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That's the trick - he tells you all this about some other tiger, but asks you what colour he himself is, which is yellow.
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ultrafilter posted:He could be a wyvern that's not red. Since non-dragons are either vegetarians or red, any not-red wyvern must be vegetarian, which he is not. Interesting that this puzzle sets up options that aren't mutually exclusive (puzzle logic aside), but limits you to only one answer.
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Jun 3, 2018 17:21
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Got the same answer as everyone else, but in this order: Achmed cannot be Tredu because he says he isn't, which would be a lie. He cannot be Famani because he says he's not Tredu. So he is Wahoun, and Dhuja isn't Tredu. Bana cannot be Tredu because he says he is wahoun. Since there is at least one Tredu, that leaves Charoun, who must be. Charoun is telling the truth, so there are two Famani. We know one Wahoun and one Tredu so the other two are Famani. I like how many different ways there are to reach the same conclusion.
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Jun 12, 2018 21:23
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It is totally solvable without the hint. As such: There are sixteen animals total, with more goats than sheep. So, at a minimum, there are nine goats; possibly more. Any less then there are either more or equal sheep than goats, or less than 16 total. The nomad receives more goats than his cousin. So, at a minimum, the nomad receives five goats (any less means the cousin gets more goats). The nomad gets more sheep than goats, so at a minimum, he gets six sheep. Since the cousin receives at least one sheep, if he gets the minimum of one, then there are seven sheep - added to the minimum nine goats you get the 16 total. So these are all the lower bound, but if you add even one to any of these values then you're breaking a rule, so it must also be the upper bound. The nomad gets 5 goats and 6 sheep, the cousin gets 4 goats and 1 sheep.
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Jun 17, 2018 13:56
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ultrafilter posted:It's solvable without the hint because there are only finitely many possible solutions. You can just check them all. This isn't necessarily going to be the case - if the hint were required, that means the rules given don't rule out every potential wrong answer. So solving it without the hint by brute force only works if it's possible to solve it without the hint by logic.
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Jun 17, 2018 16:14
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Also, this is not algebra. It is trigonometry. It's trigonometry to figure out what algebra you need to solve! We want to find R, and we know that 8 is contained within it so the remainder of the distance is x feet. R = 8 + x The chord is 24 feet long, and half that distance is 12. 12, x, and R form a right-angled triangle as per the diagram in the river of fire. So R2 = 122 + x2, and R2 = (8 + x)2 = x2 + 16x + 64 Combine these and x2 + 144 = x2 + 16x + 64 Cancel out some of this to get 80 = 16x Divide out for 5 = x Add the 5 to the original 8 and the ladder is thirteen feet long. But the real challenge was getting it all written out in BBcode.
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I'd definitely say MadMaze is an adventure game. If Adventure games are to Visual Novels what CRPGs are to JRPGs, MadMaze definitely fits the former in spirit and inspiration. Given the rocky history of preservation, is it possible that some PoPs might not have made it into the version you were able to play? Perhaps there were some puzzles that did things like give you Throckmorton's first name, that didn't make it into the web version. If so, guess they're lost forever. Anyway, thanks for doing this LP, Nakar! This game is about as old as I am, and it's interesting to see the breadth of what video games were like in this era, especially the ones that are outside of the fondly-remembered classics. Just re-reading the original intro, it said Persephone went into the maze only three months ahead of us. Just how many promising youths is Weith sending these guys? Tenebrais fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Jul 23, 2018 |
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