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pitboss

Posted: Jul 19 2008, 01:42 PM

You have how many posts!?

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QUOTE (PiMaster314 @ Jul 16 2008, 01:20 PM)

Yeah I know this is off-topic revival of a flame war, but I'm surprised nobody mentioned this mistake as well. I still find it disappointing that a so-called "educator" who was preaching about the integrity of the education system made errors in each of his posts ("you're" instead of "your", "plane" instead of "plain"). What's worse, neutrino was correct when he said he made a grammar error in addition to misspelling "too", but peekingin didn't realize this ("I see way too many people, especially in the education system who give up way to easily" - missing a comma to close the phrase).

EDIT: Neutrino also made another error.

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That's a grammar error, not spelling errors.

Loss of subject-verb agreement - switched from singular to plural

Someone needs a hobby.

Shinsou

Posted: Jul 24 2008, 07:12 AM

Repent! For tomorrow you die!

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QUOTE (pitboss @ Jul 19 2008, 01:42 PM)

Someone needs a hobby.

Or a good azz whoopin'

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konfuzledkris

Posted: Jul 25 2008, 08:43 AM

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Or a good azz whoopin'

*gasp* that's not proper grammar or spelling!! *is horrified*

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Weffriddles - Level 86

I will PM nudges up to the levels I've completed. Include the url of the riddle you're working on and show me what you've tried so far. No evidence of work, no nudge.

Shinsou	Posted: Jul 25 2008, 02:35 PM
Repent! For tomorrow you die! Group: Members Posts: 2,031 Member No.: 32,765 Joined: 25-April 08	but liek teh intrawebs are serius bizness! -------------------- Show me what passes for fury among your misbegotten kind! Tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis

konfuzledkris	Posted: Jul 26 2008, 11:46 PM
So Lost Group: Members Posts: 54 Member No.: 5,927 Joined: 1-November 06	lulz -------------------- Weffriddles - Level 86 I will PM nudges up to the levels I've completed. Include the url of the riddle you're working on and show me what you've tried so far. No evidence of work, no nudge.

Twilight8737	Posted: Oct 22 2008, 04:32 PM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Member No.: 34,219 Joined: 17-October 08	k, i know this is random..... and i'm REALLY bad at this game. how do u do number 12? [QUOTE] --------------------

gscshoyru	Posted: Oct 22 2008, 04:34 PM
You have how many posts!? Group: Subadmin Posts: 3,916 Member No.: 26,177 Joined: 20-March 07	If you want help on a level, it would be wise to look at the level's thread -- in this case in the batch 1 board. And if you're really stuck, post for help there as well -- not here. -------------------- These suck, but I'm gonna make one anyway Started: March 15th 2007 Finished (Batch 5): March 27th 2007 Started Batch 6 November 26, 2007 (when it came out.) Finished Batch 6 May 19, 2008 (level 78 took me 6 months... yuck) Started Batch 7 December 16, 2010 (took me long enough...) Current level: 87 Willing to help on whatever you're having trouble with, up to where I'm at. If you want help, send me a PM, with the address of the the puzzle, and a description of everything you've figured out so far. PM's without evidence of serious thought will be returned to sender, telling them to think a little bit more.

Twilight8737	Posted: Oct 22 2008, 04:46 PM
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19RAD

Posted: Nov 20 2008, 08:49 AM

NOOB?! or not?

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All puzzles work in IE, Firefox, and Opera. I have beat the entire puzzles using FireFox and Jeff tested in all three browsers.

it works in Safari too! well, as far as i know. I'm using Safari, and the only problems i've had aren't big (eg. images properties and such), or have nothing to do with the browser (eg. different files types)

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An onion, you hobo.

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Xyzzy

Posted: Dec 12 2008, 12:49 AM

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QUOTE (19RAD @ Nov 20 2008, 08:49 AM)

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All puzzles work in IE, Firefox, and Opera. I have beat the entire puzzles using FireFox and Jeff tested in all three browsers.

Chrome 0.4.154.29 verified working through level 44 (I'm new here).

