This seems to be a caching issue - normally when you return to the challenge page, you always get the challenge you last looked at (at least in Firefox). The new one isn't any different for me.

Not to mention when you type in the same word more than once, the hints are usually different.

Love it! You gave me the best belly-laugh of the day.

That wasn't the case when I completed it. I typed the same word over and over again into the box to look at a previous hint and I always got the same thing (I think I typed password 3 or 4 about 50 times...), except when Terry was fixing the one password's hint, and that one kept changing...but they should all be stable, I assume. They were for me.

They are talking about part 2.

I thought I had while in the bathroom, but no luck. I've got a few hints from previous failed attempts, but I'm still trying to connect it all. I wouldn't be surprised if it comes to me as I'm falling asleep or right after I wake up.

Thanks. My mistake. I didn't see that Part 2 had come out already.

I've cracked Part 2- Oh Yes

Back to clue 4 on Part 1 now...I may need to bang my head on the desk lol

Good job I don't smoke any more, cos I'd have had gone through hundreds trying to solve this...;)

My head is starting to look at little patchy Terry sure knows how to fuddle our brains! - and all for a teeny, tiny little icon on a screen

I feel like such a nonce still scratching my head trying to work this out. The wine didn't help. Nor did the long sleep. Hmph.

That doesn't make the hints meaningless, it just makes the passwords a bit meaningless.

This one's to make up for the last two mind benders

Added mini "Don't Stop", an easy scavenger.

Aaah, so relaxing after those two strenuous ones.

And added "Elementary, My Dear", which combines an author's challenge and some extras I threw in

Wow loony won that second one fast... you must have played a LOT of quizzes

I always play all the quizzes produced by Author Lounge activities, which made that pretty easy for me! I have never been first to win a badge or badgelet before - it makes a nice change from my frustrations with ABBA and animals over recent days.

I was second with both the new ones. :P

looney and salami - guess you have to go back to the challenge page to get your finish text. That one took me a few minutes to complete

lol, alright, I'm heading back.

How clever!

I need more badgelets! I want to catch up to Rossian before she wakes up and discovers the new badgelets to jump even farther ahead. :P

Added new badge (yes badge) "Two Years of New"

Excellent! I am going to get that before Meathead - which almost makes up for that Winner Takes 2.

MEATHEAD?

That would be me, Terry. It's been a nickname for years.

730 games? I'm at 241. Sigh. lol.

I need to start playing daily again. Or, there needs to be a coded error adding 300 to my tally. That would make me feel better. :P

That'd be salami. Not you, in case you were wondering.

Speaking of which, how *did* that nickname come about?

And is there a scoring limit for a NQG to count for the badge?

I really don't recall.

Thanks for all the great, new challenges Terry. Loving them all. Well, perhaps with the exception of the one that keeps telling me I'm soooo clooooose... ;-)

How can you tell how many New Question Games you've have played?

Terry, any chance of a Mega for GC Hardcore Immortals? This has moved from a "less than once per year" event to a pretty steady top-level achievement with usually 2-3 takers per semester.

Right now, we have 27 in this elite club.