Photo Quiz 5
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Bah. I shall be complaining to my MP about the so-called Discreet Yet Huge Clue, which was nothing more than a pack of lies. For anyone wondering, the clue that I spotted was the filename of the image: BeatTheDistrictLineChallenge006-1.jpg. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but surely the whole point of the Beat The District Line challenge is that the person doing the run *bypasses* Earl's Court when running between Gloucester Road and West Brompton, so the exterior of Earl's Court station is the one thing that you definitely shouldn't be seeing / photographing if you're doing it right...?
So just out of curiosity... what were everyone else's Discreet Yet Huge Clues then?
So just out of curiosity... what were everyone else's Discreet Yet Huge Clues then?
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There was the filename - and then when I used the filename to look in the appropriate photobucket page, there was another copy of the quiz image but with the reflection of the red Earl's Court sign in it - so I'm guessing it was photoshopped out... you can see a small trace of it still in the photo!gasman wrote:Bah. I shall be complaining to my MP about the so-called Discreet Yet Huge Clue, which was nothing more than a pack of lies. For anyone wondering, the clue that I spotted was the filename of the image: BeatTheDistrictLineChallenge006-1.jpg. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but surely the whole point of the Beat The District Line challenge is that the person doing the run *bypasses* Earl's Court when running between Gloucester Road and West Brompton, so the exterior of Earl's Court station is the one thing that you definitely shouldn't be seeing / photographing if you're doing it right...?
So just out of curiosity... what were everyone else's Discreet Yet Huge Clues then?
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The file had metadata associated with it, showing that the image had been taken at 21:46 on 22nd June 2007. This led me to search the forum for accounts of the challenge that evening, which narrowed down the field very substantially. Add the file name in to the equation, and there would seem to be only four stations which needed to be considered. The Warwick Road entrance to Earl's Court was then fairly easy to identify.
Maybe I should have tried to include some of this detail in my answer in the hope of picking up a bonus point?
Maybe I should have tried to include some of this detail in my answer in the hope of picking up a bonus point?
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Re: Photo Quiz 5
I thought it was Earls Court since I was there September and never forget a thing like that
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I still dont think people should get Bonus points for Good anwsers. I agree with bonus points for the pictures hidden in the picture (like soup dragons quiz) but i dont understand why people get them for in-depth anwsers?
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nope not at alleditorsfoot wrote:Guess you're not a swot at school then ping ponping pon wrote:I still dont think people should get Bouns points for Good anwsers.I agree with bouns points for the pictures hidden in the picture (like soup dragons quiz) but i dont understand why people get them for in-deep anwsers?
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Whilst I agree it isn't cheating I don't think the idea of the competition was to look into the metadata or filenames of the photos...jamesthegill wrote:Cheating? Advanced investigation more likeDr Who wrote:Basically they were cheating.
I believe the object of the exercise was for people to look at the relevant photo and gauge their anwser on what could actually be seen or what clues could be gleamed from simply from viewing the image.....
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