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Here you go: NORTHCAROLINA NHCA3412 SOUTHDAKOTA SHDA5884 SOUTHCAROLINA SCAR8147

Game has a Day/Night cycle usually 24h/24h. So, coming once every day counts as being (minimally active). Usually, if you're not here for 48 hours i.e. miss a Day and a Night, you're replaced with a backup player - but host has the final call on what is inactiveness. Please do the following: 1) Read the 2) If you don't find an answer for your questions in there, you're next step is to PM (send a message via BD Messenger) the host (LJayden). 3) If you consider that your question would be of interest to all players (an actual example is your third question), then you post it in the game thread (in blue, as the host asked). Thank you. Target redirect fits better, from the description of the role.

Dear Wolfgang, I must say that I really don't understand your thoughts on this puzzle. Did you just agree with me that there is no solution to the puzzle?

PENNSYLVANIA PNSY9465 RHODEISLAND RDEI9167 TEXAS TEXA4910 21 down, 29 to go.

1 going on. 1 in queue. GMaster's spreadsheet is here: GAMES SIGN UP

DEVIL? (fits as I can tell so far).

As usual, adding another example to the challenge: 4 */* 2 = 5 12 */* 17 = 28 30 */* 10 = 36 100 */* 93 = 186

3 more may help ... or not. WESTVIRGINIA WVIR4564 WISCONSIN WSCO8944 WYOMING WYOM0496

How come Slick gets to play and be a backup?

As requested: LOUISIANA LIAN7312 KANSAS KANS3808 NORTHDAKOTA NTHD0331

Password not accepted

Granted, light will bend around you so that no one sees you. Unfortunately this also means no light will ever reach you so you won't see anything. I wish for a incorruptible random wish.

And I'm not great with probabilities, but...

Assume answer for Q1 is "adjacent" and answer for Q2 is "at least" yields no clear solution: Assume answer for Q1 is "not necessarily adjacent (simply inside)", and answer for Q2 is "exactly" yields no clear solution: Assume answer for Q1 is "not necessarily adjacent (simply inside)", and answer for Q2 is "at least" yields no clear solution:

Three more bite the dust. OHIO OIOO7600 OKLAHOMA OAHO4702 OREGON OEGO0801

And more data ... as requested. IDAHO IAHO8160 ILLINOIS IINO0560 INDIANA IIAN0858

Sorry about that, caught a very long nap. Here they are: ALASKA AASK0800 ALABAMA ABAM1020 ARKANSAS AKAN0380

And the first three states are: MINNESOTA MNES8627 VERMONT VERM9782 DELAWARE DAWA3934

Crack the Code 9 - Revenge of the Mastermind Game Description One player plays the Evil Mastermind (that's me) who nukes the states of the USA 3 at a time, the other players play Hackers who seek to stop the Evil Mastermind. Anyone can join in at any time as a Hacker. The Evil Mastermind plays by posting commands which activate missile strikes. Each command has a unique password, which is derived from the command by a hashing algorithm. The Evil Mastermind devises a different algorithm at the start of each game, and posts the passwords along with the commands. The Evil Mastermind wins the game if he is able to post all the 50 commands. The Hackers will see the commands and passwords in the thread and from this they should try to deduce the hashing algorithm. The Hacker who does this first, and correctly figures out the password to the command "ABORT", stops the Evil Mastermind and wins the game. Game Restrictions Since hashing algorithms can be exceedingly difficult to crack, there are restrictions placed on the kind of algorithm that the Evil Mastermind is allowed to use: Game Play The Evil Mastermind posts 3 commands at a time, with their passwords. The interval for doing this is undefined, no point in imposing restrictions. The Evil Mastermind chooses the commands. Hackers can also request specific states as the Evil Mastermind next targets, if they hope to get more information about the algorithm through these states' passwords. Each Hacker may make one guess at the password for "ABORT" each time the Evil Mastermind posts commands. If someone makes multiple guesses in between clues, only the first one counts, but if they make a mistake and correct it, the Evil Mastermind can accept the correction. More than one Hacker can make guesses in between Evil Masterminds attacks and the Evil Mastermind is forced to acknowledge and respond to all the input (limited to 1 per Hacker). There is no need for spoilers when guessing the password, although please use spoilers if you reveal the algorithm. Hackers can cooperate in the thread and share what they figured out so far with the rest of the community, but only if they use spoilers!. The first Hacker to get the password for "ABORT" wins. The Hacker that stops the Evil Mastermind can choose to share his credit with other Hackers if he acknowledges being helped by others' findings. Alternatively if you've cracked the algorithm you can just use it to blow up more states if you're that way inclined (**per original Evil Mastermind's rules!) instead of posting the "ABORT" command. A successful input of a batch of 3 states (which were not played before) grants you the title of Evil Mastermind Apprentice. The game continues until either the states are finished or a Hacker inputs the "ABORT" command. Game Commands There are 51 commands, these being the names of US states (used by the Evil Mastermind to nuke each state), plus the word "ABORT" (used by Hackers to stop the Evil Mastermind). All commands and passwords are UPPERCASE. Game History This game thread continues the tradition of the other games, but it is not directly related to any of them. Each challenge is a new independent algorithm. However, you can read and try for yourself any of the previous challenges:

Thank you, superprismatic. Indeed the setting is the same as in that puzzle (forgot to make it more obvious this time), but the operation is not the same, of course.