The FOFC Mole Official Thread

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

What's an exemption?

An exemption means you cannot be executed after the next quiz.

[MJ4H]

The final PM has been sent, so your 72 hours begins NOW!

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

You could have obtained a complete map by combining all of
the filenames for each piece you were given into one big
filename.

ie: ciuhcvreojavduvpvsviexrgwejnicaxczdf.jpg

The locations of the five hidden mines and 25k treasure were
also encoded in the human minesweeper video. Before
"WORK TOGETHER" appears in the video, there is a series of
numbers.

2144610258410610209857723-55

This is a mash-up of 6 fibonacci numbers.
2, 144, 610, 2584, and 10610209857723. 55, too.

These are the 3rd, 12th, 15th, 18th, and 64th numbers in the
fibonacci sequence (and 55 is the 10th). This corresponds
to where the mines are in the minefield, counting left to
right and top to bottom (and the treasure is in square 10).

Admittedly a tough one to crack, but it is there.

Wow, this is awesome. I've never even heard of Fibonacci numbers but I love that you're going to such great lengths to keep the game interesting. This is really great, thanks MJ4H.

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by samifan24

Wow, this is awesome. I've never even heard of Fibonacci numbers but I love that you're going to such great lengths to keep the game interesting. This is really great, thanks MJ4H.

You are most welcome. I think I'm having more fun than you guys are though

It's a tough balance making them possible to find, but not so obvious the challenges aren't fun.

[samifan24]

Just to clarify, are we allowed to PM other players to find out what letters they have?

[MJ4H]

Yes. Might be better to post in the thread so everyone can work together, though. Up to you.

[Passacaglia]

Well I have ZIUL with Barkeep and NOIET with Brian.

[samifan24]

I have:

kingnebwsu: TMPIA
path12: ITTR

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Well I have ZIUL with Barkeep and NOIET with Brian.

Barkeep is going to be in trouble if he has Zuul living in his fridge.

[MJ4H]

if he is the barkeeper are you the keymaster

[Thomkal]

argh on that last part of the minesweeper challenge. Really ran into some bad luck there. And I thought an exemption might be available in that challenge which is why I didn't really mind risking the extra step I took there. Of course we saw how that turned out.

As for the new challenge I have:

UGYRL - path12
RARG - Barkeep49

[MJ4H]

Yeah, what did you guys hit 4 of the 5 hidden mines? Pretty rough luck.

[BrianD]

Mine:

PCED - Passacaglia
NOTORI - kingnebwsu

Combining NOIET+PCED=DECEPTION

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by BrianD

Mine:

PCED - Passacaglia
NOTORI - kingnebwsu

Combining NOIET+PCED=DECEPTION

No fair figuring it out before posting what you had!

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

No fair figuring it out before posting what you had!

I figured that I would seem smarter if I posted both at the same time.

[path12]

I've got the following:

SORA - samifan24
EARL - Thomkal

[Passacaglia]

SORA ITTR

TRAITORS

[Passacaglia]

UGYRL

EARL

This one is bugging me.

[path12]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

UGYRL

EARL

This one is bugging me.

REGULARLY

[Barkeep49]

EDGNI - Thomkal
TEI - Passacaglia

[Passacaglia]

UTILIZE

[samifan24]

So far we have four of the seven words:

Traitors Utilize Deception Regularly

[kingnebwsu]

MFNIA - Passacaglia
NROT - samifan24

[Thomkal]

RARG
EDGNI

Regarding?

[kingnebwsu]

Edit: I'm an idiot

Neither of these unscramble to anything I can see. Who has the last 2 parts for the last word?

[kingnebwsu]

NROTTMPIA

IMPORTANT

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by kingnebwsu

MFNIA - Passacaglia
NROT - samifan24

Are you sure it's Passacaglia?

[kingnebwsu]

Traitors Utilize Deception Regularly Regarding Important

[kingnebwsu]

Cut & paste from my PM:

mole mission 4
MFNIA - passacaglia
NROT - samifan24

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by kingnebwsu

Traitors Utilize Deception Regularly Regarding Important

This reminds me of the secret decoder ring scene in "A Christmas Story."

[MJ4H]

Should say BrianD instead of Passacaglia. I looked at the wrong column when I made that out. Sorry.

[MJ4H]

To clarify: kingnebwsu's should say:

mole mission 4
MFNIA - BrianD
NROT - samifan24

I swear I checked this 4 times and I still missed something.

[kingnebwsu]

Traitors Utilize Deception Regularly Regarding Important Information

BAM!

[kingnebwsu]

Cash money!

[Passacaglia]

Nice!

[Passacaglia]

Although, I guess "regularly" could go in numerous places.

[samifan24]

Good work everyone!

[MJ4H]

That is the correct answer. The "regularly" could go in several places and still make a coherent sentence. Yours is fine. Congrats players! You have added $30,000 to the pot.

The pot now stands at $85,000. Good news!
Bad news, you now face your second quiz and execution.

The quiz will be prepared sometime tomorrow. I need to go to bed.

Good luck, players. Unfortunately, we will be losing an active player this time, since everyone is playing. To whomever goes home, it has been a lot of fun to this point.

[Passacaglia]

I could see it after Traitors, where it is now, or at the end of the sentence.

[Passacaglia]

Never mind!

[kingnebwsu]

That challenge was cool. Didn't really care for the treasure hunt though. Took too long to complete.

Thanks for all the work you're putting into this Anderson Cooper

[MJ4H]

Incidentally, players, for the aftermath of the game it would be fun if you would send me your answers to a couple of questions:

Who do you think is the mole and why?
Who have you eliminated as being the mole and why?
Are there any players you just can't figure out?

If you would like to tell me what you are thinking on these questions, when the game is over, I can share the thoughts and feelings of various players at various times in the game. None of the information will be revealed during the game nor will it be used for or against you during the game. However, it might be used to write up a nice summary at the conclusion of the game.

Note: this is completely voluntary. If you don't want to answer the questions, you don't need to. It just might be fun to see thoughts at various points of the game after it's all over.

[Thomkal]

yeah team! good luck on the quiz guys

[MJ4H]

The quiz is ready.

You may request the quiz at any time by sending me a PM. I am actually pretty sick today so I'm home all day. If the medicine knocks me out, I may miss my email sound, but I will probably hear it. If I miss you by more than 10 minutes, I will confirm you still have time to take it before sending it.

Good luck!

[MJ4H]

When the fingerprint fills with red, the mole will act, executing one of the players. When a player completes their quiz, the fingerprint will fill up a bit more.

[BrianD]

Nice touch.

[MJ4H]

Thanks. I thought it was cool, too

Bump because it is filling up nicely, now.

[graygoose12]

Maybe I missed it on the first quiz, but any chance you can reveal the quiz questions (after sending to the last player obviously) to the audience? They do in the show, and I don't see how it could hurt here.

And if you are going to reveal the questions this time, and you didn't post the first set, could you do that as well?

Thanks

[MJ4H]

Funny you should ask that. I just finished up a little video with the 2nd quiz questions in it. It can't hurt to throw one together for quiz one.

[MJ4H]

Note: I accidentally sent some notes about a couple of upcoming games to a couple of players. There is nothing there that will help anyone, and the one thing that could will be changed. Please just delete anything I sent that was not the quiz. I apologize if it slowed you down on the quiz any.