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Its addictive
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Yes indeed.
Yo Mahdi won!! Humans won!!
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Yay! Bye, I have to go now. I enjoyed! Thanks a lot everyone
Congrats @Vinayak Srivastava!
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Ha thanks!
Ok then let’s continue here
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Congrats Vinayak,
All my hopes of studying bio going in drain and I love it lol
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lol
Yeah
@Mahdi Raza You coming?
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Yes, what's the code?
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"demigod"
2 humans playing with 2 demigods lol
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Next game?
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Sure, smae passowrd
Password : demigod
Bro I can’t type in time
I can only see half the question?
Thhis one is close
I got ques after 10 s
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Me too :(
A glitch happened in middle two question, except that everything was fine.
Congrats @Jason Gomez!
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Thanks seaweed
Last two questions came way after the timer came at 0
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Yes, true
This thing is a little bugged, but addicting lol
Congo @Jason Gomez!
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Yes, congrats!
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Thanks
Demigod 1-0 Human
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???
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Two demigods versus two humans bro
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Its actually 2-1
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Previous games not counted, Mahdi was not present
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Yeah but we'll keep score from since Mahdi joined, so it's 1-0
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@Agent T password for ftw : demigod
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Okay
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Join fast, I have made the game
How'd you get that circle square thing right mahdi? I answered 1/ root 2
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one radius is r and the other is r root 2
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oh wait, i gave the reciprocal of the answer lol i am stupid
Mahdi can you slow down we demigods have dyslexia and have trouble reading
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And I make frequent silly mistakes
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I wanted to type 0.5 and realised I had to give in fraction and boom time up
lol true
Bro Percy we got crushed
Are we sure Mahdi and Vinayak are not gods of some math pantheon?
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Yea dude, we gotta up our game
Yeah I wonder, although Mahdi is trying for InMO so maybe she has surpassed that long time ago
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You mean he right? But yeah, he is training to be a god, so makes sense that his prowess is godly lol
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Congrats Mahdi
Score is 1-1
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One final round and I'll have to go. Thanks!
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congo
I need to go I think
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All the best to humans lol
last one had error i gave answer but not shown
Finak round, same password, will humans win or demigods?
OK i play lol
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lol it is addicting
@Mahdi Raza I created the game, final round, join
@Jason Gomez we're dead
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Yeah Mahdi is on fire
My fastest google search ever for galon pint
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lmao i forgot bout that
Bro typo :(
Making another team called god for mahdi
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lol yea
That was so easy
How to type mixed frac??
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1 3/8
Same question! and I missed the the time
Brooooooooooo we were so closeeeeeeee
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Yes, so close! Well done!
yea...
Yup this one was very interesting
GG Humans! Congrats @Agent T @Vinayak Srivastava @Mahdi Raza!!!
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Congrats Mahdi Raza
The sixth one is wrong she could have attempted 11 or 12 questions too right?
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Yea maybe
Bye! GG
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bye! gg
I think m neither a human nor a demigod ... tortoise suits me better ig
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Okay, gg tortoise team lol
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Yeah u have the right lol
Nah it’s time which might get you messed up, you’ll become lot better once the time pressure is gone
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Yeah...maybe? Anyways it was fun!!
We got very less in our first games too
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Oooohh I seeeeee
yeah, don't feel bad @Agent T you did great!
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I think we should have more games in evening?
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Calculating indian time...
How's 5pm ist for you guys?
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That’s totally fine with me
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Done done
Done I would be free
So the scores 2-1-0
Gods-demigods-humans ,perfectly balanced
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haha jason = thanos
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Damn bro what a comparison I am stunned
@Sarah Alam @Siddharth Chakravarty
We thought of playing one game of For The Win! in aops and ended up playing a humans vs demigods tournament and it was very fun and addicting. We're gonna be playing again at 5pm ist, which is 12:30 pm in uk time.
So you guys wanna join? Sarah in demigods team, Siddharth in humans team.
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Completely forgot we can include sarah on our team
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Yeah, she's the only other demigod here. I'm going to grind levels on alcumus now.
I wanted to be an animagus but ok.
