>30 minutes in
>Already faced with literally impossible riddles
Nice "game", faggots
>>320171327
>trying to fish for an answer because your a retard.
nah, your just a faggot. go back to gamefaqs
i guess they don't teach algebra in school anymore
This is, hands down, unsolveable
>>320171967
shadows
why are people so retarded these days
>>320171967
>>320171327
Is this the first? Looks nice
>>320172349
second.
>>320171967
Shadows you fucking spastic.
>>320171327
And it gives you an easier one if you get that one wrong, OP is a fucking child.
>>320172349
Second
>>320171327
He says "their present age" which implies a single number, therefor they must both be the same age.
>>320171327
>princess is as old as the prince will be
>when the princess is twice as old as the prince was
>when the princess' age was half the sum of their present age
>princess is twice as old as half the sum of their present age
Same age?
It's 30 40
Did you retards skip grade school or something?
>>320171327
>be me as a kid
>math competition tommorow
>fuck it, play vidya
>get to the imp riddle at Watchers Keep
>spend some time figuring it out from top to bottom
>skip to the next day
>mfw one of the problems to solve at the competition is literally the same fucking thing as that riddle
>mfw no face
>>320174326
Present age.
Half the sum.
Twice as old.
Your math doesn't add up.
>>320176205
I'm pretty sure it is though. I recently played and I definitely don't think they were the same age.
Garbage game though.
I keep wanting to play classic RPGs but the fact that they're all pause-based really fucking turns me off.
Are there any turn-based classic RPGs? I just can't get into queueing everyone's shit at once every 2 seconds.
>>320171327
>>320174326
>>320176205
>>320178190
Just replace every "when" with "="
a-princess present age
b-prince present age
c-years in the future
d-years in the past
>A princess is as old as the prince will be
a=b+c
>when the princess is twice as old as the prince was
a+c=2(b-d)
>when the princess age was half of the sum of their present age
a-d=1/2(a+b)
a-b-c=0
a+c-2b+2d=0
a-d-1/2a-1/2b=0
We are looking for a relation between a and b, so we need to get rid of c and d
a-b-c=0
a+c-2b+2d=0
(+)-----------------
2a-3b+2d=0
2a-3b+2d=0
a-d-1/2a-1/2b=0 |*2
2a-3b+2d=0
2a-2d-a-b=0
(+)---------------
3a-4b=0
3a=4b
The prince is 3/4 the age of the princess.
30 40 then.
Back to school.
I finally fucking did it, I know how to actually solve this riddle now.
Game tricks you by giving you a huge fucking riddle, just break it down. Focus on the last part.
"princess' age was half the sum of their present age"
Only two answers work for this to be true, 1 and 3. 20+30=50/2=25. 30+40=70/2=35.
2 and 4 give the same answers, but you have to take in consideration the princess' age in the past. It can't be more than her current age as that doesn't make sense. So for 4, she couldn't have been 25 in the past when she's 20 in the present and she couldn't have been 35 in the past for 3 when she's currently 30.
So you're left with 1 and 2. So she was 5 years younger when her age was half the sum of their present age. Subtract 5 from the prince's age in both 1 and 3. You get 15 for 1 and 25 for 3.
Multiply those numbers by 2 and you get 30 for 1 and 50 for 3.
1 doesn't work out because the princess is that age in the present in the answer, but the question is referring to how old she WILL be. So the only plausible answer is 3. 10 years will have passed, the Prince will be 40, the Princess will be 50 and since the Princess is as old as the Prince WILL be, she's presently 40.
That made me a lil autistically happy.
>>320179849
Poor form but you did it.
>>320179761
NERDDDDDDDDDDDD
thank god these shitty games died out.
>>320178865
Fallout 1/2
Arcanum
Can't think of any others honestly.
>>320180482
That's what engineering does to you.
>>320180690
kill yourself faggit
>>320171967
Shadows, that's pretty easy.
I miss riddles in RPGs.
>>320180690
>implying
Age of Decadence got released like a month ago, Underrail will be out in 4 days.
Get fucked.
>>320171327
Haven't read the thread. It's3,right? I always always pretty shit at algebra but I think it's the only one that's correct (except 6, technically, I suppose).
>>320171327
>>320180226
Thanks, but why didn't you combine 2a and -a in your explanation while removing d from the problem? Haven't taken math in awhile and I was never too great at it, so might be a dumb question.
