The Sphinx's Lair

boboquack

12:00 AM

When you rep-cap 2 minutes before the next UTC day...

Destructible Lemon

12:37 AM

I found the exact rules now and apparently you can choose not to make any actions at all...

that means player one would guaranteed have an advantage; if it weren't for the way the starting set up works

tbh I don't really like the idea of no moves but then again i guess it makes sense

> Skill(s) required Counting, observation

wikipedia page for snakes and ladders

um... apparently I've been playing homeworlds wronger than I would've thought

Sphinx

12:56 AM

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Q: Tips for making board game victory sequence puzzles

(I might ask on meta for a new tag and term to describe these puzzles. "board game victory sequence puzzles" is unwieldy.) I was thinking of making a Homeworlds puzzle, which would be analogous to chess mate puzzle, except that Homeworlds doesn't have checkmate, (but on the other hand a chess pu...

Destructible Lemon

3:00 AM

how to rotate text

I need to get more advanced image editing software

Sphinx

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Q: 7x6 Grid Anagrams #1

Solve out these 6 letter anagrams and fit them into a 7x6 grid such that the first and last column read out name of a famous author. IABCUL RBHKEO RGIEAH LIABEL ELDWEC ETMNEI OASUJS

wordplay anagram

boboquack

3:56 AM

@DestructibleLemon Microsoft Publisher can do that

Also for people who can review LQPs, the queue is red!

Destructible Lemon

but that's microsoft publisher

I think I had an idea for a puzzle, utilizing imgur links.... it would be quite difficult, I think though, to make, but it could be fun...

Deusovi

We've had puzzles utilizing imgur links before. There's even a tag for them: [imgur-maze].

(But I'd like to see yours!)

Destructible Lemon

4:12 AM

yeah, I didn't make it very clear

did i

i don't think it would be an imgur maze

actually I think it might be better if I don't explain

Deusovi

well, whatever it is, I look forward to seeing it c:

Destructible Lemon

thanks!

the only thing is that if I make it correctly, maybe the last part isn't strong enough to support the rest of the puzzle...

I guess I'll think of something

the only issue is that the answer doesn't have an especially convenient way of being expressed

Deusovi

4:29 AM

that's... an issue

Destructible Lemon

i guess you can use images though

not super big issue, just that it won't have a nice single word or phrase or explanation answer

anyway, you will see the puzzle when it's done

thoughts on using tags as hints?

not sure I will, but whatever

anyway, this puzzle will probably be pretty big so you might have to wait a while?

I might make a different puzzle in the meantime though

boboquack

8:09 AM

@thecoder16, chess puzzles aren't extremely popular on this site, but they're easy for people on HNQ to relate to.

humn

8:59 AM

This is another thing that happens when nothing happens for awhile.

Yes - Yours Is no disgrace live 1972 (Yessongs)

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(In other words say hello to the newmn when they arrive. The previous one would have made a more complete sentence.)

(As if anyone asked, thismn found the end of the fuse and is now working backward. and is grateful to have found a lillypad here along the way.)

(Not how it sounds! I just found the top step and am walking down. See you along the way.)

(On the way up the sights were grand. That's why I said, once, get used to being right all along. Beyond that is a chance to let it all hang out. Beyond that, is a ladder down. "Silly human race.")

... one of these days, still, if there's hope, I'll be fully humAn.

meanwhile I'm just A hole.

(and A poet)

... all that was an attempt to say goodbye to those who get it... now I'm asking for a new breath of youtube. The neighbors are already calling the authorities.

[yeah, I'm admitting to a loss of mind but not of hearing, and the neighbs are used to that much]

... don't make me play Spirit!

... instead ...

Sly & The Family Stone Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) HQ Audio

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(really, when you lose your mind it might take a couple of years to admit it, but until then...)

... this is what happens during an interlude ... mas musica pro tempore ...

Santana ~ Everybody's Everything

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(I see you boboquack, and I have a sweet duet in mind... bassoon and clarinet)

.... haven't found the best rendition yet, but it has been transcribed for viola and violin, as well as for trombone and euphonium ... it's by Beethoyouknow.

many good performances online but none of them completely lets go.

