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elpinyeknom

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I understand the point of making this a bit harder so people listen to the whole podcast. However, after spending 2 hours online researching chemicals used in winemaking and chemicals poisonous to warewolves I give up. I don't believe we should have to spend more time searching through pointless information than it takes to listen to the podcast, to receive credit for listening to the podcast. But that's just, like......my opinion, man. Great podcast! Storj sound very interesting! I wish I didn't have to be a winemaking warewolves hunter to know what the hell you are talking about. Am I the only dummy who didn't get this one?

Posted on September 6, 2014 at 12:27 AM

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• cryptozio

  

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  Yes the trivia magic words aren't funny at all, they should be easy and clear but maybe difficult to find skipping the podcast.

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  @elpinyeknom I understand the point of making this a bit harder so people listen to the whole podcast. However, after spending 2 hours online researching chemicals used in winemaking and chemicals poisonous to warewolves I give up. I don't believe we should have to spend more time searching through pointless information than it takes to listen to the podcast, to receive credit for listening to the podcast. But that's just, like......my opinion, man. Great podcast! Storj sound very interesting! I wish I didn't have to be a winemaking warewolves hunter to know what the hell you are talking about. Am I the only dummy who didn't get this one?

  You are not the only one to not guess it.

  I know you have good intentions doing this, so don't take this personally - I think you are not looking at the bigger picture by helping someone because you are effectively taking away from everyone that managed to get the magic word by their own effort. You are cheapening the magic word for your own gain, feeling good for helping someone, at the expense of everyone else that got the magic word, making the word less valuable.

  Posted on September 6, 2014 at 3:46 AM
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• btcdroid

  

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  I guessed so many times at this magic word that the LTB software made me take a break! It actually gave me a "You have to wait a while before guessing again" type of message. I did finally get the magic word(s). I think the idea of having the magic word be a hint is good, but this particular execution was a little clumsy. Paul Boyer on "Mad Money Machine" did a similar thing, where he told you how to find the magic word in the sponsor message segment. That is a much better approach.

  It's probably easy for some people (not me!) to jump to the end of the podcast to hear Adam say the magic word, or just scrub through the audio and listen for Adam's voice to find the magic word. Adam could defeat this tactic by having the interviewee say the magic word, but I think his magic word audio is added after the interview, during the citing phase.

  I still think the magic word is a fun aspect to LTB.

  Posted on September 6, 2014 at 5:11 AM
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  @kerneloops @page I've edited my and your post (so not to show the quote).

  Great! of course I meant nothing personal by what I said, I just explained the "facts" as I saw them. Wanting to help other people is part of human nature and a valid reason for action.

  Posted on September 6, 2014 at 7:37 AM
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• AdiaAir

  

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  @btcdroid I guessed so many times at this magic word that the LTB software made me take a break! It actually gave me a "You have to wait a while before guessing again" type of message. I did finally get the magic word(s). I think the idea of having the magic word be a hint is good, but this particular execution was a little clumsy. Paul Boyer on "Mad Money Machine" did a similar thing, where he told you how to find the magic word in the sponsor message segment. That is a much better approach.

  It's probably easy for some people (not me!) to jump to the end of the podcast to hear Adam say the magic word, or just scrub through the audio and listen for Adam's voice to find the magic word. Adam could defeat this tactic by having the interviewee say the magic word, but I think his magic word audio is added after the interview, during the citing phase.

  I still think the magic word is a fun aspect to LTB.

  you weren't alone... http://letstalkbitcoin.com/forum/post/how-tough-should-the-magic-words-be?page=1

  i got the "Too many wrong tries! Please come back in a while and try again." message too lol

  Posted on September 6, 2014 at 10:16 AM
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• Nikrom

  

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  @elpinyeknom I understand the point of making this a bit harder so people listen to the whole podcast. However, after spending 2 hours online researching chemicals used in winemaking and chemicals poisonous to warewolves I give up. I don't believe we should have to spend more time searching through pointless information than it takes to listen to the podcast, to receive credit for listening to the podcast. But that's just, like......my opinion, man. Great podcast! Storj sound very interesting! I wish I didn't have to be a winemaking warewolves hunter to know what the hell you are talking about. Am I the only dummy who didn't get this one?

  I got.. All Russian forum category collaborated, and, finally, we got this one two days ago

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• Omnibus

  

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  I think it could be hard for listeners where English is their secondary language. I was able to get that one in about 15 minutes, but think it might be better to implement a bonus magic word that requires more work to solve, such as this one, and then include a normal spoken/spelled out magic word so that listeners at least feel they have gotten some listening credit if they cannot solve the bonus word.

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  @omnibus I think it could be hard for listeners where English is their secondary language.

  Apparently not judging by the post before yours lol.

  Posted on September 6, 2014 at 12:08 PM
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• elpinyeknom

  

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  That was just a stoned thought I had last night. If you got the word and you think that's the way it should be. That's fine. It's great to hear all opinions. Keep them coming.

  Posted on September 6, 2014 at 7:20 PM
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• Omnibus

  

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  @omnibus I think it could be hard for listeners where English is their secondary language.

  Apparently not judging by the post before yours lol.

  I would argue that it was hard if it took a group of non native English speakers to solve the the magic word as opposed to only the one individual who listened to the podcast.

  Posted on September 6, 2014 at 9:05 PM
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