Yep - everything I thought could be the "best" move was wrong as far as the Password Game was concerned. At which point I shrugged, closed the browser tab, and went to sleep instead.
Yep - everything I thought could be the "best" move was wrong as far as the Password Game was concerned. At which point I shrugged, closed the browser tab, and went to sleep instead.
One thing that tripped me up is forgetting to type + at the end of, for example, Qe4+. I had unambiguously specified what piece moved where, but not following the correct syntax. So I cheated and...
One thing that tripped me up is forgetting to type + at the end of, for example, Qe4+. I had unambiguously specified what piece moved where, but not following the correct syntax.
So I cheated and plugged the board into the Lichess's board analyzer, which both found the solution and reminded me of the right syntax for it.
I don't believe that there is any checkmate in 1 on the board, however there is a checkmate in two if you can deflect a specific piece. That's the reason why it's rejecting candidate moves that...
I don't believe that there is any checkmate in 1 on the board, however there is a checkmate in two if you can deflect a specific piece. That's the reason why it's rejecting candidate moves that are otherwise OK and playable, just not the best
I gave up on rule 14 or so when the country name (Lithuania) included a roman numeral (L = 50) that couldn't multiply with another roman numeral to equal 35. I suppose I could have tried lithuania...
I gave up on rule 14 or so when the country name (Lithuania) included a roman numeral (L = 50) that couldn't multiply with another roman numeral to equal 35. I suppose I could have tried lithuania in lowercase.
Edit: Gave up again when the captcha (387g2) and chess move (Nf7+) had digits that summed to higher than 25.
Edit: tried one more time and failed at rule 24 for a reason I won't spoil. :D
Had several of the same problems. Lowercase fixed most of them. Interestingly, I got the same CAPTCHA, but there's a handy-dandy refresh button to get a new one that hopefully has lower digits. I...
Had several of the same problems. Lowercase fixed most of them. Interestingly, I got the same CAPTCHA, but there's a handy-dandy refresh button to get a new one that hopefully has lower digits. I also failed at Rule 24, and for probably the exact same reason. 🐛
I know that you should look up how to check(mate) the king, but every time I choose that position with the Algebraic notation, the rule says it's an illegal move
I know that you should look up how to check(mate) the king, but every time I choose that position with the Algebraic notation, the rule says it's an illegal move
Yeah I'm a bit stumped by that as well. I'm certain I have the correct move, but it's not having any of it. Edit: I got it. I forgot you need to add a + to a checking move.
Yeah I'm a bit stumped by that as well. I'm certain I have the correct move, but it's not having any of it.
Edit: I got it. I forgot you need to add a + to a checking move.
I made it past rule 16 thanks to your comment. I sadly ended up starving Paul shortly after because the whole thing is a bit buggy. It was a fun run anyways!
I made it past rule 16 thanks to your comment. I sadly ended up starving Paul shortly after because the whole thing is a bit buggy. It was a fun run anyways!
I had this problem until I put the “+” symbol at the end to notate “check.” There may be a similar notation for checkmate. I don’t really play chess and had to google the notation.
I had this problem until I put the “+” symbol at the end to notate “check.” There may be a similar notation for checkmate. I don’t really play chess and had to google the notation.
I did a bit of research combing through people's screenshots of their progress in the game beyond Rule 16, where I was unable to continue. There's some pretty wild stuff. If y'all are like me and...
Exemplary
I did a bit of research combing through people's screenshots of their progress in the game beyond Rule 16, where I was unable to continue.
There's some pretty wild stuff. If y'all are like me and got stuck pretty early but your curiosity is not sated, take a look:
Warning: spoilers.
Unfortunately, I think I haven't been able to see every rule in my research, but (Thanks to fellow tildes users for assisting!) here's every rule from 16 and beyond:
Rule 16 says "Your password must include the best move in algebraic chess notation." and shows a chess board, with a randomized board state. This is where I personally failed as I am not familiar enough with chess to realistically solve it.
