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Q: I have an idea for a credit shop item. Is there a chance it will get added?

A: Certainly, many of our credit shop items come from community suggestions. To increase the likelihood of it getting created, we suggest making a post seeing if others would like it, or gathering "signatures" from people in the community and sending them to billing@illutia.com. If we add your idea and it becomes popular, you may receive a reward depending on your efforts. Please note that we will not "pay" you for your idea with real money, and submission of the idea and the final product will become property of Crazed Monkeys LLC.

Original answer by GM Shivers.
M4A1

*For its successor, see the M4 from Critical Ops.*

The **M4A1** is a carbine rifle found in Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

The M4A1 is a moderately powerful carbine rifle. The M4A1 can be mastered for nearly every situation, such as long range or short range combat. For these reasons, the M4A1 is one of the most popular weapons. It has a slightly faster reload than the AK-47. Despite general speculation, the M4A1 has the same statistics as the AK-47.

However, its bullet spread increases upon continuous fire, giving the player a disadvantage when it comes to medium and far range combat. To counter this, burst-fire (3-5 shots at a time).

## Properties

 Head
 Legs

### Advantages

* Powerful assault rifle.
* Highly controlled recoil.
* Can penetrate through walls.
* Can be used at any distance if used correctly.

## Guide

### Strategies

The M4A1 is only slightly more accurate than the AK-47, and should be used wisely. Spraying is only recommended when enemies are within mid to close range. In far range, tap shooting and bursting is recommended. Don't try to spend too much ammunition, because it takes a bit of time to reload.

A thing about the M4A1 is that its bullets can penetrate through walls. Use the M4A1 to wallbang if you think the enemy is hiding behind a wall or other spot.

### Counter-Strategies

You can counter an M4A1 user with any other assault rifle, especially the highly accurate AUG or the AWP Sniper to match its wide range. Burst fire or tap fire is recommended with if using an AK-47 against the opponent at far ranges. If at close range, spray moderately at the head or if using the AWP Sniper, quickscope (scoping at the opponent and firing in a split second).

If taking cover, hide behind areas where bullets cannot pass through, preferably behind thick walls in order to dodge its bullet penetration.

## Trivia

* During the time where *Critical Strike Portable* was called *Counter-Strike Portable*, The M4A1 had extremely similar statistics during development stages to the current M4A1 and was fully tinted black and had a different firing sound. The weapon was originally exclusive to Counter-Terrorists.
* The M4A1 closely resembles a AR-15 rifle with the short clip, but also incorporates features from a Mark 18 CQBR.
* The M4A1 in CSP has the exact same statistics as the AK-47.
Q: Can I add item title and surname multipliers to my custom?

A: Yes, you may... however you must already have the item with the multipliers and be adding it to a custom that already has the regular items stats. For example, if you have an item called "Shivers Hat" and it is a personalized Ruby crown and suddenly you find yourself in posession of the coveted "Powerful Ruby Crown" you can add the powerful multiplier to your custom. However you must relinquish the Powerful Ruby Crown to us, and donate 10$ OR use a service ticket (the service ticket would be an extra one on top of the regular one used to change the item, due to the powerfulness of the item)

Note: You cannot "stack" items to create one powerful item. If you want "Powerful Ruby Crown of the Jabberwocky" you MUST have that item. You cannot pair "Powerful Ruby Crown" and "Ruby Crown of the Jabberwocky" together.

Original answer by GM Shivers.
Q: Are bans permanent?

A: It depends on the situation, in most cases no as long as you prove that you have learned from the mistake and will not cause further problems in the community.

In order to appeal a ban you must send an appeal to support@illutia.com who will then take it and propose your unbanning to the rest of the staff. It may take several weeks for your appeal to be received and posted, so please follow the rules so that you do not have to wait for appeals. All senior staff will be reviewing your appeal, so please keep this in mind when you are speaking to staff. You will gain no "points" by being respectful to some of the staff and then rude to the rest.

A few tips on sending in your appeal:
-Accusations will get you nowhere: staff handle fair enforcement of rules to the best of their ability
-Lies will get you nowhere: if you did it, fess up. It will only help you in the end. We keep extensive logs of all game activity and they are reviewed when a report is made.
-Rudeness will get you...you guessed it : nowhere. Since you need multiple staff members approval to get unbanned, and any correspondence between you and staff is considered in the appeal ,it is advisable to remain respectful even if you are frustrated.

We wish that it was not necessary to ban anyone, but there come times when it is. Please be respectful in understanding that we are only
trying to keep the game fun for everyone.

Original answer by GM Shivers.
Q: What are the basic requirements to volunteer for Illutia?

A: The basic requirements to be an Illutian volunteer are as follows:

-Must be 18 or older or otherwise able to enter into a contract with persons and/or organizations in the United States

-Must have or be interested in obtaining at least one game development related skill set (graphics, programming, story writing/concept development, administration, quality control etc)

-Must be willing to work within the rules of the game and staff rules with no exceptions

-Must be willing to work regardless of whether or not they receive a "staff character" eventually.

-Must be able to form unbiased (as much as possible) opinions on the game's development

Original answer by GM Shivers.
Night 2 Gift Barcode

The barcodes on the envelope for Night 2 were nested, with each barcode within another. The barcodes, from the outside in, were as follows:

* 0746775269456 — Disney Sparkling Princess Snow White Doll
* 0042284744522 — Chess (Original Cast Recording)
* 0097368035041 — The Day Reagan Was Shot
* 0681706040714 — Chronicle Card Game

It has yet to be determined what the significance of these products is, though Tom and Karlee did hint in the first episode of their podcast that solvers should be spending more time in the library.

