dst Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) So, I have designed a new quest. This SHOULD melt your brain a little and also make your vision weak. I intend for this quest to haunt your nights until you solve it. How? You need to solve 2 puzzles: one is a crossword and the other is "find the words". For each word you find in both puzzles, you get 1 point. In total you'll be able to get 133 point. But there is a bonus round: if you manage to decipher it, you'll get 25 bonus points. But for this one you MUST complete it fully as there is no way to split the points. So in total you can get 158 points. 1) Crosswords: you will find both MD characters as well as Christmas ones described by their tag or other means. Usually the tag predominates 2) Find the words: all words are MD related and they can be composed ones like " Gazeebo of Equilibrium". This one will make 1 (ONE) word and not 3. There are all sorts of words MD related so expect anything (anything = words that can be find in MD). When? Soon. Hopefully tomorrow morning (my morning so around 9-10 ST) I will release it. Deadline: 31st of Dec 00:00. If you manage to solve it full, or so you think, you can submit it before. I will NOT tell you if you're right or wrong. The first submission will count so if you realize you got something wrong, you cannot correct it. If deadline approaches and you haven't solved it fully, send me what you have. You'll be scored as well. Send solution through forum. In case of a tie, the one that sent the solution earlier, will win. Rewards: TBD (hopefully by the time the quest is released). So, if you have any questions, ask them before the quest starts. Good luck and prepare for the worse! Edited December 13, 2015 by dst Eagle Eye, Lania, Maebius and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Rewards: 1st place: WP (again, it's Christmas, let's be generous). 2nd place: Trio of spells: Acoustics, SendtoGazeebo, Earfocus 3rd place : 2 GCs On top of that we'll have the Standard Christmas Points: 4-3-2. And the quest HAS STARTED! Find the link below: http://dstdst.wix.com/puzzles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) There are NO short names (Shadowseeker will be Shadowseeker not SS), no abbreviations (Loreroot will be Lorerroot and not LL) and no nicknames (Grido will be Grido and not Greedo). Edited December 14, 2015 by dst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Since I cannot spell, here's a free hint: Beserker should be Berserker :D. Now it's up to you to find out the rest. Laby is spelled with I. Gazebo is spelled with 2 "O"s so look for gazeboo. Edited December 15, 2015 by dst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 New update: Don't sens me the "find the words" puzzle scanned! I am not a masochist. If you send me that, you'll get qualified. Send me a nice list of words ordered alphabetically if possible :D :D Aeoshattr and Maebius 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 New update: ORGY doesn't count! It's not related to Loreroot or Tarq or any of the cyberers. Same for pig, ear, behind (with the 3 letters version) and prolly others. 3 letters words are only player names (except MRD so if you find him discard it). Aeoshattr, Lintara and Syrian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Rewards have been updated/changed: 1st place: WP (again, it's Christmas, let's be generous) + trio of spells 2nd place: WP (I took pity on your fried brains) 3rd place : Morph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted December 15, 2015 Root Admin Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Rewards have been updated/changed: 1st place: WP (again, it's Christmas, let's be generous) + trio of spells 2nd place: WP (I took pity on your fried brains) 3rd place : Morph A what? Morph? Dont know what that is ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 A what? Morph? Dont know what that is ;) Noob! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted December 16, 2015 Root Admin Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Noob! :P Oh yes, I forgot you are a newb. You mean a snowman :D dst and Jubaris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Update: you CAN submit parts of the quests like crosswords first, bonus second etc but there should be NO editing and the date/time of your last submission will count in case of a tie (so if you submit first part on 10th of December and last on 31st, 31st will count). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Results: 4 people submitted solutions. 3 of them solved the bonus. The current scores are: Aeo 144 Nimmy 140 Mago 137 Z 131+1 Amber 115 However, I'll post the excel sheet I have used (actually I'll post 2 versions: an ods file for the ones that don't use Microshift and an xls file). For each player I created a sheet where I placed the words I considered "valid". In column A you'll find the correct words, second column (which letter may vary from player to player) contains almost all the words they submitted (some were really out of this world, thank you MaGo) and on the 3rd column you'll find the words that CAN have a connection to MD and with yellow the ones I considered correct. Also, because of a mistake, there were 2 ShadeSentinels which 3 of you found and posted. Since some of you posted other duplicates which I removed, I will award Z an additional point for the SS.So at the moment he'll have 132 hence the +1. Now, you check the attached files (ods is placed on my dropbox since storenow doesn't allow such files). Let me know if I missed anything or you think I should take into account other words from the ones I have validated. XLS: http://storenow.net/my/?f=50239ca3fb2680ed104409e16b763262 ODT: https://www.dropbox.com/s/os52z0l5mrfhxtn/Fry_your_brain_score.ods?dl=0 Once we validate the scores, I'll announce the prizes. And I intend to change them (in a good way) because you really burned your eyes on the damn puzzles. Post in this thread your concerns, "appeals" and whatever you want to contest. Edited January 7, 2016 by dst MaGoHi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'll wait until Tuesday. If nobody has any comments, I will validate the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Ok, nobody had anything to say against (or for :D) so I will validate the results. So we'll have: Aeo 144 - 4 CPs Nimmy 140 - 3 CPs Mago 137 - 2 CPs Z 131+1 - 1 CP Amber 115 - 1 CP Rewards: 2 WPs, 1 snow, Trio of spells: Acoustics, SendtoGazeebo, Earfocus, 5 credits pack. 1st will choose first, 2nd will choose from remaining and so on. Edited January 13, 2016 by dst MaGoHi, Maebius, Aeoshattr and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimrodel Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 2 WPs? Yay! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeoshattr Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 May I have a WP then, please? Assuming we announce the prize we pick here, since I'm first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimrodel Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) I'd go for a wishpoint too. (And with this, I've finally crossed Burns yay! My life long MD ambition has been realised. And Now.. i have my eyes on you dst chan :D) Edited January 13, 2016 by Nimrodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) WPs have been awarded. Aeo, I'll also give you a bunch of spell stones because, after all, you did win first. Poke me when you see me alive in MD, please. Done. Edited January 13, 2016 by dst Aeoshattr and Nimrodel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaGoHi Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 i'll take the snowman then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Zl-eye-f)-nea Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Please give Amber the last 2 prizes. Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dst Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Prizes have been distributed. Topic closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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