your password must include a month of the year. 7. Your password must include a roman numeral. 8. Your password must include one of our sponsors. (pepsi/…

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Re: The Password Game

#530

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm impressed you were able to not get tangled up by the youtube/captcha/color hex/roman numeral mess! The youtube one is what screwed me over and over out of all my attempts

"00:00 / : " youtube Google that, including the quotes, replace the minutes and seconds with your given time, then look through the results and find a URL which fits the password criteria. Every result should be a video with that duration. If it isn't, check your useragent. I noticed some weirdness with that.

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