>>320181317
It's 3.
It seems hard because you can't get the answer without actually looking at them- there are 4 unknows and only 3 relations between them, so all you can do is find a relation between the princess and prince age, not the exact answer.
>>320181594
>but why didn't you combine 2a and -a in your explanation while removing d from the problem?
Because I'm lazy, I skipped that and went right to 3a-4b=0.
>>320181913
Your explanation was a lot clearer, but that and the way you tried to show you were combining had me confused for a good 5 minutes.
Wish I was as good at math as you desu
This game is so fucking boring after playing Planescape Torment. I did the circus mission then just stopped.
Like 4 new party members in the space of 30 minutes, what the fuck. Retarded pacing.
>>320182107
>but that and the way you tried to show you were combining had me confused for a good 5 minutes
I just thought it was pretty obvious at this point.
>Wish I was as good at math as you desu
Nah, my math is shit. I had to actually write it down and think for a moment.
>>320182241
>Like 4 new party members in the space of 30 minutes, what the fuck. Retarded pacing.
The point of giving you a full party early on is that you're already used to having a full party because you have beaten BG1.
But you just jumped straight to BG2 didn't you?
>>320171327
This question relies too much on the player's intelligence. Not good for a roleplaying game desu
>>320182241
Honestly, the companions was how retarded interaction with them was. Wait a long ass time in real fucking time for Janiera to act like a cunt, Viconia to act like an edgelord, or Aerie to whine some more before you engage in a romance with them.
Aerie was completely butchered after her 4th or 5th piece of dialogue which sucked. She was just a elf with a somewhat interesting backstory that went through some traumatic shit, but then came the fucking WATERFALLS.
>>320182396
I had to write it down and think about it, give up and guess the right answer, come back to thinking about it 1-2 weeks later, and finally come up with the solution without guesswork.
>>320182421
Yes. Should I play BG1 first?
>>320182817
Yeah probably. You start at lvl 1 and slowly build up your equipment and party across the game. It's a more normal rpg experience. So it's a pretty damn good starting point for these games.
>>320182624
Interesting point of view family, makes me think.
>>320182817
Yes, and you can even import your character from the first game, although I would advise not to do that because BG2 introduced more classes and kits.
>>320171327
>>320171967
>>320172932
>no Saerileth or Kelsey in party
What kind of lame bait is this?
>>320179761
Calm down.
You didn't learn this in "school", nor would this type of question be standard teaching when this game came out.
I'm sure your mom is proud.
>>320183268
Unless you use that mod that gives the first one the added features from BG2.
>>320171327
You want some impossible puzzles? Try an MIT mystery hunt, good luck with this shit.
>>320183392
Don't be proud of being retarded.
>>320183392
I'm the other guy that wrote out a lengthy, shittier explanation. I actually did learn how to do this in one of my algebra classes.
I would hope this was being taught in the early 2000's. The real hard part about it (at least to me) is getting past the wording of the question over doing the actual math.
>>320171327
>>320171967
If the white text is what the person says, and ther red text what YOU say, why the fuck would a character say "Which of the following..." and then don't follow on. This game is written like absolute garbage.
A shirt costs 97 dollars. You have 0.
You borrow 50 from one friend and 50 from another to purchase it.
You are left with 3 dollars as a change, which you divide among your two friends and yourself. 1 dollar to each.
Now you are left with 1 dollar and own each friend 49 dollars.
1+49+49 = 99
You had 100 dollars, where did one dollar disappear?
>>320183392
Are you an American by any chance?
>>320183405Or play Enhanced Edition
>>320184094
Fucking this. I'll stick with Fallout 4.
>>320184094
What makes people so weirdly nitpicky about these games in particular? Is it because their classics?
>>320183931
which is why word problems are taught in math, because thats what you use math for. problems presented with words.
>>320171327
It is, I'm sorry you lack the basic education we had as kids. I beat this game when I was 10 years old without help.
I sincerely hope you feel like a complete faggot, OP.
>>320184185
I think he somehow missed out on school entirely, they teach us that shit here as well.
>>320182817
maybe
many people recommend skipping BG1 because old editions of D&D combat at low level at pretty fucking harsh and your going to have many moments of waiting for dice rolls to land your way.
the advantage of BG2 is that it puts you at around level 8 at the start of the game so you have tools to play with right from the start.
if you here for the story which is the main draw of BG then you should play the first and probably play a Fighter or Paladin, mages have little to do in BG1 besides using the sleep spell to shit on everything, all the really fun magic comes with BG2.
