Seems it was changed from the testing value of 8 - I'll fix the FAQ.

Yes, a few weeks after launch, it was changed to 6. I noticed this, but was unaware it still said 8 in the FAQ.

Thanks, Wes.

Okay, so I bought a challenge today, got a difficult one "dominate the global challenge" and was robbed of the nine credits it cost me because the GC ended halfway through the day. Sigh. So I sobbed into a tissue, bit the bullet and swapped the challenge using my weekly mulligan. Only to get that awful Buzzy Bee challenge - and since then, there hasn't been a Buzzy Bee to get. It's been hours. I expect that during the UK's daylight hours because if it's daytime in Europe there isn't a Buzzy Bee, that darn insect is definitely American. But it's night time now, where's the Beeeeeeeeeeeeee?

"Rank in the top 3 (in your division) in one of your Global Challenge games today (when the set closes)."

Hehe, I got a global daily challenge, too. Not that I was going to be able to finish it, anyway, open or closed.

I got one asking me to play Impossible.

So now that GC is over, will these 'GC' daily challenges be suspended or will they still randomly occur throughout December/January even though there's no tournament?

Terry has said previously that the challenges will not be issued when the game is not running.

This is the second time I've found this "bug" whereby if you make enough failed attempts you are credited with a win. It doesn't matter, especially as it favours the player , and it's probably unlikely it will affect many.

But just for your own interest, Terry and Wes, I played some quizzes, then I bought this challenge:

"How well can you string together successes? Play any five tough or difficult 10-question player quizzes in a row, achieving scores of at least 7 on each."


So I had a number of quizzes already listed as failed attempts. It said my best attempt was 3 in a row (although I can't see 3 in a row listed but I guess the page might not have been able to fit all my quizzes on?).

I had just played one difficult quiz (schrodinger) and so I played 2 more, making 3 in a row total -- and suddenly it said I had played 5 and gave me the credits.




Copy and Paste from the challenge page:



5 in a row found.

Quizzes you have played today, in order:

The Chipmunk Adventure: tick

My Disaster Trip with Languages: tick

The Curious Tale of Schrodinger's Cat: tick

Geographical Felines: Not the required difficulty

Those Sporting Cats: tick

Mewsical Mewtations: Score less than 7

"Cat"chy Quiz Title: Not the required difficulty

Cats in History: tick

A Cat's Eye View of Celebrities: Not the required difficulty

Celebrity Cats: tick

20 Cat-egories of FunTrivia!: Not 10 questions

When Cats Attempt to take Over the World: Not the required difficulty

Fifteen Minutes of Feline Fame: tick

The Well Read Cat: tick

Felines In Fiction: Not the required difficulty

Cool Cats for Kids: Not the required difficulty

Complete

That's weird. I see a first series of four in a row:
"The Well Read Cat"; "Fifteen Minutes of Feline Fame"; "Celebrity Cats" and "Cats in History".
Then after failing "Mewsical Mewtations", you've played another series of four in a row: "Those Sporting Cats"; "The Curious Tale of Schrodinger's Cat"; "My Disaster Trip with Languages" and "The Chipmunk Adventure".

You've definitely played four in a row (when disregarding quizzes of wrong diffiuclty or number of questions), but not five in a row.

I'm thinking (How hard can that be?) that one of your "not the required difficulty level" quizzes is one of those on the cusp of being the right difficulty. There was some sloppiness put into the level limits to cover the event of changed ratings due to players taking the quiz and effecting the level during play. Or maybe it was just a present from Santa!

There's a cusp?

But I don't think we can discount the wrong difficulties or wrong numbers.




I think the cusp idea sounds plausible, and would account for the 3-in-a-row it told me had been my best attempt.

However, after I had played "My Disaster Trip With Languages" I am 99% sure it still said that my best attempt was 3 in a row and shouldn't it have changed to 4 at that stage (if the cusp was the issue)? Perhaps not...

I think I just fell for the three-card-trick.

My Easy challenge was

I did, and it was set on Easy.

Decided to spend 9 credits and got dealt this one-


As I had already played, and was not really concerned about my original score, I got this message-


Bumma.

That combination shouldn't happen. We caught a lot of them during testing. Buys are not supposed to contradict original challenges in the same way the original challenges do not contradict each other. For example, we testers had all three My Daily Quiz difficulty challenges at the same time during the Beta period for testing purposes, but in real play you will never see that.

Yes, Kyle, there is a cusp. Say you must play an easy quiz. You play one, and it gets bumped to average. It no longer qualifies, so there is a bumper, a "cusp", if you will, to prevent it from no longer counting.

My guess is "Geographical Felines" (hey, that's my quiz!) was simply on the cusp. I don't recall it ever being average, it's always been tough. So it must have very recently moved to average. It is probably part of that little leeway Terry created, so it counted. If this is the case, I definitely see 5 in a row. Your total would not have moved from 3 until you had played the fourth in a row (which you didn't check until after playing ANOTHER, giving you 5).

I can see how it would be marked complete, though it doesn't appear it should be.

I can see how the thing could be justifiably awarded with the changing difficulty levels. I just feel bad because the intermediate "fail" was for Mewsical Mutations (hangs head lol)

My Cat quiz (VG) didn't even make the cut-- consider yourself lucky.

Complete the crossword puzzle xxxx in the World category.

Cab I use the easy mode?

can instead of cab sorry.

If it didn't specifically say "In Hard Mode", then yes, you can use easy mode.

I completed the crossword in hard mode, but it won't "whisk me away." Nor does it count. I can't find any mistakes.

Ack. "This post may no longer be deleted."

Found my mistake and got whisked away.

My easy challnge today was "Play a quiz whose title begins with the letter S and score at least 3 correct". I played Sultans at Rest and got 9/10 but didn't get my points for it. HELP!

That quiz,

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Sultans-at-Rest-355160.html

actually begins with a quotation mark " ' " instead of an "S". So you'll have to play another quiz that begins with an "S" without a quotation mark.

Thanks Maria, but when I looked again, I got my credit, so someone must have fixed that glitch. Thank you to whoever ...

Thanks Salami Swami. I checked it after I played each quiz though, and it went straight from "Best attempt: 3" to "5 done: Complete".

No, no. It was entirely my fault. I should have got Feline Groovy.

Terry said that quizzes that begin with "" wouldn't count the "" as the first letter.

Yes, that was fixed, but sometimes, I believe, a quiz may slip through the cracks and not get counted... Perhaps it could have been simply delayed as it was deciphering the ["] as not a letter, and moving on to the next?

Or something weird like that.

And possibly the game was set to ignore an initial " but this quiz starts with ' - which is unusual, so it may need adjusting to have that ignored as well.