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Q: Tag proposal: [cooperation-game]

A. P.Recently there were questions [1, 2] discussing the possibility of having a prisoner tag. The main criticism about it is that the same question could be asked for a group of islanders, lab rats, etc.. What these questions have in common is that multiple individuals have to agree on a strategy to ...

 
1:27 AM
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Q: Double Speak Clearing House - More phrases that need rewording

qwertyu63When I was making this puzzle, I actually made far more Double Speak puzzles than I wound up combining into the resulting metapuzzle. I'd rather they not go to waste, so here they are. As with the previous set, each of these phrases can be reworded into a Double Speak phrase. A Double Speak phra...

 
1:45 AM
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Q: A stranger wrote this on his arm

Paul ParkerA stranger walked up to my friend and drew these symbols on his arm with a Sharpie. I have no idea what they mean. They were written on his right and left arm. I am unsure if the pictures are oriented correctly. I imagine that they are based upon fictional languages. If so, what languages, a...

 
 
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3:25 AM
@micsthepick have you considered the CCCC?
 
not really
"anchorman" stands out
I don't think it could be an indicator of any kind
potentially both ends seem to be able to function as the same def
 
"almost" and "not quite" can mean "minus the last letter"
 
First guess "at heart" means middle letters
 
And that ^
So "almost home" could be "hom" + "o" + "nym"??? Nym doesn't come from anything, though
 
/ letter
 
3:29 AM
("o" is the middle of "anchorman")
 
could be indirect
 
is it possible not quite is an anagram indicator?
 
I also wondered whether "anchorman" might be a tongue in cheek word for a sailor. -- in which case it could be something about the sea. The "!" sometimes indicates a cryptic definition.
@micsthepick sure, but most people won't use indirect anagrams. So it would have to be an anagram of "but"?
 
Doorknob's CCCCs violate my intuition
 
3:32 AM
don't all CCCCs?
 
I tried a lot of things starting with "hom", or including "hor"
homonym is the only word that sort of follows the wordplay until the end, that I found (and vaguely fits with "not quite" as a definition)
 
mine seem particularly clear to me, I always know the answer as soon as they're posted
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the def seems really tenuous
 
@ffao you are a cryptic luminary
 
and this does look like it will be a somewhat tenuous definition
 
3:35 AM
I also wondered whether "anchorman at heart" could be like a surgeon operating an endoscope (but then it should be "cameraman", I guess)
 
keep in mind this definition of anchorman: "the member of a relay team who runs the last leg."
 
Googling anchorman provides me with a 2004 comedy
 
Yes, and "Almost Home" is also a movie
No actors in common, that I could see
 
so, "to anchorman" could be "o"
 
@Apep how? I understand "anchorman at heart" -> "o", but not that
 
3:39 AM
I was thinking of the "last runner" definition, but I'm not sure if it can be used like that.
 
I reckon I could use it like that
 
@Apep oh, I get it now. I think that's valid
 
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Q: 90% of people will fail this puzzle!

ffaoThose of us who have a Facebook account probably have lots of connections in it. Some are actually real, but then there are the rest of them -- the ones that use Wiktionary instead of real dictionaries and post "puzzles" like this... Ugh, do you have any suggestion on what I should do to keep thi...

 
@ffao thanks I'm honored :P
 
@Sphinx this was way too much work for a silly joke post :P
 
3:44 AM
I was actually surprised when I saw that you posted it, the icon did not show up in this chat...
Just looked at the solutions, good thing that I did not spend much time trying it!
 
o/
 
Could "at heart", or "at heart, but" be "log"? homolog also kind of fits "not quite" as a def.
 
the solutions to that are also obvious to me, I don't know why less than 10% agree
 
all so?
 
3:57 AM
at heart but can be the middle of a synonym for but
but I don't see any that give log
 
perhaps we take everything but the end of a synonym of but?
 