Rule 17 says "🥚← This is my chicken Paul. He hasn't hatched yet, please put him in your password and keep him safe."
Rule 18 says "The elements in your password must have atomic numbers that add up to 200."
(at some point, probably here, your entry field is given some formatting tools)
Rule 19 says "All the vowels in your password must be bolded."
Rule 20 says "Oh no! Your password is on fire. Quick, put it out!" and fills up a bunch of fire emojis in your password input box. Apparently, Paul can burn if you do not clear the fires fast enough.
Rule 21 says "Your password is not strong enough 🏋️" and I'm not sure what the solution is but it might be just spamming a bunch of 🏋️ 🏋️ 🏋️ 🏋️ 🏋️
Rule 22 - courtesy of @em-dash with suspected possible variants:
Your password must contain one of the following affirmations:
I am loved
I am worthy
I am enough
Rule 23 says "Paul has hatched! Please don't forget to feed him, he eats three 🐛 every minute." - At this point, I believe the egg emoji is automatically replaced with a chicken emoji, and you will have to add 🐛🐛🐛 to the password every minute while you're solving other rules or it will fail. As Paul eats them, the bugs actually disappear from your password in real time. You can overfeed him by trying to add a large amount too fast.
Rule 24 says "Your password must include the URL of a 24 minute 7 second long YouTube video." - have fun searching for one while keeping Paul fed... It's also likely to fuck up your roman numerals or other prior answers. Also, the time is randomized, so you can't just borrow someone else's answer which solved, as yours will likely require a different duration video.
Rule 25 says "A sacrifice must be made. Pick 2 letters that you will no longer be able to use." and a keyboard is displayed where you click 2 letters and then click Sacrifice.
Rule 26: Your password must contain twice as many italic characters as bold (26 through 28 courtesy of @pizardwenis96)
Rule 27: At least 30% of your password must be in the Wingdings font
Rule 28: Your password must include this color in hex
Rule 29 - All roman numerals must be in Times New Roman. (thanks to @SteeeveTheSteve for this one)
Rule 30 says "The font size of every digit must be equal to its square."
Rule 31 says "Every instance of the same letter must have a different font size.
Rule 32 says "Your password must include the length of your password.
Rule 33 says "The length of your password must be a prime number."
Rule 34 says "Uhhh let's skip this one." and is automatically checked off
Rule 35 says "Your password must include the current time." so it will basically infinitely require updating.
At the end, which is after Rule 35, it asks you to confirm your password, basically, by opening a second text field and starting a bomb, which supposedly is 2 minutes. I suspect the player may not be allowed to copy and paste, here. The password must be entered exactly correctly as a copy of the first, and I'm not sure but I suspect the temporal rules may still be maintained, such as the current time and feeding Paul.
The country, chess, youtube, and possibly elements of other rules are randomized so you won't be able to rely on other people's answers.
Some users reported that an illegal move on the chessboard was part of the captcha, producing an unwinnable condition, but apparently the captcha can be rerolled at any time.
Some users reported that the country they received in Rule 14 had a letter that made their roman numeral rule 9 impossible (in the example, it was the C in "Cambodia" putting their roman numeral total well above their required 35.) As it turns out, it will accept the country name in lowercase, avoiding this issue.
I won't subject you to my terrible excuse for a screenshot (I photographed a glossy laptop screen because reasons) but 22 is spoiler Your password must contain one of the following affirmations: I...
I won't subject you to my terrible excuse for a screenshot (I photographed a glossy laptop screen because reasons) but 22 is
spoiler
Your password must contain one of the following affirmations:
I am loved
I am worthy
I am enough
I only played once, unsure if the list is constant.
Yes, I had the same rule 22. Easy enough, except that "I" is both a Roman numeral and represents Iodine on the periodic table. I'm not sure if you can get away with lowercasing it here.
