Rise of Tyrants Age 2 beta: Why do I have to click a number on almost every page?

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What is it?

This is a preventative measure designed to deter unfair play by using a program to automatically play the game. It's called a CAPTCHA and is used on many popular sites usually to stop robots from registering and using it for spamming purposes. On this site, it's used to stop them from playing any accounts, so that everyone has a fair chance at having fun and ranking well.

How do I pass it?

Interpret the number shown in the image, which should be fairly easy most of the time. Yeah, we know ones and sevens are a problem. If the image is too hard to read, just reload the page. There is no penalty for leaving a CAPTCHA unclicked.

What if I click the wrong one?

If you fail three times in a three-minute time period, you are then given a three-minute cooling down period in which you may not do anything to spend or gain gold. This is done to stop people from running bots that randomly guess a number to click.

What if I don't like it?

If you do not like CAPTCHAs at all, we are open to suggestions on what else might be used to prevent people from using automated tools to play the game without being there. If you just do not like the method used to generate the current CAPTCHAs, feel free to suggest changes.

Convenience option: In most browsers, you can hold Alt and press the number to "click" the corresponding number.

In Firefox, this functionality was changed to require "Alt+Shift" by default, so getting it back to the original "Alt" prefix must be done manually. (You can also change it to Ctrl)

In Firefox, point your browser to about:config

In the filter, type ui.key.content to make it easier to find the setting.

Set ui.key.contentAccess to 4 to use Alt, or 2 to use Ctrl

Why do I have to click a number on almost every page?