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30 Mar 2006, 18:51
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Lord Macragge
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Lose The Questions
Most Annoying thing ever is those damn questions everytime ya log in? its all very wll having anti bot things but hell surely ya could think up a way which doesnt involve having to try and og in half a dozen times.
also the damn thing aint always right 4 + 79 = i type 81 and it kicked me back to the login again grrr
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30 Mar 2006, 18:57
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Re: Lose The Questions
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Originally Posted by Marneus
also the damn thing aint always right 4 + 79 = i type 81 and it kicked me back to the login again grrr
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30 Mar 2006, 18:59
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Re: Lose The Questions
Sometimes, when I can't see the words for the grey background, I just guess Marble.
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30 Mar 2006, 18:59
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Re: Lose The Questions
nominating this thread for the clownshoe corner
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30 Mar 2006, 19:01
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Re: Lose The Questions
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Originally Posted by Marneus
Most Annoying thing ever is those damn questions everytime ya log in? its all very wll having anti bot things but hell surely ya could think up a way which doesnt involve having to try and og in half a dozen times.
also the damn thing aint always right 4 + 79 = i type 81 and it kicked me back to the login again grrr
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4 + 79 = 83
But yeah, I see what you mean..
perhaps a voice recognition system should be installed.. that'd be supersweet
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30 Mar 2006, 19:03
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Re: Lose The Questions
/me hands Marneus 2 more beer....
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30 Mar 2006, 19:04
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marneus
Most Annoying thing ever is those damn questions everytime ya log in? its all very wll having anti bot things but hell surely ya could think up a way which doesnt involve having to try and og in half a dozen times.
also the damn thing aint always right 4 + 79 = i type 81 and it kicked me back to the login again grrr
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I'm so glad someone is finally saying this. We've all been thinking it.
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30 Mar 2006, 19:05
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Lord Macragge
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Re: Lose The Questions
yeah i meant that lol sorry working and playing at same me hehe
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30 Mar 2006, 19:14
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Re: Lose The Questions
I just mash the keyboard and eventually I log in.
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30 Mar 2006, 19:50
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Re: Lose The Questions
LOL
actually the old wuestioins (from r12-15(?)) annoyed me less than these do now. make them somehow readable + working.
And please dont come up with opinion questions again for next round - i eventually might like something you suppose me to dislike
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30 Mar 2006, 21:38
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Re: Lose The Questions
Some of the questions are stupidly stupid ie - the oppinion ones
I'm sure it was brought up in a round 15 CH and something would be done about the unreadable text... still waiting
I know you're able to refresh the page if you don't know the answer or if you can't read the text but that's just as annoying, especially if you get three or more un-answerable questions in a row.
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31 Mar 2006, 02:46
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Re: Lose The Questions
I too find these questions irritating and annoying, then the text is unreadable on some of them ... Make the questions more readable and less annoying then won't have refresh the page too often
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31 Mar 2006, 08:54
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Re: Lose The Questions
the questions pre r16 were ok, you could read them, questions weren't heard to answer, you got in after 1 try (unless you're a retard).
plz pa-team change them back to the way they were, caus this is rediculous, refreshing 7-8 times till i can read the question... (and no, i'm not blind)
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31 Mar 2006, 13:17
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Re: Lose The Questions
Some of the capitals ones annoy me, its one thing to ask "Whats the capital of France" or "Whats the capital of Englan" as those are major countries that everyone should know HOWEVER when you get outside the 5-10 major nations with obvious capitals it can be tough. I mean WTF is the capital of lithuania, and how do you spell the capital of romonia.
Also questions like "Will you be closed if you cheat" which want an answer of yes are clearly telling lies as we all know that its not guarenteed and more often than not you lose some of your roids, ships and your xp rather than the whole account.
Whover took over writing the questions in the last round or so really needs to take a long hard look at them and get back to questions more like before which a bot cant answer without having a db of questions and answers but which anyone can answer easierly
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31 Mar 2006, 13:36
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Re: Lose The Questions
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Originally Posted by wakey
I mean WTF is the capital of lithuania, and how do you spell the capital of romonia.
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Vilnius and Bucharest.
Personally, I'm quite a fan of the trivia questions.
