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I had 67 paintings before 3 sad little players decided to team up and group scout my house, sharing my map on these forums. Between them they spent about 100k to find my vault, but they never cracked it. I retired it and delegated my paintings and money to my brother. He subsequently died in Patrick Victor Connells house and sent them back to auction. I was planning on going for 100 before they group brute forced me. Probably would have gotten there too. With 80% of my map posted online, they knew how to find the vault for about 20k, but for a single person who wanted to keep a safe path back to the door and had no idea where the vault was it was impossible short of 100k worth of tools. Had multiple 60k attempts who never came close.

They had their little panties in a twist, accusing me of having dual accounts when I didn't. Blip, you are open about having multiple accounts, so I would beware of 42dustman and amatiel (and one other, can't remember his name). They will probably start teaming up and sharing your design on the forums soon.

Haha those tapes were enjoyable to watch. Well done guys! Glad you had fun.

You could just use a button... Unless I misunderstand what you are describing, a simple $20 button solves your problem.

What sort of noob doesn't immediately check what's above and below them upon entering the house? They would find the dog and flee. Seriously, who skips this entirely and checks the second layer first?

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This is easily my favourite new trap mechanic in Fortress Theory. Trust me, that one move where you can see which ones are the deadly gas and which aren't is not enough to prevent confusion, I died in a self test with a smaller setup than this, just because I got confused and lost my place. The use of vision obscurers such as powered windows/doors is also perfectly matched for this, preventing them seeing the whole puzzle at once and screen capturing if they are smart enough. Just adds that extra layer of confusion. Love it, where did you come up with the idea for gas iceman?

For anyone looking for this house, it doesn't exist, it is just a demonstration I threw together.

Seems like Kenneth Michael Clifton knocked off Ichabod. New top dog.

Replace anything dangerous/committal with indicator lights and all Pit Bulls with Chihuahuas and test every possible outcome. I have died several times in self tests, but never by a faulty mechanism, only by being distracted and making missteps in costly places.

I am most disappointed for my brother because it is the first time he had completed a house. Of course, after retiring my house I went and left him a 255k bounty, but it's only taken a day for that to go to waste, dumbass lol.

It actually only costs $300 to brute force. Just brick both of the windows and bring the dogs into the puzzle with you rather than allowing them to stand on any switches.

If he is using cats rather than dogs, you just pace back and forth until they have switched everything on and then simply walk the safe path. So yep, $300 is the most it will possibly cost.

Edit: I suppose he could, and probably does have multiple windows, he is intentionally not showing that part. $300 for each layer of window he has.

Hey congrats man, I do look forward to seeing it at some stage, but I respect your decision to hold off in case he tries to rebuild. I always had the sneaking suspicion that he would be somewhat easy to brute force, by heading over to one of his magic dances and avoiding the main path entirely.

For some of the sad people around here, it is absolutely necessary. My significant bounty went to my brothers house anyway (Roy), and having seen how he spent it I know the art collection from my old house is safe with him. He just spent an exorbitant amount of money to remove Charles Davis Clark off the map too, very funny, and no more cash farm for people. On a personal note, it's been fun being able to just run amok without having to care about dying.

Thanks for your support mate, despite what these kids think and their "evidence" this house was built entirely legit. The main theme of it is that you have to switch power sources several times in order to keep the powered pits turned on and allow safe passage, otherwise through missteps pits will turn off behind you or even under you.