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The Password Game

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Re: The Password Game

#42

Post by xp84 »

This isn’t really significantly more irritating than half the password “rules” forced on me by major companies who ought to know better.

“A special character…” Okay, how about: “

“No, not THAT special!! (Shh, we are worried about a SQL injection attack… in your password… which we dont even know how to escape)”

Let the many implications sink in for a minute.)

Re: The Password Game

#43

Post by FinnKuhn »

batmansmom1 wrote: post #29

A warning to future players: I got to rule 16 and was given an egg named paul that I had to keep safe. Then on rule 18 a fire (of emojis) broke out in my password, killing paul and ending the game. Dont be like me, keep Paul safe.

same here... Paul burnt to death an I lost :(

Re: The Password Game

#45

Post by KomoD »

lnx01 wrote: post #17
kretaceous wrote: post #2

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 gave up when I needed to represent the best chess move in algebraic notation, but I couldn't because the text from the captcha I had to solve earlier contained an illegal move... rage

You can regen the captcha, I stopped at that too because I couldn't be bothered.

Re: The Password Game

#46

Post by hgsgm »

JoelSanchez wrote: post #41

my country was Georgia, i got the coordinates using devtools... i gave up when it got to chess, guess "55A%SeptemberXXXVStarbucksgny6baboutgeorgia2016" will have to be enough

It's easy to spam guesses of moves until you get approved.

Re: The Password Game

#47

Post by hgsgm »

sltkr wrote: post #18
lycos wrote: post #4

I gave up after having to include a leap year (Rule 15), I don't know if this is a spoiler but I ended up with January99Pepsi?XXXVggd7maboutZrJapan (there was an emoji in there for the current moon phase but HN stripped it out) Looking at the code it should be possible to get a lot further, in theory. Wonder how Paul is doing!

The country is randomized; mine was Albania (that was NOT easy to figure out!)

Google a street name.

Re: The Password Game

#48

Post by shawabawa3 »

johtso wrote: post #25

I keep getting illegal move on the chess problem.. although my move is not illegal. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "3k4/1p3Bp1/p5r1/8/P3P1N1/5Pp1/1P1r4/2R4K b - - 0 1"] 1... Rgd6 When I put Rgd6 I get "d6 (Illegal move)"

I'm not sure if this is your problem, but you have to include captures (x), check (+) and checkmate (#) if applicable

Re: The Password Game

#49

Post by hgsgm »

johtso wrote: post #25

I keep getting illegal move on the chess problem.. although my move is not illegal. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "3k4/1p3Bp1/p5r1/8/P3P1N1/5Pp1/1P1r4/2R4K b - - 0 1"] 1... Rgd6 When I put Rgd6 I get "d6 (Illegal move)"

Try Rd6 or Rd6+ for check.
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