>>320179761
>literally need to solve algebra and equation problems to play a fucking videogame
nice job BioWare
>>320184191
You mean the tablet version? I'd recommend against it.
>>320184102
Your computation is meaningless.
1+1+1+97=100
And 49+49=98. You owe 98 dollars to your friends.
>>320184102
I hate this riddle, because the entire premise, more than any other riddle I know, is based entirely on making you look at it entire the wrong way.
Your friends aren't left with 49 dollars, this number is literally meaningless.
You and your friends have 1 dollar each, and you spent 97.
Be honest, how many of you savescummed the answer?
LOL
>>320183309
>Saerileth or Kelsey
fuck you
>>320184094
literally everyone realizes that those are the answers genie proposed but having them written in white as well as red would be retarded and autistic
Is this one of those games for nerds?
>>320183862
What am I even supposed to do here?
>>320183392
>You didn't learn this in "school"
I actually did, it's basic algebra.
I'm sorry your teacher/school was shitty.
And yes, my mom is quite proud of me and I don't see anything wrong with it.
>>320179761
Man, fuck math, I hate this shit.
>>320184382
>This is bad
Americans everyone.
>>320184382
that sort of thing is common knowledge literally everywhere outside of united keks of america
>>320171327
Hey OP, I was 10 when I solved those kind of problems. It's just basic mats.
>>320184382
Algebra is fun.
Get fucked idiot.
Why doesn't google's reverse image search work anymore for 4chan?
>>320184597
Gate of Illussion wasn't that bad.
>>320184725
Anon, literally 90% of convenience around you is thanks to math.
Don't like that's fine but have some respect.
>>320184892
>Algebra is fun
I'm good at math but I fucking hate doing it. Algebra is boring as shit kill yourself dumb nigger
>>320183392
>He didn't learn basic algebra
Are you in Middle School still? Isn't it past your bed time little boy?
>>320184689
That's the whole clue, I didn't leave anything out.
The fact that the image is repeated and figuring out why is the most difficult mental leap on this one.
>>320185142
those are some edgy cats
>>320182692
>I had to write it down and think about it, give up and guess the right answer, come back to thinking about it 1-2 weeks later, and finally come up with the solution without guesswork.
Don't be so hard on yourself Anon, I'm at college, engineering.
I'm doing harder math each day, I would need to be retarded to not be at least half good at it.
>>320185442
spoiler me up anon
>>320184102
That's why you always give loans at an interest, goy
>>320184689
You're supposed to come up with a word or phrase, but the way you get there is pretty convoluted.The inclusion of two duplicate files, plus the reference to animals “reproduced below”, is meant to lead solvers to the realization that all of the animal types depicted have been successfully cloned. The line “when introduced” should be applied to both the cloned animals and the cartoon characters. The difference between the year of each animal’s first cloning and its jersey number gives a number in the 1–26 alphanumeric range; these letters are then ordered by introduction of cartoon character.The letters spelled out, “MUDDY IS WHAT?”, can in the context of a cartoon character-based puzzle be answered with MUDSKIPPER, the final solution word.
>>320185149
>I'm good at math but I fucking hate doing it
This is literally how you spot someone who is not good at math.
I don't know why are you taking some kind of pride in hating shit you are supposedly good at, it's just sad if anything.
>>320185115
Chamber of Birth on the other hand, holy shit fuck that ENTIRE AREA
>>320171967
I fucking suck at riddles and even I figured it was a shadow before I even saw the answers.
>>320185731
you're full of shit
>tfw shit at math
>tfw stayed home "ill" during the two final math exams and had a bro tier teacher supervise me
>guy literally peered over my shoulder and corrected half of my mistakes
>89% pass
>leave college victorious and never touch math again
>get to this puzzle in BG2 a year later
>minimize screen and google answer
>jack off to some drow porn
>walk away satisfied
Lawful Good BTFO.
>/v/ says gameplay is everything
>bioware puts boring ass riddles in games that already have shit graphics
>it's suddenly ok
Neo-/v/ everyone.