## Theory

Putting these all together, with the "San Fran" clue from the chess board, Team Hay's mnfmnfm went to her library to look at microfilms of the San Francisco Chronicle from the day President Reagan was shot (3/30/1981). Looking at the chess puzzle on that date, and matching up the location of the white pieces (from the snow white clue), the name SEYMOUR is found. This is believed to be one of the names for the Menorah. Related, from Team Hay's latkelover: Seymour Barab was the composer for snow white! There's also a dollmaker who created Snow White dolls, Seymour Mann.
Alchemy Recipes

## Recipe: Novices Dye

Requires: Orange Paste - Bottle of Clear Liquid

Alchemy Levels: 0-10

## Recipe: Green Mana Potion

Requires:  Drop of Green Essence - Empty Bottle - Drop of Purified Water

Alchemy Levels: 0-20

## Recipe: Red Health Potion

Requires: Drop of Red Essence - Empty Bottle - Drop of Purified Water

Alchemy Levels: 0-20

## Recipe: Woodsy Dye

Requires: Mushroom Chunks - Brown Paste - Bottle of Clear Liquid

Alchemy Levels: 0-20

## Recipe: Pretty Silk (Cloth into Silk in 3 Easy Steps)

Requires: Carrot - Transmuting Powder - Plain Cloth

Alchemy Levels: 10-35

## Recipe: Lesser Intelligence Potion

Requires: Drop of Green Essence - Drop of Red Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Green Paste - Empty Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 15-40

## Recipe: Lesser Stamina Potion

Requires: Drop of Green Essence - Drop of Red Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Red Paste - Empty Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 15-40

## Recipe: Lesser Dexterity Potion

Requires: Drop of Green Essence - Drop of Red Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Yellow Paste - Empty Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 15-40

## Recipe: Lesser Defense Potion

Requires: Drop of Green Essence - Drop of Red Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Liquid Metal - Empty Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 15-40

## Recipe: Lesser Strength Potion

Requires: Drop of Green Essence - Drop of Red Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Blue Paste - Empty Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 15-40

## Recipe: Lesser Refreshing Potion

Requires: Drop of Green Essence - Drop of Red Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Lesser Intelligence Potion - Empty Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 20-45

## Recipe: Lesser Regeneration Potion

Requires: Drop of Green Essence - Drop of Red Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Lesser Stamina Potion - Empty Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 20-45

## Recipe: Intelligence Potion

Requires: Drop of Black Essence - Drop of White Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Green Paste - Empty Crystal Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 40-80

## Recipe: Stamina Potion

Requires: Drop of Black Essence - Drop of White Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Red Paste - Empty Crystal Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 40-80

## Recipe: Dexterity Potion

Requires: Drop of Black Essence - Drop of White Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Yellow Paste - Empty Crystal Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 40-80

## Recipe: Strength Potion

Requires: Drop of Black Essence - Drop of White Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Blue Paste - Empty Crystal Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 40-80

## Recipe: Defense Potion

Requires: Drop of Black Essence - Drop of White Essence - Drop of Purified Water - Liquid Metal - Empty Crystal Bottle

Alchemy Levels: 40-80

## Recipe: Cloth Dye: Ambrosia (Ambrosia Dye Mixture)

Requires: Drop of Purified Water - Empty Bottle - Ambrosia Berries

Alchemy Levels: 80-95

## Recipe: Enchantment: Thalaleaf

Requires: Thalaleaf - Enchanters Stone

Anchemy Levels: ???

## Recipe: Sexy Potion

Requires: Drop of Purified Water - Empty Crystal Bottle - Drop of Succubus Essence

Alchemy Levels: 80-135

## Recipe: Sticky Slave

Requires: Leech Ooze  - Naga Skin  - Empty Bottle  - Mother Larva Guts

Alchemy Levels: 100-200
Hex Codes

Players awoke one morning to find that the background color of game.hanukkah.lol had been changed to a different color than usual. Different players reported different colors.

## Theory

Players believe that the hex codes are correlated with the player's initials. An effort is currently under to plot these colors on a grid using players' first and last initials as X and Y axes, with the expectation that an image will be revealed.

Examples:

   This seems to reveal an image of the Kool Aid Man in front of a yellow brick wall, a sign for dad to "break through" the oz poster.
Plastic Bins

## Information

Inside one of the plastic bins was a collection of kids toys, each with a non-standard element:

* Dominoes, with a checker
* Cooties game, with a box of Band-Aids
* Marble track, with a whiffle ball
* Doll Set, with a headband
* Tool Belt, with a real screwdriver
* Tea Set, with real tea
* LEGOs, with a real brick
* Gardening Set, with a picture of Jessica, gardening

## Theory

The night 5 barcode reveals the names of three toys - the Tea Set, Tool Belt and Gardening set in that order.

On further inspection, these can be combined to provide the name Erle Stanley Gardner.
Farming Recipes

## Recipe: Tomato

Required Items: Pack of tomato Seeds - Grade B Potting Soil - Small Growing Pot - Twine

Farming Levels: 0-25

## Recipe: Brown Beans

Required items: Bean Seeds - Grade B Potting Soil - Small Growing Pot - Fresh Water

Farming Levels: 0-25

## Recipe: Green Beans

Required Items: Bean Seeds - Grade B Potting Soil - Small Growing Pot - Twine

Farming Levels: 0-25

## Recipe: Shiny Apple

Required Items: Small Growing Pot - Dull Harvesting Blade - Grade B Potting Soil - Pack of apple Seeds

Farming Levels: 15-40

## Recipe: Lemon

Required Items: Small Growing Pot - Dull Harvesting Blade - Grade B Potting Soil - Pack of Lemon Seeds

Farming Levels: 15-40

## Recipe: Watermelon

Required Items: Small Growing Pot - Fresh Water - Grade B Potting Soil - Pack of Watermelon Seeds

Farming Levels: 35-50

## Recipe: Pot of Mint

Required Items: Pack of Mint Seeds - Small Growing Pot - Grade B Potting Soil - Poop