Yes, I had the same rule 22. Easy enough, except that "I" is both a Roman numeral and represents Iodine on the periodic table. I'm not sure if you can get away with lowercasing it here.
Rules 26-28 Rule 26: Your password must contain twice as many italic characters as bold Rule 27: At least 30% of your password must be in the Wingdings font Rule 28: Your password must include...
Rules 26-28
Rule 26: Your password must contain twice as many italic characters as bold
Rule 27: At least 30% of your password must be in the Wingdings font
Rule 28: Your password must include this color in hex
Unfortunately Paul died before I could get 28 working with all the other rules
I thought I was so clever, but Paul was too powerful for me while playing on mobile. I made it to either rule 23 or 24 and (Spoiler) overfed him with caterpillar emojis while looking for an URL of...
I thought I was so clever, but Paul was too powerful for me while playing on mobile. I made it to either rule 23 or 24 and (Spoiler)
overfed him with caterpillar emojis while looking for an URL of a 17 minute 23 second YouTube video.
I'll give you a clue, 🔥 is an emoji. Edit: I just realized, I never tried fighting fire with more emoji's 💧💦🚒. That would be awesome if one of those worked. Hope I remember that next time I play. 😁
I'll give you a clue, 🔥 is an emoji.
Edit: I just realized, I never tried fighting fire with more emoji's 💧💦🚒. That would be awesome if one of those worked. Hope I remember that next time I play. 😁
That was weirdly fun. I got to Rule 21 before I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do. Then I accidentally closed the tab, and there is no way in hell I'm doing all that again lol. For...
That was weirdly fun. I got to Rule 21 before I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do. Then I accidentally closed the tab, and there is no way in hell I'm doing all that again lol. For anyone else who tries this: you will need Google, and relatively quick reflexes (yes, seriously). Also would not recommend playing on mobile.
This was super fun! I don't remember which number rule I was up to, failed bc I overfed Paul. It was okay on mobile but definitely harder than it would've been with mouse and keyboard
This was super fun! I don't remember which number rule I was up to, failed bc I overfed Paul.
It was okay on mobile but definitely harder than it would've been with mouse and keyboard
Spoilers It changes every time. If you are stumped, paste in a list of all country names. You can delete them until the rule is violated again, and then you'll know the answer. Here's a convenient...
Spoilers
It changes every time. If you are stumped, paste in a list of all country names. You can delete them until the rule is violated again, and then you'll know the answer. Here's a convenient list:
If you right click > inspect element on rule 14 and keep opening the nested div’s until you get to the iframe, you can get the Google Maps embedded link. The link should include a segment that...
If you right click > inspect element on rule 14 and keep opening the nested div’s until you get to the iframe, you can get the Google Maps embedded link. The link should include a segment that looks something like this !1d3.2375917!2d101.684043. Get rid of the !1d and replace !2d with a comma. Then, you can paste the lat-long into Google Maps to determine which country it is
bless, this was what I was trying (and failing) to figure out. I was refreshing the page until I got one that I could walk around in and get readable text. One was in Spanish and I tried...
bless, this was what I was trying (and failing) to figure out. I was refreshing the page until I got one that I could walk around in and get readable text. One was in Spanish and I tried translating it since I speak Spanish somewhat, and then googling my translation, then realized I'm an idiot and googled the original Spanish text, and got the answer immediately. The next one that worked for me, I just recognized the Japanese alphabet so that was easy enough.
Got to Rule 23 or 24, not completely sure. This is really2 hard, surprisingly action packed, had to juggle using a paper and pen, 2 browser windows, and my phone. Spoiler Roman numerals and...
Got to Rule 23 or 24, not completely sure. This is really2 hard, surprisingly action packed, had to juggle using a paper and pen, 2 browser windows, and my phone.
Spoiler
Roman numerals and Element symbols are hard to "balance".
