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[guesty1]

when you submit your answers to the riddles in the hunt website, am i right in thinking that it is that card that you write something on then click send.

if this i s the case how does it know that it is me typing that in, i mean i dont have to log in or anything?????????

im baffled

[dhoule]

[guesty1]

confused

[guesty1]

thankyou thankyou thankyou, sorry for the multiple message it wasnt coming up on my screen.

[gdesignr]

DaVinci lessons learned

[JustAWhiner]

Y'know, I can't understand why dhoule is whining so much about cheating. If he wasn't looking for clues to help him through the game, then he wouldn't be trawling through this forum.

Elsewhere he's complained about the so-called time-lag and he's moaned about 14-year-old, non-passport holders playing the game. Well, read the rules - the very people you're complaining about are prohibited from entering the final. If anyone has a technical right to complain, it's Japanese entrants because the rest of the world has a greater advantage - particularly the US who not only benefit from more time to resolve the puzzles but also have three finalist places. The time lag is immaterial as far as Volvo are concerned - the XML files show that the games are scheduled to "unlock" at the same time according to GMT wherever you might be located in the world and they are selecting finalists from each of the timezones the game can be played in.

What staggers belief is that he whines about people reverse-engineering the code when he freely admits having done the same to the SWFs, the HTML, the XML, and the Javascript files. But of course, it's different for dhoule because he's only doing it for altruistic reasons. Pull the other leg, it's wooden...lol

I doubt very much that Volvo care about "cheating" - they've covered their butts as far as the legal side of things go in that it's a game of skill (and yes, even entering an email address in order to play the game can be over-challenging to some); they've acquired a huge database of email addresses for future advertising campaigns; legions of potential customers have ventured into their showrooms for the first time ever; and they've generated an enormous amount of free internet publicity to ride on the back of their TV advert. Not a bad return for simply lobbing a car into some hole in the ground.

And one final thought for dhoule to ponder - people who have, in his words, "cheated" by looking up the answers online are unlikely to find the car should they reach the final and have to rely upon their intellect to resolve the puzzles they'll face there.

[Phaedra]

[JustAWhiner]

Final, final thought for dhoule. If Volvo were so concerned, why have they created an official blog that contains the following encouragement "Then, check back here frequently and me with my one good eye will be giving you a little nudge here and there to help move you right along. And, feel free to discuss the clues amongst yourself on these here message boards."

That simply proves they want as many people as possible to continue to take part right up until the 12th, so they can capitalise further on all that free publicity.

Pssst....Phaedra, I am playing nice believe me. It's just that I can sniff hypocrisy from ten fathoms away

[Phaedra]

[JustAWhiner]

Ahh, I see.

So it's okay for dhoule to infer, as he's done on numerous occasions, that everyone apart from himself is a "cheater" ?

[Phaedra]

[dhoule]

[donshlong]

Im going to applogize for starting such a discussion .. and applogize to whom got affended by my remarks. There was just a concern ( a valid concern I beleive ) that we are doing a good job on solving such puzzles and then to have someone ruin the goodness of the game by exploiting backdoors etc..

So, lets continue with the hunt, find and solve these puzzles and share the information when needed.

again.... my appologies.

Donshlong AKA Wickedlover

[rose]

if it isn't against the rules, it isn't cheating

[dhoule]

Re: if it isn't against the rules, it isn't cheating