You've probably already found it. WoOoOoOoOoO 27

It's so difficult to play that most performers don't realize how crazy free it's meant.

Most of the notes don't need to be hit on target.

It is delicious, though, to hear each one served up . . . .

video.search.yahoo.com/search/…

Et tu, @ffao, if you're really here, one recent remark was aimed toward you. I got used to being right, and left, and uppercut (and now I'm getting used to being wrong).

It's fun both ways. Get used to it.

Ow. That was my keystrokes talking. That's what I'm getting used to now. I've been too used to letting the fingers do the typing.

One of these days what's left of my mind will retake the helm.

... but, no, no relief, someone please post youtube music while we're not solving the world's puzzles . . .

. . .there was a ? mark in there . . .

. . . has it really been that long since the last videorama? If I had to dig deeper all that would show up is lint.

Or is it that you (whoever you are) feels like it has to be impressive? Were that the case I wouldn't be taunting you.

Don't make me to Sunday in the Park!

video.search.yahoo.com/search/…

[sorry about the links not showing up]

As soon as someone blurts in with topic-appropriate matter I'll stifle. Until then, with better links if they work, this is filler.

Fresh Garbage - Spirit

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At this time, I presume, anything is fair game. Someone else please throw in a bone. Or else.

Exclaimer: this is a brilliant song. Disclaimer: need it be said?

The Tubes - Don't Touch Me There - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)

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Gotta notice how these performers clutch their microphones and search for the camera. They're barely aware of each other.

That deserves an antacid.

Five Man Electrical Band - Maple Lane

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(that was before Queen)

Destructible Lemon

10:28 AM

Can I submit a puzzle even if it's incredibly easy?

ffao

I don't know why humn thinks I'm right all the time -- I certainly try to, but I always fail in one way or another :)

Destructible Lemon

ok maybe incredibly is exaggerating

humn

Thank you both, ffao and Destructible Lemon, for continuing this absurdity.

Back to you, @Destructible Lemon, you have already posted many toughies. Indulge yoruself with an easy! (For what this opinion is worth.)

@ffao, you once made me feel like I was right. It's only fair to return the favr.

And it's so easy.

M Oehm

@DestructibleLemon If easy doesn't mean that it is too broad, you can post it. It may not get you much attention, though. But difficulty shouldn't be the principal metric. Is it fun? is more important, in my opinion.

humn

!

M Oehm

10:35 AM

(Whether a puzzle is seen as fun or as difficult varies with each solver, of course, so, yeah ...)

humn

I just tried to curse you in a positive way, @MvOehm and the computer seized up. So, in other words, curse you in a positive way!

As already stated, I'm losing my mind and as only in some ways stated, I cheer for others! But as begged, any music?

I have millions of zigabytes of music that already shared with the neighbs. And they're still not satisfied.

(They still haven't called the cops. And I'm still as inquisitive as could be to what others are hearing.)

Don't make me play Einstein on the Beach . . .

One two three four one two three four onetwothreefouronetwothreefour

Okay, I'll play nice (until your turn):

All the children - Stanley Jordan

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Sid

@DestructibleLemon Sure. We can always do with some easy puzzles. :-)

I am confused by this C4. Two word CCs usually tend to be ddefs... but this doesn't seem to be.

Plus words like "back" and "cross" means there is always room for some evil thing happening. :P

M Oehm

10:50 AM

It's not a ddef. I'll post a hint at the 24h mark,

humn

Unhinged = 8 letters

(I had a hatchback for two decades and "unhinged" was appropriate.)

(which half of that sentence refers to which are both true)

Suite No.1 - Giles, Giles and Fripp

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"She was half German and half out of bed. Which half was which needn't be said."'

No rounding influence? If not, some sweet sounds will follow this:

King Missile - The Story of Willy

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Ayesha's Dance - Khachaturian - Bellagio Fountains, Las Vegas

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^that was NOT the visual version intended. But the musical version is tasty.

likewise:

Spartacus - Bolshoi Ballet Dance of the Gaditanae

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The chords!