Unless you're a masochist, don't play using your phone.
This was fun though, thank you.
I got to rule 16 with Fucknugget$993JulyIShellXXXVd22bdtractFe🌔Slovenia0 I'm curious what other ridiculous passwords people have had to make to get this far.
I got to rule 16 with Fucknugget$993JulyIShellXXXVd22bdtractFe🌔Slovenia0
I'm curious what other ridiculous passwords people have had to make to get this far.
I made it to the YouTube video, found one that was close enough to 33:34 to count, but that screwed up my Roman Numerals and elements because of C and W. Then Paul didn't make it. Poor Paul :(...
I made it to the YouTube video, found one that was close enough to 33:34 to count, but that screwed up my Roman Numerals and elements because of C and W. Then Paul didn't make it. Poor Paul :( Definitely don't recommend playing on your phone like I did. Thankfully when you bold your vowels it doesn't care if you bold everything.
I overfed Paul while looking for the video and was so sad. I played on mobile, as well, but couldn't get the video URL in a feasible amount of time. That rule specifically would be a lot simpler...
I overfed Paul while looking for the video and was so sad. I played on mobile, as well, but couldn't get the video URL in a feasible amount of time. That rule specifically would be a lot simpler when using a PC browser.
I accidentally killed Paul! What a bummer... Thanks for posting this! It was a fun distraction from my normal workday for a bit lol. I'll have to get back and try again soon. Anyone know how if...
I accidentally killed Paul! What a bummer... Thanks for posting this! It was a fun distraction from my normal workday for a bit lol. I'll have to get back and try again soon.
Anyone know how if there's a way to search YouTube videos by length?
I made it to rule 24 and was thwarted not by the game's difficulty, but by one of my browser extensions conflicting with the game such that I could no longer proceed. Details if you're curious...
I made it to rule 24 and was thwarted not by the game's difficulty, but by one of my browser extensions conflicting with the game such that I could no longer proceed.
Details if you're curious (game spoilers)...
I use Privacy Redirect to redirect all YouTube embed requests through Invidious instances. Rule 24 loads a video directly into the page to verify its running length. But it doesn't know how to interact with the Invidious player and gets stuck in a loop. Since I can't disable the plugin without refreshing the page (and losing my progress) I threw in the towel here.
I got to Rule 32 before I began to suspect that it's not something that can be done in an hour. It was fun, but please remember to give up when you have wasted enough time!!! There was definitely...
I got to Rule 32 before I began to suspect that it's not something that can be done in an hour. It was fun, but please remember to give up when you have wasted enough time!!! There was definitely a sunk cost regret feeling in giving up.
I played this a couple weeks ago, then after I beat it I took it apart a bit. All rules Your password must be at least 5 characters. Your password must include a number. Your password must include...
I played this a couple weeks ago, then after I beat it I took it apart a bit.
All rules
Your password must be at least 5 characters.
Your password must include a number.
Your password must include an uppercase letter.
Your password must include a special character.
The digits in your password must add up to 25.
Your password must include a month of the year.
Your password must include a roman numeral.
Your password must include one of our sponsors: [logos for Pepsi, Starbucks, and Shell]
The roman numerals in your password should multiply to 35.
Your password must include this CAPTCHA: [a CAPTCHA]
Your password must include today's Wordle answer.
Your password must include a two letter symbol from the periodic table.
Your password must include the current phase of the moon as an emoji.
Your password must include the name of this country. [Google Street View frame, like in GeoGuessr]
I got to about Rule 7, and then stopped. I didn't see the point. It's called a "game", but this didn't feel like a game to me. The rules kept changing, there was no goal, and, most importantly, I...
I got to about Rule 7, and then stopped. I didn't see the point. It's called a "game", but this didn't feel like a game to me. The rules kept changing, there was no goal, and, most importantly, I wasn't having fun.
that sucks you didnt enjoy it. it wasnt like a fun game, but it was really interesting updating your password each time with additional rules, while keeping all previous rules.
that sucks you didnt enjoy it. it wasnt like a fun game, but it was really interesting updating your password each time with additional rules, while keeping all previous rules.
