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Re: The Password Game

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Post by squeaky-clean » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

sltkr wrote: post #19

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 wonder if the password becomes invalid if you leave the tab open for 24 hours...

Won't say too many spoilers but after a certain rule part of your password can starve to death if you don't feed it enough. Ask me how I know :(

Re: The Password Game

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Post by hgsgm » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

arijun wrote: post #15

cm-t wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

funny that i had to remove weight of my initial digit since the CAPTCHA (rule10) :>

The captcha could itself add up to more than 25, making an immediate game over

Same. I had a captcha and chess move that added to 29.

Copy your password and reload to continue with only a few missed rules.

Re: The Password Game

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Post by squeaky-clean » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:22 PM UTC

jazpy wrote: post #26

aodonnell2536 wrote: post #16

Got stuck at rule 18, not sure what an atomic number is in this context Password26$_june_pepsi_VIIV_33p4e_about__germanyQxh7+

P = phosphorus, atomic number 15 V = vanadium, 23 I = Iodine, 53 So in your password they add up to 167

Actually Pa from "Password" will br Protactinium at 91. I also started off by typing password and had to change the Pa to a smaller element.

Re: The Password Game

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Post by lcabral » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:25 PM UTC

This turns into a mildly frustrating riddle as some of the challenges are random (captcha, Street View, chess challenge) and end up making it impossible to continue. Got my number added up from the captcha and the best chess move came to be Qh6 (I would need a chess master to disagree with me) so I'm already busted on the add to 25 and then it tells me the "Qh6" notation is illegal (Ok, I was never good with chess notation but I'm pretty sure that says Queen to H6...)

Re: The Password Game

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Post by YellOh » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:28 PM UTC

FinnKuhn wrote: post #43

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 :(

Thirding it. I'm guessing the move is to back up the password, move Paul to the first/last character, and delete everything to save him.

Update: this strat works. But then don't immediately overfeed him.

Re: The Password Game

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Post by NKosmatos » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:34 PM UTC

Reminds me of BOFH :-) https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/bofh/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_Operator_From_Hell

Re: The Password Game

#57

Post by sakras » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:37 PM UTC

lcabral wrote: post #54

This turns into a mildly frustrating riddle as some of the challenges are random (captcha, Street View, chess challenge) and end up making it impossible to continue. Got my number added up from the captcha and the best chess move came to be Qh6 (I would need a chess master to disagree with me) so I'm already busted on the add to 25 and then it tells me the "Qh6" notation is illegal (Ok, I was never good with chess no…

Yeah I think there's a bug with the chess notation, I also had it tell me Rh3 was illegal notation. Interestingly Rf3 is not illegal notation but an illegal move for me.

Re: The Password Game

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Post by TFortunato » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:39 PM UTC

sakras wrote: post #57

lcabral wrote: post #54

This turns into a mildly frustrating riddle as some of the challenges are random (captcha, Street View, chess challenge) and end up making it impossible to continue. Got my number added up from the captcha and the best chess move came to be Qh6 (I would need a chess master to disagree with me) so I'm already busted on the add to 25 and then it tells me the "Qh6" notation is illegal (Ok, I was never good with chess no…

Yeah I think there's a bug with the chess notation, I also had it tell me Rh3 was illegal notation. Interestingly Rf3 is not illegal notation but an illegal move for me.

I thought I had this issue, but it turned out I had to remember the "+" at the end, when I put my opponent in check

Re: The Password Game

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Post by blharr » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:41 PM UTC

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.

Later on there is a rule where you have to feed Paul bugs, and I lost by feeding him too much

Re: The Password Game

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Post by fisian » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 4:42 PM UTC

lcabral wrote: post #54

This turns into a mildly frustrating riddle as some of the challenges are random (captcha, Street View, chess challenge) and end up making it impossible to continue. Got my number added up from the captcha and the best chess move came to be Qh6 (I would need a chess master to disagree with me) so I'm already busted on the add to 25 and then it tells me the "Qh6" notation is illegal (Ok, I was never good with chess no…

I also had to figure out how to enter chess notation. As it turns out you have to add "x" after the piece if you want to capture or "+" suffix for check.