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No, only human and demigod. If you crush everyone in the game, then you can join gods team with Mahdi lol
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Was it today or is it tomorrow? Because I was in school at 12:30. And if it is 12:30 tomorrow, I’ll miss it again. Because I have school. It’s Wednesday. Sorry I couldn’t or can’t join
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Join now
@Sarah Alam, please join the game where scisidd is host
Percy we all are online so lets play, please make the game
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Ok done, same password
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Joined. @Agent T is also coming
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Vinayak I gtg, hafta lunch :P
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Oh no problem
GG Vinayak!
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Thanks! I made one with same pass
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Okay, I need to sleep now lol bye
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Congrats btw
Hey I won while playing with god @Mahdi Raza. I am very happy lol
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Nice! Forget sleep, I'm joining the next game lol
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Noice
@Percy Jackson please make the game with same settings as before
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Wait, will tell you once we make new game
Congrats! I did terrible on this round....
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Yeah I know otherwise who can win against god?
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Congrats @Mahdi Raza! That was close!
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yeah, sadly not for me, i suck at quick math lol
There are too many bugs :(
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I would have got 4 points if that bug didn't come :( Anyways well played @Mahdi Raza
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Well played you too, I just won by 3 points, very close. Bye
If I press the button and type the answer, then on pressing enter the Submit button becomes grey, but it is still not submitted, because of which the time ends.
There is some problem with the red button, it is causing time delay.
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@Vinayak Srivastava start the game
GG everyone, congrats to the winner, i really need sleep now so bye, see you at 5 ist lol
I don't think Sarah is coming, so we need someone else for our team. There are 4 humans and 2 demigods. We need one human in our team. @Jason Gomez
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Yeah we have to do it ourselves
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i already won twice my friend
@Siddharth Chakravarty please join
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@Jason Gomez too
@Jason Gomez @Siddharth Chakravarty Come quick! Same password!
Since demigods are less, maybe lets make it a different tournament?
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Individuals is fine. Besides, humans already beat demigods once
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Yeah ok
This game's going to be interesting, first person to answer gets 7 points!
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yea lol lots of points
Who is Guest2943494 and how do they know our password?
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That's sus
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yea, maybe jason or siddharth joined without logging in their accnt lol
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@Jason Gomez Come quick you not-punctual demigod! Everyone else is here.
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👼 vs 👦
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no, we'll have individauls. 2 vs 5 is a bit unfair when mahdi the god is on humans side
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I'm starting the game, we can include Jason when he comes.
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Very sorry, my sir held class by surprise
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Coming in the next round?
I got the first us coin question wrong...and I'm the only American here...talk about embarrassing
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I got all coins ones wrong, I don't know us currency
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penny = 1 cent
nickel = 5 cents
dime = 10 cents
quarter = 25 cents
half-dollar = 50 cents
dollar = 100 cents
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Congrats @Percy Jackson!
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Thanks!
And I was getting mad seeing nickels and dimes, I had confused them.
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Same here. Congrats Percy
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Congo Congo. Hoho
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thanks!
Congrats Andrew 😀
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thanks!
@Jason Gomez u coming now? Siddharth has made a new game
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Yeah I have come
Should I start
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wait i think jason will join now
ok he joined we can start
@Siddharth Chakravarty keep passwords for games, otherwise other ppl will join and defeat us lol
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Lol that’s very embarrassing,
Next game: Make a password so that noone else can join, and I would suggest make no of problems more
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Yes more problems, maybe 15. Super close match. Congrats!
A megaround with 20 ques straight
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Works!
@Percy Jackson is also god. Congrats
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yay thanks lol
How is prob 7 not 1/12?
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Anyone?
What was the problem?
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2 numbers product to a prime
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1/5 + 1/6
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Yes, 11/30
No the one where 2 dice are given and we need probability of product being prime
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How did you get 1/12?
I made a 15 problem game
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I need to go.
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ok bye gg
Is the first one 2/11?
Congrats @Percy Jackson could we play at 9 pm IST I will have my PC then bcuz answering from phone is a bit messy
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Also why on earth is the red button for? Couldn't there be just a blank where we could type and submit our answers instead of opening a timed red buzzer.
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true lol
Ikr sometimes I can’t type in time if I mistype
thanks, i won't be free that time tho, u can ask the others
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What time will u be free?
