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Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:30 am
by ColinM
I beamed up yesterday afternoon. For whatever reason this one clicked for me quickly, although it seems most people had the same experience. I'd be happy to give nudges if anyone needs one.
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:20 pm
by Prozach
Beamed up thanks to a small nudge. Pretty sure it’s 100%.
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 2:16 pm
by EmilyW
Beamed up. I struggled a lot with the grid but got the meta pretty quickly once I finally got it all filled out.
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 2:50 pm
by gpj73
OK, uncle - I’ve been staring at this one forever, I see the first step but then … nothing. Could anyone spare a nudge?
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:39 pm
by DrTom
That took unmercifully long, and without HoldThatThought doing a HoldMyHand I'd still be lost following a mistake rather than a pattern. It always amazes me that sometimes I catch on quickly, and others it would be unlikely to happen regardless of the time allotted.
So I am beamed up, though I must have been in a red uniform because I am battered, bruised and have several phaser burns.
Hey McCoy.....
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:04 pm
by Thurman8er
How could I have looked for this mechanism for almost three days and miss it??
Anyway. Beam me up.
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:54 pm
by ajk
Beamed up after a kindly and vital nudge.
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:50 pm
by Bird Lives
Beamed up but not beaming. Looking embarrassed instead. I knew what in general I was looking for, but it took till now for it to dawn on me what it was specifically, even though it should have been obvious. But there I am on the board, a third of the way to 1,000.
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:36 am
by spotter
Pretty sure I'm stuck where everyone else was stuck. Would someone please PM me if they're around and willing to help me limp across the finish line?
EDIT: Thank you for the push, I'm beaming up just in time!
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:47 pm
by rjy
Missed the deadline, but got it with a nudge. Still happy to have worked thru it tho - very clever puzzle, Patrick!
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:33 pm
by MarkWoychick
Here’s my (failed) submittal, which was not quite good enough to to be an alternative solution:
Following
A Pattern: six grid entries ending in A (that is, words with a “following a”):
CODA - D
BEA - E
SHULA - L
ELSA - S
NOKIA - I
SIGMA - M
The letter that precedes the following A in each spells MISLED - the fact that it was perfectly in reverse order made it seem like a joke about the pattern followed.
@Joe Ross created the image of the grid, and Matt was kind enough to reply to my email to explain why this solution didn’t measure up.
As I said in my original post update, I thought I had it, but it turns out I was closer to Mel Brooks after he was beamed up in SpaceBalls. I MISLED myself about the solution, though was also perhaps MISLED that this was a week 2.
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:15 pm
by BrennerTJ
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:40 pm
by Al Sisti
MarkWoychick wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:33 pm
Here’s my (failed) submittal, which was not quite good enough to to be an alternative solution:
54835E40-7C6C-4F9C-ADE0-3B4436E52F09.png
Following
A Pattern: six grid entries ending in A (that is, words with a “following a”):
CODA - D
BEA - E
SHULA - L
ELSA - S
NOKIA - I
SIGMA - M
The letter that precedes the following A in each spells MISLED - the fact that it was perfectly in reverse order made it seem like a joke about the pattern followed.
@Joe Ross created the image of the grid, and Matt was kind enough to reply to my email to explain why this solution didn’t measure up.
As I said in my original post update, I thought I had it, but it turns out I was closer to Mel Brooks after he was beamed up in SpaceBalls. I MISLED myself about the solution, though was also perhaps MISLED that this was a week 2.
Jeez, Mark; you scared me to death! I thought that was the actual reveal...
Re: #717 - “Following a Pattern”
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:54 pm
by MarkWoychick
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:40 pm
Jeez, Mark; you scared me to death! I thought that was the actual reveal...
Sorry about that, Al - I wish it had been the actual solution. Maybe I’ll get one next week.