"Think Outside the Box" by benchen71
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I've finally stormed the castle. Silly silly me. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
- ImOnToo
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- ChrisKochmanski
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Ditto.
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- CPJohnson
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- benchen71
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Some more names to add to the list of successful solvers:
Mwoychick
woozy
Dplass
Grant Law
SewYoung
ImOnToo
CPJohnson
ChrisKochmanski
Holmes
Joshua Frear
OneCleverGorilla
Gutman
Jason S
kieranjboyd
Mwoychick
woozy
Dplass
Grant Law
SewYoung
ImOnToo
CPJohnson
ChrisKochmanski
Holmes
Joshua Frear
OneCleverGorilla
Gutman
Jason S
kieranjboyd
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- KayW
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Fun puzzle - thanks!
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- Jeremy Smith
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- benchen71
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Here are the overnight (for me!) solvers:
joe
Jack Sullivan
bice
cak
Al Sisti
19 second respawn times
KayW
Bbaack
Jeremy Smith
That's a grand running total of 47 solvers. Well done everyone!
joe
Jack Sullivan
bice
cak
Al Sisti
19 second respawn times
KayW
Bbaack
Jeremy Smith
That's a grand running total of 47 solvers. Well done everyone!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- benchen71
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Here are the additional solvers as of Saturday morning here in Australia:
LB800
Becky J
rickybillingsgate
Golem
shalmanezer
markhr
V
frostyjhammer
hazmat
bronnied
lshultz82
Quiche
DIS
Quite a lot of usernames that I am unfamiliar with, which is great: lots of people are getting into metas - the more the merrier!
LB800
Becky J
rickybillingsgate
Golem
shalmanezer
markhr
V
frostyjhammer
hazmat
bronnied
lshultz82
Quiche
DIS
Quite a lot of usernames that I am unfamiliar with, which is great: lots of people are getting into metas - the more the merrier!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- benchen71
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Nudges time!
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- HeadinHome
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Just did this one tonight (it’s been a busy week). Thanks — good fun!
The other Wendy.
- benchen71
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And here are the last solvers before the answer reveal...
BarbaraK
ellequin
HeadinHome
MaineMarge
That brings the total to 64, which might be the most solvers I've ever had for a MOAT!
BarbaraK
ellequin
HeadinHome
MaineMarge
That brings the total to 64, which might be the most solvers I've ever had for a MOAT!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- benchen71
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Which brings us to this week's answer...
Did you solve the Nine Dots Problem as well? This website has a good explanation if you're interested: https://www.artofplay.com/blogs/article ... ot-problem. I know from posted comments that some people tried to incorporate the solution to the Nine Dots problem into the meta mechanism. That would have been awesome, but fiendishly difficult to construct! Who do you think I am? Matt Gaffney?!?
By the way, MOAT puzzles will not be stopping - no seasonal breaks for me! Keep your eye on this forum all winter long for more metas. Just to whet your appetite, we've got through most of my early puzzles now and we're getting into some really good ones...
(And for those of you subscribed to MGWCC, there'll be a nice surprise coming your way in January, too!)
Did you solve the Nine Dots Problem as well? This website has a good explanation if you're interested: https://www.artofplay.com/blogs/article ... ot-problem. I know from posted comments that some people tried to incorporate the solution to the Nine Dots problem into the meta mechanism. That would have been awesome, but fiendishly difficult to construct! Who do you think I am? Matt Gaffney?!?
By the way, MOAT puzzles will not be stopping - no seasonal breaks for me! Keep your eye on this forum all winter long for more metas. Just to whet your appetite, we've got through most of my early puzzles now and we're getting into some really good ones...
(And for those of you subscribed to MGWCC, there'll be a nice surprise coming your way in January, too!)
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- woozy
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I really was expecting we would have to connect letters in the method of the nine dot problem and I was taking a deep breath getting ready to try to calculate where the lines intersect. It was a relief to see the letters simply spelled out the answer. On the other hand a puzzle where you did have to connect via nine dots would be pretty cool.
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".