TheGreatEscaper

11:32 AM

Hullo!

Long time no see, PSE folks

Nice to see you still round the mulberry bush, @humn !

humn

Here we go!

TheGreatEscaper

Ooh, Khachaturian. A favourite of mine

humn

There's a puzzle coming toward you, @TheGrE. It's based on something that was solved year after year.

TheGreatEscaper

I'll look forward to it :)

humn

We had to find a campground where everyone could park. Then we had to find boats to rent and launch.

And the best part was coming back to port. That part I won't give away right now.

TheGreatEscaper

11:36 AM

We had to find a gaslight within the rotten dark. Then we all came back to our favourite haunt.

And the best part was never having second thoughts. But that's a distant fantasy now.

humn

Yet here we are, to tell almost all of the story.

TheGreatEscaper

As if 'story' could ever be singular.

humn

Have you been writing a new one lately?

Loaded question.

Sphinx

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Q: Mortin Myes' is at it again! 'HOW TO READ.'

Mortin Myes' has blasted back onto the minimalist art scene with a painting titled 'HOW TO READ.' Modern art critics from around the world are puzzling over the meaning of this abstract work, and how on earth it got it's title. Care to teach them a thing or two?

enigmatic-puzzle visual

humn

!

TheGreatEscaper

11:39 AM

How timely, @Sphinx!

I'm afraid this one is hardly as interesting as the last

Just a quick diversion at best, probably

humn

Welcome back!

TheGreatEscaper

Much appreciated :)

humn

But there is another test at this crossing... youtube?

(Nobody will notice, could be anything)

TheGreatEscaper

Ahaha. There's some pieces in the works

At around december 12th I'll be free to properly practice, write, and/or record

humn

Oh oh oh, your own!!!! When they're ready.

TheGreatEscaper

11:43 AM

And one of Karg Elert's that I've grown quite fond of

I don't believe there's a single recording of that piece online

But it's quite a fun piece

humn

Very intrigued.

And looking him up.

Wow. You don't take the easy route.

TheGreatEscaper

this piece comes with a map

!

humn

yah

TheGreatEscaper

In the meanwhile, for a change of pace

humn

So, unable to hear a recording of it, I'll challenge you to give it life.

thank you!

TheGreatEscaper

11:49 AM

Oops

Melvv - Goodbye (feat. MOONZz)

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There we are

humn

Ithanks agin!

TheGreatEscaper

Delasaurus - Fields & Reaches

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Two songs that have been on loop on my mind's ear for a while

humn

Listening to the first, first, what a strong beat!

Makes me think you've been playing some sports.

(Coming from an athletic freak.)

TheGreatEscaper

Just a little hoopshooting

humn

No kidding! I tried that a couple of years ago and it's weird how everything is easier the second time around.

TheGreatEscaper

11:55 AM

Everything's easier apart from first times

First times, I've found, are difficult no matter how many I've experienced

But on the topic of seconds, here's a second movement I adore:

Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F major

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humn

Still on #2 above

(made the wildcat run out the door)

(my neighbs must be deaf)

Sid

@humn Do you have giant speakers or something?

humn

solid amplifier

TheGreatEscaper

Hullo @Sid !

M Oehm

24h hint for the C4: There is some separation going on in the clue, maybe a bit too much for its own good.

Sid

11:59 AM

@TheGreatEscaper Hiya! Interesting puzzle, I see.

humn

been through a few pairs of speakers

TheGreatEscaper

@Sid unfortunately not particularly

But what can one do after a long dry spell

humn

harbinge = 8 letters

Sid

@MOehm If you mean Hatch Back Cross Piece, that isn't really a hint especially after you say it's not a ddef

humn

I want to go T-top but it dosn't have enough letters.... and last time I did turned into an arrest.

(Thank you for the videos, @TheG, I owe you some Borodin.)

Before all that, who's heard of Phi(l?)ip Glass? Or Laurie Anderson?

M Oehm

12:06 PM

@Sid Well, consider it an excuse then. :)

humn

Just to scan, does everyone here even hear sounds and music the way we think most do? I'll never know. Think so, but it's so subjective.

