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02:36
@Sp3000 that's it
It's not a triple def.
"Decorative bird" is, as far as I could tell, a reasonable cryptic definition; it's a double def., the first one is just not 100% literal
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Q: Knights and Knaves Puzzle

sktsasusOn the island of knights and knaves, one of the inhabitants says “If I am a knight, then I will eat my hat.” Will the inhabitant eat his hat?

 
3 hours later…
05:51
So a sport I've never watched and a bird I had never heard of. Fair, but I'm glad I didn't try to spend time on it, I had no chance
I took a look at the cph but I don't think puzzle hunting is as fun to try alone
there's no one to fill in potential knowledge gaps like those, for one
06:44
What hunt is this?
oh, I see
we're all stuck on puzzle 2 :P
07:03
^
@ffao well, you don't have to solo it
and yeah, I'm also glad I didn't try that clue too much, because I knew about neither
07:16
wow, lots of people have solved puzzle 2
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Q: Aging A Lot Faster

Lifesaving LinenThe day before yesterday, I was 20 years old, and next year I will turn 23. What day is it today? Note: This is not lateral thinking, and the solution is real and makes sense.

@Deusovi I think we've got part of it and it's super frustrating ack >_<
OMG WE GOT IT
Are you two on the same team?
08:03
nah I'm with @Doorknob and he went to sleep like 2 minutes before I got it aaaaaa come back
(we are It Rabbiteth :P)
08:15
so all the puzzle has is 3 words? I would downvote it as underclued if it had been posted here
since as4 and doorknob solved it, it could be translating all of the words to esperanto for all I know
I agree that puzzle was terrible
08:51
CCCC: Opening move often used to hamper beginners (5)
09:03
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Q: I need help with this riddle. I’ve been trying to figure it out for ages as but I can’t seem to get the answer.

GeorgiabI am really hard, this is a clue, do not discard. What am I?! Help me please, I’m trying to figure it out but I can’t seem to.

@Sp3000 MOUTH(acrostic)
CCCC: Tough cryptic clue involving random initial letter (5)
09:25
@Mithrandir Got it.
@as4s4hetic Oh, nice! I'm gonna keep staring at it and hopefully get it in the next few hours.
09:49
I found a thing!
10:05
...now what.
Are you thinking aloud about that CPH puzzle?
Yeah. (I'd be happy not to if you're annoyed by it.)
No, no, I'm pefectly fine with that. I like to watch people work ... and think.
I'm just trying to interpret a disappointingly vague clue.
10:30
yep, disappointingly vague sounds like you're on the right track :P
greaaat
I have what, 3.5 more hours to solve this? :/
sounds accurate
Sid
Sid
Which puzzle are you discussing about?
For Our Time - one of the Cambridge Puzzle Hunt puzzles.
Sid
Sid
Hmm. That looks like a bunch of pictures with only math as the common ground.
Wait, no. I was looking at those advertisements, I guess? Apparently i am blind to question links
11:01
GOT IT
that cluephrase was bad
11:41
right?
12:17
er, if you're talking about "For Our Time", note that I am part of a team that still hasn't solved it, so no hints please.
12:37
@Ankoganit possibly, HA(R)SH - I seem to recall someone using “hash” in a cryptic in here
13:02
@Rubio I thought it was CRUEL: R(andom) in CLUE*
@GarethMcCaughan Wasn't planning on giving any hints - I didn't think what I said crossed any boundaries, though. Sorry if it did and I didn't realize!
13:19
Ah yeah that works better
VTC Too Broad :)
14:01
No, I don't think you crossed any boundaries. (It turns out the other folks solved it while I was away, anyway :-).)
new puzzles are out! :D
14:37
2
Q: Find the next number in the sequence below?

Quiz MasterFind the next number in the sequence below: 298 209 129 58 ? Source: Briddles.com

@Sphinx I suspect that's too broad...
 