Something's wrong with me. I can understand physics just fine as I know exactly how to convert one thing into another and it all makes sense but word algebra gives me anxieties and I can't get past my gut to figure out what exactly it's implying. Is there any sort of trick to this that I just don't get? I can't piece together what they're saying in my head but I can't find out how I'm supposed to do the math. I know I'm retarded so call me out if you'd like but I really am wondering because I've always been to embarrassed to ask since everyone expects me to be the smart one.
>>320186139
You have to study the link between those words and the mathematical formulas. It's just a translation.
>People would rather play this "game" than Fallout 4
pretty casual lmao
>>320184597
>>320185115
>>320185969
>tfw beat the game without using a guide
>>320185768
Except school math is boring as fuck. I just finished calculus this semester with a 98% avg. I hated every second.
>>320186139
The riddle is worded in order to be confusing. Don't feel bad, you're not completely retarded.
>>320183923
>>320183931
>>320184185
>>320184692
>>320185302
I'm glad you're all upset, but again. The question is not standard teaching. The average learner would not be able to solve this.
It's a logistical question that can be solved by jerry-rigging algebra. Alegebra is not necessary, at all, to solve the question.
It is purposefully worded so.
I guess your moms weren't proud of you.
>>320186269
You have to be over 18 to post here
>>320186125
>complaining about neo-/v/
>in a game that's 15 years old
I don't even know what you're trying to say, but you're a fucking retard regardless
>>320186205
I think that's my biggest hurtle and the same I had at first with physics. It's a new way of thinking and I kept assuming I would get it off the bat to the point where I never was willing to learn how to do it.
>>320186242
The only "people" who play this "game" are 30+ year old virgins who thought learning mathmatics would get them laid. Obviously it didn't and they are still bitter about it which is why they can't move on and enjoy good modern games like fallout 4.
>>320186064
That's the correct answer, you can find archives of the puzzles online.
>>320186362
:^)i am 18. I never went to high school.
>>320186350
half decent troll 4/10
Hope you're a troll, and not genuinely this retarded.
>>320186389
>implying games are too old to shit on
>"muh precious memories!"
>"muh childhood!"
Neo-/v/ everyone.
>>320186417
>mathmatics would get them laid
Girls find math nerds sexy, they think it's good for their future children.
>>320185575
See this post by another anon, they do a good job.
>>320185731
>>320186350
>Being "average" at the sort of level this puzzle is
If you weren't top of the class through high school then you might as well kill yourself
>>320186269
>Except school math is boring as fuck.
Most of the time, yes.
I'm talking about school tho.
>>320186350
>The average learner would not be able to solve this.
> The question is not standard teaching. The average learner would not be able to solve this.
Maybe where you live. Not everyone has shit education.
You should stop taking pride in being literally fucking stupid, it's just sad.
Yes you can solve the question by just checking if the answer fits, actually you get an easier question if you fail that one.
That doesn't make you any less stupid though.
>I guess your moms weren't proud of you
I already said she is m8, and she has a reason to be.
The question is, why would your mom be proud of you?
>>320186624
>"Girls find math nerds sexy"
>>320186831
That guy is ugly. It's not related to math.
>>320186350
Are you third world or American?
>>320186417
>who thought learning mathmatics would get them laid
It actually does, but it's the better kind of laid calledrelationship
>>320186624
girls find attractive men who can do math well sexy
>>320186878
>"That guy is ugly. It's not related to math."
>>320186537
We'll see. I'm sure someone will find the purposefully laid mistake on my post.
>>320186658
You're probably not even making a 6-digit income.
>>320171967
Shadow
>>320186350
>jerry-rigging
4/10, made me exhale forcefully.
>>320174326
You do know they don't teach that shit in grade school in the US when most anons (assuming 20+) were there?
>>320186810
Nobody is taking pride except you.
You're projecting your favored personal experience over the average. There is no such thing as "maybe where you live". That's not an average.
That's called being shallow.
Also your mom was probably shallow too. A gold-digger too.
You're also still wrong about the intent of the question, regardless of how correct the answer you picked.
>>320179761
this guy is a retard
>>320179849
this guy has the right idea
This is almost purely a reading comprehension problem and a tiny bit arithmetic. There's 0 algebra knowledge required.
>princess is as old as the prince will be
means the princess is older so it can only be 1,3
>when...
means the conditions aren't met yet
plug in the numbers and the one that isn't true is your answer 3
>>320187430
>using algebra to solve a problem
>retard
Algebra works every single time, on every single problem there is.