TheGreatEscaper

Hm

Does perfect pitch count?

humn

Show off!

By now I might too. Wasn't easy getting there.

Sid

(Site seems to be getting an influx of Chess puzzles...)

humn

But I so wonder why the cops haven't arrived to turn off my system.

Gareth McCaughan

12:11 PM

Perfect pitch: youtube.com/watch?v=hli-9maxDjY

TheGreatEscaper

Not ashamed to say I'm not as fast as him

humn

@Sid , I love chess the way I love volleyball, which is why nobody wants to play me: The rules are more fun than the goal.

Gareth McCaughan

Being able to do what he does at any speed seems like something of a superpower.

Sid

@humn That.... seems to be an interesting perspective

TheGreatEscaper

Okay. Has ANYONE got context for the 14 star message on the side?

14 (I worked it out. I have a guess but need sex to confirm) - sep 26 at 21:47 by feelinferrety

Gareth McCaughan

12:14 PM

puzzle in which the sex <i>of the people named in the puzzle</i> is relevant

I think there was a not-so-well-known Indian name or something, and something to do with sons and daughters and the like

TheGreatEscaper

Ah, right

Gareth McCaughan

sooo much less fun than it sounds

what I don't know is whether FF phrased it that way on purpose

humn

Like so much, including perfect pitch, sometimes I wonder -- hope -- if it's a step toward something else.

TheGreatEscaper

@humn i'm working on a literal story I think you might find somewhat interesting

Sid

@GarethMcCaughan Gender-neutral name

TheGreatEscaper

12:19 PM

It's called 'Seaside Cabinet', and is my little side project for next year

humn

So that's one of the things you've be up to lately.

My imagination just geared up thanks to your saying that, TheG.

Why did you choose Seaside? The waves? The restfulness? The agitation? The sunset? Sunrise?

The edge?

No need to answer right now.

TheGreatEscaper

The tide.

humn

Gotta find out what you mean. And will.

Patience is one of my only virtues.

TheGreatEscaper

It's a good one to have!

humn

Impatience is what brings adventure. Really, my poor father understood recently how many times I was lost.

I have unending patience with others.

And an impetuous drive toward danger when left alone.

There's no good explanation why I'm here to tell the story.

TheGreatEscaper

12:30 PM

Is there ever a good explanation?

I've yet to hear a question starting with 'why...' answered in any way but silence

humn

(someone's gotta say it: there's no way to follow that)

But when you play a note, or when you post a post, don't you feel like it's all caution to the wind?

I play ultimate frisbee. In a way that has inspired others to do it right.

They see me doing it wrong, with abandon.

They became superstars.

(Not making that up. I'd rather do something wrong and spur others to do better than to do it right and scare them off.... as if there were a choice._

TheGreatEscaper

Yeah, caution to the wind

I've learnt to trust the way it blows, though

humn

... and in the meanwhile people pay me to help them look like they're doing it right ... which they are, whether or not they know why.

@TheGrE, you've given away more, well, perhaps, what you meant to.

hang on!

Another video?

Leoš Janáček - Sinfonietta (1926)

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TheGreatEscaper

Janacek!

humn

just a poke, but it turned out to be a nice version

SPANKY AND OUR GANG for lovin' me (LIVE!)

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TheGreatEscaper

12:47 PM

Janacek has some great stuff, and some stuff which falls a little flat to me. Thankfully that sinfonietta fits neatly in the former

Gareth McCaughan

Yeah, the Sinfonietta is really good.

humn

Everything has its merits.

If you want to get analytical,ride with me.

No detail will go unobserved or undeserved.

Signed, technical editor.

(Yes, I see the typos. It's here, though, where they're allowed.)

Detailing every good thing, both intended and not, of something on display, is a privilege.

(And, yeah, it's even easier to detail the flaws.)

Signed, someone who has written many blurbs for books. The best puzzles are those given away by their authors.

Mithrandir

how does a two-word CC even work?

how do you have wordplay like that? o_o

M Oehm

It could be a double definition. (But it isn't in this case.)

Apep

Hatch back and cross piece can be taken separately. Combined with it being &lit, for some automobile part, perhaps.

