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Jacob
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Man, I had to write this all again since my "subject was empty".

Anyway, unintended solutions in published holds are annoying.

Why not redo old rooms with the unintended solutions removed and compile them?

This could include the recent unintended solutions seen in Troshian Tower or Below Witherwood.

Here's an infuriating one from The Goblin, fixed (I hope). And I really liked that room too.

[Edit: May use the room in a new hold, so have removed it]

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10-27-2007 at 12:41 AM

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larrymurk
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Sounds like a great idea for us frustrated architects Jacob.

10-27-2007 at 12:47 AM

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A good idea, but we already have the Junkyard Selection for abandoned holds and rooms, don't we?

However, this is, in fact, serving a different purpose in that people can see how the original rooms were supposed to play out, whereas Junkyard is mostly for old, abandoned holds whose makers have either left or holds that never reached the Holds board.

I know having CaravelNet highscores for broken rooms and non-broken rooms could be rather intriguing

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10-27-2007 at 01:05 AM

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I think that a hold of rooms with (fixed) unintended solutions is a great one.

The Briar Patch room is a good candidate. So is the room from Below Witherwood that just had an US discovered. And Troshian Tower...

You could even include a non-highscorable copy of the original room after the fixed room, just to see if people can find the US.

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10-27-2007 at 05:25 PM

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jbluestein wrote:
You could even include a non-highscorable copy of the original room after the fixed room, just to see if people can find the US.

That big bit of land between Canada and Mexico...?

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10-30-2007 at 04:07 PM

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