"Reading comprehension problem and a tiny bit arithmetic" doesn't, it only works in specific cases.
Using math is not retarded, it's reliable.
>>320171327
Let current ages be xc (princess) and yc (prince) and future ages be xf and yf
The first statement is
xc = yf
Then the following statement is
yf = (xc+yc)/2
Substitute in the yf for xc
xc = (xc+yc)/2
xc=yc
They are the same age.
>>320179761
wrong.
>>320188037
right.
>>320187858
You did not use math to solve the question. You used logic to deduce that math could be used to aid in solving the question. You then jerry-rigged the question into an equations to be solved.
>>320188037
Reading comprehension faggot, you missed out a third of the problem.
>>320187858
it's called working smart not hard
one method requires getting pen and paper to keep track of variables the other can be done in seconds in your head
>>320187390
> There is no such thing as "maybe where you live". That's not an average.
Give me the statistics then, because I assure you an "average learner" would be able to solve it where I live unless he is stupid.
>Also your mom was probably shallow too. A gold-digger too.
Ur mum a shit too.
>>320188037
>>320188210
The answer is the one the math-tards are saying sadly.
Math would dictate that they are the same age.
However, logic (aka the shitty wording) dictates that they must be a different age.
You must find a way to solve an equations that lets them be different ages while still answering the question.
>>320188454
The alternative is hitting Genie with a large stick, this too is a perfectly viable answer.
>>320171967
that whole sun part was a total dead give away.
>>320188362
Statistics are not practical. They can only be used to solve the impractical.
You're fishing for answers you could find yourself.
You maybe good at math, but you're a shit, immoral fuck with a compass that only points in the direction they see fit.
>>320188361
Yes, but it's also unreliable. 'm not saying it's wrong.
>>320188256
>You then jerry-rigged the question into an equations to be solved.
It's not relevant though.
The exact numbers don't matter, all that matters is the relation.
It could be 60 80 or 90 120 as well.
>>320188749
>but you're a shit, immoral fuck with a compass that only points in the direction they see fit.
That's a lot of conclusions isn't it? Jumping to them, too.
>>320183862
>go to website
>open this
http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/2015/intro.htm
AAAAAAAAAA
Anyone ever figure out updog?
>>320189593
file not found for me
This is almost as autistic as the riddle threads that would pop up on /b/
>>320188669
He is pretty strong though.
>>320189862
>>320189593
http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/2015/intro.html
Missed the l
>>320189901
It's far worse on /b/.
At least that's how I remember it.
>>320189967
Yeah, I am not an MIT mystery hunt quality puzzlesman. I have just heard about them.
>>320189967
holy shit, they must put this to those ultra high IQ autists to train them or something.
>>320190554
MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, being one of the foremost science, math, and engineering schools in the world, is the sort of place you would expect this stuff to live and grow.
>>320190902
I've met people who did very good on MIT but were very normal and prolly have an average IQ.
These puzzles probably expect you to know something.
>>320190902Thats kinda hot
>>320191601
It's really just a skill that you train. They have a list of methods of going about solving puzzles, and the most important is organizing the data in different ways to see where the patterns pop up. Of course you have to be smart but a lot of it involves just working at it.
>>320191601
What I usually find, when looking at Mystery Hunt puzzles, is that there are psychotically huge leaps of logic required.
This can be mitigated by working in teams, which most people do.
I find I just bounce off these puzzles more often than not.
>>320171327
>A princess is as old as the prince when the princess is twice as old as old as the prince
Z=2Y
>was when the princess' age was half the sum of their present age
Y=(0.5(X+Z))
Z=(0.5X+0.5Z)
0.5Z=0.5X
X=Z
equal
>>320189916
Not strong enough.
>>320188284
You're retarded
>>320190902
fucking hot
>>320186350
>using in its most basic format
>jerry-rigging
>i didnt learn algebra in school
were you one of those retards who was still taking algebra senior year?
>>320191601
>I've met people who did very good on MIT but were very normal and prolly have an average IQ.
No they don't. Did you ever actually compete in an actual test against them? or did you expect them to be 24/7 fact spouting nerds?
>>320171967
this is some good ass bait. mmm mmm. more pls.
