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[catherwood]

[OT] The 2 Tone Game

[Everfalling]

ooh that looks interesting. i'm gonna go do the second task soon. i got about half way using google maps street view

[Everfalling]

ok so far this game is pretty interesting but i have to say i don't understand the whole points thing for hints. i don't see anything about the point system anywhere on the site so i donno if using points counts against my final score or if i have a cache of points that i'm unknowingly taking out of. i ended up using all the free hints at the march task because the end clue didn't make any sense to me (and still kinda doesn't because i can't recognize languages easily.) and i accidentally just spend 80-something points on a hint because there were two before it that were free. at the very least the people who're making this game need to tell the user what the points mean or else they won't use the hints at all and stop or they'll use them whenever regardless of point value because it doesn't mean anything...

also i found this:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/eve/1686797259.html

it says the 11th-25th? is that the actual time frame or was that just a date they put in arbitrarily because CL makes you put down one?

anywho. i guess i gotta take a trek uptown now...

[catherwood]

I have some behind the scenes info which might be of interest. It's a discussion from/by/with the PM about the pacing of the game, and things he has observed from the server logs and watching players at various locations. He begins with "(I don't think there are any spoilers here)" but I'll hide the links so you won't be so tempted to click right away.

[lahosken]

"...i donno if using points counts against my final score..."

Yep, that's it.

"...a date they put in arbitrarily because CL makes you put down one? "

Yep. Congratulations, you have solved the Craigslist event listing puzzle. :-)

"need to tell the user what the points mean"

Points mean different things to different people.

[lahosken]

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