Cramer

Jeesh, they really nerfed the Saws n' Steam game. I will get every combination correct, but still end up losing because apparently I ran out of water. Now it's a lot more luck based, unfortunately >,>. I was hoping that at least one of the games would be based on true skill or memory.

Oh, and for anyone who's about to waste their tokens to try other workarounds...don't. I attempted to close the window, and that of course showed the same results as a refresh. I then attempted to start on another game, and was docked the 60 tokens when starting that game. I went back to the original game that i closed the window on...and was docked another 60 tokens. Uni means business now. Glad that I have enough tokens to blow on whatever else they throw at us at this point, though. And man, "The House" just keeps coming together more and more.

I'm a bit saddened that they fixed the refresh trick, but in all honesty, I'm glad that my input (as well as other people's input) has been able to help them make the game how they want it. If I didn't want them to figure it out I wouldn't have posted so much about it .

Hmm. Looks like token risk is 60 now (sorry if this has been mentioned) and I know that I'll be burned at the stake here, and that Universal will inevitably fix it just because I'm saying it, but refreshing before a game is over will still let you retain your tokens without risking losing them. I for one love the feature because it lets me play around with the games without having to stop. If any of the higher ups at Universal are reading this, and considering how to fix this loophole, please at least consider a way for us to continue to play the games, maybe without the opportunity to gain tokens for a while. Otherwise, we can just register new accounts endlessly using fake email addresses. Either way we get to play around with the games . EDIT: Token risk of 60 seems to be for crypts only...getting a token risk of 30 with the TV game. Edit to my edit: Played the TV game again....and it had a risk of 60. Maybe it ramps up or something now? Edit to my edited edit: Yup, it ramps up now. Just got a 120 token risk. Seems like refreshing before losing will continue to build up the risk, thus making it so when you do win, you get a ton of tokens. . No wonder the top people in the leaderboard have 5000+ tokens. Incoming fix? Lol.

Less about political correctness and more about avoiding wrong approaches, awkwardness, and confusion . But I agree with your post. And we've obviously had interest from both genders about the meetup, we still haven't thought up a date yet though. It's been suggested that we do opening night. I'm ok with that, though I'm usually very fast paced on opening night, and would probably show no interest in anything that isn't a house or scarezone. So maybe having extra dates throughout the event would be a good idea too. We can do something like every week or every other week, and hopefully we can make them all FFP dates, like say...every or every other Thursday or Sunday.

The rabbit's foot thing might have a lot to do with the hand. Think about it...what if the icon takes appendages for good luck? A rabbit's foot didn't bring him very much luck, but a man's hand may have at one point. Though that would remind me too much of HoS's Silvie of last year that took fingers as a prize.

Hmm. I imagined one of those "spinning wheels of death" where they throw knives at people strapped to those big wheels/boards.

Yeah, I've had a few wins when it was down to 50/50, but it feels more like 20/80. You can get guaranteed wins out of either game, the TV game is actually easier imo..I've done several in which I hit one technical difficulty, or I had absolutely none.

Well, you brought up a very valid point that needed to be brought up, because honestly I never thought about it nor of the potential issues. I don't want anyone to be excluded due to their sexual preference, but I also don't want things to be confusing or awkward for anyone at all. That'd be counterproductive. Jimmy is right...a singles night does have its own particular dynamic as opposed to a normal meetup. I think that in the end, it just depends on the person and what they're comfortable with...having a separate meetup for LGBT might be a superb idea. That doesn't mean they're excluded from this meetup...but that with a separate meetup, there'll be less awkwardness and everyone will be in their own element. As Jimmy said: If we create a different meetup, the LGBT community of this board can have their own thing going on without ANY fear of misunderstanding. And, as I said, this doesn't mean they're necessarily excluded from this one...it just depends on what the individual would be comfortable with, and if they're willing to deal with any possible awkward situations that may arise from participating in this one. What does everyone else think? And not that it really matters, but I'm not gay or a member of the LGBT community, and as such I'm not the one who should be making the separate meetup, so that's something that someone else will have to take the initiative to set up if it were agreed to.

Usually the second that I'm stuck with a 50/50 decision, I just click "pick a card" and start over again, unless the pattern that I have matches up perfectly with one that I've drawn out...but even then, it doesn't work all of the time. I have a feeling that when it comes down to 50/50, the game makes you lose on purpose.