>>320194620
spoilersnot all smart people act like bazinga
you cunt
>>320194827
Try reading comprehension next time moron
>>320194951
quoted the wrong person m8
>>320171327
"HUUURRR DURRRRR dis on Dull off booty not jepend, what i am? a neeerd? feget gaim"
>>320171967
>All these retards saying "Shadows"
Fire can cast shadows too you idiots, but he said without the sun there would be none, so how the fuck does shadow work?
>>320195668
Without the sun life wouldn't exist on this planet.
>>320195761
But it's not this planet, in that world it's a fantasy setting with gods and shit.
And fire can still exist even without them, as well as other sources of light such as anything hot enough (lava, asteroids, nuclear ores)
>>320182241
For me it's exactly the opposite, i haven't even finished ps:t because of boredom.
On other hand i really enjoyed BG.
>>320195970
>But it's not this planet, in that world it's a fantasy setting with gods and shit.
Riddles in fantasy games can't really work like this though, since you don't have a lifetime of experience in that world, like you caracter does. Riddles in these situations are acceptable to be more Earth-based, in my opinion. For example, to us, a riddle like this would be unsolvable:
>Glorthinax' bane is what defines me, water is what hides me. What am I?
It's impossible for us, but our characters would know that 200 years ago, Glorthinax was defeated only because the Fae folk joined the Alrothian Aloliance, and Faerie magic is nullified by water. The answer is Faerie Magic.Shit example, but you understand my point.
>>320171327
>algebrafags still at it
This thread still going? Cool, I can finally post the real answer.
>Basically options are inter-related and their past ages are also a part of the options. We just have to relate one option (current age) with another (older age) that validates,
>(a) Princess is older than Prince
>(b) But, Princess age should be twice in the Past of any age Prince was.
>So, possible answers are 1 and 3
>But, option 1 can't be the answer simple because Princess is twice as old as the Prince WAS , which option 3 makes up in relation to option 1.
The answers are integrated into the puzzle. The answers are not false premise.
The question is "Which of the following, then, could be true?". "Could". Not "is". You cannot answer "is" because neither the question nor game allows you to answer it that way.
>>320195668
So what's the answer then, genius?
>>320198203
Obviously it's ghosts.
They follow and lead but only as you pass (on into the next life)
Dress yourself in the darkest black and they are darker still (ghosts are made out of the pure blackness of the afterlife and that's why you can't see them)
>Always they flee the light
Ever seen a ghost in the middle of the day?
>Without the sun there would be none
Obviously humans need the sun, and without humans there would be no ghosts.
>>320190902
>>320191892
>>320194417
Meh, it's been done.
>>320198621
>make a bait thread about an old game
>160 replies
>wouldn't even get 10 otherwise
Based OP
>play BG2
>absolutely love it
>get about 20 hours in
>desire to play dies
EVERY TIME
V
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>never played anything but a Fighter/Mage
who else
>>320199006
She only seems mildly concerned with her impending doom.
>>320171967
>>320172156
>dress yourself in darkest black, and they are darker still
>shadows
Bull fucking shit, clothes can be darker than shadows depending on the lighting. Everyone who answered shadows is a complete retard.
>>320200627
Don't worry, her concern doesn't last long.proper translation and non-shot colorjob when
>>320200752
If it's complete darkness you're covered in shadows m8
>>320189916
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>>320193870
Ah, the age-old teaching
>>320201035
That's deep bruh, but shadows are just the absence of light, and you can't be covered in nothingness.
>>320200752
If you wear black the shadows are gonna be darker than the parts that are lit fuckface.
>>320201323
Still means shadows can be darker than your clothes, y'know, if you can't see the clothes in the first place because of the shadows.
>>320201516
The riddle said they ARE darker than your clothes, not that they "can be".
>>320201467
Depends on the lighting, nigger.
>>320201893
the lightning that illuminates the shadows does the same to your clothes too
>>320201893
No it really doesn't you fucking idiot.
>>320171967
>without the sun, there would be none
Shadows would still exist without the sun, human beings just wouldn't be around to see them.
>If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
The answer is of course yes. The tree would still make a sound, and the shadows would still exist. Reality is outside of human experience, and we can therefor conclude that "Shadows" is unmistakably and objectively the incorrect answer.
>>320202169
Yes it does bitch, deal with it.
>>320171327
No number is given in the riddle, so the only answer is the one without a number. Same age. Easy.