Farming Levels: 40-60

## Recipe: Carrot

Required Items: Small Growing Pot - Dull Harvesting Blade - Grade B Potting Soil - Pack of Carrot Seeds

Farming Levels: 45-65

## Recipe: Pear

Required Items: Small Growing Pot - Twine - Grade B Potting Soil - Pack of Pear Seeds

Farming Levels: 50-70

## Recipe: Potato

Required Items: Small Growing Pot - Fresh Water - Grade A Potting Soil - Pack of Potato Seeds

Farming Levels: 65-85

## Recipe: Cotton

Required Items: Pack of Cotton Seeds - Small Growing Pot - Fresh Water - Twine

Farming Levels: 75-85

## Recipe: Thalaleaf

Required Items: Thalaleaf Seeds - Small Growing Pot - Liquid Ultra Fertilizer - Grade A Potting Soil

Farming Levels: 75-100

## Recipe: Ambrosia Berries

Required Items: Small Growing Pot - Fresh Water - Grade A Potting Soil - Ambrosia Seeds - Liquid Ultra Fertilizer

Farming Levels: 80-100

## Recipe: Eggplant

Required Items: Pack of Eggplant Seeds - Fresh Water - Grade A Potting Soil - Large Growing Pot

Farming Levels: 85-100
Night 3 Barcode

The barcode on the back of the third envelope resolves to four numbers, none of which represent actual products:

* 0222767114169
* 0316348814798
* 0229111431842
* 0131092103826

By splitting the numbers in two, applying the signs to each half, and placing the decimals in the right spots, you end up with four lat/longs:

* 22.2767, 114.169 — Hong Kong
* 31.6348, -8.14798 — Morocco
* -22.9111, -43.1842 — Rio de Janiero
* 1.31092, 103.826 — Singapore

These four locations are of a set: they are the locations of four Bob Hope / Bing Crosby movies. This points to one of the VHS tapes on the wall: Road to Utopia.
Comic Book Receipt

In the chest of comics that was opened using Three Letter Codes, was a receipt.

Inside was a receipt for the sale of thirteen of Dad’s comics to Ashford’s Big Bad Comic Company, which listed the following prices:

* Silver Society — 12.04
* Desert Adventures — 4.06
* The Mighty Goldberg — 4.01
* The Money Horse — 13.08
* The Marvel Age of Guilt — 2.05
* The Crimson Village — 11.09
* The Thing Right There — 3.03
* Remembering the Zealot — 4.03
* USA vs The Nazis — 6.14
* The New Bit — 2.05
* Headache Knight — 8.09
* Concentrated Danger — 4.01
* The Expired Champions — 4.08

In the pack of cards that came with Night 4, there was one white card that seemed to match up with each comic. In order, they are:

* What it means to be a Jewish woman in contemporary society
* Wandering the desert for 40 years.
* Whoopi Goldberg.
* Bags of money.
* A lifetime of inernalized guild.
* Demolishing that ass like a Palestinian village.
* A little bit of schmutz right there.
* Suddenly remembering the Holocause happened.
* Hiding from the Nazis.
* Chopping off a bit of the penis.
* A headache that's definitely cancer.
* Some kind of concentraded encampment for people.
* Holding up the line at Walgreens by trying to use an expiried coupon.

Taking the first letter of each card, you get WWWBADASHCASH, which was determined to be a website, www.badash.cash. This webiste had each of the comics that progressively had one copy go up for purchase. All 13 have been acquired as follows:

* Silver Society - meatyguy (Nun)
* Desert Adventures - mr. (Hay) - Comic delivered: WildC.A.T.s Adventures
* The Mighty Goldberg - fojas (Hay) - Comic delivered: The Mighty Thor
* The Money Horse - dancemart (Shin)
* The Marvel Age of Guilt - nwdcben (Gimel)
* The Crimson Village - marsbars440 (Shin) - Comic delivered: Star Wars Crimson Empire
* The Thing Right There - lickettysplit (Gimel)
* Remembering the Zealot - lets\_go\_flyers (Shin) - Comic delivered: Zealot
* USA vs The Nazis - slammybrosia (Nun) - Comic delivered: U.S. Agent
* The New Bit - (Nun) - Comic delivered: The New Spider-Man 2099
* Headache Knight - cookerybook (Nun)
* Concentrated Danger - lesbianzebra (Hay) - Comic delivered: Danger Unlimited
* The Expired Champions - trev (Hay) - Comic delivered: Champions

It has now also been confirmed that there was an email shipping confirmation to these members.

## Theory

Using the prices on the comic receipt, and indexing the real world comics that were provided by badash.cash, a set of letters appeared.
SUMMERORTARTT

Breaking that into words, SUMMER OR TARTT, the answer appears to be Donna.
Menorah

## Summary

On day 4, the blue backpack lock was opened. Inside was this menorah which has time codes on three of the stems.

## Facts

The times are as follows:

Day 1: 1:09

Day 2: 1:38

Day 3: 0:27

## Theories

1. ~~The times could correspond to each day's periscope video.~~ The problem with this is that the Day 1 video is only 0:48 long, so 1:09 is invalid.
2. The times could correspond to the the Sensible Day 2: Simplicity video which was uploaded on Day 4.
3. The times could correspond to the "Dinner" video, where a menorah (with candles lit to signify the 3rd night) is seen on the table.
4. The menorah times could correspond to the Company Logos on the Road to Utopia video.
Globe

The far side of the globe featured a sticker that listed the following:

* + +
* + -
* - -
* + +

By splitting the numbers above in two, applying the signs to each half, and placing the decimals in the right spots, you end up with four lat/longs:

* 22.2767, 114.169 — Hong Kong
* 31.6348, -8.14798 — Morocco
* -22.9111, -43.1842 — Rio de Janiero
* 1.31092, 103.826 — Singapore

These four locations are of a set: they are the locations of four Bob Hope / Bing Crosby movies. This points to one of the VHS tapes on the wall: Road to Utopia.
File Cabinet

Dad opened the filing cabinet with the key found in the realtor lock.

