Beta Key Skill/RNG Contest #1 [Won by JayEff]

Will your posting and editing end in 3 1/2 hours until a winner has been found?

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UristMcDwarfy wrote:

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emptylica wrote:

RNG sounds good :D

Pssst. A random number generator is what is almost certainly currently powering the much maligned beta invite timer on the main page. Do you still like RNGs?

Well, isn't the generator on the front page fair towards ALL, no matter if they're registered in March or yesterday?

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Alvana wrote:

People that has been following this thread from the start has a slight advantage though. I mean, you know something right?

That's news to me. F may be in the key, and we may have a clue in Fnt, but as for what we actually know? Not much.

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markyys wrote:

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Alvana wrote:

People that has been following this thread from the start has a slight advantage though. I mean, you know something right?

That's news to me. F may be in the key, and we may have a clue in Fnt, but as for what we actually know? Not much.

Well at least I have gotten some hints but still am a little confused about them.

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markyys wrote:

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Alvana wrote:

People that has been following this thread from the start has a slight advantage though. I mean, you know something right?

That's news to me. F be in the key, and we almost have a clue in Fnt, but as for what we actually know? Not much.

Fixed.

God I hate that word.

I'm not late to a contest for once!!!

Just felt like posting something after reading everything.

Anymore clues?

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Alvana wrote:

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markyys wrote:

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Alvana wrote:

People that has been following this thread from the start has a slight advantage though. I mean, you know something right?

That's news to me. F be in the key, and we have a clue in Fnt, but as for what we actually know? Not much.

Fixed.

God I hate that word.

Could you have at least changed it to "F is in the key"? Now it looks like I don't know English.

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markyys wrote:

Could you have at least changed it to "F is in the key"? Now it looks like I don't know English.

I'm just gonna assume that that grammatical mistake might be deliberate and yet another hint.

I've been considering the possibility that all of his grammatical mistakes are hints. I just don't know what they might (not may, happy?) mean.

Also, why doesn't he like 'may'? Did something bad happen in May? Did he have a mother who always told him to say 'may I' instead of 'can I'?

The mystery persists.

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markyys wrote:

I think it's more like not an RNG per se, but rather a random select. Something like "select id,name from players order by random() limit 1" is what I'm guessing.

Depending on which DB backend they use, of course.

But it uses a RNG to determine which user to select, does it not? It has to, because computers are not good at picking from options randomly without one. Actually, people aren't much good at true randomness either, from what I have read.

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Alvana wrote:

People that has been following this thread from the start has a slight advantage though. I mean, you know something right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYpADZiv00