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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heathen72" data-source="post: 5477467" data-attributes="member: 7029">No problem, and thanks for replying. I am glad that it was actually something you were giving thought to - your initial posts were so short that they seemed to me to be a little bit curt. I wasn't sure initially if you were actually looking for an answer to the conundrum or just bagging the riddle. I truly don't think the context is important to the conundrum we were given, especially as the OP didn't include the context in the original post, or thereafter. It may have been there, and I am happy to be proven wrong, but I didn't think it was relevant. My understanding was that what was being described was a hypothetical "Dungeon" type puzzle, one where the players are required to suspend their disbelief a little. So I felt that in demanding a point you were perhaps acting a wee bit obtuse in order to make some point to the effect that such puzzles aren't worthwhile if they aren't in someway realistic. I am sorry if I misread your intention. In my response to your post, I was to trying to show that there are some circumstances where the dungeon could conceivably occur. Some were more realistic than others, but each of them were conceivable depending on the environment where they were placed. I was trying to use my imagination and I was hoping that you might be able to see the potential possibilities. Admittedly I was being a bit of a smart aleck, so I am not surprised you didn't quite come with me on that one! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> To be blunt for a moment, not everyone expects the same level of realism in their games as you appear to require*, especially in their dungeons. Some do, there is no doubt, but I think it's vital -particularly at ENworld - that we all acknowledge that YMMV because our approaches to gaming are so vastly different. Ultimately, we were discussing a hypothetical situation. if you don't like someone else's answers, come up with some yourself. Contribute! I am sure that with a little thought you are just as able as I to create a situation where the puzzle makes sense in a realistic world (albeit one with wizards, supernatural creatures, and alien races with bizarre cultures of their own). I for one would like to see it.To paraphrase, One of the good things about ENworld threads is that no one needs to win....I am reminded of Sigourney Weaver railing at the architecture of the spaceship in Galaxy Quest that "This episode was poorly written!"</blockquote>

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