Hi all
This is a great site and there are some incredible people here but..
I have had a few stouts too many perhaps and I am angry, nah I'm fookn pizd.

Does anyone else get spammed by these petty requests from people? Every time I log onto irc there's some idiot who's only done 50 challenges and wants to know how to solve a challenge that only 30 people have done so far!
I am not gonna start crying names out here, you know who you are, although the pattern remains the same even though the names change, I wonder if you do know who you are?

I love to help those that deserve it but some folk take the ....
Do me a favour, if you cant demonstrate a few hours of hard work, a few loose hairs and some teeth marks in the edge of your desk, dont fookn bother asking me! Save us both the trouble.
The only problem with this post is, the idiots its intended for are the only ones who wont read it.

Hi Harlequin,

well i know that I got PM from many ppl too which want solutions (no, they dont want hints, they want the answer straight away)....but how about if you just ignore them ? Iam not sure how this can be done on IRC but maybe there is some option.

As for TBS i have 3-5 ppls from which I receive and give HINTS, but no solutions...and its pretty much fun trading the hints to see what they think about Challenge X and tried at Challenge Y I sometomes even do nt reply on PM if Its from Someone I have never heard before...

So dont be angry, dont leave tbs We like your Crackme (i think your post os most about that one) , and I hope we will see some more Challenges from you soon.

Ray

that's a nice ending
but why not trying to ignore those annoying messages?
or is the fact of having many PMs at every login that is pissing you off?
but fundamentally I agree with you, and to everyone: don't ask too much, and don't give away too much..
don't miss the fun of solving a challenge with your mind!

Hi
Hey ray who's leaving? I'm not about to drop my fun for a few fools.
I did look into blocking etc in irc, there is an ignore list but theres no invisibility setting that I can see. I could always log on in a different name I suppose, there are options but I just wanted to see if a post like that actually made a difference. I was wondering if these people had any self respect or pride and wanted to see if this quelled the time for a while. Although I know all to well how quickly this will dissappear into the void I thought I'd try it and see.

I agree with the hints and stuff occio, there are three main things you get from sites like these, personal satisfaction, knowledge and the friends you meet along the way. But I am not talking about someone who is 60% through a challenge, has hit a wall and needs help losening a brick or two, I have been there myself all to often.
Heres some of my conversations just for laughs, I have not edited them apart from the names, dont want to embarass anyone, I think they manage that by themselves:

<HELPME> u can help me to pass the others crackit challenges...
<HELPME> can u?
<Harlequin> how many have you done
<HELPME> 1-7, 15, 19 and 27
<HELPME> 10 from 27
<HELPME> challenge number: 1-7, 15, 19 and 27
<Harlequin> I cant help you with them all
<HELPME> yes!?
<Harlequin> no

<HELPME> crackit28
<HELPME> what should i do to pass it?
<HELPME> what should i do to solve it?
<Harlequin> just solve it
<HELPME> but, how?
<HELPME> com`on Harl help me
<Harlequin> bugger off
<HELPME> "bugger" ?
<Harlequin> no chance in hell
<Harlequin> do some work yourself
<HELPME> k
<HELPME> can u help me with some crypto chall.z?
<Harlequin> nope
<HELPME> why m8?

This next from someone ranked less than 50 who has done but half a dozen cryptos so far.
<HELPME> hi harlequin!
<Harlequin> hi
<HELPME> i need a hint for one crypto
<HELPME> solve it by mastermind
<Harlequin> do you
<HELPME> i can help you with do you want dance with me by cabrero
<Harlequin> I havent looked at it yet why would i want help?
<HELPME> ok if you wouldn't, can you help me with mastermind's crypto?
<Harlequin> why?
<HELPME> because i really don't know how to solve it
<Harlequin> so what have you done so far
<HELPME> what type of cipher is, or it is handmade one?
<Harlequin> so what have you done so far
<HELPME> i have no clue
<HELPME> it is visible that words lcj bieb are 2x repetiting
<HELPME> no help at all?
<Harlequin> why
<HELPME> you don't want help me
<HELPME> ok.....

You gotta laugh.

LOOOOL

@ALL: I am the person Harlequin talking about
@Harlequin: WTF think who are you?? I only asked you how to start solving a crypto!!! I didnt't pray you to give me the f.....g solution! What do you think why tbs&Erik made the forum? Isn't same to ask someone for hint on forum or @chat? Even via PM? Sorry Mr. Harlequin, but some people aren't so "clever" as you are, and they need little hint to sucessfully solve the chall! If you think everyone have to solve a challange himself, please contact admins to suspend forums, PM and chat (!?)
You are not man, you are <>man, if you don't want help others!
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I am ranked <50

Harlequin VS. velo

Just wanted to add a word

I've only finished 83 challs (knowing that I didn't attack crackit, programing and exploit)
but I can tell you that every time I finish a new chall with only ten or twenty done
I got some PM from top twenty asking help
I'm not annoyed by that, cooperation is a good way to win but I'm a bit astonished by the comments in this post.

You all know that brute force asking hint is not allowed on this site. I'm not sure it does mean something in english but it makes me laugh in french

I wondered if that would work too
Thats why I withheld names, seems my question is answered.