#630 - "A Number of Creatures"
- Jeremy Smith
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Okay. Maybe this one is just not in my wheelhouse. I’m not doing very well on finding the creatures—not even 25%. If someone would send me a gentle nudge, I would appreciate it.
Edit—Thanks to helpful nudges, I should be on the board with the next update.
Edit—Thanks to helpful nudges, I should be on the board with the next update.
Last edited by Jeremy Smith on Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- KayW
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FYI it looks like Matt opened up submissions again and some solvers have posted post-original-deadline. I imagine Matt will reply to or update anyone who emailed answers - but I hope any who emailed will check the leaderboard to make sure they get posted.
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- Thurman8er
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Standing on the transporter coordinates...communicator out...staring at the puzzle as the Gorn approaches...
- Meg
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Well c'mon!! Make some gunpowder! Then the meta will flow down upon you like the voice of Uhura singing.Thurman8er wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:45 pm Standing on the transporter coordinates...communicator out...staring at the puzzle as the Gorn approaches...
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- norrin2
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Even after a couple of generous nudges I am not going to be able to pull this out. As far as failures go, I'd rather fail at a WSJ meta. At least that way I can drown my sorrows on a nice boat with Isaac. But with MGWCC I can't beam up, so that means I'm stuck on some desolate planet with potentially hostile aliens and -- even worse -- no beer.
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I realize that it's mixing universes, but maybe we could be stuck in the Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars? That would be exciting (though potentially dangerous)!norrin2 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:06 pm Even after a couple of generous nudges I am not going to be able to pull this out. As far as failures go, I'd rather fail at a WSJ meta. At least that way I can drown my sorrows on a nice boat with Isaac. But with MGWCC I can't beam up, so that means I'm stuck on some desolate planet with potentially hostile aliens and -- even worse -- no beer.
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I got nothing, and the deadline is.... NOW.burak wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:58 pm OK, this is either a Week 2 disguised as a Week 4, or there's a very elaborate mechanism that I'm missing out on. But the answer came to me like within 3 minutes of finishing the grid and that can't be right.
Otoh, I missed the Week 2 puzzle this month so what do I know?
- Joe Ross
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In 75A, Matt defines that there are 80 creatures, :. the creatures must be every grid answer. Every creature has one "i" (eye) in it, :. every creature is CYCLOPS, which we've never seen, as its fictional.
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- ky-mike
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My only issue with the meta was that I didn't feel that anything pointed specifically to cyclops as the correct answer. I asked Matt whether or not anything specifically pointed to CYCLOPS as there are other fictional creatures with just one eye (cyclops is the most well-known). His response was that stating that the creature name started with a "c" would have been clunky, but he would have accepted any one-eyed creature as a correct answer.
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I’m glad you asked and I’m glad he answered that way. Not that I submitted something else. I just think one should ask.ky-mike wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:31 pm My only issue with the meta was that I didn't feel that anything pointed specifically to cyclops as the correct answer. I asked Matt whether or not anything specifically pointed to CYCLOPS as there are other fictional creatures with just one eye (cyclops is the most well-known). His response was that stating that the creature name started with a "c" would have been clunky, but he would have accepted any one-eyed creature as a correct answer.
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- BarbaraK
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I included a comment with my submission that I was very tempted to submit "One eyed one horned flying purple people eater". If I had noticed then that that also has exactly one I, I might not have been able to resist.
- Richard B.
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Matt also said that he’ll tell us on Friday the “story” as to why he delayed the puzzle.
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I much prefer metas which literally spell out their answer in the grid (or clues+grid) rather than having to rely on outside knowledge.ky-mike wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:31 pm My only issue with the meta was that I didn't feel that anything pointed specifically to cyclops as the correct answer. I asked Matt whether or not anything specifically pointed to CYCLOPS as there are other fictional creatures with just one eye (cyclops is the most well-known). His response was that stating that the creature name started with a "c" would have been clunky, but he would have accepted any one-eyed creature as a correct answer.
- anjhinz
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I sat on this answer for two or three days, and haven't been so unsure of an answer in a long time... He probably thought I was a DDOS attack while I waited for the board to refresh. It was probably because I noticed the one I per answer thing pretty quickly, but I couldn't help but think the word "creature" was more significant than it seemed on the surface. I definitely felt reassured after seeing a lot of uncertainty on here, though.
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In my answer, I pointed out that I have, in fact, seen numerous Cyclops.
Many, many Polyphemus, too.
Many, many Polyphemus, too.
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Not two days ago, my granddaughter was in my pool and hinted that she had to go to the bathroom, then said that she didn't. I told her if she peed in the pool, everyone would know it because I put in dye that would turn purple (her favorite color) if pee was present... I said "You don't want that, right? You don't want to be known as a 'purple pee polluter,' do you?" I thought it was brilliant -- I mean, seriously; I only realized what I said after it came out -- but she (and her mother) looked at me like I had 80 eyes.
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Hi all, I will need to do the week 1 on my phone tomorrow. I always use pencil and paper. Can anyone tell me best app to use for this? Thanks so much!
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- BarbaraK
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I use Puzzazz. Don't know that it's the best; I didn't do much research, just picked one. But it's free and it works fine - especially for a week 1.
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