Mithrandir

12:59 PM

Does it have to be a double definition, or could the whole thing be a definition (like I think maybe SEATBELT would fit that)?

M Oehm

I've already admitted that the words must be separated, so you get more words at the price of two.

TheGreatEscaper

@MOehm a quick solve, as I expected

M Oehm

It could also be &lit, as Apep suggested, but this one isn't.

@TheGreatEscaper Yes, but no as quick as it looks. I had first tried to draw boxes and make "negative" letters. For example the left stem of the E's could be made into a rectangle with two strokes coming in from the right, which would read as E, too. But that didn't work, of course.

Nice visual puzzle.

Sid

@TheGreatEscaper I love that smiley in the end. Nice puzzle

M Oehm

That smiley sure has an evil grin. :]

TheGreatEscaper

1:06 PM

Haha. Hopefully a harbinger of more devilish puzzles to come?

Apep

(ROOD+PART)< = TRAPDOOR

Hatch is def; cross is ROOD; piece is PART; back is reversal indicator

Sid

I didn't know ROOD is a word. Nice clue that.

TheGreatEscaper

Hah. Nice.

John Dvorak

wow

M Oehm

@Apep Bingo!

Rood is a word I only know from crosswords.

humn

1:10 PM

15 miles on the """" canal

John Dvorak

"""" canal sounds nasty

ffao

I thought it had to be split from the cryptic police comment, but was nowhere near trapdoor

Gareth McCaughan

There's an old English poem (well, old enough that it's Old English which is not really English) called "The Dream of the Rood". Other than that, yeah, it's a crossword-and-Scrabble word.

ffao

Nice one apep

Gareth McCaughan

oh, actually, I think there may be some rood-derived term in church architecture that's still used sometimes nowadays. "Rood screen" or something like that.

Yup, rood screen it is.

TheGreatEscaper

1:11 PM

Gareth makes me think of that fellow on Letters and Numbers / Countdown

who always has something to say about the answer

Apep

CCCC: Silly in a new direction (5)

Gareth McCaughan

well, what can I say? the world is full of somewhat interesting facts.

humn

Just for the record, I love this place!

M Oehm

^^

humn

But I want more!

M Oehm

1:13 PM

And this is supposed to be a chatroom, where we can talk about these facts. You can save the silence for the rood screen.

TheGreatEscaper

I was merely observing - I do enjoy it all!

humn

More Youtube.... don't make me look up what you spelt once, GMcC.

Gareth McCaughan

not sure what you're referring to, @humn. I was actually about to post a YouTube link, but it turns out that the thing I was going to link to (a rather nice setting of the text of TDOTR by composer Howard Ferguson) doesn't seem to be on YouTube.

Mithrandir

Jónsi - Where No One Goes (HTTYD 2 OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK)

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ffao

@Apep IN A N E

humn

1:17 PM

Thank you @Mithrandir (I'll find again what you sent that time, too, @Gareth)

@ffao correct

Ah, cool

Why N E but not W

@thecoder16 No. Direction=E. New=N.

Apep

New is N, direction can be arbitrarily chosen

thecoder16

1:19 PM

Ah

humn

(sorry to interrupt, but @Mithrandir, thank you for another combination of beat and beatitude. I'm sure I have a worthy piece, and when I find it you'll get a @Mithrandir to go with it)

TheGreatEscaper

Mithr&ir saves a couple of keystrokes

humn

let's ride!

M Oehm

... says the Gre@ Esca/.

TheGreatEscaper

xD

humn

1:29 PM

(desperately searching for the YT -- other than by Yes -- that exclaims my emotion)

TheGreatEscaper

Not a CCCC: first it needs to play; then it starts entertaining (10)

ffao

CCCC: Voice actress's script incomplete, heading off to African country with last letter absent (4, 8)

humn

Found it, horribly overdubbed as it is:

Teresa Brewer - Music Music Music (Put Another Nickel In) (1950)

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... but that's how I feel... read into it whatever you want.

ffao

1:46 PM

@TheGreatEscaper could have saved it for a 4C if you think it's good, TGE (for the record I don't know the answer)

TheGreatEscaper

I'll never get a C4 :P

Sid

@TheGreatEscaper Oh, you will. Don't worry about that.

thecoder16

I thought that, but I got one just two days ago after trying for 3months You just have to keep trying.

