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The Pepin design was around for some time now, right? Until now I was too lazy to figure out the entrance.

If your house crawls with chiwas and cats, I think I got to your vault just now. But $1000 is not worth robbing, so I left it intact. It was great fun solving it! I think there should be more designs that rely on some trickery, but are not just uncrackable like Smith was.

The Old Tyrann is dead

So, Smith finally is dead. I was inactive over the holidays and after reading about Milo's bounty, I was looking at new designs in the neighborhood, not really planning to rob anyone, and forgot to power my laptop. So the $20k bounty goes to Mr. Mendez.

The House that Withstood Nearly Everything

Now, I finally have to reveal the map. There were so many brute-force attacks and the house did only fall to a dual account player and Passive, who used a fortune of over $100k to break through. I will explain the last traps later. The mapshot is the version Passive robbed, after that I only cemented the way south.

I think the secret of it all were two things: First, relying on crowbars for nearly every trap, so robbers would underestimate how many to bring. And second, to use animals – especially cats – to avoid wired walls to cut through and make very precisely timed/choreographed solutions.

Would you mind, posting your solution? I had troubles starting on Ubuntu.

Took me 6 runs. It was a pleasure.

And Smith is back^^ I just can't kill him. I think this looks like an terror regime. I will not post the complete map, because it was not solved. But I will keep on revealing it. And I won't change the combinations, so the next time it won't gather that much money again.

Ps: For the cash. I parked it in limbo, because I have a serious bronchitis right now and I don't have the energy to work on a house for a few hours.

Hey, and AMWhy is back at it. Oh man how much money is blown into destroying tiles in that house. But magically, when the robber leaves, puff, everything just as before.

BTW: What's with the 16 door stops o_0?

The cat gives you a good idea and I came in with a crowbar once, I thought I had left a tape?

$200k

I think my explanation of the entrance is far from easy and due to a recent copycat , who let himself get robbed in order to understand cat movement. Here is something visual:

Btw, what are you waiting for, guys???

So, yesterday I put Mickens down on my list. I won't post a screenshot, because it gives away too much. Now I need a new target..

PS: I just try Mickens and Albrecht again. They appeal the most to me.

Haha, I think you died, because you wanted to repay me for not robbing you^^ I enjoyed your house, although it was not the toughest one.
As for the dog, you should have noticed by the closed door you tried to surpass, that something is behind it. I think you are the first big bounty dying at Smith and $17300 is not bad.
For further robbers I did not changed the combinations for ages and probably won't in the future, so save yourselves some money.

Back at $100k. For this special moment I feel generous and reveal the next trap, although I won't explain it's functioning.

As an update: There were two other robbers besides Passive, that got as far as what's revealed. But it's quite for three days now.

No, one scout yesterday, Tool-less today. I was lucky I guess, but I had a feeling, too.
And actually I didn't rob him. $12k is not worth starting to build a house.

Ps: I withstood a great urge to use Smith's money to brute-force you, yesterday.

Hello there. I've been totally inactive for the whole week. I had a lot to do and the motivation for Castle Doctrine is decreasing I must admit. My house was actually not fully repaired, but no one even tried^^ It is now. Glaze could be the triple account player, but who knows.
As promised, I reveal more of my house.

The Case Tribute Part 1

This trap is a horizontal version of the entrance of Mr. Case with a dog shutting down the only passable door. With the right combination of steps, the dog locks itself in and you are safe to pass.

I restored 50% of the house and Mr. Smith id still alive, so why should he kill himself. I want to continue to reveal the house, so robbers can try their best at what will have accumulated then.

The Runaway Cat

The second trap of Smith's house is also a cat and a dance, but this cat actually goes the path you have to take and you have to prevent that. The cat is six steps in front of you, powers the pit and shuts the doors before you can reach them. You have to move the cat in a special way, so it creates a paradox circuit opening the door and dying in the open trapdoor.
I had several variations so far and one even had a puzzle with a dog and was copied by Mr. Clay. On the image I left out the 3x3 tiles in the upper left corner, otherwise it would be too easy.

This trap costed 4 crowbars or equal for a few brute-force attackers.