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Foxy Fox · « **Reply #25 on:** September 09, 2021, 08:54:06 am »

Repeating digits would make it easier.

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #26 on:** September 09, 2021, 08:54:28 am »

Maybe.

Peter Whitman · « **Reply #27 on:** September 09, 2021, 08:54:40 am »

proposed:

spin 1st dial 3 units upward - 7
spin 2nd dial 3 units upward - 6
spin 3rd dial 2 units downward - 9
spin 4th dial 3 units downward - 7
spin 5th dial 4 units downward - 4

we have a repeating digit with the 7s, we have one digit in common with the 4, and it's a relatively high number for the tiebreak

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #28 on:** September 09, 2021, 08:55:05 am »

I'm just stupid. Ignore me.

pedit: i was thinking we were setting a new combination entirely.

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #29 on:** September 09, 2021, 08:56:00 am »

Yea, that works with me.

Margot Tenenbaum · « **Reply #30 on:** September 09, 2021, 08:57:55 am »

Quote from: Peter Whitman on September 09, 2021, 08:54:40 am

proposed:

spin 1st dial 3 units upward - 7
spin 2nd dial 3 units upward - 6
spin 3rd dial 2 units downward - 9
spin 4th dial 3 units downward - 7
spin 5th dial 4 units downward - 4

we have a repeating digit with the 7s, we have one digit in common with the 4, and it's a relatively high number for the tiebreak

I like this

Peter Whitman · « **Reply #31 on:** September 09, 2021, 08:59:25 am »

i like the logic of guessing 56789 and with this that only nets them 2 correct digits and forces them to waste a guess to find the repeating digit.

Peter Whitman · « **Reply #32 on:** September 09, 2021, 09:01:53 am »

oh wait they will be given that code and are trying to guess 43218. nvm is repeating digits helpful in that case? i guess it doesn't give them a good starting string to guess

Margot Tenenbaum · « **Reply #33 on:** September 09, 2021, 09:06:55 am »

Guessing the starting string seems like a bait since it’s guaranteed to not have any correct numbers in correct places

Steve Zissou · « **Reply #34 on:** September 09, 2021, 09:43:02 am »

Oh I thought we were just scrambling the lock combo ie 12345 and the other tribe would get 54321, 43215, etc etc

Steve Zissou · « **Reply #35 on:** September 09, 2021, 09:44:39 am »

Never mind I understand now

Steve Zissou · « **Reply #36 on:** September 09, 2021, 09:47:55 am »

Quote from: Peter Whitman on September 09, 2021, 08:54:40 am

proposed:

spin 1st dial 3 units upward - 7
spin 2nd dial 3 units upward - 6
spin 3rd dial 2 units downward - 9
spin 4th dial 3 units downward - 7
spin 5th dial 4 units downward - 4

we have a repeating digit with the 7s, we have one digit in common with the 4, and it's a relatively high number for the tiebreak

I like this

Madame D. · « **Reply #37 on:** September 09, 2021, 09:49:23 am »

Quote from: Peter Whitman on September 09, 2021, 08:54:40 am

proposed:

spin 1st dial 3 units upward - 7
spin 2nd dial 3 units upward - 6
spin 3rd dial 2 units downward - 9
spin 4th dial 3 units downward - 7
spin 5th dial 4 units downward - 4

we have a repeating digit with the 7s, we have one digit in common with the 4, and it's a relatively high number for the tiebreak

Sounds good to me!

Max Fischer · « **Reply #38 on:** September 09, 2021, 09:55:15 am »

Quote from: Peter Whitman on September 09, 2021, 08:54:40 am

proposed:

spin 1st dial 3 units upward - 7
spin 2nd dial 3 units upward - 6
spin 3rd dial 2 units downward - 9
spin 4th dial 3 units downward - 7
spin 5th dial 4 units downward - 4

we have a repeating digit with the 7s, we have one digit in common with the 4, and it's a relatively high number for the tiebreak

this works for me, too

Peter Whitman · « **Reply #39 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:02:28 am »

sounds good, i'd love to be heavily involved in solving this and will be around when the 2nd part of the challenge drops. Can we discuss how we want to go about this? Should we wait for a lot of confirmation from the tribe and do others want to make sure their there to the point where we set up a predetermined time to work on it?

Max Fischer · « **Reply #40 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:15:54 am »

Maybe establish a quorum, like if three people think the guess is a good idea we can go ahead and guess it. The three is completely arbitrary though, I don't know how many people we can expect to have online at any given time. If we set a time to work on it I'll certainly do my best to show up.

Margot Tenenbaum · « **Reply #41 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:25:39 am »

I should be pretty available for this next challenge phase so I can sign off on things

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #42 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:38:22 am »

Yea, I'll be around. Currently reading JoJo Part 6, but I will be around.

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #43 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:46:17 am »

is there any objection to wasting two guesses at the start on 01234 and 56789?

Madame D. · « **Reply #44 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:55:24 am »

I think getting it straight away is unlikely so I’d be happy with maximising information early.

Eager to hear other people’s thoughts though.

Steve Zissou · « **Reply #45 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:58:43 am »

I would like to be a part of this as well and will be around pretty consistently tomorrow.

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #46 on:** September 09, 2021, 11:59:59 am »

Yea, going for 01234 and 56789 tells us instantly two things:
1) How many numbers fall between 0-4, and 5-9
2) If there are any duplicate numbers.

If we know that, we can start to reverse-engineer the results back.
If we get hits on any of them, I think we just play around with that. The important thing is, we need to figure out like three of the numbers so we know how many rotations are left for the remainder of them.

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #47 on:** September 09, 2021, 12:03:20 pm »

I think we can spend a fair bit of tonight discussing it, and try to reverse engineer some of the numbers as well.

Peter Whitman · « **Reply #48 on:** September 09, 2021, 12:04:03 pm »

Quote from: Foxy Fox on September 09, 2021, 11:59:59 am

Yea, going for 01234 and 56789 tells us instantly two things:
1) How many numbers fall between 0-4, and 5-9
2) If there are any duplicate numbers.

If we know that, we can start to reverse-engineer the results back.
If we get hits on any of them, I think we just play around with that. The important thing is, we need to figure out like three of the numbers so we know how many rotations are left for the remainder of them.

agreed on this

Foxy Fox · « **Reply #49 on:** September 09, 2021, 12:04:32 pm »

Quote from: Peter Whitman on September 09, 2021, 08:54:40 am

proposed:

spin 1st dial 3 units upward - 7
spin 2nd dial 3 units upward - 6
spin 3rd dial 2 units downward - 9
spin 4th dial 3 units downward - 7
spin 5th dial 4 units downward - 4

we have a repeating digit with the 7s, we have one digit in common with the 4, and it's a relatively high number for the tiebreak

@mods - this is the combination we're going with, in case you need someone to explicitly state it. The shuffled combination is 76974

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