Sphinx

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Q: Pigpen cipher decoding makes no sense, can somebody decode it?

I received a letter with a code. I cant decode it. I found out that this is the Masson Pigpen cipher. I have decoded in 3 different ways that I found on the web, but the resulting word/sentence make no sense to me. Can somebody encrypt this code? Can it be something other than Pigpen cipher cod...

cipher

ffao

Yeah, I thought I would never get one until I did

humn

1:56 PM

... losing it ... not checking the timestamp ... please enjoy: ... possibly a repeat ... language, it's a virus (paradise is exactly like where we are, only much, much,,, better)

Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus (From Outer Space)

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thecoder16

It’s all about how your mind works and how the solution works, eventually you’ll find a connection

humn

^

Mithrandir

hey, I even solved one once and I never do CCs

I couldn't even make it through Deu's tutorial. I still have to try to get through it again

Sid

Deus didn't mention about Cryptic definitions in his tutorial. I wonder why...

thecoder16

Yeah the tutorial was hard to read. The best way to learn is to read a bunch of old solutions.

ffao

2:10 PM

It didn't click to me at all until I read the tutorial - even if only to make me realize it's a lot more structured than it appears at a first glance

Sid

^That

Apep

Cryptic definitions probably wouldn't make good standalone CCs. They work in crosswords because they are restricted/confirmed by intersecting words.

ffao

The bad result is that now I get annoyed when the cryptic reading is not valid English

Deusovi

@Sid They're not cryptic clues in the same sense. (Lots of places don't even consider them to be valid clues.) There was a bit of discussion on this in the comments below the guide.

Gareth McCaughan

As mentioned in those comments, cryptic defs are quite common in respectable UK cryptics.

Deusovi

2:20 PM

As you may know, I'm not from the UK. :P

Gareth McCaughan

No, but cryptic crosswords are :-).

Incidentally @Deusovi did you see my plug for a local puzzle-hunt-ish thing?

(Local to me, not to you.)

Deusovi

In any case, they're not Ximenian. UK setters tend to lean more libertarian, which is fine when you know what you're doing, but IMO people should be introduced to Ximenian-style cluing first in order to see the structure behind cryptic clues. @thecoder16 mentions that reading solutions is a good idea, which I agree with, but without knowing the basic structure of cryptics they can seem like a jumbled mess (and not just in the case of anagram indicators!)

Gareth McCaughan

Yes, I agree that one should start with very strictly Ximenean clues to get the hang of how to parse them.

Deusovi

No, I don't believe I did see it.

Gareth McCaughan

pablosath.com -- "armchair treasure hunt", running annually in the UK for several years now.

TheGreatEscaper

2:29 PM

Gareth McCaughan

The contest is typically a PDF thing of, say, 10-20 pages full of interrelated [enigmatic-puzzles]; solving everything will lead you to an actual physical location somewhere in the UK where you can find the "treasure". If you don't have a team member located in the UK, you can contact the organizers to register a virtual find.

TheGreatEscaper

One of the coolest Ghibli posters I've seen ^^

Gareth McCaughan

This year's hunt hasn't started yet but there might be some clues in the poster on the website. Also, you can see past years' hunts and (at least for some of them) solutions, to get an idea of how they tend to work.

ffao

Me too, but maybe because it's the only Ghibli poster I've seen :p

Gareth McCaughan

A good team might do the whole thing in a week or two, though I can't help suspecting that Deusovi and his pals might turn out to be embarrassingly quick :-).

ffao

2:31 PM

Cool nonetheless

Gareth McCaughan

(Though there are sometimes UK-specific cultural references etc. which might slow TSPI down a bit.)

Sphinx

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Q: Most Difficult Riddle I've Heard

My friend told me this riddle, and I have been struggling for weeks to find the answer. He says only 5 people in the world know the answer, since his cousin invented it. Here we go. Riddle: You are in a circular room, the size doesn't matter. Meaning, the room could be 5 feet in circumference o...

riddle logical-deduction

M Oehm

2:51 PM

^ A room five feet in crcumference? My belt has already three feet ...

Sid

@MOehm That sounds like my dorm room. :P (Nah, I am exaggerating. :P)

M Oehm

Do you have to sleep upright? Or hanging upside-down, even?

Sid

@MOehm ...No? Sleeping upright is not possible...

M Oehm

Yes I know. That was a bad joke, sorry. (But in a room with 5' circumference, you won't be able to lie down.)

Sid

@MOehm lol, in that case, this room is bigger than 5' circumference. :P

Sid

4:57 PM

...Wow, I just read a very dark answer to a riddle...

Sphinx

5:35 PM

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Q: Encrypt the sentence uvnwmrgvhqkhfyjwtv

I know that there are three words and it should be simple, not involving something complicated. I still struggling what it could be. uvnwmrgvhqkhfyjwtv

cipher

Sphinx

6:03 PM

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Q: Mastermind encryption in least amount of steps possible?

I need to encode HA2QG into a mastermind number list. ex; Solve the code: 318 One number is correct and well placed 271 One number is correct but wrong placed 709 Two numbers are correct but wrong placed 182 Nothing is correct Through extrapolation and logic, one ...

cipher mastermind

Sphinx

7:31 PM

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Q: If 27 x 147 = 3969 What is its square root WITHOUT using complex / long calculationx

Basically what you have to do is find √3969 without using complex /long calculations

strategy

Sp3000

8:53 PM

@ffao KANA ("script" as in Japanese script, e.g. katakana), + ([g]HANA + Z + AWA)[y] = KANA HANAZAWA ("voice actress" referenced by ffao's most recent clues)

GentlePurpleRain

@Sp3000 Wow! Good job! I had actually found KANA HANAZAWA, and even made the AWA[y] connection, but couldn't see how to make the rest of it fit...

Mithrandir

@GentlePur puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/42365/miss-world-2017

Sp3000

9:22 PM

CCCC: Keel over, dropping loudly on boulder between dewy, mustard-like plant (4-6)

(Disclaimer: down clue)

GentlePurpleRain

9:32 PM

@Sp3000 W ([f]ALL ROCK) ET

Sp3000

Yup

GentlePurpleRain

CCCC: Travelling home, boxes back in vehicle, mostly in touch. (13)

Sphinx

9:59 PM

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Q: I go round and round but am never tired, pointing is my job an I am never fired. I have a face and 3 arms but no body. Telling you facts is my hobby

I go round and round but am never tired, pointing is my job an I am never fired. I have a face and 3 arms but no body. Telling you facts is my hobby

riddle

Destructible Lemon

ok I had an idea for a puzzle again

You have to divide homeworlds star systems into two move sequence puzzles

ok I'm gonna post my simple homeworlds puzzle, perhaps as a warm up for the more difficult puzzle

except I'm not sure how to draw the position best...

Sphinx

10:46 PM

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Q: Help Poor Tom Now!

Tommy tried minimizing But found he didn’t have the skill He then turned to graffiTiing With results too sidespliTTing His desire to quit was noT Friends would all aTTesT Poor Tom's bulb didn’t have the waTTs The rhyme is fun but the last words are where the answer is.

cipher

Sphinx

11:00 PM

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Q: Simple Homeworlds puzzle

On this site, we have numerous chess puzzles. however, we do not seem to have any Homeworlds puzzles, the game of space kings (yes this can be tagged outer space thank you very much.) Hence, here is a simple (beginners) Homeworlds puzzle. Left plays to win in two moves (I find it interesting t...

no-computers board-games outer-space

Sphinx

11:38 PM

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Q: Turn on all five lightbulbs and escape the cave

You are running through a dark cave, and suddenly you find yourself at a dead end. But, there is hope. You encounter a row of 5 lightbulbs that are turned off. Each have a switch that toggles whether they are on or off. The wall in front of you will open up if all 5 lightbulbs are on at once. U...

logical-deduction

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