## Contents

Inside, he found

* A pile of bills: one $1, one $2, one $10, and one $20.
* 7 folders, numbered 2-8.

Each folder had a single piece of paper with one word written on it:

* 2 — OWN
* 3 — THEY
* 4 — GET
* 5 — FEARS
* 6 — OUR
* 7 — MAKE
* 8 — SAID

## Theories

Shin's squadalaah figured out that the Folder words (own, they, get, fears, our, make, said) fall under the upper left corner of the cutout card obtained from the shops listed on Foursquare when you've placed it in the right spot. See Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/holidaybullshit/comments/3wv6s0/all\_the\_cutout\_cards\_and\_solutions\_in\_one\_place/
Critical Ops patches/0.6.6.9

**0.6.6.9** is a bug fix patch for Critical Ops, released on March 27, 2017 for Facebook Gameroom and on March 30, 2017 for Android and iOS.

## Patch Notes

### Fixes/Improvements

* Fixed "Connection Issue" Popup blocking gameplay, especially on iOS
* Fixed Missing A & B Icons in Bureau
* Only one server can be selected at a time when not using automatic region
* Fixed an audio crash
* Fixed specating stutter (first 5 seconds) when joining game
* Minor map fixes
* Minor memory optimization

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/eY0aVOgY
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/8RB2hXFH
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/w39gSLj3
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/981YaAAE
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/C5BUsWwY
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/OQ4aTKa6
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/nLMB0fVH
The Funny Pages

## Introduction

For night six, everyone was mailed a copy of the Funny Pages - a collection of comics from some of Cards Against Humanity's favourite comic strip artists.

## Ransom Note

It was discovered that the randomly cut out letters from the Ransom Note that Dad discovered on entering the second room matches letters and phrases from the Funny Pages.

It was discovered that the letters that were left behind if you had cut out the letters yourself spelt

PAGE ONE FIVE FOUR AT DIESEL

leading to this hidden comic on the Diesel Sweeties website.
Jew Pack 1

The fourth gift included a special set of Cards Against Humanity cards, tucked inside three pockets of a trifold pack. The outside of the pack stated that it was made in China and had two Fun Facts:

* 100% of Cards Against Humanity writers are Jewish. Can you believe it? A Jewish comedy writer! Anything is possible in 2015.
* Natalie Portman is a sex golem created by Jewish wizards over 2,000 years ago

Inside the left pocket were the following white cards:

* Bags of money
* Chopping off a bit of the penis
* A headache that’s definitely cancer
* Suddenly remembering that the Holocaust happened
* Hiding from the Nazis

Inside the middle pocket were the following white cards:

* A lifetime of internalized guilt
* Holding up the line at Walgreens by trying to use an expired coupon

* Some kind of concentrated encampment for people
* Wandering the desert for 40 years
* Whoopi Goldberg

Inside the right pocket were the following white cards:

* What it means to be a Jewish woman in contemporary society
* Demolishing that ass like its a Palestinian village
* A little bit of schmutz right there

The right pocket also included the following black cards:

* Can't you see? The Jews are behind everything- the banks, the media, even \_\_\_\_\_.
* What's so important right now that you can't call your mother?

## **The Puzzle**

It was quickly realized that each of the white cards shared a word or phrase with Dad's comic books that had been sold to Ashford's Big Bad Comic Company, and that when the cards were arranged in the order of the comics receipt, the first letter of each card spelled out WWWBADASHCASHCOM, which led to the website www.badash.cash. More info can be found in the Comic Book Receipt entry.
Three Letter Codes

In the third video, Dad reveals a code on the bottom of his sock:

The three zeroes were found to correspond to the three letters after the hyphen on each person’s envelope. These letters are an airport code.

Each individual’s code is for an airport that is exactly (or close to exactly) on the same latitude or longitude as their ZIP code.

## Snowman

On the back of the snowman was a sign that said “Does anyone have directions to TNM?” This was a hint to focus on the *directions*between each ZIP and its corresponding airport.

## Results

This helped us open the directional lock on the chest of comics. Using Corn Holes's XXXX0 marking, people with a zip code ending in the same number need to go a specific direction to the airport they were given (i.e. 0 need to go north to get to their airport.). Putting this in order 0->9 gives a 10 direction combo, to match the 10 question marks. This opened the directional lock on the comic book chest.
Survive

## Summary

On day 4, Dad opened the Survive board game. Everything looked normal except under the game pieces was another toy called a Magnatab, with a 26x26 grid of magnets on it.

## Facts

The Magnatab board had a sticker on it that read “# 40 B7 DA”.

## Theories

1. #40B7DA is the HEX code for the color of the Magnatab. This could be a hint to apply the game.hanukkah.lol background color codes to a 26x26 grid based on user initials.
2. The placement of the Hashtag and stacking of couples could indicate they are out of order.
Corn Holes

## Summary

On day 4 Dad was suggested he should check the packs of Cornhole games.

## Facts

On the back of 2 of the packs there was a maze and a word search. On the back of the third a piece of tape was covering the maze with the code XXXXO on it.

## Theories

1. ~~The maze could lead to the combination for the directional lock on the Comics Chest. Once solved the combination could be:~~
	1. ~~Down, Down, Down, Down, Left, Up, Left, Down, Down, Right, Down, Down, Right, Down, Left, Down, Right, Right, Down. Using the whole maze, not excluding the duplicates caused by going in a single direction multiple times.~~
	2. ~~Down, Left, Up, Left, Down, Right, Down, Right, Down, Left, Down, Right, Down. Using the whole maze solution, excluding the duplicates caused by going in a single direction multiple times..~~
	3. ~~Down, Down, Down, Down. Using XXXXO code on the back as a hint to only use every fifth direction, but not excluding the duplicates caused by going in a single direction multiple times. Tried on 12/7, did not work.~~
	4. ~~Down, Left, Up, Left. Using the XXXXO code on the back as a hint to only use the first 4 directions in the maze solve, excluding the duplicates caused by going in a single direction multiple times.~~

## Results

The XXXX0 was a clue to use the last digit of the zip code, which helped open the comic book chest.
AF-192

The **AF-192** was an assault rifle featured in Critical Missions: Space, as a space-themed counterpart to the AK-47.

## Description

The AF-192 was an assault rifle designed for the Terrorists, with the same statistics as the SRX-360, designed for the Counter-Terrorists. It does considerably heavy damage when aimed at the head or torso.

Its disadvantage is high spread upon continuous fire, so burst and tap fire is a must.
Lolaroid

Behind the Oz poster, dad found a bunch of business cards for a company called Lolaroid. All had email addresses, but Eliza Howser's card had the email address blacked out. A website was found for Lolaroid.

The information for everyone on the business cards is:

When put in alphabetical order by last name (as above), joshshadowfax from Team Gimel noticed the first letters of the first name spell out NOTICE PHONE NUM.
Keyboard Names

Dad needs to enter 8 names on the keyboard to light up the menorah lights.

## Correct Entries

1. Seymour - found by asmadigames (Team Hay)
2. Kelly - found by joshshadowfax (Team Gimel)
3. Duane - found by Goblinarmy (Team Shin)
4. Donna - found by JTobcat (Team Shin)
5. Justin - found by IRC
6. Clifton - found by ???
7. Ron - found by ??? (Team Hay)

## Incorrect Entries

* Benjamin
* Jessica
Storytime CD

## Overview

By entering 7-1-8 into the "Time" Lockbox, Dad found a CD. He put the CD into the boombox and hit play.

## Transcript

[courtesy of Unique\_NY on reddit]

* Female: “How did it happen?” he uttered. In a matter of seconds the two had exited from the area behind their house to another part that they have never quite seen before. Now their path was gone from their view and the kids had no choice but to move forward through the maze of trees.
* Male: “Try to stay positive” she thought. “Let’s go home soon because papa will go crazy when he sees that we just ran out.” Either they make their way home now quickly, or stay the night then relax until morning.
* Female: Then, very early the next day the two bold children still frozen with the nights chill adjourned slowly into the large forest with a desire to finish this personal quest.
* Male: The girl anxiously said to the boy: “We have to sniff around for food.” “Even now the day grows long and we will quietly starve to death” he joined in. Reeling with the guilt with what had occurred, they did not realize that pieces of bread soon appeared.
* Female: Someone had left a trail of crumbs for them to find. “Unbelieveable!”, they both cheered joyfully. She looked down at the ground and noticed that the bread looked…quite familiar. “Everyone knows this is the bread papa makes”, he commented. Determined to get his kids back, papa went to the forest and gave them a path home.

## Theories

joshshadowfax from Gimel noticed that the first letter in each sentence used spells H-I-N-T-L-E-T-T-E-R-S-U-S-E-D.

jrbudda and orejo from Gimel realised that the clue is to look at how many letters are not used by each speaker - which seperates out 5 pairs of letters that are not used by each speaker in turn.

AsmadIGames from Hay then went through each speaker, identified the pairs [JL, DF, KM, KM, XZ] and joshshadowfax from Gimel realised that the letter contained between those letters alphabetically spell KELLY.
Air Battle

**Air Battle** is a map featured in Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

The map takes place on two flying, yet stationary fighter jets beside and parallel to each other. Players can travel the map by walking across the bridge created by one of the two planes' wings. If a player falls off a plane, they will die.
Tac-Tool Knife

The **Tac-Tool Knife** is a cosmetic knife featured in Critical Ops, earned by opening a weapon case or purchasing it with tokens. It was introduced in patch 0.6.1.3 with the introduction of knife skins.

## Description

The Tac-Tool shares the same statistics as the default Knife and is purely cosmetic. Along with other knives, it is a rare item obtained from opening a weapon case.

## Trivia

* It is based on the real-life KA-BAR BK3 Becker Tac Tool 7" Carbon Steel Blade Rescue and Tactical Knife.
Red Suitcase Lock

## Overview

There is a red suitcase in the room with many empty pockets. Only one pocket seems to have something in it (a luggage tag from the China Pics trip), however it locked.

The lock needs a 4 letter combination.

Each wheel, from top to bottom, has the following letters on it:

* Letter 1: B D J L M N P R S T
* Letter 2: A E H I L O R T U Y
* Letter 3: A C D E L N O R S T
* Letter 4: D E H L N K R S T Y

## Potential Lock Combinations of Interest

* ~~PUNS - Because the China album was full of cheesy puns and dad jokes~~
* ~~DICE - Team Nun's Bullzai indexed each photo's caption with the date (not month) of the photo. Putting these in chronological order started with the D (the only letter that was capitalized), gives DICE. Team Gimel's Gojiratoho found that this correlates better with the Chinese calendar, where the year begins in our Late January/Early February.~~
* JIAN - The 4 markings on the plates from China form the word "Jian" which is a counting word for "luggage". This likely corresponds to the luggage lock and is a valid combination. (Credit to harlesbarkley / Shin)
Q: Can I change the music volume?

A: You can change the music volume by typing /setvolume and a value from 0-100. 0 is "off", 100 is the loudest. So for example if you wanted the music to be half volume, you would type /setvolume 50 We do not recommend using /setvolume to turn the music off, you should use the music toggle button located in your options menu (at the bottom right hand part of the screen).

Original answer by GM Shivers.
M60

The **M60** is a machine gun found in the current version and Android version of Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

The M60 is a moderately powerful weapon, with high ammunition and fast fire rate, that which can be used against groups of enemies.