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31 Mar 2006, 19:13
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Re: Lose The Questions
Don't remove the questions. I say, alter them.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1349/example8qh.jpg
Why not just a few random characters/cyphers? like BF4S2. No bot will know and it's a lot easier than having 50 questions ready which get randomly picked out.... And everyone can read it.
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31 Mar 2006, 19:15
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Re: Lose The Questions
why dont they ask any things from History?
when was the french revolution?
when did Napoleon loose his Battle?
where did naploeon loose his Battle?
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that would be coold
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by frostbeule
why dont they ask any things from History?
when was the french revolution?
when did Napoleon loose his Battle?
where did naploeon loose his Battle?
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that would be coold
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As much as I support the sentiment your proposed execution of the idea leaves much to be desired
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31 Mar 2006, 21:20
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Re: Lose The Questions
proposed questions
What was the name of Napoleon?
How long did the 30-years war last?
What was the first name of Maria Theresia?
Where did the congress of Vienna take place?
you get the idea
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31 Mar 2006, 22:38
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Re: Lose The Questions
Google is your friend, so is wikipedia. Anyone who needs over 3-4 tries is not very bright. In average, 2 tries are more than enough.
The only really annoying thing are the math questions, but only because it's hard to distinguish between the math operators ( +, -, * )
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Hamster
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Link
Don't remove the questions. I say, alter them.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1349/example8qh.jpg
Why not just a few random characters/cyphers? like BF4S2. No bot will know and it's a lot easier than having 50 questions ready which get randomly picked out.... And everyone can read it.
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Because its not that challenging to write a script to decode the image, in fact you could probally downloads a script to do it it. Something a script cant do is answer logic questions. The downfall in PA's system however is that all too often theres too few questions, questions are used for too long a period and often follow set patterns which make it easier to put together a question and answer database.
We need a largish number of logical questions, that are completely replaced on a regular basis and the should have one, easy to spell and widly known answer for it to be mpst effective
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1 Apr 2006, 01:23
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thinking, that's all.
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gio2k
Google is your friend, so is wikipedia. Anyone who needs over 3-4 tries is not very bright.
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I think you're missing the point. Planetarion users want bot-stopper questions not thick-people stopper questions.
And as much as the capital questions are not entirely worthless, for anything else, the last thing I want to do is research my login question before logging in.
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1 Apr 2006, 06:54
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Re: Lose The Questions
Aslong as i can goddamn see the question I am alright.
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Re: Lose The Questions
Make them readable at least
Sometimes I need to use my bot to decypher those awfull login questions
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1 Apr 2006, 12:30
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Re: Lose The Questions
I don't know why they had to change them anyway, didn't the old ones used before r16 worked fine? And atleast you could read them!
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1 Apr 2006, 15:53
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Re: Lose The Questions
pos repped for comedy value
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12 Apr 2006, 16:30
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Re: Lose The Questions
I think if there are enough questions, they accomplish their objective at 100% of not letting bots access the game. But they fail the objective of letting legitimate users log in quite often, because there is that one font which is really unreadable, and that capital font which often writes things out of the image. Fix those two fonts, and 99% of the questions should be answerable (even if you need Google).
Almost every captcha which doesn't use logical questions, but some kind of fix system, has been cracked, so this really is the best way to avoid bot usage.
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(Marneus) also the damn thing aint always right 4 + 79 = i type 81 and it kicked me back to the login again grrr
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12 Apr 2006, 16:31
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Re: Lose The Questions
I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in one thread. However I have to agree with idimmu, I'm not done with calculus (only in calculus II atm), but I really have no idea what 2 <3 4 is or 5 # 8. Unless it's beyond calculus II (which is a bit much to expect most of the geniouses around here to know) I really don't think they're real operations.
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12 Apr 2006, 16:43
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Re: Lose The Questions
I would prefer to see a question regarding how much wooden material a small furry animal could throw any distance if it was determined that it really was capable of throwing such wooden objects.
(How much wood could a woodchuck chuck......... ) in case there was anyone who didn't get it =/
And on topic...if you see a question that's buggered, just refresh the page until you get one you can answer. The questions are *usually* alright, but yes, there are a few that appear to be completely out to lunch.
Hit F5, and you should get a new question.
Having the bot stoppers cause a very minor inconvenience but giving PA the ability to be mostly bot-free is a price I don't mind paying tbh.
