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Has your route crossed the river at any point?

There is a definite issue here that every time you answer a question, the number of stations you could be at increases significantly as you move on.

By now you could be up to 3 stations south of the Thames, and potentially on the Northern/Vic lines (despite the last 3 questions) etc etc etc. Therefore it's very difficult to narrow down where you could be, especially as you are, or at least were, in zone 1 where you could have 6/7 possible moves from your current location.

For instance, even if I KNOW you were at Oxford Circus 2 moves ago, you could now be at any one of 15 stations.

A Challenge wrote:Has your route crossed the river at any point?

Yes. (10)

Urzzz1871 wrote:There is a definite issue here that every time you answer a question, the number of stations you could be at increases significantly as you move on.

OK, well I'll stay where I am for the next five questions then (i.e. until after question 15). That should give people enough of a chance to track down my location, at least approximately.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I moved after question 10.

I am not sure about this game but you staying in the same place will be very helpful!

Are you south of the river?

No. (11 - not moving)

Are you on, or West of, the Northern Line between Waterloo and Edgware?

Yes. (12 - not moving)

Are you at an interchange ?

Yes. (13 - not moving)

I'd like to clarify the definition of interchange without using up a question (most importantly, does it contain every station on the Circle Line or just some of them!). I'd also like to clarify whether the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line has direct normal services to Stockwell. And whether TCR counts as an interchange at the current time.

I think finding a solution will be quite difficult. "Has crossed the river at least once" rules out so few options, plus the fact that reversals are possible (though repetition of a move is not) is aggravating.

The Orange One wrote:I'd like to clarify the definition of interchange without using up a question (most importantly, does it contain every station on the Circle Line or just some of them!).

I don't count stations with just two platforms as interchanges. I'm currently at a station with more than two platforms.

I'd also like to clarify whether the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line has direct normal services to Stockwell.

I'd say no, although it doesn't affect my answer to question 8.

And whether TCR counts as an interchange at the current time.

I'd also say no, although it doesn't affect my answer to any questions so far.

I think finding a solution will be quite difficult. "Has crossed the river at least once" rules out so few options, plus the fact that reversals are possible (though repetition of a move is not) is aggravating.

OK, I'll tell you that I haven't reversed at any time during the game. Does that help?

Well, thank you for the clarification.

On the other hand, you've given me masses of extra information about your route now (never interchanged at TCR, not on the CHX Northern branch in Question 8, never reversed - I'm taking this to mean no sequences of the form A B A).

It's driving me up the wall! I think there has to be a stay-still at least every other round, because just one wasted move throws the entire thing into chaos (if you happened to be at Embankment the move before whoosh, you can head to four different places). There were originally a few hundred options for a Vauxhall start alone (although your admissions have cut that down immensely).

I'll give you an even bigger clue then. When you asked me "Have you ever touched the Bakerloo Line through the course of the game?", it was actually the first time I had done so.

More clues? Why? I'll take them, sure, but the possibilities are falling far too fast. I've just entirely ruled out a Vauxhall start. We might be able to track you down.

What would be really annoying is if I go through the work, track you down to one spot, go back online to say where it is and someone else has asked some questions and you've moved away again.