However, in turn is its high cost, the most expensive weapon to be exact and reduced accuracy in far range and out of all weapons, it has the longest reload time. Moving while holding the M60 can slow overall speed down, and is not recommended for running quickly.

## Trivia

* An award mistakes the M60 for an AK-47.
* The M60's appearance is based off the M60 Machine Gun.
Scientific Experiments

## Introduction

Dad located a book of simple science experiments.

## Key Phrase

Once the briefcase was unlocked, it was discovered that the items within the briefcase all had single letters attached to them.

Using the information gleaned from the night six barcode (as unlocked by the Harp), this referenced specific experiments inside the book.

If you sorted the experiments by order in the book, and read the associate letters from the items in the briefcase, this revealed the phrase LOLOGRAM.

## Email Address

This turned out to be an email address at lolaroid.photo (the website listed on all the Lolaroid cards) that when emailed, with the subject line with the name of the person with the missing email address Eliza Howser, sent each person that emailed it a unique email address containing a coded phrase for how many ingredients their new product required.

Once those numbers were all collected, they were then applied to a periodic table, marking out the element associated with that number.

## Result

This has revealed another probable great name, RON.
Critical Ops patches/0.9.1.f133

**0.9.1.f113** is a major patch to *Critical Ops* that introduced a clan system, 21 new skins and more anti-cheat updates.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* Clan system
* Weapon Balance adjustments
	+ SA58 buff
		- Reduced move speed accuracy penalty from 2.5 to 1.8
	+ MP7 slight buff
		- Increase fire rate from 825 to 925
	+ FP6 & Super 90 buff
		- Increased range slightly
	+ AK-47 small nerf (barely noticeable)
		- Slightly decreased base accuracy, from 0.06 to 0.12
		- Slightly steeper spread curve (initial bullets receive more spread sooner)
	+ M4  buff
		- Reduced Y recoil from 12 to 10
		- Reduced X recoil from 3.5 to 2
	+ HK417 buff
		- Firerate increased from 300 to 380
		- Y recoil reduced from 2.8 to 2.2
* 21 new Skins
* Ranked: Added more audio
* Clicking on All/Team chat without sending a message will be kept selected the next time chat is opened
* More Anti-Cheat updates
* Minimum iOS is 9.0
* Minimum Android OS is 4.4

### Fixes/Improvements

* Fixed some Loadout issues
* Trying to log in with Facebook when the user has changed password
* Anti-Cheat Updates
* Players spawning slightly out of spawn areas
* Bright lights not rendering correctly
* Throwing bomb outside playable area
* Ammo and Money visible again while spectating
* Issues with reloading Missions

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/QqiQR86j/58-clan-system
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/KB8CdGWX/688-weapon-balance-adjustments
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/YEZeF4R9
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/h9bDo6qr
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/vNqkGrA4
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/PEUtyIs9
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/xB8MKR0q
8. ↑ https://trello.com/c/CsmqvKqs
9. ↑ https://trello.com/c/vsat6Xbl
10. ↑ https://trello.com/c/8mbGJlnn
11. ↑ https://trello.com/c/CSzhKYCx/564-anti-cheat-updates
12. ↑ https://trello.com/c/PzLLt9pt
13. ↑ https://trello.com/c/Z04Dgt5l
14. ↑ https://trello.com/c/WJZQgrRA
15. ↑ https://trello.com/c/bm7uAOiQ
16. ↑ https://trello.com/c/07ThbcG7/701-fixed-issues-with-re-rolling-missions
Eight Sensible Gifts

**NIGHT ONE**

*My in-laws said this was the best brisket they've ever had!*

Gift: A Pair of Socks

**NIGHT TWO**

*Did I ever tell you the story of how your Bubbe and I met? I was cooking latkes and the smoking oil set off the fire alarm.*

Gift:

* A Pair of Socks
* Letter: "On Simplicity" written by Eli's dad

**NIGHT THREE**

*I like my Matzo balls thick and heavy! Schmaltz, egg, salt, matzo meal. Ah cha cha! I love this time of year.*

Gift:

* A Pair of Socks
* Letter: "On Commitment" written by Ben's dad

**NIGHT FOUR**

*Dr. Leibovitz has me on this low-cholesterol diet. It's terrible. What, I can't eat salt any more? Now I'm supposed to bake these latkes instead of frying them? Just terrible.*

Gift:

* US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund
* Jew Pack One
* Letter: "On Thrift" written by David's dad

**NIGHT FIVE**

*You want gefilte moist, Esther. Put bones into the stock! The stock keeps fish moist.*

Gift: Unknown

**NIGHT SIX**

*Well my mother always used potatoes and sour cream in her Borscht.*

Gift: Unknown

**NIGHT SEVEN**

*There's more than one way to make Challah! Does T stand for tablespoon or teaspoon?*

Gift: Unknown

**NIGHT EIGHT**

*Bubbe is no longer with us but her spirit lives on every time we indulge in her tzimmes.*

Gift: Unknown
Gun Game

**Gun Game** is a gamemode in *Critical Ops*, released in patch 0.9.6. The gamemode involves players working through their way through an array of guns by killing other players.

## Development

It was introduced as an upcoming feature on May 1, 2017 on the *Critical Ops* roadmap, and was then leaked from an official live stream on August 3, 2017. More information about was shown on the official Critical Ops website.

## Gameplay

Gun Game puts all players in teams, but every individual will need to kill players to work their way through all in-game weapons. Once a kill is achieved with one weapon, the player will receive the next weapon according to its placement in the weapon buy menu. The game ends once a player has reached 15 kills.

