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The dragon emoji wasn't added until 2010; Windows 7 was released in 2009.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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You should expect that many people here still use Win 7 rather than 8.1 or 10
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Can't see the Dragon either. Win 7 32-bit.
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Windows 7 pre-dates the addition of the dragon emoji. You'll just have to imagine that it's there.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Okay, so I step in the game.
Here is my first guess.
Is it "content"
Richard Deeming wrote: He's not dead; he's just taking a really long nap
Just don't know how does it fit in the clue
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No. One black peg, one white peg.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Can you please tell me, when do we get a black peg and when do we get a white one?
Just forgot
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A black peg means you have a correct letter in the correct place.
A white peg means you have a correct letter in the wrong place.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Oh I see... Thank you
Let me put some more effort to solve it
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Got it.
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That's two words, and only five letters.
Are you going to post the answer?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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No. I'm usually horrible at these.
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Well, now's your chance to change that and win!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: two words, and only five letters
Now that's confusing me
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I was being facetious - "Got it" is two words, and only has a total of five letters. The answer is one word, with a total of seven letters.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Oh okay... That's a relief
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"Fastest" fits too. But those horrible faces say "No the answer must be something HORRIBLE"
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One white peg. And the faces are leading you in the right direction.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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No. Three white pegs.
Don't forget, each symbol represents a single letter. If the same symbol is used, it represents the same letter as before.
So your answer would need to have been "Dracuac" to fit.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Still working on the cup of coffee.. not done yet.
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CTHULHU
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You're up on Monday.
The third clue was going to be:
3) Oh R'lyeh? You're Calling for a third clue? I wish I could say I love crafting these. Oh well, if the Mountains won't come to the Madness...
which would almost certainly have given the game away.
Do you want to have a go at explaining the clues?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The second clue is what gave it away: Cthulhu Regio[^] is a region on Pluto, also called "The Whale" - so "This Plutonian whale opens new horizons" made that easy! New Horizons mapped Pluto, and found The Whale: Cthulhu Regio
The first Clue: Cthulhu was an "Ancient One" - an H P Lovecraft deity - we was described by his worshippers: "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming" - so he's asleep, but will reawaken to repossess the Earth.
The third clue is obvious given the explanations for the other two!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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For the first clue, I was thinking more of: "That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die." from The Nameless City[^].
The third one (the "tactical nuclear clue") was referencing The Call of Cthulhu[^] and At the Mountains of Madness[^], as well as the obvious references to his home town and author.
And the first two characters, for those who could see them, were a dragon and an octopus; Cthulhu has been described as a mix between a giant octopus, a man and a dragon.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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