>>320189967
Holy fuck these puzzles are so nonsensical and unintuitive. It's like they were designed by an insane person.
>>320202207
And without the sun ghosts wouldn't exist either? What about muh alien ghosts?
Face, it you are way overthinking what is really just a heaping of purple prose.
>>320202352
No, it doesn't, there is no fucking lighting in the world that will make shadows lighter than something lit, because the entire point of shadows is that they are the absence of fucking light.
You complete literal retard.
>>320202607
I can't believe I have to share a board with retards like you
>>320201893
You are fucking retarded. How dark a shadow is doesn't depend on lighting at all. Shadows exist precisely because of the absence of light. The photons cannot traverse through a certain material, hence why they do not cast "light" upon a surface. Your "shadow" is nothing but a shape drawn by light around your figure.
You are a fucking retard
>>320171327
That riddle is very poorly worded.
>>320202752
>the entire point of shadows is that they are the absence of fucking light
Not entirely. A shadow is what is cast by something obstructing light, and some shadows are lighter than others. You are using the definition of darkness, and not shadows. Not even that, you are using the definition of absolute and complete darkness. You are pretty stupid.
>>320203038
And the lighting dictates how dark that shadow is, dumbshit. How do you not understand this?
>>320171327
I know, right? What is it with games and these overly hard puzzles these days. Wasn't this hard enough? This took me three hours to figure out.
>>320171327
You just have to figure it our from the choices given =
a princess is as old as the prince will be (a)
when the princess is twice as old (b)
as the prince was (c)
when the princess' age was half (d)
the sum of their present age (e)
1) the prince is 20 and the princess is 30 -> (e) = 50, (d) = 25 (c) = 15 (b) = 30 (a) = 20 //princess is not 20 false
2) the prince is 40 and the princess is 30 -> (e) = 70, (d) = 35 (c) = 45 (b) = 90 (a) = 100 //princess is not 100 false
3) the prince is 30 and the princess is 40 -> (e) = 70, (d) = 35 (c) = 25 (b) = 50 (a) = 40 //princess is 40 true
4) the prince is 30 and the princess is 20 -> (e) = 50, (d) = 25 (c) = 35 (b) = 70 (a) = 80 //princess is not 80 false
>>320203336
>>320203467
My original statement was about shadows on black material being darker than the black material being lit, not about the ambient lighting changing the shade of the shadows.
Don't change the fucking subject.
>>320203038
>The photons cannot traverse through a certain material, hence why they do not cast "light" upon a surface
Except mostly not every single photon is blocked. Some light still gets through, which is why we get shadows that are completely black and some which are more gradient.
>>320203680
The clothes can still have a darker color though.
>>320179761
Thanks, I was trying to figure out the equation here and I couldn't for the life of me.
>>320203552Wait a minute, that card????
>>320203986
Darker than black?
Black isn't a colour, and nothing is darker than black.
>>320204108
My soul is.
>>320203834
which is why a shadow can't be lighter than dark clothing
>>320204301
Depends on the lighting.
>>320204212
I cut myself on your angst.
>literally needing to know how to do fucking calculus just to play a fucking game
this is why old games like this are dead, just give me a fucking note card with symbols and numbers on it
>>320171967
THE ANSWER IS ACTUALLY SHADOWS
BLAME THE WRITERS OR YOUR OWN AUTISMS BUT THATS WHAT IT IS
YOU CAN STOP MAKING ASSES OF YOURSELVES ON THE INTERNET AT ANY TIME
https://youtu.be/qAh5WztZllw?t=9m42s
>>320204301
Are the clothes in an unlit room? Is the shadow we're comparing it to one cast by a light pole in a midsummer's day?
>>320171327
This isnt a very good riddle imo, its not a logic puzzle its a math problem. The best riddles are more akin to game theory. To anyone who doesnt understand i recommended the classic "two guards two doors" riddle and see if you can work it out. No math required
>>320205153
>its not a logic puzzle its a math problem.
>>320204495
What an awful game that makes incorrect answers to its riddles.
>>320205484
>blaming the writers instead of your autisms
That's the coward's choice, anon.
>>320205621
>being right is autistic
>>320206176
But the correct answer is shadows, anon :^)
>>320183392
I don't remember learning this in school. But I'm currently teaching it to some kids, so I guess I had to learn it somewhere.
