Do I have to know some Pop Culture here that I might no be familiar with?
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Huh what? Was I blacklisted? Now I'll never be able to solve puzzle 11 D:
Sorry? Were my comments/questions too much?
I thought I kept them vague enough to not give anything major away.
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Why did you blacklist me after all this hard work? Or did you do it to all entered, so you don't have to actually give anything away?
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Woah you were blacked too? Don't think I've seen your comments so maybe I'm off. Still want to know why.
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You both know exactly why i blacklisted you.
For starters Both of you are supposed to be totally different timezones.
Over and over you have entered Giveaways, at the same time.
Considering how many questions there are to even get to the giveaways and you both managed to end up solving at pretty much the same time.
You did it again, with the hidden giveaway. Posted to one of you. owait, both solved 2 mins later. no way.
Not to mention, the couple you didnt solve at the same time, you still both solved it.
Theres not 1 giveaway where only 1 of you as solved it and the other asnt.
Not to mention, your solving speed of puzzle 10, which looking on the leaderboard of that.
You finished at the nearly the same time..... and that was far from easy. Only 7 people have even solved it.
I understand coincidences but as follows-
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Okay... I admit... that does look she other suspicious as hell, we have a reason for that though. We're friends who are competing with each other to see whose the better of us at solving these puzzles but we wait for the other person to finish up so no head starts to ensure it's fair. That was probablyyy a terrible idea. We might've given a hint or two but we never straight out told each other the answers or anything.
As for my time zones well... I prefer my gaming in the night and trying to and play with the Europeans and Americans and w/e. Bad lifestyle choices are fun.
As for the GAs we haven't solved, as far as I know I haven't failed at solving any that's not timed out.
Except Puzzle 11... That ones stumping us...
10 was easy as hell, I don't get why anyone has problems on Q3.
Might've been because we just came straight from solving 9 though.
But I guess a lot of people have solved 11 too but we don't have anything so it might be just our way of thinking o.o
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The fact that you said "Woah you were blacked too? Don't think I've seen your comments so maybe I'm off. Still want to know why." and then openly admitted that you "might've given a hint or two" between each other just shows that you're colluding with each other and even tried to lie to cover it up.
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That's because I was on the train of thought that it might've been related to me making a "hint" or two at some other questions, specifically puzzle 10 Q3. I don't believe he made those kinds of comments so that train of thought was shut down. I don't know everything he's doing so there was still a chance. I admit I thought colluding was bad so I didn't want to trigger anything unnecessary if it was that line. I had no idea we were being so suspicious.
I think after some thought I can provide more insight as to why we were so close. Also I admit looking at those times I wouldn't blame anyone for blacklisting someone. We started at around puzzle 8 or 9 but were quickly shut down from finishing it. Greather generously gave a hint on 9 which was a break through for us and of course I shared to my friend as it had to be safe if it was from the maker. We already had most things down from 9 and 8 so once we got the important clue we were able to breeze through puzzle 9 as it was the same old stuff. Back tracking to earlier puzzles was downhill especially 7, solving within the same hour? I could solve it in 1 minute after the hell that was puzzle 9. The song on 8... was a bit more tricky... Puzzle 10 was just as easy for us, although not for others. Might be since we just came from rushing all the puzzles with the same old stuff. But the hidden on 10 was a bit more stumpy but the slower one of us eventually got it with a small hint.
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Care to provide photo/screenshots of your recent conversations with your puzzle friend in regards to the SG puzzles you guys competed with each other on?
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I think I'll give up on this, the evidence is overwhelmingly stacked against us, even if I can explain it. I think it'd be weird to deny this request though... So pulled 3 random shots. Do remember that we do discuss things other than puzzles... sometimes, especially now that were blacked. Also I wasn't... too happy about that so I'm going to omit that, though that should be after the actual puzzle solving.
http://imgur.com/a/iOWn8
First one is a slight discussion after we both finished and my rage at how simple it was.
Second one is sharing a hint and seeing if I'm ahead, which is a nopeee from me.
Third one is an idea that was wrong so we're not sharing anything important. Just thought it was funny.
Edit: Also this blacklist might be the best for me, spending 6 hours straight working on a puzzle instead of getting some sleep really wasn't healthy for me.
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Seems more like you're working together than anything else based on those screenshots.
And off-topic, what chat program is that? Looks nice. :)
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I don't doubt the puzzles were worked on by both of you ^^ I think the only concern here is sharing answers. Do you have screenshots of your conversations where
- one of you told the other one you've "solved the puzzle" and is waiting for the other one to solve too, or
- one of you solved the puzzle that the other one was waiting on, and tell the other one it's good to keep going.
Edit: ^ and I want to know what chat program that is too :P
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Guess he didn't want to answer any more questions. :(
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Thanks for another great puzzle. If you'll forgive me, can I please take a moment to mourn the absence of Xlate? The fact that that site continues to be down makes solving puzzles like yours a touch harder. /whine.
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Only a small puzzle this time. Enjoy and Good luck.
http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/RyE5NOdL
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