I think the goal is pretty clear, to create one string that matches all the rules. The rules don't change, more get added, and it's the whole point! Obviously there's nothing that can be done and...
I think the goal is pretty clear, to create one string that matches all the rules. The rules don't change, more get added, and it's the whole point! Obviously there's nothing that can be done and nobody can judge if it just wasn't subjectively fun to you.
GAH! After all that, my poor password up in smoke. I saved part of it (and Paul) only to make the mistake of hitting undo to try to get it back. Q_Q I'll be back Paul, I won't let you get hard...
GAH! After all that, my poor password up in smoke. I saved part of it (and Paul) only to make the mistake of hitting undo to try to get it back. Q_Q I'll be back Paul, I won't let you get hard boiled again!!
This is a great game, both making fun of password requirements and actual fun. I found it to be a test of internet skills like searching, geoguessing, how text fields work. If I didn't know it, I searched and found it or something that would output it.
Edit: Round 2 - Made it to 24 and took too long trying to figure out how to search by duration. Paul was not hard boiled, but I forgot to set my hourglass and he starved. Q_Q
Made it to Rule 16, and my chess is too rusty to get further. But a fun diversion, anyway.
I got there. I gave it a move that does an immediate checkmate, and it told me that was wrong. I gave up at that point.
Yep - everything I thought could be the "best" move was wrong as far as the Password Game was concerned. At which point I shrugged, closed the browser tab, and went to sleep instead.
Rule 16 was really annoying because there were good moves that should have met that requirement but no.
One thing that tripped me up is forgetting to type
+at the end of, for example,Qe4+. I had unambiguously specified what piece moved where, but not following the correct syntax.So I cheated and plugged the board into the Lichess's board analyzer, which both found the solution and reminded me of the right syntax for it.
I don't believe that there is any checkmate in 1 on the board, however there is a checkmate in two if you can deflect a specific piece. That's the reason why it's rejecting candidate moves that are otherwise OK and playable, just not the best
Every instance gives you a different board. Same with a lot of the tests like the geoguesser.
I guess I got lucky. I only had to move a few feet in the geoguesser to see a sign that told me it was in Jordan.
I gave up on rule 14 or so when the country name (Lithuania) included a roman numeral (L = 50) that couldn't multiply with another roman numeral to equal 35. I suppose I could have tried lithuania in lowercase.
Edit: Gave up again when the captcha (387g2) and chess move (Nf7+) had digits that summed to higher than 25.
Edit: tried one more time and failed at rule 24 for a reason I won't spoil. :D
Had several of the same problems. Lowercase fixed most of them. Interestingly, I got the same CAPTCHA, but there's a handy-dandy refresh button to get a new one that hopefully has lower digits. I also failed at Rule 24, and for probably the exact same reason. 🐛
Poor Paul.
Same here, I'm terrible at chess LOL but I remember this guy's site, highly suggest checking out his Absurd Trolley Problems as well, super hilarious
I know that you should look up how to check(mate) the king, but every time I choose that position with the Algebraic notation, the rule says it's an illegal move
Yeah I'm a bit stumped by that as well. I'm certain I have the correct move, but it's not having any of it.
Edit: I got it. I forgot you need to add a + to a checking move.
Ah very helpful. I was very convinced my move was right probably would have given up before this hint.
I made it past rule 16 thanks to your comment. I sadly ended up starving Paul shortly after because the whole thing is a bit buggy. It was a fun run anyways!
I had this problem until I put the “+” symbol at the end to notate “check.” There may be a similar notation for checkmate. I don’t really play chess and had to google the notation.
For me it was Qxh6+
Edit: https://postimg.cc/KRZ4R3JH
Yeah mine was nearly the same. It's weird how specific these can be, always mate in 1 I think.