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Less time, maybe 75 seconds was good
I hate that weird red button
dammit i gave fraction not percent lol
I submitted answers for the previous two and none even got submitted
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Three now :((((h(((((((h(((n(((((h((h((((h
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That's samd
Oooooof very close!!
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Well played, I still don't understand how you got 237.5
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I did (23)3−1
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Yayy wp!!!
Well played @Mahdi Raza and @Jason Gomez! GG
GG Humans, but the score is still 2-1! Congo @Vinayak Srivastava
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Thanks! And you already said its individual lol
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ok, then my score is 2 lol
What was this even?
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Yeah out of the world lol
It’s easy actually take 6=5+1
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Brilliant!
Then in three throws 15-18 is possible 19 is not possible but in 4 throws 20-24 is possible 5 throws 25-30 is possible
What 😂
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Also I have reported them to remove the red button which is causing my face to go red.
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LOL
Did you guys see that my points came up and then disappeared three times, or is it only me?
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yea i saw it, demigods would've won
I'm going to find a quiz platform alternative which is not messy and buggy like FTW.
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But the problems are good here, maybe other platforms are good but they won't get license for the problems, only aops has
r u guys up for another? i made the game already
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Yeah!
I’ve done so many today!!! I’ll play on Sunday now, or maybe before when I have time. Thanks! Have fun
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ok bye gg
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That hexagon one was clever lol
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yea
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ya i got it but very late
odd steps
There were many similar questions like that in Daily Challenges specially the robot 🤖 moving in a grid.
What was the answer for that perpendicualr line on coordinate plane question?
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I was in bw soln
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it uses m1m2=-1
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34/5
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Done by doing 5+3*3/5
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GG Vinayak, Congrats!
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Thanks! Now 2-2
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Ok, one last game?
Yo well played:D
Gg Vinayak Seaweed and Agent T
What IST time are you guys free at in between 8-11pm
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@Percy Jackson @Mahdi Raza @Vinayak Srivastava @Agent T @Jason Gomez @Aditya Mittal
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nope busy then
U ppl tell first
I don't like bio so I am free whole day, but I played too much today. Maybe tomorrow.
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okay
Ohhh okay...okay...I might be free after ten (might)((might)) (might not)
What about 10:30 IST?
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I'm really bad at decision making so just tell me the final stuff and I'll mange my SoSo called time schedule
Not today, maybe tomorrow
How to find probability for at least two tails in 6 times toss
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(6C0+6C1+6C2)/2^6
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Lol i went on calculating 2^6 after clicking that red dish
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BOOM BAaaMMM
BOOM!
Ohk, thanks!
It doesn't ask atmost it asks atleast.
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All events have prob 1/2^6 so just count total number of them and divide by 2^6
The opposite of getting atleast 2 tails is either getting 1 tail or no tails, you have 6 ways for 1 tail and 1 way for 0 tails. So the total probability of complement of getting atleast two tails is (6+1)/64 and thus the actual probability will be 1-7/64=57/64
Who is nahiphog?
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idk same question
i gtg guys, bye everyone gg
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Gg Mr.Seaweed good time playing with you (my class just got over)
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lol same Mr. Pigeon
Gg bbye, have a grt day y'all!!
Ok bye everyone!
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Bye bye
@Agent T Do you know that you are in a game with naphiphog?
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No? Lol
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Well u r in a game with him/her and both of u haven’t answered anything
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Let's use discord it will show the messages in order and not like a chaos here 🤯
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Yeah send that link here next time we will talk in that
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https://discord.gg/y8aw6tXv
Do u really expect a 175 yr old ninja to have a discord acc??
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17 year old ninja should have so 175 should definitely have
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This is the 365th reply, I think it’s the most commented note in a day
Let's play after my game gets over (which has 20 rounds)
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Bruh you did not mention me :(
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Arey I haven't strted yet I mean I've started but that's just a trial
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@Mahdi Raza, please join
Ok lets wait
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I'll strt at 10:30 exact
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Should I wait for others??
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No, I think no one is online, we'll play tomorrow.
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Okay
Wanna play @Percy Jackson?
