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Koala
Boot
Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 16
1st test - 71% - Pandora (didn't cheat)
2nd test - Polyphemus (cheated)
3rd test - 100% - Tityos (didn't cheat)
10 Dharma points
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:37 am
MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 4310 Location: Des Moines, IA
apocalypsecow wrote:
haha, 100% by using a 'bug' in the game did it again using the cheat too just in case it's recorded somewhere. Am in Enceladus for test 3
the bug I used:
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start the game then right click, the dharma logo vanishes. now right click outside of the octagon play area. the clock carries on and you cannot be touched.
I've tried this in both IE and FF and clicking anywhere on the page outside the octagon gives me a collision. Bug fixed already?
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:12 am
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
I still think that the assignment of groups is random. And will have nothing to do with your score on the current test.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:19 am
Apopheniac79
Veteran
Joined: 01 Jun 2008 Posts: 136
sinyx wrote:
... Eeghan said we were halfway through the program... so 3 more tests?
He said "...we are not yet even halfway through...". There were early reports of there being 8 tests in total (derived, I believe, from some source/flash cracking).
MrToasty wrote:
I've tried this in both IE and FF and clicking anywhere on the page outside the octagon gives me a collision. Bug fixed already?
I have successfully done this 'cheat'. In the test box that the octagon is in is a dark blue rectangle. Flanking either side of this are light blue 'columns'. You need to place you cursor in the column at a place were when you click to make the logo reappear that it will not touch the inner dark blue box nor the background image (I used the left column, not sure if the right will work). Essentially you need to place your cursor directly in the center of the column.
I think that this method of 'cheating' is not intended to be the one we use and therefore will not be recorded as being triggered in the flash. I could be wrong but, the 'lento' cheat seems to me to be the 'proper' cheat. The outside the octagon cheat seems more-or-less to be a bug.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:35 am
jono
Decorated
Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 299
I cheated and I'm in tityos,
EDIT: are all of the previous tests now unassigned for everyone else???
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:48 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Personally believe that both are valid solutions: one overcomes an obstacle with Time and the other with Space . Both are still working for me. It's crucial to leave your cursor untouched when it is safe.
jono,I was unassigned for awhile. Logged in again later and was back in my original assignments.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:52 am
jono
Decorated
Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 299
Yeah I'm listed now, Thanks
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:55 am
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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 4310 Location: Des Moines, IA
OK, tried it again at work and was successful this time.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:09 am
smartmart
Unfettered
Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 351
pandora
sterope
otus (58% no cheats)
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:00 pm
Apopheniac79
Veteran
Joined: 01 Jun 2008 Posts: 136
amandel wrote:
Personally believe that both are valid solutions: one overcomes an obstacle with Time and the other with Space .
That very well could be and is a logical assumption (like the way you think ).
I do have a question though, for anyone versed in flash encoding. Can it be made to 'report' an instance of a right-click? Because the way that I see it is this. First, we have a background image (the sky-blue bagua 'shadow'). Next, there is a 'game box'. Within this game box there is a dark blue mask that defines the outer 'collision zone'. This mask ends at the inner edges of, what I previously called, the columns. Now, could these columns be, through faulty/lax coding, have a 'playing field' attribute? Essentially meaning that the 'collision zone' mask is not large enough. Sorry for all the speculation here but I just don't know how flash is written or coded, any elucidation would be appreciated.
Hopefully, the email due tomorrow (and the inevitable source code message) will shed some light on the 'correct' cheat.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:41 pm
WhoGirl17
Guest
Real Account (Fem/IL/No cheating on first tries, but cheated for perfect scores later)
1) Pandora
2) Polyphemus
3) Enceladus (First score was 49%, then cheated for 100%)
Cheating Account (Male/IL cheating on first tries)*
1) Pandora
2) Steropes
3) Enceladus (First score was 1%, then 100%)
*I tried cheating the first time out on the third test, but collided with a ball while I was concentrating on typing in the cheat )
Non-Cheating Account (Fem/AZ, No cheats at any time)
1) Pandora
2) Brontes
3) Tityos (Scored 68%)
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:42 pm
sometallusjinks
Veteran
Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 79
Non-cheating account:
Pandora
Steropes
Otus
Cheating account:
Ganymede
Steropes
Antaeus
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:54 pm
Bartock
Decorated
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 237 Location: Guelph, Ontario
Well I got it to work now, so for completeness my account is:
Ganymede
Brontes
Antaeus - didn't cheat my first attempt and was placed in this group, subsequent attempts I cheated and the group remained the same.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:18 pm
jamesi
Sentient Being
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 2195 Location: Canadia
I used the right click cheat -- worked wonders!
Pandora / Steropes / Enceladus (did a few tries without cheating, and was placed here after first attempt, 8%)
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:24 pm
IronJ146
Unfettered
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 634 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
I also stayed in the same group as before cheat (just tried once and got 46) and with the cheat (of course, 100). No Dharma points, though.
I'm also starting to be of the belief that the group names are random at the moment. More about pointing us to the different types.
We do have some conflict now with this "Black Swan", and what I'd say is the now TLE staple of the glitch in the video. I was actually anticipating it while watching the vid.
I'm surprised there hasn't been more spec about who the black swan is, but maybe that's for another thread, huh?
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:17 pm
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