MGWCC #813 — “Ring in the New”
- benchen71
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OK, so the discord server has come up with a likely mechanism. A few of us have submitted, so when the site updates there should be some names on the list!
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- HeadinHome
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Sooo impressed with oggy and a couple others who found the way out of this no-escape room with tons of cruel red herrings. Sheepishly submitting just because I hacked at it so long and tried similar things to the real solution but applied in the wrong places…
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- ajk
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Yeah, the list of things tried by the group was…impressive.
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- lbray53
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I think it is deserving of a submission just for figuring out how to access Discord and then reading through the VERY long but engaging and enlightening thread. I so wanted to contribute but was always at least a half step late. I enjoyed several aha moments as well as some “well that is a stretch” thoughts. A great experience.
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- DCBilly
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- Joe Ross
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Gives new meaning to "SPURS that jingle, JANGLE, jingle."
- Meg
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- MikeyG
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The leaderboard is exploding! My hubris wants me to take this sans hint, but it might not be in the cards.
Edit: Up with the much-needed hint; my hubris was exceeded by my curiosity. Kudos to @oggy, who jangled his way to victory! Definitely a tricky one without the hint!
Edit: Up with the much-needed hint; my hubris was exceeded by my curiosity. Kudos to @oggy, who jangled his way to victory! Definitely a tricky one without the hint!
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- KayW
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That first hint was just what I needed. Happy New Year!
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- Al Sisti
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I honestly can't believe that some of the things I found were, in retrospect, irrelevant.
- MikeyG
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Write them down for future mechanisms you'll put into a puzzle! That's what I need to start doing, haha.
- schmidzy
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This puzzle was the gift that keeps giving for me, so many red herrings! Now to remember where I left my notes and actually make a puzzle...
- Al Sisti
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That's no joke...I've been plagiar inspired several times in the past.
- Jeremy Smith
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Beamed up early this morning following a late-night Discord collaboration of which I contributed only a miniscule piece. oggi solved first, independently, and was the brave soul who submitted first. itai and JeffTurnham then independently suggested the metanism and, from there, it was a matter of finding the right pieces. oggi then confirmed that we had discovered the metanism that oggi had used. Fantastic group solve!
- ChrisKochmanski
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Beamed!
I for one thoroughly enjoyed the Discord confab last night. Thanks to Matt G. for conceiving such a devious puzzle, which made the Discording so fun.
I for one thoroughly enjoyed the Discord confab last night. Thanks to Matt G. for conceiving such a devious puzzle, which made the Discording so fun.
- boharr
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With kind help, I have beamed. This puzzle was so difficult I can't even find the red herrings.
- MMe
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This is a week 2 with the hinted title; shows what a misleading/distracting title can do.
Is the last bit kind of wobbly?
Is the last bit kind of wobbly?
- HeadinHome
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I’m with you!
Also, that hint would have gotten me there quickly, I believe (I solved via more direct help on the Discord chatter). I looked briefly at this kind of concept in… uh… one place, but not the other place.
I’m kind of liking the period of “very difficult” being offered before a hint for the rest of us. Gives the brainiacs (and those of us occasionally lucky enough to stumble upon it) a chance at those top spots. Kudos to Oggi!!
The other Wendy.
- ricky
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I would have never gotten it without the hint. With it, I was done in 15 minutes.
I also had IDed an entire mechanism that zero to do with the real one.
I also had IDed an entire mechanism that zero to do with the real one.
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