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Time to Crash the Forums Again: PuzzleDonkey 4!!!!

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slayn

needs to show more effort.
you people have utterly confused meo n 1.01

and if the word's first letter isn't A thats just lame for the way they wrote it then. I don't interpret that any other way that having a first letter of A.

and I've never even heard the term 'skirt' used to reference a person. I had to look that up just to make sure you people weren't full of shit =\

good puzzles shouldn't require any advanced knowledge.
 
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pestul

Member
Do I need to have some kind of advanced knowledge in the color spectrum to get 1.03? Or is it another fairly simple puzzle..
 
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demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
wtf@1.02? I got it right, but I don't understand it, and now I feel really stupid. Can someone explain it to me?

-edit-
nevermind, something screwey happened....but I don't think I even got it right.
 
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Belfast

Member
slayn said:
you people have utterly confused meo n 1.01

and if the word's first letter isn't A thats just lame for the way they wrote it then. I don't interpret that any other way that having a first letter of A.
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Well, you need to think of it in a different way. There's nothing grammatically wrong with what they are saying. Its a puzzle for a reason and that reason being that because most people are going to immediately interpret it one way, the true meaning of the question is veiled. That way, it forces you to flex your mind a little bit and seek out other possibilities.

For everyone new to this, don't get too frustrated with the puzzles. This is supposed to be fun, too, but don't think you're behind just because you get stuck. Puzzledonkey is definitely a long-term thing and nobody is going to get through all of the puzzles in a day or two, or even a week. Well, the best of the best *might* be able to get through it in a week, but that doesn't concern 99% of the people who are going to be playing along. The best way to think of it is not really as a contest, but just a fun diversion that exercises your mind a little bit. There's no time limit on it or anything, but the whole project IS designed to provide some of the most challenging puzzles known to man.

That said, it still doesn't come close to the challenge that TimeHunt presented, that was just ungodly. A 3d crossword completely in LATIN with each cube being rotatable? TimeHunt was damn near impossible. I think I only ever solved one puzzle.
 
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pestul

Member
OMFG... I just got 1.03 by pure fluke (well, I kinda know how it worked.. but man was it mean as hell in retrospect). What a weird puzzle. :X
 
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Belfast

Member
I feel like I'm on the verge of getting 1.06 down. I think I've got the idea, but I'm still not getting the *pattern.*
 
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slayn

needs to show more effort.
Belfast said:
Well, you need to think of it in a different way. There's nothing grammatically wrong with what they are saying. Its a puzzle for a reason and that reason being that because most people are going to immediately interpret it one way, the true meaning of the question is veiled. That way, it forces you to flex your mind a little bit and seek out other possibilities.

For everyone new to this, don't get too frustrated with the puzzles. This is supposed to be fun, too, but don't think you're behind just because you get stuck. Puzzledonkey is definitely a long-term thing and nobody is going to get through all of the puzzles in a day or two, or even a week. Well, the best of the best *might* be able to get through it in a week, but that doesn't concern 99% of the people who are going to be playing along. The best way to think of it is not really as a contest, but just a fun diversion that exercises your mind a little bit. There's no time limit on it or anything, but the whole project IS designed to provide some of the most challenging puzzles known to man.

That said, it still doesn't come close to the challenge that TimeHunt presented, that was just ungodly. A 3d crossword completely in LATIN with each cube being rotatable? TimeHunt was damn near impossible. I think I only ever solved one puzzle.
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its the not the grammer I'm mad about. Nor am I frustrated because I'm behind. I remember now that I have started (I think) every single puzzle donkey, got pissed off by their type of puzzle, and left in the first round.

I think skirt referring to a person for the whole phonebook aspect is lame. I have never, in my entire life, come across that slang. And I still think not starting with A is lame. I mean there are kind of other options in something say... encyclopedia, but I think that is really really pushing it. And if this is the kind of puzzle that is going to be consistant throughout the whole of puzzle donkey, I want no part of it.
 
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demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
BOOYA!.....got 1.02. Hint: those pictures actually come in handy. :)
 
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iapetus

Scary Euro Man
slayn said:
I think skirt referring to a person for the whole phonebook aspect is lame.
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Um. That's nothing to do with the answer (or not the answer I used to get it right). 'Skirt' is sometimes used to refer to a woman (as you can find out here).
 
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Belfast

Member
Look, I'm just going to say it right now. Because if you put it in its going to be wrong anyway. The answer is NOT phonebook. It has nothing to do with a phonebook. It is not a slang term for a person of any kind.
 
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slayn

needs to show more effort.
someone says: looking up woman in phonebook, book doesn't start with A
someone says: almost there
someone says: what other books start with a?
person replies: I thought it didn't start with a?

and thats all I've seen.
 
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iapetus

Scary Euro Man
slayn said:
someone says: looking up woman in phonebook, book doesn't start with A
someone says: almost there
someone says: what other books start with a?
person replies: I thought it didn't start with a?

and thats all I've seen.
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He was almost there because he was looking it up in a book. I think someone's trying to be clever with the 'what other books start with a?' line.

And if you don't have time to read it, I'll spoil the ending for you. The zygote did it.
 
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DarthWoo

I'm glad Grandpa porked a Chinese Muslim
Argh, I'm up to the end of page 2 on my paper, but now I'm stuck on 1.03. Does the side picture have anything to do with it?
 
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Kon Tiki

Banned
slayn said:
someone says: looking up woman in phonebook, book doesn't start with A
someone says: almost there
someone says: what other books start with a?
person replies: I thought it didn't start with a?

and thats all I've seen.
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Then somone said: " I think you are confused on the meaning of 'starts'."
 
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demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
Society said:
Then somone said: " I think you are confused on the meaning of 'starts'."
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OOOOoooooh......I didn't even get the whole "starts with A" thing until just now....god I"m retarded :(
 
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pestul

Member
Okay, 1.01 should be the only give away.. I'm f'ing screwed on 1.04. I know it's so easy too.. I can feel it.
 
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slayn

needs to show more effort.
because nested definitions irk me.

when I look up
zygote
and get something about
gametes
thats the end of that.

and book of meaning? dictionary? I'm already there, and pissed off thank you very much =\
 
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demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
Great King Bowser said:
I still can't do 1.01, I'm going to cry.
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Something you look up with, and it begins with 'A'. Let's just say the picture will probably only throw you off.
 
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Kon Tiki

Banned
slayn said:
because nested definitions irk me.

when I look up
zygote
and get something about
gametes
thats the end of that.

and book of meaning? dictionary? I'm already there, and pissed off thank you very much =\
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Why not look up skirts while you are there? ;)
 
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Swordian

Member
slayn said:
because nested definitions irk me.

when I look up
zygote
and get something about
gametes
thats the end of that.

and book of meaning? dictionary? I'm already there, and pissed off thank you very much =\
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The actual definition is not important. Read iapetus' hint again. I'll be more blunt in the spoiler:

Phonebook isn't the answer, but it does start with A.
 
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slayn

needs to show more effort.
I did that as soon as I thought people were full of crap about skirt being able to mean a woman =\
 
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