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14 Apr 2006, 20:27
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Re: Lose The Questions
you could simply add:
whats the time? (Displaying a non-digital clock)
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15 Apr 2006, 00:32
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Re: Lose The Questions
i dont know if it's just me but recently the questions have been alot better
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15 Apr 2006, 20:34
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Re: Lose The Questions
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Originally Posted by Banned
Vilnius and Bucharest.
Personally, I'm quite a fan of the trivia questions.
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At least people learn something.
If you dont like it, press F5 and you get a new question.
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Re: Lose The Questions
I think the "capital of __country__" questions should be changed. Either that or expanded to include countries like Brunei, Kazakhstan, and Palau.
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Re: Lose The Questions
Planetarion - Stratergy AND Education all in one!!
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Re: Lose The Questions
The first bit of education should have been how to spell strategy (sorry smudge )
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Re: Lose The Questions
or some variety of 'Next Lines'
Fill in the blanks: 'Burn, ..., burn.'
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by NitinA
I think the "capital of __country__" questions should be changed. Either that or expanded to include countries like Brunei, Kazakhstan, and Palau.
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why not the capital of burkina faso: Ouagadougou?
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Re: Lose The Questions
Put up 3 or 4 pictures of supermodels and let the user sort them by attractiveness. They might still get it wrong, but its a lot more fun to fail.
Or do a "Spot the Looney" game like Monty Python did.
For people with a microphone you could show a textline from a song, play the song and demand they sing the text and rate their singing. Just imagine how much advertisement you get from annoyed neighbours or flatmates when they ask why you keep singing Dj Bobo songs at 4 am in the morning.
Make a tiny flash-game where 10 colored balls fall down and ask the user to catch the pink ball with green stripes. Tons of possibilities with these little games (Whack the Forum-Mod anyone? - or do a Senseo type challenge
Show 5 pictures and ask the user which one is a car (you could show 4 FIATs and one Ferrari for example
etc. blah
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramihyn
(Whack the Forum-Mod anyone?
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Re: Lose The Questions
I keep getting asked to solve the sum
8 <3 8 = ?
Apparently "lots of baby eights" is not the correct answer.
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Re: Lose The Questions
The heart is a multiplication sign from what I understand.
and sonofabitch: You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to xtothez again.
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How long did the 30-years war last?
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Lord Macragge
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Re: Lose The Questions
ok recently stumbled upon another problem
getting online with my phone the questions are so damn small i cant read em. so even if not lose em can we at least make em a decent size lol or have a seperate login page for mobile users
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Re: Lose The Questions
planetarion isnt designed for mobiles, its designed for computers.
If you can play it on your phone is just an added bonus for you but its not by design
If your phone has a zoom capability for web pages, i suggest you see if that works?
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Re: Lose The Questions
What's the capital of Thailand?
I've been ignoring this question like 25 times now ... but I'd like to know the answer now (don't wanna google it)
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kjeldoran
What's the capital of Thailand?
I've been ignoring this question like 25 times now ... but I'd like to know the answer now (don't wanna google it)
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kjeldoran
What's the capital of Thailand?
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Bangkok. It's a pretty cool place, lots of shiny temples in the middle of urban sprawls etc.
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Banned
Bangkok. It's a pretty cool place, lots of shiny temples in the middle of urban sprawls etc.
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Sweet, now I know
Just out of curiousity, did you KNOW this or did you look it up?
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kjeldoran
Sweet, now I know
Just out of curiousity, did you KNOW this or did you look it up?
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Everyone should know, at least after watching American Pie 2 (or 3?)
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Re: Lose The Questions
I know this from a crappy joke i pulled on some of my "m8s" (you know, the people you know but don't really like)
VdM: Whats the capital of thailand
x: I don't know
VdM: bang (hit people in the) kok
too bad there's nothing funny about the capital of lithuania or romania
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Re: Lose The Questions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Veedeejem!
I know this from a crappy joke i pulled on some of my "m8s" (you know, the people you know but don't really like)
VdM: Whats the capital of thailand
x: I don't know
VdM: bang (hit people in the) kok
too bad there's nothing funny about the capital of lithuania or romania
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That joke's taken from American Pie Stiffmeister did it on Shitbreak iirc.
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