MGWCC #819 — “The Odd Squad”
- rjy
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Awaiting beam… clever, challenging puzzle. Could’ve been solo, but gave in to a bit of rabbit-hole confirmation to make it to the finish line. Tough week 2, but it all depends on what you see and when.
Ray
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Thoroughly lost for the first time in 2024. If anyone would like to PM me their favorite nudge, I would be a very happy solver.
- ship4u
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On the board at #82. This one was more difficult than I anticipated for a week 2!
Don & Cynthia
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
- MikeyG
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There was a meta a while back where Matt asked us to rate the meta's difficulty. I'd say about a Week 3 for this one, but everyone's mileage may vary!
- woozy
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Oog. Got it with a group solve (well a group of others solve and one spinning donuts and pointing out every weird observations that he *knew* were wrong).
I'm going to say this is a very solid week 4.
EDIT: Argh! I forgot to check group-solve!
I'm going to say this is a very solid week 4.
EDIT: Argh! I forgot to check group-solve!
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Not a meta, but, yeesh!, that was tough to create.
- hcbirker
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- DCBilly
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- KayW
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Whew!!! In retrospect, probably a week 2 but definitely a SAD week 2. Emphasis on the "D" for me! I must have tried everything BUT, first.
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- Jeremy Smith
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Didn't have much time to work on this during this weekend, but I'm on the board at #124. Agree with @KayW. This was a SAD meta. Maybe a week 2--maybe not. But definitely SAD.
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After a very busy weekend, finally got to look at this Monday morning. Luckily after about 40 minutes, was able to see something that worked. To me it played like a week 2, but I can see for some this feeling more like a week 3. Beamed at 152.
- benchen71
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Awaiting the beam... [Ugh!]
... and I'm beamed at #184.
... and I'm beamed at #184.
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- HunterX
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Not seeing it at all. Got a nudge and I still don't see anything.
Even with a choice of only 10 possible answers, I can't see any possibility of a back-solve. (Not that that ever works for me.)
Even with a choice of only 10 possible answers, I can't see any possibility of a back-solve. (Not that that ever works for me.)
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- Location: San Francisco
Edit: thanks @MMe for the hint that got me there!
Oofda, I’d love it if some kind muggle could drop me a nudge
Normally I’d PM someone and tell them what I’ve tried, but I’ve only noticed a bunch of interesting aberrations that almost certainly aren’t meta related
Oofda, I’d love it if some kind muggle could drop me a nudge
Normally I’d PM someone and tell them what I’ve tried, but I’ve only noticed a bunch of interesting aberrations that almost certainly aren’t meta related
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I'm lost in space. I've printed it out and will try again, but I'm not seeing anything.
- HunterX
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Okay. Finally figured it out. Would not have gotten it without the nudge. Awaiting transporter beam.
- Dr.Buttbeard
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I'm struggling with this one - looking for a nudge to get me started. Thanks!
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Whew, finally saw it. Beamed up.
- Joe Ross
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- Bird Lives
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On the board, I had tried every other way of thinking about "odd," and initials is one of the standard tools. So I felt kind of stupid for needing a nudge telling me to pay attention to them.
Jay