As for the cards, always pick the card that does not have one that matches it. As in, if there are two blue and a yellow, pick yellow. Two yellow and a blue, pick blue. I've never lost tokens doing it that way, because I think that blue=bluelight/crypts, yellow=yellow light/TVs. If there're two blues, there's a chance of picking a dud. If there is only one, then it's guaranteed to be crypts. See what I'm saying?

I think you said exactly what I was trying to say (well except for the being gay part lol). I was trying to make clear that it'd probably be really awkward and confusing if we mixed things up for something like a singles night, and that I personally wouldn't mind it, but I know that other people probably would...and it could cause quite a bit of confusion. Just a mixed meet-up then I don't think there'd be any issues at all, and sexuality shouldn't even begin to come into play. I'm just being cautious because I'm trying to not be offensive or come off in the wrong way.

This. I only pasted the patterns that I made to show that it really is random. See above. They aren't changing anything, it's just luck of the draw. It really is random, unless it's a very very long pattern. However, using a few methods you can surmise what will or won't be a "bad" choice if and only if you've already made at least one "good" choice.

Well, I wouldn't mind any LGBT joining the group, as long as we were all straight forward about everything. Wow, bad choice of words there haha. I mean, we need to be clear with each other, so as to avoid any unwanted advances...some people overreact over things like that. Personally, I'm 100% straight, but I don't mind it if a gay man flirts with me...as long as he's aware that I'm not interested, and that I don't mean offense when I don't flirt back.

Sorry for the double post, but I think that this is a pretty useful tip, so I'm giving it its own post. Rather than refreshing the page when you either know you're going to lose, or are too unsure to continue, you can actually still click on "pick a card" at the bottom left of the screen. If you can't see your cursor, just right click, then click on the screen again. Then it brings you back to the cards without losing you any tokens, which is the same thing as refreshing, just with a lot less time spent. I don't think that there are any negative repercussions to doing this, as I am currently on the leaderboards after doing this for a while.

Ok, I have nothing better to do, and tried to crack the pattern for the past two hours. I think that it really is random. I recorded the results of my games if I was able to get two things or more "certain." This goes for both games. I'd make templates that I would edit, and occasionally I'd be able to combine some when I was able to double check and make sure they worked. On a few occasions I risked my tokens when my own guide told me that I would be right...and I was right. So I dunno....either it's all random, or there's a very long pattern. For the crypt game, my template was: "1-123 2-123 3-123 4-123 5-123" If a key did not work for a door, the number would have a dash go through it (like if key 1 didn't work with door 2, it'd be 1-1-3). With trial and error, I was able to begin figuring out what each pattern would be, but it's getting that first key to work that's the whole issue. I was at the point of trying to figure out which combination was the most likely for all of them to share, when I came to the conclusion that it's probably 100% random, and that I really need to do something better with my time lol. For the TV game, I made boxes. This game was a lot more random than the crypt game, though I made most of my tokens from it. I'd make little boxes as a template. X=static TV. T=Technical Difficulties TV. Any number 1-9=TV playing a movie. Template looked like: "XXX XXX XXX" As I said, I really was bored, and didn't have much else to do. Now I'm going to go get some fresh air or something...haha. Below are the results as I typed them in notepad. They're unedited, so a few aren't completed. If you try one, and you get 66% of the way there and fail...don't blame me. You just found a new pattern lol. Be sure to make notes of what doesn't work, and if you chose the correct pattern, usually you can see what the next choice "has" to be. CRYPT 1---3 2-1-- 3--2- 4---- 5---- 1--2- 2---- 3---3 4-1-- 5---- 1--2- 2---3 3-1-- 4-1-- 5-1-- 1---3 2--2- 3---- 4-1-- 5---- 1---3 2---- 3-12- 4-12- 5-12- 1---3 2--2- 3-1-- 4---- 5-1-- 1-1-- 2---3 3-12- 4-12- 5-12- 1---- 2---- 3---3 4-1-- 5--2- 1-12- 2-12- 3---- 4-12- 5---3 1-123 2-123 3-123 4---3 5-123 1-123 2-123 3-123 4-1-3 5-1-3 TV 1XT XXX TXX<----could be 9 TT3 T56 799 1XT XXX 7XT TXT XXX 7X9 XXX<---First X could be T, last could be 3 XXX TXT TX3 XXX 7XT 123<----need to fix this one. Four ts, wtf. T5T TT9 TX3 XXX 7T9 1X3 XTX TX9 123 4TT 78T 1T3 XX6 TX9 1X3<---X could be T TXX 78T TX3 XXX TTX 1XT XTX 7X9

