Kevin's Watch

The general idea should be quite clear from the title. One poster posts a seemingly nonsensical piece of text, the next one has to filter out the words that make the actual message. If he really manages that, he may give a new code. Of course, the poster may place the words hidden at various intervals and start at different places, not necessarily the beginning, if the message is still salvageable.

Some extra information: this game happened mostly due to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his characters, me reading and watching a lot about them, talking to Sarge about nonsense and then coming to the Mallory's thinking on that and seeing Loremaster's avatar)

Effaeldm wrote:

sgt.null wrote:i will leave you in charge of Mallorys then. do me proud! c reate some more nonsensical games in my stead.

That may be problematic. I'm afraid some nonsense may start to make sense... and sometimes when someone doesn't want it to) I'll try, but I'd like to see you back as soon as possible, the Mallory's is going to suffer without you

Example: right from the actual "Gloria Scott"):
Coded:
'The supply of game for London is going steadily up,' it ran. 'Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen-pheasant's life.'
Actual message:
'The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life.'

Now the new code (easy for the start):
If moon shines we all joyfully play just below this new screen a really long lot and perhaps the red fuel tank outside here may jump and fall on its back

"If we play this a lot the tank may fall back."

No way, effy... this game is slow, and I don't think it will ever -not- be slow.

I made mine mildly horrible, though.
I think it might work with the way your mind works...
I've only checked my code twice; I intend check it one more time for accuracy to the pattern.
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The new Watch I got is convenient but it's not fantastic sometimes... you know, just alright, I guess I'd say.

about six words go here, kinda filler.. that is the way it goes sometimes in competition.

The closest thing to something appears to start with "The Watch got convenient it's fantastic", possibly then "you just", but then "I I'd about words here, filler.. is way goes in ". Or perhaps I concentrated too much on this beginning that appears yo look quite promising, and it judt seems to me it's mixed up later

Do you stick to the pattern you've chosen? And do you count "it's", "I'd" etc as single words or separate shortened ones?

Linna Heartlistener wrote:...
No way, effy... this game is slow, and I don't think it will ever -not- be slow.
...

Well, not like I meant only this game

Linna Heartlistener wrote:...
I made mine mildly horrible, though.
...

Mildly?)

Effaeldm wrote:...
the poster may place the words hidden at various intervals and start at different places, not necessarily the beginning, if the message is still salvageable.

Linna Heartlistener wrote:...
I think it might work with the way your mind works...
...

My mind mostly works well with making puzzles, not solving them

Linna Heartlistener wrote:...
I've only checked my code twice; I intend check it one more time for accuracy to the pattern.
...

Are you sure now? Looks really suspicious. Or perhaps very complicated

if the message is still salvageable.

I think the main problem is that too many of my words are not strong enough evidence... very few that you can say, "okay, this HAS to be in the message," some you wouldn't expect.
Kinda messed-up for decoding without knowing how the code was made!!

Also, too much filler in the overall message. wayy too much.
I've actually got an idea for a better one...

You mentioned this bit:

"I'd about words here, filler.. "

This part is both filler and metatext... and you left the most important word out!

Do you stick to the pattern you've chosen? And do you count "it's", "I'd" etc as single words or separate shortened ones?

Checked it again; yes, I do... but any pattern that has variation within it is... trouble, even if the variation is consistent and reliable. (because you don't know which variation to check for!)
but that's a very important Q! Each contraction is just 1 word.

Yeah, I checked it again.

I've got an idea for a different one that's not so bad...

Linna wrote:The Watch is not just about that competition.

Did I get yours??

Yesss!

Yay!! So, I'm assuming I go next?

"Watch, as the scene at lunch time is much better, too. The way we spend time definitely shows we care."

Sigh... Looks like I'm in for sucking at a game I made - I intended the patterns to be even, without any variation, to be calculated out, and even that way I'm not sure if it could go well for me. I'm usually good at making things like these, not solving. And thus it looks like any words could be taken out of there, forming various phrases of questionable sense. Many things jump up and likely none of them correct

"Watch the lunch better" does make some sense though

Effaeldm wrote:Sigh... Looks like I'm in for sucking at a game I made - I intended the patterns to be even, without any variation, to be calculated out, and even that way I'm not sure if it could go well for me. I'm usually good at making things like these, not solving. And thus it looks like any words could be taken out of there, forming various phrases of questionable sense. Many things jump up and likely none of them correct

"Watch the lunch better" does make some sense though

Sorry, Effie. I just went about it backwards, I guess.

*bump*

My apology to Effy was a hint....

I did get it was a hint. - the winking emoticon does help with such things... not like it helped to get the code)

It's probably simpler than you are expecting.

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