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xyzzy=lambda x:('',sigchar(x)+(str,xyzzy)[x>0](x>>5))[x>0]
sigchar=lambda x:(' ',chr(96+(x&31)))[(x&31)>0]
print xyzzy(long('n16voz3gl6btbnos7wu4188yhw',36))

xtine

Posted: Apr 3 2009, 06:54 AM

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QUOTE (weffjebster @ Sep 7 2006, 08:36 PM)

Kay, guys. A few things I have been noticing with the growth of the player base around here...

A lot of people are asking for hints like 30 minutes into getting stuck on the level. Don't do this. Wait till you're stuck several hours before consulting the forum, let alone asking for a new hint.

Also, there are some people dropping hints into the forum, even when nobody's asking. I like the idea of players helping players on the forum with little pushes here and there, but I don't wanna make these things too easy.

I am gonna make a poll, too. You'll see in a sec.

OHHH. EM. GEE.

) I seriously can't get out of level 4! It so frustrating it's almost funny. I swear. =))

LilaBear

Posted: Mar 3 2010, 02:18 AM

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QUOTE (eileen @ Nov 4 2006, 11:22 PM)

While I respect that this is YOUR website and you can do whatever the hell you want with it, it saddens me that you can't see that people are enjoying this at different levels. I'm not in it for the glory and asking for hints is a little like cheating at solitaire, meaning, who does it hurt and if it doesn't hurt anyone, is it cheating? And no one has to look at the hints. People who like to figure it out for themselves, don't ever have to even peek. And since it is a game we play for our own enjoyment, when we get to the end, we each know for ourselves how much of the effort was our own doing and how much was from hints.

I think you've done an incredible job with this Jeff (or Weff or whoever you are), but don't take yourself too seriously. This is a fun game, but what is riding on it? What do we get at the end? Is it something great that we don't deserve if we looked at hints? Okay, I'll forfeit the prize, just give me the hints back.=)

Anyway, I was having fun with it, but without the hints, it's just too time intensive and brain intensive for what my life can handle right now (yes, some of us have really stressful jobs that use up most of our brainpower). So I will have to say goodbye. I'm really kind of bummed because it was a fun diversion in the evenings.

Okay, like I said, this is your website and so my opinion counts for nothing, but I just had to let you know that people are here for different reasons and I think the choice you made is goign to turn this into something very elitist and you will lose a lot of people. Maybe that's what you want.

I'll check back in a few weeks and see if the hints have built back up.=)

Erm, I think the very fact that Weff is happy for players to nudge each other along on a forum is evidence against your little elitist theory.

It's just that he made these riddles for a reason - to challenge people and stretch their minds - and if the players go around giving each other dead-giveaway clues then the very point of the riddles has been lost.

He's not stopping you from googling the answers (and yes, you can access spoilers via Google), he's just not going to be condoning that type of stuff on this forum.

It's also totally fair enough that they wipe the forums every so often - if little spoilers slip thru the mods, they add up and eventually it might become too easy for people to solve levels. I know there's been at least one level where I've easily solved the riddle without any work of my own due to little bits and pieces that got thru the mods. It's just unlucky for you if you happen to get to a certain level just after it's been wiped.

katdey	Posted: Apr 1 2011, 06:13 PM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Member No.: 38,012 Joined: 1-April 11	cant please someone tell me how to start playing?? i signed up and logged in.. just cant see any riddles... feeling stupid here.. any links??

gscshoyru	Posted: Apr 2 2011, 12:16 AM
You have how many posts!? Group: Subadmin Posts: 3,916 Member No.: 26,177 Joined: 20-March 07	This isn't the riddles site -- this is a forum for helping with the riddles. The riddles are at http://www.weffriddles.com . -------------------- These suck, but I'm gonna make one anyway Started: March 15th 2007 Finished (Batch 5): March 27th 2007 Started Batch 6 November 26, 2007 (when it came out.) Finished Batch 6 May 19, 2008 (level 78 took me 6 months... yuck) Started Batch 7 December 16, 2010 (took me long enough...) Current level: 87 Willing to help on whatever you're having trouble with, up to where I'm at. If you want help, send me a PM, with the address of the the puzzle, and a description of everything you've figured out so far. PM's without evidence of serious thought will be returned to sender, telling them to think a little bit more.

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