Does anybody have any suggestions for online reading material?
Or just online (school-appropriate) material in general
First lesson first day and I'm bored already
 
@Wen1now how about Khanacademy?
(or Brilliant.org)
 
+1 that is a good idea. I wanna get into a good uni so I'll probably do some SATs practice
 
4:15 AM
don't people generally leave SATs practice for the year they'll be taking them?
 
4:25 AM
people are lazy.
 
Sid
^true statement
(Also, Hello folks!)
 
oh, I'm a huge advocate for laziness :D
but that was more because if there is a restricted number of questions for practice, maybe you don't want to see them all too early
 
Sid
@ffao why is seeing them early supposed to be bad?
 
because later you can't use them to test if you understand all of the subject matter
as opposed to simply having memorized the questions
 
Sid
Point taken.
 
 
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7:25 AM
I hope the C4 isn't Ferrell. He starred in Anchorman and also The House (almost "home")
 
8:18 AM
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Q: Replace the odd one out image

prog_SAHIL One of the following images from A,B,C,D,E is incorrectly matched. Which one is it and which image from the 3 depicted below will replace it?

 
I should not have mentioned Will Ferrell; I notice that "not quite" could be "no, yes" or "ny".
 
8:45 AM
I don't think you shouldn't mention anything
the last solve was "I thought of this idea earlier, but it doesn't work"... "oh wait, it does"
 
 
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12:56 PM
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Q: Single Speak - Twice the same word

HugoBDesignerI've checked out the Double Speak puzzle and really liked it, and hoped to get more of it, which I did. My thirst had not been sated though. Because of that, I've devised a collection of 20 riddles that need some rewording. The correct answers should give the same word twice! A good penalty A t...

 
 
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2:39 PM
School is an excellent place to work on the C4
 
3:00 PM
Every time I come up with a possible answer "anchorman at heart" kills it
 
3:19 PM
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Q: Five Men and Four Coins Puzzle

athinThis is a puzzle of five men guessing how many stars will be appeared from tossing four coins. There are five men: Mr. Zero, Mr. One, Mr. Two, Mr. Three, and Mr. Four; playing with four coins. For each coins, one of its side is a star. The men guess how many stars will be appeared from toss...

 
 
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5:20 PM
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Q: pf, Sense of Humour?

asparagusI am doing this the first time. I don't know how "deep" I can go "in one direction" or how many know this word/name/anything. (Not part of the riddle) Guess who I am: I connect people with each other. I am open for everyone and though, at the same time, only few can get access. ...

 
6:06 PM
wat
why are people VTCing that
 
because people are dumb?
 
It's VTC-bait
 
I'm sure it would have been closed if I had less rep and Deusovi hadn't actually solved it so quickly
 
True. I suppose people who don't look at the answers, or the poster, would have no reason to assume it's a proper puzzle
I got a chuckle out of it
I was actually hoping putting the indicated answers' option letters together would be some red herring text
 
*hides in shame* I haven't posted a clue since October
 
6:14 PM
@ffao Next you should make a spam post about a deal on used cars that is a puzzle in disguise. See how far you can take this.
 
I have a puzzle still unsolved since October, but I'm not particularly motivated to motivate anyone to solve it
 
As the posts get more and more obnoxious, the puzzles themselves will have to get better and better to compensate.
 
I'm not a fan of red herrings, unfortunately
the option letters are there actually to indicate that the given answer set is wrong
(and possibly reading direction for the final answer)
 
 
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7:38 PM
@ffao possibly, but there's no actual reason to close that
except perhaps 'off-topic', if you didn't realize it was a puzzle
 
@Deusovi Isn't "low-quality" a pretty broad reason for closing terrible puzzles?
 
That's not a close reason.
 
well, at least 5 people didn't realize it was a puzzle, but it would have to be 5 3kers which I imagine is a bit harder
 
might be a good idea to put the flavortext in a quote block or something and specify that the puzzle's answer is an answer to the question
just to clarify for the people who didn't catch on
 

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