1 hour later…
15:59
@Deusovi My team appears to have won the CPH.
Oh, congratulations!
Most of the cleverness was not mine.
But thanks.
congratulations!!
@GarethMcCaughan nicely done!
Yes, congratulations. There's a "wen1now" on the list. A solo team?
16:07
Presumably.
Hm, I wish there was a "solo team" marker. The names above me at the moment don't appear to be people's names, but someone could have given themselves a team name, so I can't be sure.
Oh, I hadn't seen your name. I thought you were part of a team, too.
Nope! I'm soloing.
And solo markers would make sense. After all, there seems to be a special prize for solo'ers.
That’s new
Got 'em.
Aw. I was looking at their infos. :)
Welp. Congrats @gareth on the win, and everyone else for your successes in the competition.
@Rubio Nope sorry
@MOehm Right!
16:27
@Ankoganit yeah figured M Oehm’s was right
Also congrats @GarethMcCaughan
CCCC: A servant turned first of trumps in: 9 of Diamonds (10)
Sid
Sid
Congrats @Gareth ! You have made Puzzling proud. :P
(okay, that's all as far as I can tell)
16:35
is this true or is @Mith behind all of it? :P
@Mithrandir their website doesn’t even work, lol
@EriktheOutgolfer Hmm?
oh you didn't get it?
btw I tried to see where do the links from the last of those accounts takes me...looks like they want to steal my e-mail address, password and credit card details lol
But surely they are offering a legitimate streaming service ;j
Thanks @Rubio, @Ankoganit and @Sid for the congrats -- but my contribution to the team's victory was very small. I did come up with the team name, though.
16:44
oh I'm totally sure about that, they just want my credit card so that they can verify I can legally watch the live stream, nothing suspicious at all :P they even say it explicitly: Your credit card will NOT BE CHARGED for validating your account.
Well that’s half the work hehe
Congratulations, then, on joining a good team. :)
16:58
the only puzzle this round I haven't overthought is Mediator, and that's because it explicitly spells out what to do
I overthought Vertices, and I'm almost certainly overthinking Elementary and Different Fields
17:52
FWIW we underthought Vertices to begin with.
I will not comment on Elementary and Different Fields.
we've been so close on Different Fields for hours but are just missing the last step
In other news, pistachios. That is all.
@Doorknob yeah, I feel that way about Elementary
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Q: What is the pattern in these shapes

Ahmad Source: Iranian Ph.D. entrance exam 2016

18:58
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Q: What is the relationship between these two shapes?

AhmadBased on the relationship between the shapes in the top row, fill the question mark with a shape from the right. Source: Iranian Ph.D. university enterance exam 2016

19:17
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Q: decipher RGXWSTLSQLITL where (ABCDEF=QWERTY)

Palashdecipher RGXWSTLSQLITL where (ABCDEF=QWERTY) how to solve this

19:42
Heard from a mutual friend: Simon Tatham was startled to see an ad for his own site while looking at Puzzling SE the other day.
I'm pretty chuffed about that :-D
(cc @Zyerah @Doorknob since IIRC you two are fans of Tatham's puzzles)
Cool! Apparently he's a programmer, so probably on SO?
Is the Tatham ad the only one on PSE? I hardly see any other ones.
The only one displayed (i.e. with a score of >=6 on meta) so far, yes.
The ad has pointed me to the site, which does have some nice time-wasters, but shouldn't there be some variety?
People should post more on the meta thread :-)
19:47
Yes. Please vote on other ads ;)
Sid
Sid
@MOehm "Time wasters"- lol
And feel free to make your own ad and post it on meta.
Ah, so that's how it works. I somehow thought that seeing the ad means that the (s)election process was already over, but apparently it isn't.
For instance, my ad for the Order of the Octothorpe needs another three votes.
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Q: Gettings most draughts (rows) in a square 5x5

Aea RethPlaying an online game I came across a small puzzle (a mini-game in game). The game is about getting draughts (not sure if that's correct English word for it - a player needs to get all in a row / column or a 5-square-diagonal). Let me show you a screenshot: So, there's a Square 5x5 on which u ...

19:50
@Sid That's what they are, no? It's the digital-age equivalent of doing embroidery by the fireplace.
Sid
Sid
@MOehm Well, yes. I liked that term though.
Sid
Sid
20:09
@Sphinx How has this puzzle not been asked before?
you're not the only one to wonder
20:37
I thought I had an idea for the C4, but it seems to be falling apart
@MOehm CCCC solution is DIAMANTINE (MAID< + A + N(T)INE, def is "of diamonds")
@GarethMcCaughan argh, I was just catching up to you on that
@GarethMcCaughan Yes, that's it -- and you got it just before I wanted to encourage Eric to share his ideas about the C4.
And (A MAID) must be reversed as whole, otherwise the order isn't right.
Congrats on the CPH win earlier
I took a long time to get to "maid", but I did it just before Gareth posted his answer. I spent a while trying "a servant turned" as the def., and looking at "TR + IN + IX" + some letters of "diamonds"
But obviously there's no way to make that work, and there's no anagrind
My first draft had "domestic servant", but that's needlessly specific and it sounds like a defitition straight out of the dictionary. It also makes the clue wordier.
20:50
yeah, sorry, (AMAID)<+N(T)INE.
21:11
CCCC: Boast about maturity, or refuse (7)
@GarethMcCaughan (GARB)AGE
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Q: Yellow-X-Blue Rebus

NightLightFighter This is my first attempt at a rebus - I hope you like it. Bonus points for explaining the question title.

21:26
@EricTressler Correct, of course.
21:36
The surface reading of that clue was very nice.
I tried my best, but wasn't fully satisfied -- boasting isn't usually a thing it makes sense to refuse to do, because people don't generally ask you to do it.
One might refuse to give in to the temptation to do something
21:51
CCCC: Neon light without end for Asian country (5)
NE+PAL_
CCCC: Talk about desire to talk (8)
@Doorknob CH(ITCH)AT
hm, the "chat" in both of those means the same thing
(that's obviously right though)
22:00
@EricTressler yup
22:14
Great surface
22:28
CCCC: Awful abridged dictionary is a sign of problems (9)

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