CRYPTOGRAMS
Saturday October 14
by Catspaws
Summer is over. Cats can sense these things - winter is well on its way. I have put away my little red bikini and grown my winter coat. In preparation for what could be a very cold winter, I went looking for the warmest place I could find, and I found the Hotside Bar and Grill on the Fire Mini in the Demo Room on Magrathea. I gathered around me a few old friends, and a few new friends, and we settled down to play this week's Cryptograms.
For our warmup puzzle, I went with player names, which, although seemingly easy, can get your thinking caps to working overtime, especially if you use a few names of people who aren't logged into the game at the time. Of course, it would be sneaky to do that, and, am I sneaky?
Ahem... Anyway, Gilar, Gwaptiva and Madchemist all beat Emie to the punch on this puzzle. And it was on to the harder ones.
PLAYER NAMES STARTING WITH A (QW or DI COMPANY):
HASDX
HXZUFTX
HKPTPA
HXHREHSD
HUSNDUG
HMTXHSTR
With the arrival of Engineers, I've been paying special attention to objects and events that can be found around Sol, as inspiration for future enhancement to my own furry planet. So for the next puzzle, I made a list of all the special rides that can be found in Sol. Gilar, Emie and Gwaptiva solved the puzzle, with Madchemist figuring out three of them.
SPECIAL RIDES IN SOL:
RKVFFGT / LP / OTPVR
XLPLHSWG / LP / TSHFK
BSD / LP / TSHFK
RJLHFRFTH / LP / XSHR
RKVFFGT / LP / JKLDLR
JTUSRVR / LP / OTPVR
As you travel around Sol, you will often see objects that you can pick up, use, and carry away with you to other locations. I enjoyed this list, although I'm still not sure how I'm going to be able to rustle a cow from Catseye and carry her around... Gilar, Emie and Gwaptiva proved themselves to be great hoarders of the treasures found in Sol, and Madchemist figured out four of the items.
ROLEPLAY OBJECTS IN SOL--CAN BE TAKEN AWAY AND USED IN OTHER LOCATIONS:
HOEZI
ZUHT
DNVVTEKWL / BTV
HOVBUY
FUISDJBT
VOY / ISJTI
I don't talk much - a cat needs her naps, you know. But sometimes I just have to find something to talk to, where at least I can get in the last word. So I go find some of the mobiles in Sol. Gwaptiva, Zand and Emie scored the extra points on this puzzle, which Gilar solved as well, with Madchemist figuring out only two.
MOBILES IN SOL - YOU CAN TALK TO THESE GUYS!:
KBNDIU / QL / ZOQGQR
ZBFIRK / QL / WILXR
SIIGEI / QL / KFKNL
YQBH / QL / WILXR
GQRR / QL / INBKO
MFIRIE / QL / CNBR
For the final event, I went with Fun events that can be found in Sol. This was a fun topic, as I had so much fun looking around Sol to find some of these. Gilar, Gwaptiva and Emie got the extra points, Zand solved the list, and Madchemist soved three.
FUN EVENTS IN SOL:
MUJGQLBG / UG / QBQLG
KLKVCSYBKA / UG / SLAQBYYU
SUSHQLBY / AQBSH / UG / OVCSJCZ
AHVYVQUGA / UG / VLCQP
SLQ / UG / OLCA
WJOKAQVC / UG / VLCQP
When the scores were totaled, Gilar finished first with Gwaptiva beating out Emie by a single point. Gilar passed on the slithy prize, which went to Emie since Gwaptiva is a member of staff. Join me each Saturday at 4.00pm eastern for Cryptograms, the game that challenges your brain.
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