Qxh6+results inRxh6and thenRg8++.Apparently you gotta put the + in there also to mean Check.
Same, I'm not even capable of interpreting the chessboard image nevermind even knowing what a valid move is. I'm just not familiar with the game.
16 was beyond me so I
cheated
and searched the web for a next chess move calculator and found one that output the correct move. >:)I did a bit of research combing through people's screenshots of their progress in the game beyond Rule 16, where I was unable to continue.
There's some pretty wild stuff. If y'all are like me and got stuck pretty early but your curiosity is not sated, take a look:
Warning: spoilers.
Unfortunately, I think I haven't been able to see every rule in my research, but(Thanks to fellow tildes users for assisting!) here's every rule from 16 and beyond:Rule 16 says "Your password must include the best move in algebraic chess notation." and shows a chess board, with a randomized board state. This is where I personally failed as I am not familiar enough with chess to realistically solve it.
Rule 17 says "🥚← This is my chicken Paul. He hasn't hatched yet, please put him in your password and keep him safe."
Rule 18 says "The elements in your password must have atomic numbers that add up to 200."
(at some point, probably here, your entry field is given some formatting tools)
Rule 19 says "All the vowels in your password must be bolded."
Rule 20 says "Oh no! Your password is on fire. Quick, put it out!" and fills up a bunch of fire emojis in your password input box. Apparently, Paul can burn if you do not clear the fires fast enough.
Rule 21 says "Your password is not strong enough 🏋️" and I'm not sure what the solution is but it might be just spamming a bunch of 🏋️ 🏋️ 🏋️ 🏋️ 🏋️
Rule 22 - courtesy of @em-dash with suspected possible variants:
Your password must contain one of the following affirmations:
I am loved
I am worthy
I am enough
Rule 23 says "Paul has hatched! Please don't forget to feed him, he eats three 🐛 every minute." - At this point, I believe the egg emoji is automatically replaced with a chicken emoji, and you will have to add 🐛🐛🐛 to the password every minute while you're solving other rules or it will fail. As Paul eats them, the bugs actually disappear from your password in real time. You can overfeed him by trying to add a large amount too fast.
Rule 24 says "Your password must include the URL of a 24 minute 7 second long YouTube video." - have fun searching for one while keeping Paul fed... It's also likely to fuck up your roman numerals or other prior answers. Also, the time is randomized, so you can't just borrow someone else's answer which solved, as yours will likely require a different duration video.
Rule 25 says "A sacrifice must be made. Pick 2 letters that you will no longer be able to use." and a keyboard is displayed where you click 2 letters and then click Sacrifice.
Rule 26: Your password must contain twice as many italic characters as bold (26 through 28 courtesy of @pizardwenis96)
Rule 27: At least 30% of your password must be in the Wingdings font
Rule 28: Your password must include this color in hex
Rule 29 - All roman numerals must be in Times New Roman. (thanks to @SteeeveTheSteve for this one)
Rule 30 says "The font size of every digit must be equal to its square."
Rule 31 says "Every instance of the same letter must have a different font size.
Rule 32 says "Your password must include the length of your password.
Rule 33 says "The length of your password must be a prime number."
Rule 34 says "Uhhh let's skip this one." and is automatically checked off
Rule 35 says "Your password must include the current time." so it will basically infinitely require updating.
At the end, which is after Rule 35, it asks you to confirm your password, basically, by opening a second text field and starting a bomb, which supposedly is 2 minutes. I suspect the player may not be allowed to copy and paste, here. The password must be entered exactly correctly as a copy of the first, and I'm not sure but I suspect the temporal rules may still be maintained, such as the current time and feeding Paul.
The country, chess, youtube, and possibly elements of other rules are randomized so you won't be able to rely on other people's answers.
