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  • 14 Sep 17 at 4:57 pm #26443
    raja7890
    Participant

    Got a message for the Elves? Post it here, they might get round to reading it! (but remember they are only human, oh, never mind.)

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    15 Sep 17 at 12:57 pm #26633
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    One elf, reporting for duty!

    I’ve been involved with the National Cipher Challenge for several years, first as a participant and then (when I went off to uni) as an elf. I’ll be keeping an eye on the forum for Harry (and letting him know, if necessary, who’s been naughty or nice).

    I’m also a baby mathematician (about to start a PhD), so I can do my best to answer questions about maths and studying it (particularly at Southampton).

    Have fun, and see you all around!

    15 Sep 17 at 4:00 pm #26679
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Another elf reporting for duty too. Hope you are ready for your first, or another fun year breaking ciphers and enjoying a good story. We will try to help as we can, but also remember this is a competition, so it will not all be easy and the help may not come as quickly or as clearly as you want!

    16 Sep 17 at 9:51 am #26732
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Nice closing parenthesis there Harry.

    18 Sep 17 at 7:27 pm #26781
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Hi elves. How did Bottersnike get an avatar? I don’t see anywhere on the individual or team details for that. TIA.

    18 Sep 17 at 8:17 pm #26783
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    You use “Gravatar”. This website is build upon wordpress hence how it works. https://gravatar.com

    19 Sep 17 at 8:37 am #26794
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks Bottersnike. Gravatar generates an image that follows one from site to site. I wanted an avatar for this site only.

    19 Sep 17 at 8:57 am #26796
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I believe (I don’t use one, as you can see!) that you can have one gravatar per email address, and many emails associated with one gravatar account. So if you use a different (eg school) email address for your account here, or if you use a service that lets you create aliases (such as gmail’s “+” trick) then you could have one just for this site.

    It’s definitely something of a work around and (as I said) I haven’t followed this advice so I have no understanding of the process… But Google is your friend in this situation!

    20 Sep 17 at 11:55 am #26900
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    You’re starting your Phd? I’m starting to feel old now…

    20 Sep 17 at 11:57 am #26922
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I’m afraid I am. These elves, they grow up so fast…

    (Wait, do elves age?)

    20 Sep 17 at 12:48 pm #26935
    raja7890
    Participant

    PhD students are grown ups now? When did that happen?

    20 Sep 17 at 2:26 pm #26941
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Doesn’t feel like it. Growing up, slowly, maybe…

    26 Sep 17 at 7:07 pm #27439
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @water_biscuit elves from the Lord of the Rings are immortal but of course it depends on your fairytale

    27 Sep 17 at 5:16 pm #27501
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Alas, we believed Smaug to be immortal but he too has left us.

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