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I'm already failing at the robot detection, so I guess that game is not for me ;)

by dewey 6y ago

capableweb 6y ago
Same here, even when using https://www.nauticed.org/images/basicsailtrim/degreesoff.jpg https://www.nauticed.org/images/basicsailtrim/degreesoff.jpg as a guide to pass it, I cannot get it to accept me as a human. The captcha seems easy for a program to overcome though, so maybe it's meant to stop humans and allow robots?
- smartinspereira 6y ago
  you just need to know that there are 360 degree in a circle. now do: - count the segment dividers and divide 360 by that amount, let’s call this X. - count at which divider the pointer is pointing, multiply that by X and be good.
- teruakohatu 6y ago
  The compass is not always oriented so that North is up. The interface is barebones. You need to understand a compass to use it, I can solve the captcha but not figure out the controls.
smartinspereira 6y ago
you just need to know that there are 360 degree in a circle. now do: - count the segment dividers and divide 360 by that amount, let’s call this X. - count at which divider the pointer is pointing, multiply that by X and be good.
Mulpze15 6y ago
Same here. I even know there are 360 degrees in a circle. Took me a while on my small phone to see there was a North, therefore the 0 was not trigonometric on the right. Then I realized that the north was not up. By the time dumb me finally understood all this, I wondered if the angle should be negative like -90 degrees when towards west, or +270?? Finally I tried to do 180+45, entered 235, was told I was again not a human, realized I was super dumb about my math, and now wondering if the 2 minutes were expired. And just spent 5 minutes explaining all that rather than trying again. Captchas can be overkill.
newman8r 6y ago
Setting your heading seems to be one of the main points of the game, so it's not a bad way to make sure all players know how it works.

I'm already failing at the robot detection, so I guess that game is not for me ;)

by dewey 6y ago

I'm already failing at the robot detection, so I guess that game is not for me ;)

Same here, even when using https://www.nauticed.org/images/basicsailtrim/degreesoff.jpg https://www.nauticed.org/images/basicsailtrim/degreesoff.jpg as a guide to pass it, I cannot get it to accept me as a human. The captcha seems easy for a program to overcome though, so maybe it's meant to stop humans and allow robots?

smartinspereira 6y ago
you just need to know that there are 360 degree in a circle. now do: - count the segment dividers and divide 360 by that amount, let’s call this X. - count at which divider the pointer is pointing, multiply that by X and be good.
teruakohatu 6y ago
The compass is not always oriented so that North is up. The interface is barebones. You need to understand a compass to use it, I can solve the captcha but not figure out the controls.

smartinspereira 6y ago

you just need to know that there are 360 degree in a circle. now do: - count the segment dividers and divide 360 by that amount, let’s call this X. - count at which divider the pointer is pointing, multiply that by X and be good.

Mulpze15 6y ago

Same here. I even know there are 360 degrees in a circle. Took me a while on my small phone to see there was a North, therefore the 0 was not trigonometric on the right. Then I realized that the north was not up. By the time dumb me finally understood all this, I wondered if the angle should be negative like -90 degrees when towards west, or +270?? Finally I tried to do 180+45, entered 235, was told I was again not a human, realized I was super dumb about my math, and now wondering if the 2 minutes were expired. And just spent 5 minutes explaining all that rather than trying again. Captchas can be overkill.

newman8r 6y ago

Setting your heading seems to be one of the main points of the game, so it's not a bad way to make sure all players know how it works.