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/4KrFgLUw/609-gun-game
2. ↑ https://criticalopsgame.com/
Critical Ops patches/0.6.3.5

The promo image for the update

**0.6.3.5** is a *Critical Ops* patch released on October 24, 2016, which reintroduced the silencer as a permanent attachment and added Halloween-themed masks for the remainder of October 2016.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* Silenced Weapons GSR 1911 and AUG
* Tutorial updated
* New model and animations
	+ C4
	+ FP6
* Halloween cancelled for password protected for competitive play
* **Mobile**
	+ Added Invert Y button
	+ Shoot button transforms into grenade/bomb/knife button based on context

### Fixes/Improvements

* Bureau out of map not killing the player
* Weapon Balance Tweaks
* Optimized Animations (Memory Use)

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/K7qtx42W
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/yjXi9dzr/
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/Eikcb3vz
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/BcLt3LFS
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/Tekd8poH
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/lQs1sqK5
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/cysQnaMi
8. ↑ https://trello.com/c/jTTF5Z3C/425-fixed-bureau-out-of-map-not-killing-the-player
9. ↑ https://trello.com/c/a0qx1AYS
10. ↑ https://trello.com/c/njaOgip8
MP5

*Were you looking for the MP5K from Critical Strike Portable?*

The **MP5** is a submachine gun in Critical Ops.

## Description

The MP5 is a decently powerful submachine gun, nearly identical in statistics to the MP7. Its power can kill enemy players within one to three shots at the head or full auto at the torso in mid-close range. Like all submachine guns, it's main advantage is the recoil control making burst fire unnecessary. It comes at a somewhat cheap price, only at $1300.

The disadvantages to the MP5 makes some other submachine guns more popular. Most notably of which, is the MP5's weak penetration against armoured opponents, resulting in a less consistent time to kill up close than other submachine guns. The MP5 also has the lowest rate of fire in the category, outmatched by both the MP7 and the P90, although it remains quite high. Its limitation to mid-close range makes far range combat especially difficult.

Overall, the MP5 is somewhat of a decent submachine gun, have average statistics in most areas. The MP5 does have an extremely shallow price tag and is tied with the highest damage of all submachine guns. However, its ranged effectiveness is low, and it has the lowest penetration of all the submachine guns.

## Properties

### Advantages

* Low price.
* Decent recoil control.
* Highest damage of its class.

### Disadvantages

* Less consistent kill time than other submachine guns.
* Lowest penetration of any of the other submachine guns.
* Inaccuracy is increased when in long-range combat.

## Guide

### Strategies

The MP5 can be a competitive weapon at mid-close ranges. For medium ranges, simply burst-fire (3-5 shots at a time); tap-firing can be used at far ranges and can allow bullets to reach the opponent, however, due to its low damage, it is not optimal. Spraying is only recommended at close ranges.

### Counter-Strategies

The MP5 can be countered with any weapon that can shoot at far ranges or one that can deal high damage, or even both. The AK-47 fits into both categories, as it can be used at any distance and can deal several times as much damage as the MP5. Shotguns can also finish off anyone using the MP5 due to their exceptionally high damage. When using a sniper, however, it is optimal to stay at least a mid-far distance from the enemy, as the sniper rifles are not meant to be used at close ranges.

## Trivia

* For some bizarre reason, the MP5’s model in the winning team viewing screen is glitched extremely out of proportion, with the trigger guard being almost the size of the player’s hand.
Critical Ops patches/0.6.0.8

**0.6.0.8** was an update released for Critical Ops on August 12, 2016 which made many game improvements and bug fixes.

## Patch Notes

### Gameplay

* Improved Extrapolation (reduced peeker's advantage by half) + Character movement should be smoother as well
* Character crouches a bit after landing

### Fixes

* Localization Fixes
* Most 3D audio was accidentally 2D
* Spikes caused by a lot of chat messages
* Missing Scope Graphic on High Quality
* Crash by firing and changing weapon by picking it up
* Server Pings on IPv6 networks
* Moderators use Skin Tier Colors to correspond with their moderator rank
* Devs use "Critical Force"-Orange as their color
* Spanish and German translations

### Mobile

* Reduced the size of minimap player objects by 10%

## References

1. ↑ https://trello.com/c/qWnYft66
2. ↑ https://trello.com/c/bR1JGhKK/359-character-crouches-a-bit-after-landing
3. ↑ https://trello.com/c/t70hqnzI/337-fixed-most-3d-audio-was-accidentally-2d
4. ↑ https://trello.com/c/I8sfUZkN/353-fixed-spikes-caused-by-a-lot-of-chat-messages
5. ↑ https://trello.com/c/BxlEbVMi/354-fixed-missing-scope-graphic-on-high-quality
6. ↑ https://trello.com/c/Gf7dbuFc/356-fixed-a-crash-while-firing-and-changing-weapon-by-picking-it-up
7. ↑ https://trello.com/c/qfP2s4Yk/341-fixed-server-pings-on-ipv6-networks
8. ↑ https://trello.com/c/9lQYltFn
9. ↑ https://trello.com/c/futAhdXd/338-spanish-translations
10. ↑ https://trello.com/c/0JAdh9Ng/355-mobile-reduced-the-size-of-minimap-player-objects-by-10
SA58

The **SA58** is an assault rifle featured in *Critical Ops*.

## Description

The SA58 is a assault rifle, with moderate damage. At the lowest cost for an assault rifle on offer, this weapon is easily accessible in general. With burst-fire mode built in, along with the very high recoil control, it is efficient in mid and far range combat.

Its only flaw is the second lowest rate of fire in its class, firing only a burst's worth a shot, which can be abysmal at close range combat.

However this weapon should never be underestimated since the weapon is lethal at long range due to its accuracy and range effectiveness. This assault rifle fires 5 bullets per tap.

## Properties

### Advantages

* Mid and far range combat.
* Low recoil.
* Accurate.
* The cheapest assault rifle on offer for only $1800.

