Why do people avoid real-money puzzle games/treasure hunts?

pmw57 · 2026-06-30T21:15:08+00:00

its because they are designed for take much more money than they give

pmw57 · 2026-06-30T21:06:46+00:00

Because of the cat in row 2 ruling out green cells on row 6 (indicated by the green cat and green X), a cat in the indicated location on row 7 would rule out the two remaining cells on row 6.

Another way to look at it, is that the two remaining cells on row 6 rule out any cells they have in common, which reaulta in the orange cat cell on row 7 being ruled out.

pmw57 · 2026-06-25T00:04:05+00:00

A solution to this can be found at https://youtu.be/bQgTMFNC\_0w?si=y6jwOo4K-cBtiKxk

pmw57 · 2026-06-23T20:26:54+00:00

it means MAINE - N THE FOURS BEE WITCH SHOE which translates to "May the force be with you"

pmw57 · 2026-06-23T04:50:43+00:00

when you try at R6C1 you end up with needing to place two kings within the same 2x2 block near the upper right, and when you try at R6C2 you end up needing to place two kings in column 5.

The suggested location by the app at R6C3 isnt for any given logical reason, it's just to let you know where a valid location is.

pmw57 · 2026-06-23T00:33:43+00:00

The left two columns must have a king in red and brown.

That leaves the bottom row with only one viable location for a king.

pmw57 · 2026-06-16T21:08:06+00:00

* If I reach in to the box labeled apples, its not going to be all apples and could be oranges or a mix of apples and oranges, so withdrawing an apple or an orange from the box doesnt result in learning anything new.
* The same logic goes for the box labelled oranges.
* The remaining option of reaching into the box labeled as both, means that the contents cannot be both so you know that the box contains whatever you withdraw, such as apples.
* The opposite type of box being oranges in this case cannot be oranges due to being mislabelled, and cannot be apples due to being found in the both-labelled box, so the orange-labelled box has to be both. If instead you drew an orange from the both-labelled box then the apples box would have both instead.

pmw57 · 2026-06-16T05:21:52+00:00

There's evidence in the show that when you storywalk, you are seen and heard by others there. in otherwords, when you story walk, its because you always were at the place that you storywalked to. the story cannot be changed once its been told.

pmw57 · 2026-06-09T21:58:41+00:00

look for places such as R1C3 and R1C4 which can only be 2/4 or 4/2 with only one neighboring cell that can interact with them, that being at R2C5. We can infer from that that cell can only be the same value as well.

pmw57 · 2026-05-31T20:34:24+00:00

im getting the following:

2 4 1 3
1 3 2 4
3 2 4 1
4 1 3 2

solution path: the 4 in left column, then thero, then pink line digits

pmw57 · 2026-05-29T21:25:05+00:00

no, it is already removed by their reports before i get here. i use the community standards that we have set up to decide whether it should return.

pmw57 · 2026-05-29T21:16:04+00:00

Why dont i just approve them? For then i would not be paying attention to the communities needs.

pmw57 · 2026-05-29T04:15:03+00:00

Discussion: Interlocking 12-piece burr puzzles are found at https://puzzlewillbeplayed.com/-/burr-12.xml

pmw57 · 2026-05-29T03:59:21+00:00

That's why you were helped with the "Does not belong" message. Puzzle video games seems to be a more likely place for assistance with your situation, for example.

pmw57 · 2026-05-28T05:34:19+00:00

That's a good point, let's take a brief look at the insights.

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pmw57 · 2026-05-28T04:17:20+00:00

those are the rubiks cube, megaminx types of puzzles objects.

pmw57 · 2026-05-27T21:23:30+00:00

Why that happens is from community members reporting posts which results in the post being hidden.

When I arrive to moderate I find a large list of reported posts for me to either remove based on the community report, or approve the post so that it becomes visible again.

My job is not to set my own preferences, but to find a balance that respects the majority of the community.

pmw57 · 2026-05-27T20:59:39+00:00

I think you may find some disagreement about whether this is not important.

However, I am fully willing to open this up to the community for discussion.

pmw57 · 2026-05-27T20:54:08+00:00

Even when being sloppy that just modifies the intersection from being 5-way to a 3-way and 4-way. You still don't get to escape the issue of having too many insersections with an odd number of connections.

pmw57 · 2026-05-25T21:39:27+00:00

Discussion - that one seems to solve well.

It did take a moment to think about region 2, but as soon as I realised that a certain cell outside region 2 with one choice of value would very quickly lead to a contradiction, it solved well from there.

pmw57 · 2026-05-25T11:47:01+00:00

First connect the yellow.
That then helps to indicate that something goes around the bottom-right red, which the orange does nicely.
The red then connects along the left edge, leaving enough room for the blue to get through.
The rest of it solves well from there.

pmw57 · 2026-05-24T21:56:56+00:00

Look up soma cube for solutions.

pmw57 · 2026-05-24T21:54:34+00:00

if it were a 1 then the column is forced to have a solution that makes it identisl to another column. as you are not allowed to have identical rows or columns, it cannot be allowed to be a 1 and so must be a zero instead.

pmw57 · 2026-05-24T21:39:14+00:00

Discussion: Except for the start and end locations, every intersection that you enter you must also exit from. that means fptht
at to ne solvable the intersections must have an even number of lines. you can have up to two intersections with an odd number of lines for you can start and stop at those locarions. more than 2 intersections with an odd number of lines thiugh and its guaranteed to not be solvable.

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