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Pigboils School of Witchcraft & Wizardry

2017 Edition

Wednesday: Muggle Studies

Professors: Please fill in this section before class starts.

To Professor W. Wax:

Oh. Ha ha. Of course I know Headmaster Colom isn't a werewolf. These scratches are too shallow to be wolf scratches, so ferrets would make a lot more sense.
By the way, has your teacher copy of the textbook been acting up too? This... wasn't my fault, was it?

Wondering if Hogwarts is looking for a new Muggles Studies Professor,
Professor John P. Hackworth

Notice To All Staff and Student:

f̵͇̮̠̙̩̥͊̎̇̓̊͆̓͘͟͠͝ē̡̥̫̥̼̞̜̦̍̒̎́̎͠ͅr̛̼̟͖͎͙̯̩͐͗̉̈́̂͐̊͢r̸̢͓̼̭̠̻̲̃̐̂̋͋͑̓̂͟ḙ͕̦̭̗̖͇̪̓̋͗͐̽̌͘̕͞͝t͕̩̯͖̰̰̲̱̱̋̈̓̉͠ f̻̘̱̩̤̥͎͍̩̽̿͑́̋́̍͘͢ȩ̸͎̖̝̠̣̺̬̅̿̄͘͘͢͞ṟ̶̡̲͈̺̝̎̐͑̍̄́̚͢͜͟͡͠ͅr̨̲̠̱̰̼͇̲͍̆͋͐̂͐̕͡͠e̢̼̘̭͙͐͆̊̚͝͡t̴̛̗̝̘͎̫͊̽́̒̏͘ f̢̛̞̣̠̾͋̊͆̄̂̚͘͜e̷̢̝͉̖͔̜̺̪͛̒͒̃̀̆̏͐r̫̜̥̘̳͉̠̼̰̍͋̿̎̃̈ͅr̵̢̛̛͇̗̩̜̘͐̒͂̀͒̊̚͞e̵͍̟͈̭̲̟͂̀̐̔̈́t͉͕̟̠̀̐̒̔̀̈́̃͜͡ f̷͕͍̣̥̑͐̆̒̐͢͡ȩ̝̼̗́͂̉͋̕͢͝ŕ̶̨̨̢̺̥̳͇̲̺͛̉͒͝ŕ̴̨̛̗̟̮͔̻̠̅͋͟͝e̞͙̻͍̮̿́͑͆̕t̨̪̖̥͕̜̬̍̂͒͐̐̋̔̾̕͢͝ Ḿ̴̡̖͇̳̞̞̙̏̉̋̈́̎͌ư̯̰̰̜̞̹̣̜̫̇́̅̎͂̊̍̎s̠̪̪̮͐͂̃̔̑͠ͅḥ̴̨̠͔̼̳̈́̆͐̀͝r͈̖̳̩͍̪͖̣̗̈̽̄̓̐̾̐̏͊͟͞o̟̣̟̟̻̰͂͒͑̄͌̇͜͝ó̘̼͕̖̮̻̃̓̓̍̔͘͜͠m̬̰̖̪̗̺̒͛͑̏̈͒̾͐͘͡!̡̳̼̯̞̊̾̀̈́̅͜ Ḿ̷͓̠̮̖͍͍͋͌̂̍͘͞u̶̡̥̰͈̦͋̈́͒͛̕͠͞s̵̡̛̛͈̹̲̗̻̩̝͌̑͐͋̓͜͝h̘͉̭̦̝͛̓̐̈́̈́͘͜͠͡͝r̴̡̺̹͕͓͍͎̥̱̖͒̊̈̾̿͡o̴̠͉̼̭͙͂̍̓͑͠o̵̞̻̜͔̪̳͖̲͗͒́͊̅̊̀̚ͅm̵͈̗̻͎̺͂̾̑͊́!̸̡̧̘̮͕̳̱̦̞̜̊̌̔̇̿́ Ş̵̘͓̙̬̰͍͓̦̳̋̀̄̍͒͊͗̚̚Ņ̩͎̺͙̬̺̩̤͙̃̾͐̀́͠Ã̸̟̯̹̜̻̥̳̋̀̈́̓̾̈́͗͝A̶̛̲̼̻̻̖̣͂̀̉̀̀̆͒͋͢͡ͅĄ̶̛̯̮̼͈̖̓͐̽̌͘A̪̣̤͈͕͖̥̋̆̎͑̚̚͜A̙̗̟̺̺̟͓̔̃̔̄͊̏͞A̴̲̝͔̝̫̠͚͔̭̎́̔̐̎͋̆̓͢A̵͉̼͇̻̟̥̥̠̲̟͛̆̉̍̇K̢̢͙͇͚̗͒̀͆̑̅́̇̇ͅE̖͍̗͖̥̜̲̣̍̏́̎͌̆E̹͇͉͖͎̼̍̊̈́̈̕͠Ȩ̶̱̻̟͕̞̩̣̟̓͌̓͂̍̑̐͘͜͡͝E͓̱̘̗̬̗̟͇̠͑͊̊̚͠E͈̤͎͚̹̘͇͍̦͛̏̂̉̎͘E͓͓̭͓̋̌͋̇̄͜

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Signed,
ERR_NO_NAME

Wednesday: Understanding the basics of looking ahead

Dear students:

I'm afraid I've been a bit busy. Please give the muggle communication method a try, chat with your housemates. I hear there's a bot too, but it tells me that it doesn't want to play games because it never knows the right moves to make. Maybe you should tell it what move to make?

Signed,
Your Muggle Studies Professor,
Professor Hackworth


GIGO

Talk to the slack robot

Games are fun, right? What is the only winning move?

Do something with whatever the bot gives you, ok?

Consider this a self-study period.

Did you get something from something else?

Hints and Updates

  • 09/27 03:00:00 PM: Show HintStill stuggling with messaging slack bot? It's quote from a 1983 movie.
  • 09/27 05:00:00 PM: Show HintMagic is important, even when it comes to computer files! <em>File</em>s often start with a specific magic phrase. Maybe if you look for the magic?
  • 09/27 06:00:00 PM: Show HintIf you need to split computer files, diffindo might work.
  • 09/27 06:00:00 PM: Show HintIt's often said <em>strings</em> of fate tie things together. Maybe it works on computer files too?

Puzzles Solved By

  1. gb of House Risael @ 2017-09-27 14:59:59
  2. Brian Strauch of House Aylr @ 2017-09-27 15:17:14
  3. Lim Jing of House Ecrulot @ 2017-09-27 19:57:53
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