Lava lamps make me think '70s. Color TVs were invented in the 50s, became popular in the late 60s, and became standard by the 70s, but a lot of movies were still made in black and white around that time. Of course being born in '91, this is WAY before my time, so I'm speaking not from memory but from what I've studied. Also, I just want to make my plug about Dr. Paul Bearer again. The TV host reminds me so much of Dr. Paul! Now, it's probably because I had already made the connection, so I dunno...maybe he won't be involved. But I think that he would fit this fairly well. What makes me really make this connection is that this seems a lot like our "funny" house this year, especially with it being set in the 60s-70s...usually our houses set in the past are the "funny" houses. Those that don't know of Dr. PB should know that he was very famous in the Central Florida area from the early 70s to 1996 when he died after an open heart surgery. He was famous for his "Horrible" movies on Saturday afternoons and...puns. Here's an example: If this is our "funny" house this year, then I don't see how they can't involve Dr. Paul somehow, even if it's a fleeting allusion. Of course, this is all speculation based on my thoughts and opinions, but hey, that's what the speculation thread is for.

I was thinking the same thing. We haven't had a 3-D house in a good little while...the last was in 2007, right? A four year gap should be plenty. I'm hoping that we get something similar to Dead Exposure again, though...something with a similar concept, but still original idea/theme. Seems like this would work perfectly.

Yay, so it's official now. For the record, if any females want to stalk me, I'm game . (I keed I keed)

Heh...they have a sign similar to that at the exit of Shrek's gift store, don't they? Something involving muffins. I don't remember...it's been a while.

I was curious about those. They say something about preparing a one minute monologue. I'm guessing that they're only hiring experienced actors, or people who've gone to school for it? Lol.

They asked my group what our favorite Halloween Costume was. When we were lined up about to go into the audition room, the lady who lined us up explained to us how this will be the "easiest job interview of your life" and then told us what we would be asked before we even went into the audition room. I wouldn't sweat it. Don't worry...I sweated it too! But as they say in this thread, they're only looking for body types.

Orly? I'd heard them mentioned before, but never knew they posted here. Well, that's pretty awesome. If anyone knows who it is, lemme know so I can send 'em a PM and tell them how awesome they are lol. It honestly came to be a staple of the event for me, I knew I'd spot them every time I was there.

My favorite moment was during HHN 14. I was with a female friend, who just decided on the ride there she wanted to date me. She broke up with me the next day though lol...guess she just wanted someone to hold her hand through the houses. Anyhow, we were going through Ghost Town (amazing house, of all of the sequel houses they make, I hope they remake this one) and there was old tattered cloth hanging from the ceiling as a transition from one scene to the next. My friend was so scared that she was dragging me through the house quite fast. Well, the tattered cloth had a hole in it...just the right size for my head. So of course it gets caught around me, and it wraps around my neck, and my friend is pulling me so damn hard that it's cutting off circulation, and I can't breath! She almost hung me...in the Ghost Town house. I was hitting her harm frantically, but she just wouldn't look back, thinking that I was trying to scare her or something. Finally she looked back, freaked out, let go of me, and I fell down....took me a second to catch my breath and we enjoyed the rest of the house. I have another favorite "thing" but it's not really a moment, per se'. I've heard these guys talked about before, but never talked to them, and don't really know too much about them other than a few other people know of them/have seen them. Last year I went to HHN more times than I'd ever gone before with my ffp, and began to notice a few trends each time I went. The "thing" that I'm talking about is seeing this man, who always was wearing a tophat, pushing around an older lady in a wheelchair. Almost every night I went, I'd see them going through the scarezones, or sitting at a restaurant, just walking around, or something. They were always there. I thought it was pretty awesome to see them...I'd always wondered about them though. If I see them this year I'm going to try and introduce myself, and get to know them. Any granny who comes to HHN is a cool granny in my book, same goes for those who wear top hats.

Think they'll resort to sliders? If they have just a SINGLE chainsaw in the streets...I'll be happy. HHN just isn't HHN without chainsaws. Imo they were a little bit overdone last year, but their presence was much obliged and appreciated. I only think that they were overdone because of the reactions I heard from a few (very whiny) people. I didn't mind the omnipresence of the saws at all.