• mjr
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    2 months ago

    didn’t have the best of luck

    Really? He gave them extra info (the reflection, the current and the rain) in the cheap photos, just after finding Sam from extra info left in a photo answer. That’s not simply luck. Only the photo pop-up was luck. And maybe the fog dice roll.

    Also being overconfident and visiting the museum instead of looking for a hiding place early was another costly error. Good video but failing to get the game basics done first.

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      2 months ago

      He knew about the reflection problem but there was no way to avoid it. And the current is just a feature of…the river. He had to photograph the river.

      He may not have noticed the rain, but it’s not really clear that he could have done anything different even if he had.

      And to be honest I doubt he could have gained a huge amount extra if he had found a better hiding spot. Maybe an hour or two if he’s really lucky.

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        He may not have noticed the rain, but it’s not really clear that he could have done anything different even if he had.

        They have a time window in which to send the photo back and he was right by the station (revealing to the audience where he was, by showing a name sign). The rain clouds on the radar didn’t look that big, and the UK is very often a changeable “don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes” country, so waiting a few minutes may have made it less obvious.

        Maybe there was no hiding spot good enough, but now we’ll probably never know.