Some users reported that an illegal move on the chessboard was part of the captcha, producing an unwinnable condition, but apparently the captcha can be rerolled at any time.
Some users reported that the country they received in Rule 14 had a letter that made their roman numeral rule 9 impossible (in the example, it was the C in "Cambodia" putting their roman numeral total well above their required 35.)As it turns out, it will accept the country name in lowercase, avoiding this issue.One user supposedly completed the game, but did not report how many rules there were total.Seems to be 35 rules and then the retype confirmation.Please let me know if you have seen any of the rules that I was not able to see, and I can add them to my list.
Holy hell I gave up at the bold all vowels rule, thats insane.
You're not missing much. Password caught on fire right afterward and I lost it all.
I won't subject you to my terrible excuse for a screenshot (I photographed a glossy laptop screen because reasons) but 22 is
spoiler
Your password must contain one of the following affirmations:
I am loved
I am worthy
I am enough
I only played once, unsure if the list is constant.
Yes, I had the same rule 22. Easy enough, except that "I" is both a Roman numeral and represents Iodine on the periodic table. I'm not sure if you can get away with lowercasing it here.
It accepts lowercase 'i'.
Rules 26-28
Rule 26: Your password must contain twice as many italic characters as bold
Rule 27: At least 30% of your password must be in the Wingdings font
Rule 28: Your password must include this color in hex
Unfortunately Paul died before I could get 28 working with all the other rules
Thanks! Sorry to hear about Paul. Now I'm only missing what Rule 29 is!
Rule 29 - All roman numerals must be in Times New Roman.
Be careful with Paul.
Paul has caused 100% of my losses.
Fuck Paul.
He got set on fire 5 rules after I got him :(
I thought I was so clever, but Paul was too powerful for me while playing on mobile. I made it to either rule 23 or 24 and (Spoiler)
I thought I was being clever and did the same thing haha
How???? do you put out the fire??????
I'll give you a clue, 🔥 is an emoji.
Edit: I just realized, I never tried fighting fire with more emoji's 💧💦🚒. That would be awesome if one of those worked. Hope I remember that next time I play. 😁
That was weirdly fun. I got to Rule 21 before I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do. Then I accidentally closed the tab, and there is no way in hell I'm doing all that again lol. For anyone else who tries this: you will need Google, and relatively quick reflexes (yes, seriously). Also would not recommend playing on mobile.
This game is great. It reminds of me old flash games like Obey The Game.
This was super fun! I don't remember which number rule I was up to, failed bc I overfed Paul.
It was okay on mobile but definitely harder than it would've been with mouse and keyboard
Can I get a hint for 14?
Spoilers
It changes every time. If you are stumped, paste in a list of all country names. You can delete them until the rule is violated again, and then you'll know the answer. Here's a convenient list:
https://textlists.info/geography/countries-of-the-world/
bruteforce, i like it. here i was for an hour going through the streets finding any information i can google. eventually found mine was belgium
If you right click > inspect element on rule 14 and keep opening the nested div’s until you get to the iframe, you can get the Google Maps embedded link. The link should include a segment that looks something like this !1d3.2375917!2d101.684043. Get rid of the !1d and replace !2d with a comma. Then, you can paste the lat-long into Google Maps to determine which country it is
Thanks!!
bless, this was what I was trying (and failing) to figure out. I was refreshing the page until I got one that I could walk around in and get readable text. One was in Spanish and I tried translating it since I speak Spanish somewhat, and then googling my translation, then realized I'm an idiot and googled the original Spanish text, and got the answer immediately. The next one that worked for me, I just recognized the Japanese alphabet so that was easy enough.
But both times I died to Paul so....gg.
Got to Rule 23 or 24, not completely sure. This is really2 hard, surprisingly action packed, had to juggle using a paper and pen, 2 browser windows, and my phone.
Spoiler
Roman numerals and Element symbols are hard to "balance".
This is a really great and fun game.
Hats off to the creator.
