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FishPreferred
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Mark your calendars! Clear your schedules! Defragment your hard drives and install those updates!

It is time for How FishPreferred Are You?

As you may know, Gantic will not be available to do his usual schtick this year, thus it falls to me to continue this weird tradition of quantifying your similitude to some vague standard through a series of convoluted and seemingly arbitrary tests.

Sign-up is open until 10 spots are filled, or until September 9, whichever is sooner. You may wager any number of Gantic Points you like, but they will be disregarded because Gantic Points have no relevance to this game.

ROSTER:
1ʭ Hardstrike
1ʭ MattEmAngel
1ʭ Yellowcat
1ʭ hafaroman
1ʭ Coral42
1ʭ Boofuss
1ʭ Moegreche
1ʭ PLGuy
1ʭ Swarmlord2*

*Additional entry, because Hey, why not?

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hafaroman
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Hmm didn't do too well in the first round as well.

Swarmlord2
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Round one was horrible for me. I better do well in the following rounds. Can we provide the logic behind our answers, or do we have to only provide the answers with nothing else?

FishPreferred
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Will you accept submissions in the form of an .exe file?
I don't know. How would you get it to me?

Can we provide the logic behind our answers, or do we have to only provide the answers with nothing else?
Whichever you prefer.
Hardstrike
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Make sure to add a cute small virus in that file too

FishPreferred
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Duke

@MattEmAngel sure. I will try to decompile it, though.

Make sure to add a cute small virus in that file too
Ha. This computer is more than six years old. Not even the scareware hacks think it's worth it anymore.
Swarmlord2
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Marquis

I have no idea where to put my answers.

PLGuy
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I'll just put my answers here. Just 1 thing is encrypted - the explanation of a formula for starting positions:

Start = X(Y*Z)

Y is: acbrgl dt ncgfzvda

Z is: acbrgl dt E jdcazdan sldb ^ hai ztga <

If someone wants to decipher that here's a clue: * T-Rex = Z-Lge *

Map of answers:

https://imgur.com/IDwLlmy.png

Moves work identical like in the first round - answering droid stops only when meeting the walls. Answers on consecutive questions are passed by on succeeding lists of moves:

Question number 1.
Start = X(2)
1) mv
2) m>
3) mv
4) m>
5) mv
6) m>
7) m^
8) m>
9) m<
10) m^
11) m<
12) mv

Question number 2.
Start = X(4)
1) mv
2) m>
3) m^
4) m>
5) m<
6) mv
7) m>
8) mv
9) m<
10) mv
11) m<
12) m^

Question number 3.
Start = X(6)
1) mv
2) m>
3) mv
4) m<
5) mv
6) m>
7) m^
8) m<
9) m>
10) m^
11) m<
12) m^

Question number 4.
Start = X(8)
1) m^
2) m<
3) m^
4) m>
5) mv
6) m>
7) m^
8) m>
9) m<
10) mv
11) m<
12) m^
13) mv
14) m<
15) m>
16) m^
17) m<
18) m^
19) mv
20) m>
21) m^
22) m>
23) mv
24) m<
25) mv
26) m<
27) m^
28) m<
29) mv

Question number 5.
Start = X(10)
1) mv
2) m>
3) mv
4) m<
5) mv
6) m>
7) m^
8) m<
9) m^
10) m>
11) m<
12) mv
13) m<
14) m^

Edit: walking over the same answer doesn't erase it.

PLGuy
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@MattEmAngel You're right... FishPreferred said until Saturday. The time should be over by now... I've played your game it's very nice! xD I like that application RPG Maker too. I'm looking for the "formula number" I didn't have much luck yesterday - I'll look for it now :-)

FishPreferred
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@Hardstrike @Yellowcat @Boofuss @Moegreche @Swarmlord2

Round 2 will be over soon. If you don't have a secret entry, you can just answer the questions directly.

PLGuy
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@MattEmAngel I've tried your joining date and FishPreferred's since it's 7 digits number, but to no prevail. Also I defeated the boss once without equipment cause I forgot to wield it xD

@FishPreferred I saw that @Swarmlord2 posted an answer in your comment section. A binary answer. Good luck with decoding that one xD

Hardstrike
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I hope I still have the time to invent something quick

Yellowcat
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22153615 113615 3151 11324145153641 163336 3633433214 55:
324331121536 54 11
324331121536 55 12
324331121536 56 13
324331121536 61 15
324331121536 62 12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_square

http://crypto.interactive-maths.com/uploads/1/1/3/4/11345755/6430130.jpg?162

PLGuy
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I just got the right number and got your answers @MattEmAngel from the game - now there's a happy music xD You chose E in answer number 3 which was also the hardest for me - maybe because none of the answers were right...

@FishPreferred what if I got his answers before he gave the password? Shall I write them here?

Hardstrike
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Alright I created smth fast and incorrect. Answers can be decrypted by using them questions

3331
5114
3461
2571
3341

FishPreferred
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FishPreferred
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Duke

PLEASE REVEAL ANY AND ALL SECRET ANSWERS BEFORE NOON TOMORROW
(if you want those points, that is)

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