### Disadvantages

* Slow rate of fire.
* Unsuitable for close range encounters.
* Uses burst-fire instead of full automatic.

## Guide

### Strategies

Use this weapon preferably at long ranges, as its burst fire goes in a straight line and has very limited spread. Close range combat with the SA58 is not recommended, unless you can aim for the head. Its long effective range makes it a suitable weapon for holding down halls. Always aim for headshots when using the SA58.

### Counter-Strategies

If fighting a player with the SA58, use weapons that can work at long ranges, like the URatio and M14 snipers, or with an assault rifle. The AK-47 is great if with burst-fire, or the HK417 with its tap-fire rate. When using sniper rifles, seek cover when reloading or pulling the bolt for the URatio. Short range weapons such as the FP6 are effective against the SA58 due to its ineffectiveness in short range combat.

## Trivia

* Its based on the DSA SA58 with a grip attached, which is a variant of the FN FAL
* It is currently the only weapon which can burst fire in the game.
Canals

**Canals** is a map featured in Critical Ops.

## Description

With much of the map having an exceptionally large vantage point in the center, snipers can be common. Canals appears to be based on an Amsterdam-like appearance, notably with its tall buildings and the large canal running through the map.

## Trivia

* It was originally called "Amsterdam" but was changed after recent updates.
Company Logos

Dad played Road to Utopia in the VCR. After about 15 seconds, the movie cut out and showed a series of company logos and two-digit numbers:

* Apple 96
* 3M 88
* Union Pacific 45
* Amazon 49
* Bell 21
* GE 65
* HP 13
* Chevron 79
* Benjamin Moore 03
* Time Warner 09
* Best Buy 77
* McDonald’s 20
* Western Electric 30
* Shell 72
* MasterCard 51
* Emirates 83

## Theory

It is believed that the Menorah time stamps apply to this video, giving (in order of lighting the candles):

1:09 = Benjamin Moore, 03

1:38 = Western Electric, 30

0:27 = Union Pacific, 45

Advertisements for these companies can be found on TIME Magazine editions from 2003, 1930 and 1945 - whom also have as their cover profiles the three people quoted on the first three day's gifts.

The advertisements are found on pages 7, 1 and 8 respectively, giving a code to try to unlock the "Time" Lockbox.
Multiplayer

**Multiplayer** is the server based part of Critical Strike Portable and Critical Ops which enables players to join different servers, work together or kill each other. This option requires a connection the Internet.

## Gameplay

### Critical Strike Portable

In both Single Player and multiplayer, gameplay is generally the same, but multiplayer has real-life opponents and allies, which can be useful for practicing, also assisted by a chat function (Y). When pausing, no game mechanisms stop when pausing the game. An enemy can still shoot a player despite them pausing.

Hosts can make servers and choose gamemodes for them. Hosts can also have access to server settings. Players also have the option to vote to kick a particular person (usually hackers). If the host leaves, the player that joined after takes over.

### Critical Ops

Currently, Multiplayer can either be played in normal servers or in custom servers.An update gave server owners the ability to use various commands such as, but not limited to:

* Kick
* Change health of a player (1 to 5000 hp)
* Give Weapon
* Kill
* Make server co-owner

Server hosts can also change others things in their game, such as, but not limited to

* The gamemode
* Weapons that can be used on either team
* Health of Coalition
* Health of The Breach
* Map being played on
* Everyone having armor by default
Q: How can I purchase customs for my entire guild?

A: If you would like to purchase guild customs you can send in an email using the same format for customization tickets. Guild customs however are $125.00 USD (312 credits). Per custom, you will receive 10 initially and you can obtain 10 each week after that if you come to the meeting to pick them up (you will still have to e-mail).

In the case of guild mounts you must sacrifice a mount for each one after the initial 10, excluding cows.

Original answer by GM Shivers.
Legacy

**Legacy** is a map featured in Critical Ops.

## Description

Legacy is mainly centered in a Japanese-themed national museum with common objects, like a counter or a vending machine that has Japanese characters. The Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist spawn is located outside the museum. because of the rather packed up space, assault rifles, SMGs and shotguns are commonly seen, rather than snipers. The museum appears to be based off the actual Tokyo National Museum.

## Trivia

* It was originally called "Tokyo" before the 0.4.0 patch.
* The museum is heavily based off the real life Tokyo National Museum, which explains the choice for the map name as "Tokyo".
ItalianRush

**ItalianRush** is a map in Critical Strike Portable.

## Description

This map is based on the map Italy from *Counter-Strike*. An Italian-style neighborhood, much of its buildings are able to be entered, unlike other maps. The map is quite large, but the areas where players can travel are quite narrow, except for a market with stationary chicken entities.

## Trivia

* The song playing at the Terrorists spawn is Reginella Campagnola by Carlo Buti.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tkz0ZGb3h8
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyD0w\_aaIE
Coalition

The **Coalition** (formerly known as **Counter-Terrorists**) are a playable side and one of the two forces in Critical Strike Portable and Critical Ops.

Their team color is blue.

## Critical Strike Portable

### Hostage Rescue

* Rescue all the hostages and lead them to the escape point.

### Defuse the Bomb

* Prevent the Terrorists from planting the bomb. If they do, defuse before it goes off.

## Critical Ops

### Defuse

* Prevent the Terrorists from planting the C4 at any of the bomb sites. If planted, defuse the bomb before it detonates.

## Trivia

* The Counter-Terrorist logo was used once as the game logo for the open alpha versions of Critical Ops.
* The CT model in C-OPS resembles a GIGN soldier, a french anti-terrorism group. It was later replaced by the     CRTF model.

## Gallery

Critical Ops modelCounter-Terrorist picture in Critical Strike Portable.Counter-Terrorist former logo in Critical Ops.Critical Strike Portable SWAT/Counter-Terrorist playermodel.