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Sure. First though, make your stats publicly visible. You've been playing so much, I want to see if you have more levels than me lol
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Haha my exams got cancelled so I'm free these days lol btw how do I do that
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@Mahdi Raza @Agent T Humans vs demigod?
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Yes YeS but can we strt at 2:30 ist (it's lunch time again :P)
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ok
Done
I'll ask more bout this later in a chat
Oh I forgot to tell that was a trial round
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Wow lol
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Haha sry sry well played
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New password: teddy
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no, please, just make it demigod lol
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Ok okay
Rigged, the second question was wrong. They asked answer in feet but gave miles. btw congrats vinayak
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Thanks! I exited so I can't tell. btw the password teddy is wrong
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Now it's semi demi middle god I mean demigod
Dude u speedioo BOOM!!!
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now i will make a game with more time so that the problems are better
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Kay kay
congrats again vinayak! i will come later to play, when more ppl are there, bye gg
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ohk so I will also come at 7 pm . Bye
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Okay then
@Percy Jackson let's play one until everyone comes.
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sure
@Sarah Alam @Mahdi Raza @Jason Gomez @Agent T @Aditya Mittal
Are you guys free at 7pm ist/2:30 pm uk time? We're playing then.
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I'm so punctual
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Even I gotta know about this quality tday only
lol
@Vinayak Srivastava
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@Vinayak Srivastava
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@Vinayak Srivastava
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Well played y'all!!!
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GG Agent T
zoinks
stort da gamoo
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one minute, discord discussion, u shud make an account in discord and join
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@Agent T
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Is @Agent T on discord ?
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I don't know
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NoN, btw tell me one thing, can my frns(real life ones) know that m on discord?
CONGOOOO !!!!well played @Jason Gomez
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Thx, unless you tell your friends I don’t think they will ever know you are on discord (or if a common person were to sneak you out)
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Ok I'll keep my mouth shut and btw I didn't know there were others in that grp too D=
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Guys me and Mahdi met some real gods at FTW today, they consistently answered questions in less than one second(it took me the usual time to solve those questions), I would like to believe they were cheating, but it’s just impossible to cheat that fast, it’s scary to see how quick quickmath can actually be!!..?,!..…?!!. !
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Cool. I've seen people with over a 1000 games played, so they're probably like ftw veterans.
I realized how they did it. Two reasons. 1: They just press the button as soon as they see the questions, that way they still get 5 seconds of time to think and read the question. And so their time displayed is like 0.6 seconds or 1.1 seconds, which is in reality their reaction time. They probably answer at the end of 5 seconds. Which is still mind-blowing! And 2: to get some accuracy, and get the questions right, they probably know the question already or have come across it so many times, that they just remembered the answer. Like "Ant on a hexagon is skipping adjacent vertices, so what's the probability that it returns to the same spot after 15 moves?" Well, 0 because of parity.
This might be only speculation, they could be so fast without it too. Very impressive!!!! Real gods at for the win.
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What if they are hacking? Or were the questions too easy or they got it in 1 second for only few questions?
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I can’t read questions that fast :( I will have only one second of solving time if read at my fastest, and for the memory part, I saw in the bottom of the website saying that it had thousands of problems, if they can remember so many, they are more likely to be cyborgs than humans
Wow! I also think they knew the questions. I also think I came across 2 questions repeating in two different games I played. I got one worng, but got the other right in around 3 sec as I remembered the answer. So yes it is possible they knew the questions.
I reached gold cube level in ftw after grinding more games lol
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Haha great
@Mahdi Raza You on discord? If yes, join this server - https://discord.gg/F9UvWUum
we r all talking there instead oh here
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Congrats @Mahdi Raza
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Thanks! Sorry, not on Discord...
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Congrats @Mahdi Raza, gg
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Very close, well played both of you!
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Another one,please?
Also how did you solve last one?
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@Jason Gomez,@Vinayak Srivastava,@Percy Jackson,@Mahdi Raza,@Siddharth Chakravarty,@Sarah Alam,@Agent T
LeT's PlAy !!
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@Vinayak Srivastava
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@2:30 ist
Yup
@Agent T, I can't see your reply on the Daily Challenge as the comment is deleted. Can you please tell what you wrote?
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I wrote that I'll tell ya later what it means
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