Posted July 06, 2012

adambiser
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YogSo
User
Registered: Sep 2008
From Spain
Posted July 06, 2012
Well, now that we know exactly which characters (and which not) are in the code... there's a boring (but effective) brute-force approach:
2555-5555-5555-5555
5255-5555-5555-5555
etc...
Edit: Actually, you can probably try to get two or three characters at once without too much interference between them, to speed things up a bit....
2555-5555-5555-5555
5255-5555-5555-5555
etc...
Edit: Actually, you can probably try to get two or three characters at once without too much interference between them, to speed things up a bit....
Post edited July 06, 2012 by YogSo

adambiser
fascimania.com
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From United States

Fujek
csmith Archnemes
Registered: Dec 2010
From Germany

adambiser
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From United States
Posted July 06, 2012
I think I mentioned that I am terrible at mastermind (lack of experience with the game really). :)
GGGK-NTUU-4789-WYY2
EDIT:
OK: Just to have a few guesses in case you come online while I'm away:
GGGG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-GGGG-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-GGGG-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-GGGG
YYUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UUYY-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-YYUU-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-UUYY-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-YYUU-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-UUYY-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-YYUU
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-UUYY
GGGK-NTUU-4789-WYY2
EDIT:
OK: Just to have a few guesses in case you come online while I'm away:
GGGG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-GGGG-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-GGGG-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-GGGG
YYUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UUYY-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-YYUU-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-UUYY-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-YYUU-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-UUYY-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-YYUU
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-UUYY
Post edited July 06, 2012 by adambiser

Fujek
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Registered: Dec 2010
From Germany
Posted July 07, 2012
2*R
GGGG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-GGGG-XXXX-XXXX -----
XXXX-XXXX-GGGG-XXXX -----
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-GGGG 2*R
YYUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
UUYY-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX ----
XXXX-YYUU-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-UUYY-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-XXXX-YYUU-XXXX ----
XXXX-XXXX-UUYY-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-YYUU ---
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-UUYY ---
GGGG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-GGGG-XXXX-XXXX -----
XXXX-XXXX-GGGG-XXXX -----
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-GGGG 2*R
YYUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
UUYY-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX ----
XXXX-YYUU-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-UUYY-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-XXXX-YYUU-XXXX ----
XXXX-XXXX-UUYY-XXXX 1*R
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-YYUU ---
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-UUYY ---

adambiser
fascimania.com
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From United States
Posted July 07, 2012
Another wall in case we don't catch each other online:
GUUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UGUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UUGU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UUUG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-GXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XGXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXGX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXG
KKKK-KKKK-XXXX-XXXX
NNNN-NNNN-XXXX-XXXX
TTTT-TTTT-XXXX-XXXX
WWWW-WWWW-XXXX-XXXX
2222-2222-XXXX-XXXX
4444-4444-XXXX-XXXX
7777-7777-XXXX-XXXX
8888-8888-XXXX-XXXX
9999-9999-XXXX-XXXX
GUUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UGUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UUGU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
UUUG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-GXXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XGXX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXGX
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXG
KKKK-KKKK-XXXX-XXXX
NNNN-NNNN-XXXX-XXXX
TTTT-TTTT-XXXX-XXXX
WWWW-WWWW-XXXX-XXXX
2222-2222-XXXX-XXXX
4444-4444-XXXX-XXXX
7777-7777-XXXX-XXXX
8888-8888-XXXX-XXXX
9999-9999-XXXX-XXXX
Post edited July 07, 2012 by adambiser

Fujek
csmith Archnemes
Registered: Dec 2010
From Germany
Posted July 08, 2012

UGUU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX 2*R
UUGU-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
UUUG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX ---
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-GXXX 1*R
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XGXX ---
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXGX ---
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXG 1*R
KKKK-KKKK-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
NNNN-NNNN-XXXX-XXXX ---
TTTT-TTTT-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
WWWW-WWWW-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
2222-2222-XXXX-XXXX 1*R
4444-4444-XXXX-XXXX ---
7777-7777-XXXX-XXXX ---
8888-8888-XXXX-XXXX ---
9999-9999-XXXX-XXXX ---

adambiser
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From United States
Posted July 08, 2012
Another wall. (I wouldn't have to ask quite as many doing one-by-one, but having multiple speeds up the process.) For anyone watching, we have at least 4 definite...
XXXX-YYYY-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-KKKK-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-TTTT-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-WWWW-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-2222-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-NNNN-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-4444-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-7777-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-8888-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-9999-XXXX
Anyone else watching this?
XXXX-YYYY-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-KKKK-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-TTTT-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-WWWW-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-2222-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-NNNN-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-4444-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-7777-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-8888-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-9999-XXXX
Anyone else watching this?

Fujek
csmith Archnemes
Registered: Dec 2010
From Germany

te_lanus
A Hybrid
Registered: Jun 2012
From South Africa

YogSo
User
Registered: Sep 2008
From Spain
Posted July 08, 2012
According to my notes, just 9 characters left to guess. And we know which characters are in every section of the code. The less defined one is the second one, you should focus on that one next, Adam.
Edit: On the other hand... see the picture attached. ;-)
Edit: On the other hand... see the picture attached. ;-)
Post edited July 08, 2012 by YogSo

adambiser
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Registered: Dec 2009
From United States
Posted July 08, 2012
Ha! I thought we were getting close enough for someone to brute force it. :)
Congratulations!
I did forewarn Fujek that I was terrible at mastermind due to lack of experience with the game. I threw out a lot of wild guesses, but I think I started to improve a bit as the game progressed (I read a few pages on strategies and methods to the game).
EDIT:
It has come to my attention that YogSo did NOT redeem the code, so the game is still on!
Congratulations!
I did forewarn Fujek that I was terrible at mastermind due to lack of experience with the game. I threw out a lot of wild guesses, but I think I started to improve a bit as the game progressed (I read a few pages on strategies and methods to the game).
EDIT:
It has come to my attention that YogSo did NOT redeem the code, so the game is still on!
Post edited July 08, 2012 by adambiser

YogSo
User
Registered: Sep 2008
From Spain
Posted July 08, 2012

But apart from that they were very useful, really. And combined with the three full-code wild guesses you made, it was pretty nailed already.
Oh, and the game is still waiting for someone to grab it. Don't let it be forever outcast, people... ;-)

adambiser
fascimania.com
Registered: Dec 2009
From United States
Posted July 08, 2012
Thanks for pointing out that guess, I'm sure I just put it there for completeness or something. You're right that it didn't give us anything new at all.
I posted a few more guesses above, also.
Are you taunting me??!
:D
I posted some more guesses above, but here they are again:
KXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-YXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXTX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-8XXX-XXXX
I posted a few more guesses above, also.
Are you taunting me??!
:D
I posted some more guesses above, but here they are again:
KXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-YXXX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXTX-XXXX-XXXX
XXXX-XXXX-8XXX-XXXX
Post edited July 08, 2012 by adambiser