I got to rule 16 with
Fucknugget$993JulyIShellXXXVd22bdtractFe🌔Slovenia0I'm curious what other ridiculous passwords people have had to make to get this far.
I made it to the YouTube video, found one that was close enough to 33:34 to count, but that screwed up my Roman Numerals and elements because of C and W. Then Paul didn't make it. Poor Paul :( Definitely don't recommend playing on your phone like I did. Thankfully when you bold your vowels it doesn't care if you bold everything.
I overfed Paul while looking for the video and was so sad. I played on mobile, as well, but couldn't get the video URL in a feasible amount of time. That rule specifically would be a lot simpler when using a PC browser.
I accidentally killed Paul! What a bummer... Thanks for posting this! It was a fun distraction from my normal workday for a bit lol. I'll have to get back and try again soon.
Anyone know how if there's a way to search YouTube videos by length?
I made it to rule 24 and was thwarted not by the game's difficulty, but by one of my browser extensions conflicting with the game such that I could no longer proceed.
Details if you're curious (game spoilers)...
I use Privacy Redirect to redirect all YouTube embed requests through Invidious instances. Rule 24 loads a video directly into the page to verify its running length. But it doesn't know how to interact with the Invidious player and gets stuck in a loop. Since I can't disable the plugin without refreshing the page (and losing my progress) I threw in the towel here.
I got to Rule 32 before I began to suspect that it's not something that can be done in an hour. It was fun, but please remember to give up when you have wasted enough time!!! There was definitely a sunk cost regret feeling in giving up.
I played this a couple weeks ago, then after I beat it I took it apart a bit.
All rules
Things I noticed
[A-Z][IVXLCDM]— actuallyM{0,4}(CM|CD|D?C{0,3})(XC|XL|L?X{0,3})(IX|IV|V?I{0,3})aus tra lia≡Australia.+if they're checks. There are 193 possible positions.I got to about Rule 7, and then stopped. I didn't see the point. It's called a "game", but this didn't feel like a game to me. The rules kept changing, there was no goal, and, most importantly, I wasn't having fun.
that sucks you didnt enjoy it. it wasnt like a fun game, but it was really interesting updating your password each time with additional rules, while keeping all previous rules.
shrugs Ain't no big deal. It's obviously not aimed at people like me. And that's okay.
I think the goal is pretty clear, to create one string that matches all the rules. The rules don't change, more get added, and it's the whole point! Obviously there's nothing that can be done and nobody can judge if it just wasn't subjectively fun to you.
Got to rule 16 then gave up. That was a interesting exercise.
Got to rule 13. I don’t use emojis and never learned how. Unicode? Idk. Oh well.
I don't know what Wordle is amd I'm too tired to do any research, so... stopped at 11. It's 1AM here, I should go to sleep.
GAH! After all that, my poor password up in smoke. I saved part of it (and Paul) only to make the mistake of hitting undo to try to get it back. Q_Q I'll be back Paul, I won't let you get hard boiled again!!
This is a great game, both making fun of password requirements and actual fun. I found it to be a test of internet skills like searching, geoguessing, how text fields work. If I didn't know it, I searched and found it or something that would output it.
Edit: Round 2 - Made it to 24 and took too long trying to figure out how to search by duration. Paul was not hard boiled, but I forgot to set my hourglass and he starved. Q_Q
I'm currently enjoying Pippa Pipkin's stream of this where she managed to glitch Paul into eating equals signs somehow.
What happens when you get to rule 34? Do you get a reward? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Rule 34 says "Uhhh let's skip this one." and is automatically checked off.
Today's Wordle answer for me is
Letters that belong in roman numerals are only counted as roman numerals when capitalized. Don't input TRACT, input tract. The game will accept it.
Oy.
You gottaPlease spoiler wordle answers bro.Whoops. Edited my comment.
In one hour, it won't matter because there will be a new wordle!